top 12 prospect
out of range for spurs
Too risky give up both picks via Trade up
I just think defensively it's a killer when your shooting guards are Forbes/Mills/Belinelli. Maybe next year White or Murray is moved to shooting guard and that helps out the starting defense a ton but then that leaves Mills/Forbes/Belinelli coming off the bench which is a horrible and not at all athletic 1/2/3 defensive punch and it basically leaves no chance for Walker to move into the rotation next year.
Walker will be in the rotation next year. They had plans to play him THIS year, but that injury during training camp put the kibosh on that. If you're a rookie, you MUST have a full training camp. His injury came at the worst possible time.
You also act like Pop regularly does hockey line changes. There's no need for both DJ and White to go to the bench at the same time. You send one out, and then stagger them in and out so that you always have one quality defending guard on the floor.
He is not in a lot of mocks top 12. A lot will depends on workouts but i think he could be there when the Spurs picks.
I wish but I think the Spurs draft range will be 19 to 21 which probably best player available would be a Center Goga or Fernando.
I agree but i really think except maybe the top 4 ( williamson barret morant reddish) a lot can happen on this draft. Offcourse some guys seems out of reach with a 18-21 pick but there could be a lot of surprises.
This is not the old days where we have 3 hall of famers on the team and could afford to let our young talent develop slowly. I fully expect Walker to be in the rotation unless he’s a total disaster. Murray will be starting and it’s probaby Forbes that’s the odd man out.
The spurs aren't going to get a strong player out of this draft. They will be picking too low.
Ok I didn't clarify this but my point is where does Walker fit into that rotation? Seems like Forbes or Mills or Belinelli would be the odd man out, but we know Mills and Belinelli won't.
Yeah we are not getting a KY but I am looking at getting pieces and upgrading our bench. So if Spurs think they can teach Thybulle to shoot the 3 then I would not be upset if we used our first on him. Also would be happy to get Goga or Fernando if we not bringing over Nikola that gives us two strong defense players with possible offensive potential
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I think the Spurs brought Beli back, in part because they did not think that Walker would be ready in the next 2 years to be a rotation player. After next season I expect him to be in the rotation.
he is solid #12-14 pick in mostly mocks
only hope in march madness „madness”
4-5 dark horses are needed from NCAA Tournament
NCAA hype can help but Pistons Nets and Jazz can be interested in Him too.
Imo Pistons will grab him
The more I think about it, the more I think that white is better suited playing on the bench, as the 6th man. DDR can be the primary ball handler and Murray can be the secondary ball handler in the SL.
Forbes is better suited playing alongside them because he is a higher volume shooter and better than White shooting the 3, making him more ideal playing off the ball.
Byrn can start and play the first seven minutes of each half; White can then play the final five minutes of the first and third quarter and the first four minutes of the second and fourth quarter, then come back in and close each half after a few minutes on the bench.
In that scenario, White would have about 12 minutes per game to be the primary ball handler in units with likely Mills, Beli, Bertans, and Poeltl.
even if they draft 12 or something like that, you're not sure about a strong player. The goal for the Spurs is to grab players who can bring some depth, youth, athletism, defense..... to the team.
If the spurs grab another pg/sg or sg/sf what will be the scenario for you , will forbes stay and play or Mills ? and you can have walker playing a little bit also.
Right now Doumbouya is getting a lot of attention. I think he'll go higher than he should. Maybe he just reminds me too much of Livio Jean-Charles in the Nike Hoops Summit, but I'm not high on him.
he was struggling a little bit in french league but if he plays like his last game ( highlights here https://twitter.com/mike_schmitz/sta...175489026?s=12 ) that will give him more value for sure. he's a really interesting prospect but you can't know if he will be good or not, a lot will depend on his developement because he has all the tools.
Livio story is different, he came a little bit from nowhere and the knee injury killed him. Doumbouya is stronger, taller , with more experience and more skilled than livio imo.
I don't think the rotation expands beyond adding Murray back into the mix next season. Walker will probably be on deck for some minutes but will be playing behind several players.
I don't think anyone who they draft will be in line for minutes, next season, instead mostly playing in the G league and developing there.
Are you sure? I thought the two were almost identical in size and body type.
I know it's not fair because of LJC's injury, but I never thought he was going to be a factor in the NBA. And I thought he should have dominated before the injury, if he was going to live up to his hype. He didn't.
I was saying that the similarity of body build and style may color my thinking. I have to look, but I swear I thought the two are almost identical.
they have similar height at 6-9 but Livio is thinner. I think doumbouya could continue to grow a little.
Yes you can be right.
It depends on who they draft I think if they draft Goga or Thybulle they would see playing time right away.
Maybe Doumbouya has bulked up. I saw them both play, and to me they looked like body doubles. And I think both were listed at about 217 lbs. I admit though, I thought LJC looked thinner than he had been when he was here that summer.
He has potential to be really good or really bad but he is a development for sure
i saw 217 lbs for Livio and 230 for doumbouya. Look a this picture ( with gobert) just before the draft. He looks thin.Maybe Doumbouya has bulked up. I saw them both play, and to me they looked like body doubles. And I think both were listed at about 217 lbs. I admit though, I thought LJC looked thinner than he had been when he was here that summer.
https://www.lnb.fr/fr/article/livio-...tion-6787.html
I think there maybe many sleepers as I look over nbadraftnets mock
according to it thybule will be available near our second round pick and he would be a good defensive pickup that late
he already has chemistry with Murray(former teammates) as does the next prospect I'm talking about
which his kevin porter who's stock has fell from a top 5 pick to the 27th
we can possibly pick him up too
also the mock I was looking at had us getting bolbol too who would be a nice young center
end of the day we have three picks I hope we don't screw this up
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