The Jaron Blossomgame Era is Over

[Man Mountain]

https://twitter.com/austin_spurs/status/1064617999078952968

[John B]

A 30 year old 6'5" small forward?? :pctoss

[Chinook]

Now, all you need is for the Spurs to sign Blossomgame and them re-assign him to the Toros.

[Truth4sale$]

Wow! I guess the Spurs did not want anymore to do with the blossomgame experiment. Not enough upside with age or growth in his play, figured cut him loose and see what someone else can do with him. Of course Danny Green was cut twice I believe. Blossomgame seemed to be putting up good numbers in the gleague but the team is not performing. I guess he just not a small forward afterall for the Spurs. Just a combo forward who might have a more euro or China game. Best of luck to him, and now I understand the Ben Moore signing. Ben Moore is the new experiement.

[Play Boban]

Truly the end of an error.

[jehawk81]

Truly the end of an error.

LOL good one

[SAGirl]

Glad for him that Cavaliers Gleague traded for him. Wherever his career ends up, it was obvious he was done as a Spur when the team waived him in preseason and signed another forward to a 2 way deal. Good luck to him.

[Chump's PR Guy]

Chump has no opinion at this time.

[Chump's PR Guy]

Chump still has no opinion at this time.

[Pavlov]

Chump has no opinion at this time.Wrong alt, derp.

I had already said the Spurs had no plans for him. Looks like the Cavs might.

[Spurtacular]

We got a 2nd round pick for that bust?

https://media.giphy.com/media/QN6NnhbgfOpoI/giphy.gif

[JeffDuncan]

That's a G League pick, is it?

[NASpurs]

The DeJuan Blair era lives on

[Pavlov]

That's a G League pick, is it?Yes.

[JeffDuncan]

We got an actual for reals draft pick for him? Check the fingerprints and DNA of whoever is pretending to be RC.

Edit - Okay, never mind. I got very confused there.

[spurraider21]

he doesn't have an NBA level ability. said it before and will say it again, never understood what people saw in him

[spurraider21]

We got an actual for reals draft pick for him? Check the fingerprints and DNA of whoever is pretending to be RC.
austin got a draft pick, not SA

[JeffDuncan]

Austin got the pick, right. The world is still normal.

[TheGreatYacht]

Wrong alt, derp.

I had already said the Spurs had no plans for him. Looks like the Cavs might.
Wait, you're Chump? :lol

[RD2191]

Wait, you're Chump? :lol

You didn't know? :lol

[timvp]

G-League draft picks are worth less than a Whataburger combo meal, tbh.

[TheGreatYacht]

You didn't know? :lol
I thought he committed suicide after the big 100,000 :lol

[Spurtacular]

I thought he committed suicide after the big 100,000 :lol

He wants to after they gave him minus four dignity points. :lmao

[Chinook]

G-League draft picks are worth less than a Whataburger combo meal, tbh.

Wouldn't say that. Toros only used one pick on Blair. Can't imagine how many combo meals Whataburger's used.

[Robz4000]

Wouldn't say that. Toros only used one pick on Blair. Can't imagine how many combo meals Whataburger's used.

:lmao

[Budkin]

The DeJuan Blair era lives on

Can’t wait for Blair to get called back up. Where you at playblair

[playblair]

Can’t wait for Blair to get called back up. Where you at playblair (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=34893)

when blair gets called up this month i will fail no nut november

[SAGirl]

The Dante Cunningham game

[RD2191]

.500 hello darkness my old friend...

[Seventyniner]

'Game over.

[LakerHater]

1071564476384722947

[DAF86]

He's starting on the NBA or G league?

[JeffDuncan]

Starting for the big club, replacing Rodney Hood.

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/cavaliers-jaron-blossomgame-starting-saturday/

[JeffDuncan]

So far he has 2pts and 2rebs in 12 min in the 1st half.

[JeffDuncan]

Ended up with 6pts and 6 rebs in 20 min.

[sasaint]

Ended up with 6pts and 6 rebs in 20 min.

Thanks for the post. I hope he sticks.

[sananspursfan21]

Was looking forward to giving him a shot. Glad to see it looks like he can play

[r0drig0lac]

Was looking forward to giving him a shot. Glad to see it looks like he can play

only PATFO and some in spurstalk thought the opposite, meanwhile believing that Dante is a good player

[ace3g]

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L. Nance Jr. (https://www.cbssports.com/nba/players/playerpage/1905367/larry-nance-jr-)
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M. Dellavedova (https://www.cbssports.com/nba/players/playerpage/2095150/matthew-dellavedova)

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J. Blossomgame (https://www.cbssports.com/nba/players/playerpage/2842876/jaron-blossomgame)

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https://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/boxscore/NBA_20181210_CLE@MIL/

[Degoat]

It’s unfortunate the spurs did give him more of a chance but I think with players like him they try to do right by them, sticking with SA he wasn’t gonna get a shot with big club so they traded him and he got an opportunity almost immediately

[K...]

