The Hyperbaulic Time Chamber of Keldon Johnson

[tim_duncan_fan]

Dude went and trained to become a top-tier 3-point specialist over one random November weekend.

Adding a 3 greatly improves his potential and the team's potential. Gotta appreciate the hard work if this isn't a fluke.

Church thread.

(Oops. That should say "hyperbolic".)

[The Truth #6]

Great thread title, regardless.

[talkspurs]

his rebounding has also been better lately. tonight was not great but the few games before that were better. lets see if that stays high. I still see him more as a SF then a PF.

[tim_duncan_fan]

his rebounding has also been better lately. tonight was not great but the few games before that were better. lets see if that stays high. I still see him more as a SF then a PF.

That's the way any reasonable person sees him, but we've been playing small for like 10 years

[spurs10]

Dude went and trained to become a top-tier 3-point specialist over one random November weekend.

Adding a 3 greatly improves his potential and the team's potential. Gotta appreciate the hard work if this isn't a fluke.

Church thread.

(Oops. That should say "hyperbolic".) Your spelling in the title makes it 'mo bettah.' Yeah adding an outside shot will be huge for him. Great game tonight. I was there and he was very intense...screaming a lot! :)

[DAF86]

The % doesn't seem sustainable at all. It will drop eventually. The important thing is that, when this happens, Keldon doesn't lose confidence to the point of passing up wide open three pointers, like he was doing earlier. That shit just doesn't fly anymore in today's NBA.

Keldon is not a natural shooter, his release is too slow. He will never be a high volume 3pt shooter, but as long as he is good enough to hit wide open 3s at a reasonable clip, he will have a part as a rotation player.

That being said, I think his role in upcoming years should be as a high energy wing off the bench. He just doesn't seem to have the skillset to be a longterm starter in the future. I don't think he has what it takes to be a primary offensive option and his shooting and defense aren't good enough to be a 3D player. Vassell seems much more suited for that role and should take his place in the SL, imho.

Another player who I think should go to the bench is White, but for different reasons. Derrick is probably still the Spurs best playmaker (despite Murray's improvement on this department), but he seems a bit redundant with Dejounte in the SL and given Derrick's a bit of an injury prone player, I think the best thing it would be for him to become our next Manu and be the QB of the second unit. Hopefully Primo will be ready to take his spot in the lineup next year.

If everything goes more or less according to plan, I think our best rotation for the upcoming years is:

Murray - Primo - Vassell - PF - Poeltl

White - Lonnie - Keldon - PF - Landale

We are still lacking that 6'8" / 6'9" guy that can defend and hit the 3 consistently, but I think that's the rotation that would get the most production out of our core of young players.

[illusioNtEk]

Keldon needs to learn when to use his energy, he uses it all to early

[KingKev]

If everything goes more or less according to plan, I think our best rotation for the upcoming years is:

Murray - Primo - Vassell - PF - Poeltl

White - Lonnie - Keldon - PF - Landale

We are still lacking that 6'8" / 6'9" guy that can defend and hit the 3 consistently, but I think that's the rotation that would get the most production out of our core of young players.

According to who’s plan? Is that plan to be a bottom 8 team? Those two variables at the 4 better be pretty damn good if the plan is to make the playoffs.

[DAF86]

According to who’s plan? Is that plan to be a bottom 8 team? Those two variables at the 4 better be pretty damn good if the plan is to make the playoffs.

The plan where Primo becomes everything the FO hopes.

We might make the playoffs this year, why wouldn't we make it with an improved roster? :lol

[spurraider21]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN-_hqlmu3k

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Ouch.

https://twitter.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1478552792855945217?s=19

[KingKev]

^ while he is not wrong this Pop doing Pop things. Mind fuking. Might as well have called him “soft.”

[R. DeMurre]

KJ seems like a great team guy and his energy is infectious, but I am definitely on team Trade High with him as a way to land a more necessary piece, i.e., a versatile 6'9"+ defender. It's a drag that Jonathan Isaac is such a wild card in terms of politics and temperament... in terms of needs, he'd be the perfect trade target, and with the emergence of Franz Wagner, Orlando would probably listen to trade offers.

