Game Thread: Spurs @ Hawks — Wed. (3/6) - 6:30/C (2:30am Riga Time)

[John B]

And 1 :ihit

[boutons_deux]

+7 with 2:50 left, can they hold on?

[ZeusWillJudge]

White with 17/6/6 and 5 BLOCKS on 8/10 shooting.

White had a steal on the board, and they took it off for some reason. He had an AST to Aldridge (for a 3P) that he didn't get credit for. I know stats don't matter, but they've shorted him.

[GreekSpursfan]

Spurefs

[JPB]

LMA doesn't get enough love tbh.

[Cry Havoc]

Might be early, but we may be better off next year with Murray as the 2 guard and White as the 1.

I dunno, on D it doesn't matter, but on offense I have to see how far Murray has come with the ball.

[timtonymanu]

But White should give up his touches to Demar and Rudy :cry

[John B]

Get out of here!!

[MoSpur02]

Aldridge and White combo looks good tonight. Actually they've been looking good together on the floor for awhile now. Wish Aldridge was a bit younger so we could see them playing together longer.

[JPB]

5 Hawks 3s incoming...

[Hoops Czar]

called that shit :tu
Better than a 40 year old Ginobili maybe.

[ZeusWillJudge]

Should have run clock there. Didn't need the quick 3.

[NASpurs]

Trae Young must had been blocked like 10 times tonight.

[Capt Bringdown]

LMA with the old-school Wilt Chamberlain monster-block

[007nites]

Damn LMA crushed that

[Raven]

easy win

[GreekSpursfan]

We won a road game, miracles do happen.

[JPB]

6 spurs in double figures, nice...

[John B]

Now we got this.. whew :D

[boutons_deux]

DW wins it in crunch time.

[Degoat]

God bless Derrick White and Aldridge!:flag:

[NASpurs]

6 rebounds, 6 blocks and 9 assists :wow

[Uriel]

Finally, a road win.

[8sy21vd]

Might be early, but we may be better off next year with Murray as the 2 guard and White as the 1.

50 win team even if DJ is playing on one leg.

[Capt Bringdown]

Quite a stat line for White, wow

[Slippy]

And next season to the guy thats a makesift PG who knows how rebound. Haha

[ZeusWillJudge]

White giving instructions before this inbounds play. He's turning into a leader. As he should be.

[Indianman]

I could almost cry tears of joy about the chemistry between DW and LMA but then I look at DeRozan and Forbes...

[Slippy]

6 rebounds, 6 blocks and 9 assists :wow

Amazing.

[Larry O]

KEEP THE BALL OUT OF DD10's HANDS, PLEASE!!!

[$pursDynasty]

If not for the layups, Patty would get an F

[boutons_deux]

6 rebounds, 6 blocks and 9 assists :wow

and 6'4"

[Slippy]

White giving instructions before this inbounds play. He's turning into a leader. As he should be.

He sees things ahead and know what he wants.

[boutons_deux]

white plays a cool headed steady game.

[ceperez]

White giving instructions before this inbounds play. He's turning into a leader. As he should be.

Finally, some body who knows how to run the show!

[ZeusWillJudge]

They just said the last Spur with a 15/5/5/5 line was Tim Duncan in 2003. And the only other Spur in franchise history to do it was David.

[John B]

6 rebounds, 6 blocks and 9 assists :wow
He's gonna get that triple double soon tbh

[BD24]

So pumped for the White/DJ back court next year. DJ really needs to be working on his shot and backdoor cuts. Defensively they will be a freaking terror though.

[hater]

They just said the last Spur with a 15/5/5/5 line was Tim Duncan in 2003. And the only other Spur in franchise history to do it was David.

yup already better than Manu tbqh called it

[Raven]

Trae Young must had been blocked like 10 times tonight.

he's a very predictable player at this stage of his career. His size makes him a very easy target from the weak side and he doesn't stop and shoot, he always drives and throws a floater, or shoots a triple off the block. You can leave him the paint wide open and just recover once he commits to driving. He may figure it out later in his career, but for now he's an easy target if gameplanned.

[JPB]

This summer will be dedicated to find a nickname for White-Murray backcourt.

[Mr. Body]

This team is very different with White in the lineup.

[spurs1990]

RC hit a home run with the 29th pick in the 2017 draft.

[BatManu20]

They just said the last Spur with a 15/5/5/5 line was Tim Duncan in 2003. And the only other Spur in franchise history to do it was David.

And his 6 blocks ties Danny Green for the most ever by a Spurs guard in one game. Beast.

