Game Thread: Spurs (26-34) @ Kings (32-29) -- Fri. 3/07/2025 - 9:00pm CST (5:00am Riga; 5:00pm Hawaii) - De'Aaron Fox Returns to Sacramento

[BatManu20]

Late one tonight in Sacto. Spurs really need to be piling up losses right now, but also wouldn't mind stealing this one after the way King's fans have trashed Fox nonstop since he left. Hopefully he at least goes off. Let's get it.

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[BatManu20]

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[BatManu20]

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[BatManu20]

De'Aaron not exactly taking the PC route here either though tbh :lol

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[BatManu20]

Monk out tonight.

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[scott]

50-piece coming for Swipa

[LeBowen]

Noone mentioned the most important thing - Sabonis is also out.
Spurs should be winning this one, tbh.

[BatManu20]

Kings Reddit treating this game like their Super Bowl :lol. Apparently the game is sold out (lol). Fox is definitely going to get booed every time he touches the ball. Hoping he drops 30 on 'em tbh.

[Spurs Brazil]

https://x.com/mikecwright/status/1898098525155864865

[Guru of Nothing]

About to go to the store and replenish edible stock.

Go Spurs Go!

[BatManu20]

https://x.com/mikecwright/status/1898098525155864865

Feel like Wemby and Fox have sort of hit it off tbh. I think those two are gonna be homies. With that said, why the fuck is Wemby wearing purple tbh :lol

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[Spurs Homer]

looks like another game where austin spurs fans have to search thru a thousand channels to find this fucking game...

probably not showing here again....

[Light]

Can't wait until Doug Christie gets on the microphone and tells the crowd not to boo D Fox.

[scott]

Kings Reddit treating this game like their Super Bowl :lol. Apparently the game is sold out (lol). Fox is definitely going to get booed every time he touches the ball. Hoping he drops 30 on 'em tbh.

Too bad Pop couldn't make the trip... no courtside microphone would be safe!

[scott]

Every time we play SAC I have to remind myself that I get the SAC sports channel out here, which means I'm forced to listen to Mark Jones and Kayte Christensen, who Kings fans seem to hate, but I kind of enjoy. Can't wait for Mark Jones to fall into old habits with some cringe-worthy Fox poetry.

[Mugen]

Every time we play SAC I have to remind myself that I get the SAC sports channel out here, which means I'm forced to listen to Mark Jones and Kayte Christensen, who Kings fans seem to hate, but I kind of enjoy. Can't wait for Mark Jones to fall into old habits with some cringe-worthy Fox poetry.

Mark Jones is basically a character from Get Out tbh :lol

[timtonymanu]

Fox is chirping quite a lot so I can see why it doesn’t sit well with Kings fans. Kick their asses though.

[BatManu20]

Fox is chirping quite a lot so I can see why it doesn’t sit well with Kings fans. Kick their asses though.

He keeps getting asked about it but yea, he's not particularly filtered which I kind of like personally, but will definitely rub Kings fans the wrong way.

Their fan base should largely be blaming their front office though. They didn't do enough to put a winning roster together out there and Fox had 5 HC's in 8 years... that's absurd and screams "dysfunctional." I don't blame him for leaving one bit. Just glad it benefited us tbh.

[exstatic]

I see the Kings fans being mad for a year or two, but not holding on for 6 or 7 like many Spurs fans. They’ll realize that at some point, they were in a bad job environment and left, and that’s all Fox did. He didn’t fake injury for almost an entire season, and run off to NY to hide from the team like mute cancer.

[cd98]

I hope Fox has a great game, but I’m good with us losing for better draft odds.

But he really isn’t the bad guy here. Sac didn’t want to pay him and he didn’t want to go anywhere else. It’s not like he faked an injury and hid from the team. That’s Kawhi stuff. Kawhi deserves boos for quitting on the Spurs with two years left on his deal. Fox did his job and he would’ve continued to do it until he became an unrestricted free agent.

[cd98]

I see the Kings fans being mad for a year or two, but not holding on for 6 or 7 like many Spurs fans. They’ll realize that at some point, they were in a bad job environment and left, and that’s all Fox did. He didn’t fake injury for almost an entire season, and run off to NY to hide from the team like mute cancer.

Whoops as you can see, I agree with you.

