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But I’m Tari. That’s what I do….
Personally if his drive is to win, I have no problem with that, and I don’t think neither would Pop.
Solid points. Is Eason reckless? It seems so. But he’s definitely instinctual. If his instincts are more helpful than not, I think he could make it work here. The problem is our coaching approach is often so memorized and mechanical, it befuddles most players. Even on the Olympic team, the players seemed to push back, though that could be for other reasons as well.
I suppose I’d rather for a player with instincts to learn the finer points than start with a complete blank slate and expect to teach them motivation (looking at you Walker, unfortunately).
I’m back on Team Tari.
But I’m Tari. That’s what I do….
Personally if his drive is to win, I have no problem with that, and I don’t think neither would Pop.
Yeah, it will be interesting. An idea I've been thinking about is which type of player will do best under Pop. For example, most people see Mathurin as a more talented, higher ceiling player than Davis, and probably true, but I think Davis would be a better fit with Pop due to playing better defense and having a better understanding of basketball. As for Eason, it could go a few different directions. The direction I hope is that Eason is so effective when he plays (at least defensively), that Pop finds a way to make it work. Like, when Eason plays his problems seem to be from being overly aggressive and not having certain needed skills (like a functioning left hand and proper shooting mechanics), rather than being specifically clueless or an airhead, despite what these rumors are saying. It's the silly season and lots of narratives are going to get floated around and GMs are too happy to feed stories to journalists to get them in a story.
In Pelton's final stats only ratings, Eason still sits 5th. The only change in the top nine is the removal of Zach Edey at 6, everybody else here moving up a spot.
1 Holmgren, Chet
2 Kessler, Walker
3 Griffin, AJ
4 Murray, Keegan
5 Eason, Tari
6 Daniels, Dyson
7 Smith, Jabari
8 Jeremy Sochan
9 Mathurin, Ben
That's an interesting list. Kessler seems like the obvious outlier, but then with Eason, depending on one's view of him, this list either confirms you're belief in him or makes you question this list, I suppose.
Kessler's stats are pretty crazy. His block rate was nearly 20% and then he added a fairly high steal rate, too. The monster issue, of course, is his defense in space.
Does that sound like Keldon Johnson to anyone here? He toned it down toward the end of the year, no doubt because the coaches kept yanking him out of the game and sitting him on the bench to reflect on his sins. He also had some serious passing problems when barreling into the lane. Eason looks much better in such situations because he's taller and can use that huge wingspan/hands to help make more accurate passes.
Eason is going to become a good scorer. He shows flashes now of what an offensive threat he can be. Add some credit for his defense and he is probably the ONLY forward we can draft that has high ceilings on both ends of the court.
Perfect? No but there aren't any perfect two way players in this draft. Some good ones; probably some future All-stars, but not many with two-way potential. I'm down to these three for our 9: Eason, J Williams, and Duren. If we wound up with all 3 it would be called the Spurs' Miracle Draft of 2022.
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<br>Does that sound like Keldon Johnson to anyone here? He toned it down toward the end of the year, no doubt because the coaches kept yanking him out of the game and sitting him on the bench to reflect on his sins. He also had some serious passing problems when barreling into the lane. Eason looks much better in such situations because he's taller and can use that huge wingspan/hands to help make more accurate passes. <br><br>Eason is going to become a good scorer. He shows flashes now of what an offensive threat he can be. Add some credit for his defense and he is probably the ONLY forward we can draft that has high ceilings on both ends of the court.<br><br> Perfect? No but there aren't any perfect two way players in this draft. Some good ones; probably some future All-stars, but not many with two-way potential. I'm down to these three for our 9: Eason, J Williams, and Duren. If we wound up with all 3 it would be called the Spurs' Miracle Draft of 2022.
I’m not mad at how we drafted but he will probably have a better year 1 than all of our 3 rookies combined.I was hoping he’d drop to 20 but I’m okay with Branham.
I’m happy with who we drafted. I think Spurs checked-off list that they need. Defensive big who can pass and create, a goto scorer with silky shots, and Blake is just a bonis and who might have the highest ceiling with his alpha, peerless at ude.
Nah I’m okay with what we have. And they seem to have great chemistry, which is suspect with Tari in the locker room.
I do think Eason would've been a more seamless fit with the young guys the Spurs had on the team, with or without Murray. You gotta be patient with the comparisons, though. I remember how many people retroactively wanted McCaw over Murray in 2016 or who wanted Bell in 2017. I'm not even throwing shade here. I wanted Bell a lot, and while I never cared about McCaw, I did prefer Brogdan, who was better for a while but never stayed healthy and wouldn't've drawn nearly the same trade package. Let's hope Sochan is another guy like that.
Eason probs going to start at the 3 for Rockets. He has solid size for a wing @6’7 with a 7’2 wingspan.
still happy with sochan, tbh. and, hey, the better eason is, the better the rockets record is-which is fine for this season.
Sochan is solid; his intangibles are off the chart. Give him some time for development in our system.
I wanted both. I thought Eason was better.
Seems like a little bit of a gamble
Perfect at mid teens. 16 teams passed on him for some reason.
The draft is always interesting. Really have to wait a few years.
We didn't draft, he's not a spur, there was no need to bump this
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