[Dverde]

I was impressed with Prince. I would not mind trading for him. Giving up one of our sacred first rounders for him in the offseason.

[GigaloGino]

I want to say "see I told you so!" To all the Derrick W unbelievers ,but I won't. I wo t stop saying he's the Spurs future. He will average 20,6,6 next year. D M. Will come on as defensive guard. DM has nothing on this kid. He's gonna be a nice one two punch LA. Who knows what the fuck DDfrozen will be.

[GAustex]

White with a stat line matched only by Duncan and Robinson
Lol
White just wins
I like that
Any White skeptics might want to check themselves

[Raven]

I was impressed with Prince. I would not mind trading for him. Giving up one of our sacred first rounders for him in the offseason.

yeah he looked good today. May be on the brink of a breakout. I still prefer my nig Bembry though.

[8sy21vd]

I think it's pretty clear the team needs to be built around White and LMA next season. You add young talent in DJ, Poetl and Walker to the mix and see what you have. Keep Gay, Marco and Bertrans on the cheap. Mills, Forbes and Demar should be moved. Perhaps acquire a 3 using Demar and your multiple 1st round picks.

[Arcadian]

:lol White pulling a Duncan/Robinson stat line...he's officially a Spur.

[GreekSpursfan]

White is very good and very promising but lets not get ahead of ourselves about his stat line, Hawks defense was laughable.

[pgardn]

yup already better than Manu tbqh called it

sure thing...

Something got knocked loose in your head.

tbqh = tbq deranged.

[JPB]

Still undefeated since Gasol's gone...

[8sy21vd]

White is very good and very promising but lets not get ahead of ourselves about his stat line, Hawks defense was laughable.

True it's early but his defense and composure is what has sold me on him. His ability on that end is already elite. Keep in mind, he's so inexperienced at this level and look how level-headed his play is.

[BatManu20]

Asked what Derrick did best, Pop said, "He did everything well, defensive especially. He is getting more aggressive scoring-wise, but his defense is really solid. He blocked five or six shots. He did a good job on a great young player." #Spurs

[JPB]

Props to white, but give some love to LMA... dude has been carried the load for a while now.

[SpurPadre]

Solid game by LMA and White but...wake me up when they beat a good team on the road instead of struggling against a bottom-feeder only because their logo isn't on halfcourt.

[GigaloGino]

Check out my comment history. I won't stop talking about White. Oh...and for those that said he only avg. 11. You can't go entirely off avgs. I see a nack and talent. that is only gonna get better. DuM doesn't have an O game, great D tho. My crystal ball says DuM will not be a contributor till the end of 2020. He has a big hill to climb from that injury. Dfrozen needs to go imo

[Chris]

https://twitter.com/spurs/status/1103490991225536512

[BatManu20]

Pop on Eubanks shoring up the depth at center in Poeltl's absence: "Drew was probably scared to death when I called his name. He is just a solid, solid physical player and we want to bring him along because he is a real competitor."

[8sy21vd]

Props to white, but give some love to LMA... dude has been carried the load for a while now.

LMA is definitely the anchor. Those two can carry the Spurs...probably unlikely to win a playoff series this season with all the dead weight but given the right matchup, we could push the series 6 or 7

[GigaloGino]

True it's early but his defense and composure is what has sold me on him. His ability on that end is already elite. Keep in mind, he's so inexperienced at this level and look how level-headed his play is.

Stats dont mean everything. I am telling you he has a gift. He's like half Tony on O and Manu on D.

[emanueldavidginobili]

White had 6 blocks?! Holy shit! 18-6-9–6 in 29 minutes my god

[ZeusWillJudge]

White's DRtg since the ASB is 99! :wow


The best thing for me personally is that it's been fun to watch him play and grow. There hasn't been much else fun to watch about this team for the last couple of years. I've been looking forward to seeing how White is going to play each night. I'd still rather see them get a lottery pick. But if they just have to squeak into the playoffs, at least he is giving us something to look forward to next season.

[Mugen]

Wow we really missed Pau with Poetl out tonight :lmao

[8sy21vd]

Stats dont mean everything. I am telling you he has a gift. He's like half Tony on O and Manu on D.

Don't have to sell me. I'm a D-White nuthugger already lol

[ZeusWillJudge]

Wow we really missed Pau with Poetl out tonight :lmao


Post of the night. I'm so glad that corpse is gone.

[Mugen]

White is easily the 2nd best player on the team (probably 1st if he got more freedom and didn't have to defer so much) but gets treated like he's on the same tier as Fatty, Forbes, Beli.......