It’s unfortunate the spurs did give him more of a chance but I think with players like him they try to do right by them, sticking with SA he wasn’t gonna get a shot with big club so they traded him and he got an opportunity almost immediately

I think he would have to wait out rudy gay to get called up. And metu has a higher ceiling. but 10/10 is nothing to sniff at though.

[sasaint]

I just don't understand, never have, this litmus test IS A SPUR, NOT A SPUR
when I look back its always been weird
2005
Nazr Mohamad Rasho Nesterovic Not a Spur

Rasho Traded for Matt Bonner who WAS a Spur
Nazr is not resigned we end up with KURT THOMAS who is a SPUR

Now Dante Cunningham apparently IS A SPUR
but Blossomgame WASNT

So is "being a spur" meaning "NOT having GAME"

In the case of BlossomGAME it's in his NAME and he fucking worked his ASS off

I just don't know

Careful, posts like that could get you traded for a SPUR.

[Fusternino]

He got traded because it was revealed he accepted $350 in gifts while at Clemson. I'm dead serious-this has to be the reason. Just gave him away for nothing. Pop is weird . . .

[JeffDuncan]

Letting Blossomgame get away was just another screw up by PATFO. Same old story we've seen time and again from Pop and his crew, which led to the losing stumblebum team we have now. Oh, PATFO can identify a Tim Duncan as a good player. Duh. But at the level of a Cunningham vs a Blossomgame, Pop can't tell the difference. All of those tall negroes look the same to him.

[sasaint]

Letting Blossomgame get away was just another screw up by PATFO. Same old story we've seen time and again from Pop and his crew, which led to the losing stumblebum team we have now. Oh, PATFO can identify a Tim Duncan as a good player. Duh. But at the level of a Cunningham vs a Blossomgame, Pop can't tell the difference. All of those tall negroes look the same to him.

short ones, especially

[sasaint]

He got traded because it was revealed he accepted $350 in gifts while at Clemson. I'm dead serious-this has to be the reason. Just gave him away for nothing. Pop is weird . . .

Yeah, I forgot about Blossomgamegate.

[timvp]

He got traded because it was revealed he accepted $350 in gifts while at Clemson. I'm dead serious-this has to be the reason. Just gave him away for nothing. Pop is weird . . .That was a non-issue. Pop is the same guy who hired Kelvin Sampson a couple days after he got fired for like a half dozen major NCAA violations and almost got banned for life.


Letting Blossomgame get away was just another screw up by PATFO. Same old story we've seen time and again from Pop and his crew, which led to the losing stumblebum team we have now. Oh, PATFO can identify a Tim Duncan as a good player. Duh. But at the level of a Cunningham vs a Blossomgame, Pop can't tell the difference. All of those tall negroes look the same to him.Before we put Blossomgame in the Hall of Fame, let's wait for him to do something other than hitting a couple three-pointers in a blowout. Before this game, he had been pretty terrible, tbh.

Still an impressive pick for 59 though :tu

[JeffDuncan]

...
Before we put Blossomgame in the Hall of Fame, let's wait for him to do something other than hitting a couple three-pointers in a blowout. Before this game, he had been pretty terrible, tbh.

Still an impressive pick for 59 though :tu

Fair enough. Definitely a small sample size, so far.

About 'blowout' tho - the Cavs lost because they went down by 13 in the first quarter and never fully recovered. They fell back by another 5 in the 2nd. Then the Cavs tied the 3rd qtr, and won the 4th by 2. Not a blowout, a bad start.

Hood was back, so Bgame didn't start. He got the 10 rebounds, and 3 of 5 from three, coming off the bench.

The Cavs have to be pleased with him, but they're looking for anything that will help. We shall see.

[Truth4sale$]

I was rooting for this guy so much, it's a shame the Spurs let him go to keep Pointdexter. I did not see great ball handling but I saw great hustle. Sometimes you need a energy, scrapper. That is who Blossomgame will become.

[K...]

I was rooting for this guy so much, it's a shame the Spurs let him go to keep Pointdexter. I did not see great ball handling but I saw great hustle. Sometimes you need a energy, scrapper. That is who Blossomgame will become.

