Ginobili can fill in when needed, but he too has to watch his aging form in a recent article he wrote for La Nacion (the national newspaper of his native Argentina), Ginobili admitted that it takes longer for him to recover from all those dives and other physical sacrifices he’s made all season. He missed two games due to hip soreness unlike Duncan, Parker’s absence tends to be more keenly felt in the paint, as backup point guard Patty Mills and third-string newcomer Ray McCallum lack the speed and agility that Parker uses so well to get to the basket and score.
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Victor Wembanyama’s short Summer League stint set him up perfectly for the NBA season.Cotton was simply a casualty of too much talent available and not enough roster spots.Īccording to Jabari Young of the San Antonio Express-News, Popovich had a positive recollection of the would-be Spur: “He worked hard and did a lot of good things.” Coming from Pop, that’s high praise. There were no rumblings about his locker-room attitude, so it’s safe to assume that he got along reasonably well with the rest of the team. The Spurs (read: head coach Gregg Popovich) liked the way Cotton handled himself on the floor. 7, 2016 before his contract would become fully guaranteed, and sent back to Austin.Ĭould Cotton find a more stable home in San Antonio this time around?Ĭotton’s cut from the Spurs’ roster was never about his play. Cotton got some playing time due to injuries to Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight, but was waived on Jan. At the beginning of the 2015-16 season Cotton found himself off the Jazz roster and back in the D-League, only to be reassigned to the Phoenix Suns. Cotton performed respectably and earned significant minutes when guard Trey Lyles went down with an injury. His hard work paid off when he was called up to the Utah Jazz. He also earned a spot on the D-League’s Futures All-Star team that played at the 2015 All-Star Game in Brooklyn, NY. In the D-League Cotton was a force for his team, regularly stuffing the stat sheets and providing quality leadership. He got his chance with the San Antonio Spurs, although roster considerations resulted in him signing a deal with the Austin Spurs, the team’s D-League home, as an affiliate player. Undrafted in 2014 after four productive years at Providence College, which included the 2014 Big East Conference championship, diminutive point guard Cotton made the NBA Summer League rounds in the hopes of signing on with an NBA team. With the postseason in the crosshairs, the Spurs would do well to have a backup plan for their backup plan. Indeed, Parker did not return after the third quarter against the Mavericks due to a recurrence of his hip soreness. NBA Trades: This Heat-Spurs swap could pave the way for a Lillard trade.Cleveland Cavaliers: Analyzing the Max Strus acquisition.NBA Trades: The Spurs can steal Dame from Heat in this deal with Blazers.3 takeaways from Victor Wembanyama’s San Antonio Spurs debut.NBA Trades: Spurs can add a recent lottery pick in this deal with Pistons.Yet as the Spurs passed the halfway mark of the regular season against the Mavs, fans realized that there are still 40 games to go after that plenty of time for the injury bug to hit, especially for the elder statesmen of the Spurs who have already sat out this season with various ailments (Parker with hip and hamstring Duncan with right knee Ginobili with…well, whichever body part hit the floor the most). 17 home win over the Dallas Mavericks, the Spurs now sit a mere 1.5 games behind the Golden State Warriors for the no.
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The win also helped the team maintain an undefeated regular season home streak at 23-0 (in a rather poetic coming full circle, the Cavs were the last team to beat the Spurs at home on Mar. 14 to snap the Cavs’ eight-game winning streak and help the Spurs improve to a 35-6 overall record. Parker just dropped 24 points on the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers (and a fully recovered Kyrie Irving) on Jan. The rumors of his demise have been greatly exaggerated, even though the Spurs were 6-0 in the games where he sat. Parker, after sitting three games with a sore hip, has managed to score over 20 points per game (including a season-high 31 points against the Detroit Pistons on Jan. The vintage Tony Parker has resurfaced for the San Antonio Spurs through the past few games. By Tiffany Davis 7 years ago If Tony Parker goes down, the Spurs would do well to revisit Bryce Cotton as backup.
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