Current depth chart?

[Hyperhypo]

Luka ain't playing in the NBA this year

[palangi]

Not sure why everyone thinks Gay comes off the bench. He is the only true wing player that knows the system, defend and shoot the 3 for spacing. All the 3pt shooters are bench players. Spurs need spacing and some hustling in the lineup.
I would go....
PG-Murray
SG-Derozan
SF-Gay
PF-Morris
C-Aldridge

White and Forbes/Mills , manage Guard spots, with Walker, Carroll and Poertl up front. Spot duty for Mills and Belinelli when needed to space the floor.
No playing time for Samanic at all, same for Metu, with spot duty for Keldon Johnson, I like his at ude and hustle. Spura lacked heart and hustle at time. I think they got it back with Morris, Carroll and Johnson, vocal guys who have some fire in them.

I like Gay scouting punch coming off the bench

[palangi]

Luka ain't playing in the NBA this year

I don't think anyone is expecting him to play. I think everyone has him penciled in Austin

[Dhbsr555]

Why wouldn’t You start white and Murray that’s stupid there all defensive players .. they are lock down defenders . You play Forbes ... yes he’s a shooter but is a horrible defender .. derozen isn’t that great.. so you do that we are back to last year. We start white with Murray and Morris that is a legit defensive

[TheDoctor]

Starters:
1-DM
2-DDR
3-RG
4-MM
5-LMA

Subs:
1-50Mills
2-White/Forbes
3-DeMarre
4-Metu
5-Poodle

[DesignatedT]

Morris is 100% starting

[DesignatedT]

My guess for what pop starts with:


Murray / White / Mills
DeRozan / Forbes / Walker
Gay / Belinelli / Johnson
Morris / Carroll / Samanic
Aldridge / Poeltl / Eubanks

[Pavlov]

Wary about starting Rudy since I'm penciling in ~20 missed games for him.

[Dhbsr555]

Someone finally has it right .. I truly belive walker gets 20+ minutes off the bench .

[BackHome]

I see Walker as being used in the Manu roll I think he can be a huge offensive spark off the bench with the second unit.

[Dhbsr555]

I see Walker as being used in the Manu roll I think he can be a huge offensive spark off the bench with the second unit.

I agree I don’t understand why so many people don’t think he won’t get minutes.

[Chinook]

It makes me sick to my stomach to see folks having DeRozan play SG.

[Mugen]

Murray/Fatty/Quindarry
White/Forbes/Walker
Derozan/Carroll/Keldon
Morris/Gay/Luka
LMA/Poetl/Eubanks

I'm expecting the following tbh:
-Spurs dump Beli by the start of the season
-Rookies to be in Austin most of the year. I could see KJ getting some time if the Spurs suffer some injuries at the wing spots.
-I wouldn't be surprised if Pop started Bryn instead of White but I really hope Lonnie gets regular burn this year.
-I don't think Dejounte will play b2bs this year and I could see him playing with a minute restriction at least through EoY
-They probably bring in another cheap vet before the offseason is done

[Dhbsr555]

Murray/Fatty/Quindarry
White/Forbes/Walker
Derozan/Carroll/Keldon
Morris/Gay/Luka
LMA/Poetl/Eubanks

I'm expecting the following tbh:
-Spurs dump Beli by the start of the season
-Rookies to be in Austin most of the year. I could see KJ getting some time if the Spurs suffer some injuries at the wing spots.
-I wouldn't be surprised if Pop started Bryn instead of White but I really hope Lonnie gets regular burn this year.
-I don't think Dejounte will play b2bs this year and I could see him playing with a minute restriction at least through EoY
-They probably bring in another cheap vet before the offseason is done

Lonnie will get minutes man guarantee it.

[Dhbsr555]

And I believe it will be Forbes walker carrol Gay and poodle

[spurraider21]

i would be flabbergasted if white isn't starting. makes no sense. he was a top 3 player for us, and our second best for certain portions of the season when derozan was really struggling. while i love murray, to date he has never been as good as white was last year. i have no reason to believe that murray will start ahead of white. i still think they can start together... but its possible pop wants to stagger them. even in that scenario, it wouldn't make a lot of sense to have murray and derozan on the floor together to start games, for spacing purposes.

if we go with

white/forbes/derozan/morris/lma

then murray would form a nice second unit in a lineup with wombat/walker/marco, carroll, gay, poeltl. there's enough spacing there to make that lineup work.