[Chinook]

Yeah, he's streaky. I am hoping the Spurs don't give him an extension next off-season, but I feel like it's a foregone conclusion. The team is just full of mediocre players or those with huge limitations. It's okay to have those guys on a team, but you can't lock yourself into them financially or fool yourself into thinking they're a legit core. Johnson, Poeltl, White and yes, even Murray. The team shouldn't rush to get rid of them all, but they should definitely be willing to trade some of them in the right deals. There are a bunch of wrong deals out there, and the team shouldn't be in any rush to do those. But if they aren't going to tank, as I've said, they need to be active on the trade market. They have to create premium value somehow if they aren't going to get it gifted to them by the lottery balls.

[KingKev]

Yeah, he's streaky. I am hoping the Spurs don't give him an extension next off-season, but I feel like it's a foregone conclusion. The team is just full of mediocre players or those with huge limitations. It's okay to have those guys on a team, but you can't lock yourself into them financially or fool yourself into thinking they're a legit core. Johnson, Poeltl, White and yes, even Murray. The team shouldn't rush to get rid of them all, but they should definitely be willing to trade some of them in the right deals. There are a bunch of wrong deals out there, and the team shouldn't be in any rush to do those. But if they aren't going to tank, as I've said, they need to be active on the trade market. They have to create premium value somehow if they aren't going to get it gifted to them by the lottery balls.

He will probably be offered a fair market value extension. The real shakeup with this team needs to be in the front office or we are going to be slowly developing the 10th pick in the draft in perpetuity.

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Yeah, he's streaky. I am hoping the Spurs don't give him an extension next off-season, but I feel like it's a foregone conclusion. The team is just full of mediocre players or those with huge limitations. It's okay to have those guys on a team, but you can't lock yourself into them financially or fool yourself into thinking they're a legit core. Johnson, Poeltl, White and yes, even Murray. The team shouldn't rush to get rid of them all, but they should definitely be willing to trade some of them in the right deals. There are a bunch of wrong deals out there, and the team shouldn't be in any rush to do those. But if they aren't going to tank, as I've said, they need to be active on the trade market. They have to create premium value somehow if they aren't going to get it gifted to them by the lottery balls.

Spot on. Only disagreement is I think you have to reserve Murray from trade talks. He's really the last holdover from the Big 3 and what will be the Pop era. And he just fits the bill as a Spurs lifer. Those guys should be cherished especially when they're your best player and still improving. Otherwise, yup, trade away -- for the right pieces, of course.

[rjv]

Ouch.

https://twitter.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1478552792855945217?s=19

pop ain't wrong. keldon has been beyond pedestrian on this road trip. his handles, shooting, effort on the boards, defense. i can't think of a single thing he's done well over the past three games. and i watched pop's body language with keldon when KJ came out for the final time last night; usually, pop gives the customary pat on the back when a player goes out but pop just completely ignored him.

[TimDunkem]

Kawhi deal just gets worse and worse lol

[R. DeMurre]

Pop casually saying to a large audience that KJ isn't playing well isn't going to help his trade value. Not a good move by Pop.

[rjv]

Pop casually saying to a large audience that KJ isn't playing well isn't going to help his trade value. Not a good move by Pop.


then i guess that means KJ isn't on the trading block. besides, what difference would what pop says at a presser make on KJs trade value? teams can see for themselves whether or not someone is playing well or not.

[BatManu20]

Pop casually saying to a large audience that KJ isn't playing well isn't going to help his trade value. Not a good move by Pop.

Pop doesn’t care. He’s never been one to mince words. Plus he’s just here to get the record and then he’s out imo. He’s too old to really give a shit anymore.

[TD 21]

Kawhi deal just gets worse and worse lol

It remains beyond comprehension that these idiots not only handed those insufferable pricks a (tainted) championship and everything that comes with it (financially, reputationally, etc.), but that 3 years removed they have a better collection of young and youngish talent, including 3 players who fit the current most desirable archetype, while the Spurs are still searching for 1 (not counting fringe player Bates-Diop). What an embarrassment.


Pop casually saying to a large audience that KJ isn't playing well isn't going to help his trade value. Not a good move by Pop.

