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The Forbes, White, DDR, Gay, LMA lineup I mentioned was for this season only
You will never hear a ball player saying i am playin to many minutes, Thats something a person from the outside says as a casual fan.. They have no choice but to play extra minutes due to injuries, once 2 of our players comes back off IR there minutes will go down.. I am sure this is part of the plan to a degree to get them acclimated into the "SYSTEM' as fast as possible and hit the ground running as we have a young team and will need to relay on the veterans a bit more than normally. I would say look for DMAR & LMA to average about 32-35 MPG for the season.. With the old guys out of the league now i believe Pop will change his thought process on how minutes are handled.. This team is not that great lets be fair, so they will rely heavily on there 2 stars to give the SPURS a chance most nights.
The Forbes, White, DDR, Gay, LMA lineup I mentioned was for this season only
Hopefully White comes back 100%, and we see a lot of that lineup. I think it would be a very good lineup - especially in the context of the current season.
Doubtful Pop makes Mills, Forbes. Belinelli, Bertans and Gasol the bench unit. That lineup has shooting for days but that is a horrific defensive unit.
White likely comes off the bench alongside Mills while Forbes continues to start
Walker will get heavy dose of G League but I do t see him playing until December with his injury history they will take it slow.
White should start when ever Deroz is not playing as he has good handles and a good passer. I don’t see him taking Forbes minutes more of Mills perhaps but think he should start PG with second unit.
Spurs got White/Walker coming back in the Winter.
We go undefeated
even if we have a complete roster demar should play atleast 35mpg because his only 29 and he is in his prime..heck, a 33 year old lebron had 37mpg last season..
I'd switch Cunningham and Gay cause I feel that'd be the most balanced. But we got to see if White can remain healthy first. Also if you give White the job now and he earns it, it'll be hard to take it away say if Lonnie plays better. I guess it depends on what PATFO's plans are for him. But yeah I think another spacer with the SL would be ideal.
To play devil's advocate tho, White would also help the bench with his playmaking abilities and somewhat good ball handling skills. If you put White in the SL in could interfere with Bryn's development. Bryn has been getting better and better and more confident with each game.
Mills/ White/ Belinelli/ Bertans/ Gasol
That unit desperately needs a playmaker or someone to run the pick and roll. He could develop slowly and comfortably here. Gay would muck things up and Cunningham doesn't add much other than defense and hustle. Also the first unit already is playing good together and have their spots. The bench is more movement based and free flowing. White would fit better there Imo.
White would be the only decent defender. Otherwise the unit is porous on D.
I don't think White would necessarily hurt Forbes in the SL. Both would primarily spot up and cut off ball. Forbes probably wouldn't have as many opportunities to handle the ball while having screens set for him but more spacing means more open looks in theory.
I think Pop would like to bring Gay off the bench to manage his minutes but him starting gives the Spurs am offensive threat at the 4 unlike Cunningham.
Cunningham would backup DeRozen in that scenario, meaning about 10-15 minutes, which is probably ideal for his skill set. He just doesn't do much of anything on offense, so much so, I think he hurts the other starters. Playing a hustle guy off the bench is more pallettable.
I think a bench of Mills, Belinelli, Cunningham, Bertans and Gasol is fine. Gasol has been very good as a centerpiece of that unit. 3 shooters around him with motion offense has worked well, even without a traditional playmaking guard.
White could help there in that capacity but his potential ability to defend guards well would obviously be useful in the starting lineup as well as his shooting
What happens is we don't have to use that pathetic defensive pairing of Forbes and Mills anymore. Instead it will be White and Mills and that should help the bench both offensively and defensively.
Is white good defensively?
Exact same thing if you have Cunningham in there except White can do a whole lot more. Bertans could lose minutes to Dante if he sucks.
So for the first part, that's exactly why I think White would hurt Forbes. The starting unit is fine right now. Which leads to the second part. Gay fits in better with the first unit cause he has a similar play style to LMA and DeMar as crazy as that sounds. The movement on the bench is one of it's strengths and probably the only reason it scores. You want to add a playmaker, not an iso player that doesn't cut well. Its like a hitch in the transmission. White would blend in much more because they lack a playmaker or the Manu role. There's some kind of weird balance on the first unit and it's because DD has been so elite at playmaking. Everybody is getting good looks. And then LMA gets his looks or if Rudy gets a mismatch they play off that. Also it helps that they get more minutes since they close together. It's not like the big 3 where they have so much time together. They need all the time they can get next to each other and a traditional style or lineups help in this situation.
Wait 2-3 weeks n find out
Cause nobody here has got a clue.blind leading blind
That's so reassuring. It proves that mental problems are real, so that continued research, even tho it's expensive, is still a good investment.
Forbes is so bad as the point guard, one is almost tempted to call the fire department, to hose him down before he spreads from his dumpster to the adjacent structure.
Keeping Forbes at the point, after an alternative has become available, might be interpreted as a symptom of dementia. So let's see, what will Pop do.....
Starting lineup will remain the same. The bench will be White, Mills, Belli, Bertans, Gasol. Walker will go to Austin.
We see less of Forbes, Mills, and Belli on the court at the same time. Nothing but upside there.
lonnie didnt look that good in summer league and i dont recall if he ever played in the preseason. not sure why people think he's going to be handed minutes. white has a much clearer path to minutes
Was All Pac 12 D his senior year. I think he'll be okay, but wouldn't be surprised if Bryn were the better defender this year. White was more of a guy who got steals and blocks than a shut-down guy.
White hasn't played a single game this regular season yet and he's already a better defender than Forbes...
"B-b-b-but he's always in the right spot"
Agreed. Even with Murray down, Walker is still going to be behind Mills/Forbes/White/Derozan/Beli in the rotation. And it looks like Derozan is a lock for big minutes except for blowouts and the occasional rest game.
That means Lonnie is either going to get scarce mop-up minutes in San Antonio, or still spend most of his time in Austin.
The level of condescension was so disgusting I'm almost didn't respond, but figured I'd be fair before I put you on the ignore list... he's averaging 13+ a game over several games, just had a 7 assist game cause he bothered to try to facilitate more, and he busts his tail on D. He's becoming a solid player. Probably the best shooter on the team and was expected to be a third stringer at the beginning of the year. He's kind of been somewhat of a revelation in this early part of the year. If your trolling good job but either way most trolls end up on my ignore list anyways...
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