Derrick White = Poor Man's George Hill

[Spurtacular]

Yeah, Murray's fit next to Aldridge and DeRozan is the biggest elephant in the room for next season.

Murray doesn't need to be a 40% 3pt shooter. Shooting 36% while not ing up the offense by passing up wide open shots or ing up the spacing by staying near the basket instead of the 3pt line is good enough.

That doesn't sound like Murray at all, tbh. He's going to pass on open 3's, especially early in the shot clock. He could shot 36-38% from three, but he might shoot 29-31% from three, too. He's gonna try to get in the lane and if he has to shoot, he's gonna try to get within 17 feet. Spurs offense will have to be different when he's in the game; that's simple reality.

[Fusternino]

That doesn't sound like Murray at all, tbh. He's going to pass on open 3's, especially early in the shot clock. He could shot 36-38% from three, but he might shoot 29-31% from three, too. He's gonna try to get in the lane and if he has to shoot, he's gonna try to get within 17 feet. Spurs offense will have to be different when he's in the game; that's simple reality.

This combined with his injury makes me think it's best if Murray comes off the bench next season, tbh.

[Chris]

George hill was always a poor mans version of George hill.

[Ice009]

He's nothing like George hill tbh. He's a better ball handler and by far has better court vision. His offensive game is also nothing like hill bc he likes to shoot fade aways and has a midrange game. He's also a better defender tbh. George Hill was awful on the Spurs. I'm probably the only one here who hated Hill. Just another Roger Mason Jr to me. He CHOKES in every big playoff game he's ever been in. Ask LeBron how much he enjoyed watching Hill shoot those free throws. I still havent forgiven him for airballing the game winner against Memphis. A miss is one thing but to AIRBALL a wide open 3! Man was I happy when we traded his bum ass.

Wow. I thought I was one of the only people on the planet that felt that way about Hill. I still have a soft spot for him as I liked him as a person, but I didn't flinch when he was traded. That air-balled 3 that could have ended up helping the Spurs get to game 7 and win the series still pisses me off. Basically, it was a fore-showing of him being a choking player in big games down the stretch.

[DaBears]

[DaBears]

Thinking that Derrick White has just as good or better ceiling than GHILL... You knew what George Hill's ceiling was when he left SA, I bet you we retain White for a longer tenure.

[ceperez]

Thinking that Derrick White has just as good or better ceiling than GHILL... You knew what George Hill's ceiling was when he left SA, I bet you we retain White for a longer tenure.

To be fair, George's Hill ceiling was a trade for Leonard and Bertans. Can't get better that that!

[kaji157]

I disagree, DeJounte Murray seems like a much more similar player than Derrick White.

George Hill skillset was.

Defend bigger players = Murray
Penetrate and Score= Murray
Shooting 3= To be seen

Derrick White is aleready a better playmaker and seems like a player that moves well without the ball. Doesn´t seem suited to defend bigger guys on a consistent basis.

[TDMVPDPOY]

like i said, dunno what the hype with murray, his more a draft busts then say compared to hill, white, cojo....

[XDT76]

I like the potential of going small with Lonnie, Murray, and White playing with DD and LMA> I think they would cause chaos for other teams and be a great fast break team. (Asssuming of course that Walker develops as hoped and Murray returns physically able to play as well as he did.)

Might be fun to watch if Pop would try it.

Given how poor we are now in defending against Off. rebound, playing this lineup will kill us when the other team just shoot threes and grab rebounds when they miss and try again.

[XDT76]

Thinking that Derrick White has just as good or better ceiling than GHILL... You knew what George Hill's ceiling was when he left SA, I bet you we retain White for a longer tenure.

If White continues to develop and is given a chance to stagger with DDR and be a main playmaker, he will be much better overall than hill. White'e overall skills are better.

[Spurtacular]

This jinx thread needed to be done. Your welcome, ST.