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“All-Star caliber players that actually want to play for the Spurs are hard to come by.”
Alright yeah, this guy can go himself
Ex is right...this dude is a straight up hater...or moron...
“All-Star caliber players that actually want to play for the Spurs are hard to come by.”
Alright yeah, this guy can go himself
Maybe watch some tape instead of taking one combine test as the end all be all? He proved he can stay in front of guards plenty of times in his college season and his main issue is positioning, not agility.
KOC has some valid points but he is a big time spurs hater too. His wording oozes spurs hate
KOC is so salty! Every word he says and every word he types is anti San Antonio Spurs. Spurs could have prime Jordan, Kareem, Curry, Tim Duncan and LeBron James and he would say the spurs need to start over the team doesn’t fit. He thinks every draft pick of the spurs sucks, thinks no free agents so ever come to San Antonio and every current player should ask for a trade. I truly think someone made him eat dog in some back alley in San Antonio and every breathe is revenge from here on out.
well he's not wrong with this oneIn Oklahoma City, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, Lu Dort and basically the entire roster have improved.
Of course, it helps when you hire Chip Engelland. In 2022, the Thunder poached the NBA’s most respected shot doctor after he spent nearly two decades in San Antonio. Since then, Oklahoma City’s shooting has trended up. San Antonio’s has flatlined. Jeremy Sochan is just as suspect of a shooter as he was at Baylor. Keldon Johnson has regressed. Devin Vassell has smooth mechanics and touch, but even he’s never cracked 40% from 3. The Spurs used to be the league’s gold standard for skill development. Now no one’s getting better as a shooter except for Wemby himself. But in his two seasons, the Spurs have ranked 28th and 20th in 3-point percentage.
Compared to Pop, Mitch seems much more open to a modern NBA offense with 3P shooting. Hopefully, results improve. Didn't they hire a new shooting coach?
Yea they did, this guy.
Short white guy shooting coach, real original guys.
My semi bold take for this draft, I think a few years from now Jeremiah Fears is one of the best players from this draft.
Give me your best sell on Maluach. I'm very high on him personally, but a lot of the guys I like this year are very against consensus on this board. Do you see him more as a bigger Capela type, or do you believe in the shot long term / late development arc given his late intro into basketball? Do you see him as a long-term backup to Wemby, or do you think the Spurs could build inside-out with a double-big lineup to lean into rebounding, size, and 2 pt FG efficiency? Lastly do you see Fox/Castle as efficient enough playmakers to maximize Maluach's ability as an elite play-finisher?
He’s mature way beyond his years. He also gets to the rack,and draws a LOT of fouls for an 18 YO playing in a major conference. I think he will be atop 3 pick in a redraft after three seasons. Danny Ainge is rumored to be picking him at 5, and that maybe the smartest thing he’s done in Utah.
I agree the only thing he is lacking is a 3 point shot the rest of his shooting numbers are good and his free throw percentage lends him to be above average 3 point shooter. Once he puts on 10 to 15pds of muscle his finishing numbers will easily improve as well as his defense.
Barlowe has him rated above Dylan harper *shrugs* we'll see
A lot of valid concerns, but dripping with unneeded snark and a condescending tone.
Going from 28th to 20th in 3PT% is a good thing, yet O'Conner makes it seem like it's terrible.
The Spurs need more shooting around their 'core' players - Wemby, Fox, Castle & potentially Harper - but internal growth could also greatly help.
- has only played basketball for 5 years and never had 24/7 access to a court until last year when he came to Duke
- has improved rapidly
- has great signs of touch around the rim
- has flashes of a jumpshot (76% FT shooting, midrange, 25% from 3 on few attempts but is not scared to shoot them)
- can finish with both hands
- has a standing reach that's 1 inch shorter than Wemby's
- better rebounder than advertised: his defensive rebounding numbers are lower because Duke played in a hedge scheme, not drop coverage
- agile enough to guard on the perimeter, gets mostly blown by due to wrong footwork, is long enough to recover
- best dunk rate of a prospect since 2008
I woudln't compare him to Capela at all. My main comparison is he's Gobert with offensive potential. Gobert is a multi-time All-Star and DPOY, has butterfingers and no shot. Maluach has better hands, is a better vertical spacer and has better touch and a better shot. I think poor man's Gobert is his floor. And if you add the offense to it than you know what the ceiling is.
One thing why I think Maluach is very intriguing is that when Wemby is off the floor, teams immediately try to attack the rim. But in this case, you'd have a back up C with almost the same standing reach. That means the paint is shut down for all 48 minutes.
Second, you will need a back up big who can run efficient pick & rolls with our guard duo in Fox and Castle. Maluach as a screener, rollman and vertical spacer would be amazing. Especially when you consider that Fox will probably be out there with him when Wemby sits.
Third, the league is going back to double big. Imagine having 2 Wemby's on defense and a 7 footer in KD as your small forward. Add a jumbo guard like Castle and it's absolutely over for teams trying to score on you.
Fourth, Wemby likes to play on the perimeter. Having a big in the paint who grabs offensive boards when Wemby shoots those deep 3s could absolutely destroy teams. Now imagine if Maluach actually becomes a shooter and can be Wemby's Brook Lopez on offense? Imagine those oops Sochan is getting when he's cutting from the corner, but it's a player of Wemby's size who's actually a shooting threat as well? Teams will have enough problems guarding Wemby/Fox/KD. If you add this problem they might just stay home and forfeit the game.
So yeah, I could see them play together for like 5 min. at the start of each half and then get staggered. And when it's time to extend him, he'll probably never get the max because he's playing with/behind Wemby and that's the guy who wins all the DPOY's.
Last edited by RC_Drunkford; 06-10-2025 at 06:19 AM.
Summary of Athletic’s/Vecenie’s big board…he notes that he actually doesn’t see many stars coming from this class, but he thinks it’s a deep class in terms of producing solid rotation players.
Tier 1 (All-NBA caliber):
1) Flagg
Tier 2 (All-Star caliber):
2) Harper
Tier 3 (High leverage starters):
3) Knueppel
4) Edgecombe
5) Tre Johnson
6) Bailey
Tier 4 (Starters):
7) Jakucionis
8) CMB
9) Bryant
10) Coward
11) Queen
12) Maluach
Tier 5 (Rotational players):
13) Wolf
14) Sorber
15) Penda
16) Essengue
17) Richardson
18) Fears
19) Beringer
20) Clayton Jr.
21) McKneeley
22) Traore
23) Clifford
24) Riley
25) Demin
26) Kalkbrenner
Danny Wolf worked out with the Spurs yesterday. Same as Maxime Raynaud. Apparently both were in for two day visits. The workout featured several bigs. Not sure who the other bigs were.
Worked out/met with Spurs Tracker
LJ Cryer, Guard - Houston
Micah Peavy, Forward - Georgetown
RJ Felton, Guard - East Carolina
Jeremiah Fears, Guard - Oklahoma
John Tonje, Guard - Wisconsin
Sean Pedulla, Guard - Ole Miss
Thomas Sorber, Big - Georgetown
Cam Carter, Guard - LSU
Javon Small, Guard - West Virginia
Obinna Anochili-Killen, Forward - Marshall
Zeke Mayo, Guard - Kansas
Khaman Maluach, Big - Duke
Danny Wolf, Big - Michigan
Maxime Raynaud, Big - Stanford
(also worked out with Wemby)
Milos Uzan, Guard - Houston
(Returned to school)
Demin already met with Spurs too
Nice find I’ll add him to the list
Thats just his style tho. He’s snarky about everything.
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