Comments on: Malik Hairston Coming Into His Own

By: yuccaflatsranch

yuccaflatsranch — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:04:56 +0000

I think the one leaving will be the one that they can send down to the Toros. If Williams has more Toros time available it will be him and that is good so he can get court time. Court time with the Toros is better than bench time with the Spurs for a young player.

By: SpursfanSteve

SpursfanSteve — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:23:18 +0000

Kornbread-

Brent Barry could run an offense. I havent seen enough of Williams to really know anything yet, but if hes Brent Barry, we could use him, especially if he can play D.

By: kornbread

kornbread — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:51:42 +0000

I don’t understand why people keep insisting that William’s future in the NBA is at the point? He’s a 2 who can bring the ball up the court (like Brent Barry), but don’t ask him to run the offense.

When I saw him play with the Toros he was easily their best player. He plays within the offense. He’s unselfish and plays at both ends. If he was dribbling too much it’s most likely that the other guys on the court were lost in running the offense.

I’ll get a chance to see everyone play in the pre-season game against OKC.

By: SA_Ray

SA_Ray — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:23:31 +0000

I think Williams will be the odd man out. After watching him in the open practice and in the preseason I found his play underwhelming.

He has a bad tendency to really over dribble and his shot selection has been poor. I don’t think he is ready to run point in the NBA yet. Another year in the DLeague could really improve his game.

Bring on Hairston though. I think he looks like he could give the Spurs a solid 10 minutes a night if he can crack that rotation.

By: TheRed&Black

TheRed&Black — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:18:09 +0000

I don’t think Haislip is leaving. My guess Is Williams, or perhaps Bogans.

By: Kornbread

Kornbread — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:17:12 +0000

I was surprised by the Bogans signing. Realistically, the Spurs go 10 deep and I don’t think Bogans is in that group. So why keep a guy that has little upside when you have 2 players with potential that have worked hard and have improved in your system? I don’t think he’s that much better. If Williams can show that he can defend I would take him over Bogan’s. Hairston looks to have an advantage at this point.

By: Chris K.

Chris K. — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:54:13 +0000

Agreed. Seems like Hairston has his roster spot locked up.

Who will get cut or traded?

Williams, Haislip, Bogans, or Mahinmi?

Those seem to be the candidates.

By: Spurs Courtside » Blog Archive » Daily Spurs News: Spurs lose preseason opener, Blair dominates

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:56:35 +0000

[...] in all the hoopla over DeJaun Blair was the fact that Mailk Hairston had a solid game last night. Timothy Varner also has a post about Hairston and the Spurs logjam at small forward. Liike George Hill, and even [...]

By: Robby

Robby — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:27:32 +0000

I’m hoping the Hairston gets that last spot. What he can bring to the table will help the Spurs a lot.
1. He know’s the Spurs system.
2. Spur like guy, can defend and hustle
3. Catch and shoot improved a lot.
4. Underrated atlethiscm.

If he makes it, he is defenitely a rotation player maybe 9th or 10th guy. Just my thoughts…

By: SAT2phx

SAT2phx — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:20:04 +0000

williams does look like the odd man out. Id hate to have to let a guy with his vast skill set AND we will need a replacement for Finley this time next year. I keep hearing everyone refer to Bogans as a 3, i remember him playing a D-minded combo gaurd. Some of Bogans money is covered by the league so, with luxury tax, how much would we really eat? Manu seems to like Keith, but I think he goes…Or i really wouldnt be surprised if a bit of further assessment resulted in a 2 for 1 trade. Finley and Mahinmi, at a minimum, are redundant luxuries. All in all though, these are good problems to have, if you ask me.

By: Timothy Varner

Timothy Varner — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:07:59 +0000

Tyler,

My goodness…

Would you believe it’s been a busy day?

By: mattmo28

mattmo28 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:01:47 +0000

Tim,

No problem. I always appreciate it at work when someone alerts me to oversights in my grammar. On a side note, here in Denver the fans are pretty high on the nuggets and I called in to the local radio show to duke it out a little bit and the host said he reads your blog pretty often. Thought that was pretty cool and wanted to let you know.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:01:43 +0000

sixth paragraph you spelled “site” when it should be “sight”

but otherwise, great article. I think, given Finley’s very diminished output (especially defensively) and the end of last year, that Williams and Hairston should definitely be pushing him for playing time. we need to give Williams and Hairston time against A and B squads of teams so that they’re ready when they eventually have to step in and take Finley’s minutes when the rapidly approaching date of Finley’s retirement arrives.

Hairston and Williams are great players, but there is only so much advancing you can do in the D-League, in Practice, and against other teams’ Scrubs. you need actual PT in the NBA if you want to be a productive option.

By: Timothy Varner

Timothy Varner — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:55:07 +0000

Thanks, Matt. Fixed.

By: mattmo28

mattmo28 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:46:15 +0000

Tim,

Not to be a stickler or anything but in this post and the last post(Blair) you spelled fourth wrong when referring to the 4th quarter.