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Post by docmm on Aug 19, 2012 9:27:17 GMT -8
Ran into Kyle Spain at the gym this morning. He's leaving tomorrow to try out for a team in Belgium. What an enthusiastic, engaging young man. He said how proud he was to have been part of the foundation of such a growing and successful program. He loves Coach F and talked about all the Aztecs playing overseas; Slaughter, Heath, Abukar, Williams, Wade, Caldwell and White. He was in incredible shape, he plays the 2 and 3 now.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2012 17:44:50 GMT -8
He was pretty good. He'd be battling with Rahon for 6th man on this years team. Crazy he was our 2nd leading scorer his senior year.
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Post by aztecryan on Aug 19, 2012 21:41:07 GMT -8
Caldwell?
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Post by aztecinoz on Aug 19, 2012 22:03:30 GMT -8
He was last playing in a state league in Australia IIRC.
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Post by insider on Aug 19, 2012 22:29:51 GMT -8
He was pretty good. He'd be battling with Rahon for 6th man on this years team. Crazy he was our 2nd leading scorer his senior year. He wouldn't be battling Rahan for 6th man, he was/is the better player.
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Post by RB Aztec on Aug 20, 2012 6:38:23 GMT -8
Brian's secret agent name?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2012 7:16:40 GMT -8
He was pretty good. He'd be battling with Rahon for 6th man on this years team. Crazy he was our 2nd leading scorer his senior year. He wouldn't be battling Rahan for 6th man, he was/is the better player. Disagree. Rahon is a better defender, way better handles and even a better outside shooter although it's close. Spain was a better rebounder and more explosive. Rahon has never been asked to put up numbers like Spain was asked to his senior year. Put him in that same role and he would have.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2012 7:54:05 GMT -8
Sorry, but, Spain was a far superior athlete and had a much better all around game . He could go to the hoop with thunder and had a solid mid-range game in addition to the clutch 3. He also was more consistent. Could Spain guard Rahon? Easily. Could Rahon guard Spain? No. Kyle would pull up and shoot over him or run right past him for a poster made dunk.
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Post by danloc09 on Aug 20, 2012 8:21:24 GMT -8
Could Spain guard Rahon? Easily. Could Rahon guard Spain? No. Kyle would pull up and shoot over him or run right past him for a poster made dunk. That shouldn't be a measure of who is a better player.
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Post by monty on Aug 20, 2012 8:26:58 GMT -8
Spain is so much better than Rahon it's not even funny, never mind the fact that Spain had to/could defend guys in the block.
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Post by jcljorgenson on Aug 20, 2012 9:18:51 GMT -8
For the record, Spain always played the 2/3 at SDSU?
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Post by insider on Aug 20, 2012 9:41:29 GMT -8
He wouldn't be battling Rahan for 6th man, he was/is the better player. Disagree. Rahon is a better defender, way better handles and even a better outside shooter although it's close. Spain was a better rebounder and more explosive. Rahon has never been asked to put up numbers like Spain was asked to his senior year. Put him in that same role and he would have. Rahon struggles to create his shot as is, ask him to do that consistently and his effeciency drops even more, Spain is the better rebounder, much better transition player with better handles that lets him create more and finishes better because of the stronger body.
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Post by insider on Aug 20, 2012 9:44:20 GMT -8
Spain is so much better than Rahon it's not even funny, never mind the fact that Spain had to/could defend guys in the block. Yep, people like to underrated previous Fisher's players simply because they didn't win at the rate they do now, same goes with Heath, Richie, and Wade.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2012 9:47:02 GMT -8
Yes. Always was a wing player. Never played the PF, his era always had size down low (Slaughter, Abukar, Big Mo, Habel, Amoroso, etc) I think its closer than some may think, but Spain is the better player in my opinion. Rahon has the edge on shooting from the outside, but Spain had a more all-around game in my opinion. I disagree that Rahon was a better defender. Spain would guard perimeter players well and he would get up there for huge blocks against the conference's biggest players. Rahon is a better ball handler but they were probably equal in terms of passing/court vision. Edge goes to Spain primarily due to rebounding ability and being a more versatile defender with all other things being fairly equal. For the record, Spain always played the 2/3 at SDSU?
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Post by cc on Aug 20, 2012 9:47:11 GMT -8
Put me in the corner with Kyle Spain over Rahon. I like what Rahon does for the Aztecs right now but Spain could do so much more.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2012 10:21:58 GMT -8
Disagree. Rahon is a better defender, way better handles and even a better outside shooter although it's close. with better handles that lets him create more All credibility lost. Spain's handles were the thing that kept him from being all conference. He also didn't have a mid range game. He had a 3 point shot and he could post up against smaller defenders. I loved Spain. He was my favorite player while he was here. But he did not have the all around game that James does. Rahon was (per coach Fisher) our best perimeter defender last year on a team with very good perimeter defense.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2012 10:28:43 GMT -8
I'm really not convinced that Rahon is a good shooter. Hopefully we'll see this year if health(anyone know how is recovery is going?) was the only issue last season. He's a streak shooter who rarely gets hot, but luckily he developed into a solid defender that allows him to stay on the court. He's still feared enough by opposing defenses to stretch the floor a bit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2012 11:13:32 GMT -8
I'm really not convinced that Rahon is a good shooter. Hopefully we'll see this year if health(anyone know how is recovery is going?) was the only issue last season. He's a streak shooter who rarely gets hot, but luckily he developed into a solid defender that allows him to stay on the court. He's still feared enough by opposing defenses to stretch the floor a bit. He lit up UNLV at home. He's a good shooter.
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Post by danloc09 on Aug 20, 2012 11:13:36 GMT -8
I'm really not convinced that Rahon is a good shooter. Hopefully we'll see this year if health(anyone know how is recovery is going?) was the only issue last season. He's a streak shooter who rarely gets hot, but luckily he developed into a solid defender that allows him to stay on the court. He's still feared enough by opposing defenses to stretch the floor a bit. Inside sources (his twitter account) tell me he is working out a lot.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2012 11:17:25 GMT -8
I'm really not convinced that Rahon is a good shooter. Hopefully we'll see this year if health(anyone know how is recovery is going?) was the only issue last season. He's a streak shooter who rarely gets hot, but luckily he developed into a solid defender that allows him to stay on the court. He's still feared enough by opposing defenses to stretch the floor a bit. He lit up UNLV at home. He's a good shooter. Good shooters aren't mediocre from the free throw line. Also, mentioning one game that he got hot isn't really a counter to him being a streak shooter.
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