Patty mills is our energy scrapper, are you saying we need two?

[exstatic]

I was rooting for this guy so much, it's a shame the Spurs let him go to keep Pointdexter. I did not see great ball handling but I saw great hustle. Sometimes you need a energy, scrapper. That is who Blossomgame will become.

They probably let him go to evaluate Moore. QPon and Cunningham are just stopgaps.

[SAGirl]

In his 4th game as a rookie, he had a double/double in a loss to Milwaukee.


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Jaron Blossomgame (https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/blossja01.html)
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The Cavs suck, but when was the last time Davis Bertans for example put up a double/double?

In 3 years of NBA play, the answer is never. (BTW, not picking on Davis, but he's the one forward that came to mind, that I am pretty sure has never had one since I have been watching him, without having to do a basketball-reference search).

[TimDunkem]

Yet we pick up guys who are marginally better, but are old and have no upside like Cunningham to do the same job.

[Pavlov]

From "wasted pick" to this season's alternative timeline savior.

lol SpursTalk

[exstatic]

In his 4th game as a rookie, he had a double/double in a loss to Milwaukee.


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Jaron Blossomgame (https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/blossja01.html)
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The Cavs suck, but when was the last time Davis Bertans for example put up a double/double?

In 3 years of NBA play, the answer is never. (BTW, not picking on Davis, but he's the one forward that came to mind, that I am pretty sure has never had one since I have been watching him, without having to do a basketball-reference search).
Who cares about a double double? It's an artificial milestone. Why is ten some sort of greatness in any stat? Because you have no fingers left to count with?

[Drom John]

Because you have no fingers left to count with?

So for Bertans we should be counting double nines?

[Drom John]

FWIW, closest to a double double for Bertans is his career high 7 rebounds twice, once with 13 points, once with 12.
Best game score was 28/3/0/0/2.

[BackHome]

I admire Blossom for working his ass off and not giving up on his dream as they say hard work pays off. Peope on this board always fall in Love with certain G League players we see it happen every year we all love the under dog. But as someone pointed out Cunningham and Poindexter are one year rentals. I think the Spurs just realized that Ben Moore is a better prospect so they let Blossom go to try and find another team.

[Seventyniner]

So for Bertans we should be counting double nines?

:lol

But even then Bertans has never had 9 rebounds in a game.

[Chucho]

Careful, posts like that could get you traded for a SPUR.

:lol

[exstatic]

So for Bertans we should be counting double nines?

Or eights, or twelves.

[Pavlov]

To be fair, Bertans can only count to nine and a half.

[exstatic]

To be fair, Bertans can only count to nine and a half.

#winning

[SAGirl]

Who cares about a double double? It's an artificial milestone. Why is ten some sort of greatness in any stat? Because you have no fingers left to count with?
Who cares about your jumpy and useless responses? Me? No.

[TimDunkem]

Who cares about your jumpy and useless responses? Me? No.

Must be a Bertans fan. Totally ignores the issue as if you were implying Blossomgame > Bertans when we should have BOTH guys on the roster.

[SAGirl]

Must be a Bertans fan. Totally ignores the issue as if you were implying Blossomgame > Bertans when we should have BOTH guys on the roster.
Absolutely. #Triggered.
Grabbing rebounds is a certified NBA skill, that not everyone has (Bertans below average for his size tbh). That he accomplished the feat in just his 4th NBA game means he has some NBA skill at least. Wishing him well.

Exstatic, continue to troll and be triggered :lol

[r0drig0lac]

Must be a Bertans fan. Totally ignores the issue as if you were implying Blossomgame > Bertans when we should have BOTH guys on the roster.

this

[Fusternino]

And we should have CoJo and Anderson instead of Mills and Cunningham.

Oops!

[exstatic]

Who cares about your jumpy and useless responses? Me? No.

Triggered.

[objective]

Before we put Blossomgame in the Hall of Fame, let's wait for him to do something other than hitting a couple three-pointers in a blowout. Before this game, he had been pretty terrible, tbh.

Still an impressive pick for 59 though :tu

And like I've posted before, if a team refuses to sign the players they scouted and decided to draft, they don't deserve that much credit. It just reflects poorly on them to have a prospect on the table and ignore them or throw them away when the team doesn't have prime HoF players 1-15

[duncan2k5]

Who cares about a double double? It's an artificial milestone. Why is ten some sort of greatness in any stat? Because you have no fingers left to count with?

LMFAO!!! this was freaking hilarious!

