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Acquired midseason. Sample size too small to determine whether he's a good fit. Totality of career says he's halfway out the door though.
Yes, pulled a muscle in his back, then suffered a bout of Strep Throat.
"Austin Daye returned from both a lat strain and strep throat in Sunday's win vs. the Grizzlies, scoring two points in six minutes off the bench."
Acquired midseason. Sample size too small to determine whether he's a good fit. Totality of career says he's halfway out the door though.
Yeah but if you looked at Green's career prior to the Spurs, or even Mills, then its clear that these two players aren't supposed to be in the NBA.
Green and Mills are 2nd round draft picks. Green was waived several times by the Spurs. Mills was waived and played in the Chinese league. I mean talk about rock bottom!
Daye gets picked up with 3/4th of the seaon over, here's a 15th pick in the draft. Clearly physically he has more upside than either Green and Mills. To even say that he's halfway out the door is ridiculous.
Halfway out the door meaning it's make or break for the kid. He's on a contract year, on Year 2 under Coach Pop's system, and almost hitting his prime. I have high hopes for him and am intrigued by his skill set, and I'd be dismayed to see him underperform this season. Not that ridiculous now, I hope.
My apologies, you should have said 'Halfway in the door', then I would be in perfect agreement.
There's also this adage among sports writers, non-verbatim: players aren't usually themselves once they're out of San Antonio. Not sure if they have evidence to back the claim former Spurs rarely flourish once they leave SA, though recent departures tilt in support of that argument. Big fan of Daye's length and shooting, hope he finds his niche his year.
Fire, see my other post re: midseason. He played only 17% of a season, and that's if we count several games where he played 1-3 minutes. So, nowhere NEAR half a season even by the most generous definition of "half" or "mid". CE addressed why past performance with teams like Detroit and Toronto might not be the best indicator of future performance with a quality team. I think he's half in the door from all cir stantial evidence. Maybe not. Might depend on free agency signing or maybe he's playing vs. Ayers for a spot or something like that. He is only making 1m, so if they got a really good opportunity on a good FA, maybe they would eat that 1m he's guaranteed, I don't know.
Doubt this guy makes the team. He'll flourish in the d-league though.
Ok, I get you re: 1/2 way out the door, yes. A contract year. Make or break. Yes. But, 2nd year under Pop's system? Not even close.
He already made the team. He's got a one year guaranteed contract. ooops... thought you were talking about Daye.
Considering there aren't any spots left, it's a long shot, but he may impress.
Good on you doing the math, man. I also think he'd so show be a good fit as a back-up SF and a bargain at $1M. I'm not sure what to expect of him this year since he played limited minutes last year despite our glaring need at SF and there's a chance to be overtaken this year by a rookie. He's also had some time to observe and grow into his shoes so there's definitely an expectation of improvement, I'm just not sure how much opportunity it's he'll be given. His inclusion in the SL seems like an audition; it also sometimes seems like they want to provide the SL team with a veteran presence, though I'm unsure how to feel about two people older than Joseph, and benchwarmers at that, compete in SL. I'm sure there have been older people, it's just the first time in years I've seen Spurs plug in two vets.
I'd happily engage you some more but you're right, 17% of last season and a few games this season probably isn't a fair shake. This is Cotton's thread though, apologies to the OP and the mods.
I don't think that is so much an indictment of the players as the other teams in the league being so poorly run that they can't get the most out of their talent.
You speak the truth..
That's exactly how I felt
I watched the video and such a pleasing style of play.. quick and fierce, skilled and can contort to finish
Very zippy
Deeply reminds me of Allen Iverson... not just the same dimensions, but their catlike moves and quicks, the way they pounce and have passion for the game
He can pass too when it's the best thing to do, and he does it with the same type of emphatic follow through when he tries to score
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Scored 40 points in the last D-league game.
Heck, who cares if the Spurs already have Parker, Cojo and Mills..... sign the guy up! Waive Ayres!
TP, Cojo, or Mills would average 40+ in the d-league...so no.
Homeless Shabazz Napier, tbh.
so are the spurs going to sign any guy that can score 40 points in the dleague??
Was that on ESPN8 The Ocho?
If Jimmer was black bump
I'd take Cotton and Jimmer over Williams and McCallum.
Cotton and jimmer lol. Please stop.
There would have had way more excitement around Cotton if he had a college career as brilliant as Fredette.
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