These fools don't even trade youth they're clearly done with (like Walker IV was the moment they selected Primo), I wouldn't be concerned with a player they've pushed at every opportunity to act as if he's a foundational piece, if not future face of the franchise, going forward.

They'll probably give him a 4/$70-75M extension before next season, even though he might just be a 7th man.

[Sugus]

It remains beyond comprehension that these idiots not only handed those insufferable pricks a (tainted) championship and everything that comes with it (financially, reputationally, etc.), but that 3 years removed they have a better collection of young and youngish talent, including 3 players who fit the current most desirable archetype, while the Spurs are still searching for 1 (not counting fringe player Bates-Diop). What an embarrassment.



These fools don't even trade youth they're clearly done with (like Walker IV was the moment they selected Primo), I wouldn't be concerned with a player they've pushed at every opportunity to act as if he's a foundational piece, if not future face of the franchise, going forward.

They'll probably give him a 4/$70-75M extension before next season, even though he might just be a 7th man.

:lol It's ok, you can say the Raptors FO is good and very capable, no need to trash the Spurs so bad to avoid admitting it.

[TD 21]

:lol It's ok, you can say the Raptors FO is good and very capable, no need to trash the Spurs so bad to avoid admitting it.

Speaking of insufferable pricks . . . that comment had nothing to do with their capability. But since you brought it up, they're vastly overrated. I didn't hear a peep about their supposed genius before they fell ass backwards into the Spurs miserable luck.

I wouldn't expect a casual, who just spots results without context, to understand nuance though.

[Ice009]

KJ seems like a great team guy and his energy is infectious, but I am definitely on team Trade High with him as a way to land a more necessary piece, i.e., a versatile 6'9"+ defender. It's a drag that Jonathan Isaac is such a wild card in terms of politics and temperament... in terms of needs, he'd be the perfect trade target, and with the emergence of Franz Wagner, Orlando would probably listen to trade offers.

I wouldn't mind Isaac at all. Did he end up getting the vax? I see Kyrie is supposedly coming back and he has a hard stance against it. If not taking it, where are the places that you can't play?

[MannyIsGod]

Keldon is a fine as a 3rd or 4th option on the team. Think a Jae Crowder type. But he's not going to do well if he has to be the 1st or 2nd option. Maybe he can improve on that going forward. I think Keldon will be a good piece to keep around, but looking at his games without DJM out there isn't a good judge of what he brings, IMO.

[Dverde]

Pop doesn’t care. He’s never been one to mince words. Plus he’s just here to get the record and then he’s out imo. He’s too old to really give a shit anymore.

I don’t remember him publicly calling fragile Demar’s poor shot selection or ball hogging. I think he decides who to call out. I think Keldon will respond well to it.

[Dverde]

Keldon is a fine as a 3rd or 4th option on the team. Think a Jae Crowder type. But he's not going to do well if he has to be the 1st or 2nd option. Maybe he can improve on that going forward. I think Keldon will be a good piece to keep around, but looking at his games without DJM out there isn't a good judge of what he brings, IMO.

I mostly agree. I see more upside with Devin now. Keldon looks like a future solid starter in the league which is still great value at has draft position.

[Dejounte]

CYZYxtOspbY

[Atl Spur]

I need Keldon to really focus on defense….he’s a damn turnstile right now��. He’s a hard worker and hopefully he gets that cleaned up.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

CYZYxtOspbY

everyone on team usa should relinquish their medals to durant tbh

[R. DeMurre]

It's incredible to think Jayson Tatum is only 23 years old-- he's been in the league 5 years and feels like a vet, but he's younger than Chris Duarte, John Collins, and De'Andre Hunter.

[mo7888]

KJ seems like a great team guy and his energy is infectious, but I am definitely on team Trade High with him as a way to land a more necessary piece, i.e., a versatile 6'9"+ defender. It's a drag that Jonathan Isaac is such a wild card in terms of politics and temperament... in terms of needs, he'd be the perfect trade target, and with the emergence of Franz Wagner, Orlando would probably listen to trade offers.

I'm not bothered by his temperament or politics just like I'm not bothered by player who are opposite than he is in those areas. Injury concerns are what I'd be focused on. If our medical staff is good with what they see I'd seriously consider making a run at him.

