Spurs Select G Dejounte Murray in 2016 NBA Draft

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No you are not. Church of Anderson is still alive and kicking with a few closet members here and there.

Me too.

[Ditty]

Going back to the 2013. Outside of Livio Jean Charles, only Allen Crabbe (Who I actually wanted that draft) is the only legit NBA player to be picked after him. I know a lot of people on here wanted Jamaal Franklin that draft also and he isn't in the league anymore. Charles showed some athleticism/shot blocking promise that we may need from a big man in the summer league, and he supposedly tore it up in the Nike Hoop Summit against the USA team that season so can't blame them for taking him.

2014 you may have a little bit more of an argument with taking Anderson, but of course the "beautiful game" was what the Spurs were all about after beating Miami. Jordan Clarkson might be the best player after Anderson taken in that draft. At the same time he could be of product of being apart of a ty team. Jokic seems to be pretty legit player also, and dominated the Spurs that one game this season. You could also make an argument he is a product of being good on a ty team. McDaniels was the player I wanted late in that draft, and he has looked pretty legit when he is on the floor. There must be something going on in Houston, or the Rockets are just a ty team. I'll take the latter. Anderson probably has flashed more outside of those three guys, and is only 22 younger than the two american players.

Still too early on Milutinov just like the two other guys who guys are already claiming they're "busts", but early reviews are that he is looking solid. So you can't actually say the Spurs haven't hit home runs yet with these picks being so young, as two of them would of just graduated last month if they were in college.

[TrainOfThought5]

Murray/Simmons fast break gonna be fun to watch.

Throwing the ball into the stands, or the forced drive into a turnover/block?

[palangi]

Throwing the ball into the stands, or the forced drive into a turnover/block?

Or actually being able to finish at the rim

[daslicer]

I'm just going to wait and see how this kid pans out. ST crowned Kyle Anderson a few years ago as the second coming of Magic Johnson and we saw how that turned out.

[dabom]

I'm just going to wait and see how this kid pans out. ST crowned Kyle Anderson a few years ago as the second coming of Magic Johnson and we saw how that turned out.

I didn't crown . Along with a lot of other respectable posters. Go to his church.

[Solid D]

looks like fat head on the trading block..Murray getting that #1 jersey

Initial draft photos of first round picks almost always have the player's jersey with #1. Fathead is not giving up his number.

I like the pick. Player development is a hallmark of the Spurs.

[TrainOfThought5]

He should play immediately unless he's just dreadful. Other than Parker and Kawhi, literally no one else on the roster can dribble a basketball and the only thing we're playing for next year is to see how many reg season wins we can pull off. Unless Simmons or this new kid, DJM, becomes a 3rd of a surprise triumvirate, we've got nothing good coming our way in the playoffs, if we somehow get that far playing barely functional iso-ball like in this past playoffs.

We desperately need a vet ballhandler/penetrator/distributor off the bench to take the burden from Manu.

[Samr]

I didn't crown . Along with a lot of other respectable posters. Go to his church.

ST still has respectable posters?

Damn yall, the Internet is funny.

[dabom]

ST still has respectable posters?

Damn yall, the Internet is funny.

[spursistan]

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did these sycophantic pop sucking media gots not see what happened with fat head?

And what's that, jackass?

[dabom]

Dude has the starting spot locked. Tony just keeping it warm for a bit.

[Ditty]

A little shorter Shaun Livingston just pops out at me <3

[TrainOfThought5]

did these sycophantic pop sucking media gots not see what happened with fat head?

Fathead is going to be productive off the bench this year. 3rd year magic. Mark my words.

[dabom]

Fathead is going to be productive off the bench this year. 3rd year magic. Mark my words.

