Spurs Mailbag: Ups and downs on the I-35 pipeline

Keep all the Suns on the roster and they still aren't championship material.

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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper

That's true from an NBA draft point of view, but I disagree as far as the Toros are concerned. The Spurs have played their cards very well for the most part stocking the Toros' roster with both quality D-League players as well as some with NBA potential.

The needs of the Spurs are different from most crappy NBA teams. The club can't really spend a lot of time developing inexperienced late-round draft picks because they want to win championships. That's why they bought a D-League team. If you ask when the Spurs are going to start developing talent, you haven't been paying attention.

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What I'm paying attention to is the absence of a 3rd point guard. Obviously, Washington has his flaws, but we were led to believe that the club favored his long-term potential to that of Beno. Now they have nothing behind TP and JV. At some point, you've got to pick a guy, ride with him - even if he is occupying the 14th or 15th spot.

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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper

Keep all the Suns on the roster and they still aren't championship material.

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:lol

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Originally Posted by SenorSpur

What I'm paying attention to is the absence of a 3rd point guard. Obviously, Washington has his flaws, but we were led to believe that the club favored his long-term potential to that of Beno. Now they have nothing behind TP and JV. At some point, you've got to pick a guy, ride with him - even if he is occupying the 14th or 15th spot.

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Even if he sucks?

There are actually a few point guards available who would do fine to finish out the season if that's all we're looking for. Few projects are going to do better than Manu or Barry at this time in actual games, so I'd worry about that only if both were going to be out for months.

Personally I'd like to see Langford developed as a combo guard because he can do a fair job of running the point. If not, I have trouble understanding why the Spurs haven't picked up CJ Watson already, but we haven't reached a crisis mode by a long shot.

Interesting that you mention Langford as combo material. I actually think that is what the Spurs have in mind as Pop is giving him time at the point in practice.

Little bit of inside info from his girlfriend who is an intern with the Austin Toros! Cutie pie she is.

That makes the most sense to me. He is short for a shooting guard but has excellent size for the point, and his attacking style that Pop has encouraged makes me think that Langford has replaced Darius Washington as the Tony Parker Lite project.

I'm not allowed to talk to the cute interns or dancers.... :frying:

:tu go Keith.

A coouple of questions on Langford.

What kind of handle does he have?
Does he have prior PG experience?
Could he be used at some point at the NBA level - in a pinch?