From Paid Tryout to Rotation Spark, Jonathon Simmons Has Earned His Spurs Spot

October 27th, 2016 by Mike Monroe Leave a reply »

SAN ANTONIO — The list of astonishments that played out in Tuesday's San Antonio Spurs-Golden State Warriors game before a sold-out Oracle Arena crowd and a TNT TV audience began with the outcome: a San Antonio win.

Also included? The extent of the Spurs' 129-100 domination of the Western Conference's supposed superteam.

But if you're looking for absolute shock and awe, there was this: Jonathan Simmons' posterization of JaVale McGee that beat the final buzzer and put an exclamation point on his career performance.

"Are you kidding me?" TNT analyst Reggie Miller said as the 6'6" Simmons threw down a monster jam in the face of the 7'0" McGee, whose only real skill through eight uneven seasons has been an ability to protect the rim. "Give that young man the game ball right now."



Miller is given to hyperbole, but suggesting that Simmons was the hero of the Spurs' stunning upset was within the realm of possibility—even though Kawhi Leonard scored a career-high 35 points and got five steals.

The Spurs needed something special to upset the Warriors on the co ...

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