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The Spurs lost a lot of disruptiveness at the wing. Kyle Anderson averaged over two steals per 36 minutes, an elite mark last season. Kawhi Leonard ranks third in steals per game among active players. Those two, plus Danny Green also averaged over a block per 36 minutes. The Spurs were actually getting rim protection from the wing. All that production is gone and the incoming players arent likely to replace it.
Marco Belinelli averages under one steal and 0.1 blocks for his career and DeMar DeRozan averages 1.1 and 0.3 dreadful marks. Rudy Gay will get more minutes and he averaged 1.3 and 1.1 last season, similar to Green on steals but worse on blocks. Manu was always good at getting steals, but he declined precipitously last season. Who knows if Lonnie Walker or Derrick White will get minutes. Bryn Forbes has a total of 29 steals and two blocks in his NBA career
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Hoping Derrick White and Lonnie get some burn personally...
There are two ways to think our off-season, one that we replaced Danny and Kyle with DeMar and Jakob and that's an upgrade and the other that our team last season overachieved.
I take comfort on the fact that we have upgraded in terms of athleticism and that couldn't be that bad defensively.
I sincerely doubt that the Spurs are going to be elite defensively next season (read: top 3), but Pop's system should keep them afloat if the players buy into it. I still anticipate we can stay within the Top 10 and be good enough to compete.
what are we gonna do without kawhis contributions from last year??
lol pounding the
Fathead played defense like he had lead boots on.
Can you go to the grizz forums already. Tired of all the player fans getting pissy and taking it out on these forums.
We’ll be weak defensively at the 3, but I’m hopeful the young guns emerge and are given a chance. If so we could get solid D from our guards, and I’m hopeful we’ll be ok in the paint as well.
We will fail to be a top ten defensive team and barely be a top 15 offensive team
I think so too. If we miraculously reach top 5 defensively, Pop should get COY no question.
I'm confident we'll be in the top 10 on both sides of the court
Maybe Jakob Bonner will get a lot of blocks?
Come on, we have to wait and see in order to say that.
I am thrilled to see what this team can (and cannot) do, but i am not going to expect the worse. Quite the opposite, i believe this team will surprise us a lot.
easily.
Most of the current fan base has never experienced a rebuild of the team. You will have to take your enjoyment where and when you get it. Think of the fun or anticipation of the developing potential of the newbies and don't get down on them if they don't meet your expectations. +We've enjoyed the absolute record of excellence for 20 years. Nobody will ever approach our string of 50+I wins.
So we are about to experience what the rest of the league has had to endure on a regular basis.
Actually, we're not. We almost won 50 games last year without our best player at the time. This time, we've added an All-Star who's durable and trimmed the fat(head) off some players who no longer fit in the team's plans. And we have a couple promising youngsters under the tutelage of arguably the greatest coach in NBA history. We're not experiencing what other teams have had to endure any time soon, tbh.
Im excited to root for a team with a chip on its shoulder again. The cancer is gone. Go Spurs Go!
Didn't realize I was on GrizzliesTalk tbh
Calm down apalisoc_9Can you go to the grizz forums already. Tired of all the player fans getting pissy and taking it out on these forums.
Stopped reading at combination of OP and "Kyle".
Fathead couldn't stop OP from stuffing her face with churros, much less an NBA player from scoring.
quoting for posterity
Just enjoy all the mid range moments we'll get. Everything else would be icing.
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