Spurs Star Player Is 11th On The Team In Minutes

[Spurtacular]

Spurs Minutes Per Game Through 36 Games

1. Demar DeRozan 33.9
2. LeMarcus Aldridge 33.0
3. Bryn Forbes 25.9
4. Dejounte Murray 23.9
5. Derrick White 23.6
6. Patty Mills 23.1
7. Rudy Gay 22.6
8. Jakob Poltl 17.6
9. Trey Lyles 17.1
10. Marco Belinelli 15.6
11. Lonnie Walker IV 11.8
12. DeMarre Carroll 9.0

[Fireball]

his minutes are trending upwards ... now he needs to play even more besides Demar and not only as his substitute

[Spurtacular]

his minutes are trending upwards ... now he needs to play even more besides Demar and not only as his substitute

Yea, he was able to pass Carroll.

[Coach X]

Bryn Forbes 3rd in minutes with more than 25.

He works hard and is full of enthusiasm.

https://media1.giphy.com/media/YoWpe73AHXxFYQtqo4/giphy.gif

[Spurtacular]

Bryn Forbes 3rd in minutes with more than 25.

He works hard and is full of enthusiasm.

https://media1.giphy.com/media/YoWpe73AHXxFYQtqo4/giphy.gif

At least Patty is "a leader".

[Fireball]

Forbes with more minutes that DJ and White is criminal

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

typo in title

demar is 1st in minutes

[sananspursfan21]

Oh. I see what you did there.

[sananspursfan21]

How is DeMarre sitting at 9.0 min a game is what I wanna know

[RC_Drunkford]

How is DeMarre sitting at 9.0 min a game is what I wanna know

because his minute average is calculated by games that he played and most of the time he doesn't get on the court at all

[emanueldavidginobili]

Since December 1st he’s averaging 16 MPG with four straight games with 19 or more minutes, hopefully the trend continues. Marco is still averaging 15 points since December 1st but has three DNP-CD, Lonnie has one against Dallas in that span.

[Kobe'sAchilles]

Last time I checked, the underrated star of our team is 3rd in minutes.

[Dennis the Menace]

Forbes with more minutes that DJ and White is criminal

I’ll take “Additional reasons why fans want Popovich to retire” for $600, Alex.

[Dex]

Maybe we should make another stupid thread about it.

[FkLA]

:lol Brent Forms

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[sasaint]

Bryn Forbes 3rd in minutes with more than 25.

He works hard and is full of enthusiasm.

https://media1.giphy.com/media/YoWpe73AHXxFYQtqo4/giphy.gif

Yep, cute little guy...

[Sugus]

Why are you jumping the gun on minutes played when we haven't even reached half the season yet? It's clear by now that Pop has an overarching plan regarding Lonnie's development, and at this point I don't think anyone can seriously say it isn't working out. Pop has for sure been on some questionable decisions this and past seasons, but he knows how to develop his players. For some, it's the "get out on the court and sink/swim" treatment, and for some it's more like building up their inner fire making them watch from the sideline.

There is an obvious trend upwards in Lonnie's mpg, and he's been making the most of them whilst taking the DNP-CDs in high stride. This is a non-issue right now and I wouldn't be surprised to see him start/close games regularly post ASB/season's end. Not everything has to be instant gratitude, unearned playing time kind of shit.

[horseshue]

There is no real star player on this Spurs team tbh.

[Spurtacular]

Why are you jumping the gun on minutes played when we haven't even reached half the season yet? It's clear by now that Pop has an overarching plan regarding Lonnie's development, and at this point I don't think anyone can seriously say it isn't working out.

Pop Nazis love to talk about de Fuhrer's master plan. :lol

That's all nonsense. Play the man. Stop pretending this star is below the level of scrubs. FFS

And yea, it's seriously not working out. We have way more L's than we should have.

[tholdren]

Spurs Minutes Per Game Through 36 Games

1. Demar DeRozan 33.9
2. LeMarcus Aldridge 33.0
3. Bryn Forbes 25.9
4. Dejounte Murray 23.9
5. Derrick White 23.6
6. Patty Mills 23.1
7. Rudy Gay 22.6
8. Jakob Poltl 17.6
9. Trey Lyles 17.1
10. Marco Belinelli 15.6
11. Lonnie Walker IV 11.8
12. DeMarre Carroll 9.0

He's overrated by dense new age fans. Get over it

[Sugus]

Pop Nazis love to talk about de Fuhrer's master plan. :lol

That's all nonsense. Play the man. Stop pretending this star is below the level of scrubs. FFS

And yea, it's seriously not working out. We have way more L's than we should have.

