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[Rafael122]

Spurs have a thin bench, and they would like to upgrade maybe 3 of their positions. My guess would be DeRozan (but he doesn't seem like a Pop pick), but Hill would be my pick.

[LyricalRico]

Spurs have a thin bench, and they would like to upgrade maybe 3 of their positions. My guess would be DeRozan (but he doesn't seem like a Pop pick), but Hill would be my pick.

Yeah, DeRozan came to my mind as well because they have nothing at SF anymore and could also really use the athleticism. But you're right in that he's too raw to make me think Pop would be interested in giving real assets to get him.

[WizarDynasty]

I have a feeling it is for Mullen. Mullen was the number basketball recruit in the nation less than a year ago. His agility scores are off the charts, his jumper is perfect form, and the guy is a monster in the post with his agility and strong body, and 9'3 standing reach. He would be an excellent replacement for Duncan and would pretty much make a smooth transition from Duncan to Mullen. Mullen bank shot and size work perfectly for their system and Mullen will be close to unstoppable in the post just like the younger tim duncan was. Spurs are just trying to figure out a way to get him at the cheapest price. Especially since you got guys projecting to go higher than a potential franchise bigman.

[doclinkin]

I have a feeling it is for Mullen. Mullen was the number basketball recruit in the nation less than a year ago. His agility scores are off the charts, his jumper is perfect form, and the guy is a monster in the post with his agility and strong body, and 9'3 standing reach. He would be an excellent replacement for Duncan and would pretty much make a smooth transition from Duncan to Mullen. Mullen bank shot and size work perfectly for their system and Mullen will be close to unstoppable in the post just like the younger tim duncan was. Spurs are just trying to figure out a way to get him at the cheapest price. Especially since you got guys projecting to go higher than a potential franchise bigman.

Well then you misunderstand the Spurs. Pop has dumped players with top quality athleticism in order to play guys like (short, unathletic) Fabricio Oberto, simply because the other players were too slow to intuit the way he wanted it done. Ian Mahinmi has been killing it in the D-League but has never sniffed the court under Pop because he just don't know.

BJ Mullens is completely lost on a basketball court as soon as the whistle blows. You're right he's factory assembled as a ready-made pro player but in the mass workout that happened right after the combine he was so thoroughly trashed by Luke Nevill (IIRC) that reports said he was sobbing in the locker room afterwards. Looks good in the show room, blows on the highway.

He may eventually get it, but he's not the prototypical Popovich player. By the time he figures it out, well Tiago Splitter will have been released from his Euro deal and will already be playing for the Spurs as their Tim Duncan Junior.

[Blame Rasho]

I have a feeling it is for Mullen. Mullen was the number basketball recruit in the nation less than a year ago. His agility scores are off the charts, his jumper is perfect form, and the guy is a monster in the post with his agility and strong body, and 9'3 standing reach. He would be an excellent replacement for Duncan and would pretty much make a smooth transition from Duncan to Mullen. Mullen bank shot and size work perfectly for their system and Mullen will be close to unstoppable in the post just like the younger tim duncan was. Spurs are just trying to figure out a way to get him at the cheapest price. Especially since you got guys projecting to go higher than a potential franchise bigman.

Well then you misunderstand the Spurs. Pop has dumped players with top quality athleticism in order to play guys like Fabricio Oberto, simply because the other players were too slow to intuit the way he wanted it done. Ian Mahinmi has been killign the D-League but has never sniffed the court under Pop because he just don't know.

BJ Mullens is completely lost on a basketball court as soon as the whistle blows. You're right he's factory assembled as a ready-made pro player but in the mass workout that happened right after the combine he was so thoroughly trashed by Luke Nevill (IIRC) that reports said he was sobbing in the locker room afterwards. Looks good in the show room, blows on the highway.

He may eventually get it, but he's not the prototypical Popovich player. By the time he figures it out, well Tiago Splitter will have been released from his Euro deal and will already be playing for the Spurs as their Tim Duncan Junior.

Very well said...

[no D in Hibachi]

Thanks to Mike Lee for getting the scoop. The Spurs called the Wizards about the pick, not the other way around. Wiz asked for Manu, and apparently, that's as far as it went.

Something tells me Ivan wouldn't have cracked that case.

[LyricalRico]

Thanks to Mike Lee for getting the scoop. The Spurs called the Wizards about the pick, not the other way around. Wiz asked for Manu, and apparently, that's as far as it went.

Something tells me Ivan wouldn't have cracked that case.

He's probably still trying to. LOL

[doclinkin]

Since this was from a month ago or so I'd bet Harden was the player of interest. He seems like Popovich player through and through. Okay they have Mason and George Hill, but I can even see Harden in a Bruce Bowen role for them. Unselfish, low-post skills, rebounds and passes, long armed and smart enough to understand their team defense concepts. Seems like the kind of player Pop would salivate over if he could get him without losing much.

[pancakes3]

^ i don't know about at #5 but i can see pop wanting to draft: Hansborough, Collison, Henderson, Sam Young, Derrek Brown.

[verbal8]

BJ Mullens is completely lost on a basketball court as soon as the whistle blows. You're right he's factory assembled as a ready-made pro player but in the mass workout that happened right after the combine he was so thoroughly trashed by Luke Nevill (IIRC) that reports said he was sobbing in the locker room afterwards. Looks good in the show room, blows on the highway.

Is BJ Mullens Kwame Brown Jr?