[exstatic]

I hope Fox has a great game, but I’m good with us losing for better draft odds.

But he really isn’t the bad guy here. Sac didn’t want to pay him and he didn’t want to go anywhere else. It’s not like he faked an injury and hid from the team. That’s Kawhi stuff. Kawhi deserves boos for quitting on the Spurs with two years left on his deal. Fox did his job and he would’ve continued to do it until he became an unrestricted free agent.

Sacramento offered him a couple of extensions that he didn’t sign, but when it became clear that he wouldn’t make All NBA this year and be eligible for the SuperMax and that the annual $$ would be roughly the same in Sacto or elsewhere, he told them he was leaving when his contract was up.

[dn0774]

Watched the Kings play the Nuggets the other night w/out Monk and Sabonis and they actually looked pretty damn good for most of it. Expecting a rough one for the Spurs tonight, Lavine lit the Spurs up already this season and I wouldn't be surprised to see it again.

[John B]

DeAaron as Sacto’s Kawhi. I wonder if Doug Christie would take that mic and tell fans not to boo him :lol

[itzsoweezee]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6182060/2025/03/07/deaaron-fox-return-sacramento-kings-nba/?source=user_shared_article

Yeah, Fox was not the problem here. Just the kangz being the kangz. Fox was right to get out when he could and not waste his career in that screwed up organization

[heyheymymy]

Hope Fox goes balls deep on SAC

[John B]

Hope Fox goes balls deep on SAC

Damn :lol:lol

[scott]

Kings pre-game is very complementary of Fox. There is a tribute video.

Apparently the expectation is that Keegan Murray will be the primary defender on Fox tonight.

[scott]

“We love this guy… but let’s boo the hell out of him when he has the ball” is the vibe from the Pre-game… Pop would have another stroke

[heyheymymy]

I am very adamant that I just don't feel like the Fox departure warrants the vitriol and ill will from SAC fans and I'm kinda insulted by this disrespectful behavior. Hope Spurs play accordingly.

[heyheymymy]

lol kings fans 2002 WCF

[heyheymymy]

"That money was cash, that bucket was cash"

[heyheymymy]

lol this crowd was loud on that Barnes FT miss

It's like a playoff atmosphere in Sac tonight lol

[heyheymymy]

wow Biyombo beasting on Big Dad with the tie up

[Dex]

Of course DeMar decides to start hitting threes against us

Vassell looking smooth to start the game

[Leetonidas]

Fox playing like ass to start

[scott]

No worries, San Antonio’s booing title not threatened by this tepid SAC crowd.

Swipa trying to do too much though

[Dex]

Fox playing like ass to start

Hit his first shot, but is pressing now. Needs to settle into the flow of the game

[heyheymymy]

Yeah Fox is rattled like seeing an old ex out on a date with the new girl

[TekXX]

ahh that's nice that kings fans are being nice.

[onechance87]

get cp3 off the court

[scott]

Pretty rousing applause during his tribute video. SAC fans definitely do not hate this guy

[heyheymymy]

I now formally rescind my WCF 2002 taunt

Sacramento Love

[heyheymymy]

It takes a Castle to stop the Kings

[heyheymymy]

Oh yeah Kings got LarRavia

I liked that pick up for Sac wanted to draft him tbh

[scott]

Devin very actively defensively to start. Love to see it.

[Dex]

It takes a Castle to stop the Kings

The rook goes straight for it

[scott]

Uhoh, Trey Lyles revenge game

[td4mvp2k]

omg castle bullyin mfs

[heyheymymy]

Castle is just nuts jeez

[scott]

Steph playing like he’s offended that SAC thought they could ever get him

[baseline bum]

OMFG Steph. Finishing like that right through Fultz was impressive.

[ginobilized]

We've come a long way since the Trey Lyles days
Kudos to him for resurrecting his career in Sac

[baseline bum]

Fox playing like ass to start

If CP3 is back next year he's gotta go to the bench. Appreciate the hell out of CP3 but De'Aaron needs to be the unquestioned PG next season.

[onechance87]

weak stuff from sochan...gotta finish that easy layup

[Dex]

Sochan having another one of his useless games so far

[Robz4000]

Castle destroying the Kings tbh.

