The Truth #6
10-22-2021, 12:52 PM
A sensationalist title, yes.
I'm thinking of this great article from Bruno: https://www.poundingtherock.com/2021/10/21/22718494/the-young-spurs-are-carving-a-new-identity-around-unity-defensive-intensity-and-chaos
This article makes me appreciate the Spurs' approach to team building more. Unfortunately, the team can't say it themselves very well, but Bruno's article does. Could these quotes be, simply, PR? Of course. But honestly, to me, it shows that they aren't really do a tank or a rebuild but choosing a separate path that no one else, in the media at least, can fathom.
Unity. Cohesion. Chaos. It's a great dialectical tension, unity and chaos. What I like best, at least in theory, is that there isn't an annoying superstar to tailor to. I say this specifically in light of the Kawhi drama, the Simmons debacle worsening each week, and more broadly, how annoying the league has become being so fixated on stars over teams.
Will we lose a shit ton of games? Most likely. But if the team is exciting and gets along, to me, that's a better process, then what can happen with the Process.
More specifically, I like Yak, possibly, being the head of the snake, sort of like a homeless man's Joker (without a jumpshot), at the top of the key finding a myriad of cutters and shooters.
But hey, we'll see...
I'm thinking of this great article from Bruno: https://www.poundingtherock.com/2021/10/21/22718494/the-young-spurs-are-carving-a-new-identity-around-unity-defensive-intensity-and-chaos
This article makes me appreciate the Spurs' approach to team building more. Unfortunately, the team can't say it themselves very well, but Bruno's article does. Could these quotes be, simply, PR? Of course. But honestly, to me, it shows that they aren't really do a tank or a rebuild but choosing a separate path that no one else, in the media at least, can fathom.
Unity. Cohesion. Chaos. It's a great dialectical tension, unity and chaos. What I like best, at least in theory, is that there isn't an annoying superstar to tailor to. I say this specifically in light of the Kawhi drama, the Simmons debacle worsening each week, and more broadly, how annoying the league has become being so fixated on stars over teams.
Will we lose a shit ton of games? Most likely. But if the team is exciting and gets along, to me, that's a better process, then what can happen with the Process.
More specifically, I like Yak, possibly, being the head of the snake, sort of like a homeless man's Joker (without a jumpshot), at the top of the key finding a myriad of cutters and shooters.
But hey, we'll see...