He's very slow, which normally wouldn't be a problem with his other nice skills, but today's NBA looks slightly faster than before. Maybe it's just me. His long wingspan means he can disrupt passing lanes, shots at the rim, and grab boards, but at least good side-to-side speed and explosiveness is needed defensively against other 3's in the NBA, and he lacks that. Guess he can be the next 6th man if he's a small ball 4, but I don't see him earning any awards as a normal 3 off the bench. Would love for him to succeed in whatever role he's thrown into, because he's a Spur when it comes to at ude and personality. Would be funny to see him in an HEB commercial, so I'm hoping he becomes something so that can happen.
Dude can't even create in the summer league. Simmons has been creating much better looks for his teammates. He's been a huge ballstopper for the team tbh.
His pts are all inflated by fts and a few weren't by anything he did (end of game and 1 other iirc). Unlikely that that will continue in the NBA.
Having him on the floor is another liability when switches on defense are made. He'll have to be a huge plus on offense to overcome this negative.
I think by year 4 he'll be a competent rotation player. I'm hoping his smarts can compensate for his slows. There is precedent for this. We shall see.
Whatever you think though, it's way too early to write him off.
Tiago Splitter would crush KA 1-on-1 imho. I can see Tiago locking KA down.
Totally agree - he is one of a kind.
I don't see this as a joke, btw.
His feet may be slow but his hands quick. I saw him on a steal and his hands looked quick. If he also has good hand eye coordination that makes up for alot of slowness in that he gets his hand on the ball and not the arm. He needs the 3 point shot though.
He could have a better career but not a much better career. That's downright impossible. If Kawhi does have a better career it would be because of length of career not in comparing peak years. At his best Manu can be up there with the best of all time.
I don't think Manu's peak was close to best all time... so we disagree there. Obviously Kawhi probably wont get as many rings as Manu because he didn't play with peak Duncan and peak Parker but if he continues to improve I think he will have a better career and a similar peak.
Kyle leads the spurs sl team in scoring and people still find every negative thing to say about his game. He scores 8 points he's a total waste of human life to yall.
For a 21 year old, he's got a lot of moves:
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He works within his physical limitations. What he does not have though is the kind of work ethic that Larry Bird had. Simmons with a lot more athleticism works his butt out. KA should learn a few things from his team mate.
well explain how Andre Miller has been in the league for 15 years. And even having a 50 pt game well past his prime. Paul pierce isn't exactly barbosa. Never has been. Being quick doesn't mean "good". One of the fastest backcourts in college bball 20 years ago was khalid reeves and damon stoudamire. Tyus edney was quick as a mouse. Quickness does't translate to being geat in the nba
Miller is a ing Cheetah compared to Anderson.
LOL if you say so
Manu's a HOF, Kyle Anderson not so much
Paul Pierce was an All Star for years man, dude can shoot as well unlike Anderson right now. Are you comparing him to these two or saying he will be close to that level? I know being quick does not mean good, but if your J is not great and you are very slow then? Thats two negatives. Damon Stoudamire was good in the NBA BTW., true quick doesn't always equate but in cases like Parker and Iverson it literally can make your career because of the speed to the bucket.
it looks like a slower Bodiroga (if that's possible)
Slomo needs to find a way to contribute enough as a consistent roll player before people start comparing him to current Spurs.
There are a lot of people here that thought LMA would replace Duncan which is also quite laughable. However, the amount of reading comprehension fail in this thread is also quite hilarious. The thread le doesn't read "replacing Ginobili". It reads "Ginobili's replacement". I'm pretty sure someone is going to have to occupy the backup pg/sg when Ginobili retires. But, KA will NOT be that guy.
just like david robinson tell Duncan came along to huh
The moves Anderson is using in the SL would translate to the NBA. He just needs to get better at them. He's scoring by staying relatively still and just sort of weaving through his defender. He's like ivy growing over a building. It's not going to be a matter of speed. Combine that with the fact that Anderson taking a Dirk shot is pretty much unblockable, and you have a guy who can score much better one-on-one than most here realize. However I don't see him drawing the help he'll need to be a great play-maker. He's only going to be able to do so much to break down the defense, but he'll be able to get his shot pretty much whenever he wants to.
Isn't the 2nd shot in this a Dirk shot?
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Spurs still need to figure out exactly how to use his talent.
The most effective time I've seen him is against the Blazers where he repeatedly posted up a smaller guards. He can score a bunch if the opponents insist on countering with two guard lineups.
To make the regular Spurs rotation though, he'll need to be more deadly from the 3 point line.
Summer league is summer league. It holds about as much value as Presidential campaign promises. They're both enticing and easy to get wrapped up in the excitement. And both make for an exciting lead up to November. But by the time it's January you realize "Oh my God - were we really excited about this idiot?"Kyle leads the spurs sl team in scoring and people still find every negative thing to say about his game. He scores 8 points he's a total waste of human life to yall.
SL is all good and well, and I'm glad Kyle has played well. But he also looked really solid in Austin last year too. Unfortunately, that didn't exactly translate when he actually played real NBA games and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Yes - I've been impressed with his rebounding. But above average rebounding for his position is not enough to entice me to play a guy that is also a bad shooter, terrible defender, and supremely overrated passer at this juncture.
At this point I think we need to hope that hes on the Cory Joseph schedule. Back to Austin - back to the drawing board. Go into year 3 as a fringe rotation guy and then have a breakout Year 4. Hopefully by the time hes ready for his second contract hes also ready for regular NBA minutes. Because right now hes not even close.
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