[Kurgan]

And like I've posted before, if a team refuses to sign the players they scouted and decided to draft, they don't deserve that much credit. It just reflects poorly on them to have a prospect on the table and ignore them or throw them away when the team doesn't have prime HoF players 1-15

Yup, makes no sense to brag about a drafted player if they never intend to play him. By timvp's logic, Spurs deserve no credit for Danny Green's career while Cavs should be lauded for drafting him 46th in the 2nd round.

[K...]

LMAO, spurs get.credit.for.Danny because they developed him. Spurs don't get credit for jb's development, because he hasn't developed yet lol.


Back in the old days spurs fans knew, not every player was spurs material and we can be picky. Now they are so hungry for talent they want to start five g league dudes to see if they can out. Have some patience! Two first round picks are coming. Lonnie, white, Murray, poetle, and metu all have more upside and are getting playing time this year. That's enough for now. Next year seven young players.


Also.I think Eubanks could get 10/10 on a scrub team and boban would win mvp as a starter

[SAGirl]

Triggered.
Indeed you are. Bryn Forbes with a double double tonight too.

[Fusternino]

Why did we sign Eubanks so quickly, again?

[exstatic]

Indeed you are. Bryn Forbes with a double double tonight too.

Still replying. Triggered.

[SAGirl]

Still replying. Triggered.
So are you.:lol

[8FOR!3]

LMAO, spurs get.credit.for.Danny because they developed him. Spurs don't get credit for jb's development, because he hasn't developed yet lol.


Back in the old days spurs fans knew, not every player was spurs material and we can be picky. Now they are so hungry for talent they want to start five g league dudes to see if they can out. Have some patience! Two first round picks are coming. Lonnie, white, Murray, poetle, and metu all have more upside and are getting playing time this year. That's enough for now. Next year seven young players.


Also.I think Eubanks could get 10/10 on a scrub team and boban would win mvp as a starter

While this has some truth I think it's fair to view Blossomgame as a somewhat promising recent 2nd round pick compared to Cunningham, I don't blame fans for wanting the younger stopgap who probably has more upside at this point than Cunningham.

[ceperez]

While this has some truth I think it's fair to view Blossomgame as a somewhat promising recent 2nd round pick compared to Cunningham, I don't blame fans for wanting the younger stopgap who probably has more upside at this point than Cunningham.

I've got to agree with you with the Cunningham comparison!

PATFO sucks in that they insist on players with zero upside. Also, look at what the Bucks have done with Lopez, he's chucking the 3's. Why isn't Aldridge shooting the 3's???

[SAGirl]

I think it was Blossomgame who read the tea leaves in that the Spurs weren’t going to pick him up when they gave the two way contracts last season to two prospects who are gone and he probably considered himself better than. He forced himself into camp with the intention of either making the team or getting himself free from the Spurs exclusive rights in order to get opportunities elsewhere. His agent orchestrated the trade that sent him to the Cavs where he was picked up. It was pretty clear to him the Spurs didn’t want to sign him since last year. You have to be glad he put in the work and got a contract elsewhere. Why be buthurt that he made it elsewhere tbh?

[8FOR!3]

I've got to agree with you with the Cunningham comparison!

PATFO sucks in that they insist on players with zero upside. Also, look at what the Bucks have done with Lopez, he's chucking the 3's. Why isn't Aldridge shooting the 3's???

Idk if Pop just hasn't asked it of him because he's trying to avoid Aldridge going back into the mental state of mind he was in when he wanted the trade in the first place because that would hurt team chemistry and we're not going to be able to trade him...or if Aldridge just isn't a good 3 point shooter. Aldridge's midrange shot has kind of fallen off a cliff so it's not crazy to think maybe 3's aren't within his range. But I get it, it's frustrating. He should be practicing 3's, he should be getting better at them and shooting them, and he should probably be in a little better shape.

[exstatic]

I've got to agree with you with the Cunningham comparison!

PATFO sucks in that they insist on players with zero upside. Also, look at what the Bucks have done with Lopez, he's chucking the 3's. Why isn't Aldridge shooting the 3's???

Blossomgame, in spite of being drafted, was never even offered a two way either year he was here. Don't be fooled by the shiny numbers he puts up on a crap team. If anyone bothered to game plan him, he'd get shut down, hard. Nobody cares about the Cavs or Blossomgame enough to do that, so he'll continue to go out there and put up numbers in what is essentially a summer league environment.

I'm not saying that PATFO is perfect, but based on their track record, I trust their judgement a lot more than a bunch of anxious jerk offs on a message board. I like what I've seen of Moore, so far, and he's younger than JB.

