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He cleared so much area in so little time.
Absolutely! (Right after you're taken in the first round of the NBA draft.)
He cleared so much area in so little time.
That's what happens when you have some fat dude guard a serious NBA prospect.
Yeah, having a guy that leads guards in field goal percentage with almost no turnovers would be a nightmare.
I would at least got an elbow in...
Parker ain't guarding him Bill...
That's true. He wasn't being guarded by Tony Parker on that play.
I'm sure we will find something to complain about.
Interesting results from previous years:
2014-15 – T-1st: Ricky Ledo, Dallas, Erik Murphy, Chicago, Nerlens Noel, Philadelphia & Kelly Olynyk, Boston (8.6 percent)
2013-14 – Kyle Anderson, SPURS (11.1 percent)
2012-13 – T-1st: Draymond Green, Golden State, Perry Jones, Oklahoma City, Andrew Nicholson, Orlando & Tony Wroten, Memphis (8.8 percent)
2010-11 – Lance Stephenson, Indiana (17.9 percent)
2009-10 – DeJuan Blair, SPURS (15.6 percent)
2007-08 – Nick Young, Washington (15.8 percent)
Kyle is on that list too.
Exciting times ahead in SA.
In 2012-13 Draymond Green!!!!
This is by other players so they know who they are competing against that was being overlooked. Very different from a fan or media poll. Basically the players choice award. Go Spurs.
Some nice players in there. I wouldn't expect other rookies to generally be that aware.
is it possible that Murray was the one we were targeting when we tried to buy up in the draft? we were rumored to try to buy a top ten pick...
I think the players know instinctively who has skills more advanced than they do. They of course can't evaluate other intangibles like work ethic and ability to improve. So Blair here was ready for the NBA but eventually declined. Perry Jones got a lot of hype but flamed out of the league too.In 2012-13 Draymond Green!!!!
This is by other players so they know who they are competing against that was being overlooked. Very different from a fan or media poll. Basically the players choice award. Go Spurs.
Blair was definitely a steal, though. Someone like Drom John could do a better job than I can at proving it, but his first three years are better than almost anyone else's in that class.
Blair was 7th in WS in the first three years out of the 2009 draft.
1) Harden (3rd pick)
2) Griffin (1st, #2 without playing the first year)
3) Lawson (18th)
4) Gibson (26th)
5) Jennings (10th)
6) Curry (7th)
7) Blair (37th)
Blair has dropped to 16th. Danny Green is now 10th, Patty Mills 24th, Ayres 30th, Daye 35th, De Colo 41st.
And there you go. For the first three seasons, Blair was about 30 spots better than where he was drafted. That's amazing. Sure his knees gave out, but even so, a team picking him in the lottery would have gotten a decent enough deal.
big deal, we've seen MVParker do that plenty of times.
so hopefully he'll be as good as nick young
RC mentioned he was one of several possible guys they wanted to move up for. Spurs were lucky he fell bc Boston picked so many stashes and there are always teams that blow their picks with bad reaches and gambles. Some guys fell past Dijon too that could have easily gone in the 1st round as well.
Last edited by SAGirl; 09-01-2016 at 02:26 PM.
I remember something similar being argued for Denzel Valentine. His knee condition will likely shorten his career but bc he's very skilled already and older he is likely to produce value for the team that drafted him right away. Staying in the league and durability past that rookie deal is going to be the issue for him though.
On a sidenote: one player I was looking forward to seeing develop was Jordan Adams from the 2014 draft. He had a high BBIQ, made defensive plays just bc he anticipated passes, could shoot, post up, a very, very skilled player. Memphis didn't play him his rook season, he was dleague bound. He had great summer leagues in Orlando git injured on one knee and his career might be kaput. He's had 3 surgeries last season, tries to rehab to play and experiences pain. The last surgery was a kind of cartilage graft that is considered experimental. His 4th year option is unlikely to be picked up and he's lucky if he's not waived by Memphis if his knee doesn't recover. Knee injuries are the real deal.
May all Spurs current youngsters be spared from that. LJC and Bertans have their injury history. I hope their bodies hold up.
Kid has balls and swag - both needed to usurp TP. Don't get me wrong, I love TP but his time is ending and someone needs to show him that fact, whose name is not Pop. Patty's too nice and we all know how goody our previous point guards were starting with George Hill.
Regardless of Hill's skills or personality/character, he was not going to overtake Tony at that stage of Tony's career. Tony was still one of the fastest players in the league during Hill's tenure in SA.
I think Dijon will find extra motivation in the knowledge that he is the heir apparent.
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