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If your front office followed this model, you’d win 35-40 games per year, and never draft a star. You’d never draft a Giannis. You’d never draft a Jokic. You’ve gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet, and that includes some failed draft picks. BTW, Castle needs some of the least development...

Lots of interesting tidbits here, but the Walter one is probably the most fascinating. At #8, I wouldn't hate it, but the "top 5" comment from Harris and now this has me a little worried.

I don't want to develop skills. I want players that already have skills. Castle needs too much development. He needs at least 2 more years in college. Let another team develop him and then make a play/trade for him later after the development..."IF" he even develops. Wait and see. Spurs...

Watching all the tape available Carter screams an offensively talented Alex Caruso. 100% all in on him at 8 and Castle at 4.

These are very valid points, thanks for making me go back and looking more closely - Cam Whitmore should have been included, but he got filtered out by mistake due to my rebounding filter to try and weed out bigs. Tari Eason didn't shoot enough 3s to meet this criteria, while Jaylen Brown shot too...

I see Salaün almost as a lock at 8. (unless some other team picks him before 8). many here are complaining about the lack of talent and the lack of sure fire star potential in this draft. so what will teams do, especially those with more than one pick? you use at least one of your picks to...

I think it has very slim chance to be better than 12th-15th with teams gonna tank very hard this year while Atlanta the opposite with not having their pick... Trading #8 and next year Atlanta pick for this year #1 should sound very appealing to us!

And what if Risacher is a 6'9" KCP?

Your post is kind of contradicting itself. You want Houston to take Risacher over Sheppard, but then you say Sheppard is a way better prospect. Rockets have Jabari, Amen, Eason and Whitmore. Four young wings in the rotation. Brooks might not be a long-term piece, but he's still there and has a...

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I forgot he was in "Johnny Got His Gun," easily one of the most powerful anti-war films I've ever seen--and without any gore or physical violence...just a constant feeling of claustrophobia, isolation and helplessless

Did you miss my point about other prospects likely being scouted by Buford “multiple times” going unreported? Also I’ve only seen one report of Buford being out there, so no need to stretch things. Just because that’s the only information we have, doesn’t mean that those are the only facts.

Yep, I never got the nepo-baby feel from him, regardless of whether it's true or not. Solid indeed. Truth or Consequences, N.M. is a good look at his directing and acting chops. Worth a view (or a revisit). The 90s might be the best all-around decade for films, ever. Even the garbage of that...

Timvp like any blogger, Twitter guys or whoever isn't getting "information" from PATFO or guys in the know in spurs organsiation. He's chatting with other bloggers, scouts eventually or fringe NBA teams people (eventually from the spurs) who are chatting with other bloggers, scouts or fringe NBA...

from OP's list i think the Sheppard one stands out

Sochan is doing fine. For a wing, year 3 is usually when things pick up. Guards are year 4. As a year two player, he was asked to mark the best player on the other team that wasn't a big. Steph, Durant, Fox, Tatum, etc. That's a big bloody deal.

I'm still salty that the mods changed the one good one i came up with... The Oncology Clinic of DeMar DeRozan to whatever the hell this is https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=274802

I'm aware of how lottery works. Did Washington move from 2...no. If spurs finished 2 instead that's where they'd be picking...whats hard to understand

Yup, "just" that. Not presuming anything, but I haven't seen anything on my part that tells me we'll necessarily see any more growth than the marginal and natural one young players get with experience. He can't really rebound cos he's undersized and not that strong, and he can't shoot the 3...

Here's someone who basically did the 'glass half full' positive case for Holland that I think covers things well

I don't think there's any red flags as in do-not-draft on his processing speed other than being very young in a new role And the reason is that if his processing was really that bad, he would have a lot fewer assists and a lot more turnovers. Instead, as a freshman age player being on ball...

The Mass Effect of Commander Reed Shepperd

The Promised (Purest?) Shooting Prophecy of Isaiah Reed Sheppard. (Yes, his actual first name is Isaiah.) I'm not sold on Promised/Purest bit, but Prophecy and Isaiah pun definitely needs to be in there. Prophet Isaiah Sheppard taking us to the promised land.

He's older, therefore he can be a "mentor"-- what could possibly go wrong?? Maybe Kim Jung Un could give Jeremy some pointers too! Who knows more about performing on a global stage and demanding respect from his peers? :lol

They’ve scouted him multiple times, like multiple. Buford doesn’t go to see guys unless they like them…

Why wouldn’t Houston take Risacher? Don’t they need a SF? My hope is that it goes Clingan, Sarr, Risacher, then Sheppard. If we take Risacher over Sheppard I’m gonna lose it. Nothing about him seems that good when you look into him. He is like a MPJ lite player but without the dog and confidence...

Jackson Merrill is gonna be a top 5 player in the league one day tbh.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-06-21/arizona-s-economic-boom-is-the-biden-signal-in-trump-noise

His game isn’t anything like Rodman’s. He should try to follow Aaron Gordon’s template (from Denver, not Orlando). Improve his shooting just enough so that it’s respected, move better without the ball to make use of the attention Wemby gets and defend as well as possible on the perimeter. His...

Calling Dennis Rodman and inviting him over seems like a bad ideas, no matter how good a rebounder he was :lol