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he's earned more minutes
I agree. His ceiling is high enough that he could lift the entire team to another level if he turns into a consistent contributor. I think even Pop has realized, based off his recent comment, that Luka needs more time. His development potential is big. I just wanna see him let it fly from deep and play defense on the other end. At his size, if he can shoot the three at a 37-40% clip and at a high volume (5-7 threes a game), and he can play average to good D on the other end, then we are in business. Pop needs to put him in and greet light him to let it fly. That's clearly what the fans wanna see, too. Give the people what they want!
It's that simple to me. Put him in and let it rip, and let's see what we got. For 's sake. lol
So yea, he could for sure be our quickest way to level up as a team. Trouble is that Pop is late to the party. Many of us would have had him playing 20 minutes per game a couple of weeks ago, but hey, at least he has realized it now.
he's earned more minutes
It's like this that is finally putting me over the finish line with Pop. Unless I've missed it, I don't think he's sniffed the court since he said this. ing pathetic.he's earned more minutes
Pop just flexing his who is in charge muscles on the kid...Its stupid and undeserved.
We were doing well with luka getting playing time...Pop messed up the momentum
Pop hasn't been this bad at coaching (at least in terms of asset management) since 2011 when he force-fed minutes to a dismal Bonner and Blair (the so-called Turd towers IIRC) rather than a vastly superior rim protector in Splitter.
Nvm: Pop was at his absolute worst two seasons ago when he made Forbes a starter.
I can’t help to think CIA Pop is on a covert tanking, as last year we landed Vassell. Vassell is a great pickup, I don’t care what people’s comparison to Halliburton. Vasell will be a stud as a 2-way player. And PATFO could be looking at another prospect at the 11-15 range? A Wagner, Garuba? Otherwise it doesn’t make sense. There were winnable games that is a matter of putting the right personnel, similar to last year where he kept playing Forbes/Beli.
Darn, I forgot that he said that. Pop is a complete asshole these days. Absolute liar.he's earned more minutes
Last edited by Ice009; 03-31-2021 at 07:00 PM.
People thinking that Pop is stealth tanking really shows you how bad of a coach he has become. It’s very obvious that he’s trying to win
Pop is the head coach meaning he screws with your head whether you do well or not. I also don't make sense of it.
Why do people assume Luka is a good three point shooter right now? Does not make sense.
He's definitely better than DJ, Demar, Keldon and Jakob.
4 out of 5 starters. And he's proven to be a way better defender than Demar and Rudy.
It's disgusting that he can't get a proper chance. He plays a great game on both ends of the floor and gets DNP the very next game.
Literally the same thing happened to Lonnie and look at him now. Always passive because he's scared of making mistakes.
How can a young player develop if he's not given a proper chance? Or we expect him to be amazing every time he enters the game. That's really hard to do if you're sitting most of your games.
The perfect post doesn't exis.........
He has three point range is the more accurate statement. Whether he is good or not, we don't have enough floor time to have any idea what his percentage would be at this point in time.
I've seen plenty of minutes of him playing in the G League. He really is not ready to play. Trey is definitely the better player at this point imo but it looks like somewhere along the last few weeks they are both ready to part ways so Luka is finally playing over Trey. If anything it appears they are trying to build his confidence up and have him ready to contribute when he does play. IMO he would be exposed pretty bad if he plays regular NBA minutes. Hopefully next year he can play his way into the rotation or even starting lineup.
His 3pt % is lower than 7 rotation players. Devin .412 17mpg. Luka .320 9mpg. It’s not ing rocket science.
Small sample size in garbage time...it doesn't mean much at this juncture..
Small bubble sample size of 8 games propelled Keldon from garbage time to the SL. It’s not like Devin is getting huge burn, either. If I’m picking a hill-to die on, right now, it’s not Luka, it’s Devin. Monday, the Spurs were on the break, and he was running up the left side, waving for the ball. DJ penetrated the 3pt arc, and whipped a pass to him, and he nailed a long bomb. He WANTS the ball.
Luka is just so ing passive, and that doesn’t work in his favor. Just look at his last game log. 10 minutes, one rebound, one TO. Zero shots attempted. Zero FTs attempted. That’s not going to get you minutes, and he won’t get them until he shows that he will make them count. Carpe Diem, basketball style.
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I also thought he wasn't ready, but whenever he played this season, he impressed. Beyond every expectation.
Most importantly, not only that he looked like he can hold his own on defense, he looked like a great defender. Sure, there were some breakdowns because of bad rotations here and there, but he can keep up with almost anyone and not even Randle could bully him.
On the other hand, we have Rudy who can't guard a traffic cone and even when he scores 15, he gives it all up on the other end.
I can't buy the confidence story, not after what we've seen this season. He plays great, Pop even talks about how he earned his minutes...and then he sits the next 5 games.
As for shooting, small sample size as already said.
Idk why you mention Devin because he'll probably be the best shooter on the team in a couple of years. I just mentioned players who legit don't want to shoot 3s. Not even when wide open. And we're starting 4 of them.
And then you have a positive 6'11 defender who'll at least shoot it when asked to sitting on the bench. My question is what do we have to lose by playing him?
If you need a larger sample size, look at his entire European professional career. If I recall right he shot like garbage in Europe as well.
But I do like that for now he seems to be a willing shooter.
Luka I wish would let the shots fly from three
He is tall enough to get the shot off. His form is good. He looks like Bertrans a bit. What is the problem. Pull the trigger
I want Luka to succeed as much as anyone. But if anyone here is saying he's better than any of our starters, they are way off in my opinion. Luka has nice attributes for a player, but he has not shown that he can consistently perform given minutes and that he is ready to have a role other than to stand in the corner. Vassell does the same thing on offense when he plays. Luka is nowhere near the scorer that DDR is and to be honest, he's behind every starter we have. If the Spurs want to make the playoffs, and they do, then Luke is going to struggle to get minutes because there are more reliable players on the team. I'd love for Luka to get minutes and a larger role in the offense to see what he can do, but I can acknowledge that there is no way to do that without conceding the playoffs. I'm all for tanking to get a real star in the lottery, but the Spurs are not tanking.
I don't understand why coaches just DNP players when they have already shown their potential. Nick nurse randomly DNPs Chris boucher. Mike Malone used to DNP Michael porter Jr.
Frustrating as a fan.
Luka and devin should be getting minimum 10 minutes a game.
Luka has taken 25 3's and Devin has taken 85 3's....that a pretty big difference... I'm not taking either guy on my hill to die on but, if I'm looking for a solid pro with high floor I'll take Devin but, I know he's doesn't have the talent to be a franchise guy.... Luka does but he also has the potential to wash out..... what you see as passive I see as pouting because he isn't getting his opportunities (or at least his opportunities aren't consistent)...when pop played him for a few games in the regular rotation he looked really good....
He was a teenager in Europe and he regularly got abused by grown men playing the position...now he's put on muscle and is filling out.... he needs to be developed by getting consistent minutes at the 4... that's really all it comes down to..
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