Murray Kawhi-esque evolution

[SAGirl]

how about

[pgardn]

He has definitely bulked up as well with room to grow. Murray is converting that cheap, weak, flailing speed into productive instinctual moves, especially rebounding. I don't give a who we are playing, he looks so much better in every aspect. Even his TOs look reasonable, not constant schoolyard crap. Defensively we have a chance to see a monster; As a scorer, that's much more difficult. Run the team, open the lane with drives, make the right pass, hit a few physical layups... I'm good right now.

The way this team is running the offense right now is not to Pattys strengths. If we fall way behind quickly, then go small and open things up, Patty will fill his usual role as a shooting spark 2. KL returning also will benefit Patty as we get more open floor steals; Provided they are on the floor together.

[look_at_g_shred]

Y'all remember he was a bust because of his summer league play? lol

[SAGirl]

Y'all remember he was a bust because of his summer league play? lol

I don't recall anyone saying he was a bust.. ppl complained he hadn't made progress and he hadn't at that point... maybe a tad of trying to do too much... too loose with his dribble, horrible shot selection, etc. maybe something was up physically or mentally... but what ppl complained for the most part was that he needed to be better.

he is improved and we can celebrate that tbh.

[DAF86]

He will have bad games. A lot of them. I hope Pop lets him play through them. A young pup like him will always be inconsistent, what you have to pay attention to is the sparks, those flashes of greatness, and be patient to let him build off that. If you pull him out at the first bad mistake/game, you would be stunting his development.

[sasaint]

He is looking like a legit lottery pick and showing the promise and potential of Top 5 player in that draft....For the intangibles part: he clearly wants to be the vocal leader of the team..His interview game is that of 10 year veteran and he is already shooing Pop away Avery Johnson-style..

The entire sequence from the time that LMA and Serge got the double techs until LMA bullied Serge on his sixth foul gave me goose bumps. I could just hear Pop saying,"Now that's some Nasty!" And his grin just confirmed it. Dijon definitely has leadership instincts that cannot be taught and the Spurs need. But even BPaul showed good leadership and smarts; he was actually the first teammate to restrain LMA.

[BillMc]

The entire sequence from the time that LMA and Serge got the double techs until LMA bullied Serge on his sixth foul gave me goose bumps. I could just hear Pop saying,"Now that's some Nasty!" And his grin just confirmed it. Dijon definitely has leadership instincts that cannot be taught and the Spurs need. But even BPaul showed good leadership and smarts; he was actually the first teammate to restrain LMA.

Agree 100, Would be great if DeJounte could develop into a Magic-like leader leaving quiet Kawhi to be the cold efficient Kareem. (I am not comparing them as players, but leadership roles. For most the 80's Kareem was better than Magic, but Magic was the leader of that team almost immediately) With Kawhi so quiet and LMA so quirky we need a youngish leader type. Patty is the closest thing we have now. DJ could fill that role.

And loved LMA taking out Ibaka after their altercation. High payback.

[Phenomanul]

Agree 100, Would be great if DeJounte could develop into a Magic-like leader leaving quiet Kawhi to be the cold efficient Kareem. (I am not comparing them as players, but leadership roles. For most the 80's Kareem was better than Magic, but Magic was the leader of that team almost immediately) With Kawhi so quiet and LMA so quirky we need a youngish leader type. Patty is the closest thing we have now. DJ could fill that role.

And loved LMA taking out Ibaka after their altercation. High payback.

This tbh...

[sasaint]

Agree 100, Would be great if DeJounte could develop into a Magic-like leader leaving quiet Kawhi to be the cold efficient Kareem. (I am not comparing them as players, but leadership roles. For most the 80's Kareem was better than Magic, but Magic was the leader of that team almost immediately) With Kawhi so quiet and LMA so quirky we need a youngish leader type. Patty is the closest thing we have now. DJ could fill that role.

And loved LMA taking out Ibaka after their altercation. High payback.

Excellent analogy.

[cutewizard]

[cutewizard]

Giannis.......the western kawhi

[cutewizard]

Sorry i mean the eastern Kawhi

[duncan2k5]

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!! i laughed for like 10 mins str8!