2024 Training Camp/Preseason News Thread

[rjv]

nice to hear that Bassey made his way back to the floor.

[Limguogolo]

They don't. In Japanese the hiragana (which gives the pronunciation) is written ゆうき (eg Yuuki) while the girly name is written ゆき (Yuki). In romaji, the way you write Japanese in a western alphabet, Kawamura and Tsunoda spell their names Yūki where the ū is a long u while the girly name is just Yuki. In English syllables can have variable length but in Japanese you pronounce every mora (JP equivalent to syllables) for the same length of time. So ゆうき=Yūki = yu.u.ki (three mora) while ゆき=Yuki = yu.ki (two mora), so you get that u sound for twice as long in the boys name vs the girls.

You don't realy need me, but Yūki 'p Me Hangin' On.


Sure, Memphis is going to be fun to watch this season. The new M-Town. (Or J-Town.) Or, whatever. Just as nice to see (learn) Japanese here. (Big old Japanese movies fan here. Whatever.)

[Arcadian]

So is Amazon Prime going to show the games this year or not?

[exstatic]

So is Amazon Prime going to show the games this year or not?

Maybe

[Arcadian]

Maybe

Well they better figure it out soon, considering the season starts in 1 week.

[ChumpDumper]

I think it's going to be six of one/half dozen of the other whether you pay Diamond directly or through Amazon this season; there won't be some magic increase in app quality this late unless Amazon has been working on it all along. I doubt they have anything really ready to go before baseball season. If the game is blacked out on NBAtv tonight I'll restart my Bally+ subscription and see if the replays are as convenient as last season.

[Dejounte]

You don’t wait one full season for a guy you plan to let go after one year he’s healthy again. Assuming he’s healthy all season long, he’s going to be back next season tbh. I think the Spurs are high on him.

[spurraider21]

[Ice009]

I would think that Edey's agent would have done everything he could to keep him away from San Antonio even if the Spurs were smart enough to scout him accurately

After seeing the Spurs dedicate themselves to Wemby at the 5, no agent would want Edey spending his rookie contract as a backup when they could guide him to a team with no other centers.

On top of that, any agent worth a damn would see the intense danger of Edey not even getting minutes as a backup center with the Zollins extension and Pop making Edey "get over himself". You've already seen Castle have a huge game then get Popped the next game with 6 minutes in a first half without Vassell even playing.

Edey might be the best player in the draft, but it is what it is.

Pretty good points. He wouldn't have gotten a lot of playing time here most likely. Do you think the Spurs were even interested in drafting him?

They don't. In Japanese the hiragana (which gives the pronunciation) is written ゆうき (eg Yuuki) while the girly name is written ゆき (Yuki). In romaji, the way you write Japanese in a western alphabet, Kawamura and Tsunoda spell their names Yūki where the ū is a long u while the girly name is just Yuki. In English syllables can have variable length but in Japanese you pronounce every mora (JP equivalent to syllables) for the same length of time. So ゆうき=Yūki = yu.u.ki (three mora) while ゆき=Yuki = yu.ki (two mora), so you get that u sound for twice as long in the boys name vs the girls.

Darn, is Japanese hard to learn? Seems like you're pretty fluent?

[spurraider21]

final preseason game if you dont count the silver and black scrimmage

extended look for guys fighting for rotation/roster spots. wonder what they do with the starting lineup today...

Champ at the 2 as they've been doing? Or Branham at the 2 and slide champ up 3, Barnes to 4?

do they go with Barnes/Mamu at the forward spots, or possibly Castle/Barnes?

[CGD]

^ Maliki needs to ball out tonight!

[Mr. Body]

I guess they're not even going to bother getting the starters on the same page this preseason. Has Victor even played 30 minutes total?

[dn0774]

Odd Vic is a scratch considering Pop said in the Miami postgame presser that he not only expected Vic to play in Houston but to actually get a few more mins than he got in Miami. Also worth mentioning Spurs open their season on Thursday, actually an extra day or 2 off from what most teams get. Why keep Vic in bubble wrap?

[Fireball]

this is ridicolous ... usually Pop at least used the regular rotation in the first half of the last preseason game ... now he rests players who are 20 years old although they have a week off? he should be fined

[NASpurs]

Eh more time to see Castle do his thing.

[timtonymanu]

^ Maliki needs to ball out tonight!

No he doesn’t. He’s been developing fine. You guys are just casuals. The Spurs wouldn’t invest time in someone who isn’t versatile in a strong defensive scheme. Dillingham isn’t that guy. Malaki is.

[spurraider21]

final preseason game if you dont count the silver and black scrimmage

extended look for guys fighting for rotation/roster spots. wonder what they do with the starting lineup today...

Champ at the 2 as they've been doing? Or Branham at the 2 and slide champ up 3, Barnes to 4?

do they go with Barnes/Mamu at the forward spots, or possibly Castle/Barnes?

definitely the least exciting of the possibilities tbh

[spurraider21]

[spurraider21]

Turns out Dalton Knecht can shoot

[onechance87]

Turns out Dalton Knecht can shoot

we could of used his shooting this game,And probably the next few years.Oh well

[scott]

Real shame they don’t have an extra slew of games between this meaningless slew of exhibition games and the regular season for Wemby to get into rhythm of things. They could put these games in place and call it something like the “prefix season” or “before season”. These kind of games would be super helpful for teams to prepare for the games that count. Wonder why the NBA doesn’t do this.

[scott]

Turns out Dalton Knecht can shoot

But growth plates are wide open on the 12 year olds we’re scouting

[CGD]

Turns out Dalton Knecht can shoot

Doug McDermott can also shoot.

[cutewizard]

the Spurs were compe ive in all these preseason games though

[Atl Spur]

But growth plates are wide open on the 12 year olds we’re scouting

Anything for a laugh culture.