Trade Target: Robert Covington

[sasaint]

White and DDR.

i initially wrote Murray, but as White is the better shooter, I would go with him, with a bench unit of Murray, Mills, Walker, Gay, Poetl.



Agreed.

I am not entirely sold on either White or Dijon as the starting PG. I like things about both. White has the superior PG skills and he makes LMA better. Dijon shows flashes of alpha male leadership that I like, but he lacks the handles, passing, court vision and ability to run a half-court offense that White has shown. (I won’t go into their shooting and defensive merits.) I think I prefer to start White for a steady start to games and bring Dijon in for some juice. Being the 6th man didn’t inhibit Manu’s leadership. Hopefully Dijon could pull off the same trick. In fact, if White showed a little more moxy, I love the idea of bringing Dijon into the game as a defensive disrupter and an offensive energizer. I like pairing White and Dumbmar a little better than Dijon and Dumbmar.

[szkorhetz]

I am not entirely sold on either White or Dijon as the starting PG. I like things about both. White has the superior PG skills and he makes LMA better. Dijon shows flashes of alpha male leadership that I like, but he lacks the handles, passing, court vision and ability to run a half-court offense that White has shown. (I won’t go into their shooting and defensive merits.) I think I prefer to start White for a steady start to games and bring Dijon in for some juice. Being the 6th man didn’t inhibit Manu’s leadership. Hopefully Dijon could pull off the same trick. In fact, if White showed a little more moxy, I love the idea of bringing Dijon into the game as a defensive disrupter and an offensive energizer. I like pairing White and Dumbmar a little better than Dijon and Dumbmar.

I am not sold on any of them either. This season will clearly show if any of them is capable of leading a team.

That's why flipping DDR for Russel makes a ton of sense for both teams, but it's not gonna happen.

[sasaint]

I am not sold on any of them either. This season will clearly show if any of them is capable of leading a team.

That's why flipping DDR for Russel makes a ton of sense for both teams, but it's not gonna happen.

Dumbmar for who?

[szkorhetz]

Dumbmar for who?

D'angelo Russell

[sasaint]

D'angelo Russell

I don’t know that I am that high on Russell, and I would bet that our young guards would not react well to his acquisition. I can’t really see adding yet another young G to the team. I think that would just muddy the water. And I doubt that the Warriors would agree that acquiring Dumbmar makes perfect sense, either.

[RC_Drunkford]

Spurs should try everything to get Covington. Bertans, Belinelli or Forbes and a first rounder or 2 seconds is a good offer. A Forward rotation of Covington, Carroll and Gay is pretty good and our defense would be at least top 5

[XDT76]

I am not entirely sold on either White or Dijon as the starting PG. I like things about both. White has the superior PG skills and he makes LMA better. Dijon shows flashes of alpha male leadership that I like, but he lacks the handles, passing, court vision and ability to run a half-court offense that White has shown. (I won’t go into their shooting and defensive merits.) I think I prefer to start White for a steady start to games and bring Dijon in for some juice. Being the 6th man didn’t inhibit Manu’s leadership. Hopefully Dijon could pull off the same trick. In fact, if White showed a little more moxy, I love the idea of bringing Dijon into the game as a defensive disrupter and an offensive energizer. I like pairing White and Dumbmar a little better than Dijon and Dumbmar.

As White is a better play maker, he should come off the bench. With DDR in the SL he will take the ball away from White reducing his effectiveness. Murray is a better Slasher and plays off the ball about better.

[kobyz]

one of the most overrted players in the league...

[szkorhetz]

As White is a better play maker, he should come off the bench. With DDR in the SL he will take the ball away from White reducing his effectiveness. Murray is a better Slasher and plays off the ball about better.

I think you completely mixed them...

[sasaint]

As White is a better play maker, he should come off the bench. With DDR in the SL he will take the ball away from White reducing his effectiveness. Murray is a better Slasher and plays off the ball about better.

Yes, I agree that the concern is that Dumbmar might take the ball out of White’s hands too much. But I prefer go deal with that issue in the starting lineup than having two non-three point shooters in the starting lineup. Plus, I also prefer the 6th man to be an energizing force. That is Murray not White.

[DAF86]

Covington for Forbes, Belinelli and a draft pick. I think Wolves consider that pretty strongly, but I know PATFO is way too chicke to propose a trade like that.

[DAF86]

Covington for Forbes, Belinelli and a draft pick. I think Wolves consider that pretty strongly, but I know PATFO is way too chicke to propose a trade like that.

Murray, DeRozan, Bertans, Covington, Aldridge

White, Mills/Walker, Carroll, Gay, Poeltl

That's a pretty solid and well balanced rotation, tbh.

[DAF86]

Spurs should hunt this guy hard, imho.

[XDT76]

I think you completely mixed them...

Maybe, but I get the impression that White becomes more of a spot up shooter when playing with DDR, while Murray is still able to get his points via transition and offensive rebound.

[GreekSpursfan]

Coming of a significant injury, no thanks.

[XDT76]

Yes, I agree that the concern is that Dumbmar might take the ball out of White’s hands too much. But I prefer go deal with that issue in the starting lineup than having two non-three point shooters in the starting lineup. Plus, I also prefer the 6th man to be an energizing force. That is Murray not White.

I just felt that with Poeltl, Gay/Carroll, Belinelli/Bertrans, Mills and Murray on the floor the offense is going to stall and with the opponent attacking Mills, Belinelli/Bertans every trip down the floor, the second team is gonna lose alot of ground for the team.

[DAF86]

TRADE. FOR. THIS. GUY.

[sasaint]

Spurs should hunt this guy hard, imho.

Agreed, but not a chance. We re-signed Rudy, and signed DeMarre. That’s a hyper-active off-season. We are done.

[sasaint]

I just felt that with Poeltl, Gay/Carroll, Belinelli/Bertrans, Mills and Murray on the floor the offense is going to stall and with the opponent attacking Mills, Belinelli/Bertans every trip down the floor, the second team is gonna lose alot of ground for the team.

Like I said, I would expect Dijon to be the juice, wreaking havoc on defense and getting plenty of points in transition. Many nights the Spurs started out sluggish. Interjecting Murray would have an immediate energizing effect. I don’t think he can have that same impact in the starting lineup.

[slick'81]

Now this would be nice but can we really pry him away from minni

[TD 21]

I'd want to see how he recovers from his injury first. He missed a lot of time for something that was not an Achilles, ACL, etc.

If he's fine, Spurs seem like a good match. They have some appealing or at least decent enough short term, mid-sized contracts that would make sense for the Timberwolves and they can afford to give up a 1st. Some combination of a 1st, Bertans, Carroll, Belinelli, Forbes, Johnson, could all be in play.

[DAF86]

Get this guy.

[DAF86]

Do it PATFO.

[DAF86]

Do it.

[DesignatedT]

Spurs need to go after this.