[mo7888]

Spot on. Only disagreement is I think you have to reserve Murray from trade talks. He's really the last holdover from the Big 3 and what will be the Pop era. And he just fits the bill as a Spurs lifer. Those guys should be cherished especially when they're your best player and still improving. Otherwise, yup, trade away -- for the right pieces, of course.

I don't think Murray is someone you exclude from trade talks, I don't see him on that level. I just think if he's included you're talking about a bigger package targeting a higher level player in return.

[rjv]

i would definitely exclude murray from trade talks (realistic trade talks) as well as devin and primo.

[Seventyniner]

Who the Spurs should put on the table depends entirely on who the other team puts on the table. Nobody on the roster is untradeable for the right deal.

That's true for at least 95% of players in the league.

[8sy21vd]

Keldon is super young and has some great qualities but yeah his D is awful at times and he needs to learn how to be a more willing passer. Must be said though, he's playing way undersized at his position so roster construction and coaching should shoulder the blame for his shortcomings as well.

[GAustex]

I noted last game how much he looks like Barkley

[Dejounte]

Who the Spurs should put on the table depends entirely on who the other team puts on the table. Nobody on the roster is untradeable for the right deal.

That's true for at least 95% of players in the league.

Exactly this. Love the growth from Murray but would I trade him for Stephen Curry? Yeah. Jokic? Fuck yeah. But those types of trades never happen.

Would I trade him for Sabonis? No. Would I trade him for a top 10 pick? Fuck no. Folks don’t understand the level DJ is playing at right now. Top picks getting traded for players rarely happen anyway, but people still fantasize about it.

Folks don’t get the concept of team building. You don’t always have to start at zero. When you finally have something great, you add onto that and not take it away. The Spurs have enough assets elsewhere on the roster if they want to make a splash while maintaining their vision for the team. The team has had enough setbacks since Kawhi; either developing the current roster into a playoff team or landing a lottery pick in the summer are both big steps forward when you realize you’re adding to a nice starting piece in Murray, and potentially another core piece in Primo or Vassell.

Last night was a dominant night by Murray, and if he keeps it up, he may be the best two way guard in the NBA. Let’s get him some help.

[wildbill2u]

Keldon' s shooting streak has been keeping him in the games as a starter, but that has to end. I mean his place as a starter, not just the shooting streak. He is a low BB IQ player and keeps making the same mistakes over and over without learning from them [driving into a lane full of defenders, horrible passing, poor defense, and the list goes on]. You can't keep a spot as a starter in the NBA by screaming like you are exceptional when you make an occasional good basket. His best basketball talent seems to be high energy, but that doesn't work if that's the best you got.

Pop has a problem in taking him off the first team as long as he's on this shooting streak, but just wait until he cools off. Devin would be my choice to replace him at SF.

[Sugus]

Speaking of insufferable pricks . . . that comment had nothing to do with their capability. But since you brought it up, they're vastly overrated. I didn't hear a peep about their supposed genius before they fell ass backwards into the Spurs miserable luck.

I wouldn't expect a casual, who just spots results without context, to understand nuance though.

So talking about how they're in a better place than the Spurs are has nothing to do with their capability? Duly noted. No admittance yet... I'm eager to see how you'll spin their next ECF appearence, or dare I say even, next ring, into shitting on the Spurs instead of giving them their dues. Popcorn material to be sure.

If blind by ego as you are, you're the non-casual... I'm fine where I'm at, tbh :lol

[TD 21]

So talking about how they're in a better place than the Spurs are has nothing to do with their capability? Duly noted. No admittance yet... I'm eager to see how you'll spin their next ECF appearence, or dare I say even, next ring, into shitting on the Spurs instead of giving them their dues. Popcorn material to be sure.

If blind by ego as you are, you're the non-casual... I'm fine where I'm at, tbh :lol

No, because they wouldn't be in that place if not for their usual luck. If Scumbag didn't intentionally tank his value and they even wanted to enter the conversation for him, one of Siakam or Anunoby + at least another 1st would have had to be in the package.

If Ujiri's incessant whining about their predicament last season (like the league could do anything about it) didn't result in them conveniently (he is buddies with Silver) having lottery luck to move up to 4, they wouldn't have Barnes.