The fact that he gets subbed out so damn early each 1st qtr so Fatty can come in, clank some open 3s and give up 20 points to the opposing PG is nuts to me :lol

[MI21]

Curious to what the record for most blocks in a game by a starting PG is? 6 would have to be pretty high up the list.

[ZeusWillJudge]

Pop on Eubanks in the post-game:

"He's just a solid, solid physical player. And, uh, we want to bring him along, because he's a real competitor."

[8sy21vd]

Check out my comment history. I won't stop talking about White. Oh...and for those that said he only avg. 11. You can't go entirely off avgs. I see a nack and talent. that is only gonna get better. DuM doesn't have an O game, great D tho. My crystal ball says DuM will not be a contributor till the end of 2020. He has a big hill to climb from that injury. Dfrozen needs to go imo

White's scoring is deceiving too. He was injured to start the year. He's come on like gangbusters since he got his feet under him (minus his foot issues on the rodeo trip). Let's hope it doesn't up bother him the rest of the way.

[NASpurs]

Curious to what the record for most blocks in a game by a starting PG is? 6 would have to be pretty high up the list.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=game&year_min=1947&year_max=2019&is_playoffs=N&age_min=0&age_max=99&is_starter=Y&season_start=1&season_end=-1&pos_is_g=Y&c1stat=blk&c1comp=gt&c1val=6&order_by=pts

[skin27]

Great win

[Degoat]

If we can just find a big wing in the draft (that Pop will actually play as a rookie) will be golden :flag:

[ZeusWillJudge]

White's scoring is deceiving too. He was injured to start the year. He's come on like gangbusters since he got his feet under him (minus his foot issues on the rodeo trip). Let's hope it doesn't up bother him the rest of the way.

In the 16 games before he went down with the heel problem, he had been averaging 16 PPG. He's not even the same player he was to start the season.

[GigaloGino]

DFrozen just lost his job. D white will have better numbers than DFROZEN. Its gonna be fun to watch La and white next year when they really have a connection. 3 lost in a row without White. All wins since he came back. That is what this kid is gonna be. The future for are team. We have youngsters that have a lot of potential. With the guidance from Pop, yeah. DFROZEN cant help us, he doesn't. He wants to be in Canada. I'll say this again too. White is moving on up way faster than Kwiter.

[jjktkk]

White is easily the 2nd best player on the team (probably 1st if he got more freedom and didn't have to defer so much) but gets treated like he's on the same tier as Fatty, Forbes, Beli.......

The fact that he gets subbed out so damn early each 1st qtr so Fatty can come in, clank some open 3s and give up 20 points to the opposing PG is nuts to me :lol

I'm guessing the Spurs want keep White's plantar fasciitis in check.

[slick'81]

GowhiteGo

[Seventyniner]

6 rebounds, 6 blocks and 9 assists :wow

Only the 14th time it's been done by anyone since 83-84, but the 6th by a Spur: D-Rob did it 4 times (including his quadruple-double) and Tim once. D-Rob did it 3 times in that 93-94 season, what a beast.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=game&year_min=1984&year_max=2019&is_playoffs=N&age_min=0&age_max=99&season_start=1&season_end=-1&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=ast&c1comp=gt&c1val=9&c2stat=blk&c2comp=gt&c2val=6&c3stat=trb&c3comp=gt&c3val=6&is_dbl_dbl=Y&order_by=pts

(https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=game&year_min=1984&year_max=2019&is_playoffs=N&age_min=0&age_max=99&season_start=1&season_end=-1&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=ast&c1comp=gt&c1val=9&c2stat=blk&c2comp=gt&c2val=6&c3stat=trb&c3comp=gt&c3val=6&is_dbl_dbl=Y&order_by=pts)Also the first to hit a 3-pointer while doing it, though the others to pull this off were all bigs except Lionel Simmons (who didn't attempt one in his game anyway).

[timtonymanu]

Wow we really missed Pau with Poetl out tonight :lmao

:lmao

[jjktkk]

But White should give up his touches to Demar and Rudy :cry

Am I missing something here, but isn't that White's job as a PG?

[GigaloGino]

I will dial it back just a bit on the kid. I tug his junk every game. I do not see white owning it in the playoffs. He will do good but it just isn't a place for newbies. especially if we get matched up with the champs. He will struggle there. But it will be an awesome learning lesson for him. He will be hassled by DraymondGreen. I am usual very hard on the spurs, but I haven't been this excited about a player since Tony came in the league.

