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I remember thinking he'd be interesting during the draft. I've seen him play a few times and he looked like a decent backup PG. He's probably as good as the Spurs are going to get at this point.
C'mon Diaw buyout....
he played in the nbl back home when it was during the lockout, i think he avg like 20ppg, but then again the australian league is worst then ur gym rats....nothing to boast about...dont think he stick around much after gettin paid 1m, then bolting to china for another pay deal....
I remember thinking he'd be interesting during the draft. I've seen him play a few times and he looked like a decent backup PG. He's probably as good as the Spurs are going to get at this point.
C'mon Diaw buyout....
How does this affect Boris Diaw if at all?
Prob doesn't. If they used MLE it might.
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After last season, my one and only concern is the post-season. I can't see this helping the Spurs in this year's playoffs. Nothing in Pop's past suggests that Mills will have a prayer of seeing daylight, once the playoffs begin. Maybe next year, but not this one. And it's exactly the teams the Spurs will face in the playoffs that really limit Neal's effectiveness at the point.
I've watched Mills play, and he's a feisty little guy. I think he has a place in the NBA. My only real thought is that, like Jefferson, I question his fit on this team. The Spurs have a good second unit, that can actually extend leads, if they have someone to keep things moving. Mills is even less of a distributor than TJ Ford was when he entered the league. (That's why I don't understand some of these comments. Some of the same people who ed about Ford act like Mills is somehow different. Unless something has changed, he's not.) Personally, I think he's well suited for a wide-open offense, but not so much for here. Maybe if he had played for D'Antoni, it would have been Mills-Sanity.
He's a good young player, and I can't pretend like it will hurt the Spurs. And looking to the future, he's probably a good pickup. But I don't see it putting them any closer to another le. Especially if he really is mostly a specator, come playoff time. I think he will be. I guess we'll see.
With Jack and Patty on the team, the room just got some extra personality.
Dude always seems to have a disheveled look about himself.
We had one slot open but I'm surprised we didn't shore up the frontline. Further surprised we didn't go for an older vet PG for the playoffs. An Interesting atypical move for the Spurs
He does remind one of Parker as a scoring PG from the highlight vid but Parker had no 3pt shot at a comparable stage of his NBA career.
Mills is the 13th player signed to the end of the season. They currently have one roster spot open and will have one more when Dawson's 10-day contract ends on March 25th
dont expect hiim to get any playoff minutes, pop rarely plays rookies in the playoffs...KL will be the exception this season
Hollinger saying OKC might have found something with Ivey guarding Parker and using Durant as the 4 to get Blair out of the game is hilarious.
First of all, we WANT Blair out of the game. Pop would prefer to play him as little as possible and to play small as much as possible with Leonard and Jackson. That opens the lane for Tony and Manu to drive, using Tim as a high screener on Ibaka and leaving nobody to block shots outside of Durant. Also lets Tim work inside on Ibaka instead of Perkins.
Secondly, not only is Ivey a liability on offense, but with Safolosha out of the game Ginobili would eat the Thunder alive. Westbrook can't guard him.
I remember him making some noise in the NCAA tourney years back at st.mary....I don't think he will be used come playoff time unless injury to Neal, but mainly just to make sure TP isn't completely gassed by April 26th....
should really make in impact.
Good pickup. Hoping it didn't cost them any money that might hurt them in acquiring a big, but it's a position of need, and at least he's got pro experience.
Maybe Hollinger classifies someone who is easy to trap as a bad ballhandler. I think that's too different things even though it's somewhat related.
TD 21 was right.If only you'd have listened to me.
timvp was wrong.
See, that's how it's done
What I didn't like about Ford is that he dribbled too much and dominated possessions. He also wasn't a shooter.
Mills is a better fit because even though he's much less of a true point guard, he doesn't overdribble and he's willing and able to play off the ball. Plus he can shoot relatively well.
That said, I do agree with you that this signing doesn't exactly help their le hopes. Mills is a good signing since he's a prospect who still has potential but is he ready to help right now? I doubt it. I see his role as more of an emergency player in case Neal falls flat on his face.
I think Pop should give him some time but anyone who is expecting Mills to become the new backup to TP anytime soon is going to be disappointed, IMO.
The times I've been wrong, I've admitted it. But the time you're referring to, I wasn't wrong; you and Hollinger were. You said, to paraphrase, that Turiaf could only do one thing better than Blair and that was block shots. When in actuality, he's a also a more versatile defender. As far as his mid range shooting, blame Hollinger, for his supposedly incorrect numbers.
TD 21 was right.
timvp was wrong.
See, that's how it's done
Link? I've never seen that.
So now we have a true backup PG and so we can trade CJ and Anderson and get back in the first round draft. Yeah.................
Well, it's not as if I have them bookmarked. And let's face it, it's such an infrequent occurrence, that the times it has happened don't exactly spring to mind. But it has happened . . . a few times. You can waste your time searching my post history, if you don't believe me.
Fixed.
Tough love.
I agree. Now, as opposed to being a D-league callup, his 64 NBA games and 12 mpg of last year should be enough burn for Pop to give him some serious opportunities to compete. Nevertheless, I will not expect him to get much playing time.
Echhh. I can't argue about Ford not playing off the ball.
I didn't want to bring up Fisher, because it would look like I was beating a dead horse. But I was also thinking about people saying that Fisher was a bad choice because he is really a 2 guard playing point because of his size, and because they say he isn't a good defender. And then here's Mills, who is basically a 2 guard playing point because of his size, and they say he isn't a good defender. Just scratching my head over the logic.
I actually like Mills. But his AST/36 is really, really low. (As in: worse than Corey Joseph.) And his AST/TO ratio is really, really low. (As in: a lot worse than Corey Joseph.) I'm not saying Joseph is as good as Mills - nowhere close. Just that Mills really isn't a PG. He's a scorer. A really short 2 who sometimes kicks to a teammate. Slightly more often than he gives the ball to an opponent. To me that makes him a shorter Gary Neal. We already have a taller Gary Neal.
This announcement reminds me of the day we signed RJ. My first thougth was, "Good player - but I don't see how he fits here." Mills won't get big minutes, and won't cost much money, so we're still better off having him than not having him. (Unlike RJ.) But I guess I just had this vision of a dependable distributor who could spell Tony, so that Manu and Neal could just worry about being Manu and Neal.
Mills is going to light up some 3's in the rest of the regular season. People are going to fall in love with him, and insist that he should be starting. I'll just cringe and wait for the threads.
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