Pascal Siakam comparables
https://www.basketball-reference.com...siakapa01.html
He needs to tighten up his 3 ball a bit, but he looks to be an NBA roster player. Oh, SA drafted him, so, barring a release or trade, it will be SA. He's a dog on defense, so I can see him catching on next year.
Pascal Siakam comparables
https://www.basketball-reference.com...siakapa01.html
This was a concern voiced by some pre draft. He definitely has the tools to be really good. Hopefully it's just a bit of 20 year old angst/pouting.
I remember Becky in summer league mention he has talent and after him about not slacking off- I'll see if I can find it. (found it see below)
In the other hand- I wonder how Keldon's game will translate to the bigs.
Becky Hammon, on Spurs' first-round rookie Luka Samanic: "We’re going to stay on him. There’s times where he has these 'ooo-ahh' moments. There’s other times you have to remember he’s 19."
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I'm very high on Metu. He looks like he has put it together and really has no holes in his game at all. The comparisons to an early Siakam are definitely not far fetched.
Luka's effort has always been his main issue. I think Pop can make him change, but then again I don't want Pop as a coach. We just gotta see how he develops
However, he wasn't that good as part of the Nigerian NT. I don't think they had any NBA players.
It's taking him some time to become ready. But maybe Lonnie playing in the NBA is getting him motivated.
Chim looks like a different player compared to last year.
How's his rim protection / help defense?
We talk about getting over yourself a lot on this board game and I think it kinda pertains to Metu. When he got signed you could tell he wasn’t happy not getting any minutes with the big boys and when he played in G League he was like a black whole on offense would not pass at all. I think being around the Big team this year more and him still getting playing time in G League and getting a few minutes with big team has helped him I also wonder how much Timmy is spending with him.
His stats have improved from last year. https://www.basketball-reference.com...metuch01d.html
Most notable is 3pt at 40% and 2pt at 59%. That's good numbers. Only slight increase in ppg at 16.
Samanic's numbers look bad.
Johnson's number look good except for .23 shooting from 3.
Metu needs some burn. Real minutes outside of garbage time (which the Spurs rarely get anyways). He'd be miles better than Demar or Marco at 4 which Pop loves to go to. It's actually funny seeing all the young players the Spurs have to develop, then watching Pop trot out the same fixed, vet-heavy lineups in the main team. Can't wait for Becky to take the helm next year.
You have to wonder why they don't play Metu while Gay is injured. Doesn't he play the same position?
I really think metu can play a little Bit, he looks way better than last year.
For ceperez the answer is pop and beli.
Metu too me is a poor mans paskal Siakam, and when he finally gets a chance, the fans will see it. Of course it will likely be in his final contract year, and then he will leave for a bigger payday. The Spurs have addressed their guards of the future, and the forward and centers are still unknown. Time to let Metu loose. He has to have more upside than Lyles, and Gay is not the future at all.-Captain Obvious!
The main reason I want to see Metu play is his defense and shot-blocking ability. This team needs all the defense it can get and I think he can replace a player who averages 5 points per game
I'm excited about the potential of the Spurs in Austin-
But a word of caution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_G_...e_Player_Award
he wasn’t too aggressive if he wasn’t actually involved in the play on offense in the game I seen live. Quindary was pretty aggressive in the 2nd half and almost brought the team back.
Luka did take a couple of corner 3’s in the 4th quarter when the team was trying to make a comeback.
Luka overall and especially on defense needs to be more aggressive. Offensively I’ve seen Watching some replays that he can be aggressive but to a fault. He has to figure out a go to move and counter and work hard on those I feel. Sometimes he tries to do a bit too much offensively but defensively he doesn’t give as great an effort.
I agree here. Metu has enough talent and skill to replace Lyles.
Spurs play tonight at 7
https://gleague.nba.com/games/20200125/AUSMHU/
Austin Spurs
POS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A +/- OREB DREB REB AST PF STL TO BS BA PTS Keldon
Johnson
0SF 29 6-17 2-7 0-0 -19 1 5 6 2 1 1 1 0 1 14 Daulton
Hommes
34PF 21 1-1 1-1 2-2 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 5 Luka
Samanic
19C 26 5-10 2-3 1-2 -11 1 7 8 0 4 2 4 2 0 14 Quinndary
Weatherspoon
15SG 30 4-10 0-3 1-2 -21 0 1 1 5 2 3 2 1 0 9 Angel
Rodriguez
13PG 25 4-6 1-2 2-3 -22 0 1 1 6 3 1 5 2 0 12 Dedric
Lawson
526 7-12 0-5 1-2 -17 3 5 8 2 2 2 3 0 0 15 Jeff
Ledbetter
217 1-6 1-6 0-0 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 Kenny
Williams
2415 2-7 2-4 0-0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 Galen
Robinson Jr.
2516 6-9 0-0 1-1 10 2 0 2 3 3 2 5 0 1 14 Kavion
Pippen
3317 6-8 0-0 2-2 11 4 2 6 0 3 0 2 0 0 15 Jordan
Green
3010 0-0 0-0 1-1 8 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 Tevin
King
112 0-0 0-0 0-0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drew
Eubanks
14DNP - Inactive Total - - 42-86 9-31 11-15 - 12 26 38 23 23 15 24 6 3 109 Percentages 49% 29% 73%
Looks like Metu will be on the main squad replacing Carroll for the time being.
How's Kavion Pippen looking? The kid is tall.
Spurs playing again tonight.
https://gleague.nba.com/games/20200127/AUSMHU/
At least 5 of Luka's shots this game were uncontested bunnies to the glass. Safe to say he's not getting many of those in the NBA. But he's moving smoother and that shooting stroke looks good. As for Keldon, he should be practicing his shots more during GL games but it's great to see the aggressiveness that he has when attacking the rim and finishing. Nobody on the Spurs has that fire except for DeRozan when he's not ing about calls. Hopefully we blow it up soon and bring him over... I'd like to see what he can really do.
Agree to disagree. Keldon found Luka inside multple times during his drives. I think they have a good 2 man play. Luka needs to learn how to pick and pop when Keldon drives and we have a "big 2" lmao
Geez you guys look for anything to complain about.
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