Chinook
Machacarredes

Jack was a career net-negative, empty-calories player. He was a worse version of DeRozan.

Shot just flat? Wonder what's wrong, tbh.

That's your business.

Spacing isn't about hitting shots. Plus-minus gets misused and contorted a lot, but it exists for a reason, and it definitely tells the tale of Beli's impact tonight.

Mills/Beli entered today plus-9 per 100. If they played enough to qualify for the top-20 lineups, that outcome would rank them second behind Mills/Poeltl and ahead of Mills/Gay.

FkLA and I were specifically talking about the "closing" unit, so what happened outside of the end of this game doesn't really matter. Anyway, the Spurs have won the last two games with Mills/Forbes and Mills/Beli back courts closing out. The numbers are what they are, but they didn't turn this...

They played both. Pop shouldn't be dumb and close with Lonnie even though Beli was nailing threes. There's just no point in that. When Pop benches Lonnie to try to light a fire under him, people cry about losing games. But when Pop goes with a hotter hand to win, then folks are wiling to risk...

That's not really a promotion. Beli "closed the game" because he was shooting well, and despite this new-age ST thinking that you HAVE to play defense-first guys to beat teams, you need spacing for plays like the tying three to work. It's just so weird. Forbes hasn't lost his spot either, nor...

Because pretty much all of the spacing issues go away when DeMar plays there, and he's better at handling bigger players rather than keeping up with quicker guys. Regardless, Pop has had little issue getting two that trio out there with DeMar playing the three, so it just sounds like you're...

Beli didn't take Walker's minutes. He took Forbes'. Walker play his stint as DeRozan's backup, and Beli came in with the starters and returned when DeRozan took Gay's spot (when Pop normally runs Mills, Forbes and either White or Murray as the perimeter players). Beli's likely not going to fall out...

Hey, if fighting for minutes means they both play harder, that's fine. Hopefully, Pop can find a way to push buttons and get all of the guards to play hungry at the same time.

Thought you'd be happy, considering who made the shot...

How did Beli get open for that? It was such a shit-looking play.

I'm sure it's not that direct, but they were apparently having discussions before, and I would think either DeRozan or at least his agent understands that the more DeMar can shoot the three, the most he can fit with the young guys and the better bet he is on a long-term deal. .... that's a...

I wonder if the Spurs have a deal with DeMar that if he starts taking more 3's, they'd give him a longer deal.

Maybe the key to get DeRozan to make threes is for him to convince himself that he's talking a long-two instead.