[8FOR!3]

Also from what I've read the past 10 games or so (haven't watched much, I train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at 6 most week day nights and by the time I get home I'm tired and don't really want to stay up to watch the games) Aldridge is apparently shooting the ball a lot more efficiently, but his defense hasn't been the greatest. Idk what the explanation is. Is he lazy, is his work ethic maybe just mediocre, or is it the fact that he's physically declining a little bit as a 33 year old big who was never the most quick twitch athlete in the first place. Maybe it's a little bit of some things.


Blossomgame, in spite of being drafted, was never even offered a two way either year he was here. Don't be fooled by the shiny numbers he puts up on a crap team. If anyone bothered to game plan him, he'd get shut down, hard. Nobody cares about the Cavs or Blossomgame enough to do that, so he'll continue to go out there and put up numbers in what is essentially a summer league environment.

I'm not saying that PATFO is perfect, but based on their track record, I trust their judgement a lot more than a bunch of anxious jerk offs on a message board. I like what I've seen of Moore, so far, and he's younger than JB.

Look I get what you're saying but idk how you're going to convince anyone that if teams wanted to gameplan and shut down Dante Cunningham just as easily they couldn't.

[exstatic]

Also from what I've read the past 10 games or so (haven't watched much, I train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at 6 most week day nights and by the time I get home I'm tired and don't really want to stay up to watch the games) Aldridge is apparently shooting the ball a lot more efficiently, but his defense hasn't been the greatest. Idk what the explanation is. Is he lazy, is his work ethic maybe just mediocre, or is it the fact that he's physically declining a little bit as a 33 year old big who was never the most quick twitch athlete in the first place. Maybe it's a little bit of some things.



Look I get what you're saying but idk how you're going to convince anyone that if teams wanted to gameplan and shut down Dante Cunningham just as easily they couldn't.

The thing is, DC gets more attention on a better team than JB, and he's still railing about 49% of his 3 balls. They're daring him to shoot, and he's delivering. He seems to have enough sense to pass the ball if they start playing him close, and if that starts happening regularly, LMA and DeMar just have more room to operate, with one defender out of the way. Vets know their role and play it.

Another thing to consider is that a vet will take a one year deal or a two year with a team option for year 2, but a young player is much less likely to do so.

They may have real plans for Moore, having made him their 2 way player, and not want JB in the way, or taking up a roster spot next year. Huestis may also be in their future plans.

[Chinook]

Why did we sign Eubanks so quickly, again?

Decent project. Should be active so Metu can stay in the d-league, but whatever.

[Pavlov]

Decent project. Should be active so Metu can stay in the d-league, but whatever.They might be keeping Eubanks in Austin pending a more solid timeline for Gasol's return. Don't want to reach his call up limit if they'll need him later.

[exstatic]

Decent project. Should be active so Metu can stay in the d-league, but whatever.

He was up earlier, when the Spurs had that 5 in 7 schedule nightmare. They are limited in SA roster days with the two-ways to only 45 days, and that's ALL days: practice, travel, game, or off day. He's played 4 games, so that could be anywhere from 4 to 10 days used.

[Fusternino]

Just had a nice game tonight.

[Chinook]

Just had a nice game tonight.

The offense looked pretty solid in the summer league and pre-season. Still doesn't seem to have any defensive success, so the way he'd be helping the Spurs now seems limited. But I don't see why they would have Pon over him.

[r0drig0lac]

Just had a nice game tonight.

he could also do it in SA

[ceperez]

The offense looked pretty solid in the summer league and pre-season. Still doesn't seem to have any defensive success, so the way he'd be helping the Spurs now seems limited. But I don't see why they would have Pon over him.

Let me guess, Pon is a better locker room influence and a better 3 point shooter.

[Fusternino]

I actually thought his defense was always solid and it was his lack of shooting hurting him on the other end.

Small sample size so far, though. Still, wish we had kept him as our 3rd string SF behind Rudy and our next draft pick.

[superbigtime]

Q. Pondexter is alrite. It's Cunningham who is pitiful. Way more upside w JB. Dumb to let him go, I don't get it.

[SpurPadre]

He is making The NEPHEW work. They put him in and Mute had sum efforts

Is Judas having a good game so far?

[SpurPadre]

No, not impactful
A backup SF and Greg Monroe have the day so far for the Raptors

It would be nice if Jaron can do us a solid a kick his quad for us, tbh.

[BackHome]

They put up a good fight they have some talent on that team they taking the tanking to
a whole new level.

[BD24]

SAgirl is such a touchy little bitch :lol