Really. Well, I guess I was fooled by his defense in that last game with 4 blocks and 13 rebounds. That's why we need guys like you who keep up with players during the entire season.
Samanic sucks, people need to just forget his name and move on from that draft mistake. He couldn't even find a spot on the Knicks GLeague team.
He is not NBA material, and I'm not even convinced he would survive over in Europe. Dude just doesn't have the drive to play professional basketball.
this team actually needs 2 PFs. I'm not too confident in them fixing this hole in the offseason so I hope they draft 2 PFs and hopefully one develops into a starter if we're lucky.
He will be within the range of all three of the Spurs first round picks, I suspect. He can shoot, and he's tall. Anybody remember Steve Novak? He could shoot, and he was tall. Novak he was 6'10" and only a slightly better rebounder PER36 than Tony Parker. Nowhere near as good as Manu. If he can get NBA teams to give him a $21M career like Novak did, good on him. Just not here.
The biggest difference between Novak and Manek is that Novak didn't look like the GEICO neanderthal. I couldn't stand looking at him for an entire season. I would take Fathead back in a heartbeat, and not even have to use up a draft pick to do it.
I now Manek looked okay in the NCAA. But remember that most of the really good college players are gone after their second year. Manek was a fifth year player, and... oh none of that matters. Just don't make me look at him for an entire season.
Manek in the first round is a mistake.
Last play of the championship game tell you what you need to know. Weak D
Below average rebounder.
No thanks
Free agent signing-sure
Posted this in the draft thread a few days ago. Hard pass on Manek.
Tall guys who can shoot aren’t the rarity that they were in Novak’s time. Steve Novak also started a grand total of 6 games n his career. Not a good comp for someone people are talking about drafting.
are you saying this is because of buyout or you think it will take that long to develope. I want us to draft jovic as well and cant find anything on his buyout. Signed his contract recently shortly after turning 18.
That guys reminds me of Baldwin JR. I hope we don’t draft him maybe with our Flakers pick but not one of our first. He is just hype he couldn’t do anything lesser talent and he shows to be injury prone and is also kinda a one trick pony with regards to his shooting. He definitely can’t hold his own against big powerful forwards he would get destroyed and he is not a great rebounder or defender hard pass for me.
Oh, I agree with all that. That's why I made that comparison. One year with the Knicks, Novak made something like 150 3-pointers, and still averaged less than 6 points per game. And I swear he was under two RB per game. 6'10" and getting 20 minutes, and pulling down less than 2 boards.
Maybe I'll be wrong, but I think Manek will just be lost on the court with other grown men. He'll be sitting out at the arc waiting for someone to toss him an opportunity for the long ball. That's no disrespect to WildBill who brought him up - especially since I know some team will draft him because he's a tall guy who can shoot. But remember how hard Pop tried to keep Novak on the roster after those few games in SA. (Not at all.)
Now, see, I think Baldwin is better than Manek. He was one of the most highly recruited players coming out of high school. He should never have gone to a second-rate school like Milwaukee, and playing for his dad was a dumpster fire - even before his dad got fired.
I'm concerned about the injuries, but he's pretty much got to go to the combine now and we'll know a lot more from there. I think he'll stick in the NBA if the ankle problems haven't hobbled him. If he shows bad at the combine, I wouldn't touch him. But if he shows good, I think he's still probably late first round with a lot of upside beyond 3P shooting.
He reminds me a LOT of Michael Porter Jr., including his history. Except Porter's physical problems seem hereditary and chronic. Wait till the combine before writing him off. He's one of the guys I've been looking at as a possible draft bargain since the beginning of the season.
Still decent on an awful team. Compare them to a guy like McDermott.
Funny fact about Novak. He never dunked on an NBA game, despite being 6'10".
Well that's some trivia magic. 6'10 and in the league more than 10 years, and never dunked once?
I don't know why it should surprise me, though. I wonder if Novak ever got into the restricted circle during a game? Shame they don't keep stats on that.
Was only a matter of time before Spurstalk ramped up the bring back Samanic and Eubanks chatter.
Do any of you have an eyewitness report on Aric Holman? Is he getting any PT in Austin or just a body on the bench?
He’s a gleague player, not an nba player. In all his time he’s gotten only one 10 day, and that was covid related.
We have 3 draft picks. No need to speculate on g league players right now
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