Bertans will play for Latvia this Summer

[raybies]

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since someone will probably make a thread about this...

[bluebellmaniac]

Sounds like a good thing.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Bertans is one of our best D-League level talents. Good for him.

[raybies]

Would love to see Porzingis play too. Latvia has some nice talent.

[MI21]

Bertans is one of our best D-League level talents. Good for him.

D-League level take right there. Bertans is a great fit in todays NBA, particularly offensively.

[raybies]

Yeah he definitely is a rotation player on almost every team in the league imo

[Russ]

He can tell Porzingis how much fun it is to be a Spur (recruiting pitch).

"So how are you enjoying the Knicks, Kristaps?"

[phxspurfan]

He can tell Porzingis how much fun it is to be a Spur (recruiting pitch).

"So how are you enjoying the Knicks, Kristaps?"

Kristaps will go to LA or Houston before SA

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

D-League level take right there. Bertans is a great fit in todays NBA, particularly offensively.

I like Bertans...not sure why that comment offended you. A 210 pound forward that looked lost a lot on the floor a lot of the time is still D-league in my book. He's got a long way to go, hence why Pop chose to only give him 8 minutes a game in the post season. I think he's got a higher ceiling than the majority of the current roster. We might see that maturity this year.

[SAGirl]

He seems happy to play for Latvia... that smile. :)
Happy for him. I hope the experience serves him well.
:flag: (oh wait, go Latvia go!) Riga time!

[vander]

I like Bertans...not sure why that comment offended you. A 210 pound forward that looked lost a lot on the floor a lot of the time is still D-league in my book. He's got a long way to go, hence why Pop chose to only give him 8 minutes a game in the post season. I think he's got a higher ceiling than the majority of the current roster. We might see that maturity this year.

8 minutes a game. in the playoffs. his first year here. even though he was lost on D. and the Spurs had too many PFs

if LMA gets traded, Bertans will be playing a lot of minutes for SA. I don't know how you could possibly think he's headed to the D-League

[still.focused]

I mean, someones gotta play him

[sasaint]

He seems happy to play for Latvia... that smile. :)
Happy for him. I hope the experience serves him well.
:flag: (oh wait, go Latvia go!) Riga time!

I have reached the point where I hate to see any Spur playing basketball when he is not wearing the silver and black.

[nyspurguy]

I'd really like to see what Bertans can do with at least 25+ minutes a game

[SAGirl]

I have reached the point where I hate to see any Spur playing basketball when he is not wearing the silver and black.

I know this is probably a point of debates among the different player fan bases here, but I actually like any of the Spurs internationals to play ball in the Summer. I think they have opportunities at better competition over the summer than at the summer league or practices with friends in a gym somewhere. Some have the opportunities at play bigger roles for their national teams. Specially the young players get cast in small roles for Pop, where maybe they can do a lot more. I think Patty and Cojo when younger grew up a lot in international play.

[BillMc]

He seems happy to play for Latvia... that smile. :)
Happy for him. I hope the experience serves him well.
:flag: (oh wait, go Latvia go!) Riga time!

:toast:flag:

[TheGreatYacht]

Hopefully he practices his rebounding.

[BackHome]

When your a 3 point shooter kinda hard to get rebounds under the rim.

[TheGreatYacht]

When your a 3 point shooter kinda hard to get rebounds under the rim.
You don't shoot threes on defense. He's a shitty rebounder, period.

[cutewizard]

Bertans should recruit Porzingis to the Spurs

It would make my day,

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[Steve-O-Matic]

You don't shoot threes on defense. He's a shitty rebounder, period.

This is true. But he's also adjusting to life closer to the basket on defense as a '4' now after being a wing most of his life. He's also not physically strong enough (yet) to carve out his spots when positioning for rebounds against your typical NBA bigs. I expect that he'll gradually improve as a rebounder over time with both physical and basketball maturity, though he'll never be Dennis Rodman in that regard.

[SAGirl]

interview with Davis:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/news/bertans-dreaming-of-medals-with-latvia


Your Spurs coach, Gregg Popovich, said you've got a bright future with the NBA team. In an interview with the San Antonio Express, he called you "an all-around" player and said your shooting skills are "pretty unique".
I feel good. At every game I get some more minutes on the court, and as I am getting adjusted to the way we play here, it is getting easier and easier for me.