Spurs interested in Carl Landry

[Chinook]

Maybe I'm just kidding myself to think the Spurs really intend to use Anderson more as a Big (and less elsewhere) this coming season. He's a pretty unique and variable asset.

I think most people want that (me included). Mills, Manu, _______, Anderson and Dedmon is a really interesting lineup. Bertans (or Forbes if he makes the team) would add another shooter, which would make that offense incredible. Garino if he pans out would add the defense that unit is currently missing. Simmons/Murray would have plenty of slashing lanes. I don't know what the plan with Lee is going to be.

[SAGirl]

That's probably not the best reason for not replying directly...if you replied indirectly.

Just didn't want to address your post to come out critically of J.Simms. It seemed clear to me you didn't really observe him defensively and made a comment that was ignorant but I decided to let it go. It was nice that Chinook addressed it. Bc I am a notorious Anderson fan ppl think I dislike J.Simms or I guess think my comments are always agenda motivated and I decided to save myself the aggravation and let it go.

J.Simms can be overrated just bc he's a good athlete, and listen I like him. I think he can help the team as a roleplayer but putting him ahead of anybody else: Danny, Manu or Kyle on defense is a mistake. He was dead last as a defender. I think at this point he's a kind of ball dominant offensive player, more than anything else.

[ceperez]

I think most people want that (me included). Mills, Manu, _______, Anderson and Dedmon is a really interesting lineup. Bertans (or Forbes if he makes the team) would add another shooter, which would make that offense incredible. Garino if he pans out would add the defense that unit is currently missing. Simmons/Murray would have plenty of slashing lanes. I don't know what the plan with Lee is going to be.

Manu is on is last legs, so I just see how the offense would run through him. Mills can't create by himself. Dedmon is a black hole in offense. Anderson isn't just that dominant a player. So I really can't see how the second team is going to be as effective with both Bobo and Boban gone.

[SAGirl]

Manu is on is last legs, so I just see how the offense would run through him. Mills can't create by himself. Dedmon is a black hole in offense. Anderson isn't just that dominant a player. So I really can't see how the second team is going to be as effective with both Bobo and Boban gone.

They will need to play at a faster pace. I expect a lot of plays in transition between Anderson and Simmons, which suit J.Simms skills really well and takes advantage of his athleticism and Anderson's skilled passing in transition. I'd expect there to be transition 3s for Bertans, Mills, Green when they play in the bench. I'd have Bertans coming off screens too even as a 4. I'd run the heck out of any 4 who is not an athlete that is guarding Bertans. I expect for there to be a lot of screening to get mismatches for Anderson. I am sure he can draw fouls or will score on little guys and probably will want to dish to Dedmon a lot. I think they can develop a 2 man game with lobs, etc, bc Anderson likes to dish to bigs a lot. He likes to draw the defender to him with the intention of dishing to the big, be it whoever, Boban, LMA, Kirk in SL. He gets others good shots.

I think he will post up when the offense stalls, but they will prefer to play at a fast pace that doesn't rely on the post up most times. I bet they will feature Simmons a little bit too and have him run his PNR. It's not all on just one guy.

Kyle was barely used last season. He was mostly a spot up shooter. It wasn't until later in the season that Pop gave him more freedom and we saw more of what he can do. We forget that Pop was super strict with him on shot selection, so not only was he played off the ball, but he wasn't meant to shoot unless he was wide open. When he had to, only when he had to, we saw him manufacture shots with the clock winding down. That was the only time he had freedom to do whatever he wanted. I sure he can do more than Pop let him do.

Also, I bet Anderson will dish out to Dedmon on the regular. He's skillfull finding angles to get inside and prefers to dish to the big. He set up LMA for a lot of shots the few times they played together, and he'd look for Boban. In fact I think Anderson needs a big who can catch a lob and a shooter/scorer next to him (J.Simms, a Mills, a Forbes, a perhaps more mature Murray, any perimeter player who can shoot or make a play to score) and he will figure it out.

He can find dudes like J.Simms cutting and other dudes who like to spot for the 3, and if the team is in a jam he can Iso and bail them out and get a basket. You may consider his past season as really the first one he was truly in the team and should realize he was in a strict leash.

But of course if Manu or Mills are running the show and he's just spotted up somewhere you will see a different kind of game. He's said that himself. It's very different when they ask him to be the man to get the engine running, than when they ask him to play off their ppl.

[Solid D]

Just didn't want to address your post to come out critically of J.Simms. It seemed clear to me you didn't really observe him defensively and made a comment that was ignorant but I decided to let it go. It was nice that Chinook addressed it. Bc I am a notorious Anderson fan ppl think I dislike J.Simms or I guess think my comments are always agenda motivated and I decided to save myself the aggravation and let it go.

J.Simms can be overrated just bc he's a good athlete, and listen I like him. I think he can help the team as a roleplayer but putting him ahead of anybody else: Danny, Manu or Kyle on defense is a mistake. He was dead last as a defender. I think at this point he's a kind of ball dominant offensive player, more than anything else.

Well, hopefully my clarification helped you better understand what I was trying to emphasize. I admit, I could have phrased it differently. If you still think the comment was made out of ignorance, then it's not worthy of further discussion from my perspective.

[Solid D]

Last season, the Spurs actually had 8 not 7, since they used Rasual Butler as a Big for much of his time on the floor. At the end of the season, the Spurs jettisoned Butler in favor of a smaller Wing player with fairly poor defensive acuity (save for the occasional jumping the passing lanes). This season, if the Spurs sacrifice a Big for a smaller player, it would be nice to see them bring in someone with defensive skills and tenacity.

[SAGirl]

Well, hopefully my clarification helped you better understand what I was trying to emphasize. I admit, I could have phrased it differently. If you still think the comment was made out of ignorance, then it's not worthy of further discussion from my perspective.

Sorry Solid I saw what you meant in a follow up post. Didn't mean to be insulting or an ass about it.

[Solid D]

Sorry Solid I saw what you meant in a follow up post. Didn't mean to be insulting or an ass about it.

Okay, great. Thanks!

[spurs10]

Mirotic is a shooter, so he fits with Pau just fine. While Gasol might be able to spot up for three, you don't want him spacing the floor for Lee. It'd be like Kawhi spacing for Parker. And LMA was plenty fine for a defensive center, especially against bench units.

As far as my preferred units, I want the Spurs to play small with their bench with Lee as the fifth big. I really like the Anderson/Bertans forward combo, and if Garino makes the team, he'd be another option along with Simmons to rotate in there. I want a return of four out, one in like with Neal, Manu, back-up three, Bonner and Splitter units.

Where is Dedmon in this scenario?

[spurs10]

Mirotic is a shooter, so he fits with Pau just fine. While Gasol might be able to spot up for three, you don't want him spacing the floor for Lee. It'd be like Kawhi spacing for Parker. And LMA was plenty fine for a defensive center, especially against bench units.

As far as my preferred units, I want the Spurs to play small with their bench with Lee as the fifth big. I really like the Anderson/Bertans forward combo, and if Garino makes the team, he'd be another option along with Simmons to rotate in there. I want a return of four out, one in like with Neal, Manu, back-up three, Bonner and Splitter units.

Never mind I get it "with Lee as the fifth big."

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I've always liked Landry's grit and style of play. I suppose with guys like Draymond getting 'big' minutes, and so many teams looking like they'll be playing small, a 'shorter' big like Landry would fit into certain matchups.