I found it funny that the only guy who Kyle “Slo-Mo” Anderson could take one-on-one in this game was Vince Carter, the one wing in the league who might be slower than Slo-Mo himself. Even then, he could only abuse the matchup a few times, and relied on his sweet midrange game to get him points when he realized he didn’t have enough juice to get all the way to the cup.
Eventually, Anderson will have to start displaying this kind of scoring on a regular basis. He’s got one more year left on his rookie deal, but not many teams want a utility player who scores eight points per 36 minutes. The only wing players who averaged fewer field goal attempts (adjusting for minutes) were guys like Solomon Hill, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Andre Roberson. Anderson does have some scoring ability (I think), so there’s no reason to be so passive other than he’s deferring to the stars and ex-stars that the Spurs have.
It’s like, bro, whatever reason the Spurs had for drafting you, it wasn’t so you could stand on the court and literally not accumulate any stats. I know you’re reading this, man. I know NBA players can’t resist watching their own highlights. Heed my words.