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. Through a straw, the bastid.
Even if Murray's 150lb ass turned into Michael Redd, and we got Marcus Morris, there's no way we're contenders again. The team's best players are known to shrivel up in the limelight.
Second round, baby. And this time, we mean it.
Joking aside, if Morris brought his A game - size, defense, and 3P shooting - he would have been a of an addition. You could measure it in games won over the course of a season. But if he could be counted on to do all that, he wouldn't be joining his 5th team at the beginning of his 9th season.
Exactly. The Celtics of those 2 years (not last year) were the perfect combination of young(ish) pups with heart, drive, just-enough talent, decent coaching with an innovative style, etc etc. They couldn't even replicate that lightning in a bottle, especially since the downfall/trading of IT, who was their heart. Also Smart and Horford's versatility really helped Morris do his thing, with everyone else rotating crisply and covering up any mistakes defensively.
In the end, he's still a knuclehead Morris brother, sadly. He is who he is, and on the Knicks, his true self will come out again. He's no Kawhi stopper.
tbh, DWhite is probably decent defensively for now at that spot against SFs, especially since we can put Murray in there against the Westbrook types and possibly Lonnie Walker, if the offense doesn't grind to a halt with the three of them in at once. It should relieve Pop of having to put DeMar on the other team's best scorer, and leave him and LMA to do their hero ball on offense (sadly our best chance to win).
Alas, Pop will probably do something stupid like put a lineup like this out there:
LMA
Rudy Gay/Carroll (on the Dante Cunningham/TOSB plan, too old/slow to keep up with the other team's best player, yet matched up on that guy, who will roast us for an average of 30+ppg)
DeMar (to heroball it up, and cough it up in crunch time)
Mills (because 50 Mills)
White (man crush)
the lineup really should be
LMA
DeMar/Rudy
White/DeMar (when White s the bed, per par)
Walker
Murray/Mills
Last edited by phxspurfan; 10-01-2019 at 02:01 PM.
Do you want me to get you a Kleenex before the season even starts?
not really what i would say was 'blasting' anything. he just didn't sugar coat it.
that's under the assumption that Murray hasn't improved at all. I believe he has made great strides and will improve even more as the Playoffs arrive. White should have a 3-point shot. Lonnie should be good for 10 Points off the bench. DeRozan should shoot 30+% from 3. Poeltl should show some new moves and improve his FT-shooting. Morris would've been the best forward on this team and a rotation of Morris/Gay/Carroll would've been great especially against the Clippers.
Good I'll be at the Spurs game in MSG in November to boo that judas on the Knicks.
He should of called it out when it first happened, to late now.
Walker the starting 2 guard?
Actually glad that he spoke plainly and didn’t deflect like he’s known to do when asked about something he doesn’t want to talk about. Thought there was more maneuvering in the background but it turns out Morris was just s .
At least he finally spoke up about the fact that it cost the team Bertans. That was the real disaster of him reneging. It pisses me off just thinking about it.
I hope the Spurs raised enough behind the scenes that the league will finally make some changes. It's a broken system. And I expect to see more of this if the league doesn't address it.
lyles will be better than bertans. don't give a about his regular season 3 pt %age when he was dog in the playoffs every year. he'll be out of the league soon enough
which spurstalk poster is the author of this article? they also call him "bertrans"
tell me all about trey lyles' postseason heroics
Ignore him. No thread is complete until he drops in and pisses on things. If you talk to him he'll just lift his leg again.
nice job replying to my post
hurr bertans *clank*
Hes got a missing ring finger from dunking cus he loves ball *broken ankles on the perimeter*
*clank clank clank*
Ficking re
As the integrity of dealings from NBA players and their agents continues to plummet, what is the end game? This trend of ty dealings seems to be gaining steam. In the past when D'Andre Jordan stiffed Cuban, it was seen as a slight, and frowned upon. Then you have that Kawhi pulled in San Antonio, then the AD to Lakers thing and other "stars" ing over their teams and even other teams during negotiations, now Morris does some stupid like that... When will that coward Silver step up and grow some balls? These players are going to royally over anyone who comes after them once a new CBA is in place, one that holds players accountable for NBA business as if they are part of the organization instead of competing interests.
After all, we are better off not having Morris and his antics. Bertans would have played limited minutes anyway, I believe.
Lets watch lyles n morris thru dec and see where each is at then maybe we can trade for him since NY should be tanking...n he'll have his precious contract
Last edited by ismael-robert; 10-03-2019 at 04:15 PM.
Spurs should've known better than to deal with a thug, tbh.
We may need a thug on defense to handle kawhi n george etc
I can't attest to that but I do think he has more of an NBA body than Bertans. Doesn't mean he'll pan out or be better but Bertans imo was a frustrating part of the rotation, he always flashed a ton of potential on defense and etc. but then at other times didn't look any more than just a guy who can shoot 3's.
I really don't think Marcus Morris is the difference between being a le contender and not. That's giving him way too much credit.
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