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Chad Ford has the Spurs picking Chalmers in the latest mock draft (dated Jun 2).
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2...ckDraft-080602
Jacque Vaughn was a two time All-American that got drafted around the same spot. Most people had never even heard of Super Mario until he nailed that three.
Chad Ford has the Spurs picking Chalmers in the latest mock draft (dated Jun 2).
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2...ckDraft-080602
I like him alot....but we need a 2 or 3 guard with our first pick.
is this guy > Batum 4 the Spurs needs?
IMO no , an athletic and long 2/3 is more important for me and batum will be a good fit
I hope we pick him.
Chris Douglas Roberts, Wayne Ellington, or Jamont Gordon would be good too.
PLEASE NOT ANTE TOMIC OR ALEXIS AJINKA!!
He could be our backup PG while Vaughn sits his ass on the bench
I can definitely see the Spurs taking Chalmers.
If you think about it, the Spurs biggest need is a wing player that is ready to play NOW, and not 2 or 3 years down the road.
that's why I think they pick one up in free agency instead. If you draft a guy, you never know if they will be ready to fit into the NBA game right away, I don't see them taking that risk. We let go of Damon, keep Jacque, and draft a young PG like Chalmers.
Vaughn can play solid ball, he defends very well, and he could mentor Chalmers. They both went to KU. When needed, We can get Chalmers into the game for offense, but have him playing off the ball to come off of screens and get shots out of Tim's double teams.
I think that is the smartest thing to do.
Chalmers struggled mightily when playing the point at KU, he found his success when he moved off the ball.
I think - with the Spurs - Manu would run the point on the second unit and Chalmers would be used off the ball offensively, then used to guard guys like Paul/Williams/Nash/Rose for stretches. He's as good a defender as I am aware of for anybody his size, but that size is still only 6'1 (although he has the wingspan of a guy 6'3-6'4).
Mario For #26!
I saw a mock draft that has Drew Neitzel going to SA with the later second round pick and the Spurs drafting KU's Brandon Rush in the first, which makes a uva lot more sense than drafting a 6 foot shutdown guard in the first round.
i saw some mock drafts that have us drafting ante tomic.
ARE U FREAKIN KIDDING ME
O.K. What wing do they get to play now? They've been trying. It's not that simple.
Sign Azabuike, Pietrus, or RJ!!
Chalmers = Rajon Rondo....won't be anything great, but could be solid.
That being said, I would rather the Spurs address their long-term need at the wing position.
Still, if he's the Spurs pick I don't think it'd be a mistake.
Maybe in terms of impact, but they have very different skill sets.
Offensively, very different.
I just saw good size, long limbs, excellent athleticism, and defensive ability.
fair enough.
rondo is a beast u obviously havent watched him too much this season. if chalmers ends up bein like rondo he will be by far the best backup PG in the nba
Right now, this is my Favorite player available for the Spurs. I hope we pick this guy, although I still like Walker. Either way this is a good draft so hopefully something positive will come out of it.
I like Chalmers but not at the #26 pick... he probably won't last til we pick again though...
Despite PG issues, he has one of the best assist/TO ratios in the draft.
I just got that.
The more I think about Mario Chalmers, the more he makes sense for the 26th pick. The Spurs basically have four open spots on their roster -- starting shooting guard, backup point guard, project bigman and project swingman -- and even if Rush or CDR falls to San Antonio, they wouldn't be good enough for that starting shooting guard opening. On the other hand, Chalmers could be drafted at 26 and put directly into that backup point guard slot.
On top of that, the quality of point guards after Chalmers in this draft plummets drastically. By 45, there are no real backup point guard options available. And really, if you are drafting a swingman, the talent drop off from 26 to 45 isn't hugely drastic ... especially if you are going to put the player in D-League for a couple years anyways.
Another factor is there aren't many good free agent point guards on the free agent market. The backup point guards on the market are few and far between. There are tons of shooting guards and swingmen available.
Chalmers as a player has weaknesses but none of them should hurt him too much in the Spurs system. He's not a true point guard yet but that won't matter much playing next to Ginobili and Barry. Most importantly he can defend, he can get steals (something that has been lacking since Ginobili doesn't go for as many steals as he used to), he can shoot the three and he's clutch. From all the quotes I've read, Bill Self loved him as a player -- and Self comes from the same coaching tree as the coaches in the Spurs organization.
Perhaps most importantly about Chalmers is he's aggressive. Pop hates passive guards. Chalmers isn't passive at all.
I don't think Chalmers has much of a chance to be a starter but as a backup point guard (and even spot minutes at shooting guard) who can cause havoc on defense and shoot the rock, I'm confident that he'd be able to step right into the rotation as a rookie. I'm not equally confident about anyone else that could be available at 26.
He's a bit of a boring pick but considering the assets the Spurs have this summer, picking Chalmers at 26 makes the most sense to me at the moment. I may change my mind but I'm starting to like this idea.
No longer on the Bill Walker bandwagon?
timvp- I'm sure your good reasoning is along the lines of why Lawson has been mentioned with the Spurs, too.
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