No role is too big for Jimmer as far as I'm concerned. The kid can ball.
Genuinely surprised there are people who actually think Jimmer will stick and play. As mentioned numerous times already, they're doing his and David West's agent a solid. He'll get some exposure during pre-season in the hope that some team will notice him and make him an offer, so he'd stick in the NBA and wouldn't have to go to Europe. Barring serious injuries they're not paying $2.5M for Jimmer, no way.
If the Spurs wanted to do West a favor for giving the bargain basement price, why wouldn't they just go all the way?
Fredette's track record and advanced stats in his NBA career so far are way better than Mills' at the time of his acquisition . Not guaranteeing anything about Fredette, different skillset than Mills and all, but never say never.
Yup. Though, you'll take a lot of heat for daring to compare Jimmer to such a revered rotation player who has contributed so much.
I think Spurs fans often fail to see how much a good/bad system can affect a player's advancement.
By signing a player they wouldn't otherwise want?Don't be ridiculous.
And it's not West, it's his agent. Don't mistake a 50-70k goodwill favour for a 2.5M commitment.
IMO, you're making a large assumption that the Spurs don't want Jimmer. I don't think the Spurs are that intent on forgoing their 15th roster position to avoid paying a little luxury tax either.By signing a player they wouldn't otherwise want?
And it's not West, it's his agent. Don't mistake a 50-70k goodwill favour for a 2.5M commitment.
Good interview. Well spoken. Covers a lot of areas covered here.
He didn't speak to Chip though.
How is he going to beat out McCallum or Simmons?
Tough odds, but Spurs want to see that in a player. Working hard even if the odds are slim.
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Simmons can play sf so I'm not sure why KA isn't in the discussion of who Jimmer can beat out. Of course in that scenario Simmons also has to beat out KA which he will.
Anderson is considerably better than Jimmer. Considerably. Only way Jimmer gets a spot over him would be if Pop thinks that a Mills, Fredette, Ginobili perimeter bench makes sense. It doesn't.
Ridiculous. They need shooters, Jimmer is a good one. He may come to camp and suck it up, then we won't have anything to talk about. But, if he does well, it's not like the Spurs are going to turn him away because they were just helping out an agent along the way.
Both have guaranteed deals. All he has to beat out is Reggie and prove that he's worth going over the tax.
Food for thought... What do you think Jimmer's averages would be had he been a part of this year's SL team? What would the general level of excitement about his signing be then?
That's not a bad question at all. I'm not sure how well he would do. He'd probably look something like Bertans, better than Dairius looked for most of the time but not as good as he looked that first game. I imagine he would have started over Eddie at least initially in Vegas, but I don't think would have outperformed what Jarrell did down the stretch.
29 pages on a guy who can barely dribble. Crazy.
That's a big partial guarantee and it changes a lot the way to view Fredette training camp odds. Fredette is more than just a training camp invite. His odds at making the roster at the end of the training camp are really high because Spurs will save no money by cutting him at that moment. The only case where cutting him would makes sense would be if Spurs need a roster spot because a training camp invite has shined.
Fredette is basically guaranteed to be a Spurs until December 15th. At that moment Spurs could trade him away to save some luxury tax if he sucks.
Rejoice Jimmer fans, it looks like Spurs still believe in your guy quite heavily.
Yeah, that's a big deal. I don't hate it if they can fix his shot. Again, I wonder if he's insurance for Mills, who's apparently too hurt to play this summer. Now that it's pretty clear there won't be a training-camp compe ion, I am interested to see who all they bring in. Two more obvious Toros spots available.
Another thing, Pincus has Bonner as Non- Guaranteed as well -- that's interesting.
http://www.basketballinsiders.com/sa...s-team-salary/
I saw it but he also said in a tweet that he still needed to check that.
All you Jimmer haters can eat a D tbqh. Will bump this whence he earns a spot in the rotation. Feel free to bump and ridicule if I'm wrong. I can take it.
Mills said he was fine to play the Oceania tournament but that he couldn't play the preparation tournament in Europe. To me, it sounds like a lot of BS and it's just that he didn't want to spend these weeks with the NT practicing/playing in Europe. I just don't wee why he isn't able to play games in late July but can in mid August while his season has ended in early May.
My guess about Fredette is jut that Spurs think he is the best they can do in free agency to play a Gary Neal/Roger Mason role.
He checked in on it yesterday evening after the question was asked via twitter in the late afternoon. It looks like the only thing lacking some clarity is Bonner's date.
What is Reggie Williams' contract status? Is he partially guaranteed as well?
A very small partial. Very similar to a camp deal essentially.
Good news for Jimmer fans. No wonder Jimmer was happy enough to tweet his signing.
Jimmer is a Spur until at least til January.
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