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Fox / Harper / McLaughling
Castle / Champagnie / Waters
Vassell / Keldon / Jones-García
Barnes / Sochan / Bryant
Wemby / Kornet / Olynyk
Roster seems a little light on bigmen, tbh.
Champagnie seems like a three to me, and it seems like it should be his job to lose this season.
Fox / Harper / McLaughling
Castle / Champagnie / Waters
Vassell / Keldon / Jones-García
Barnes / Sochan / Bryant
Wemby / Kornet / Olynyk
Roster seems a little light on bigmen, tbh.
I think Champagnie has shown that he can be a quality rotation player. The Spurs should extend him this year. If they could sign him for 3 years for $20 to $25 million it would be a great value. Especially if they then decline his 4th year and spread the total out over 4 year on a level or declining basis they would have a quality bench player locked up for the next 5 years on team friendly basis.
The Spurs In-House Three Point Shooting Contest is getting better and better..........!
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Wemby
Barnes
Fox
Champagne
Vassell
Cornet
Olynyk
Jones-Garcia
Waters
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And the winner is ??????
Why? It's obvious that Spurs are building a 4+1 roster that won't feature two big lineups unless in some specific situations.
We have two competent backups for Wemby, more than enough.
Fox/Harper/McLaughlin
Castle/Vassell
Champ/Barnes/Johnson
Olynyk/Sochan/Bryant
Wemby/Kornet
Fox/Harper
Castle/Vassell
Bryant/Johnson/Champagnie
Barnes/Olynyk/Sochan
Wemby/Kornet
Starting linup: Fox, Castle, Bryant, Barnes, Wemby
then: Fox, Castle, Vassell, Olynyk, Wemby
then: Harper, Vassell, Johnson, Olynyk, Kornet
then: Harper, Champagnie, Barnes, Sochan, Kornet
then: Fox, Castle, Barnes, Sochan, Wemby
money time : Fox, Castle, Barnes, Olynyk, Wemby
alternative : Fox, Castle, Harper, Wemby, Kornet
I realize that, and I'm completely on board with playing "4+1", but you still need to plan for eventualities. One injury to one of your bigmen and suddenly you are playing a game praying one of your other bigmen doesn't get hurt too. I know you can sign guys in those cases, but it's not the same.
You have 17 roster spots, using only 3 of those in bigmen, even if you plan to play "4+1" all season, is risky.
Why isn't anyone considering starting Harper as the SG. If he comes into camp fit and healthy, you all don't think he'll be clearly the better player than Castle. Running nba offenses is the real issue for rookie pgs. But starting next to Fox, then slowly get more and more pg duties on Fox's breaks and injuries?
Yeah agree. A vet center would be nice. Not a vet PF.
I just realised that with one more player to make it 15, we will have replaced 8/15 players in a 1 year span
CP3 by Fox
Tre by Harper
Collins by Kornet
Mamu by Olynyk
Sidy by Bryant
Branham by Waters
Wesley by McLaughlin
Bassey by ??
We got obviously lucky at the lottery but there is no denying Wright has done an A job
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Agreed. Looking at it this way, you see that each subs ution (with the possible exception of McLaughlin over Wesley being closer to a wash, and the uncertain assumption that Olynyk stays healthy) being a meaningful upgrade.
For the 15th spot, assuming we go with a C, do we want a vet like Biyombo or a prospect? Or maybe Dallas waives Flagg by accident and we pick him up.
How about letting him come into camp and let him compete , see where he fits and let him earn whatever position he ends up with.
Kind of odd the Spurs signed so many third string/end of bench guards. Would have at least thought that the Spurs would sign another big. Especially because of how small the PFs are.
This is what the FO told us they would do. Take the time to see what worked with Wemby, then start making moves to surround him with the right players. They're not quite there yet, but these are all the plan.
Spurs are a cluster at the guard position. We went from zero all-star caliber guards to potentially 3. Tbh you have to start Castle over Harper. He’s the one the team has invested in. He’s the one who has shown he can ball out. He has shown the work ethic over the summer. And really he’s already decorated.
I have a funny feeling that both Harper and Castle will be our starters by all star break. I’m not sure that’s due to an injury from Fox or we trade Vassell or bench Vassell but at some point Harper is going to start. I see Harper as this dawg that’s going to Jimmy Butler our starters during practice. He’s going to embarrass Vassell in practice. He’s going to play balls to the wall in the 20 minutes a game he’s going to play to start out the season and he’s going to push Mitch to actually man up and make a real decision moving forward.
I also see Carter Bryant getting KJs minutes as the year progresses. He’s going to learn quickly how he can get on the court. He already knows that they need defense and shooting. If he stays the course and plays defense like a maniac in Austin and works on his shot the rest of the summer and training camp, he’s going to get some playing time by January.
Of all the things I hope to see from Mitch, you are hinting on the one I want to see most: letting the playing time be dictated by performance on the court and not playing favorites with seniority. I think we started to see a little bit of that last year with Sochan heading to the bench, even after Wemby was out (I believe Sochan only started something like 4 of the his last 31 games after he came back from injury on Jan 23 (which was exactly the midpoint of the season). On the flip side, we did see Julian get benched when Devin came back and was still struggling, disrupting the nice stretch Julian was on and the team was playing well.
Yep!
I see Vassell as the compe ion for Harper, not Castle as much. I imagine that the starting spot is Vassell's to lose and that he will by the ASG.
It remains to be seen what offensive schemes the coaches are going to employ. The truly great news is that our options have increased exponentially. We will be able to matchup with more teams and dictate the matchups in more cases than in recent years.
My hope is that there is a continuity of culture AND an evolution toward some more modern concepts. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we might actually defend 3-point shooters this season. That and our increase in talent could account for a good number of wins.
Yep!
I see Vassell as the compe ion for Harper, not Castle as much. I imagine that the starting spot is Vassell's to lose and that he will by the ASG.
It remains to be seen what offensive schemes the coaches are going to employ. The truly great news is that our options have increased exponentially. We will be able to matchup with more teams and dictate the matchups in more cases than in recent years.
My hope is that there is a continuity of culture AND an evolution toward some more modern concepts. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we might actually defend 3-point shooters this season. That and our increase in talent could account for a good number of wins.
Ngl, I want to see what a Wemby-Sochan-Castle-Harper-Fox lineup can do, flaws be damned.
Agree. What no one can deny is that we are way way better now than we were at the end of last season. Gone are a couple of knuckle heads, a couple of guys that were big in effort but not so much in talent and a HOF coach whose time had finally come to step aside. We're not a championship team yet, but the plan is set and some real good pieces are there. Just a a bit more time and the plan will be complete.
Im looking forward to the inevitable harper / castle / bryant / sochan / wemby lineup that will bring us a championship in 3-5 years!
Was trying to think of this five and bench
Interested to listen to your comments
SL
Wemby
Barnes
Olynyk
Fox
Castle
Bench
Kornet
Sochan
Keldon
Harper
Vassell
Any decent forward will eat the Barnes/olynik combination alive.
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