Quinn seems to be a "good guy", hard worker and so on, maybe this move is about team chemistry too, I don't know. Simmons is no loss and Temple needs to step up.
Insurance. Hill is out and Temple is sucking wind. I expected a PG signing, but Quinn is a little surprising. Temple better get his together.
Simmons was expendable and so is Gee. Gee has youth and athletic abilities and that is the upside. Jefferson's small ball 4 replacement is gone.
As someone mentioned in the Hamilton/Prince thread, it would be nice if Detroit would to Prince and just release him from his contract, and then he could sign with us. Short of that (highly unlikely) event, I don't know if there's anyone else worth signing to add depth at SF.
That doesn't seem like he would have much to contribute except maybe a steadier hand at point, but at this point, this is just weird especially with Neal possibly capable of playing exactly the same role as Quinn.
Great, why cant we get a true Center instead of getting Guards!!!!!
RJ <Gulp!>
Quinn looks to have a whole lot of potential! I think all he needs is the right coach. I think Pop is the perfect fit for him.
I'm puzzled
Quinn is Pat Riley material
What's to be puzzled about? The spurs need a point guard. Temple has stunk Hill is hurt. Jerrels is an undersized SG and if they wanted him or thought he could handle it he wouldve been resigned.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this would not be a ten day contract because ten day contracts are made available after January 5.
Thinking about this some more, I like it in the short term. Quinn can step in and be decent right away. He's a low mistake point guard who can shoot. He also will likely give enough effort defensively to keep Pop happy.
But, personally, I think the end of the bench roster spots should be used to find a diamond in the rough. Bringing in a raw player and hoping to strike gold after a little seasoning makes more sense to me than bringing in a player who can help for a couple weeks.
I'm just hoping this doesn't mean Hill is more hurt than we think.
Jerrells did look surprisingly good this pre-season, like an actual NBA player-prospect, but that was only one good stretch -- was Temple's play last year an aberration and did they think Jerrells looked to be the same? Don't know.
Quinn's an NBA player and one of a shooter, plays with a lot of "basketball toughness," so I can definitely see how Pop would like him -- plus he's from Notre Dame, and we all know how fond Pop is of Indiana.
I personally like Temple but I haven't seen the same player I saw last year, either. But is that an indictment of his ability or is it just an adjustment going on from an off-season of tweaks and a concentration on the point, some of the same type of thinking and development that I believe to be plaguing Blair recently, or was he just playing way over his head last year? I tend to believe the former.
I just don't see much use for Simmons or a comparable player right now. If the Spurs could go without playing him against the Suns, how often will you be in a position where you need his services?
I think Quinn's a good player to take a look at for the time being, maybe even it lights a fire under Temple.
I expect Hill to be back in the next game or so, but I guess there's no way to be sure. We'll have to wait and see if this is nothing more than a stopgap for them being down without their backup point for a while.
I never really liked Temple because he was not really good at any specific thing, and really not a point guard. I still find it funny that some people (Popovich included, apparently) actually thought he was a decent point guard that could back up Parker. I remember having a few arguments over this very issue.
Hill was more a point guard than this guy, IMO. And Hill is really only a combo guard with some point guard skills.
i'm wondering if this means that either Hill is going to be out longer with his kneck injury or if it means he's expendable and the Spurs are exploring trade avenues. maybe Pop likes what he sees enough in Neal and Anderson and sees Hill as a guy that can get us a better defensive player at the SG spot.
i personally think Hill is extremely overrated by people on this board.
Now that Spurs have pretty much locked up Parker, the only Spurs player with some trade value now would be Hill. There is that possibilty .
Bye bye Temple
Simmons wasn't capable of doing what the Spurs needed him to do. He found a little niche as the small ball 4, but that wasn't enough to raise him above glorified seat warmer. They could have waived Gee or Temple, but those guys have a ton more upside and they are probably hoping that Temple can return to where he was at the end of last season.
I am kind of interested to see what Quinn can do and if he will get much opportunity to do it. I guess they aren't as confident in Neal as a PG as I am. Maybe the RMJ experiment spooked Pop . . . not necessarily a bad thing.
I like the signing. Always good to have someone who can put the ball in the hole.
i also think the offense that George Hill brings (which isn't that much and by no means irreplaceable) isn't as needed with the emergence of RJ and perhaps even Tiago in the future (we'll see). The Spurs absolutely need to inject that starting lineup with defense, and i don't think Hill makes them respectable defensively because he hasn't really shown that he's very good in that respect (which is a shame because he has all the tools to be great).
Why wasn't he waived then?
Quinn seems like a tryout. According to basketball-reference he has played 190 games. I'm assuming Jerrells is looking for opportunities overseas.
Jerrels played a ton of point guard on the toros and in the stints of PT he got in pre-season he showed a lot of ballhandling, leadership, & playmaking abilities.
IMO, he was a scoring point guard in the same mold as Parker, and would have been perfectly suitable in an insurance type role (and should have been signed for this role IMO)
Interesting.
Well I can't say that I'm upset that Simmons is gone. But Quin is definitely the surprise. Definitely sucks to be Jerrells right now though. I can see him on the phone with his agent right now:
"So you mean the Spurs traded me to the Hornets because they didn't need a PG...but the Hornets traded for another point guard and cut me. Then the Spurs signed a different PG after the Hornets cut me? Who'd the Spurs end up getting, Jason Kidd? Wait, who?! Who the is that?"
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