You're clearly a closet Raptors fan (Canadian?). No self respecting Spurs fan would want to see that franchise succeed.

[KingKev]

No, because they wouldn't be in that place if not for their usual luck. If Scumbag didn't intentionally tank his value and they even wanted to enter the conversation for him, one of Siakam or Anunoby + at least another 1st would have had to be in the package.

If Ujiri's incessant whining about their predicament last season (like the league could do anything about it) didn't result in them conveniently (he is buddies with Silver) having lottery luck to move up to 4, they wouldn't have Barnes.

You're clearly a closet Raptors fan (Canadian?). No self respecting Spurs fan would want to see that franchise succeed.

LOL. The Raptors both before and after Kahwi do alot of things well as an organization. Taking a chance on Kahwi was not luck, it was a calculated risk. Getting the 4th pick was not draft lottery nepotism, it was luck; clearly communicated/known chance, probability and luck.

Be mad at Kawhi for being a douche, or PATFO for being stubborn and making a poor trade when there probably were better options available but the hate for Raptors is sus.

[TD 21]

LOL. The Raptors both before and after Kahwi do alot of things well as an organization. Taking a chance on Kahwi was not luck, it was a calculated risk. Getting the 4th pick was not draft lottery nepotism, it was luck; clearly communicated/known chance, probability and luck.

Be mad at Kawhi for being a douche, or PATFO for being stubborn and making a poor trade when there probably were better options available but the hate for Raptors is sus.

The Raptors were stagnant team who annually embarrassed themselves in the playoffs in a weak conference, who's entire perception and reputation inexplicably changed thanks to an unprecedented confluence of factors/luck: Scumbag's antics, the Spurs losing their minds, prior front office relationships (Buford and Ujiri; Wright and Webster), being out of conference and the Warriors being decimated by injury.

:lmao A "chance"? All they had to give up to be a Curry/Durant injury away (and they were due) from a tainted championship was to salary dump an unwanted, pseudo star, a low end starting center and a pick destined to be 27th-30th.

But that's not why I can't stand them. It's their arrogance/inferiority complex, being in bed with national media big wigs who incessantly slurp them, screwing over supposed friends when they were going to make a heist of a "trade" either way and unending luck.

[DAF86]

The Raptors were stagnant team who annually embarrassed themselves in the playoffs in a weak conference, who's entire perception and reputation inexplicably changed thanks to an unprecedented confluence of factors/luck: Scumbag's antics, the Spurs losing their minds, prior front office relationships (Buford and Ujiri; Wright and Webster), being out of conference and the Warriors being decimated by injury.

:lmao A "chance"? All they had to give up to be a Curry/Durant injury away (and they were due) from a tainted championship was to salary dump an unwanted, pseudo star, a low end starting center and a pick destined to be 27th-30th.

But that's not why I can't stand them. It's their arrogance/inferiority complex, being in bed with national media big wigs who incessantly slurp them, screwing over supposed friends when they were going to make a heist of a "trade" either way and unending luck.

Dude, you have a weird obsession with Ujiri and the Raptors.

[TD 21]

Dude, you have a weird obsession with Ujiri and the Raptors.

:lmao I feel like Frank Grimes to their Homer Simpson.

The thing is, most of you are just Spurs fans as opposed to NBA fans, so you don't see/hear a lot of the things I do.

[KingKev]

Dude, you have a weird obsession with Ujiri and the Raptors.

He seems to have a problem with both Brits and Canadians lol. I get it though. When dudes fk my ex bitch and I subsequently watch her leave them to fk the next guy I have an inferiority complex also.

The Raptors screwing over “their supposed friend” tells me this knucklehead needs to learn life.

[TD 21]

He seems to have a problem with both Brits and Canadians lol. I get it though. When dudes fk my ex bitch and I subsequently watch her leave them to fk the next guy I have an inferiority complex also.

The Raptors screwing over “their supposed friend” tells me this knucklehead needs to learn life.

For asking someone if they were Canadian? I have no inferiority complex, just a BS meter that detects that the Warriors and Raptors are the epitome of everything that's wrong with today's NBA.

Nah, it tells me you don't get how this business works. There's a difference between wielding leverage and screwing someone over.

