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The question is:
Tim Duncan will still have enough energy to wait for help from 08 draft or 08 FA signing?
And players like this are available every draft at 27 and after?
The question is:
Tim Duncan will still have enough energy to wait for help from 08 draft or 08 FA signing?
Nope, just this one. It's not a guarantee but a possiblity. It basically displays the depth of this particular draft in that some very legit NBA prospects can be found into the second round.
Actually, just about every draft there are players that would help a team (and the Spurs in particular) after #27. Let's look at drafts from 2000 onwards.
?before a name indicates a maybe
00 ?Brezec (27), Najera (38), Redd (43),
01 Hassel (29), Arenas (30), Okur (37), Simmons (41),
02 Gadzuric (33), Boozer (34), ?Barnes (45)
03 Howard(29), Walton (32), Pachulia (42), Bonner (45), Korver (51),
04 Varejao (30), Duhon (38),
05 Simien (29), Lee (30), Gomes (50), ?Johnson(56), ?Blatche(49)
06 ?White (31), ?Novak (32), Johnson (45), Millsap (47)
I've left out undrafted players - there usually turn out to be a couple every year who are good.
The trick, of course is to identify the players that will work out before hand, not in the rear-view mirror.
No , that was my question. If these guys were sure fire contributors, they would've been picked higher.The trick, of course is to identify the players that will work out before hand, not in the rear-view mirror.
Dumpt.
Sanikidze, V. 7:22 0 0/0 0% 0/0 0% 0/0 0% 1 0+1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1
this binary code is unfortunatly the stats line of Sanikidze from yesterday.
even more disappointing is the fact, that his team MMT played (and won) against the by far worst team of the Spanish league (Menorca).
till now we can call it a lost season for Sanikidze, he played only in 5 games and averages 2.2 points.
absolutly no improvement visible.
if Sanikidze can't even get the role of a back-up player on one of the worst teams of the Spanish league, the chance that he will ever be a NBA player is as high as the numbers in his stat line.
Eh, I was only minorly interested in Sanikidze when we traded for him in the second round, but then the more I learned about him the less impressed I was. Wasn't Tskitishvili also from Georgia? Boy, those Georgians sure know how to ball.
back in 2004 I was quite interested, because of those AK47 comparisons. but they obviously were as wrong as all the comparisons of Skita Tskitishvili to Dirk or Gasol.
yes, Skita also is from there.
but on the other hand, Zaza Pachulia is also from Georgia and he for sure is a player I wouldn't mind if we had him on the roster.
(btw. Zaza is playing his fourth NBA season, but is still only 22, which some doubt. they think he is already 24)
Sanikidze struggling this year is quite logical and isn't a big deal. ACB is a very though league and Sanikidze is a 20 years old rookie who hasn't played for one year and who has missed the start of the season.
Sanikidze has signed a 2 years contract, the first year is a learning year. I will start to draw conclusions about him next year.
On a side note, Mahinmi is playing better (10 pts, 8 rbds in 24 min this sunday). Let's hope he will have a strong end of the season.
Romain Sato looks like he was tearing it up in Europe last season. Then he was in the Suns' camp. What's the latest on him...Anyone know?
Here's a link that talks about his play in Europe last season...
http://217.13.116.51/noticia.jsp?tem...nada=27&id=444
Winterthur FCB adds Romain Sato
Winterthur FC Barcelona improved its roster for the Spanish League playoffs by inking forward Romain Sato for the remainder of the season. Sato (195, 25) arrives from Sicc Jesi in the Italian League second division. He averaged 25.6 points and 7.5 rebounds in 27 regular season games, but boosted his numbers up to 35 points and 14.6 rebounds in the playoffs. Sato also shined throughout his four-year NCAA career in Xavier University, averaging 16.3 points and 8 rebounds in his senior year, making it to the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament and All-Defensive team. Sato replaced Ed Cota, whose contract expired at the end of the Spanish League regular season. Winterthur FCB may sign a center to replace Bootsy Thornton, whose injury may keep him sidelined longer than expected. In other news, Shammond Williams may miss Game 1 of the Spanish League quarterfinals against Real Madrid due to a small injury.
Sato has played last year in a bad league last year (Italian second league) and he ahs ahd great stats. He has signed with a very good team for the end of the season (Barcelona) but has done nothing for them (he was stuck at the end of the bench).
This year, he plays wor a good team (Siena) that played in Italian first league. His team is doing great, they are first for the moment. Sato averages 13.3 points, and 6.3 rebounds in 28.6 minutes in italian first league. He averages 16.3 points and 5.9 rebounds in 28.4 minutes in ULEB cup (european compe ion)
Something tells me we'll see James White in a Spurs uniform soon.
http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/200.../boxscore.html
The toros went down to the skyforce. James White had an off night shooting the ball but he seems to be doing a lot of things on the court. He blocks a nice amount of shots for a wing player.
I was pleased with his aggressiveness and form, just sad that his shots didn't fall on the only day I've seen him play.
The Toros just turned the ball over 11 times in the first quarter. They're only down three now that BJ Elder checked in.
White has gotten to the line a couple of times, but little else.
ball boy, water boy doesnt count....
Looks like another "off" shooting game for 'flight', but the 7 rebounds are encouraging.
Random two-part question: When I saw the last game it looked as if they were playing exclusively zone defense.
a) Why play zone if you're prepping players to play in the NBA, which primarily uses man defense?
b) How can you ascertain someone's on-the-ball defense accurately if they don't man up as often? I only say this because someone mentioned his defense being worse than Barry's in another thread.
I was just wondering, does anyone think Ian will be in a Spurs uniform next year?
I dont think so cause hes still not good enough hes too raw, and he did alright in the summer league but he didnt pull NBA talent numbers. IF they were to bring him then he will get no playing time like Butler.
I'm guessing the summer of 2008 is when the Spurs sign him. That fits with the current Holting Pattern.
The only way I think they bring him over this summer is if they weren't happy with the way the Euro team played him and they think he could develop more in D-League.
Results of WE games (somestic leagues) :
Scola : 29pts (12/14 FG%)/6rbds in 28 min
Mahinmi : 8 pts/3rbds/2blocks in 20 min. For few games, Mahinmi has solved his foul troubles.
Sanikidze : DNP CD
I guess that even Spurs don't know if they will sign Mahinmi for next season. There are a lot of factors (Spurs' situation, Pau's situation, Mahinmi level...)
Thanks for the update Bruno. I guess with those statistics, which are not anything out of the ordinary for Scola, we should be asking ourselves "will Scola be here next year?"Results of WE games (somestic leagues) :
Scola : 29pts (12/14 FG%)/6rbds in 28 min
Mahinmi : 8 pts/3rbds/2blocks in 20 min. For few games, Mahinmi has solved his foul troubles.
Sanikidze : DNP CD
I guess that even Spurs don't know if they will sign Mahinmi for next season. There are a lot of factors (Spurs' situation, Pau's situation, Mahinmi level...)
Did you guys know that Dirk never pasted 25 pts. against Scola´s Argentinian national team??
thats a good stat to know,huh?
Of course Scola was guarding him.but nocioni was there for some double teams as wells,but still,I think Luis can be The best option for our team next year.
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