[scott]

If CP3 is back next year he's gotta go to the bench. Appreciate the hell out of CP3 but De'Aaron needs to be the unquestioned PG next season.

Yeah, Fox has not been playing great the last handful of games and I’m not trying to excuse that…. But I wonder how much of that is being forced into playing off guard.

Either way, he needs to be the PG *and* he needs to play better

[heyheymymy]

god damnit 2 early fouls on Castle while he is scoring effortlessly

they may have to pull him

[heyheymymy]

Fox got the icicle frost icon

[poopbox]

Great pass by Castle but Sochan a bum so he didn't even look to score

[poopbox]

Oh no Spurs killer Big Daddy V coming into the game.

As I type this is one hand snatches and dunks over our hold team :lol

[Dex]

Sochan may be my new "least favorite" Spur

Dude doesn't do anything well other than just...tries hard?

[onechance87]

swear our coach is stupid

[mystargtr34]

I love those little temper tantrums Mitch throws as he calls timeouts to stop the bleeding lol.

Reminds me of those Bryn Forbes tantrums.

[heyheymymy]

Devin Carter is sort of a what could've been knowing about the Castle Carter workout the Spurs held and said both impressed. Of course the #8 trade led to Fox quite directly so I wouldn't take back the timeline.

Carter will be interesting to follow and wish him the best.

[onechance87]

surely vassell didnt turn into a worthless player after a career game.

[mystargtr34]

Sochan may be my new "least favorite" Spur

Dude doesn't do anything well other than just...tries hard?

His processing speed is so slow sometimes. Like a few possessions ago the drive by Lavine for the open layup while Sochan just stood 2 feet away and didn’t rotate over to protect the rim as the 5.

[Dex]

His processing speed is so slow sometimes. Like a few possessions ago the drive by Lavine for the open layup while Sochan just stood 2 feet away and didn’t rotate over to protect the rim as the 5.

I've noticed the same. He just stands in dead space a lot of the time watching, but by the time he reacts it is either too late or he makes things worse.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Absolutely no way Fox deserves the max man

[poopbox]

This game was over soon as Val came in

[Robz4000]

Levine continues to own the Spurs while Assell is back to his normal tricks.

[scott]

Zach Lavine going apeshit on us again……..

Can someone remind me why we had zero interest in Big Daddy?

[onechance87]

vasell ffs worthless again

[td4mvp2k]

Lavine is what I hope trash Devin would of been

[onechance87]

sochan better not get a contract ext.Sometimes he hurts us being worthless on offense.

[Robz4000]

:lol Spurs not wanting big Val

[Leetonidas]

Embarrassing

[poopbox]

Holy shit is Chris Paul cooked :lmao

[Dex]

So I guess Vassell's last game was really a one-off, huh?

[poopbox]

Devin ran under the basket on defense and then just stood their watching Lyles get the layup

[onechance87]

our front office just put up a terrible roster.

[scott]

CP3 looking rough tonight…

This is headed towards a 25 point loss…

[onechance87]

wanna bring back castle u dumbass coach

[Leetonidas]

It's criminal how fucking pitiful this roster is

[TekXX]

They clownin' us right now, i don't like it.

[rankingtear]

Is it too much to ask for 1 all star level game for Fox.

[scott]

At least we went ahead and got our shit quarter out there before halftime

[td4mvp2k]

mitch 🤡

[John B]

How in the world is Mamu not playing when our backup C is getting crashed on offensive rebounds?

[AusSpur]

How long will it take for Mitch Johnson to learn about offense/defense possessions and having the appropriate personnel on the floor for each one.

[onechance87]

Vassell pissses me off....Guy should be benched for having no heart.

[BatManu20]

How long will it take for Mitch Johnson to learn about offense/defense possessions and having the appropriate personnel on the floor for each one.

I'm convinced we're tanking tbh. Otherwise it makes zero sense having 6'7 Sochan guard 7'1 Valanciunas. Like you don't do that unless you're retarded or tanking tbh.

[onechance87]

I'm convinced we're tanking tbh. Otherwise it makes zero sense having 6'7 Sochan guard 7'1 Valanciunas. Like you don't do that unless you're retarded or tanking tbh.

yup and two small pgs starting together

[Blizzardwizard]

:lol Spurs not wanting big Val


Washington were practically giving him away and PATFO took a flyer on a guy who hadn't played in a year instead :lol


In spite of this they will still be ranked at the top of 'best front offices' lists because of transactions that happened 15-20 years ago.

