If he keeps refining, he can be a Ron Artest type but with better handles and passing. Although Artest was a heck of a physical defender. Even as Meta World Peace, our guy has a ways to go.
Not lost in translation, he's under contract in Baskonia and needs to pay a buyout to go to the NBA, and he's been offered a 2 year guaranteed deal ("Le han ofertado un contrato de 2 años garantizados" also wouldn't be inconsistent with a longer contract with only the first 2 years being guaranteed). This comes from roughly the equivalent of an NBA GM for Baskonia.
He's playing like what he is, a mid second round pick.
A #44 pick who just turned 19.
In one sense, yes. But the buyout->need for a guaranteed contract may have increased their confidence they could get him at #44. If that's the case, why not trade the more valuable 2nd rounder.
I saw a lot of Spurs secound round players in the SL and they rarely have his D or his passing abilities.
Well that’s disappointing. Unless they have buyers remorse and they trade his rights
I think Cissoko’s talent compares favorably with many of our previous second round picks (Weiskamp, Weatherspoon, Blossomgame, etc). In fact, he was considered to be a first-round talent before he slid in many mocks towards the end of the pre-draft process.
In that sense, his closest comparison would be Tre Jones, who was also considered a first-round talent that slid to the second round.
Cissoko might be a heck of a physical defender too. But is he willing to defend against fans throwing cups at him from the stands.
Ron Artest was.
Search for that story of Ime and that UT forward Gabe Moeneke beating up Algerian fans in some African BB tourney.
So does this pretty much confirm he’s on a guaranteed deal? Makes the moves for Cedi and Bullock stranger because our roster will be full
I go back and read that story every couple of years. It's a great read.
Should have taken Andre Jackson at 33 who has better D and better passing and better finishing at the rim.
He looks good defending and ball handling/passing (small sample)
Shooting/finishing ugh
Rebounding is good too
He looks too slow as compared to Andre Jackson.
That's who I'm comparing him to because the Spurs could have had Jackson at 33 if they wanted primarily a defensive player.
Neither Jackson or Sidy can shoot but I'll take Jackson who is better in other areas.
Yeah, but is he willing to defend against fans NOT throwing cups at him from the stands?
Ron Artest was.
Can somebody please explain to me what the big deal is on whether he's on a two way or a regular contract? Did the Bullock trade move the Spurs up against the second apron or something? They can move off his contract with near zero repercussions if they need to. I get that they have some interesting prospects at the end of the bench and there's an opportunity cost / roster crunch there, but I don't think the 12-15 spots on this roster are necessarily overflowing with future hall of famers.
With regard to Sidy's game, I feel like he's going to be (at least) a rotation level NBA player. He's only 19 with an NBA body who is a willing and rugged switchable defender with next level passing skills. The things that are broken with him are fixable. The things you can't teach, he has in spades. I look at him as a Draymond starter kit. Not saying he ever gets near that level, but he's potentially a more than useful piece and well worth a two year investment to see if it pays dividends.
Yeah, I think people might still be in free agency mode even though the Spurs took their big swings early and nothing happened.
Ship him back and Europe and make him a draft and stash
Ron Artest is a legend and one of my favorite players of all time. Not for anything the dude did on the court. The dude was straight up nuts.
LMAO for sure. He attacked the wrong dude in Detroit to set that off. The look on the guy's face still makes me laugh way too hard.
Sidy will end up being a decent to good shooter at minimum….book it! The kid is untapped.
I hope so. I remember a long time ago reading one of TimVP's game grades for a summer league game that Ian Mahinmi was playing in. He said that he "didn't look like he was so much shooting but just generally throwing the ball in the direction of the basket."
Based on two Summer League games so far I have essentially the same assessment of Cissoko. Here's hoping he puts it together!
Someday a coach is going to get the bright idea to teach a guy with such a broken jumper to shoot with his opposite hand. It would be quicker to start from scratch than to unlearn a half dozen bad habits.
Poor kid damn near broke the rim on that last layup attempt
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