Stanley Johnson - 2019 Free Agent

[ZeusWillJudge]

Squeeze him and Belli into one body and you've got a player. Without that, you've got the same liability, just on the other end of the court. Offensively, the team is playing 4 on 5. No way I would want him over his teammate, Miller.

[KDKSpurs24]

I think at the end of the day.. if we strike out with our free agent options we will at least land Stanley Johnson.

[ace3g]

[YoungbuckMurray]

Wouldn’t hate this guy. Really good defender hopefully could work on his shot with chip

[DPG21920]

Chip is going to start doing group sessions

[NASpurs]

Seems we've been linked to Stanley Johnson for years now despite him being 23

[ace3g]

I always loved this story

[timvp]

The path is clear for the Chosen One to finally arrive

[DPG21920]

I mean SA has been rumored to be interested for years now. This is their chance seemingly.,

[slick'81]

Rhj or Stanley upside wise?!

[DPG21920]

The path is clear for the Chosen One to finally arrive

I mean SA has been rumored to be interested for years now. This is their chance seemingly.,

Jinx

[Dejounte]

This dude would be another Dante Cunningham... His offensive flaws would shine too bright to ignore. No thanks.

[DPG21920]

This dude would be another Dante Cunningham... His offensive flaws would shine too bright to ignore. No thanks.

If he shot open 3s as good as Cun last season he’s elite

[timvp]

Things I like about him:

1) Already a good individual defender.

2) Has the potential to be a great individual defender. Perfect body style to defend long threes. (Probably defends Nephew as well as anyone in the league, for example.)

3) He's a bulk three-point shooter, so there are no issue in terms of the quickness or height of his release.

4) Still young.

5) Might be had for cheap.



Things I don't like:

1) Consistently terrible shooting the ball (~29% career three-point shooter and no signs of improvement).

2) Low offensive basketball IQ. Struggles with shoot/pass/dribble decisions as much as any player in the league.

3) Defensive basketball IQ middling in terms of reading and fitting into team schemes.

The uniqueness of his build is also a pretty important factor when considering him. This guy was 242 pounds as a 19-year-old at the combine. He's probably 250+ now. There just aren't that many 6-foot-7, 250-pound-plus human beings who can move their feet fast enough to survive out on the perimeter in the NBA.

His offense is horrible but he's a fixed shot away from being really valuable, IMO.



You can't teach that type of size, mobility and effort. And he's only 23 so it's reasonable for him to get better offensively.

[MaNu4Tres]

The uniqueness of his build is also a pretty important factor when considering him. This guy was 242 pounds as a 19-year-old at the combine. He's probably 250+ now. There just aren't that many 6-foot-7, 250-pound-plus human beings who can move their feet fast enough to survive out on the perimeter in the NBA.

His offense is horrible but he's a fixed shot away from being really valuable, IMO.



You can't teach that type of size, mobility and effort. And he's only 23 so it's reasonable for him to get better offensively.

Can we blend him and Bryn together?

Please?

[Dejounte]

If he shot open 3s as good as Cun last season he’s elite

How is it elite? Thats exactly what Dante was. 3s and nothing else. Need a little more versatility.

[Dejounte]

The uniqueness of his build is also a pretty important factor when considering him. This guy was 242 pounds as a 19-year-old at the combine. He's probably 250+ now. There just aren't that many 6-foot-7, 250-pound-plus human beings who can move their feet fast enough to survive out on the perimeter in the NBA.

His offense is horrible but he's a fixed shot away from being really valuable, IMO.



You can't teach that type of size, mobility and effort. And he's only 23 so it's reasonable for him to get better offensively.

Not gonna lie. The defense is impressive.

[timvp]

How is it elite? Thats exactly what Dante was. 3s and nothing else. Need a little more versatility.

The big difference is Cunningham is a low volume three-point shooter and Stanley Johnson is a medium to high volume three-point shooter (he has the fast release and high release point to be a high volume three-point shooter long-term).

[LakerHater]

werent the Spurs trying to get him before?

[DPG21920]

How is it elite? Thats exactly what Dante was. 3s and nothing else. Need a little more versatility.

If SJ shot the 3 as good as Cunningham that would be huge bruh

[DPG21920]

werent the Spurs trying to get him before?

For years. Tried trading for him at least once (2017) and maybe more.

[ace3g]

SJ has a euro step and decent post game ability.

[DPG21920]

I’m on board - he’d be the most natural SF on the team and between that and his age? About as good as you could hope for despite SERIOUS concerns of what he’d do to the offense.

[timvp]

despite SERIOUS concerns of what he’d do to the offense.

Yeah, he's so bad on offense that he could end up being worthless. Advanced stats (including RPM) grade him as consistently one of the worst offensive players in the league.

But dat D doe. And his shot looks salvageable, IMO.

[FvckMavs]

Maybe they do Spurs a favor by making SJ a URF. We can send them freebie like Bertans to free some space.