Maggette or Young, which is the better fit?

[Leetonidas]

It's a toss up. Young has more upside and defensive potential, Maggette can get to the line which we need on the second unit

[Kool Bob Love]

I have an excellent idea. How about we get rid of Manu and just sign both Sam Young and Corey Maggette? I'm sure none of them would turn the ball over 8 times in an NBA Finals like Manu did. Seriously, we already have Marco Belinelli who can take some of Manu's minutes away as the backup SG.

I'll do you one better. How about we trade Parker and re-sign Speedy Claxton? You know because he can close out a game 6 unlike Mr. 6-23.

[monkeypunk]

Trade Mills or DeColo and keep both Mags and Sam. Then use either one depending on the situation. They both bring aspects that we can use and Manu and Beli can double team the backup point if CJ is off. On that note, I'm preemptively drooling in anticipation of the passing we'll see this year between TD, Manu, Beli, Tony, Diaw and Splitter. , even Baynesy can pass. It's gonna be a glorious season...

[T Park]

The key factor is what has Maggette left in the tank?

My guess would very little which is the reason why I would go with Young over Maggette.

This, plus even in Magette's prime he wasnt a good defender. Young is a very good defender whos game is easily fixable with time in the gym with a certain shooting coach.

[ace3g]

This, plus even in Magette's prime he wasnt a good defender. Young is a very good defender whos game is easily fixable with time in the gym with a certain shooting coach.

Yeah he can play in the post, has that pump fake, just needs some minor adjustments on his jumper which would give him tons of confidence.

[Bruno]

Young hasn't always been an inept offensive player like he was with Indiana. As a rookie, he scored 16.2 points per 36 minutes and 13.1 points per 36 minutes as a sop re. For reference, Kawhi scored 13.7 points per 36 minutes with Spurs last season. What has derailed Young career has been Memphis getting Pondexter. He lost his spot in the rotation with Memphis and hasn't been able to find his place in another team since that. Maybe Spurs could be the team that put him back on the right track, maybe not...

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

I'm leaning towards Maggette.

[heyheymymy]

I want both in a Spurs jersey. send off De Colo and Mills and you have a balanced roster with the open spot wiggle room you want going forward in case a good deal comes along near the deadline.

[T Park]

Yeah he can play in the post, has that pump fake, just needs some minor adjustments on his jumper which would give him tons of confidence.

yeah and get minutes early on while guys rest. plenty of time to learn the system, learn assignments, and improve the jumper. jumper should be improved by April.

[T Park]

Young hasn't always been an inept offensive player like he was with Indiana. As a rookie, he scored 16.2 points per 36 minutes and 13.1 points per 36 minutes as a sop re. For reference, Kawhi scored 13.7 points per 36 minutes with Spurs last season. What has derailed Young career has been Memphis getting Pondexter. He lost his spot in the rotation with Memphis and hasn't been able to find his place in another team since that. Maybe Spurs could be the team that put him back on the right track, maybe not...

yeah no fault of his own, pondexter is the far better player.

[T Park]

I want both in a Spurs jersey. send off De Colo and Mills and you have a balanced roster with the open spot wiggle room you want going forward in case a good deal comes along near the deadline.

Awesome, now just convince the team who loves Mills, and other teams who have no reason to want them.

[AFBlue]

Maggette is a black hole on offense, though he's a pretty effective player. Given the playmaking depth of this team, I would give Young the edge...prefer the defense-first focus.

[Proxy]

Give Young to Chip... the LAC/GS Maggette seems ages ago.

[benefactor]

For the record, the Spurs don't need offense on the second unit. Beli, Manu and Splitter/Diaw will take care of most of the offensive responsibilities. Young will be there to play defense and spot up for a corner three or cut to the basket to get a pass from Splitter or Diaw and finish. No reason he can hold that type of role down effectively for 10-15 MPG.

[BatManu20]

Hard to believe tbh

[BatManu20]

Also, we can't forget this

[ace3g]

[benefactor]

If both look decent in camp, getting both of them on the team and finding a team to take De Colo for a pick seems like the best option to me.

[Raven]

signing maggette just doesn't make any sense, he doesn't defend, can't stay on the court and has a very non spurs type of offensive game. it is true that you can count on him knocking his ft in the clutch, but that's really about it. He's long since being gone as an nba player.

[xmas1997]

So far it looks like most on here prefer Young. He is younger and the better defender.

[rick1991]

Hard to believe tbh

He still has game

[ace3g]

Lang Greene ‏@LangGreene 4m I've talked to plenty of young players around the league who have played w/ Corey Maggette and they all say the same. Excellent mentor.

Lang Greene ‏@LangGreene 2h Eventually Kawhi Leonard will be entrusted by San Antonio to become more of a primary scorer. Having a scorer like Maggette around will help

[Spursfanfromafar]

Young.

One reason is obvious - he is young(er).

Two, Maggette had one redeemable skill - drawing fouls while driving to the bucket. Apparently he couldn't do much of that even.. in Detroit last year. He has consistently been bad with bad teams. Maybe, the Spurs are a motivation to perform better, who knows. But as things stand, Young promises much more.

[slick'81]

Let em both fight it out let the best man win

[Sean Cagney]

Let em both fight it out let the best man win

Thats about it.