Open Scrimmage Stats and Thoughts: Silver vs. Black - 10/3/18

[coachmac87]

Derrick White isn’t a point guard...

Once PATFO realize that and let him focus on to just score things will be better

[SAGirl]

Exactly. Barring major injuries, there is no way Walker would see more than 10MPG with as crowded as the guard rotation currently is...and Pop is not going to stick Mills, White, AND Forbes all in the doghouse in favor of an unproven rookie.

He'll get much more experience playing 30MPG up in Austin than he would doing mop up duty in garbage time with the big team.

You are right about Walker but one has to wonder what happens if White is a TO machine and Forbes looks like a deer in the headlights when the lights are on.

It doesn't matter if they are due for an opportunity ahead of the rookie if they suck. But it's preseason and this is a way too early overreaction of course. Just pointing out the obvious.

[Fusternino]

Pondexter done and Blossomgame in, then? Maybe Q-Pon can play himself into shape as the season progresses . . .

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Walker's crossover on DeRozan

Pretty

[spurs10]

Thanks timvp!

For anyone who missed it, you can still watch the entire open scrimmage here: https://www.facebook.com/Spurs/videos/301912030394814/

Good post! Glad they kept it up. I haven't found anyway to view the rest of the pre-season games. I made the first one which was fun to watch. Looks like 1200 AM radio with Bill Schoening is the only option.

[BWS-1994]

Good read, esp about Bertans, Poetl and Blossomgame. Cunningham would be a pleasant bonus

[phxspurfan]

you can see why the coaches continue to go with forbes ... he seems to be the guy who gives his all and kills it in training and scrimmages ... sadly he sucks in games that counts. reminds me of Georgie who looked like Kobe in scrimmages

Reminds me of "96/100 3s in practice" Bonner. Who also laid eggs in every playoff situation

[phxspurfan]

Their wingspans are identical at 6'10" and Mitc is two inches shorter at 6'3", his official combine measurements.

Donovan Mitc isn't an accurate comparison bc Mitc is a better range (3pt) shooter. The draft day comparisons to DWade were more accurate. Wade doesn't really have a 3ball but (was) deadly in the midrange and had the body to go into the paint as a guard. He also had crazy hops.

[Mugen]

Bryn Forbes showing out in preseason/scrimmage is probably the worst thing that can happen to the team this early in the season tbh

[TimDunkem]

Ah, scrimmages...The only type of game Charity Case shows up to.

[Fireball]

Reminds me of "96/100 3s in practice" Bonner. Who also laid eggs in every playoff situation

at least Bonner brought something in the regular season ... lets see if Bryn can take this step... I do not want to see him in the playoffs

[TimDunkem]

Oh and...

Bryn Forbes showing out in preseason/scrimmage is probably the worst thing that can happen to the team this early in the season tbh

Truth bomb.

[Ocotillo]

I still think Forbes and Mills are redundant and create depth that hinders development of White and Walker. Wish there was a way to unload one of them.

[Fireball]

having watched it it still bugs me that the NBA superstars are not able to duplicate that certain amount of defensive intensity in an All-Star game

[Mugen]

Forbes' ceiling is a homeless man's Roger Mason Jr....yet some people are pulling for him to get heavy minutes this year...

Luckily for them, Pop probably has a framed picture of Mase's Christmas Day buzzer beater on his wall so I'm sure Bryn will be closing out games while Lonnie and DWhite are huffin' farts next to Becky tbh

[r0drig0lac]

Bryn Forbes showing out in preseason/scrimmage is probably the worst thing that can happen to the team this early in the season tbh

[Keepin' it real]

Walker is still really raw but he obviously has promising potential. It’s unlikely that he’ll be much of a contributor his rookie year but let’s hope Pop at least gives him a shot to earn minutes.

I think even someone as stubborn as Pop realizes no more Timmy, no more Tony, no more Manu, and no more Leanord. The days of sending first-rounders to Austin are over. Walker will play, plenty.

[exstatic]

Donovan Mitc isn't an accurate comparison bc Mitc is a better range (3pt) shooter. The draft day comparisons to DWade were more accurate. Wade doesn't really have a 3ball but (was) deadly in the midrange and had the body to go into the paint as a guard. He also had crazy hops.

Oh, LW will hit 3s. He shot 35% on a ton of attempts, many of them bad shots, like contested pullups. Just cleaning up his shot selection should get him up to probably 38%.

[Mr. Body]

Pop will be in heaven developing these young players and fitting the vets in.

[exstatic]

I think even someone as stubborn as Pop realizes no more Timmy, no more Tony, no more Manu, and no more Leanord. The days of sending first-rounders to Austin are over. Walker will play, plenty.

The first rounders that were sent there were late 20s picks. Any pick in that range could still be sent in the future.

Kawhi never went there for development, and he was #15 overall. LW IV was #18 overall.

[Pavlov]

Will have to see Walker in preseason games before penciling him in anywhere. His decision making was atrocious in SL but seemed to be improving a bit before he got injured

[BackHome]

He will spend a lot of time early in G League but midway he will start being called up for longer times. He will see probably get triple amount of playing time that White got playing with Spurs team

[tmtcsc]

Since when has Derrick White ever been a PG? I don't get it. He's not a play-maker on offense and doesn't have the handles to do the job. Spurs have enough issues with Murray and Mills trying to run point, they don't need another experiment.

[tonight...you]

Since when has Derrick White ever been a PG? I don't get it. He's not a play-maker on offense and doesn't have the handles to do the job. Spurs have enough issues with Murray and Mills trying to run point, they don't need another experiment.

Sure seems like Pop is willing to go taller PG with defensive skill over offensive play-making abilities right now, eh?
This year, he can probably get away with it with Derozan taking the PG role in the half court set, but it does seem like he's changing his focus on the PG's role.

[Pavlov]

Since when has Derrick White ever been a PG? I don't get it. He's not a play-maker on offense and doesn't have the handles to do the job. Spurs have enough issues with Murray and Mills trying to run point, they don't need another experiment.

It's preseason -- definitely time to experiment. It was always by committee in Austin, which makes me wonder why he didn't get more reps at the point up here. Bigger point guards have always been Pop's white whale, so to speak; you'd think there would have been more emphasis on it for Derrick. Maybe there's been a recent change of plan.