How We Failed Vassell (and How We Can Fix It)

[Atl Spur]

Vassell is ok he just needs to increase that bbiq; slumps happens to the best shooters so why would he be exempt?

[100%duncan]

[100%duncan]

Just checking in on whether this guy is still untouchable.

Look at it this way, no other teams are gonna want to touch if this slump continues.

Long hair Eddie House minus the clutch-ness

Up until recently DV also thought that!

Moving Vassell to the bench is like ting your pants and changing your t shirt.

He needs to be traded this off season while the dumb teams still think he has some value.

Some golden comments here

[KingKev]

I read a kid got bullied at a local SA middle school for wearing Devin Vassell’s clothing line. Trying to find the link. Rough out here guys. Stay safe.

[timtonymanu]

Spurs players that wear #24

Although Richard Jefferson would have done more than this bum on the current Spurs

[Robz4000]

Honestly, his shot is just off (and selection too). But before these last few games, he wasn’t doing anything else to play winning ball much. But lately? He’s busting his butt on defense, hes grabbing boards and even passing a bit better.

Once his shot starts to fall (which IMO it will hes a very solid shooter) I think people will see what he can do. But that’s just my take.

i actually agree. the ancillary parts of his game have looked better as of late, but its come alongside a very nast shooting slump. he's now down to 34% from 3 on the season

I feel the opposite tbh, his overall game has somehow gotten worse; gotta wonder if his foot injuries have ed him. Also might have a fatal case of the Kirby's.

[scott]

Been waiting for this guy to make me and my new avatar look stupid.

The wait goes on…

[KobesAchilles]

All those vocal Vassell defenders when I called him a low iq player who doesn’t know how to play winning basketball are awfully quiet now…

I want to hear RC Drunkford defend this dude some more and tell me how stupid I am to have that opinion. Good times. Good times.

[onechance87]

All those vocal Vassell defenders when I called him a low iq player who doesn’t know how to play winning basketball are awfully quiet now…

I want to hear RC Drunkford defend this dude some more and tell me how stupid I am to have that opinion. Good times. Good times.

yup some of us called it awhile ago.But got called haters and that we didnt know anything about basketball.They actually called
him untouchable lmao

[Russo21]

4/17FG �� useless heroballer thinks he's the man

[KobesAchilles]

yup some of us called it awhile ago.But got called haters and that we didnt know anything about basketball.They actually called
him untouchable lmao

Vassell is untouchable. For other teams

[spursparker9]

Why didn't we draft Haliburton in 2020?

[dbestpro]

Time to Vassel late.

[LeBowen]

Why didn't we draft Haliburton in 2020?

Because we had both Dejounte and Derrick on the roster, PATFO masterminds went with a better positional fit...only to trade away both of our point guards within two years.

[objective]

Worst shooting season of his career so far, and 4 games in January he's hitting 23% from 3.

Dunc'd On had a stat over the weekend about Vassell having the 10th hardest shot diet in the league. Clearly he's being asked to do too much

The shooting slump I hope will turn around, but he should be put in plays where he can move into a shot off the catch rather than the "here's the ball now dribble dribble dribble into a midrange or worse" offense they have been doing

[SpurSpike]

With CP3 and Wemby on the team his shot selection shouldn't be so bad...

[The Truth #6]

Worst shooting season of his career so far, and 4 games in January he's hitting 23% from 3.

Dunc'd On had a stat over the weekend about Vassell having the 10th hardest shot diet in the league. Clearly he's being asked to do too much

The shooting slump I hope will turn around, but he should be put in plays where he can move into a shot off the catch rather than the "here's the ball now dribble dribble dribble into a midrange or worse" offense they have been doing

I don't think he's being asked, I think he's just convinced himself this is what he needs to do.

Overall, his trajectory is crazy. Underrecruited. Overachiever. Came in as a defensive player with seeds of an offensive game. Now he's a chucker. That's wild.

I don't think he has low bbq; it's way better than Keldon, the problem is he CHOOSES to play this way.

Keldon wants to be a smart team player that wins, but it's just not there.

[BatManu20]

Vassell's trade value has plummeted this season tbh. Our best hope is that he turns it around and finds his stride down the backstretch of the season and brings that value back up so we can formulate a trade this offseason with him as the centerpiece for a true 2nd option to Wemby.

[RC_Drunkford]

I don't think he's being asked, I think he's just convinced himself this is what he needs to do.

Overall, his trajectory is crazy. Underrecruited. Overachiever. Came in as a defensive player with seeds of an offensive game. Now he's a chucker. That's wild.

I don't think he has low bbq; it's way better than Keldon, the problem is he CHOOSES to play this way.

Keldon wants to be a smart team player that wins, but it's just not there.

it‘s not that he chooses to play that way, it’s that the coaches tell him to play that way. Mitch just said in his postgame interview that he only gets on Devin when he is passing up shots.

[BatManu20]

With CP3 and Wemby on the team his shot selection shouldn't be so bad...

You could see CP3's frustration last night with this team. It's been more apparent lately with these losses lately. He's tired of mentoring these young scrubs. Not saying it'll happen, but also wouldn't be surprised if he's shipped off by the deadline tbh.

[SpurSpike]

Spurs failed Vassell by giving him a big contract that he hadn't shown that he deserved and because of that contract they felt they had to play him as the #2. I said it was an overpay the second the news broke, he was not consistent or healthy enough to warrant the gamble but many here disagreed. I guess there is still time for him to turn things around but his recent regression is not encouraging.

[spurraider21]

You could see CP3's frustration last night with this team. It's been more apparent lately with these losses lately. He's tired of mentoring these young scrubs. Not saying it'll happen, but also wouldn't be surprised if he's shipped off by the deadline tbh.

CP3 has actually poopped off last 2 games and the rest of the team, including wemby, has let him down

[BatManu20]

CP3 has actually poopped off last 2 games and the rest of the team, including wemby, has let him down

Agreed. He got tired of watching the youngins the bed and decided to take over at times. But he's still 40. Can't do it for long stretches. I imagine there's definitely a market for him though. One of these contenders would probably love to add him to their bench unit tbh. OKC comes to mind with their backup PG Ajay Mitc being a bit underwhelming this season. Cason Wallace too tbh, though he starts for them sometimes with Caruso being in and out of the lineup with that hip injury. Either way, CP3 would be a great addition to their bench unit and they have plenty of draft capital to spare.

[KingKev]

Spurs failed Vassell by giving him a big contract that he hadn't shown that he deserved and because of that contract they felt they had to play him as the #2. I said it was an overpay the second the news broke, he was not consistent or healthy enough to warrant the gamble but many here disagreed. I guess there is still time for him to turn things around but his recent regression is not encouraging.

I’ll echo this. We are all Products of our environment and DV’s is that of tanking. Dejounte didn’t get the green light till his AS Season. DV had it much earlier and off the rip. I always saw guys like himself and Keldon as players you draft, develop and sell high on. But these two aren’t White or Dejounte; both of their games are seriously flawed and now have little to no value.

[scott]

I’ll echo this. We are all Products of our environment and DV’s is that of tanking. Dejounte didn’t get the green light till his AS Season. DV had it much earlier and off the rip. I always saw guys like himself and Keldon as players you draft, develop and sell high on. But these two aren’t White or Dejounte; both of their games are seriously flawed and now have little to no value.

I find it fascinating that I think this Board generally adheres to the ideology that players who put up good stats on bad teams aren't players we should go after... but at the same time this Board generally overrates its own players who put up good stats on bad teams (and, perhaps more importantly, see their stats decline as the team improves).