[Dhbsr555]

i would be flabbergasted if white isn't starting. makes no sense. he was a top 3 player for us, and our second best for certain portions of the season when derozan was really struggling. while i love murray, to date he has never been as good as white was last year. i have no reason to believe that murray will start ahead of white. i still think they can start together... but its possible pop wants to stagger them. even in that scenario, it wouldn't make a lot of sense to have murray and derozan on the floor together to start games, for spacing purposes.

if we go with

white/forbes/derozan/morris/lma

then murray would form a nice second unit in a lineup with wombat/walker, carroll, gay, poeltl. there's enough spacing there to make that lineup work.

Your right white will start but so will Murray

[Dhbsr555]

Everyone trying to come up with these lineups saying otherwise can stop because those two barring any injuries will start

[spurraider21]

Your right white will start but so will Murray

like i said, i do think they can start together. i just said that IF the intention is to stagger them, it makes more sense to start white on multiple levels (he's the better player, and he's the better fit in that lineup)

[Dhbsr555]

like i said, i do think they can start together. i just said that IF the intention is to stagger them, it makes more sense to start white on multiple levels (he's the better player, and he's the better fit in that lineup)

Well we don’t know Murray potential yet so I agree from what we saw last year he’s better more polished on offensive. But let’s give Murray the chance to prove himself. The Spurs are high on him.

[spurraider21]

Well we don’t know Murray potential yet so I agree from what we saw last year he’s better more polished on offensive. But let’s give Murray the chance to prove himself. The Spurs are high on him.

where did i say dont give him a chance? did i say he should be cut/traded or get no minutes?

we dont know white's potential yet either. right now white is the better player of the two, objectively speaking, and his fit with the rest of the projected starting unit is better. or start them together

[ZeusWillJudge]

Minutes are shaping up to be a challenge. The Spurs have a lot of guys who


We know LMA and DDR are starting, and playing around 2,500 minutes. Forbes played third most minutes on the team, and his shooting is going to keep him on the floor a lot. Morris is a starter when healthy - at least he has been for the past several years. Same with Carroll, except for last year in BRK. And up until a few days ago, everyone expected to be seeing Gay start a lot. Poeltl only played about 1,300 minutes last season, but in the second half he was probably on a 2,000 minute pace give or take, and Pop liked having him in to start. That all makes for some pretty awkward odd man out moments, and Pop will have his hands full.

But Pop loves continuity. Barring any injury issue, or anyone really stinking up the preseason, I think Pop starts the season with the exact same lineup he ended on last season.

White
Forbes
DeRozan
Aldridge
Poeltl

That lineup pushed the 2 seed Nuggets right to the edge of elimination. Those guys have the most experience together, and the most familiarity with each other. If Pop deviates from that, I think it will be to move Aldridge to C, and insert either Gay or Morris - most likely Gay for the same reason of continuity. I know people will scream, but I think Pop looks at that lineup and expects them to be ready to play at the same level to start the season - then he can tweak an upgrade from there.

[Duncan87]

Think Morris wanted team to make him starter on his free agent decision

[Dhbsr555]

Minutes are shaping up to be a challenge. The Spurs have a lot of guys who


We know LMA and DDR are starting, and playing around 2,500 minutes. Forbes played third most minutes on the team, and his shooting is going to keep him on the floor a lot. Morris is a starter when healthy - at least he has been for the past several years. Same with Carroll, except for last year in BRK. And up until a few days ago, everyone expected to be seeing Gay start a lot. Poeltl only played about 1,300 minutes last season, but in the second half he was probably on a 2,000 minute pace give or take, and Pop liked having him in to start. That all makes for some pretty awkward odd man out moments, and Pop will have his hands full.

But Pop loves continuity. Barring any injury issue, or anyone really stinking up the preseason, I think Pop starts the season with the exact same lineup he ended on last season.

White
Forbes
DeRozan
Aldridge
Poeltl

That lineup pushed the 2 seed Nuggets right to the edge of elimination. Those guys have the most experience together, and the most familiarity with each other. If Pop deviates from that, I think it will be to move Aldridge to C, and insert either Gay or Morris - most likely Gay for the same reason of continuity. I know people will scream, but I think Pop looks at that lineup and expects them to be ready to play at the same level to start the season - then he can tweak an upgrade from there.

Heres the problem with that you have 3 forwards that have 50 million latched to them gay , Morris , and Carroll.. unless an injury happens poodle can’t start .. even if you put Carroll at back up sf .. who’s gonna play backup center.. ebanks um no thank you .. so your gonna pay Morris 20 million and Gay 30 million to be an odd man out.. let’s say you put one at back up sf.. then your putting 16 million on the table wasted you can’t play them all unless one starts.

[Dhbsr555]

Anther thing is Murray will start there’s no ands or buts about it.. to The Spurs he’s the future. Remember they benched porker for him