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http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/110102_pop.html
Is that Anderson in the background, shooting? BTW, it's funny how shifty Pop's eyes look, darting from side to side as reporters lob questions.
Ime had a great game vs OKC . . .
http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/110102_pop.html
Is that Anderson in the background, shooting? BTW, it's funny how shifty Pop's eyes look, darting from side to side as reporters lob questions.
he was said to be out "at least" 8 weeks from the middle of november, so that would peg mid-January as the earliest that he could possibly return.
I am really pumped about getting JA back. He was really playing well. I still don't know what we have in him as a player (for some reason, his "upside" is really hard for me to gauge), but I like what I have seen.
Spurs keep getting winners. I was very happy to get someone of his pedigree from college with our pick. Lets hope he gets back and can bring another dimension to the table.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...ing-road-trip/...“He’s closer to the floor than he is to the bed,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “He’s closer to wearing a uniform than he is to wearing civilian clothes.”
...Popovich said last week that he expects Anderson to return to the Spurs playing time by the end of the month. But he won’t accompany the team on a road trip this week that will include games at New York, Boston and Indiana.
Great news!
yeah it is
Nice. So far, so good.
It looks like Anderson could be back sooner than Beaubois while he broke his foot 3 months after Beaubois.
Great, GREAT news!
Anderson is in the background in all three practice vids, with the RJ clip providing the best view.
The playoffs are all that matter at this point. The Spurs have shown that they can win with their current personnel, so I don't really care when he comes back as long as he has enough time to get back in rhythm and get in game shape for the post season.
It's been a small sample size, but I think he has a great at ude mostly. He seems to be a much better defender than I expected him to be. He is willing to do what the team needs him to do and, of course, he is pretty athletic and has a lot of raw, natural ability. I think Pop can mold this kid into, at the very least, a very solid role player.
The Junction Boy is a stud, plain and simple.
Just look at a guy like Afflalo. Anderson's a better, more talented prospect. Different, his upside being higher on the offensive end, but he's going to be a pretty damn solid defender as well.
As long as his career isn't derailed by injury, Spurs fans will be a very happy bunch -- Hill, Blair, Splitter and Anderson ... they ain't some bad draft picks.
I really love that this kid isn't getting talked about. His game right now is a perfect fit on the second unit and I think would aid in giving Manu lots of time off.
oh Lord, the NBA better watch out when Anderson gets playing time again. we're bulldozing as is, and we're only going to get better. the way i see it, Splitter is going to get better, Blair continues to improve, and Neal will get better (although he's pretty damn good already). as long as the others stay healthy, the addition of Anderson will kick us up another notch, and we're already leading the rest of the league by a nice margin.
One good thing about this injury is that Anderson probably won't hit the rookie wall...I wonder when/if Neal will his...and Splitter (Will he? He's hardly played so far)...
I'm really trying not to think about how good and deep we will be once this kid comes back because I get way too pumped up and excited every time I do.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...-does-it-mean/Anderson shooting again, but what does it mean?
Jeff McDonald
...Spurs coach Gregg Popovich remains bullish on Anderson’s immediate future.
“He showed such a proclivity to catch on quickly,” Popovich said. “I would expect he will do it again.”
Still, there aren’t a lot of backup minutes available on the wing for the Spurs. Not with George Hill and Gary Neal alternately playing like potential Sixth Men of the Year.
In the past, Popovich hasn’t been too quick to trust rookies at all, let alone rookies that miss months of on-the-job training.
It wouldn’t be surprising for Anderson to return to practice later this month, but not return to the regular rotation until the February rodeo trip. Or March. Or, depending on how things are going, not at all.
...Anderson has missed seven weeks and counting. It could be a few more before he is cleared to play again. Add in a few more to get his wind back, and a few more to readjust to the speed of the NBA game, and … you get the picture.
Maybe Anderson picks up where he left off and quickly regains a spot on the floor. Maybe he doesn’t. With Anderson still relegated only to “light shooting,” it’s all speculation at this point.
We are doing fine right now. As long as we remain healthy, I say hold him out until the beginning of February.
When he returns, does this mean that Udoka will be cut?
I love when Popovich is bullish. About anything.
Neal isn't going to hit a wall. He's not the same kind of rookie. Tiago hit his a few months ago.
Ime came in to fill the gap for Anderson. When James is back, Ime is out.
not really expecting much from anderson this year. probably will take a while to get back into shape, reintegrate, and get team chemistry going again. by the time that happens, the playoffs will here. anderson is a real rookie, unlike neal.
Lest we forget.Two seasons ago, George Hill played in 77 games as a rookie, and started seven. By April, however, that didn’t stop Popovich from declaring, “these playoffs aren’t for George.”
Not really a "regular" rookie. He was a first-round pick and played like it before he went down. I'm more confident in JA being able to reintegrate himself this season than I am in Tiago being able to integrate himself this season at all.
Oh, and
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