[onechance87]

only a dumbass coach would have a 6,3 point guard guarding a 6,7 sf.

[timtonymanu]

So I guess Vassell's last game was really a one-off, huh?

I mean is it really a surprise? Lol

[td4mvp2k]

season cant end soon enough

[onechance87]

why is castle not first off the bench....fire this stupid ass coach.

[John B]

Here comes our midget backup C to help against Valenciunis. Fuck!

[CorrectCrusader]

Kings are butthurt Fox forced himself out so not surprised they can't miss today.

Thank goodness we didn't accidentally win another game

[scott]

Fox been absolutely dogwater this game. Can’t blame anyone who sees this last stretch of games and questioning trading for him and/or giving him the max.

He’s gonna need to really have a nice start to the season next year to avoid being the Spurs Fans Love to Hate

[John B]

CP3 on Lavine would not slow him down, I promise

[timtonymanu]

Assell: “it’s my time to shine.”

[LeBowen]

Some people really had hope for this roster. :lol

[onechance87]

Fox been absolutely dogwater this game. Can’t blame anyone who sees this last stretch of games and questioning trading for him and/or giving him the max.

He’s gonna need to really have a nice start to the season next year to avoid being the Spurs Fans Love to Hate

i mean we set him up to fail starting cp3.Castle or champ would be the much better better fit.

[TheBallsbreakers]

The tank is back in full swing, baby!

[scott]

i mean we set him up to fail starting cp3.Castle or champ would be the much better better fit.

No argument from me, but Fox isn’t absolved of culpability for his performance over the last 6 games or so

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Fox been absolutely dogwater this game. Can’t blame anyone who sees this last stretch of games and questioning trading for him and/or giving him the max.

He’s gonna need to really have a nice start to the season next year to avoid being the Spurs Fans Love to Hate

I fear we will offer him a contract this summer

[Dex]

Yeah, I'm going to bed

[BatManu20]

Keldon sucks

[TimDunkem]

I wonder what Assell, KJ, and one of our first rounders could nab. A bag of chips?

[onechance87]

sochan and vassell are so bad

[scott]

I fear we will offer him a contract this summer

Of course we’re going to offer him a contract this summer. That’s why we traded for him. Don’t be dense.

[Seventyniner]

By striking the Spurs down, the Kings are only making the Spurs more powerful than they could ever imagine.

At least, that's the hope.

[onechance87]

No argument from me, but Fox isn’t absolved of culpability for his performance over the last 6 games or so

yea gotta play better for sure.Just blame coaching and this roster makes it more difficult for him.But hes for sure not playing well rn

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Of course we’re going to offer him a contract this summer. That’s why we traded for him. Don’t be dense.

Yeah, but over paying for Fox is gonna get ugly. Wish we could see what he looks like after surgery and with more time with wemby. Fox has been shite for 70+ percent of our games since being traded here

[td4mvp2k]

holy ****

[Robz4000]

Castle dunking on everyone, friend or foe.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Castle one of the very few players who plays with heart on this team.

Fox finally showing signs of life

[onechance87]

Yeah, but over paying for Fox is gonna get ugly. Wish we could see what he looks like after surgery and with more time with wemby. Fox has been shite for 70+ percent of our games since being traded here

it should work....Fox carried kings for abit with there average roster.If it some how dont,The coaching should be blamed.

[John B]

Mamu better already

[td4mvp2k]

some life uh oh

[Amuseddaysleeper]

it should work....Fox carried kings for abit with there average roster.If it some how dont,The coaching should be blamed.

Yeah, he obviously was never this bad but the coaching doesn’t help either. Feels like his speed isn’t being taken advantage of as much as it should

[onechance87]

Castle one of the very few players who plays with heart on this team.

Fox finally showing signs of life

yup thats why ive been calling for castle to start over vassell.Totally different players.One is a winner other is a loser.

[scott]

20+ assist streak is alive, team can pack it in now

[John B]

Yeah, he obviously was never this bad but the coaching doesn’t help either. Feels like his speed isn’t being taken advantage of as much as it should

Brown >>> Mitch every day

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Maybe we should’ve targeted Lavine instead

[scott]

Lavine is a professional hooper. A shame for him that his knees haven’t been able to hold up… honestly pretty happy for him and hope SAC makes the playoffs.

