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Good for Devin. Happy to see him have a great game.
Now I'm looking forward to his having a second great game. , I'd settle for not having bad games.
I can't believe how many corners this guy has turned. It's like a damn labyrinth.
Good for Devin. Happy to see him have a great game.
Now I'm looking forward to his having a second great game. , I'd settle for not having bad games.
Nice game from Devin. Let's keep pumping out these great games so we can up that trade value tbh.
This is the expectation now lets see of he can come to work every day.
We need to be losing. But for people that want to trade Devin, what are you expecting to get in return if you think he sucks? And if it is a bag of chips, yada, yada, then that's not a serious argument.
Great game from DV.
If he can consistently do this for literally the rest of the season minus a bad game or few at the most, I'll chalk it up to the broken metatarsal and no training camp and call it a season, tbh. Haters will hate, but he's worth a look with a healthy off-season on his current contract if he can consistently score 20+ and nail 40% of his 3 pointers while defending and rebounding.
Of course, I'm betting this was another fluke game that he has every 3-7 games or so and that he'll be brickin' it up sooner rather than later. I hope not, of course. I really want to see him develop into that consistent scorer we desperately need who also has a defensive presence (especially rebounding). I just don't find it likely.
^ if he can do this every game he’d be considered the GOAT
with that game he got his season 3pt% up to 34.8
This all leads to my favorite fan narrative yo-yo, which I feel at least semi-confident that our front office won't fall for.
Devin playing bad: you can't trade him now, his value is at an all-time low!
Devin playing well: you can't trade him now, he's sooooooo good!
I get it, fans usually don't want to see their players traded and typically overestimate them... but this one cracks me up.
With that epic performance last night, he improved his Last 10 games average to 14.0 ppg on 41/29/88
Reminder: Malachi Flynn scored 50 in a game once.
I'd love for him to have a good string of games so we can trade him.
He was in his proper role, not deflating the basketball. Fox and Castle do the dribbling. Just catch and shoot is Devin should do. Maybe 1-3 dribbles. That's it. Honestly, if he could stick to 4th banana, I'd be happy, but I'm not expecting it. Could be a few full games heat checking from this game. We'll see.
Now this I can definitely get behind, and what I've been saying for months. Devin gets himself into trouble when he flips into Kobe mode. There is really no reason for Devin to take more than 3 dribbles on most occasions. Some of this is his fault because he gets blinders, but a lot of it is also on the coaching staff who keeps putting him in ball handling roles. Maybe this is just another "experiment".
Devin seems like he'd be a fine 4th banana or 6th man... maybe a little overpaid, but it's not too terrible since Wemby and Castle are on rookie deals.
As I already said many times, the only way I can see it work on playoff level is if he's the 6th man.
Fox/Castle/Devin three man guard rotation, plenty of minutes for everyone.
Have an experienced backup PG in there as an emergency failsafe.
We need to have size advantage, not give it all up by starting three guards.
If Devin can't get over himself and be the 6th man, then he's free to go.
I don't think he can be a six man, because he can't create for himself. I think fourth banana, so to speak, is the best possible outcome on this team because he'll get better looks from standing in the corner by playing next to Fox and Castle. I think if he's on the second unit as a sixth man, he'll just recreate the same problems and destroy the second unit
The problem in that scenario of course that he is undersized to play SF and is destined to be hunted and abused defensively in that lineup for extended minutes. If his only path to being remotely successful is as a 4th option SF... then we should really just look to move on.
This year's team has had to yank players around and change roles and players have had to adjust. That may not sound complicated, but knowing your role when it changes often can make it hard to know when you should shoot or pass or force the issue. Vassell has had a down year. Last year, he was better. But given a year to play with Fox and Wemby and have a specified role will tell us if he is the right fit or not. But skill-wise, he is a good player. Certainly if he was traded, he'd have first round pick value. He isn't the dumpster fire that many Spurstalk fans try to make him because they have to find a reason to hate on at least one player on the roster at all times. He was next in line after Collins. At some point, it will be Fox. I'm just waiting to see how long it takes.
I didn't think Devin was good last year. I think the ball hogging was clear to me last year. But being charitable, yeah I think adjusting to a role has been a challenge, and part of that is him having to accept a role, and let go of a role that he would prefer to have.
Yeah, I think it was pretty clear to a lot of last year that his regression began last year (in spite of the career high in scoring and efficiency), primarily due to the drastic drop off in his defense and an incompatible play-style.
The "SpursTalk are meanies" narrative is hilarious, like we should instead just feel blessed that the Spurs grace us with the pleasure of watching them pump in losing season after losing season. What nerve we have to have higher expectations!
The visual that Vassell says under his breath “it’s my time to shine,” when the spurs are down by 30 is hilarious to imagine. scott.
I'll be honest... I don't even hate Vassell as much as it probably comes off, some of this is just hilarious to imagine and I have to post itThe visual that Vassell says under his breath “it’s my time to shine,” when the spurs are down by 30 is hilarious to imagine. scott
I remember watching a video of a NBA player who talked about how hard it was to make it in the NBA but even harder to stay in the league. He said many players who were better then him never could make it because there main problem was they could not adjust there game to what the coaches wanted. He said many players are the man in High School and even College but when they hit the NBA they fighting just to make the team and get a little playing time. The guys who coild adjust made it and stayed the ones who couldn’t would not last
haha I literally lol'd
He turned the corner...at the corner factory
This would be very true. Do you remember who said it? There's probably been lots of talented players that didn't make it in the NBA because they didn't want to change their games. There's definitely been guys that are more talented than some of the reserves that went on to have long careers, but for whatever reason, they just couldn't/wouldn't adjust their game. You can even think of a high profile guy like Allen Iverson. I don't know if I am remembering right, but I recall he wouldn't take a bench role at the end of his career, and then ended up out of the league. Probably not the best example as he was towards the end of his career, but I'm sure he still could have contributed to a team.
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