Post your 18-19 starting lineup

[Seventyniner]

Pau might start, but Poeltl will play more minutes.

I think it's too early to make these predictions, there could be more moves coming. The Spurs might be willing to punt on next summer's cap space and trade Pau, essentially an expiring contract, for someone with 2 years left. If Batum's abomination of a deal had one fewer year on it I could see something centered around Pau/Mills for Walker/Batum.

[DAF86]

What Pop probably has in mind:

Murray
Mills
DeRosa
Gay
Aldridge

Good luck with that ball movement, or 3pt shooting, or defense. Who is supposed to be the defensive ace of that lineup? Murray? Are we really going to put Murray on the likes of Durant, Lebron, Giannis and Kawhi? If not, are we putting DeRozan or Gay?

[YoungbuckMurray]

Starters
Murray
walker
derozan
Bertans
Aldridge

bench

white
mills/Ginobili
bellineli/Ginobili
gay/metu
poeltl/Gasol

Hopefully white is as advertised, as I think that bench can really get back to playing “beautiful game” basketball. Starters can be some Aldridge post ups, Demar pick n roll and hopefully Murray progresses and his 3 point shooting increases. Bertans can stretch the floor

[DAF86]

Murray, White, Forbes
Mills, Bellinelli, Walker
DeRozan, Manu, Paul
Gay, Bertans, Cunningham
Aldridge, Gasol, Poeltl

What a horribly constructed roster, tbh.

[John B]

Praying Murray has developed a consistent outside shot, I’d put Murray as 3D and let DeRozan create pick and roll.

DeRozan/White
Bellineli/Walker/Mills/Forbes
Murray/Manu/Paul
Gay/Bertrans/Cunningham
LMA/Gasol/Poetl

Depending on situation, Gasol/Poetl can start as 5 and LMA 4, Gay coming from the bench. What to do with Metu? Or let Paul go? Then Spurs light in SF position

[ace3g]

[sasaint]

Spurs need some shooting in the SL otherwise it's gonna be a grindfest to start every game. this is what the SL should be imo:

Murray
White
DeRozan
Bertans
Aldridge

With what we have to work with, I actually kind of like that lineup, even though I am not wild about DeMar as a 3 on the defensive end.

[sasaint]

What Pop probably has in mind:

Murray
Mills
DeRosa
Gay
Aldridge

Good luck with that ball movement, or 3pt shooting, or defense. Who is supposed to be the defensive ace of that lineup? Murray? Are we really going to put Murray on the likes of Durant, Lebron, Giannis and Kawhi? If not, are we putting DeRozan or Gay?

Surely we will make some move to shore up a the SF position...?

[RD2191]

[DMC]

18-19, record just before the break.

This might be the most athletic team we've ever fielded.

[cd021]

Agreed

C- Pau Gasol
PF- LaMarcus Aldridge
SF- DeMar DeRozan
SG- Marco Belinelli
PG- Dejounte Murray

Bench:

C- Jacob Poeltl
PF- Rudy Gay
PF- Davis Bertans
SF- Dante Cunningham
SG- Manu Ginobili
SG- Lonnie Walker
PG- Patty Mills
PG- Derrick White

I like that lineup.

That starting lineup isn't stopping anyone, even with Gasol and Aldridge shutting down in the paint and Murray being an above average defender. DeRozen would have to improve to be an be an below average defender to make that lineup work.

White may be the better option. He projects as a better defender than Belinelli (it's pretty easy to be) and is a plus shooter.