I think it's way too early to say this. Dude was on the floor against the GOAT team and yall expect him to ball out? Ya he did look ty but I'm not going to judge him on a road game against the Dubs at full strength in his ing rookie year with only garbage time under his belt. Give the kid some time man. We all know he's super raw and won't be a real contributor for awhile but calling him a bust imo it's way too early for that
I'm not worried about the shot or his motion. That's what chip and the off season is for. But he has no idea how to cut, rotate or roll in the offense and he's the worst defender I've ever seen in life. Usually the offense takes time and I get that. But the effort on defense is the worst. I cant believe the Spurs picked this scrub. This is some Orlando level incompetence.
It's a bunch of impatient, never played any sport cornballs on this site
Im not for making excuses because it was the warriors like so many here. Every game Ive watched him in he is not fluid and doesnt have any positive basketball instincts. Watch his effort on defense and then observe him completely lost on offense. Ill concede that the offensive system is difficult and takes time. I agree on that. He just doesnt belong on the NBA team. He needs another two years in the dleague. Spurs should've draft and stash some euro prospect instead.
Honestly, you can place some blame on the current Austin team. They've been sucking big time this year.
He's only played one year of college, and has been benched most of his first pro year either due to injury, or because he is going back and forth from SA to Austin.
For all those people who want him to get "real NBA experience"...this is what happens when he stays with the big team who is still trying to win actual NBA games. He only sees the game from the sidelines and a handful of garbage minutes, and he's not good enough yet to keep out on the floor and still win games. The team is scrapping enough as it is without having a hobbled rookie running around for major minutes.
The injury history is obviously a concern, but let's not throw dirt on the guy after he performed badly in his first chance at playing extended NBA minutes against one of the most stacked teams in NBA history.
This is a problem you will have with many draft picks. Even Murray looked clueless out there.
Now a 25 year old like White is totally different.
That's why I think there's an opportunity to pick up 22-23 year olds lottery picks that have washed up. There's still time to get them to play the game better.
I mean, the Spurs got JSimms at 26? He played two years in G-league? He was serviceable.
I'm actually all for this. The trend is for teams to draft these super talented kids early in the draft but they've been playing against their friends in the nike leagues then play one year NCAA ball. When they get to the NBA most cant deal. If the spurs would've focused on another Derrick White type of player maybe they could've found another NBA level talent. But drafting a 1 and done Miami baller because his potential is high but injury risk is also high seems like an un-spurs type move.
I think there's an opportunity here that the league may be overlooking.
Just like in the past, the Spurs were hunting for foreign players. Now everyone is looking.
But guys like Stanley Johnson, who definitely have all the physical tools but can't shoot. They are still young enough to train.
I mean, look at Wade Baldwin IV, #17 draft pick, got traded by 4 teams this season and got waived. The guy is only 22 years old!
What about Caboclo, two years from being two years away. Well he played 4 years in the NBA. He's on a 10-day with Memphis. But he's 6'8" with a 7'7" wingspan and can shoot the 3. Surely the Spurs training can help him.
If he looks the same next season then its a problem. We have to see some progression. I'm not as optimistic about him as i am with Murray though because Murray at least was affecting the game defensively and not just individual defense but team defense as well.
Walker has to take the defensive approach like Murray did and then get better on the other end and i'm sure Pop and his stuff will go that route like they did with Kawhi but as i said before i'm not optimistic about his development and i hope i'm wrong.
I agree about impatient, and cornballs on the site.. but you don't need to have played a sport for years to know a thing or two about it..
How else could Murray play in his rookie season if he didn't play defense? He couldn't shoot!
Walker being more talented is his problem. He hasn't learned the skills because his talent has got him very far. Also, it's just one game against the best team in the NBA.
I like that approach. It could be another trend the Spurs initiate as they have so many times in the past.
He's a moon landing denier, so that's obvious...tbh
Yeah, he's shooting 19% from the field this year. Great shot all right.
Small sample size.Yeah, he's shooting 19% from the field this year. Great shot all right.
His 3p% in G-league is 38%. Now if Austin Spurs only take open shots (just like SAS), then these numbers should be similar.
Someones upset because he was on the Davis sucks crew over summer league games.
Comparing Lonnie to Ayres and Fathead
If not for the injuries Anderson might have been a decent bench player.
Jury is still out on Poetl, but he could definitely be a solid backup big as he continues to develop.
I think all these young altheles would struggle in their first few years. Their physical abilities had been getting them points in the lower levels but when they reach NBA suddenly they lost all the physical edges and thus they need to relearn a lot of stuff to be effective.
His hair is stupid. Maybe he should get serious about his life and shave that .
him and murray are made of glass, the glass bros, even white looks injury prone
Walker IV just has not shown a feel for the game unless he has the ball in his hands and then “chuck it up”
Steph Curry was injury prone too, until he wasn't. Too soon to judge on Walker. He needs some on court time and work with the training/development staff. Next year will be a different story for what is a college sop re.
As soon as he opened his mouth you could tell he was a goddamn idiot and was going to be a ing bust. Wasted pick, but at least commie pop got a woke player to join him in complaining about dumbass .
Orlando's incompetence is their development program. Fortunately, that isn't a problem here. In year one, Kawhi literally couldn't do anything except stand in the corner. It wasn't the Spurs holding him back. He had zero handles, worse than Danny Green's worst day. He had no idea how to move off the ball. He had no rocker step. He had nothing.
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