Dejounte Murray Injury Thread

[acoelho1]

The Spurs won't suck defensively but it will definitely hamper their ability to stop the other teams. The guy is elite on that side of the ball and no scheme can completely replace what he does on the floor.

[BillMc]

He debuted quite well for them: 12 points off the bench in the first game, but then missed the next two games with a sore heel. He participated in full practice today so it must have been something minor and rest was precautionary.

Good to hear. He's a good dude. Wish him the best

[kobyz]

Is this injury likely to reduce DJ's long term athleticism?

To dejounte type player, It's close to a career death sentence

[gambit1990]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Borijn_BZqG

[Dex]

DJ speaks out:

[XSFH]

Get well soon, Dejounte!!!

[bklynspursfan]

damn we lose our 3 best defenders in an offseason. we are gonna look like the Lamarcus blazers

get well soon DeJounte!!

[Chinook]

DJ speaks out:

How can one not love Murray as a member of the team? Dude is everything you could ask for off the court.

[Russ]

If this guy isn't the absolute reverse oracle of sports reporting, I don't know who is.

Kawhi's coming back. Murray's not hurt.

No stock tips, please.

[TD 21]

People are so stupid. The reason the defense didn't crater when Duncan retired, is because they replaced him with Gasol, whose essentially a poor man's version. They also still had excellent defensive personnel: Leonard, Aldridge, Green, Anderson, Simmons, Dedmon. Then when Leonard quit, they still had good personnel: Aldridge, Gasol (rim protection/defensive rebounding), Green, Anderson, Murray.

Now, they have laughable personnel. If they remain average to slightly above, the majority of the credit should go to elite rim protection (Gasol, Poeltl, Aldridge were 3 of top 10 in defensive fg% at the rim last season and Bertans was 15th) and to a lesser extent Gay and White, who if nothing else have elite-good size/length for their position . . . but we all know where it'll go.

I almost want to see them collapse so that these idiots who don't follow the team closely and just regurgitate lazy, false narratives, can see that it's always been primarily about the personnel.

[SpursDynasty85]

People are so stupid. The reason the defense didn't crater when Duncan retired, is because they replaced him with Gasol, whose essentially a poor man's version. They also still had excellent defensive personnel: Leonard, Aldridge, Green, Anderson, Simmons, Dedmon. Then when Leonard quit, they still had good personnel: Aldridge, Gasol (rim protection/defensive rebounding), Green, Anderson, Murray.

Now, they have laughable personnel. If they remain average to slightly above, the majority of the credit should go to elite rim protection (Gasol, Poeltl, Aldridge were 3 of top 10 in defensive fg% at the rim last season and Bertans was 15th) and to a lesser extent Gay and White, who if nothing else have elite-good size/length for their position . . . but we all know where it'll go.

I almost want to see them collapse so that these idiots who don't follow the team closely and just regurgitate lazy, false narratives, can see that it's always been primarily about the personnel.

So if they don't collapse it will be about the coaching and culture then? Lets see then.

[acoelho1]

Another piece that will sorely be missed is his toughness and leadership. Aldridge & DeRozan can’t fill that void and with Manu retired, I guess that leaves Mills. What a disappointing couple of years. I guess we’ve been spoiled for so long it was bound to catch up with us.

[Pavlov]

People are so stupid. The reason the defense didn't crater when Duncan retired, is because they replaced him with Gasol, whose essentially a poor man's version. They also still had excellent defensive personnel: Leonard, Aldridge, Green, Anderson, Simmons, Dedmon. Then when Leonard quit, they still had good personnel: Aldridge, Gasol (rim protection/defensive rebounding), Green, Anderson, Murray.

Now, they have laughable personnel. If they remain average to slightly above, the majority of the credit should go to elite rim protection (Gasol, Poeltl, Aldridge were 3 of top 10 in defensive fg% at the rim last season and Bertans was 15th) and to a lesser extent Gay and White, who if nothing else have elite-good size/length for their position . . . but we all know where it'll go.

I almost want to see them collapse so that these idiots who don't follow the team closely and just regurgitate lazy, false narratives, can see that it's always been primarily about the personnel.

