He'd be fine as a third stringer. Considering that the Spurs went without a third stringer at PG last season, the expectations are pretty low for that position.
When Jerrells gets rolling, he reminds me of Damon Stoudamire. But he really has a lot to learn about the position. Another year with the Toros would be the best for him.
That's a tough call but right now I still have Hairston ahead of Gee. Hairston is a better defender and his ability to make plays on defense (for example, rotate and block shots at the rim) is a somewhat rare attribute. If Gee would show an outside jumper, he could change my mind. But nothing so far . . .
He might get a training camp invite, which would be good for him since he was an unknown heading into the summer league. I doubt he makes a team this year. He probably has to continue to show improvement in D-League or Europe after a so-so career at Marshall.
Uh...that's completely stupid. Gee can play inside but doesn't seem to be much of a defender and he can't shoot. The only knock on Hairston has been that he's not a good outside shooter, and you pretty much have to ignore two years of D league stats in order to come to that conclusion. They're the same size, and one knows the playbook and the other doesn't.
That said, the Spurs FO probably agrees with you.
Gee has been playing pretty decent defense since about late March.
First one to show any semblance of perimeter skills wins IMO.
Hairston has the inside track. The fact that he's not in summer league speaks volumes about what the Spurs brass thinks of him. Granted, he's still extremely raw, but for example McGee is in summer league and he projects as the Wizards starting center. I know they barely qualify as an NBA team, but still. For a guy like Hairston to be held out of summer league by a team is meaningful.
I can't see how he's not on the team. He'd probably have to be astronomically bad in training camp/preseason to even have a chance to not make it. It's just a hunch, but I'd even go as far as to say that if he shows that he make the corner three in particular at a respectable clip (say mid 30's or up) that they'll make room for him in the rotation.
As for Gee, he has more upside as a scorer. He reminds me somewhat of Maggette. The problem is, the Spurs already have slashers, what they need are spot up shooters and defenders.
Ultimately, the Spurs may decide (even after the expected re-signing of Jefferson and the expected signing of Jones or someone of that ilk) that Gee is too intriguing a prospect to cut. They will have the roster space to retain him if they decide that.
If Hairston hasn't shown better than pretty decent defense and some semblance of perimeter skills by this point, I'm not sure there are any realistic expectatioins for him.
Wow @ some believing Spurs will keep Neal over Hairston...
This...
I see Gee and Hairston both making the 15-man roster. I've said it since the beginning of the off-season and I'm sticking to it.
Agree Hairston has a spot almost locked up. Gee is very intriguing.
I still think Temple will prove to be too intriguing too during training camp and pre-season.
How many spots do we have open and who gets left out?
I forget that you can't say something negative about Hairston on ST.
Hairston is an awesome player. He is the next Michael Jordan.
Well its pretty ridiculous saying Gary Neal will get a roster spot over a player that has proved enough and that is highly respected by the Spurs F.O, to where he doesn't even need to compete in the Summer League.
That doesn't necessarily mean he is the next Jordan, even though that would be nice of course.
Well,
First, the idea that Spurs FO are so high on Hairston that they don't think he needs to compete in SL is likely false. Hairston was on Spurs' first SL team and was removed 48 hours after it. I don't see how you could even think than Spurs have change their mind in 48 hours about a player that was with them for 2 years. With hindsight, Hairston being removed has likely been done to open playing time to Neal. It could be because Neal has been great in Spurs minicamp or because his agent has asked it.
Second, Neal isn't some kind of scrub that comes from nowhere. While I think DX isn't always accurate on European players, they aren't fully clueless and they have Neal 4th on their overseas free agents list: http://www.draftexpress.com/rankings...s-Free-Agents/ .
Third, it isn't Neal over Hairston. I find that Hairston and Gee have a lot of similarities and that there is a good chance Spurs keep only one of them.
Actually you can't say something stupid and get away with it. Suggesting that you'd cut Hairston in favor of Gee based on Gee's summer league performance, when Hairston wasn't included on the summer league roster is borderline re ed. But kudos on coming up with a strawman to deflect your embarrassment. Nicely done. How about you mention Pops Mensah-Bonsu next. That should distract everyone.
Hairston has played summer league games, preseason games, regular season games with Spurs.
I guess it's "borderline re ed" to compare what Gee is doing in this SL to for example what Hairston did, for example, in last SL.
Yes, it is. I'm unsure why you need this explained to you, since they've played on the same teams together for over a year.
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