Name your starting 5 for the 2019/2020 season

[YoungbuckMurray]

Starters
Murray
forbes
DD
morris
LMA

beautiful game unit

white
walker
carroll
gay
poetl

situational
belli
mills
KJ (when he’s with the team)

[SpurPadre]

We know Pop likes familiarity and Forbes did just fine in that role last season. If Murray's 3 point shot is actually legit, then it makes starting Forbes not as essential. The starting lineup needs at least 1 3 point shooter.

I will disagree that Forbes did fine as a starter. He's out of his element as a starter but the team was in a desperate situation. He was a net negative for most of the season but admittedly had a solid showing in the playoffs that did enough to merit him staying with the team...off the bench. The starting lineup needs a dependable 3 point shooter but not to the detriment of the other facets to the game. Simply put, he's undersized, a horrid defender, terrible passer, is a chucker and he belongs in the bench.

[SpurPadre]

I still wouldn't be surprised if Poetl starts since LMA doesn't like to play at the 5.

[Mr. Body]

I don't see how you don't start White.

Murray
White
DeRozan
Morris
LMA

The bench is super-intriguing. A lot of good players, very deep, and can be a handful against anybody. Morris instantly fixes the starting unit, no more Poetl or Bertans experiments. White is the PG, Murray is essentially the SG.

[timtonymanu]

I will disagree that Forbes did fine as a starter. He's out of his element as a starter but the team was in a desperate situation. He was a net negative for most of the season but admittedly had a solid showing in the playoffs that did enough to merit him staying with the team...off the bench. The starting lineup needs a dependable 3 point shooter but not to the detriment of the other facets to the game. Simply put, he's undersized, a horrid defender, terrible passer, is a chucker and he belongs in the bench.

The team still made the playoffs and they almost got 50 wins with him starting. Yeah, sure it was a team effort but it's not like he was Roger Mason Jr bad out there. I would be fine with him coming off the bench, but we know Pop loves his wombat and wants to make sure he gets his playing time or it "won't be fair to the team." The only way I can see that happening is if Forbes starts. I'm convinced Murray is gonna start and White is gonna be the facilitator off the bench.

[timtonymanu]

I don't see how you don't start White.

Murray
White
DeRozan
Morris
LMA

The bench is super-intriguing. A lot of good players, very deep, and can be a handful against anybody. Morris instantly fixes the starting unit, no more Poetl or Bertans experiments. White is the PG, Murray is essentially the SG.

Anything is possible with this roster. It's nice to have viable options other than relying on Dante/QP/washed up Pau. Really excited for this year's team.

[Dennis the Menace]

Murray, White, Morris, Aldridge, Poetl

Is there a better 5 man defensive lineup in the NBA? This gonna be good

[NASpurs]

White is 100% a starter but keeping Forbes away from the group of Mills and Beli is a must. You know Pop can't help himself playing Beli and Mills together. I would rather see Lonnie with Beli and Mills than Forbes. Honestly the guard situation is plentiful but logjammed.

[timtonymanu]

White is 100% a starter but keeping Forbes away from the group of Mills and Beli is a must. You know Pop can't help himself playing Beli and Mills together. I would rather see Lonnie with Beli and Mills than Forbes. Honestly the guard situation is plentiful but logjammed.

Basically where I'm at too. You know Pop still overrates the out of Wombat and loves Beli cause he hit one shot against Miami in 2014. In an ideal world, the rotation would be

Murray/White/DeRozan/Morris/Aldridge
Forbes/Walker/Carroll/Gay/Poeltl

And then Patty as the towel waver, Beli in the Cunningham role. But we know it's not gonna happen

[SpurPadre]

I don't see how you don't start White.

Murray
White
DeRozan
Morris
LMA

The bench is super-intriguing. A lot of good players, very deep, and can be a handful against anybody. Morris instantly fixes the starting unit, no more Poetl or Bertans experiments. White is the PG, Murray is essentially the SG.

I just don't know that Pop wants to play several players out of position. One of Murray or White will come off the bench depending on how things look in preseason.

[Mr. Body]

I just don't know that Pop wants to play several players out of position. One of Murray or White will come off the bench depending on how things look in preseason.

