I blame Bruno
We all know LMA doesn't want to play C, but you watch - he will be the 2nd unit C against teams that don't have bruisers. Pop will snake charm him into it.
It'd still be nice to have a competent 6 foul true C though (assuming Bonner is tge other depth big), and I guess Lalanne is shaping up to be that guy.
I blame Bruno
What is the story on Milutinov? Why is he not at SL? Coming to camp? Would obviously be a good thing to have a 7 footer behind Tim and our PF lineup from .
Playing with his national team.
Milutinov is not even close to being ready.
These have all been very late first round picks where the rate of success is pretty low. I think this "reaching" is intentional to some extent. Take a Euro- don't have to give them guaranteed money or roster slot (allows you to bring in people for trial runs like Green Mills etc.). If they develop great- if not no loss
I'm seeing people mention that the Spurs have no backup SF.
Danny Green is fine as a "backup" SF, Manu plays his best defense against bigger players these days rather than quick players with good ball handling and Boris Diaw has shown he can check SF's for short periods at an average level. Also, there is Kawhi who is going to play between 30-34 minutes PG - the Spurs will be fine at that position.
Some extra insurance could be useful but I'm doubting any player they bring in will jump above Danny and Manu on the backup SF list.
Any player they bring in will immediately jump Green when he does something Pop doesn't like. Realistically though they can't expect Green to play the 2/3 with no true backup 3. Kyle Anderson will get hosed by Pop and benched several times. They'll bring a vet in
They may bring a vet in, but it isn't dire straits if they don't. For the 15MPG Kawhi isn't playing, Green/Manu/Diaw can suffice.
They like reaching for Euros with late 1st rounders because it locks the players into the rookie scale. No salary expectations blowing up. It also helps because they don't like giving guaranteed money to just anybody, so avoid drafting domestic players unless they're certain.
Thanks....so he is not an option for this season...talent notwithstanding?
I agree, they're intentionally taking 2d round talent with first round picks for the reasons you state.
Still, it's frustrating because those picks have value. I'd rather see them trade down or get future picks if they don't see someone worth the pick they have.
I agree with others that bringing him over and putting him in Austin would of been much better for his development. He barely gets any minutes in France. He needs to show some kind of offense before he is a legit nba player though.
Kid is only 21 years old and still has plenty of time to wear the Silver and Black. Do not want to waste a season or 2 of his rookie contract on developing if the spurs can help it. Sit down with the kid, tell him what he needs to work on, and send him back over on TP's dime to develop the rest of his game. No brainer in my opinion
Two things: 1. tp is the reason we drafted this guy to begin with... 2. It's amazing how much effort you put trying to suck apa...
He needs to work on offense in game time situations, he needs minutes.. Hopefully Asvel will provide that going forward
Still annoyed that Spurs just barely missed drafting Gobert and had to settle for this scrub. We always end up drafting the ty French players
Missed Batum by one spot also.
But remember that time they got George Hill and Tiago Splitter..
how many French players have spurs drafted?
4 including parker
Obviously, they will. They're the best FO in the league.
I suspect they try this and have in the past- traded for future picks etc.
Rodman was no offensive juggernaut
I think he needs game minutes and he'll get that in Europe. Everyone agrees he's pretty raw and still very inexperienced. As long as we have his rights for the next year I'm down with leaving him in France again.
Spurs FO seems to have a pretty good handle on their needs this year and have demonstrated an ability to fill them with good money management and the Spurs story. I'll go with their decision over ST posters who only have a limited exposure to LJC in two SL games against minor league players.
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