Youngins looking good.
With White back they have a very decent 10-man rotation if they stay healthy. Difficult to see who could be improved on in a realistic trade but getting another wing shooter for Lyles could be an interesting option down the line. Very nice to have 3 or 4 capable ballhandlers on the floor at all times.
Haven't watched the pre-season games and I thought Devin Vassell looked very big and long there. Awesome that Pop trusts him out of the gates.
Pop: no Forbes A++
Charming soft Purrtl was probably one of the Big Reasons Spurs made the Turn around in the first Half. He is not there for the offense, but for the Defense. Get it in your head. Poeltl will never ever be a great Scorer.
I thought Lonnie was night and day (especially on defense) between the two halves. Need to see that aggression from him.
Wish they'd found some spot minutes for Tre and Luka but not even sure they were active. Still no complaints.
The upside for the team is insane especially once Poetl takes (earns) Aldridge's place in the line-up.
But let's look at giant impact of legends like Dikembe Mutumbo, and Ben Wallace on the offensive end, you didn't see either of them putting up powder puff jumpers 1 mere step from the rum. (Not saying Jakob is in that league just using them as examples of players played for the defensive end not their offense)
Agreed, but also the fact that DeRozan/Gay are the PF rotation really tells me there also just isn't any room for Lyles in the rotation. Give him some burn when Rudy or DDR need a night off.
Keldon really seems to bring out the best in others: Dejounte, Lonnie...even Pop?
I find it interesting that Forbes was one of five for the Bucks who lost to the Celtics by one point.
Also, Patty moved ahead of Allen Iverson for 99th on the all-time made 3-pointer list with 1,060.
Who would’ve thought? Everyone except Pop.
For me Dejounte was the key in the game, very aggressive, looks like a real playmaker. Lonnie is too timid in the offense but he playing really well moving the ball.
I like the staring 5, but we will have trouble with bigger teams.
I would love to see murray, kj, and vassell together for a bit from time to tie
I would love to see murray, kj, and vassell together for a bit from time to tie
Still not ready to give up on LMA quite yet. There will be nights where the young guns aren't able to run it down the opponents throats or DeMar is off, and being able to dump the ball to LaMarcus to generate offense isn't a bad third option. It just doesn't need to be our first option.
He's gotta start knocking down those threes, though. Shooting 5 a game doesn't do much good if you are shooting 20%.
Meh, I have a belief that championship teams can afford to go in a scoring drought but they can't afford defensively being broken down.
I don't want to get ahead of myself here, but...
WE ARE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL!
Fair point. LMA looked absolutely flat-footed at times last night, while Jak's defensive energy really seemed to stop the bleeding and spark the team in the first quarter.
Valanciunas was getting whatever he wanted against Aldridge, then Poeltl came in and bodied him up and he was suddenly putting up airballs.
LMA is going through his usual start of the season, out of shape, tubby phase. Also can’t forget he hasn’t played since the beginning of the pandemic.
Front office A+
They Billy Beaned Pop by getting rid of advanced stats bed ters Marco and Bryn.
“You can’t start Bryn tonight, Pop”
“The lineup card is mine, and that’s the end of it”
“The lineup card is yours, but you can’t start Bryn. He no longer plays for the Spurs.”
Dude is very soft offensively and won’t take LMAs spot due to this reason. He can’t go up strong. He can’t finish well. He pump faked a ing point guard 3 feet away from the basket. He is and should always be a bench piece that plays the current role he is playing. His defense is great. I was super impressed with it. But he will never get better on offense. Makes him unplayable with the starters this year.
People put the nail in the coffin for DJ too, and here he is now rising from the dead.
Y'all need to be patient lol
The reality with Poetl is his weakness is mental and not physical. We're not dealing with Bryn here. Poetl's mental limitations can be overcome. It will be hard, but it's possible.
He's young enough so it's not too late.
Yes that was huge. The guys played well and were entertaining to watchBiggest W is definitely no Lyles
Certainly helps no doubt about it
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