Spurs sign David Lee per Woj

[ceperez]

Lee is a brilliant offensive player near the basket both in scoring and grabbing rebounds which he turns into baskets at an extremely high rate. The guy can do it all, he can pass, or shoot, or take it to the basket, and he usually get's the ball near the basket, he has been a wonderful player for us.

Do it all? He can't shoot.

[alpha_HaZE]

Do it all? He can't shoot.

near the basket was the key word. Lee has a pretty reliable mid-range shot.

[Seventyniner]

near the basket was the key word. Lee has a pretty reliable mid-range shot.

Lee had a decent midrange shot in his early and middle career, then his shot abandoned him and he started hopping teams. This year he's been better at funky 6-10 foot hook shots that look terrible going up but go in anyway.

Edit: just checked the stats on bkref. Lee is shooting 44.6% on shots from 3-10 feet (39.8% career average) and 53.8% from 10-16 feet (42.7% career).

[jARS mEsH sEt]

Do it all? He can't shoot.

With everything else Lee brings to the table he'd be All NBA 3rd team caliber if he had a jumper. He's currently a $10M+/year caliber player being paid $2M/year.

[TimDunkem]

Lol His shot abandoned him? Nice myth. He just stopped shooting it. The Knicks asked him to shot that shot more often than other teams later in his career.

[alpha_HaZE]

Edit: just checked the stats on bkref. Lee is shooting 44.6% on shots from 3-10 feet (39.8% career average) and 53.8% from 10-16 feet (42.7% career).

Cheers to that, he is doing a wonderful job for us this year

[ace3g]

[palangi]

It's good to see the WHITE American stick it to harlem and his racist thought process.

[DPG21920]

Do it all? He can't shoot.

That is what has escaped him as he has aged. He was never an ace, but he used to be servicable enough.

[SAGirl]

That is what has escaped him as he has aged. He was never an ace, but he used to be servicable enough.

I wonder if it was the legs. He was injury prone his last season in GSW then went to Boston and he looked like his career was over. He says he wasn't keeping in good shape in the summer and that he didn't come to cMp in shape in Boston. He then realized at this point of his career he has to stay in shape over the summer. He plays less minutes bNd off the bench. Its possible in the last few seasons the decline in his game/injury pron problems were related to starting level minutes, fatigue, aging, etc. Which things like coming of the bench, better care of himself and minutes management help with. He doesn't shoot a lot, even in his good %. He's very selective with his jumpshots lately which also helps with a good %

[DPG21920]

I wonder if it was the legs. He was injury prone his last season in GSW then went to Boston and he looked like his career was over. He says he wasn't keeping in good shape in the summer and that he didn't come to cMp in shape in Boston. He then realized at this point of his career he has to stay in shape over the summer. He plays less minutes bNd off the bench. Its possible in the last few seasons the decline in his game/injury pron problems were related to starting level minutes, fatigue, aging, etc. Which things like coming of the bench, better care of himself and minutes management help with. He doesn't shoot a lot, even in his good %. He's very selective with his jumpshots lately which also helps with a good %

I think this all definitely plays into it. As you age, you definitely have to work harder to stay in shape and healthy and if you don't I think you see things like shots suffer. But he's been great this year.

[Spur|n|Austin]

[benfti]

What will he cost to keep?

[spursistan]

[HarlemHeat37]

Looking like David West all over again, tbh looked great in meaningless RS games, celebrated by fans, but getting exposed in the playoffs..

[Robz4000]

Eh, still like him a hundred times more than DWorst. Pop's been putting him in horrible situations and we all knew what he was about on _efense.

[HarlemHeat37]

Eh, still like him a hundred times more than DWorst. Pop's been putting him in horrible situations and we all knew what he was about on _efense.

That isn't any different than David West(Pop playing him in horrible situations, including the Diaw/West frontcourt), tbh, yet everybody still killed him in last year's playoffs..

[timtonymanu]

Wouldn't have to be in this position (same as West) if the so called most talented big on the team could show up

[Robz4000]

That isn't any different than David West(Pop playing him in horrible situations, including the Diaw/West frontcourt), tbh, yet everybody still killed him in last year's playoffs..

He actually had a role in helping the Spurs win Games 5 and 6 against Memphis though with his passing/rolling/hustle. All DWorst did was chuck up long twos and scowl and grit his teeth after giving up putback dunks.

[BackHome]

DUDE I WOULD TAKE LEE ANY DAY EVERY DAY OVER DWORST.