Saw his name pop up and I asked a normal question... It would be nice to know that people wasting a draft pick, were not part of the team.
also, you fat re ed got, i don't have a troll account... And I also don't have all day to post on here like you, fatass..
Nah, you’re over 20 years old and you’re still keeping up this weirdo behavior. Stop being an incel and get out of your mom’s basement. You’re ed up in the head to still be doing this childish garbage online. Look in the mirror and see how pathetic it is that you’ve spent much of your life doing this trolling bull online.
a realized version of samanic would actually have been a good forward to pair with vic
He’d have had to be non lazy AND learned how to shoot. How we sign big Euro white guys who don’t shoot just defies the odds. I love me some Mamu, but he can’t ing shoot the three, either.
Of course. Except, Sammich was Buford’s pet project, the last of Buford’s draft picks when he was GM, before he became the CEO. Buford wears a different job le now. But sure, the same people are still there. It’s like asking if some 80-year old lying crook is still in Congress. You know he is.
Samanic will pass his mantle of "PF Who Can't Shoot but Still has an At ude Problem" on to his #1 heir, Bustzelis
. The Venn diagram of people who want this guy who put up crap numbers in the gleague, but think that Topic is no good after putting up good numbers in a mid level European league is a circle.
He's basically a better version of Ryan Richards. Which isn't exactly the greatest compliment.
its a lower level euro league. its not as good as spanish, italian, turkish, russian, or german. its as far as international leagues its more on par with greek league or even NBL
its also easier to deal with a 4 with shooting struggles than it is a guard
The Jazz didn't keep him so Fenerbahce hired him, and they are already considering Khem Birch to replace him (knowing the season hasn't started yet)
https://x.com/SportsDigitale/status/1833413281576362186
I remember thinking he would be a good player after that game against the Knicks where he stonewalled Randle
I would take Manu all day every day
If that’s the choice, sure. The ONLY thing I was comparing was their shooting. They both suck at shooting the long ball.
Even 5 years later, I can still understand why we made the pick. The guy had the size, length, mobility, and tools to be a very good player. He fit the archetype of a modern 4 perfectly. He would’ve been a great fit in today’s NBA. In fact, if he had managed to put everything together, he would probably starting for us today instead of Sochan.
Unfortunately, he never did manage to put everything together, and was always more of a theoretical talent than an actual one. Oh well. Took a swing and missed. Time to move on.
What pick was he? I don't remember, and did the Spurs miss out on anyone notable that was picked after him?
I believe he was 19 and we missed out on Brandon Miller
Brandon Clarke not Miller
So the most significant players taken after Luka (very subjective)
Brandon Clarke
Jordan Poole
Keldon Johnson
Nic Claxton
Daniel Gafford
No home runs there
Also 17 players taken after him have played 5 years in the NBA- but several of those are probably not going to make 6 years
Definitely a swing for the fences on an outside pitch but don't think they missed out on anything that would significantly alter the trajectory of any franchise
Last edited by Maddog; 09-12-2024 at 06:24 AM.
I was so high on the guy, he really had the full package for modern day playing.... Except for a working motor, and a " to give" about his career.
Him and Lonnie are two players who really disappointed me. I'm glad to see Lonnie has made a career for himself, however fringe a player, but he's another player who had all the tools in the world, except for a missing key piece (brains).
Looking back, and having seen the ridiculously 3pt-oriented shift of the NBA in the last 5 years, I'd still take him, tbh. Scared money don't make none.
Just goes to show that tools alone won’t get the job done. Lonnie was very much like Ben McLemore, a high flyer with a nice 3 pointer, but low IQ. Ben was out of the league at 28, pretty much at a player’s physical prime.
Both players shined at the Combine (likewise Primo, Joe Wieskamp) and all did not make as a Spur, which seemed the Spurs scout heavily relied on while less on knowing more about the character and how they will survive in the NBA. I don’t think Luka was a big swing at 19. As somebody said, he has all the tools of a modern big man just not the brain and the motor. I still remember rooting for this kid at the G League Bubble, which many thought would translate. Luka would’ve been a perfect mobile big next to Wemby.
We could have drafted Samanic's younger clone Matas Buzelis this year but didn't. Did someone on the spurs staff learn their lesson ?
i can see how the two would share some common attributes and red flags but i'm hoping Buzelis is good enough to give the Bulls some wins this year.
and now they cut him... He was not really Fenerbahce material anyway, but still a move to cut him even before he played a game. This is not a normal thing in Europe.
Consider the player. His reputation is pretty much crap by now, mainly lack of effort. His coach probably saw all he needed to see in the first practice.
Samanic might have had a decent NBA career if he wasn't an asshole. From what I understand he was basically eastern european MAGA.
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