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Welp, it's the Jonathon's dunk marathon then!
Jeff McDonald @JMcDonald_SAEN
Seen Simmons' first name spelled two different ways. It's Jonathon. I asked him.
Welp, it's the Jonathon's dunk marathon then!
Brent was still referring to the "Austin Toros."
Definitely the best game of Kyle Anderson's summer league thus far.
- He followed up a solid performance yesterday with an even better performance today. He struggled all SL to be consistent game-to-game so it was nice to see it for once.
- He started the game with two sloppy first quarter turnovers. One was VERY sloppy. After that? Not a single turnover in any of the last 3 quarters.
- He had a respectable shooting night going 5-12. Not great by any means. But compared to some of his earlier efforts its strong.
- The best part of his shooting was the two 3 pointers that me made (2-2). One of them was definitely a good bit of lucky bounce, but thats all part of the game.
- He also continues to massacre these SL players by drawing consistent fouls. Even better, hes finishing at the line (10-11 tonight).
- His rebounding numbers have been pretty steady all SL and he put up 5 again today.
- Not a lot of assists (2 today), but thats largely a function of just terrible shooting all around.
These are the kinds of games that we've been expecting from Kyle. Considering his draft pedigree and NBA experience he needs to be doing this kind of thing with regularity against this level of compe ion. I understand that the SL isn't the best place for him to showcase his talents - but Kyle has a ton of skill and most of these guys are scrubs. Keep putting in these kinds of performances!
Nice write up. I have to say I'm impressed with Kyle's ability to draw fouls. Athleticism is irrelevant when you're on the charity stripe.
ThAt dunk was nasty
There's enough stupid on this board that it's hard to tell the difference...
What is Becky Hammon doing after the dunk?
Telling them to get the back on defense. A dunk is cool but only worth two points.
That's what it appears she's doing... though the game is practically over! Glad to see she's keeping the players on their toes. Glad to see that Anderson is tightening up the execution of his game. Sloppiness should be unacceptable for a Spurs player.
Bada bing.
Here's the dunk with more detail:
Becky telling Simmons to quit celebrating and get back on defense!!
He got the message, so the next time, he just went for a simple layup.
Becky seems like one of those people that commands respect and you do what she says, otherwise she'll rip you a new one. She's a fem-Pop.
Yeah. Gets me at full mass like like Pop too tbh.Becky seems like one of those people that commands respect and you do what she says, otherwise she'll rip you a new one. She's a fem-Pop.
She certainly did seem happy that he got the message. Finding out how to fit into the Spurs system while still having your own personality and play style isn't always easy. Simmons should still be that high-flying energy guy. But he also needs to keep his head in the game at all times. I still really like him with Mills, Manu, Diaw and West.
That seemed pretty obvious. Glad to hear it from the man.
I think Simmons will wear #23 with the Spurs.
Mini LeBron james?
Good to see you coming around on KA. I agree with everything you said. The back to back good nights definitely give a little more comfort to him getting those 10 minutes a night. But he needs to keep developing and playing consistent.
I've never disliked him. My point has always been that hes just not ready yet and needs another year of focused development to figure out where he fits on the court. Hes still not ready for NBA rotation minutes. But hes starting to put the pieces together on the SL floor. Do that for a year in Austin and with some spot minutes up in the big club and we might be cooking with gas before you know it...
more like Dwayne Wade moves.
Well he did the summer league thing last year and looked good. Now he needs the pocket minutes this year. See how he handles that. So I agree.
No. He did the Summer League thing last year and looked like a big question mark and a long-term project.
Today he definitely looked good. But can he do that consistently? Five games into Summer League the answer has definitely been "no." And unfortunately, if he can't do that at the summer league level then the NBA will just devour him. And thats pretty much what happened during his spot minutes last season. He got chewed up and spit out.
I've been lurking on this site forever but am new to posting. I posted Ray McCallum article from Spurs.com don't see it anymore. Why would it be removed?
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