What is James Anderson's future with this team?

[TJastal]

Yes 10 mil over 2 years if he wants that ring. No one else will pay him 5mil a year. You seem to forget that the new CBA is changing a lot on the salary cap. Spent all the money on Tim and we are worse off than before. You are letting the fact Tim was a GOAT PF get in the way of building for the future. Rewarding him for past seasons, isnt 184 million enough?

Well uh... thought you meant 5m over 2 yrs. That would have been 2.5 a year. But even at 5m/yr I kind of doubt he would stick around for that. He's got a family and probably would like to spend some time with them before they grow up. And he's got 4 rings already, so I don't think that would be a factor either. I'm also 99.9% sure he's probably got enough to retire on already unless he's been hanging out with Barkley in the off seasons.

Any way you look at it, I really can't see him hanging around with Pop for another two years and dealing with all of Pop's mental defects for such a paltry sum (by his standards).

[wildbill2u]

We have let lots of players go who had shown better in real game compe ion than Anderson.

He has played his way from first off the bench to DNP status. He did the same thing last Spring after he came back from his injury.

Could be at ude, conditioning, injury, psychological, lack of sufficient skills at this level , or simply a traffic jam of similar players who are playing better or a combo of these issues.

He might be able to rehabilitate himself on the Toros, but his future with the Spurs doesn't look too bright right now.

[elemento]

WOW

People really think Green will get 5m/year?

2.5m/y at most and i wouldn't pay a penny more than that if I am the Spurs FO

[ace3g]

So why did JA get "extended" minutes tonight?

[Obstructed_View]

Apparently Pop thinks it builds character to give a guy three DNPs in a row and then put him into the last play of a game.

[ElNono]

Good riddance James... you were great before getting fat, getting back in shape and missing seemingly every shot

[MaNu4Tres]

Still think Spurs should hold on to him, unless he's used in a trade to bring in a 3rd big.

[TJastal]

Still think Spurs should hold on to him, unless he's used in a trade to bring in a 3rd big.

Pop just might. Spurs FO decisions have made little sense the past few years.

Seems to me with Neal finally coming around there isn't even room for him now. If Neal had continued to stink then I would say yes, maybe consider sign him as a precaution.

Spurs have always been thrifty (read: cheap) under Popovich. , they won't even hold onto an extra 7 footer they invested 5 years into (Mahinmi) for relative peanuts.

[ChumpDumper]

Spurs have always been thrifty (read: cheap) under Popovich.

The Spurs have always been cheap since they came into existence. This is the most lavish spending ownership group this franchise has ever had.

[FkLA]

You do understand it is the job of a coach to develop players. To understand a players needs, skill set and fit. Pops has failed with more than just Anderson.

You can suck Pop off if you want, but bottom line is you draft Anderson as a scorer, then give him 4 shots a game. That is bad GM move and coaching move.

Stick with Anderson the way you did Bonner and see if hes not a 20ppg scorer ! The way you stuck with Vaughn, Fab, Ime.......hes more talented than all of them.

Good call on Ian as well.........looks like Dal coaching staff has him playing well. 8ppg 6rpg and solid D in 19mpg.....Oh by the way, Dallas with less talent is 2 in D this year!!! We are 20th

The guy cant create his shot as easily as he could in college. Hes not quick enough to get past most NBA defenders. Hes not tall enough to effortlessly get his shot off over NBA defenders. Its not about Pop only giving him 4 shots its about Anderson only being able to get that many off. Youre a re if youre expecting him to be this explosive scorer, his ceiling imho is being a solid role player (probably a shooter).

[jjktkk]

You do understand it is the job of a coach to develop players. To understand a players needs, skill set and fit. Pops has failed with more than just Anderson.

You can suck Pop off if you want, but bottom line is you draft Anderson as a scorer, then give him 4 shots a game. That is bad GM move and coaching move.

Stick with Anderson the way you did Bonner and see if hes not a 20ppg scorer ! The way you stuck with Vaughn, Fab, Ime.......hes more talented than all of them.

Good call on Ian as well.........looks like Dal coaching staff has him playing well. 8ppg 6rpg and solid D in 19mpg.....Oh by the way, Dallas with less talent is 2 in D this year!!! We are 20th

Theres a reason why your a YMCA scout. Anderson has regressed. Neal, and Green have passed him up on the depth chart.

[jjktkk]

I'm a , But I can't stop posting.

[Obstructed_View]

The Spurs have always been cheap since they came into existence. This is the most lavish spending ownership group this franchise has ever had.

And to be fair to the Spurs, they've spent the money to hold onto draft picks before, though the wisdom of doing so can be discussed.

[FkLA]

Is Pierce fast, or Roy, what about Michael Redd, Rip???? JJ Re , G Payton..........the list can go on for ever.......you do not have to be fast or quick to be a scorer........ Martin toasts us all the time and he is slow as !

Your a dude, stop posting.

Wow youre dumb

All those players are solid shooters but they also have things like quick/high release, ability to use screens, size, fadeaways, post up game, etc which allows them to effectively utilize that skillset. Things Anderson doesnt really have in his offensive arsenal.

[angelbelow]

I'm not ready to give up on James Anderson yet, he hasn't received enough of a look, (or has he earned it for that matter.)

However, I'm not going to be surprised or whine about him if he turns out to be a complete bust. This has probably been mentioned but since I'm not sure I'll discuss it here anyway.

