I think Forbes will take the spot. His his improvement in ball handling and getting to the rim is pretty impressive compared to last year. Guy seems driven to be more than an average player and not in a "I'll just say the right things" kind of way.
It takes more than improved ball handling to be a starting nba PG. I really just don't see that from Forbes even if the point guard in SA's system doesn't need to do as much.
I don't think his handles are good enough to initiate offense and Sa truly needs someone that can penetrate and make proper reads.
I understand the idea, but I think Mills is a better PG than Forbes and I think Mills isn't a PG. We will see though. It would be great if Forbes was a PG.
You said Spurs need a pg that can penetrate, I agree, you think that person is mills?
Are you basing this on SL production or something else? Kyle Anderson should have been named an opening night starter for finishing SL with MVP honors. Surely, those type of rewards don't grow on trees you know. But alas, that didn't happen and for good reason.
Nope - but I do think that until someone like maybe Murray proves he can do more than just get into the lane, Mills will start because his shooting and understanding of running an offense exceeds that of Forbes despite being similar player profiles.
I think Pop will want to keep Mills coming off the bench. I didn't mean Forbes was ready to be a great pg. Just given the choices he looks like the guy most likely to get the spot until TP's return. His rate of improvement far exceeds Murray and White doesn't look close to ready.
Sounds about right
I'm basing it on rate of improvement given the choices
I agree that ideally they would love to see Mills stay in that bench/6th man role, but I don't think they will have that luxury to start the year. But he will eventually end up there IMO.
I'd like it to be Murray / Green / Kawhi / Aldridge / Gasol. Murray needs talent around him to ease through the growing pains of a young gun on a playoff team. Mills and Gay leading the second unit would be really fun.
Punctuation and wordplay with a cold one. Read as a question and answer.
Man I hope that's the plan. I won't be surprised to see LMA at the 4 at the start of the season, but if we want to win that would be my line-up. It gets my hopes up.
Oh ok gotcha
I don't see Gay starting and taking that much of a beating on that Achilles tendon, especially in the beginning of the year. Who knows what shape that tendon will be in. I'm more concerned right now with the rotation on the bigs. I think they will bring back David Lee. That means someone on your prospective roster has to go and i'm betting on Blossomgame. He won't make the roster this year if ever.
Obviously, this comes down to PG and second big . . .
- Murray probably gets initial opportunity, but if he falters and Forbes shines, Mills probably starts.
- Think Gasol/Gay is match-up dependant. Former probably starts more often than not though.
Still difficult to imagine they go with this imbalanced a roster. Paul signing was probably because they have an inkling Ginobili is leaning towards retiring or are still pursuing an Aldridge trade and will attach a guard in it.
Ginobili has taken longer to decide this time than ever. Maybe he already knows but it's not announced bc Spurs are waiting for other chips to fall, like a trade.
Starting Patty with Forbes backing him up and having Kawhi doing point forward stuff and Murray somewhat backing him up might be the plan.
Mills/Forbes (just shooters)
Green/White
Kawhi/Murray/Manu (playmaking)
Gay/Anderson/Bertans (small ball)
Aldridge/Gasol
...would look nice to me, but we might sign another big and still start Gasol+Aldridge.
Again I'd love to see Gay at the 4 and LMA at 5 because I have high hopes for those two with Kawhi on the floor at the same time. I think that will happen, but until we know who is on our roster it's hard to say what the staring lineup will be in the early days of RS
I think Anderson gets the start at PF with Mills.
Good call, Mills can only be the "PG" (actually midget SG) if there's a real creator to hold his hand like Manu/Anderson.
The worst thing Mills needs is to watch Fathead do his slomo shake that never gets him anywhere but trapped and forced to kick out to a contested player
Marc Gasol at center....
Lebron and Kawhi at forwards.
Zion Williamson and Kyrie at guards.
That is an awesome SL for next year, Alternate Universe....!
Lol
This man knows what he's talking about. A Slowmo possession always ends in a kickout that goes nowhere.
A Mills and Slowmo lineup will end up putting the team in those droughts we saw so often last year that had most of this board crying that this was a one man team on offense.
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