Rank your favorite Spurs from the young core (26 years old and under)

[Dejounte]

I feel like Murray is the most likely to be moved. The rest fit, even if from the bench, but Murray doesn't have a great well-rounded skill set like the others are developing. Derrick White is the straw that stirs the drink -- the reason we struggled last year is because he was having a down year. If he struggles again, the team will struggle, although having another legit PG option in Jones will help. Murray is just a jagged fit into a puzzle that is coming together.

I thought most of his struggles last year was due to him playing through a foot injury?

[XDT76]

Murray really hasn’t done anything since that rookie year, with the All D selection. His vision isn’t great, and he’s pretty terrible at finishing at the rim.

I felt that he underperformed because the expectation for him is too high. If he is told to be a 3 & D primarily, he will be rated much higher. He has to improve too many things to be a PG, moving him to SG this year might be better for his development.

[Drom John]

1. Derrick White
2. Jakob Pöltl
3. Dejounte Murray
4. Keldon Johnson
5. Trey Lyles
6. Luka Samanic
7. Devin Vassell
8. Lonnie Walker
9. Quinndary Weatherspoon
10. Tre Jones

[spurspl]

keldon



white










the rest (not including vassell and tre bc its too early)

[John B]

1. Derrick - He's my new Manu. 5 charges??
2. Keldon - The workhorse
3. Vassell - He will be Spurs' defensive leader
4. Lonnie - His athleticism is off the roof, but needs to work on finishing
5. Poeltl - He has tools to be top 5 center, but he needs to be more aggressive on asking for the ball. For now he needs to control the rebound and protect the rim
6. Lyle - Very skillful and he has shown much improvement. He is Boris 2.0 with his bbq IQ and skills. But he needs to want it more
7. Murray - He has potential to be a star, but that's all that he's shown so far. He needs to bulk up and finish better. Let your game speak for itself.
8. Quindarry - I liked the aggressiveness that he showed in the bubble. Without Forbes and Beli, and hopefully less Mills, he could be seeing more minutes. He needs to show he is ready
9. Tre - He hasn't shown any, but if what the scouts and his ex-coach are saying about his hard work, we have a very good backup for a long time. Cory Joseph 2.0
10. Luka - So far a disappointment for me. He is so skilled and could be our modern NBA 4. And while Keldon and the other guys are showing pictures of working in the gym, Luka's been checking out boats?? I would put Eubank here instead and even higher with his aggressive plays

[baseline bum]

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[poopbox]

Murray really hasn’t done anything since that rookie year, with the All D selection. His vision isn’t great, and he’s pretty terrible at finishing at the rim.

Because he is playing with two very flawed players on the perimeter. On top of being terrible defenders Forbes never EVER does anything but shoot a 3 and Derozan hardly EVER catches and shoots, he wants to dribble his way into his own shot. So Dejounte is left scrambling to cover for 2 bottom tier defenders AND he is never going to get an assist unless Forbes makes a wide open 3 AND neither forbes or derozan are going to set him up to score in any way.

Once Derozan and Forbes leave I expect his production to go up significantly. Once they leave I also expect him to become a perennial all nba defender.

[poopbox]

I felt that he underperformed because the expectation for him is too high. If he is told to be a 3 & D primarily, he will be rated much higher. He has to improve too many things to be a PG, moving him to SG this year might be better for his development.

I agree with this. I suspect that when the season starts White will be the primary ball handler. Dejounte is bust used as a spot up shooter or cutting to the rim off ball. I am still very high on him but yeah him as a traditional point guard has been a failed experiment and needs to end, especially when you have someone like Derrick White who is exactly the type of point guard the spurs want Dejounte to be.

[BillMc]

It's impossible to know until we see Devin and Tre play.

I have given up on DJ as a starter at least. I am worried about Lonnie and Luka but rooting for them.

I like KJ a lot. I like White too though I'm not sure how much better he'll get. He's basically in his prime.

Drew seems like he's a better option for the money than Jakob, but I could be wrong. He's unproven.
Metu is surely gone. I like what little I've seen of Quinndary.

Trey ain't as bad as most think, but he's going to be an NBA journeyman. Nothing special.

[DAF86]

1-White
2-Keldon
3-Poeltl
4-Vassell
5-Walker
6-Jones
7-Samanic
8-Westherspoon
9-Murray
10-Lyles

[lebomb]

White
Keldon
Walker
Murray

Any order after these dudes