His ceiling is Tiago Splitter who has a higher finishing rate and better shotblocking capabilities. I really like his game though and I think his skillset is more valuable in today's NBA.
3 is definitely a spacing bonus and guys like Dedmon and Baynes have added that to their game. Poeltl’s production at his younger age tells me he has more upside than them and doesn’t need the 3 ball. Plenty of modern centers successful without it (Capela, WCS, Adams, Nerlens Noel comes to mind he’s been ok this year.)
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Siakam is shaping out to be an all-star, so they aren't all that smart if they preferred Poeltl to Siakam, tbh.
Last edited by DAF86; 12-27-2018 at 09:48 PM.
And even with how great Poeltl is looking, I would still rather have Anunoby. If anything, for the fact that he serves a bigger need than Jakob. Anunoby would be a 30 mpg guy here, whereas Poeltl will never be more than a 15 mpg under Aldridge.
Poodle is young he will be with us easy for the next 8 years so looking forward it's a good pick. Plus it's not like we had leverage with the trade we got lucky to get what we got......A lot of idiots wanted that trade with Philly to get Futz you know who are...........SMH..
Hope Poetl and LMA figure it out soon, like Tim and Tiago eventually did.
that they know more about basketball, there is no doubt, but neither you, me or anyone in ST knows who PATFO wanted in the first place, so it's just speculation on your part.
I like Poetl, but I believe that Siakam and OG will be better players (maybe they would not be in SA, who knows?) and I believe that Winslow is finally making a jump in his game (he's really running the point in Miami), then all this is yet to be seen
Last edited by r0drig0lac; 12-28-2018 at 04:38 AM.
Giving Green up instead of insisting on including Gasol was a bad decision that takes the trade down from an A to a C for me. That Raps pick may end up having to be packaged with our own to move up and draft a wing replacement- I don't love that part either. Poeltl is definitely a good get and may end up being a good starting center.
I don't think that they can start together, especially next season with Murray back & DDR and Gay playing alongside of Jakob and LMA.
They could play together at different points in the game but there needs to be more shooting alongside them.
I think at the end of games Poeltl should be on the court because of his defense. On the + side he could relieve LMA from guarding opponents Bigs like Jokic (in the Denver game in Wednesday it worked) and create possibly mismatches on the offense in favor of LMA. Poeltl is quick enough to defend Guards, so a small-ball line up is not an issue.
This guy has potential to be much better than Splitter. Much better. Splitter was a good player when healthy, but he wasn't a shot blocker, didn't have great hands, and played soft. He also had the benefit of playing with Manu, who made him look much better than he was. If Jakob played with a 32 year old Manu, he would look like an All Star. It's going to be hard to play Gasol any minutes that involve taking this guy off the court. He makes that trade seem much more evenhanded.
Why does this always come up? Why would Toronto want Gasol, esp with plenty of centers already on their roster?
Walker is heading back to the G-League once their break is over. With the guard-heavy roster the Spurs have they can afford to let Walker develop in Austin the whole year.
Damn, the idea of Jakob playing with Manu.
His ball control is above average compared to the stiffs we usually roll through here when receiving the pass and he finishes as a center should, but the jury is still out for me.
Gasol would've only been on the team for 1 year before being able to be waived and stretched. The Spurs gave up the more useful player and $5 million in cash when they should've forced Gasol to be included.
What was Ujuri going to do? Turn down getting a top 5 player because it would've given them an extra center for a season?
His minutes, FG%, rebounds, blocks, and points have gone up in each of the three months he has been with the Spurs... he's becoming more comfortable, and has the potential to be a double double guy if he gets 28+mpg.
Great potential still, and a valuable part of the trade.
If he can extend his minutes and keep the fouls down we may have our future starting c
Just imagine how much of a steal he will look when Kawhrisis leaves for the Clippers in the offseason.
If he bolts patfo look like geniuses tbh
The $5m was going to TOR, regardless. That was to help cover Kawhis trade kicker. Ujiri smartly covered his bases by NOT trading OG, who smart money says will be their starting SF next year. He also got an ending contract in Green. When FA starts next summer, DG will be 32, and hardly a target for a rebuilding TOR team to re-sign.
Anunoby hasn't been that great. He has a lot of growing and learning to do, although he's shown flashes (and at IU). Also like another IU player, Oladipo, he may explode eventually, although VO was much, much better coming out of college. (I still don't understand why people didn't see Oladipo as eventually dominant.)
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