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It’s not a matter of language if you treat service workers like . It’s a matter of at ude and personality.
Not to mention being a 21 year old with loads of cash. He keeps flaunting his car on social media in a very y way. Methinks he's trying so hard to fit in this culture. Even has a questionable line in his bio, "Learning how to be alone cause I'm the only person that got me". That alone is a big red flag. He's had it since his rookie year.
*This is not a bashing Luka post. Just trying to understand what's going on with this kid*
Last edited by Dejounte; 02-06-2021 at 10:39 AM.
It’s not a matter of language if you treat service workers like . It’s a matter of at ude and personality.
Agree. It's also a matter of degree and persistence. If it happened once or twice, and was just rudeness (as opposed to full-out berating) then I'm not worried because we all have bad days. If it's a pattern then it's definitely a sign of something deeper and more worrying.
Where is this coming from?
Source / link?
Cousin's neighbor's son's friend.
It's a good question. He may be more depressed than DDR. That's my concern.
I expect Tre Jones will spoon feed him like his baby face needs and he will dominate the Gubble gaining massive confidence. Then Tre will say “See what I did for Luka, gimme a shot at IV”.
I expect Sammich to be the focus. There are no other first rounders on the team, and Tre is really the only other one on a sure development track.
I believe Luka Samanic will follow a similar development path to Ian Mahinmi. The Spurs drafted Samanic on the belief that he has all-star level potential the way Mahinmni had. Mahinmi never became an all-star and the Spurs let him go after just three years with the team. But he ended up developing into a strong role player with a long NBA career.
I'm surprised Ian isn't on a NBA roster, now. A center/big man starved team might still come calling, though.
And you're right, the Spurs gave up on him too early & he ended up staying in the league another 10 years. Unfortunately, we are in a time period where people want results quickly & don't want to wait for them.
Not even more than two seasons for a guy they knew was a "long - term" project.
Mahinmi
Beno
Cojo
Kyle
GHill
All of these guys didn’t make a career with the Spurs, but had long careers. They either got offers we couldn’t match, we’re traded, or just didn’t fit.
Luca
Has a tough time of being the focus and getting minutes. In the Gleague, keldon was the alpha male. On the big club, Luca is behind, Aldridge and Gay. Not even Trey Lyles is getting minutes. I would expect in the Gleague bubble, he knows the system, has experience and a better comfort level and will be the main focus.
lol i was going to bring up mahinimi when people were saying "the Luka pick is a fail because he hasn't payed well in 2 years' THe spurs know how long this can take.
vassell is in the rotation. its not like the spurs couldnt use another big with aldridge struggling and now hurt. eubanks is ahead of him in the pecking order. lyles is ahead of him. if he was good enough, the minutes would be there.
No way in is Pop not sitting LMA no matter how bad he plays it’s a contract year
just shows you how re ed the Spurs scouts that scouted Samanic were. All-Star potential? Hahahaha, good one. You could ask anyone that watched Samanic play and he would tell you that he's not that good and that u're wasting ur first round pick on an unprofessional .
lol what? contract year? Aldridge is a mle player now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrYF...ture=emb_ le
This a condansed game, and there a few moments of Luka.
Postives
1. Alot more active on the offensive side
2. He looks alot smoother and at time fast for a guy his size
3. loved the fact he brought the ball up
4. Was easily getting by guys, looked like he has a realy quick 1st step.
5. !6 rebs! and 20 Points
Bad
1. Lackluster at times on the densive end
2. Saw a few time where it seemed like he just gave up and walked to the other side of the court
3. SHot 7/20....But, some of his misses, were from point blank range or justed missed layups. Not really worred and think that he's improve.
Final Thoughts
1. Loved his bringing the ball up, would like to see more of it see if he can play as a Point forward. He had the skills, speed and footskils to play the point
2. Really lacklustered on the defensive end, he looked lost at time.
3. Going back to point 1, he had 6 ast, and had good eye vision.
That about it, Overall this was a big postive but there a few things to develop or work on.
Last night's game might just have been the, "turn the corner" game in Luka's career. He seems to finally be showing a desire to win...to dominate. We might have our starting stretch 3/4/5 for the next decade plus, boys. His game is so versatile he could realistically play any of the 5 spots. And he's attacking the basket and showing a desire to get engaged on the defensive side.
On that note, if you haven't seen it, homey does a 25 foot *hard* closeout on a wide-open 3 pt attempt, late in the game when the Austin Spurs up by a few pts. And just misses a block. It shows effort, motivation, and amazing athleticism that we've all been wanting to see.
Best of it all, he is criticizing his own effort now, even after the first game when he dropped like 20 and 17 because he didn't feel like he was giving consistent effort down the stretch. I'm cautiously geeked about this. And if you're a spurs fan and paying attention, you all should be too.
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We could probably sell high if we wanted to or plant him in as a key rotation piece. If he keeps dominating like in game 2, the future is bright. That's a HUGE IF though, and he could easily start playing passive and dumb again. It's really like investing in a stock.
I’m so stoked with Luka playing Mamba mentality out there. He feels that he’s the best out there and that helps him dominate. He could be the 20/10 big that Spurs are looking to replace Aldridge. I also notice that lackluster effort, but I think he overcomes that with better conditioning and getting stronger. And I think he’ll get there with the desire for greatness that he has shown so far. Let’s go Luka!
Natural progression for Luka is for him to become at least a backup big next season. If he doesn't and he is still buried behind as a 3rd backup, then it's the same exact thing as this year and last, and it looks bad for his future. Pop could surprise us and start him like he did with Keldon, but I doubt it. If he continues dominating the G league, and the Spurs pursue Collins, Samanic could be his main backup. That would mean Gay is gone though. It seems to me either Gay is gone or accepts not playing very much for the Spurs if he re-signs with us. That's the only way I can see Samanic playing consistent minutes like Lonnie & Keldon this year. Something's got to give.
Worst case scenario of re-signing DeMar, and no Collins:
Murray/ Tre/ Q
Vassell/ White/ Mills
DeMar/ Lonnie/ Wagner
Keldon/ Samanic/ Gay
Poetl/ Eubanks
Last edited by Dejounte; 02-12-2021 at 09:15 AM.
Luka has the frame to hold another 25 lbs of muscles. He doesn’t seem to shy from attacking the rim. I see him getting big. He says he wants to get stronger, get more rebounds and he got that swagger. If he did I think Pop starts him next year like Keldon. What worries me is that he might have that Lyle’s syndrome, so talented but feeling en led. He did impress everybody at the Combine like he is impressing everybody now, then disappeared. Boy I hope not.
It’s like a roller coaster in this thread. Lmao. one minute the young man is awful and the next, he is the 2nd coming of Dirk Nowitzki. Lmao
he still has a long way to go but the first two games have been very good. I really hope he keeps building on these performances and gets better. He still needs to get a little bit bigger and stronger. He doesn’t need to gain too much weight but just a little more. Defensive awareness still needs a lot of work but he definitely played better defense yesterday. He rarely lost his man off ball and showed great agility checking smaller guys on ball.
offensively he has to move better off ball, set better screens, finish better at the hoop, maybe mix in a pull up midrange jumper, and tighten his handle a bit.
love his improvements but he has work still to do.
You don’t want him to get too big or heavy in today’s game, or he loses the ability to switch the pick and roll. On one of the telecasts this year Sean said he regretted the summer he went into the gym and put on 15-20 lbs. he thought he could have played another 3-4 years if he hadn’t. Luka was a stick when he got here, and needed to add weight, but probably doesn’t need any more. No one really posts up any more.
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