I like it. I thought they'd go with Williams, who may have a higher upside, but by all accounts Anderson is a better player currently and fits a more pressing need (outside shooting). He's certainly not a freak athlete, but a relatively good one. When a player ranked higher than your pick falls to you and fills a need, it's tough to complain.
I would not be surprised if the Spurs don't add another wing (at least on a guaranteed contract) during the off season. Anderson is most likely ready to contribute some next season. Sure, the Spurs could sign a Jones (James), but what's the point? They wanted to get younger and more athletic and this kid provides that. He could be used as the wing shooter off the bench and Hairston as the wing defender.
People will say, what about an SF? As I've said a few times, I think the Spurs view Hairston as more of an SF than an SG. Gee is another guy who can play SF. Size-wise, neither of these guys is a prototypical SF, but the Spurs have one of those and let's he honest, they haven't put a major premium on size in recent years.
They paid quite a bit to pry Gee away from the Wizards, so my sense is they won't bury him further behind some run of the mill veteran when they have a player who's likely already better than a run of the mill veteran (at least the caliber which they could afford) to play the third wing role.
Thanks for the link to the Buford interview. I liked when he got pissed at the reporter who said the Spurs needed another big last year.
I like the Anderson pick. He was one of the best players in college last year. Like Buford said, the last two Big 12 POY's to go into the NBA were Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin. So he has a certain amount of credibility as a player coming out of that conference as someone who can flat out score even when defended.
If this kid can shoot like analysts say he can he doesn't need to be a great defender just a good shooter. spurs need and i mean need somebody to fill it up from the outside and the kid is supposed to be a good free throw shooter. both things the spurs lineup needs. i think it was a great pick for 20.
does he have a twitter page? can't find it if he does
Seems like way too talented of a guy to pass up and it at least addresses the shooting and size problems the Spurs have. Hopefully Chip can turn him into an elite level NBA shooter. Spurs should be able to improve his defense and looks like he has potential on that end from what scout reports have said.
I'm excited over this pick. That's potentially three ing drafts in a row the Spurs have delivered, and, oh, what a coincidence, three ing drafts in a row they have drafted their first pick domestically.
Wow, my ass, what are the odds? Never would have thought. It's not like some of us on here have been begging them to draft domestic in the Era of Draft ups 2004-2007
Scola should've been a home run, and splitter is a potential one
The Spurs had planned to draft 6-10 Serbian Nemanja Bjelica with the 20th pick, but a bad workout hurt his chances wtih them, sources say.
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Listen to James Anderson's phone interview with the San Antonio media: http://bit.ly/ddAjnN
You forgot Jefferson. Even if he's traded before the deadline, we should be able to get 1-2 good players for his expiring.
Parker Hill
Anderson Ginobili
Jefferson (Robinson?) Hairston
Duncan Blair
Splitter McDyess
That's not bad.
Son of a... another commercial before the Spurs' pick.
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James Anderson going to Spurs at #20 will be the steal of the NBA draft!
Are you joking or did he actually say that?
that is from his twitter
Jay Bilas echoes the sentiment.
Jay Bilas said the Spurs were the big winners tonight based on the pick of James Anderson!!
You need to go to this website http://www.nbadraft.net/nba-draft-co...m-test-results
Anderson has some insane athleticism stats. And he's a shooter that plays defense? What's not to like?
All I'm seeing is that his two biggest weaknesses are athleticism and defense.
Yeah looking at what everyone is saying we can put this up to another steal in the draft. So we are set at PG -Tony/Hill/Temple, SG - Manu/Hill Anderson, and I hope C with Duncan and Splitter. Not to bad at PF with Dice and Blair so only weakness is SF with only Jefferson and no bench?
Someone may have posted this...not sure, but James Anderson was rated as the 10th Best Available when the draft started. Spurs get him at 20. I'm sure that's why Bilas said the Spurs were his pick as a big winner.
Excellent news.
Welcome to the new Spur!
The fact that the Spurs went SG, instead of a big, with pick #20, should be good indicator that Spiltter will be in the fold.
Obviously nothing is a done deal until we see an announcment, but one would have to think the FO had a handle on that situation going into this draft.
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