Certainly didn't earn much playing time with tonight's performance. Just as he needed a few good performances to get more rotation minutes, he needs a few better performances now to move into the main squad. I already said Pop's making a lot of mistakes this season, which have contributed to the W/L that we see; I was only referring to Lonnie there. And he needs more playing time, when he's good, and needs more benching time, when he's bad. Just like Forbes should get if he wasn't a pet, we agree on that all right.

[My Fault]

Pop Nazis love to talk about de Fuhrer's master plan. :lol

That's all nonsense. Play the man. Stop pretending this star is below the level of scrubs. FFS

And yea, it's seriously not working out. We have way more L's than we should have.
Star? Lonnie is no star and tonight should bring idiots like you back to earth. 5pts on 20% shooting which is par the course for Lonnie as he’s very inconsistent. He’s inconsistent and he’s not even the focal point of the defense, yet he has more bad games than good. Kawhi left, get over it

[Spurtacular]

Certainly didn't earn much playing time with tonight's performance. Just as he needed a few good performances to get more rotation minutes, he needs a few better performances now to move into the main squad. I already said Pop's making a lot of mistakes this season, which have contributed to the W/L that we see; I was only referring to Lonnie there. And he needs more playing time, when he's good, and needs more benching time, when he's bad. Just like Forbes should get if he wasn't a pet, we agree on that all right.

Nobody's claiming he's consistent, especially when he's on Gregg's line. Give the man his minutes.

Stop pussyfooting around and giving away the bulk of the star's minutes to lesser thans.

[Spurtacular]

Star? Lonnie is no star and tonight should bring idiots like you back to earth. 5pts on 20% shooting which is par the course for Lonnie as he’s very inconsistent. He’s inconsistent and he’s not even the focal point of the defense, yet he has more bad games than good. Kawhi left, get over it

He's a star; that's happening. Why does this bother you and Gregg? Are you guys showing the fans about Kawhi, like you said?

[RC_Drunkford]

Lonnie is inconsistent which is to be expected from a player in his first real NBA season. But one thing that he does well is defend and defense is the biggest issue on this team which is why people want him to play something close to 30 minutes. His defense is the main reason why people want him to start

[My Fault]

He's a star; that's happening. Why does this bother you and Gregg? Are you guys showing the fans about Kawhi, like you said? lmfao a star? I get you’re a special kind of stupid so it’s expected that I should repeat myself but again, 5pts on 20% shooting is not star level, especially when you’re not the focal point of the defense but only muster 5pts

[MultiTroll]

^^ 2/10 troll.

Kawhi Leonard was 3-15 on Dec 3rd vs Portland.
I guess he sucks and should give it up to guys like Bryn Forbes.

[Spurtacular]

^^ 2/10 troll.

Kawhi Leonard was 3-15 on Dec 3rd vs Portland.
I guess he sucks and should give it up to guys like Bryn Forbes.

:lol These Pop suckers that want to point to a guy not flipping the switch in his broken-up fourteen minutes of action.

[dbestpro]

Lonnie is inconstant cause he's gotten inconsistent minutes.

[Spurtacular]

Lonnie is inconstant cause he's gotten inconsistent minutes.

Yup. Do these Pop suckers expect Lonnie to go 5-7 FG, 15 pts every time Gregg gives him 17 minutes (rather, every time Gregg steals half his minutes)?

[Spurtacular]

typo in title

demar is 1st in minutes

Did I say the Spurs have only one star?

[FuzzyLumpkins]

:lol at peeps melting down because Popovich is taking his time with a developing player.

[Spurtacular]

:lol at peeps melting down because Popovich is taking his time with a developing player.

It's very important that IV sit and watch Forbes chuck and play sh** D. :lol

[FuzzyLumpkins]

It's very important that IV sit and watch Forbes chuck and play sh** D. :lol

It's more important for Lonnie to develop well. We aren't winning shit this season.

[cjw]

Way to look at this is number of minutes played per game when available (DNP - coach’s decision). Carroll and Walker are a lot lower in % of available minutes played on that list.

[Sugus]

It's very important that IV sit and watch Forbes chuck and play sh** D. :lol

The Raptors, like any other sane team, were hunting and exploiting him last night. At least Pop recognizes Walker's defensive upside and played him that last 40 seconds... Lol

[Spurtacular]

It's more important for Lonnie to develop well. We aren't winning shit this season.

Development isn't so much something that happens on the bench despite the sh** that's been shoveled into your hole.

[Spurtacular]

...those pink shoe IV was wearing tonight. Star player looking the part.