[tbdog]

• Spurs didn't develop Mahimni.
• Spurs got one solid season out of Splitter. Talk about overrated AF. He hasn't played more than 60 games in a season but once. Decent NBA player that doesn't really excel at anything.
• CoJo was and is nothing special. His defense is decent/good but, he's still a below average offensive player. He's not a pg because he's a poor playmaker. He's not a good shooting guard because he's not much of a shooter. He's a decent role player that you could live with or without.
• James Anderson is the definition of a fringe NBA talent.
• Blair was nothing special and he was considered by many to be lottery talent. How many different teams has he played for now?

Some decent players in there but, none of these guys turned out to be steals in the draft. And with the exception of Anderson, NONE of them are playing for the Spurs.

Depends on what you define as steals of the draft. There are few times a player picked that low becomes a stud. Butler is an example of one. It happens. But we have usually drafted playoff worthy rotational players. We gave up early one one, Mahinmi. Had say what you want about Splitter, it is not like you can predict injuries. As far as I know, he didn't have injury issues at the time of drafting. And Joseph is a fine player and probably played better than our two pg's Parker and Mills. Some here would prefer Joseph starting for Parker if he was still here.

[palangi]

He is a lot more explosive and faster than Livingston. Not a good comparison.

You hope after watching that film that as he matures and grows and gets strength he could be a Westbrook lite. He is scary in the open court.

[Spur|n|Austin]

lol ok Skip

[Ditty]

He is a lot more explosive and faster than Livingston. Not a good comparison.

You hope after watching that film that as he matures and grows and gets strength he could be a Westbrook lite. He is scary in the open court.

Livingston was pretty quick before his leg injury from what I remember, and at times even at 30 has shown some pretty damn good explosiveness in the open court so it's not a bad comparison at this point imo. Of course Murray is already a better shooter than him probably, and better natural ability to get into the paint. Though I hope he will have that great basketball IQ, and passing ability Livington shown one day tbh. He sure has shown a lot of flashes of it. Westbrook is an athletic freak, those guys with that amount of talent don't come around much especially late in the 1st. Of course him turning into Livingston won't be a bad consolation prize, but I understand we want him to be the next great player in this league.

[spurraider21]

Eh this guys stats are pretty bad for an nba calibre player. 3 turnovers a game and 29% outside shooting? Ouch...hopefully the fo sees something in him that im not.

Well unlike you I'm sure their research was more than a 10 second Google search of his stats so I'm sure they do see more

[ace3g]

Tim C TIMC_LA
Dude on Spurs reddit called him Dijon Mus . Nobody's coming up with a better nickname than that.

[loveforthegame]

I like it.

[024]

I like the pick. Good athleticism and oversized for the PG position. He definitely looks like a project though. He's like 170lbs Hopefully he can add 15-20 pounds without losing his speed. If he can keep up defensively against shorter point guards, his size and length will be very nice against Curry and Westbrook.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Going back to the 2013. Outside of Livio Jean Charles, only Allen Crabbe (Who I actually wanted that draft) is the only legit NBA player to be picked after him. I know a lot of people on here wanted Jamaal Franklin that draft also and he isn't in the league anymore. Charles showed some athleticism/shot blocking promise that we may need from a big man in the summer league, and he supposedly tore it up in the Nike Hoop Summit against the USA team that season so can't blame them for taking him.

2014 you may have a little bit more of an argument with taking Anderson, but of course the "beautiful game" was what the Spurs were all about after beating Miami. Jordan Clarkson might be the best player after Anderson taken in that draft. At the same time he could be of product of being apart of a ty team. Jokic seems to be pretty legit player also, and dominated the Spurs that one game this season. You could also make an argument he is a product of being good on a ty team. McDaniels was the player I wanted late in that draft, and he has looked pretty legit when he is on the floor. There must be something going on in Houston, or the Rockets are just a ty team. I'll take the latter. Anderson probably has flashed more outside of those three guys, and is only 22 younger than the two american players.

Still too early on Milutinov just like the two other guys who guys are already claiming they're "busts", but early reviews are that he is looking solid. So you can't actually say the Spurs haven't hit home runs yet with these picks being so young, as two of them would of just graduated last month if they were in college.

Good post bru