"almost"

[TD 21]

So if they don't collapse it will be about the coaching and culture then? Lets see then.

I already answered this. Really, it was going to have to be about what I said anyway; they just lost a portion of it with Murray.

This is not a criticism of Pop. It's a criticism of the lazy, false narrative that's taken on a life of it's own the past half decade.

How many times have you heard or read something to the effect of "never bet against Pop" or "he could take 12 G-Leaguers and win"? Notice they didn't play this game with Jackson or Riley. They acted like they were supposed to apologize for coaching greatness.

[ElNono]

Don't get what's the big deal, tbh, we still have Patty to play heavy minutes...

[RD2191]

Don't get what's the big deal, tbh, we still have Patty to play heavy minutes...

[SpursDynasty85]

I already answered this. Really, it was going to have to be about what I said anyway; they just lost a portion of it with Murray.

This is not a criticism of Pop. It's a criticism of the lazy, false narrative that's taken on a life of it's own the past half decade.

How many times have you heard or read something to the effect of "never bet against Pop" or "he could take 12 G-Leaguers and win"? Notice they didn't play this game with Jackson or Riley. They acted like they were supposed to apologize for coaching greatness.

But you said if they implode it disproves the theory. If they dont implode what happens with yours? Quite convenient for your argument. Just sayin...

[dbestpro]

Don't get what's the big deal, tbh, we still have Patty to play heavy minutes...

I was really looking forward to Patty coming off the bench, where I think he is most effective.

[Pavlov]

I already answered this. Really, it was going to have to be about what I said anyway; they just lost a portion of it with Murray.

This is not a criticism of Pop. It's a criticism of the lazy, false narrative that's taken on a life of it's own the past half decade.

How many times have you heard or read something to the effect of "never bet against Pop" or "he could take 12 G-Leaguers and win"? Notice they didn't play this game with Jackson or Riley. They acted like they were supposed to apologize for coaching greatness.

you're also the best sports journalist who ever lived.

[TD 21]

But you said if they implode it disproves the theory. If they dont implode what happens with yours? Quite convenient for your argument. Just sayin...

You got it all wrong. What you said is theory . . . what I said is statistically proven.

Tell me, if it's supposedly Pop's genius and culture (which conveniently mostly vanished about 5 seconds after the greatest franchise player ever retired), what is he doing that's so special? If he waving his magical wand? Sprinkling pixie dust on top of their heads?

[Mugen]

Now that I think about it, I actually kinda miss TP.

We could really use his steady hand and leadership to lead this team to a top 5 lottery pick tbh.

[SpursDynasty85]

You got it all wrong. What you said is theory . . . what I said is statistically proven.

Tell me, if it's supposedly Pop's genius and culture (which conveniently mostly vanished about 5 seconds after the greatest franchise player ever retired), what is he doing that's so special? If he waving his magical wand? Sprinkling pixie dust on top of their heads?

So how much credit do you give Pops? Are you just arguing at the people who think it's purely Popovich? Just curious why you would like to see this team implode just to take some of the shine away from Pops. You sound like a Pop hater and a terrible Spurs fan right about now.

[TD 21]

So how much credit do you give Pops? Are you just arguing at the people who think it's purely Popovich? Just curious why you would like to see this team implode just to take some of the shine away from Pops. You sound like a Pop hater and a terrible Spurs fan right about now.

Far less than the brainwashed masses and from '15 on, none.

You sound like someone who lacks basic reading comprehension.

[SpursDynasty85]

Far less than the brainwashed masses and from '15 on, none.

You sound like someone who lacks basic reading comprehension.

Maybe I hopped on the conversation late but you are jumping off a cliff tbh. You really want to see this team explode just to prove the people who think Popovich is a genius master coach is wrong? Are you listening to yourself?

[SAGirl]

How can one not love Murray as a member of the team? Dude is everything you could ask for off the court.

Of course. It's so simple to be polite and grateful for the concern of others. No need for drama. Kawhi just obviously created about 75% of the drama with his apathy and his lack of communication. He probably didn't have anything nice to say and his sister and camp only fanned the flames.

Murray is a definite breath of fresh air. Hoping for a great next season for him.