You are describing D Rob. ��
Really like his potential- already a good center but still has room to grow. He's shown some improvement on the defensive glass, not fouling, and FT shooting, if he can continue to improve in those areas then he is probably a good starting caliber center.
Considering the Spurs had really no big prospects prior to the trade, getting him looks really good now even if the larger trade was meh.
Another young foreign big picked off the scrapheap and developed by the Spurs . . .
Then paid by somebody else?
Has made Gasol irrelevant.
Poetl's potent.
exactly, it will be interesting to see what Pop does with Gasol when he gets back.
Gasol looking good for return. More tradeable, IMO.
Who?
Big Upside and undervalued. Best Defender on the Spurs. Suffers from beeing a quiet player in a sense that he is not visible for fans, but does much. In long term, a better player than siakam or anunoby and does fit better with spurs than those 2.
He is efficent in scoring, but needs to learn to be more aggressive. I beleive he could be a threat in the paint, which could suck the defense in and open up 3P Shooters.
Like everyone has stated already, he has gotten better with more playing time. If he can add a 15 foot jumper to his game he would be even more useful. Overall I like how he has been playing and hopefully he gets more minutes than Pau when he comes off injured reserve
Poeltl is exactly the big we need. Young, mobile, good rim protector and most importantly a roller. Spurs need a roll man cause he helps getting the shooters open. A pick & roll with a rolling big man was usually the play that sets up Spurs ball movement. That's why Mills, Belinelli and Bertans have a lot of chemistry with him on the floor. The only thing he has to develop is more post moves and a jump shot. His FT % is already up to 71.1% so I guess he has worked on that. Shot 59.4% from the FT line the year before
I've given this some thought, and I think that Jakob was who PATFO WANTED in the trade. If you look at the players that the Spurs have developed 'out of nowhere', there are a lot of guards and wings, but no centers. If you look at all of the busts, and never weres, most of them are PFs or Cs. Javtokas, Ryan Richards, Mahinmi, Livio J-C...SA just seems to have difficulty bringing along big man project players. Why not get a guy who was #9 overall in his draft?
With Gasol at the end of his run (has been for the last 3 years, IMO), and Aldridge being somewhat uncertain as to how long he can stay dominant, the Spurs definitely needed a guy who could be the future big man for the team. Poetl is as good as any of the better young centers in the league, and fits the Spurs system really well. I can't imagine they'd of turned down a Siakam, but they may have lobbied for Pascal and then "reluctantly" accepted Poetl as a counter-offer, knowing they coveted him. Certainly could see that strategy in this deal.
With as little bargaining power as Kawhi left the FO with, with his trade demands, I think folks are not giving the Spurs enough credit for what they got in return.
Now we're going completely overboard
It was the second best deal available, IMO. I still feel once they asked for $5M to offset the additional luxury tax from Kawhi's trade kicker, that you need to ask for Delon Wright or some sort of future second round pick given how lopsided the rest of the trade was.
I still feel that when your franchise player puts a gun to your head, very publicly, to force a trade, and you have a partner willing to flip you an All NBA guard under those dire cir stances, you don't really worry too much about the rest.
I fear poodle will lose minutes when gasol returns. Pop will favor the old vet.
No it is quiet were it is. You forget that centers need more time to develop. I dont see much upside in Siakam and Anunoby. Yes they are playing good, but i dont see that they will become much better.
Potential better version of Splitter....
We'll see what happens. I could eventually be proven wrong for sure.
Truth nuke
Poeltl should be logging 30 MPG tbh.
what i saw in that last spurs v lakers 4th qtr showed me enough to believe that aldridge is expendable.
he looks good. it's been said quite a bit, but he's mobile and a rim protector... which is perfect for the modern game. he and milutinov could hold down the position for the foreseeable future
Poeltl has been as good as expected after an ugly start to the season. The two areas of his game that I worried about were defensive rebounding and fouls. The good news is that his defensive rebounding has improved 20% compared to last season on per possession basis and his fouls are down 35%, so that's very promising. As expected, his assist rate has doubled (his turnovers are actually down, which is an impressive combination). The only issue is that his blocks are down 25% compared to last season -- but I'm convinced that's Poeltl understanding that Pop won't play bigs who foul a lot, so it's a work in progress for him learning how to protect the rim without fouling.
Long-term, he fits as a top tier backup to Aldridge and then should have at least five years or so of being a quality starting center. I could see him developing into a 12 points, 9 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2 blocks glue guy starter.
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