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phxspurfan
10-03-2019, 02:04 PM
Still here, bitches! :rollin :lobt:

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illusioNtEk
10-04-2019, 01:24 AM
Dude is slow as fuk now, can not guard quick guards any longer.... aging pretty badly imo.... sucked in FIBA
timtonymanu
10-04-2019, 02:05 AM
Dude is slow as fuk now, can not guard quick guards any longer.... aging pretty badly imo.... sucked in FIBA

He never stopped anyone even when he was younger tbh
playbonner15
10-04-2019, 02:54 AM
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monty4329
10-04-2019, 03:02 AM
Last season he was often the most efficient player on the floor for the best second unit in the league. He'll play less but with Bertans gone he is still the only real threat from 3pt range that we have.
sananspursfan21
10-04-2019, 07:42 AM
Just read a Fansided article about how the young guys will have to earn their minutes over Belli. Like it will be that difficult....
dbestpro
10-04-2019, 07:58 AM
Just read a Fansided article about how the young guys will have to earn their minutes over Belli. Like it will be that difficult....

If they can't hit the three they will ride the pine.
ZeusWillJudge
10-04-2019, 09:24 AM
Last season he was often the most efficient player on the floor for the best second unit in the league. He'll play less but with Bertans gone he is still the only real threat from 3pt range that we have.


That right there. Can't be ignored. Until there is a better option from 3P, Belli will get his share of floor time. But Belli isn't nearly as good of a shooter as Bertans was.

I am hopeful that Keldon Johnson can replace him. That's pretty optimistic, as a rookie. Belli has a lot of years of NBA experience. But I think Johnson will be superior in just about every other way. I hope he gets some solid minutes, so he'll be ready for next year and the Spurs can shed Belli.


Edit: And before anyone jumps in and tells me that Belli's contract is up this year - yes, I know. And if the Spurs can't come up with anyone better, they'll re-sign his slow ass.
phxspurfan
10-04-2019, 06:58 PM
I am hopeful that Keldon Johnson can replace him. That's pretty optimistic, as a rookie. Belli has a lot of years of NBA experience. But I think Johnson will be superior in just about every other way. I hope he gets some solid minutes, so he'll be ready for next year and the Spurs can shed Belli.

:pop: Keldon will play big minutes and contribute a lot this season.




In Austin.
ZeusWillJudge
10-04-2019, 07:52 PM
:pop: Keldon will play big minutes and contribute a lot this season.




In Austin.


You may be right. But Belli can't defend for shit - we all know that. Johnson has a very similar build, and I think he's already stronger than Belli (definitely stronger than Belli was at the same age), and we've seen that he's able to play physical. So I'm not sure there would be a whole lot of drop-off on D if Keldon Johnson were on the floor in his place.

Belli hits 3's, but if you look at his career, he's only had an outstanding 3P% a couple of seasons. One of those was when he was with the Spurs the first time, and they let him go. He shoots those off-balance circus shots, and everyone remembers the ones that fall because they're... well, circus shots. But he also misses a shitload of them, or his 3P% would be a lot higher. I think Johnson has a better stroke, but Belli is obviously going to have an edge in creating space against NBA defenders.

My point is that I hope Pop throws him into the fire some this season. He'll benefit from time in Austin, but I think the team benefits if he gets floor time against higher level competition. And I'd like to see him get a chance to show what he can do. I hate thinking about the Spurs being this dependent on Marco.
Ed Helicopter Jones
10-07-2019, 05:46 PM
Still here, bitches! :rollin :lobt:

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RC_Drunkford
10-07-2019, 05:47 PM
Walker will compete with him for minutes
Ed Helicopter Jones
10-07-2019, 05:52 PM
Walker will compete with him for minutes

Truth is I'm hoping Walker's maturation process is to the point that Belli can cheer from the sidelines, and come in a crucial playoff game to hit a couple of long threes, a la Steve Kerr.
phxspurfan
10-07-2019, 05:56 PM
Truth is I'm hoping Walker's maturation process is to the point that Belli can cheer from the sidelines, and come in a crucial playoff game to hit a couple of long threes, a la Steve Kerr.

Methinks he will be more in the '02 Steve Smith role this year. The one shooter we desperately need but is too TOSB to matter (besides Mills/Forbes who, combined will be like '02 Terry Porter, getting abused until they get benched for Murray/White -- our '02 Antonio Daniels :lol).
Play Boban
10-07-2019, 06:00 PM
Ferrari :wow
RC_Drunkford
10-08-2019, 02:32 AM
Truth is I'm hoping Walker's maturation process is to the point that Belli can cheer from the sidelines, and come in a crucial playoff game to hit a couple of long threes, a la Steve Kerr.

That's the ideal scenario
D-Robinson 50 fan
10-08-2019, 06:04 PM
If Walker can’t beat out Marco for more minutes this season that’s a serious problem. So hopefully Lonnie proves to be the better player not because Marco completely fell off but because he has improved and is actually the better player
SpurPadre
10-08-2019, 10:27 PM
If Walker can’t beat out Marco for more minutes this season that’s a serious problem. So hopefully Lonnie proves to be the better player not because Marco completely fell off but because he has improved and is actually the better player

Lonnie not getting minutes over Marco would be worrying but not necessarily an indictment on Lonnie. It could be a necessary evil to get a decent three point shooter on the court besides Forbes. That scenario would be more of an indictment on the currently constructed team. But let's see how things play out.
spurspl
10-09-2019, 01:07 PM
belli is the only guy who can shoot 3s, hes much more worth than u guys think. focus ur attention on other worse players in our roster
timtonymanu
10-09-2019, 03:48 PM
belli is the only guy who can shoot 3s, hes much more worth than u guys think. focus ur attention on other worse players in our roster

His worth is sitting on the bench. This isn’t 2013 anymore
KDKSpurs24
10-09-2019, 03:53 PM
belli is the only guy who can shoot 3s, hes much more worth than u guys think. focus ur attention on other worse players in our roster
Belli seems to only be able to make a 3 when he’s leaning.. if he’s set then he’s gonna brick it just like he did last night.
phxspurfan
10-09-2019, 08:27 PM
Belli seems to only be able to make a 3 when he’s leaning.. if he’s set then he’s gonna brick it just like he did last night.

Factually incorrect. He made at least a couple 3s in the 3 pt shootout he won without leaning
KDKSpurs24
10-09-2019, 11:40 PM
Factually incorrect. He made at least a couple 3s in the 3 pt shootout he won without leaning
The crazy thing is that was before I think he started leaning. It was like 2 years later. Seemed like he used an offseason with the goal of “if I can make leaning shots I’d be unstoppable” as his mentality and took it from there haha. I didn’t notice he leaned so hard on shots until the playoff series against the Heat when he was with the Sixers. The year before he joined us again. It seriously seems like he sacrificed everything to hit leaning jumpers :lol