Shooting Be Damned: Spurs Add Juan Nunez, Harrison Ingram

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First thing that jumped out to me about him and I posted it right after he was drafted is that he looks slow as molasses. I knew nothing about his game before he was drafted but that was my first assessment. Evidently he's got some positives but if you're looking for an answer I'd start with his foot speed

Lol yeah, that'll do it.

[onechance87]

Had no problems with trading 8 for what they got, but trading 35 for cash when Furphy was there for the taking was unforgivable imo.

it will be for sure be unforgivable if furphy turns into a good role player,While nunez and ingram are trash and get let go.
Heads need to roll in that case.

[Bruno]

Adding some shooting in the first round wasn't an easy task for Spurs in this draft. Between pick #4 and #15, Dillingham is the only good shooter who was picked. There were good shooters (McCain, Knecht, Da Silva) later in the first round but Spurs might have viewed them as too much of a reach at #8.

I trully don't get why Spurs didn't go with Furphy. He was really good value at #35 and he clearly fits Spurs need.

For Nunez, the key question is what Spurs really want to do with him? Stash him or sign him?
If Spurs want to stash him, it doesn't really matter how he will fit with Castle, Sochan... These players might be gone when he will sign with Spurs and/or his draft rights might be use in a trade.
If Spurs want to sign him, I guess the idea would be to develop Castle as starting PG and Nunez as his backup.

[onechance87]

Adding some shooting in the first round wasn't an easy task for Spurs in this draft. Between pick #4 and #15, Dillingham is the only good shooter who was picked. There were good shooters (McCain, Knecht, Da Silva) later in the first round but Spurs might have viewed them as too much of a reach at #8.

I trully don't get why Spurs didn't go with Furphy. He was really good value at #35 and he clearly fits Spurs need.

For Nunez, the key question is what Spurs really want to do with him? Stash him or sign him?
If Spurs want to stash him, it doesn't really matter how he will fit with Castle, Sochan... These players might be gone when he will sign with Spurs and/or his draft rights might be use in a trade.
If Spurs want to sign him, I guess the idea would be to develop Castle as starting PG and Nunez as his backup.

i dont understand it either.Furphy is guy who shot good and could finish at the rim.Good rebounder and decent defender.
He is still young as well,So got the potential to learn more and get stronger.Good size at 6,8 as well.I will be followng
closely to see how he develops.

[Bruno]

Regarding Harrison Ingram, it's hard to know what options were on the table for Spurs.

NBA teams can't force draft picks to sign two-way contracts. Around the middle of the second round, agents gain some control of the draft because they can tell teams "my client won't sign a two-way contract with you". Spurs might have liked some players more than Ingram but these players weren't fine with signing a two-way with Spurs.

[T Park]

Didn’t Ingram shoot 38% from 3 last year….?

[RC_Drunkford]

Didn’t Ingram shoot 38% from 3 last year….?

yeah I don't get why we're talking about him as a non-shooter He does not have a midrange though

[Teamduncan21]

At least we know where all the bricks to build the new stadium are coming from. That kind of savings doesn't count against the cap.

Link goes to the forum list btw.

Building a castle

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Not a fan of the way the 2nd round unfolded. I don’t see Nunez as an NBA player, he’s painfully unathletic. He’s the exact type of player who’ll have a good career in Europe but lacks some of the minimum required qualities to be in the league. I can see his rights being traded in 2029 as part of a minor deal. Or something.

Ingram is an undersized big. We’ve seen similar players try to make it and fail. Doubt he’s the exception. He’ll play in Austin though.

[Raven]

if we want a zero D shooter, we already have cedi.

[Raven]

Not a fan of the way the 2nd round unfolded. I don’t see Nunez as an NBA player, he’s painfully unathletic. He’s the exact type of player who’ll have a good career in Europe but lacks some of the minimum required qualities to be in the league. I can see his rights being traded in 2029 as part of a minor deal. Or something.

Ingram is an undersized big. We’ve seen similar players try to make it and fail. Doubt he’s the exception. He’ll play in Austin though.

ingram has great size to wingspan ratio, maybe he can become a sf.

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Didn’t Ingram shoot 38% from 3 last year….?