They did it again last season. Not trading their supposed all-time player, who wanted to get traded, to a would be contender because if they couldn't screw someone over, then it wasn't worthwhile.

[KingKev]

For asking someone if they were Canadian? I have no inferiority complex, just a BS meter that detects that the Warriors and Raptors are the epitome of everything that's wrong with today's NBA.

Nah, it tells me you don't get how this business works. There's a difference between wielding leverage and screwing someone over.

They did it again last season. Not trading their supposed all-time player, who wanted to get traded, to a would be contender because if they couldn't screw someone over, then it wasn't worthwhile.

Who are you talking about? Lowry?

[TD 21]

Who are you talking about? Lowry?

Yeah. Those clowns turned down Maxey and had the audacity to demand Herro. As if the Heat were going to trade a young, core piece for a less than half season of a declining player they were clearly destined to end up with anyway.

[KingKev]

Yeah. Those clowns turned down Maxey and had the audacity to demand Herro. As if the Heat were going to trade a young, core piece for a less than half season of a declining player they were clearly destined to end up with anyway.

I don’t even know what you are arguing anymore. Debate yourself in a mirror. I’m sure it’ll be very engaging.

[TD 21]

I don’t even know what you are arguing anymore. Debate yourself in a mirror. I’m sure it’ll be very engaging.

That they're a bunch of classless, lucky ass clowns who are now hailed as if they're geniuses.

[KingKev]

That they're a bunch of classless, lucky ass clowns who are now hailed as if they're geniuses.

Well they absolutely ate our lunch so what does that make PATFO? Were we classless tk trade G Hill who we weren’t prepared to pay in free agency for Leonard? Was that classless?

[TD 21]

Well they absolutely ate our lunch so what does that make PATFO? Were we classless tk trade G Hill who we weren’t prepared to pay in free agency for Leonard? Was that classless?

Yeah because of all the factors that I said, not because they're smarter than anyone else.

The Hill trade was about balancing the roster. Terrible attempt at an analogy.

You must be from Toronto, because you're all style and no substance.

[KingKev]

Yeah because of all the factors that I said, not because they're smarter than anyone else.

The Hill trade was about balancing the roster. Terrible attempt at an analogy.

You must be from Toronto, because you're all style and no substance.

Between Vancouver, Tee Dot and Glasgow. I’ve been a Spurs fan since before the Raps existed, don’t care for Drake, don’t call the city “the 6” and don’t care if the Raps win or lose and had serious money on GS in those finals. With that prefaced, your hate for the Raps is puzzling.

[TD 21]

Between Vancouver, Tee Dot and Glasgow. I’ve been a Spurs fan since before the Raps existed, don’t care for Drake, don’t call the city “the 6” and don’t care if the Raps win or lose and had serious money on GS in those finals. With that prefaced, your hate for the Raps is puzzling.

Vancouver is like a smaller, better version of Toronto without the hype.

Well, it makes sense to me, which is all that matters.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

Toronto is called the 6?

Why?

[mo7888]

Toronto is called the 6?

Why?

This came up when I searched the term..

While the meaning of the term was initially unclear, Drake clarified in a 2016 interview by Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show that it derived from the shared digits of the 416 and 647 telephone area codes and the six municipalities that amalgamated into the current Toronto city proper in 1998

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

This came up when I searched the term..

While the meaning of the term was initially unclear, Drake clarified in a 2016 interview by Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show that it derived from the shared digits of the 416 and 647 telephone area codes and the six municipalities that amalgamated into the current Toronto city proper in 1998

god i hate drake*


*his work, his presence, his statements, his look, his style, his sound, his thoughts, his influence, his impact, his career etc. (not him personally as a person. i don't know him)

[rjv]

god i hate drake*


*his work, his presence, his statements, his look, his style, his sound, his thoughts, his influence, his impact, his career etc. (not him personally as a person. i don't know him)

yeah-drake has been a big part of the downfall of rap

[exstatic]

I wouldn't mind Isaac at all. Did he end up getting the vax? I see Kyrie is supposedly coming back and he has a hard stance against it. If not taking it, where are the places that you can't play?

Kyrie can still only play road games, but they ramped him up when they were short handed.

[Jordan Jackson]

Toronto is called the 6?

