Spurs Select G Derrick White in the 2017 NBA Draft (29th Overall)

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Originally Posted by MannyIsGod

You don't have to go back to many threads to see that people here always react this way to draft picks. Go back to the Kawhi thread.

Draft picks are always wait and see. Maybe it works, maybe not, but people acting like this is a disaster are just stupid.

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This is true. I think new age ST though has shifted from judging the player though more to assessing team need/fit. I think everyone for the most part hopes the guy is good and aren't really judging that. More just talking about a general prototype that the team needs in context of other moves that have been discussed.

Well, a bunch of people said that the Spurs were going to draft a White guy.

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Originally Posted by BatManu20

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Makes you wonder why he didn't go #1 overall ...

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Originally Posted by rjv

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:lol

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Originally Posted by DPG21920

This is true. I think new age ST though has shifted from judging the player though more to assessing team need/fit. I think everyone for the most part hopes the guy is good and aren't really judging that. More just talking about a general prototype that the team needs in context of other moves that have been discussed.

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Combine that with the fact only a handful of people on here watch enough college bb to have a clue

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Originally Posted by TheDoctor

You saying the dude's already in his prime?!? :lol

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How does his vertical compare to this year class?

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Originally Posted by Keepin' it real

Makes you wonder why he didn't go #1 overall ...

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Stats from online colleges don't mean as much.

MY FAVORITE ONE.... :lmao....

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Originally Posted by BatManu20

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You mean he's headed to the D League tbh?

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Originally Posted by Keepin' it real

Makes you wonder why he didn't go #1 overall ...

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The number 1 pick of the draft is a pg who cant dictate pace. Nba keeps getting dumber

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Originally Posted by DPG21920

This is true. I think new age ST though has shifted from judging the player though more to assessing team need/fit. I think everyone for the most part hopes the guy is good and aren't really judging that. More just talking about a general prototype that the team needs in context of other moves that have been discussed.

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The FO is about to make a shit ton of moves with the new LMA news. We may have a lot of guards now, but we may not in a few days. I wouldn't be shocked if Murray is gone at some point too.

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Originally Posted by MannyIsGod

The FO is about to make a shit ton of moves with the new LMA news. We may have a lot of guards now, but we may not in a few days. I wouldn't be shocked if Murray is gone at some point too.

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True - my first thought was "more mature guard ready to play now in the event Manu/Danny/Mills/Simmons go"

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Originally Posted by TheGreatYacht

Screenshot this before he deletes it :lmao

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:lol Dumb motherfucker. Same shit with Simmons a few years back. These dumbasses trying to make it to the league should restrain themselves from posting anything bad about any NBA team.

Apparently the Spurs have too much speed on their roster, and this pick will help sloooow things down.

I'm not gonna plump this guy up, but if he was 21 instead of going on 23 he'd be picked 10 spots earlier at least. Same with Murray last year -- I still don't get why Dejounte fell the way he did. With White it's clear -- the dude's old for a rookie. But most of the guys drafted before him will never, ever pan out.

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Originally Posted by Pavlov

How does his vertical compare to this year class?

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His numbers are bizarre. His no-step vert is 34.5", which is decent. His max vert, strangely, is only 1 inch more. In Portsmouth, his no-step was 34". The really weird thing is that his standing reach was 8'5 1/2" at the combine, but only 8'2 1/2" in Portsmouth.


I understand having a bad day, and not jumping as high. But how in the hell does your standing reach measure that differently?

Bring me some edibles, Derrick!

Is there a wide lens good enough to cover the kilometers of forehead for when the team photo is taken? The team photographer has his work cut out for him next season.

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Originally Posted by Capt Bringdown

Apparently the Spurs have too much speed on their roster, and this pick will help sloooow things down.

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He's not a terrible athlete.

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Originally Posted by Capt Bringdown

Bring me some edibles, Derrick!

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:lol

New Spurs always need a nickname. I'm going on record with "The Tongue". And while you're looking at the pic, stare at it a minute and tell me if it looks like his face got Photoshopped onto someone else's head. I swear, the front side of his head doesn't match the back side.


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Originally Posted by TheGreatYacht

Screenshot this before he deletes it :lmao

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With no context on this tweet, I am guessing he predicted the Lakers would beat us and he was getting shit after we swept them

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Originally Posted by GSH

New Spurs always need a nickname. I'm going on record with "The Tongue". And while you're looking at the pic, stare at it a minute and tell me if it looks like his face got Photoshopped onto someone else's head. I swear, the front side of his head doesn't match the back side.


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Mini Fathead has been established.

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Originally Posted by NASpurs

Mini Fathead has been established.

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