I simply talked basketball on a basketball forum. You're providing personal evaluations. Projecting very hard here and not sure why. Have a good day.
The shooting isn’t mentioned because it’s the one thing he does well. I assumed that was the reason, otherwise what is he doing even getting drafted. I think his analytics models showed someone who is not remarkable enough to go that high, and if he watched a short snippet of his, like I did in the first one I found, it just offers a few highlights of a guy shooting off the catch.
I think his opinion was highly influenced too by better prospects being on the board at that point because I noticed that on other teams he ranked poorly.
I simply talked basketball on a basketball forum. You're providing personal evaluations. Projecting very hard here and not sure why. Have a good day.
I like both of them from what I've seen character wise. I think something that isn't mentioned much is Primo has a little fire in him. Watching his tapes, he has at ude and showmanship towards other basketball players where making plays. His demeanor doesn't say that at all. Definitely reminds me of Keldon in that aspect as well. He wants to compete.
Im good with the picks. Both will work out fine.
Seriously, a niggra aint jokin.
Ever since deanondraft came out as a racist, it’s hard to take him seriously.
I didn't say it would be logical when he plays...
Agreed. He gave Cade a “D” and the Jalen Green pick an “F”. He has his methods, perhaps contrarian, or aggressively unswayed by the media, but seems consistent.
Damn. What happened?
And also this. Stats guys think Sengun is a god called him an mvp point center.
No it’s not that I don’t like how our picks have panned out. It’s more like I believe there is zero point in Austin while Pop is the coach. In theory, the GL could be a good thing for players but the reality is that it isn’t. Bc in the G-League they have consistent roles, they get consistent minutes and consistent coaching. All of these out good things!
However on the real team they get none of these things. They get a role but it’s to just sit in the corner and have no plays drawn up for you, they get inconsistent minutes and are apa ways worried about getting benched for some perceived mistake, and they get inconsistent coaching where the coach does and says to them but doesn’t follow through with the vets. Thats a horrible way to teach IMO
So while Austin could be used like you’d said, I believe we might as well just play them bc they have to restart anyways and if they are going to restart then might as well be on the main team. Like everyone assumes that Primo is going to have PG duties at Austin but Pop won’t play him at PG maybe ever so that’s a waste of time then. He’s just going to sit him in the corner offensively anyways so what’s the point of Austin?
That make sense Sugus?
For a sunnier outlook, ESPN Jay Bilas:
ESPN basketball analyst Jay Bilas: “I think the more I watched him, the more I really liked him. I’d be surprised if he’s not a first-round selection. Really a talented player, one of those kind of do-it-all guys that can — he has better size than I thought, and he’s versatile on both ends of the floor. Came off the bench, but great effort and can handle it.
“I was very impressed with the way he played at the combine. He’s a good catch-and-shoot guy. I liked him a lot, and with the way he defended, as well, and he showed he could handle it, which I honestly wasn’t sure that he projected necessarily as an initiating or handling guard. He’s got a lot of ability. I was really impressed with him, and just — he can be a sniper shooting the ball.” I
https://alabama.rivals.com/news/alab...-draft-roundup
The analytics approach is not the best one to evaluate such a young guy. It doesn‘t take into account his low usage. The younger the player the more you have to watch him the get the whole picture.
I think analytics can take some of this into account. I think the issue is role vs sample size. Regardless, the FO is prioritizing interview more heavily than any other team, likely after Nephew took a dump on the franchise, and so that won’t be part of analytics. So, I guess it had to have been an incredible interview. Gulp.
The team is trying to play it so safe with character that it pushes them into a different risk with asset management. Hey, I don’t want bad character guys, I’m already growing weary of DJ’s dysregulated tweets and IG posts, but he’s a risk worth taking. Let’s hope Primo develops. He has to achieve something for his leadership to be relevant at all, and he should at least fill a Mills role, I guess.
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in the Primo interview, they said he was asked about playbook and what if scenarios on the court. I think they assessed his basketball IQ that way. maybe they were blown away by his answers.
As far as workouts go, i recall reading that what catapulted Kobe to be a lottery pick was his workouts and how he dismantled other players in 1v1 (or 3v3) settings. Maybe Primo did that great. Don’t hear what I’m saying… I’m not saying he’s Kobe, but just an insight on how a player could impress outside of college output.
Sure. I want him to succeed. And BBIQ is a good point you bring up. I hadn’t thought of that, mostly because Wright keeps mentioning character and that’s one aspect I take him at face value. I think they see a guy that screams winner/no headaches, and I’m ok with that. But I still think it was poor asset management. Houston traded 2 1sts for #16. I get a feeling that deals could have been made, but it didn’t fit their priorities. So I guess I’m questioning what I am guessing to be their priority vs asset management. Hey, I’m happy to be wrong.
I’m also warming up on these two, after the initial shock. I literally turned my ST off over the weekend to just let it sink in . I keep on saying, nobody believed Pop traded his favorite kid for this Kawhi. Well, I’m hoping Primo will be the next best thing everybody will be talking about in the next few years, how the Spurs have done it again
Go Spurs Go!
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Good point. I am looking forward to summer league. I couldn't find the combine scrimmages online. I think NBA may have taken the links down so all that's out there is really short snippets of like 30 seconds from that game. Interesting to read all these draft post mortem stuff while we wait for SL and FA.
Yeah we never saw the private workouts, and frankly I couldn't even find the combine scrimmages after the draft. Summer league is where I'll get to see him for the first time (other than some college highlights that Wright already said don't reflect his true ability). The rest is entertaining stuff to read about the see how it will age eventually. None of these picks can be graded until like 3 years down the line, in some cases later, but at least we'd know by then the trajectories different guys are taking. This is a subject that's interesting to me on its own.
Right, analytics takes a lot of games to get an accurate picture and he hasn't played enough games to do that. I'm sure that Joshua Primo will be an NBA player as every player that the Spurs have drafted in the 1st round and actually put in their system has made it except Livio Jean Charles and James Anderson. Spurs have had good results in turning first round draft picks into NBA players. Now, how good and will he be worth a lottery pick? Only time will tell, but it appears that the Spurs had him higher than everyone else, including one coach in the SEC who said he wasn't the 20th best player in the SEC.
The over hype hes getting on here is getting ridiculous
i posted the video to the full scrimmage in this thread. Would dig it up but im too busy right now
Ok thanks. Will see if I can find it.
A Toronto kid and a Demar fan. He said he would love to meet Demar and play with him. Here’s Demar re-signing back
Baby and the Weeze.
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