Spurs Select F Luka Samanic in the 2019 NBA Draft (19th Overall)

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Originally Posted by Dejounte

Derrick White and Lonnie do this too...

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Wait till he gets a load of trey lyles

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Originally Posted by FkLA

IB Jr?

Just lol at posting those kind of pictures to your own account. What happened to just letting the media do it?

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The 90s were a long time ago, tbh.

Since searching for old posts is disabled, I have no choice but to keep reminding folks how bad RC fucked this pick up. Brandon Clarke is and will always be the better player. The best shot blocker in the class as well. The Morris/Lyles disaster wouldn’t have happened if we would’ve just got the pick right. Embarrassing that PATFO feels the need to bring in a scrub like Trey Lyles because they know Samanic is 2 years away from being 2 years away.

Clarke just made Summer League first team btw, Lonnie second team

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Originally Posted by TheGreatYacht

Since searching for old posts is disabled, I have no choice but to keep reminding folks how bad RC fucked this pick up. Brandon Clarke is and will always be the better player. The best shot blocker in the class as well. The Morris/Lyles disaster wouldn’t have happened if we would’ve just got the pick right. Embarrassing that PATFO feels the need to bring in a scrub like Trey Lyles because they know Samanic is 2 years away from being 2 years away.

Clarke just made Summer League first team btw, Lonnie second team

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Lonnie would have been first team if he played more. They'd be in the tournament, too.

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Originally Posted by TheGreatYacht

Since searching for old posts is disabled

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Originally Posted by TheGreatYacht

Since searching for old posts is disabled, I have no choice but to keep reminding folks how bad RC fucked this pick up. Brandon Clarke is and will always be the better player. The best shot blocker in the class as well. The Morris/Lyles disaster wouldn’t have happened if we would’ve just got the pick right. Embarrassing that PATFO feels the need to bring in a scrub like Trey Lyles because they know Samanic is 2 years away from being 2 years away.

Clarke just made Summer League first team btw, Lonnie second team

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Kyle Anderson was a summer league MVP man. Chill out :lol

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Originally Posted by timvp

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Thanks for the bold, I have to say it was a long time coming :tu most people can agree

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Originally Posted by Leetonidas

Kyle Anderson was a summer league MVP man. Chill out :lol

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As a sophomore. They usually dominate the summer league where as rookies struggle. Anfernee Simmons from Portland is a sophomore (who?) also dominated the summer league. Same with Mitchell Robinson and Jarrett Allen.

Hard to do as a rookie. Not to mention Clarke didn’t get to play in Utah because of draft pick trade issues

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Originally Posted by TheGreatYacht

As a sophomore. They usually dominate the summer league where as rookies struggle. Anfernee Simmons from Portland is a sophomore (who?) also dominated the summer league. Same with Mitchell Robinson and Jarrett Allen.

Hard to do as a rookie. Not to mention Clarke didn’t get to play in Utah because of draft pick trade issues

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Yeah but Kyle Anderson sucks in general and you know it. :lol the fact that he was MVP of a summer league tells me that accolade means jack shit tbh

the main thing samanic has on clarke is age/size. clarke is kinda small for a PF. he's 6'8 with only a 6'8 wingspan which is fairly limiting. samanic isn't really a height/length unicorn but its an obvious limitation for clarke who is pretty squarely a 4. with that said, clarke is closer to a finished product and should be able to contribute much sooner than samanic. he can still add a bit of weight, but not all that much tbh... its also fair to question how good clark was 3 years ago when he was samanic's age

its a classic floor/upside scenario

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Originally Posted by TheGreatYacht

As a sophomore. They usually dominate the summer league where as rookies struggle. Anfernee Simmons from Portland is a sophomore (who?) also dominated the summer league. Same with Mitchell Robinson and Jarrett Allen.

Hard to do as a rookie. Not to mention Clarke didn’t get to play in Utah because of draft pick trade issues

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I like Brandon Clarke a lot but he is almost 23 tbh. Samanic at 23 will be a completely different player I suspect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2uRMTHbLtU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVVsugmP5Y4&t=183s

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Originally Posted by BatManu20

I like Brandon Clarke a lot but he is almost 23 tbh. Samanic at 23 will be a completely different player I suspect.

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Spot on :tu

You know what's funny? I seen Brandon Clarke made all Summer League 1st team and instantly thought of this website and it's posters. Lmao. Some people are so predictable you could set a timer to them. Lol

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Originally Posted by BatManu20

I like Brandon Clarke a lot but he is almost 23 tbh. Samanic at 23 will be a completely different player I suspect.

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I don't think age matters that way. When Luka is 23, Clarke will be 27 and in his physical prime. Maybe two years after that when both are near enough to their peaks, Samanic will be better. But then we're talking six years down the line, and that's a mighty long time to wait on investment. People overrate age and think being absolutely younger is the same as having a higher ceiling. That's how that one thread argues Wiggins is a good player to have (he's only 24!). In realty, you're going to improve the most in your first year no matter how old you are. White and Forbes improved a ton, just like Murray and Walker did. Samanic has a higher ceiling, and I trust the Spurs' coaching staff more than Memphis', but I'm not very inclined to believe the Spurs won out by picking the younger guy. I think it's really possible Clarke would have been the better pick even if he'll never be as good as Samanic can be.

Plus all Clarke needed was a jump shot, and the one he's sporting looks better good now. He definitely would have had an outside chance to start at PF.

Let’s look at the cast of scrubs that have won Summer League MVP since 2014 :lmao

2014: Glen Rice Jr. :lol :lol :lmao
2015: Kyle Anderson :lol
2016: Tyus Jones :lol
2017: Lonzo Ball :lol
2018: Josh Hart :lol

Lol.... Luka will be just fine.

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Originally Posted by Play Boban

Let’s look at the cast of scrubs that have won Summer League MVP since 2014 :lmao

2014: Glen Rice Jr. :lol :lol :lmao
2015: Kyle Anderson :lol
2016: Tyus Jones :lol
2017: Lonzo Ball :lol
2018: Josh Hart :lol

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“But Tyus Jones is legit. Even the team owner wanted him on your team in 2K MYGYM mode..” ������

Clarke will be more limited than some people expect. He's in more of a Capela role where Samanic projects to have new-NBA skills.

The problem with Spirs drafting Clarke I see is a few months down the road ppl will start to comment that after playing undersize guard and SF, we are now playing undersize PF when Spurs get worse in rebounding.

RC was pretty clear why they chose Samanic. He has great tools and if he can put it all together, he would be a special player. As far as Clarke, success in the summer league doesn’t always equate to a great career. Having seen both players, it’s obvious why the Spurs chose Luka. His raw talent jumps off the screen and the potential is much greater than Clarke in my opinion. Also, being older generally speaking, you are more of a finished product.

Being older should translate in the Summer League. It's why Quindarry was doing so well -- he's much more polished. He might do well in the NBA proper, but he's clearly more skilled than players younger than him.