Spurs' New Big Three: LMA, DWhite, Rudy

[Shakril]

Big 3? No, as of right now, there is one Allstar in LMA which can be counted as a "Big 3" player. Derozan would be next in line, if he would play better. But after that, there is none. Gay never will, and White is far from it right now.

[jbspurs]

Interesting... could explain the bad shooting lately.

I don't know how many miracles Chip can make.

We haven't seen his work yet on Dejounte Murray.

Lonnie Walker might have an improved stroke at 3.
White and Forbes were already high percentage shooters in college.

Chip corrected Kawhi's, PArker, Jefferson... Murray? Hard to tell when he's not playing..

[RC_Drunkford]

I've been saying that for a wile. He hit his emotional peek during that game and it has drained him. That game was game 6 of the NBA finals for him. The next Raptors game will be game 7

let's hope that is not the case, cause we all know how DeRozan does in Game 7s...

[ceperez]

let's hope that is not the case, cause we all know how DeRozan does in Game 7s...

Just got to trust in PATFO.

I've never liked the Aldridge signing, but in hindsight, its costing the Spurs only $25m/year and Aldridge is playing the best basketball he has ever played.

The there's Gay, he definitely is pretty banged up. Yet he's playing the most efficient basketball in his entire career.

We can all day about the Mills signing, but we all know by now why he was signed. There's value in having a player with a high emotional IQ.

This is DeRozan's first year, he played great in the first half of the season. He looks burnt out. But give him time to recover.

[BillMc]

I wonder what are chances of keeping Rudy are, and what the Spurs will need to pay him to stay.

[ceperez]

I wonder what are chances of keeping Rudy are, and what the Spurs will need to pay him to stay.

Very high. It is obvious that he lacks a lot of mobility. He's only valuable now within the Spurs offense.

Also, he's injury prone. So only teams like the Spurs that rest their veterans makes sense for him.

The new selling point of the Spurs is that if you are over 30, you can still revive your career with the Spurs.

[pad300]

I wonder what are chances of keeping Rudy are, and what the Spurs will need to pay him to stay.

I'd say they are pretty good. From everything that I have heard, he likes it here. I don't see another team breaking the bank for a over 30 player who's had injury issues, and is considered a "system player" because his only real success has been with the Spurs... I wouldn't be surprised if we could keep with only a small raise (Patty money).

[RC_Drunkford]

The new selling point of the Spurs is that if you are over 30, you can still revive your career with the Spurs.

that's been the Spurs selling point for the last 20 years tbh

[boutons_deux]

This is DeRozan's first year, he played great in the first half of the season

... great, even wonderful for the first 3 or 4 weeks, after which is collapsed into uselessness.


hurt from the waist down? or screwed up from shoulders up?

[SouthTexasRancher]

You're not alone. I have this feeling that his recent struggle is part of the transition correcting his shooting form. I saw Chip focused on DDR during their warmups in Sac, hours prior to game.

You could be right.

[SouthTexasRancher]

Agreed. Not giving up on DeMar. He didn't give up on the Spurs when we were getting blown out so I don't understand how Spurfans could toss him aside, tbh.

Once DeMar is totally acclimated into Pop's system I think we will all be pleasantly surprised, especially come playoff time. Offensive players as good as DeMar is are hard to come by.