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That's pretty convenient.
Why do NBA scouts watch college basketball games?
I don’t think it really means anything. His performance in the g league is going to provide very little insight as to his abilities in the nba, just like college basketball provides very little info about how good college players will be in the pros. At best, g league performance might highlight the extreme cases. Outside of that? I don’t think it does very much, other than gives role players a chance to play and learn their roles
That's pretty convenient.
Why do NBA scouts watch college basketball games?
Last edited by ChumpDumper; 11-07-2021 at 01:33 PM.
To check out the cheerleaders, of course.
Because they can’t see those players anywhere else. That’s obviously not a problem when you’re talking about a player you drafted.
Why aren’t the best college basketball players the highest picks in the draft? Because college basketball is a different sport and doesn’t mean anything as far as nba performance.
But they see them play in college and make their determinations and projections for their NBA potential based upon how they play in college, knowing the differences between the games. Sometimes the best college players do indeed end up being the highest draft picks. Sometimes less experienced players are picked higher based on the NBA potential scouts and executives determine based on what they see in their college play.
That's how scouting works.
Lmao low hanging fruit JR Smith didn't like some Trump Sh__.... that re JR!
Your overrating their college play. The combine, workouts, measurements, etc. have a much bigger impact on who gets drafted where. All of that information, the Spurs already have on Primo. Seeing how he plays against a bunch of randos in the G league is next to worthless information. That's why no other team does that with their lottery picks. Even a contender like the Warriors are playing their lottery picks in NBA games (in addition to their G league play).
oh look kw reflexively defending trump
If spurs continue to lose this makes less&less sense
measurements show more than college play how they will work out in the NBA?
Oh look you're crying again like always... I'd rather defend Trump over a dumb like JR Smith tbh. You tend to love dumb s though and put them in the WH too; you dumb s are peas in a pod.
Can we please not turn this thread into another pissing match about Trump?
Take it to the goddamn Political Forum, fellas.
Ok, it would be interesting to know if there are any other players drafted in the lottery (1-14) that were sent to the G-League like Primo and why are the Spurs not playing their young players when they clearly have shown that they could get lucky against the Bucks and that they are only good enough to beat the Magic.
1) Primo is 40th in NBA minutes.
2) 1st rounders with less minutes:
19 Kai Jones
21 Keon Johnson
28 Jaden Springer
3) Any assignment to G League
27 Cam Johnson
28 Jaden Springer
29 Da'Ron Sharpe
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Warriors have assigned their rookies to the gleague I believe as well…
correct, kuminga and moody have been sent to the Santa Cruz affiliate. also, bouknight is getting less than 2 minutes per game with Charlotte so he may see some time in the g-league soon, and kispert is getting a little less than 11 minutes per game with the wizards.
Yes, but it's kind of crazy because GSW don't need Kuminga and Moody to win right now. They have a win-now team at this moment with Thompson returning at some point in the near future. They have a team good enough to contend without needing Kuminga and Moody. So it makes sense for them to play in the G League.
The Spurs are not competing for the playoffs. They are not even competing for the play in right now. So not playing a rookie appears somewhat to be a mistake unless they think he's not NBA ready.
i'm still waiting to see how long primo stays in austin before i really make a conclusion. if he spends the entire season in austin, while putting up good numbers then i'd be disappointed in how he was used. if he just does a few stints over there and ultimately gets some minutes here and there on the spurs squad before the season is over then i would be less bothered by it. especially if he looks more polished in the process.
Gonna go check out an Austin Spurs game soon so I'm glad I'll get to see him. But tbh SA needs him.
Rookie may need some more minutes in real game situations to learn the Spurs offensive and defensive systems and play calls. That information is especially crucial for a rookie going into real game situations since they also have to handle the moves the opposition makes on defense and offense. Until the system and plays become second nature and he doesn't have to think about them, he will not be able to understand the motion of the game to the fullest extent of his capabilities. He has shown a lot of ability to use his limited knowledge for a rookie under the stress of being thrown in against veterans, but think how much better he will be when the nervousness and uncertainty is gone.
Kuminga played the entire season in the gleague with The Ignite last year.
It only took a few ty showings by Drewbanks for Pop to make the switch to Young, unless there was some injury concern that wasn't being reported.
Honestly if I'm White or Walker, I'm looking over my shoulder right now. They'd be the first two on the hot seat if Primo does get recalled and they aren't exactly doing themselves any favors.
Jones has gotten some spot minutes as well, but has actually looked pretty decent in those.
Some amount of time is needed to assess where we are with certain other players of a somewhat similar position. For example, we’re getting a better idea of what progress Lonnie has or hasn’t made so far in a contract year. That’s helpful. We don’t have enough info yet on Jones, which I think is needed before we bury him further.
If Primo does well in G league and we somehow trade Young and Walker, then Walker’s absence opens things up. It doesn’t seem like us sucking is what will determine Primo’s call up, it’s his own play in the G league, I imagine. Having said that, yeah, I’m almost ready to see more of him, perhaps in episodes where we learn what he needs to work on. To me that would be the ideal middle ground. We’ll see what the whims of the Old Man bring us.
Primo has been recalled.
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