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Two key OKC adjustments last night that may portend for WCF matchup: Playing Durant at 4 to take Blair out of game, and using Ivey on Parker
Hollinger is a Blazers homer so he's seen Mills more than I have. From what I've seen over the years, I'd say he can handle the ball decently well. But if Hollinger says he can't dribble, that's definitely something to worry about since Hollinger has obviously seen him more than I have.
We'll see but in college and in international compe ion, I never saw ballhandling as a major liability.
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Two key OKC adjustments last night that may portend for WCF matchup: Playing Durant at 4 to take Blair out of game, and using Ivey on Parker
good pickup... with TJ Ford traded/retiring, Mills is great insurance
This dude can ing ball!!!!. Im so glad we got this addition to our team!!! He can start on most teams and is thousand times better than tj ford!!!!!
Was about to ask your opinion on him..thanks.
Aside of the Brett Brown insight, Pop has watched him too play this summer in London with Australia during a friendly tournament.
His stats at this tournament:
http://london2012.fiba.com/pages/eng...men/index.html
Mills played like a beast vs USA in the olympics
he scored like 20+
Now that makes a lot of sense. I'm liking it more and more now.
I wonder if Sean Marks played a role in this signing too?
Couple other thoughts.
1. The second year player option is really interesting. It's definitely not the run of the mill (no pun intended) type of contract they hand out to prospects. They must actually like him a good amount.
2. This isn't a good sign for Joseph. Then again, anyone who has watched him play can't be too thrilled with him right now. He just doesn't look like an NBA player at all.
3. Not going after Fisher is a bit surprising but I guess Pop is happy with Neal. And, tbh, I am too.
4. Pop loves backup point guards who aren't afraid to shoot. That is one aspect where Mills is strong ... he's always willing to shoot.
And on St. Patrick's Day...go figure.
Patty's handle is decent. His problems are due to lack of size. He's a weak defender and he's pretty easy to trap.
Well..the good thing is, he's only going to be playing 9-10 minutes a game. He's not starting or anything.
I watched him back with portland and he basically started for that team. He's an above average point guard i can tell you that and he played at an unbelievable level in the fibas.
so could Spanoulis
CJ was never really ready to play this year. He probably needed a full season in D-League. I just wonder what this means for CJ. I know Buford likes him a lot otherwise, the Spurs wouldn't have ever taken him at the end of the first round. I certainly prefer his size and defensive prowess over that of Mills. With the 2-yr contract extended to Mills.
Solid move. It's looking more and more like the FO has accepted that Joseph was a swing-and-a-miss.
If only you'd have listened to me.
Given their situation, this is the best they could have done and it's a nice pickup overall. I'd much rather Mills than Carter and even Fisher, who'd have likely expected the backup PG job guaranteed. That's not going to happen here, where Neal will remain in that role. And let's face it, Fisher is really more of a PG in name than game anyway.
I agree with Bruno, that Mills has the potential to be a legit backup though. Which is perfect; you want someone who has that capability, but who won't ruffle feathers if they're not.
he also played well in portland
Sweet move!
Aye but that though can we sign a damn big???? Gosh
I'm not so sure this guy won't crack the rotation. People shouldn't be writing that off completely. I'm sure Pop will give him plenty of opportunities to run point from here until the end of the regular season. Doubt he would have signed here if Pop and RC said "Yeah come sit on the bench as the 3rd PG and play in garbage time".
Aside fron his obvious abilities as a PG, I really like the fact that he's an international player - for some reason. That just seems to fit the Spurs already-internationally-flavored roster.
Now if we can just manage to obtain a young, backup PF, who has been discarded.
Now this is what I call an authority on the subject of ex-Blazers.
This is about as good of a signing as one could realistically hope for. He has flaws, but the type of player the Spurs were looking for he has decent upside.
I'm curious to see if Spurs have signed him with a part of their mini-MLE or to a minimum salary. Reports talks of a player option of about $1M, which is close to his min salary ($885,120).
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