Malik Hairston

[anakha]

imo because the FO has lost its touch with todays NBA. I know it sounds crazy, but look at what they're doing compared to what the rest of the west has been doing for a few seasons now. We've done nothing to help our weakness in the paint. Shafted by splitter and stuck on ian doesnt make much sense. Try going american and leave the foreigners to the other NBA teams. After all there are only 3 great foreign players. Manu,Scolla and Yao. The rest are just so so.....

And I thought your stupidity had reached its limits.

[Manufan909]

I thought there were some good germans and canadians in the league, guess not.

[Obstructed_View]

I thought there were some good germans and canadians in the league, guess not.

Apparently there's not even a good French point guard on the Spurs.

[Manufan909]

Indeed. it, I'm gonna crash. Hopefully someone will have had found a timetable on Ian by the time I get back on tomo, I really want to see him log a good 30 mins on Oct 18th, which is the preseason game I plan on attending.

[mountainballer]

Malik Hairston is in camp.

is this just a guess or something official?

I would be very happy about this. I know that not many here have a good opinion about Hairston after the SL, but I still think he has enough talent to one day become a legit NBA player and I also think that his game would fit well with the Spurs. a bad SL doesn't always prove that the player isn't good at all.

just remember last season and the case of Ramon Sessions.
drafted at #56 there were no high expectations anyhow. Sessions then played a very poor SL (much worse than Hairston did), he also was poor in the preseason. Bucks sent him to D-league, back with the Bucks, at the end of last season, he started to look like one of the steals of last years draft.
(yes, in more or less meaningless games, but the 11.5 PPG and 11.3 APG in 10 NBA April games look quite nice compared to his 5.8 PPG and 2.5 APG he averaged in the 2007 summer league)
Bucks fans meanwhile discuss if or when he will take over the starting job from Ridnor.

this little story isn't told to claim that it would happen similar in the case of Hairston. just to show how much (how little) a summer league or pre season performance might tell in the long run. I hope the Spurs do have some patience with Hairston.

[DPG21920]

It is official.

[MagnusKrauss]

I'd still rather have The Gist!