If the starting lineup with LMA manages to get a huge lead every game, KA may have alot of playing time this season. All depends on the starting lineup IMO.
The thing about Kyle anderson is that he's not going to improve a lot on many of the things he's not good at. He's always going to be slow, and weak.
Not fair to expect a whole lot from him this year. 10 minutes of solid bench play is the max anyone should expect from him tbh..
Could only play as a stretch 4 really. He's not going to be able to stay with anyone on the perimeter
He still stinks, overrated and that's not saying much.
I am huge on Kyle Anderson. Plays with great pace, can play four positions, great hands on offense and defense, can make a steal and challenge shots, great passer and decision maker, shows patience on the block and skilled low post moves both facing and back to basket. Anytime you have a player with his height they can put the ball on the floor, make the pass or shoot that puts the defense of its heels. Given enough minutes he can reach double figures in points and still get as many rebounds as assits.
IF he makes significant progress over his rookie year then you have decent depth with Mills, Ginobili, Diaw, and him before we consider additional free agent additions. His skill set is well suited to this team's system.
Anderson should surprise a lot of people this year.
Livio Jean Charles, on the other hand, seems like a wasted pick.
Like others have said if there was a year we needed him it's now.its his 2nd season and he is a first round pick ,spurs could use a young sf with solid ball handling and passing skills
I think he has star potential so yeah it's fair to be disappointed if he isn't a viable option. I do expect to see plenty of rookie mistakes and Pop yelling at him this season. Danny will be happy to have someone else be Pop's whipping boy. Given his background I expect him to respond well to the mad Pop treatment.
I am a fan of his too. He played little last year but he was at his best when the spurs needed him in Dec. He didn't do anything spectacular, but he made good decisions with the ball, rebounded well, and executed team defense well enough for a rookie. His jump shot did need a lot of work. I hope it's improved this year. I think he will be better than some vet min guys out mentions out there and he has potential to get better as the season goes on unlike those old vets. I hope Pop gets on him much like he has on other young guys that have grown in the system. But he definitely needed to work on his jump shot, otherwise he might have played more even last year, because at times the team was in a horrible shooting collective funk.
Anderson's done everything that has been asked of him and has looked pretty good... after winning D League player of the month in February, shooting a respectable 35.4% from the 3 pt line, and showing off his assist & rebounding versatility, I think he's ready to give 12 mpg without being a liability. Honestly, the expectations are low at this point: play D no worse than Belinelli, and maybe provide a few minutes as a good distributor and decision maker. That's all that's needed at this point, and anything else would just been gravy. If he's only a poor man's Shaun Livingston or a poor man's Boris Diaw, he'll maybe get up to 18 mpg. According to 82games.com, his most productive minutes were actually logged at the PF position, though the sample size is obviously small... but in that regard, he's already an upgrade over Ayres...
If he sucks I will be disappointed. He's a very skilled player and I trust the Spurs to get the most out of his talent. If they're trying him at guard that's likely to fail miserably, but they'll figure it out.
He had a 15 point game against the Blazers last year and had a few other games where he showed flashes of what he's capable of. I expect him to crack the bench rotation next year and if he doesn't it's fair to be disappointed. Of course that doesn't mean write him off, but it'll be worthy of disappointment.
WE WILL SEE.
Anderson's biggest road block is himself. Is he going to play like he wants to stick around in the NBA, or continue to be regulated to passing the ball along the perimeter? Dude needs to play with some balls this year, the team needs something from him.
He's way too slow. TP can gain 400 pounds and still drive past him.
I agree, TP definitely has that ability.
Man... this would be a disaster... one pick away from grabbing Gobert and FO didn't trade up!
He's definitely skilled and has great court vision. Very few guards can defend against him.
I trust him more with orchestrating the offense than Cory Joseph.
In fact, in terms of setting up the offense, if we were to rank the best players in the team, he'll at least be in the top 4.
Diaw
Ginobili
Parker
Anderson
.... CoJo, Mills, Danny Green all just can't do it.
And the sad part is that Utah got that pick from Denver for peanuts. Can you imagine having Green, Leonard, Aldridge and Gobert all locked up. Damn. Can't have everything right.
For the record, Nuggets gave away the pick for the 46th pick in the draft!!!
I mean, the guy was right there for the picking, but the Spurs took the gamble and stuck with LJC (which at that time was the better player). However, the Spurs needed a legit center and not an undersized PF or someone to play behind Leonard.
Yeah.. a Spurs team with Gobert would be shutting down teams for a very, very long time.
This.
He's worth being patient with - great feel for the game, and in a season or two his funky driving game could be a real weapon, especially if he develops into a decent 3pt shooter. I see a bit of Sean Livingston in him (although Livingston has more quickness and can't shoot 3s at all), and I really like Livingston as a role player. That's Kyle's floor I think.
He is very very slow, so Id doubt he can play the 2. Our best bet is 10-15 spot mins in 3 to give Whi some rest. He has got to develop a reliable 3 pt shot though, if he does that then he'll fit more and maybe cover for the regressing contribution of manu
Too slow, tbh. I doubt he'll ever be a regular rotation player in the NBA.
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