Chump - you've seen Dawson play in person? Does he look 235lbs?
At the half, Pops is 6-10 from the field and 4-4 from the line -- 16 points and 5 boards. Beating the smaller 66ers up the floor repeatedly. Shot looked good out to 15 feet. A little lost on D, but that is to be expected the first game.
I'm most excited by the running so far. The pressure it's putting on Tulsa reminds me of what Elson used to do for the Spurs.
or David West, but it's doubtful he would get much of a chance this late in the season even if the Spurs called him up. Still, he seems like a good prospect.
Probably a little less. He's not huge, but he's not a stick figure either. I talked with him briefly at a store a couple of nights ago. Pretty soft spoken.
The D-League uses all the same rules as the NBA, correct?
He better be equal to Bonner on O, he should get alot of easy dunks off Tim.
It's more important on what he (or someone else) might be able to bring on D - which is length. I like what "110 yr old" KT has brought on D recently, but there have been times this season where our bigs (not TD) have looked short. I don't think it's the height of the players as much as their length - look at what Boston did last year - granted no Bynum, but Gasol was a monster in the playoffs until Boston.
I wonder what Pops standing reach is then. Not saying he'll get any minutes this season, but I'm just curious. I know he's athletic, but he's not taller than anyone on the Spurs, and lighter than all the bigs.
I'm pretty sure that's the case this season. There used to be some minor differences.
His standing reach is actually the same as Bonner's, the difference being Pops can jump six inches higher than Matt
Haven't seen a lot of Toros games, but Nate Brown looks like a big improvement over Squeaky.
Only 6"? Bonner has more hops than I thought.I would've guessed 9".
Squeaky had been playing all around solid ball this season. We would have been lost without him. That said, we'd be lost tonight without Nate. He's the first guy this season besides Squeaky and Ahearn who looked comfortable running the point. We'll see if his shooting gets any better in the future; that part of his game is nowhere near Squeaky's yet.
Hairston DNP...call up forthcoming?
Solid first outing for Pops. 23pts, 13reb(7 offensive), 9-16 FG, 5-6 FT.
Box score.
Good numbers from Pops, but I'm not going to make too much of them since Tulsa is hurting so badly for big men right now. Wednesday's game against Colorado will be a much better barometer of what Pops can do against tougher compe ion. Still, these games are a great opportunity to get used to his teammates (he and Dawson looked pretty good together) and he did well enough tonight to keep paying attention. Very athletic.
I watched the last nine minutes. Pops looked pretty good. His defense was pretty lazy (outside of that highlight reel block) but he looked tired overall, which is to expected playing big minutes after a layoff. Offensively, Tulsa didn't even look like they were interested in playing defense in the paint. They just gave up and start running the other way. But he had a couple of nice finishes down low.
Signing Pops to a ten-day contract at some point after he's acclimated to the system makes a lot of sense.
Ian was called up for the RRT last year, IIRC.
Two very nice blocks and two stupid fouls so far in game twowith six left in the first half. Got a tech after the second one.
At the half:
12 pts
6-9 FG
0-1 FT
4 REB 3 OFF
2 AST
2 TO
2 ST
3 PF
2 BLK
Not too impressed with his man D, but he's getting the kind of defensive attention and double teams Ian did last season. Jumps like a kangaroo.
From what you see, do you think he could be worth a try with a 10 days contract?
There's no doubt he is an NBA level athlete, but like I said I'll reserve judgment a bit until Wednesday when he has better compe ion. So far, so good though.
He just picked up his fourth foul, all of them were pretty stupid ones.
He's not completely in game shape, but I see nothing that suggests any injury. He certainly isn't afraid to dunk.
Toros win tonight 102-88.
Pops line:
32 minutes
10-15 fg
0-0 3pt fg
5-9 ft
25 pts
7 rbs
3 as
5 pfs
3 stls
4 to's
3 blks
Sounds like he's had 2 impressive games, especially with coming off an injury and not having played in a while(how long was it since his last game in europe, anyways?). What's the deadline for 10-day contracts to be signed?I watched the last nine minutes. Pops looked pretty good. His defense was pretty lazy (outside of that highlight reel block
Signing Pops to a ten-day contract at some point after he's acclimated to the system makes a lot of sense.
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