[Fireball]

its not like he is rotting on the bench right now ... he is not doing anything right now to deserve more than 15-20 minutes ... watching him fuck up drives and layups is as infuriating as watching Forbes on defense

[paperboy77]

I don't have ESPN+ but caught a glimpse of a story titled Five young NBA trade targets who could thrive on new teams... the video the played was about a minute and a half of Lonnie Walkers highlights. Anybody read this? Even ESPN is kinda calling out Pops stupidity. Going to be a damn shame if they can't retain this kid.

https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/28523402/five-young-nba-trade-targets-thrive-new-teams

[itzsoweezee]

his minutes are trending upwards ... now he needs to play even more besides Demar and not only as his substitute

That's the problem. Popovich is now giving Lonnie some minutes, but only at the 3 spot. He's very clearly a 2 and should be getting a lot of those Forbes/Bellynelly minutes.

[paperboy77]

That guy on EPSN about LaMello Ball is talking out of both sides of his mouth and therefore completely full of shit!

Ho-shit! Just watched the rest of Schmitz take... inadvertently throwing manure at Pops mentality. You must let the kids play and figure it out! In my line of work they made us go thru a workshop about hiring and capitalizing on Millennials. They are different from us that came up without the internet to answer everything know to man. Yes a bit stuck-up and condescending buttttt there is some legitimacy to that.

Long story short: Pop has to give these talented kids a chance. But he won't.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Development isn't so much something that happens on the bench despite the sh** that's been shoveled into your hole.

He's getting playing time. He needed to demonstrate in practice that he understood the offensive and defensive system. It was obvious that he was missing a lot of assignments as it was if you had any idea of what you were watching.

And it would have been extremely counterproductive to just trot him back out after he shit the bed against Kawhi earlier in the season.

You are like the dumbass NFL coach that thinks its a good idea to play your rookie QB every down even when he's getting his ass pounded into the ground and has no idea what he is doing in an NFL system.

[koriwhat]

He's getting playing time. He needed to demonstrate in practice that he understood the offensive and defensive system. It was obvious that he was missing a lot of assignments as it was if you had any idea of what you were watching.

And it would have been extremely counterproductive to just trot him back out after he shit the bed against Kawhi earlier in the season.

You are like the dumbass NFL coach that thinks its a good idea to play your rookie QB every down even when he's getting his ass pounded into the ground and has no idea what he is doing in an NFL system.

i'm no forbes hater but what i saw out of him, from row 12, during that OT game vs Sacramento was a disgusting display of getting beat by your man play after play after play. it's like he just looked up the definition of defense before he hit the court that night.

if he can get the mins he gets then i have no clue why lonnie can't get the same amount of mins if not more.

as well, if marco can get the mins he gets too while playing shooting circus shots and playing no defense either then lonnie deserves the same if not more.

[Spurtacular]

He's getting playing time. He needed to demonstrate in practice that he understood the offensive and defensive system.

That's something role players do. This kid is special. He should be learning on the job.

[Spurtacular]

It was obvious that he was missing a lot of assignments as it was if you had any idea of what you were watching.

Have you not watched Forbes play defense? He's effectively a missed assignment on every play.

[Spurtacular]

And it would have been extremely counterproductive to just trot him back out after he shit the bed against Kawhi earlier in the season.

:lol Arguing against playing the superior player going forward because a superstar had a good night. You must be a certified Pop's ass sniffer. :lol

[Spurtacular]

At the end of the season when Lonnie has his mediocre numbers but is serviceable and the Spurs are rolling into the 8 seed, the Pop sniffers are gonna be saying, see! Never mind that the alternative was a guy with rock star credentials and the 4 seed. :lol

[Spurtacular]

i'm no forbes hater but what i saw out of him, from row 12, during that OT game vs Sacramento was a disgusting display of getting beat by your man play after play after play. it's like he just looked up the definition of defense before he hit the court that night.

He's mentally retarded on top of just seriously lacking physical prowess.

I say it without any hyperbole that Bryn Forbes is the worst defender in the league.

Although, I'll say that I haven't been watching Isiah Thomas play defense upon his latest return. He wore that crown for years before Forbes had it the last two or three years.

[Spurtacular]

if he can get the mins he gets then i have no clue why lonnie can't get the same amount of mins if not more.


Cos marginally better at a specialty is obviously worth two and a half times the minutes that an immensely more complete player can offer.

:pop:

[koriwhat]

Cos marginally better at a specialty is obviously worth two and a half times the minutes that an immensely more complete player can offer.

:pop:

obviously... it's a sad state of affairs the spurs are in when forbes is a starter and not a legit one either. he's a bonafide role player who should be coming off the bench and third string at best.

[Spurtacular]

obviously... it's a sad state of affairs the spurs are in when forbes is a starter and not a legit one either. he's a bonafide role player who should be coming off the bench and third string at best.

He's not even a bonafide role player. He's an undersized specialist / bad defender. He should be played sparingly.