Every pg/sg from the 2010 draft is ed (not lived up to expectation). None of them stand out except John Wall. Evan Turner and Wesley Johnson are nothing special (at least not yet and they get all the playing time they want), Al-Farouq Aminu is a Dwight Howard look alike but is otherwise useless and has no skill (watched him with the clippers last season), Gordon Hayward is looking to be a bust, Paul George (who a lot of us wanted) is doing ok statistically and the pacers have a good record so he might be doing well. Xavier Henry, another fan favorite, has made 0 impact and has already been traded from the team who drafted him. Point, is that there are very little stand outs from the 2010 draft class when it comes to 1s and 2s (and 3s 4s and 5s for that matter.)

And remember Luke Babbitt? What the has he been up to.

[Calispursfan11]

I never saw in Anderson what everyone else seems to have at least glimpsed early on. I wanted to like JA, but I just couldn't find anything to like really.

[Ditty]

JA will defintley get it eventually, he just seems like he is going to have to be a volume scorer to really get his name out there, or he can always be a solid role player by being a 3 point shooting specialist. I say give him next year, and if he is showing no improvement then I would let him go, or resign him for less. He just needs that confidence, and about 10 minutes per game to start with to get going, or just send him up to Austin when Manu comes back, to work on his flaws so he can continue working during the summer, and be capable for a breakout season next year.

[jestersmash]

Didnt say he would command 5 mil but that someone would pay him that or close to that to get him. That is why we need to move him as soon as possible before he falls to earth when Manu returns.

Didn't read any other post in this topic. You're not talking about Danny Green are you?

For your sake, I hope there's another Green in the NBA.

[TJastal]

You do understand it is the job of a coach to develop players. To understand a players needs, skill set and fit. Pops has failed with more than just Anderson.

You can suck Pop off if you want, but bottom line is you draft Anderson as a scorer, then give him 4 shots a game. That is bad GM move and coaching move.

Stick with Anderson the way you did Bonner and see if hes not a 20ppg scorer ! The way you stuck with Vaughn, Fab, Ime.......hes more talented than all of them.

Good call on Ian as well.........looks like Dal coaching staff has him playing well. 8ppg 6rpg and solid D in 19mpg.....Oh by the way, Dallas with less talent is 2 in D this year!!! We are 20th

So you want James Anderson to be a volume shooter / scorerr? Kind of like how RJ was on the bucks? That gives me an idea.. maybe he could learn the fine art of volume shooting from RJ. Then have em both do it. Can't have enough volume scorers on the team ya know.

[Ice009]

So you want James Anderson to be a volume shooter / scorerr? Kind of like how RJ was on the bucks? That gives me an idea.. maybe he could learn the fine art of volume shooting from RJ. Then have em both do it. Can't have enough volume scorers on the team ya know.

The whole point is that James is a volume shooter/scorer. He needs to get in a rhythm. In college he scored a lot, and that is the way that he played. He's not a sharp shooter like Steve Kerr that can come in cold off the bench and just light it up if he gets open shots.

If the Spurs were only going to give him 4 shots a game then they shouldn't have drafted him. He doesn't fit the team, which again makes me question WTF the Spurs FO is doing drafting him in the first place.

Having said all that, some of this is on James and he has no one to blame but himself. He has played poorly at times and he just simply needs to play better.

[therealtruth]

JA could have been the man on the second unit like Ginobili used to be. After Manu was injured Pop probably should have started Kawhi originally and have JA come of the bench. He's more of a pure scorer than DG but DG has better defense.

[TJastal]

Here we see James Anderson working on his volume shooting in practice. Texas 2 Step on the videocam, still vigorously scouting the young phenom from a seat on the nearby bench.

[venitian navigator]

On paper, JA look like the perfect wing complement for our future with KL.
One for outside shooting offense and more than decent defense, the other for inside offense and very good defense.
We're not gonna have Manu forever, and that's the kind of role that JA was supposed to play in our future...
If he's gonna have success or not in part depends on how much playing time he will get to develop his skills at this level.
When he played his first year looked clear the talent was there.
Difficult that skills disappear...
In training camp he was (supposedly, hearing his teammates) playing really well...
One thing for sure is that he has more potential to became a complete player - to play the shooting guard - than Green and Neal that, as of now, are the only persons he's competing against (Manu in two years will be necessarly relegated, also if re-signed, in playing no more than 15-20 minutes a game).

Players need time, opportunities and, in our system, at least a complete training camp to really have the chance to show if they have something really good to offer for a team's future.
I Frankly hope the F.O. doesn't want to take risk of making a potential big mistake.
As somebody already noticed, the Mahinmi example speak for himself...(and, ironically, he's one of the available free agents bigs next year the spurs could look and have a chance to sign...).

[mystargtr34]

First time i watched him this season he reminded me a bit of James Harden.. albeit a poor mans version.. he actually showed some nice ball handling and shooting off the dribble. All of a sudden he looks like hes struggling to dribble and cant hit a shot.

It seems a confidence issue to me.. im not ready to give up on him yet. Harden struggled mightily in his first two seasons.. and then last season after the all star he break he just started to turn it on and hasnt looked back. Sometimes all it takes is a break out game to make you feel like you belong and lift your confidence and allow you to show your true skills.

[Darkwaters]

I still think the team needs to really look at sending him down to Austin for 3-5 Toros games. Consistent minutes playing 5x5 basketball might get him back in a groove and work him through his shooting slump. This doesn't have to be a season long assignment, but I think a quick one would help shake off some rust and build some confidence....because right now he looks like ass.