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That brings the number of players who are definitely participating up to one.
Go ahead, Derrick... drop out of the compe ion. I ing dare you!
When there's trouble you call DW.
That brings the number of players who are definitely participating up to one.
Surprised no one else has said this yet. Bucher isn't even slightly credible anymore. Maybe he's right here, and I hope he is, but dude throws at walls all the time now. I don't think he's heard anything other than the interviews we've heard about White and Bagley, and he's hoping to capitalize by giving early "reporting" that they'll be promoted. If they are, Bucher looks more legit. If they aren't, no one remembers.
This needs to be corroborated by a much more credible reporter before I believe it.
Hearing that DW is still showing out vs compe ion only makes me anticipate this season even more. This offseason has been so putrid for the spurs but remembering we have LW4/DW/IB at the ready, has me so pumped!
wOW
Just had Derrick's jersey ordered for me. The black colored ones
If he's on the WC team, that's all the verification I need.
yeah. i really didn't get where chinook was coming from on this take, i mean i really don't care if bucher sucks even more now or not. i'm just pleased that white has been one of the standouts in the camp, so far.
Tbh i’ve seen him done that several times before. He has the Manusque anticipation and IQ - off the chart. I can’t wait for him and Murray locking down the oppositions back court, which has been historically the achilles heels with our small guards
Last edited by John B; 08-08-2019 at 02:23 PM.
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Um... Bucher is reporting White made the WC team. But Bucher isn't credible, so until someone else confirms, we don't have any reason to believe it. This isn't pro- or anti-White. It's just the truth.
White seems to deserve a WC spot. I'd agree with Bucher on that. But I believe Bucher is lying about someone telling him White or Bagley essentially made the team. No one's giving him scoops anymore.
Marc stein also mentioned that bagley and white were probably being promoted, he could just be stealing from Bucher lol
I hope Pop know how to play him and not crush his confidence/development.
i understood what you were saying about whether or not bucher is right about derrick making the squad; my thing was that i'm more focused on the buzz regarding his play to this point. i think that's the bigger picture here.
yeah since Pop has just been beating him down the past two years....
Being promoted isn't a guarantee, it just means legit contention. In the end, whether he's deserving it not, he probably loses out due to a combination of lack of pedigree and Pop probably not wanting to look like he's playing favorites.
What do the Spurs do rotationally? The snuggest fit is 6th man/roughly half a game, but there's a very real possibility he's the best perimeter player on the team next season and a fringe playoff team probably can't afford to play politics.
Do they just start him, bite the proverbial spacing bullet for the first 6 minutes of each half, then alternate him and Murray the rest of the way like they often did Aldridge and Gasol? A lot of rotational gymnastics would be required to play optimal lineups and get to the preferred closing one, while managing minutes. The easiest way to do that would be to just play 5 players from 1-3, but then that obviously leaves Walker on the outs.
Pop already dealt with that by putting him on the Select Team to start. Everyone saw him shred the WC pool team. Anyone saying 'favorites' after that is just eating sour grapes. He's earned his invite to LA for the main camp.
Not really. They had to dig so deep in the end that Craig got an invite.
I meant the perception . . . but upon closer inspection, I think it mostly comes down to whether Lowry is healthy or not. If he is, they're set at PG with Walker, him, Fox and if necessary, Mitc .
Quote came from JVG.When there's trouble you call DW.
But White is better than Fox and he's reinforced that during scrimmages. Fox shouldn't automatically get the nod over White just bc he was promoted to the senior team first, imo.
But just White making people notice is awesome. He went in there and grabbed the bull by the horn. The kid is hungry!
Just kidding...I trust Pop to make the right decision, especially in this case. If White is playing as well as reports say, he deserves to be on the WC squad.
I think Pop would have liked to promote DW when he did Fox, but wanted the on-court action to dictate DW's position.
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