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the Spurs said it and even Manu did in an interview. It was actually on video
I thought it was an opposing college coach?
the Spurs said it and even Manu did in an interview. It was actually on video
Chinook, will you now admit there’s something a cut above in SA’s drafting? We got an AllStar at #29…for the SECOND time.
Awesome. What a tremendous story.
A couple of seasons ago I wasn’t sure if he was our starting PG going forward and now he’s considered as one of the game’s elite players, selected by the commish no less.
Congratulations Dejounte Murray!
just thinking about the Suns drafting Dragan Bender at #4 and Georgios Papagiannis at #13so many bad picks in this draft
You're being dishonest. I said (multiple times directly to you the last time we talked about it) the Spurs are a good drafting team. Their developmental staff is overrated. There are five players on the original ASG roster drafted after 29th overall (Bulter at 30th, Green, Jokic and Middleton as second-rounders and Van Vleet as a UDFA). I'm really happy Murray got his nod and think his performance in the game might be the single-most important game for the team this whole year. But no, this doesn't show the Spurs are an exceptional developmental staff. They got a good piece and didn't ruin him, but they are far from the only staff who has been able to get results from the bottom of the draft.
All-Star, maybe Most Improved Player, then 1st Team All-Defense? Murray will be a household name and maybe help FA’s want to play with him
https://www.expressnews.com/sports/s...r-12263781.php“Very optimistic about his future,” Ginobili said. “It’s hard to tell if he’s going to be a great player and a potential All-Star right now or in five years. It just depends a lot on him. But he’s a very talented kid.”
Manu said this in 2017. Right on the money
Right. Everyone saw exactly what he was going to be, and 28 teams just said “nah”. Kid couldn’t dribble the ball or shoot when he got here.
Hey, we got an all-star!
You could use that logic with every player who became an All-Star not taken at the top of the draft. Sometimes like with Giannis and Gobert guys need to grow into their bodies. Sometimes like with Middleton, guys just keep honing their craft well past the point of what teams consider a realistic ceiling. Sometimes like with Green, the NBA game just suits them better. There are stories all over the league of guys who rose up. It's not common, but the pool of potential guys after the lottery is so much bigger than the top guys that it doesn't have to happen frequently to be apparent. And I mean, yeah, Murray fell to the Spurs. It wasn't like no one thought he had talent. Sometimes players with talent fall and then are never heard from again (Deyonta Davis from the same draft for example). Sometimes they fall and then get it together (Wood from the draft before). DeJounte had flaws, but he also had his great rookie games.
Anyway, I don't want to turn this into criticism of Murray, especially in this thread. I think he should be the MIP front-runner right now. But even if you attribute all of his growth directly to the Spurs developmental staff, having one such example doesn't set them apart, given how many other examples one can see pretty easily in the league right now. If this is the only measuring stick you have, then this ASG alone can put six teams above the Spurs.
Well deserved...congrats to DJM
To say the spurs aren’t the best or top 3 in the league at drafting & development is being delusional!
Who else are in your top 5?
the Spurs have the best development staff in the league and it ain't even close if you ask me. Of course it comes down to the kid's work ethic and character, but the Spurs are one of the few teams who really take these type of things into consideration when drafting. I always thought DJ could be great, but what surprised me is how he developed his playmaking. I didn't see that coming. That's something that you can't really train, though somehow he did.
DJ only makes basic passes
that's not the point. He was turnover prone and just 2 seasons ago he averaged 4.1 assists on 1.9 TOs. He clearly improved a lot in that area. I don't need him to be Manu, just make the right play
I need him to see guys on the ing perimeter. He forces passes to Jak in traffic when the help defender digs down, not realizing that means SOMEONE IS WIDE ING OPEN. ing Primo sees these passes, and he’s still younger than Dejounte was when he was drafted.
DJ went from one of spurstalk.com's most hated players to an All Star. He's been proving his doubters wrong his entire life.
I used to believe this, but I think there a many teams in the running for this.
The reason the Spurs may not make the playoffs can be due to the league just getting better at finding gems. How did the Spurs miss out on Jokic? We got Kyle Anderson instead ( a slower player with less size).
I was being sarcastic. Folks keep moving the goal posts for Murray. Remember that guy who complained he wasn’t Kobe in the clutch? Now it’s “he can’t see guys on the perimeter.” I can link here many instances when he has, but it’s not worth the time. You can easily tell who watches the games from the garbage they spout.
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