Why?

No one actually born and raised in Toronto refers to it as the 6. It’s corny.

The city has seen an insufferable influx of clout chasers and posers over the last decade. Drake hasn’t helped with his goofy shit.

[KingKev]

No one actually born and raised in Toronto refers to it as the 6. It’s corny.

The city has seen an insufferable influx of clout chasers and posers over the last decade. Drake hasn’t helped with his goofy shit.

haha its the tee dot for me.

[buttsR4rebounding]

Kyrie can still only play road games, but they ramped him up when they were short handed.

Interestingly, if he gets traded he COULD play in NJ as a visiting player. Classic COVID logic.

[spurrunner]

god i hate drake*


*his work, his presence, his statements, his look, his style, his sound, his thoughts, his influence, his impact, his career etc. (not him personally as a person. i don't know him)
He seems like an assclown though, doesn't he?
I mean... if I did know him I bet money that I would hate him.

https://youtu.be/ZR_jubXHc0w

[Gagnrath]

I want to see Keldon actually play both ends of the court as a three. Is it to much to ask for Pop & Co to bring in a real power fort so that we can see Johnson not have to try and out muscle someone with a considerable physical advantage for 20+ minutes a game? My bet is that his rebounding and defense immediately get a boost.

[tim_duncan_fan]

I'm back on this bandwagon. I think this guy will keep working on his game. He will be a 20-every-night guy.

[ceperez]

Honestly, I thought when KJ was drafted that the Spurs got someone they did not need. Another guard with some athleticism.

I'm surprised with how his game developed. That being an undersized banger at the 3 and an accurate 3 point shooter. He was terrible at the 3 last year. I didn't think he was big enough of a player to bang bodies like he does now.

You just cannot predict what you get when you draft players at 19.

[BatManu20]

Keldon keeps shooting like this then have we a sniper on our hands. Absurd improvement from beyond the arc from last season.


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[Mr. Body]

Keldon keeps shooting like this then have we a sniper on our hands. Absurd improvement from beyond the arc from last season.


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Those arms though.

[John B]

Keldon is a 3 and D, with explosiveness when defenders try to close out. Stop making him a PF. Draft or sign a good size PF and allow Keldon to shine in his natural SF position.

[CGD]

Improvement on outside shooting is commendable. I just hope he can also improve on D, where I think he still has a ways to go.

[mo7888]

Keldon is a 3 and D, with explosiveness when defenders try to close out. Stop making him a PF. Draft or sign a good size PF and allow Keldon to shine in his natural SF position.

He's a 3 without the D right now....flexibility, lateral movement, and Defensive techniques should be what he focuses on this summer if he wants to makes the move to sf.... I hope he can do it...

[John B]

He's a 3 without the D right now....flexibility, lateral movement, and Defensive techniques should be what he focuses on this summer if he wants to makes the move to sf.... I hope he can do it...

I hope Bowen can give him tips on how to pester people, getting them off-balanced, and those busy hands :lol

[RC_Drunkford]

I hope Bowen can give him tips on how to pester people, getting them off-balanced, and those busy hands :lol

I don't remember Bruce Bowen ever being a player development coach for the Spurs

[D-Robinson 50 fan]

He's a 3 without the D right now....flexibility, lateral movement, and Defensive techniques should be what he focuses on this summer if he wants to makes the move to sf.... I hope he can do it...


EXACTLY!

dude is guarding 4’s because he has problems guarding anybody with decent enough lateral quickness. His strength helps him guard a good portion of 4’s in todays NBA. He gets killed on the boards because he doesn’t box out worth a shit like most of our damn team.

in order for him to be able to play the 3 he is going to have to work hard on his lateral quickness to help him guard the 3 and work on his creation skills offensively. He has come a long way with his 3 point shooting and hopefully it continues throughout his career.

he was a really good pick so low in the 1st round and one of my favorite guys on the team the last couple of years due to his energy and fun nature.

[John B]

I don't remember Bruce Bowen ever being a player development coach for the Spurs

Well he should tbh :lol

[ceperez]

So perplexing how KJ developed.

I thought he was a PG when he got drafted.

The he became a slasher that dished out bodily punishment.

Now he's also a 3 point shooter.