Summer League Game 3: Spurs vs. Celtics

[ace3g]

He was also the only player on either bench wearing a headband and that's including players who normally do such as Flight White and Marcus Williams. Maybe they told everybody not to wear a headband and Viktor didn't get proper translation.

Well he does have a lot of hair

[Darkwaters]

Sanikidze looked like a homeless guy that the Spurs had picked up to fill the roster out with. The guy looked shaggy as can be!

We seriously need to run a lineup of Moochie Norris, Viktor Sanikidze, Joakim Noah and Jackie Butler and we'll have some wicked hair styles.

[timvp]

That's the best Butler has played since he was with the Knicks but the compe ion today was far worse. You could actually see his ability to score today. His defense was very encouraging. He still hasn't learned to consistently roll off the screen/rolls properly. Once or twice, I saw him back-pedal out of the screen instead of rolling facing the ball with hands ready.

The good sign about the compe ion level is that's the same Celtic team that shut down Oden in his first game. And Butler is only three years younger than Oden.

CJ Watson is not a skilled playmaker or entry passer.

"Not skilled" is putting it nicely

White looked gangly and out of rhythm. Too bad nobody could throw a decent alley oop pass or find him on the break or he would have had a couple of ESPN specials.

Yeah, it appears that White has gotten skinnier since the regular season. How that's possible, I don't know.

Marcus Williams could not get himself open by moving without the ball. If that's how he moves without the ball all the time, I am underwhelmed. He must show more than that or he'll never get a sniff.

Williams has been extremely underwhelming so far. He's been like the seventh or eighth best player on the team ... and this is a horrible team so that's not a good sign.

He moves so slow and with such little athletic explosion that I hope he's either banged up, out of shape or playing not to get hurt. If this is how he moves, he has no shot at even doing good in the NBDL ... much less the NBA.

Sanikidze must not speak English. He wasn't in the huddles. He was also the only player on either bench wearing a headband and that's including players who normally do such as Flight White and Marcus Williams. Maybe they told everybody not to wear a headband and Viktor didn't get proper translation.

I assume that the rule is that you can't wear a headband unless it's to serve the purpose of keeping hair out of your eyes. For Sanikidze, I guess that's one perk of his homeless heroin junkie look he has going on. However, they need to amend that rule for James White because he looks anorexic without that headband.

I guess Stern is warming up this no headband rule before he introduces it to the NBA. Next step in his "purifying" the game

[Solid D]

I guess Stern is warming up this no headband rule before he introduces it to the NBA. Next step in his "purifying" the game

Ah, yes playing in sportcoats.

[texasqb2]

I hope Butler continues to play well so we get something good in a trade for him....him or elson is gonna be shipped...it appears Elson fits better with our team and Butler has more trade appeal (which is basically next to nothing)...he won't be with us to start the season

[AFBlue]

I hope Butler continues to play well so we get something good in a trade for him....him or elson is gonna be shipped...it appears Elson fits better with our team and Butler has more trade appeal (which is basically next to nothing)...he won't be with us to start the season

Elson fits a good seat on the bench. He's a low IQ player lacking in size/strength and overall ability. He's a third string center. I don't think he fits anywhere, let alone with the Spurs.

Butler does have more trade appeal though, I'll grant you that.