[BatManu20]

Castle getting cooked defensively tonight.

[onechance87]

pathetic vassell

[scott]

Signature Vassell performance tonight

[timtonymanu]

Yeah fox is underwhelming but let’s get him a training camp and a better roster next year before we call for his head. Spurs lack talent as it is.

[td4mvp2k]

get that pos devin off the court

[scott]

I like LaRavia but the Spurs are making him look better than he is :lol

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Yeah fox is underwhelming but let’s get him a training camp and a better roster next year before we call for his head. Spurs lack talent as it is.

I just hope we don’t overpay this summer. Definitely agree fox deserves his surgery and more time with wemby. The only silver lining with his poor play is that hopefully the Spurs don’t give out a stupid contract this summer to him and something more reasonable and certainly not the max. But I doubt we’d get a bargain on the contract all things considering

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I like LaRavia but the Spurs are making him look better than he is :lol

We make everyone look better than they are

[onechance87]

I like LaRavia but the Spurs are making him look better than he is :lol

yea our coach got two small pgs guarding him.

[scott]

I just hope we don’t overpay this summer. Definitely agree fox deserves his surgery and more time with wemby. The only silver lining with his poor play is that hopefully the Spurs don’t give out a stupid contract this summer to him. But I doubt we’d get a bargain on the contract all things considering

He’s more than likely getting a 4-year 30% max, and despite a slow start in San Antonio (and no, he has not been trash in 70% of his games here, lol) he largely deserves it. I think there is a small chance he signs a 27-28% deal, but it’s probably going to be the max and we just need to comes to grips with it. He’s a max player in the modern NBA.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

He’s more than likely getting a 4-year 30% max, and despite a slow start in San Antonio (and no, he has not been trash in 70% of his games here, lol) he largely deserves it. I think there is a small chance he signs a 27-28% deal, but it’s probably going to be the max and we just need to comes to grips with it. He’s a max player in the modern NBA.

Fair points, he’s obviously looked much better than he has now for much of his career. But after Vassell would be unfortunate to have another under performing player. Maybe Vassell is gone by next year’s trade deadline if he doesn’t shape up?

Would be amazing if the lottery gods can bless us again even with a top 6 pick but I’m not holding my breath.

[onechance87]

just outcoached and outplayed today.Terrible roster and coaching.

[scott]

Wemby got on an airplane for this

[Atl Spur]

I like LaRavia but the Spurs are making him look better than he is :lol

He’d be a great bench piece for us

[AusSpur]

I'm convinced we're tanking tbh. Otherwise it makes zero sense having 6'7 Sochan guard 7'1 Valanciunas. Like you don't do that unless you're retarded or tanking tbh.

I'm not convinced Mitch Johnson isn't the former, at least as a coach.

[scott]

He’d be a great bench piece for us

Agreed. He’s on my wish list. Should be able to land him with a portion of the MLE. Kings can’t offer him more than $5.1MM/yr

[Atl Spur]

Where are the Lavine expert talent evaluators? Not a peep….

[onechance87]

vassell is the worst contract we giving out.

[dn0774]

Castle getting cooked defensively tonight.

Yea, Castle was very disappointing on defense tonight. Just low effort and physicality all around (by his standards). He gave up like 4 "and 1s", needs to recognize when he is in bad position and make the foul count instead of trying to finesse it and still catching the foul anyway.

Also, a missed alley oop and blew a dunk in the lane. His box score looks nice but should've been even better.

[dn0774]

Watched the Kings play the Nuggets the other night w/out Monk and Sabonis and they actually looked pretty damn good for most of it. Expecting a rough one for the Spurs tonight, Lavine lit the Spurs up already this season and I wouldn't be surprised to see it again.

Sorry bout that guys.

[Ni-G]

Starters lost it again.

[Jordan Jackson]

Fox needs guys who can run with him. He is fast and it’s not being utilized. The only guys who can keep up with him is Castle and Wemby.

Forward/big wing is a glaring hole on this roster. Along with a backup big.

Vassell/Johnson/Sochan still look clueless out there. Which is crazy.