I read a little bit on that, and more than one UNC fan didn't trust his three point shooting because it only happened the one season and his free throw percentage was bad throughout. Statistically the difference amounted to less than 13 made threes over the entire season, which could be a fluke. I guess we're gonna find out soon enough.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

ingram has great size to wingspan ratio, maybe he can become a sf.

I’ve not watched that much of him so I can’t have that strong of an opinion but I don’t think he can move his feet nearly quick enough to be able to survive on the perimeter. His shot is very suspect as well.

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Not a fan of the way the 2nd round unfolded. I don’t see Nunez as an NBA player, he’s painfully unathletic. He’s the exact type of player who’ll have a good career in Europe but lacks some of the minimum required qualities to be in the league. I can see his rights being traded in 2029 as part of a minor deal. Or something.

Ingram is an undersized big. We’ve seen similar players try to make it and fail. Doubt he’s the exception. He’ll play in Austin though.

Nunez is not Manu. He is Nando De Colo. I hope he proves me wrong.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Nunez is not Manu. He is Nando De Colo. I hope he proves me wrong.

Really don’t think he’s as good as De Colo, who is a great euroleague player.

[Raven]

I’ve not watched that much of him so I can’t have that strong of an opinion but I don’t think he can move his feet nearly quick enough to be able to survive on the perimeter. His shot is very suspect as well.

yeah everywhere they say he's slow, but is that considered as a ball handler? Because nobody should consider him as a playmaker, only as a 3-d kind of guy, and with that wingspan IF he is smart enough, he can absolutely live rent free in many shooters head.

[Raven]

In fact, looking at the duel HI vs Ron Holland and Matas Buzelis, i'm not sure why would anyone pick those two ahead of HI. I certainly wouldn't.

[widowmaker]

Oops, sorry, yeah.

That Nunez pick has me on tilt. I want to like him and the passing highlights are fun but how are you going to draft the worst PG athlete ever who can't even shoot free throws. The .

I'm just going to pretend that second round didn't happen, tbh.

I f we are allowed to pretend im going to pretend the dillingham trade didn’t happen.

[rascal]

Cam Spencer would have been nice for an off the bench shooter.

Nunez? An unathletic non shooting pg who isn't ever going to come over and play in the NBA is a punt of a draft pick.

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Really don’t think he’s as good as De Colo, who is a great euroleague player.

Agree. De Colo was built for Europe, because he was a dumpster fire as an NBA player. Nunez doesn't seem to have a translatable skill.

[Dex]

I f we are allowed to pretend im going to pretend the dillingham trade didn’t happen.

First round picks are great and all, but we literally traded away the only shooter we drafted for a chance at a better pick than #8 in six/seven years.

I know everyone is saying THIS WAS A WEAK DRAFT, but nobody knows what those drafts will look like because all of those players are still kids playing ing Minecraft right now

[widowmaker]

First round picks are great and all, but we literally traded away the only shooter we drafted for a chance at a better pick than #8 in six/seven years.

Yep I wasn’t high on dillingham but since they picked him they should have given him a chance. How much worse can he be compared to the rest of the roster?

[MarCowMar]

The Spurs not prioritizing shooting tells us they don't believe the team is ready to go into win-now mode, and that the 2025 tank is on.

Shooting is the perfect characteristic to de-prioritize because it forces all the players to work on it while developing, and it severely limits regular season wins.

Contrast this with a team with great shooters but no defense/rebounding/ball movement. They would rack up a bunch of flukey regular season wins and get exposed in the playoffs.

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Or if one wants a hopeful spin on it: maybe shooting will be addressed through free agency or trades and we'll still go into win-now mode.

[T Park]

yeah I don't get why we're talking about him as a non-shooter He does not have a midrange though

Yeah he’s a 3 and D guy that’s 6’7.

Prob a low ceiling but a smart dude who can shoot

[T Park]

I read a little bit on that, and more than one UNC fan didn't trust his three point shooting because it only happened the one season and his free throw percentage was bad throughout. Statistically the difference amounted to less than 13 made threes over the entire season, which could be a fluke. I guess we're gonna find out soon enough.

A few game stretch is a fluke, N entire season?


His no ceilings interview where he breaks down film shows otherwise but whatever.