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oh, cool, i must have misread. one happy spurs fan
If he will take even 1 minute from bonner this is a fantastic signing
oh, cool, i must have misread. one happy spurs fan
And KL is a very good rebounder for a wing.
I wouldn't count on Blair being here. That would free up another million dollars or so.
He'll get minutes behind Duncan/Diaw/Jackson/Leonard/Bonner? whose minutes is he taking away? Obviously we're all hoping Matty sits more but c'mon, this is Pop.
This is interesting because he probably isn't going to fill in for every 5, 4, & 3 to begin with. So take Tim, and Tiago, out of the picture and you only have the forward position to consider. It will be interesting to see how all of this unfolds. He got a lot of minutes and did well last year....???
way premature to guess what position and role he might play. IMO what they do is stockpile "system" players, so they will be in a good position for several trade scenarios comes deadline.
the only chance the Spurs have to close the gap will be a trade for a quality PF at deadline. such a trade won't happen now and it won't happen this year.
the more players the Spurs have on the roster, who can fill eventual holes caused by a trade, the better the chances for a trade are. players who can play/defend 2 positions (like Brown might be able to do) will be even more valueable.
Brown is a little different from other candidates we've brought in in the past. He's never played pro ball at any level other than the NBA, and he's almost right on the average for PER rating. There are former first rounders who never perform at that level.
If Brown is able to make a case for himself during camp(I have a good feeling he will) there is a better than average chance Blair is traded and Brown takes his minutes as a small ball PF. Though he's far from the best option for this he's a better option than Blair. Blair is just never going to fit long term.
This seems like a likely scenario. I can only hope that Diaw, with training camp behind him, will continue to provide an upgrade at PF and we can further strengthen this position at deadline. Looks like this is the team we're running with.....
Yeah, maybe. Fesenko would be good third string center if he is fine with playing a that little role. Otherwise it's asking for troubles because he isn't known for having a great at ude.
Nope, still the Grizzlies.
Just ask Mitch Kupchak.
We're already playing like 10 or 11 deep. How many more people do we think can immediately contribute? We're seriously running out of minutes.
That might also be a factor of the compressed 66 game season. I'm thinking they may be back to a regular 8-9 rotation this year. There will be no B2B2Bs and the B2Bs will be much more spread out over 82 games.
This is true, but I'm thinking with the season being so long, Pop will be really managing the minutes of several players. I expect to see us playing fairly deep into the roster even without the inevitable injuries. After the obvious 8 man rotation, I see Blair, Mills, Neal, and Bonner getting some pt.
That's funny. I don't see Blair or Neal on the roster. They both make more than a million on non-guaranteed deals, and their spots have been effectively taken.
Yeah, you're right. Blair and Neal have probably been made redundant. Will be interesting to see if Mills, Nando, and Brown see the floor much this season.
Mills will likely be the primary backup to Tony. Nando and Brown will likely scuffle for minutes behind Manu,DG and Kawhi,Jack, respectively. They're going to need to be ready to perform if given the opportunity like DG did last year. Small ball could mean more opportunities for both. Brown could also grab some minutes behind Diaw at the 4 if Blair is in fact gone.
That about sums it up. Then, of course, there is the ever-present Matt Bonner.
His 15+ minutes are guaranteed.
Hopefully, since he has a buyout next summer like Bruce did, Pop "Bowens" him this year.
We can only hope.
a quick look at the rosters of the other Western teams shows where the field of activity for Brown will be. almost every team in the West has a compareable tweener, usually he's the first big of the bench.
(Jamison, Beasley, Morris, Robinson, Odom, Faried, Kirilenko, M. Williams, D.Williams, Patterson, Arthur etc.)
for all those guys the Spurs didn't really have an option on defense. (outside Leonard, who the Spurs need for other roles). if Brown does well in the role of a defender for those tweener forwards, he will get 20 minutes in at least half of the games.
btw. someone compared him to another Xavier player: James Posey. hm, that's interesting. Brown is even slightly bigger than Posey. Posey played mostly SF, but usually did pretty good defending the perimeter PFs as well.
Uh, that "other" defender besides Kawhi who is going to get minutes and defend those players you listed is Jack.
Solid addition, but tbh I still have some hopes Layden will help make a trade for an all-star PF at some point.
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