[dn0774]

The most frustrating part of watching the Spurs for me right now is seeing good ball movement resulting in an open, in rhythm 3 point shot and it just clanks. As usual, the Spurs hit a couple in garbo time to make the percentages look better than they functionally were.

[onechance87]

Fox needs guys who can run with him. He is fast and it’s not being utilized. The only guys who can keep up with him is Castle and Wemby.

Forward/big wing is a glaring hole on this roster. Along with a backup big.

Vassell/Johnson/Sochan still look clueless out there. Which is crazy.

yup..they just fck up the flow of the game with dumb basketball iq.Vassell should of benifitted the most,But got worst
which is still confusing how that happend.

[Cardinal]

Vassell is an incredibly poor and slow decision maker. The ball often dies when it hits his hands

[rankingtear]

Not a max player. No show on the big stage. Hope they don't give him max money.

[BackHome]

I don’t see Fox being that big of a difference maker for this team paying him a new max contract is going to bite us on the ass going forward.

[cutewizard]

The tank is on

[spursparker9]

Tank is on but sadly it might not have any more impact on the lottery odds. Other teams are tanking as well.

[Mal]

Tank is on but sadly it might not have any more impact on the lottery odds. Other teams are tanking as well.

Spurs are pretty much settled at 8-9 depending on whatever Bulls do

[Raven]

mitch is beyond diabolical

[dn0774]

Vassell is an incredibly poor and slow decision maker. The ball often dies when it hits his hands

The full Devin Vassell Experience is when he gets the ball at the 3 point line angle right, looks up, sees a cutter go by, fails to hit cutter, decides to dribble, fumbles the first dribble a little bit but still keeps it, decides to clear out and reset to logo near half court to get a running start, doesn't get by defender, ends up taking a contested fade from 19' drifting right. Clank.

[dn0774]

Not a max player. No show on the big stage. Hope they don't give him max money.

Expect to be disappointed this off season lol

I'm more interested to see where the Sochan extension comes in. I admit I am not a Sochan believer but he does occasionally have games where I can see the the theory of what people say he can become. I hope the Spurs pay him like a 7th man but I am expecting an overpay.

[scott]

The full Devin Vassell Experience is when he gets the ball at the 3 point line angle right, looks up, sees a cutter go by, fails to hit cutter, decides to dribble, fumbles the first dribble a little bit but still keeps it, decides to clear out and reset to logo near half court to get a running start, doesn't get by defender, ends up taking a contested fade from 19' drifting right. Clank.

Or the option off this where he does all that, except when he doesn’t get by his defender he passes out to someone 26 feet away from the basket with 2 left on the shot clock :lol

[baseline bum]

The full Devin Vassell Experience is when he gets the ball at the 3 point line angle right, looks up, sees a cutter go by, fails to hit cutter, decides to dribble, fumbles the first dribble a little bit but still keeps it, decides to clear out and reset to logo near half court to get a running start, doesn't get by defender, ends up taking a contested fade from 19' drifting right. Clank.

It's like I'm watching the game again :lol

[exstatic]

Fox needs guys who can run with him. He is fast and it’s not being utilized. The only guys who can keep up with him is Castle and Wemby.

Forward/big wing is a glaring hole on this roster. Along with a backup big.

Vassell/Johnson/Sochan still look clueless out there. Which is crazy.

Sochan is pretty great on the high energy break, running and finishing or finding another player to finish.

[exstatic]

I don’t see Fox being that big of a difference maker for this team paying him a new max contract is going to bite us on the ass going forward.

He’s going to be a HUGE difference maker. We haven’t had a guard of this caliber since 2011-2015 Parker. With Wemby out, there is just shit spacing right now. There’s also no real roll threat. He’s injured, and being forced to carry the entire offense.

[djohn2oo8]

He’s going to be a HUGE difference maker. We haven’t had a guard of this caliber since 2011-2015 Parker. With Wemby out, there is just shit spacing right now. There’s also no real roll threat. He’s injured, and being forced to carry the entire offense.
Max players are supposed to be able to carry

[BatManu20]

De'Aaron's wife and his former best buddy Malik Monk exchanging pleasantries after the game. Some bad blood there for sure.