The only player out of position is DeRozan and he can play a third guard / swingman position just fine.

[Play Boban]

Poeltl has to start. Everyone who doesn’t have him at the 5 is low IQ tbh.

[Dverde]

PATFO probably told Morris they envision him starting. Unlike salesman Doc Rivers, PATFO don’t guarantee spots. Pop will atleast see if it works at the start of the season. They’ll start Murray on the bench to limit his minutes initially.

Starters for game 1
White, Forbes, Derozan, Morris, LMA

[Play Boban]

White
DeRozan
Morris
LMA
Poeltl

[slick'81]

White is 100% a starter but keeping Forbes away from the group of Mills and Beli is a must. You know Pop can't help himself playing Beli and Mills together. I would rather see Lonnie with Beli and Mills than Forbes. Honestly the guard situation is plentiful but logjammed.

Can we get enough shooting outta murray,white and derozan as starters? Dont mind white as 6th man tbh but thats assuming murray is healthy enuff to start the season

[timtonymanu]

Poeltl has to start. Everyone who doesn’t have him at the 5 is low IQ tbh.

Even if the Spurs ran a small ball lineup with Aldridge?

[SpurPadre]

The only player out of position is DeRozan and he can play a third guard / swingman position just fine.

LMA has said multiple times that he prefers to play at the 4. White is a PG, Murray is a PG, and as you admit, DeRozan is a SG who has said that's his comfortable ppsition to play. It's not a huge problem but I could see why Pop would want to play them at their natural positions.

[timtonymanu]

This has potential to be like the 2014 team where Splitter/Diaw took turns starting depending on the matchups.

[Dejounte]

Poeltl has to start. Everyone who doesn’t have him at the 5 is low IQ tbh.

Exactly. You dont end the season last year with starting Poetl and moving away from it next season. There was a reason he was the undisputed starter.

[SpurPadre]

This has potential to be like the 2014 team where Splitter/Diaw took turns starting depending on the matchups.

I can see that too.

[Play Boban]

Even if the Spurs ran a small ball lineup with Aldridge?

Small ball = loser ball tbh. The Spurs won’t win with LMA at C.

[Pavlov]

I was talking about the age gap being irrelevant to the discussion I was having with the other poster that said that "no one was really sold on White" before last season. A lot of folks were Indeed sold on him and that's why they knew he would do good with the main team. 24 or 19 doesn't matter, either you are ready to produce right now or you aren't. You can bring the age argument for discussions about the future, tbh.

Of course age matters when you're comparing young players.

You continued the comparison. Sorry I didn't know someone else brought it up.

Look, you really, really want to be recognized for pimping the right players and you want to hipster liking White.

That's fine. You're going to be doing it forever. We get it.

You'll be sniffing Bertans' box scores for the rest of your life too and posting the good performances.

[ZeusWillJudge]

I think a better question might be how many starting 5's we see before December, looking for the right mix. Pop will probably screw over me again, and bring out one starting unit for the whole season.

I would love to watch the reaction here if Pop jumped out on opening night with Mills as the starting PG. LJ and Kori would have to bring in people from the Suicide Hotline to patrol all the new threads.

[DAF86]

Of course age matters when you're comparing young players.

You continued the comparison. Sorry I didn't know someone else brought it up.

Look, you really, really want to be recognized for pimping the right players and you want to hipster liking White.

That's fine. You're going to be doing it forever. We get it.

You'll be sniffing Bertans' box scores for the rest of your life too and posting the good performances.

Problem is I wasn't discussing why White had a better performance than Walker in summer and G league (for which the age gap could be an explanation). I just argued that statement that said "no one was really sold on White" when a lot of us actually were. You just got into it with an irrelevant topic because that's what you like to do.

[Pavlov]

Problem is I wasn't discussing why White had a better performance than Walker in summer and G league (for which the age gap could be an explanation). I just argued that statement that said "no one was really sold on White" when a lot of us actually were. You just got into it with an irrelevant topic because that's what you like to do.

Oh, so you were talking about irrelevant things and didn't like it when other people did too?

I'm trying to understand why you're so indignant. It's just a message board.