[wildbill2u]

Watched on a Hawks feed and caught the coach's interview. He was giving great props to White as the reason we won ==along with LMA of course. White has more poise at the end of games to close out than veteran DeRozan.

[timtonymanu]

Am I missing something here, but isn't that White's job as a PG?

I was referring to SpurPadre saying White isn’t a good enough offensive player and that Demar and Rudy should earn more touches and closing the game over him

[Seventyniner]

I actually liked having White and DDR on the floor together here. It allowed whoever Young was guarding to drive right at him. A Murray/Danny combo would have fared far worse.

[jjktkk]

I was referring to SpurPadre saying White isn’t a good enough offensive player and that Demar and Rudy should earn more touches and closing the game over him

My bad, misunderstood. Yeah "SpurFather" is really digging himself a hole on here with his Murray >>> White schtick. :tu

[BatManu20]

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[TDomination]

Back to back 9 assists nights for white. Love it!

[stu scotts eye]

A defensive backcourt of white and dejounte makes me drool. I don't care if DJ cant hit the three consistently yet, he and Derrick will shutdown backcourts. And Poeltl will be there to cleanup the paint.

[Blackhaus]

Yeah and throw LW in there to put up buckets and that’s a nice three headed monster

[BackHome]

I laugh when remember certain posters saying how White was a wasted draft pick and a scrub. My how things have changed and that’s why I am cool with giving Walker two more years before I say he is a bust.

[Chris]

https://twitter.com/spurs/status/1103495410956537856

[cjw]

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Only guys who’ve done it more than once are Kareem (6), Robinson (4), Hakeem (2) and Barkley (2). Once each for Duncan, T-Mac, Nate Thurmond, Cousins and Josh Smith. And now Derrick White.

[timtonymanu]

I laugh when remember certain posters saying how White was a wasted draft pick and a scrub. My how things have changed and that’s why I am cool with giving Walker two more years before I say he is a bust.

People giving up on Walker already are stupid. The dude is still super young. Murray looked like shit his first year too.

[NameLess Scrub]

Always thought people were too excited about White here. Glad to say I was wrong. I hope he keeps developing. His style, defense and instincts are great. I like him better than DJ right now.
DJ annoys me a little bit with his questionable handles for a PG and his poor shooting form for being in the NBA. Hopefully they can play together and we can enjoy it.

I didn't know Eubanks could jump like that.

Not Vince Carter's night. Dude got a few crappy fouls called on him and looked clearly frustrated the game slipped from their hands in the end.

[r0drig0lac]

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sick

[Blackhaus]

I love how he doesn’t thump his chest and start yelling whenever he makes a play, he’s definitely over himself :pop:

[8FOR!3]

People giving up on Walker already are stupid. The dude is still super young. Murray looked like shit his first year too.

Yeah Walker is green enough where he could look like a bad player for a few years but once he gets it he's going to be awesome.

[kaji157]

I hope Murray becomes what we all expect, that DeRozan improves a bit on defense, and that Rudy and LA stay healthy enough to say that next year we could put up a lineup of White-Murray-DeRozan-Gay-LA that is good enough to match up with any smallball lineup.
And if Walker ends up being half what many here think....

[TDMVPDPOY]

A defensive backcourt of white and dejounte makes me drool. I don't care if DJ cant hit the three consistently yet, he and Derrick will shutdown backcourts. And Poeltl will be there to cleanup the paint.

stop mentioning a scrub along with white to keep the scrub relevant...

[Brazil]

White confidence is rising strong tbh... dat kid is good... loved dat floater during the game... reminded me someone I know

[spurs10]

Had to tape the game and will watch tonight. I'd have thought we lost if I read this thread!

Victory!

[stu scotts eye]

stop mentioning a scrub along with white to keep the scrub relevant...

Im too lazy to read your past post history, to understand why you don't like him so.much to call him a scrub.

To even be considered as all NBA defense at such a young age is a testament. Pop's willingness to give him the keys must mean something for a scrub. right?

And lastly, stop looking at one's game as a snapshot balance sheet, static in time. Think more it of as an income statement where you can see trends of improvement.

He has shown enough to me his first few yrs. Worse case he's our defensive shutdown player, that averages 13 pts, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, and leads all guards in blocks/steals.

[JPB]

White confidence is rising strong tbh... dat kid is good... loved dat floater during the game... reminded me someone I know

Navarro?

[DAF86]

I laugh when remember certain posters saying how White was a wasted draft pick and a scrub. My how things have changed and that’s why I am cool with giving Walker two more years before I say he is a bust.

FWIW, White showed promise since the get go.