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[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

He’s more than likely getting a 4-year 30% max, and despite a slow start in San Antonio (and no, he has not been trash in 70% of his games here, lol) he largely deserves it. I think there is a small chance he signs a 27-28% deal, but it’s probably going to be the max and we just need to comes to grips with it. He’s a max player in the modern NBA.

Signing him to a max is a no-brainer. Spurs would be fkn retarded not to, even if it doesn't work out. Fox is clearly a max player

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

Expect to be disappointed this off season lol

I'm more interested to see where the Sochan extension comes in. I admit I am not a Sochan believer but he does occasionally have games where I can see the the theory of what people say he can become. I hope the Spurs pay him like a 7th man but I am expecting an overpay.

Sochan is serviceable as an nba player with tantalizing upside that probably won't happen. In that way he's like boris

[rascal]

Fox is a horrible fit with this current team. Too many players in the rotation can't run a fast break which Fox and he can't hit 3 point perimeter shots in a half court set offense at a high rate.
There needs to be a roster turnover adding about 4 new rotation players next year.

Spurs need to add more athletic players at SG, SF and PF who can run with Fox and Castle.

Also need to add shooters who can knock down perimeter shots. NBA today is all about the 3 point shot. Spurs often go ice cold and games get out of hand because they can't keep up with other teams knocking down 3 point shots.

CP3, Vassell, Champ, Sochan, Johnson, rotation players who can't score effectively on a fast break. All these guys except for Paul are just as likely to turn the ball over when running a break.
Spurs get a turnover and they don't get an easy score off it because the team lacks athleticism to move the ball down court quickly for a score.


Sochan stops and passes the ball backwards if he's in position to push the ball down court and finish at the rim on a break. Sochan also has no mid range jump shot.
He does his scoring off passes under the basket and an occasional short move to the basket. He doesn't even score much off offensive rebounds as he doesn't seem to be in good position for offensive rebounds sometimes even standing on the 3 point line on offense. He's a very limited offensive player.

[rascal]

The tank is on

Spurs aren't tanking yet if they even will tank. They are poorly constructed as a team and the lose of Wemby is huge. Spurs still good enough to beat the tanking weak teams in the league.

[z0sa]

Fox is a horrible fit with this current team. Too many players in the rotation can't run a fast break which Fox and he can't hit 3 point perimeter shots in a half court set offense at a high rate.
There needs to be a roster turnover adding about 4 new rotation players next year.

Spurs need to add more athletic players at SG, SF and PF who can run with Fox and Castle.

Also need to add shooters who can knock down perimeter shots. NBA today is all about the 3 point shot. Spurs often go ice cold and games get out of hand because they can't keep up with other teams knocking down 3 point shots.

CP3, Vassell, Champ, Sochan, Johnson, rotation players who can't score effectively on a fast break. All these guys except for Paul are just as likely to turn the ball over when running a break.
Spurs get a turnover and they don't get an easy score off it because the team lacks athleticism to move the ball down court quickly for a score.


Sochan stops and passes the ball backwards if he's in position to push the ball down court and finish at the rim on a break. Sochan also has no mid range jump shot.
He does his scoring off passes under the basket and an occasional short move to the basket. He doesn't even score much off offensive rebounds as he doesn't seem to be in good position for offensive rebounds sometimes even standing on the 3 point line on offense. He's a very limited offensive player.

This was my gripe with acquiring Fox before he came over, though I'd still do the trade we did 100/100 times. He's not a dead-eye shooter enough to relieve the constant paint-packing we see night in and out.

He's a guy who's going to feast in the open court with running mates. Unfortunately, our coaches haven't been able to teach any of these guys in multiple years how to run a decent fast break or do simple things like box out.

Also, he's not tall and playing him as a SG is allowing other teams to use their size to bully him into more difficult jumpers/shots and force him out of the lane. He would be way better utilized as a PG with every other Spurs player around him taller. How would Tony Parker have been playing SG all the time??

Overall, this roster is atrociously built. It's a wild hodge-podge of players and for its hugely lacking size, it can't shoot for shit.

[exstatic]

De'Aaron's wife and his former best buddy Malik Monk exchanging pleasantries after the game. Some bad blood there for sure.

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Fox mentioned that another player wanted Mike Brown fired, but wouldn’t name names. I think we have suspect #1 right here.