They're both better than Mo-Peet

Digits drop t. Allen, pick up g. Hill

 

Tony Allen was discussed here and here. Nothing has changed fundamentally, as far as we can tell, but in the 4 games since his 23 point outburst, he has only 5 total points - 1 for 11 from the field. His minutes have been slashed to about 13 minutes (only 10 tonight in an OT game). For whatever reason (perhaps because he's actually hitting his shots), Eddie House has been getting more play.

George 'Benny' Hill is the new PG for the Spurs. He's a shoot-first PG, type, in his rookie year out of IUPUI. IUPUI is the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, for what it's worth. He averaged 36 PPG in High School, which is pretty impressive. Hill went to IUPUI (rather than Florida or Temple) because his grandfather was quite ill, and he wanted to be close to him. At IUPUI, Hill played only 3 of his 4 years, missing his Junior year with a foot injury. He shot over 50% in each season, and in his senior season averaged 21/4/7 with 2 SPG. This was Summit league competition, but the Spurs thought enough of him to draft him 23rd overall. Hill has a giant 6'9" wingspan (which helps his rebounding numbers). He's scored 17, 4, and 12 in his 3 starts for Tony Parker (he was in foul trouble in the middle one), with 5 RPG and 3 APG. He should keep scoring, though it's too soon to tell if his PCTs will be any good, or if he'll hit many 3s.

Judgment: Allen just was begging to be dropped after one of the worst weeks of his career. Hill is going to get 30 MPG for a few weeks, and produce at least something, which is, on the whole, better than nothing. We're surprised that Hill lasted this long, frankly. Excellent move for the Digits.