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run the offense?! Are you kidding me?
He didn't pass - this game. The way it worked out, it wasn't really necessary. I will be watching that next game with acute interest. He is nowhere near NBA-ready after one game. But Tony wasn't a passer when he arrived, either. He isn't much of one now.
run the offense?! Are you kidding me?
If this kid is coachable and barring an catastrophic injury, he will be something special.......book it! I am really more worried about off the court stuff concerning 19 year old millionaires!
See, it's funny that people lol at guys like Crawford and Westbrook all the time for their shot-selection and then think it's great if Murray does it. I get that he's a rookie and will hopefully learn. But as I said, people have short memories. We just saw Simmons absolutely dominate two nights ago. Now that he had an off night, people are acting like it doesn't matter. But Murray isn't an efficient player. I'm glad he shot well today, but he'll likely have sub-40 games where he shoots just as often, and then people will notice and comment. But he won't be any different than he was tonight. Probability will just not be on his side then.
Anybody off the street can run basic sets, whether or not they can do it well is another thing.
Pop will help reign in that decision making.
Okay, let's just be clear: No. He's had other games besides this to see where he is currently. He has to develop. That's cool. Completely understandable. But don't act like he's a different player than he is just to try to strawman me.
He will break him down and build him back up if the kid allows; this is the BEST possible situation for him to maximize his talents!
Yeah, but try telling that to the people in this thread who have said otherwise.
Simmons is significantly better right now, and he's currently slotted to be in the rotation between Manu and Anderson. He's not expendable unless they can get someone better to be the 10th man.
Anyone who was watching saw that the talent is there for Murray. That's what everyone is excited about. I know it was only one game but seeing him impose his will was impressive. I guess the haters wanted him to look like Isiah Thomas out there on his debut.
Honestly by far your best post
Honest and truly it might not be bad to take a look at Hanga....
Are you coming around on Simmons?
Murray basically played his first game with a bunch of new people and you want to judge his overall game based off that? He's never practiced a spurs set in his life so let's wait to judge if he's a ball hog or not. He basically treated this game like an all star game by the looks of it.
Of course they just want to see where he is. And I think he flashed his talent. But he also showed his lack of intangibles. As I said, he's the Bizarro Arcidiacono. Ryan has it all ready to go upstairs, but he's just not built for the NBA. He makes everyone around him better, but he himself is not good enough. Murray has everything he needs below the neck to be a 10-year starter. But upstairs is all AU for him right now. Neither of them are rotation players at this point, but obviously Murray is a lot closer. We'll see how he adapts once Becky is his primary coach. She did a good job at making Simmons more focused during the SL last year.
Having a better defender with length may be a good thing at this point.....
I think people are being unfair to him. But I still want him to have to compete for his rotation spot.
Gary Neal was on the SL squad.
Murray is exciting to watch on the offensive end, showed brilliance of flashes with his speed/athleticism and finishing ability. You cant teach that, very exciting prospect for the spurs
All other aspects of his game need A LOT of work, but again he is young, but i dont expect him to crack the rotation in the POs as many has already predicted here. His defense is poor, always on the wrong position, caught ball watching and not in a defensive stance. The key for him is obviously developing that jumpshot, but he is gonna be excellent in fast break etc...
This dude has got a lot of learning to do, hopefully he gets some minutes and pop treats him like tp to accelerate his development, he's got a lot of learning to do to play the pg position
People are acting like he wasn't a low-efficiency chucker in college, too. I think this whole, "It's one game" argument is ridiculous. I'm not the one projecting his future based on his performance tonight. The others are.
Murray will also benefit from being guarded by Kawhi and Danny on the perimeter. Spatial awareness will also come with time and reps.
They're idiots. Simmons is a lock to make the roster imo
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