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He has good parents as mentors
CP3 appreciates Castle's at ude, both on offense and defense especially. I think Castle has Kawhi-like dawg mentality on defense. Kawhi, in his rookie season, was already a pesky defender. Castle is giving me the same vibe as a rookie. Hope Castle doesn't have an Uncle like Kawhi��
He has good parents as mentors
Nice read!
CP3 really increased the collective basketball IQ of the Spurs. It's noticeable how CP3 really talks to the guys if he sees something. CP3 demands high-IQ plays, and the guys follow his lead. In the closing seconds against the Jazz, knowing that the quotient system is in effect, CP3 encouraged the Spurs to keep playing- resulting to a buzzer-beating three pointer by Castle. These "small" things add up. CP3 is showing the young guys toplay smart.
He's constantly directing traffic, even during his FTs at the end, he was yelling at someone because they took the wrong spot and demanded for someone else to get under the basket.
Coach Mitch and Pop are lucky to have someone like CP3- a coach on the floor where the action happens. In an interview, CP3 claimed that he likes to compete and win. He's not here just to play and receive a salary, he wants to win. And I like that mentality that he instills in the young guys. To do everything for them to win, including the "small" things- proper positioning inside the court both in defense and offense, offering insights on how to guard some players, proper shot clock management. These things are invaluable to our guys. Hope CP3 stays as a Spurs even after his playing time is done. He can help our guys immensely.
Yeah the winning mentallity needed to come from somewhere.
It seemed secondary for the past few years.
And though I can understand from a point of view that we didn't have a team that could win anyways and we were building something that would be more than just winning 1 year but for many years to come, it still is discouraging to see when your head coach is very vocal that he does not care about wins and losses.
It makes me, as a fan, care less about a team. Why should I care about rooting for them if they don't even care about winning.
But that seems to be changing.
You all need to settle down about Pop not wanting to win. There's a complete misunderstanding here.
Sean said on one broadcast that he asked Popovich why they weren't running a good portion of the old playbook and Pop said, "Because we can't."
The young players just weren't able to win games. And this isn't a matter of desire or effort. It's a complex game that's hard from knowing how to kill off runs, how to generate points when everything is failing, seeing what teams are doing to adjust to you, how to exploit matchups. Different events mean different things according to when in a game they happen. When we had five young players running around, none of them knew what to do. And when you have five young guys, if any one or two of them make a mistake, no one can cover for them.
If someone is setting a screen the wrong way or missing a key rotation, how do you fix all these things?
It's a mess.
Mitch has been a great coach so far, but he's building on what happened before. And the first part of the season was a lot of moving around the parts including the veterans and seeing what could work. But let's not pretend they never cared about winning before; they just had a ton of very young minds and talents who didn't have any on-court help trying to learn it all on the fly. That's changed in a major way and why they went out and got Paul and Barnes.
I think this is true. Even Wemby claimed that for the majority of games last year, he didnt know what he was doing. We have a bunch of very young guys who needed guidance in almost every facet of their game for them to click. The Spurs are like headless chicken running around the past few years. Then came CP3 and HB. Their veteran presence and knowledge of the game unlocked the potential of our guys. I wouldnt mind adding another high IQ veteran for our team. But for now, it's a joy to watch our team start to play with poise, and WIN games!
well it didn't help that Pop wasn't running any defensive schemes in the tank for Wemby season and then was like "we have to figure out who he is" for about 30 games last season and let them play without any structure or actual PG.
Well deserved
Very nice to see this. Cp3 was overwhelmed with the Spurs' teammates admiration and gift for him. Here is hoping that the Spurs make it to the playoffs this year. That would be a great tribute to the Point God.
With Vassel getting to play more, Wemby improving, Castle gaining reps, Sochan playing hard, Champ being a revelation and Barnes and Bassey being useful, this team can indeed push above it's weight and compete for that No 8 spot. It's a good place to be for Wemby and co...as they get the vital experience to compete going forward.
Incalculable is veteran leadership
I hope Durant spends his last good year with the Spurs
Even just one year......
that is really really really awesome to see. I’m so glad he’s here with the spurs
Pretty cool to see CP3 with tears in his eyes. Very sentimental family moment for him and I hope it brings the group closer together.
Starting to feel like a real good brotherhood is forming and that chemistry translates on the court.
You can even see RC back there, I think. B Dub is there as well as Mitch.
Bet Paul really appreciated this gesture.
Man I was not prepared to like CP3 as much as I do but that was such a smart acquisition by San Antonio and Chris Paul is such a blessing on this team. Brings all the good with leadership, wisdom, experience, poise, well spoken, active with his team mates and the game plan, legendary in the league. Find this guy the fountain of youth or something we need more time. Wish he came over before GSW.
Same. Been calling Durant to the Spurs towards the end of his career for a while now to play alongside Wemby. Makes too much sense not to happen. He's a FA after next season. Should still have some left in the tank tbh and would slide right into that 3 spot for us.
Side note: I'll never forget KD's Uncle saying on that radio show after KD signed with Golden State that if he hadn't gone to the Warriors, the Spurs were his next choice to go team up with old Timmy, Tony, Manu, Kawhi, & LMA. If only
Interesting to see how he kept acknowledging how hard he is to get along with. Very humble.
I didn’t know when he signed that he was within striking distance of the second spot on the all time assist list. He’s also within reach of second on the steals list, also held by JKidd. Maybe the fact that both of these were within reach was the reason he signed for only one year?
Great accomplishment! Wonder how many of these came against the good guys over the years? Really happy these last few are for the right team.
Tim would have still retired though. Once he screwed up the good knee you knew it was over. Oh well can't complain since things have turned out well, as crazy as seeing prime KD and prime Kawhi together could have been.Same. Been calling Durant to the Spurs towards the end of his career for a while now to play alongside Wemby. Makes too much sense not to happen. He's a FA after next season. Should still have some left in the tank tbh and would slide right into that 3 spot for us.
Side note: I'll never forget KD's Uncle saying on that radio show after KD signed with Golden State that if he hadn't gone to the Warriors, the Spurs were his next choice to go team up with old Timmy, Tony, Manu, Kawhi, & LMA. If only
Good group of guys tbh
KD's game will fit very well with Wemby. He will be a great PF alongside Wemby till he runs out of juice. Would take a ransom for the Suns to trade him this season and I bet they won't, with their history with the Spurs as well. Next season, there are better chances as his salary is expiring.Same. Been calling Durant to the Spurs towards the end of his career for a while now to play alongside Wemby. Makes too much sense not to happen. He's a FA after next season. Should still have some left in the tank tbh and would slide right into that 3 spot for us.
Side note: I'll never forget KD's Uncle saying on that radio show after KD signed with Golden State that if he hadn't gone to the Warriors, the Spurs were his next choice to go team up with old Timmy, Tony, Manu, Kawhi, & LMA. If only
Dude liked playing for Pop in the Olympics and was Pop's main weapon. He seemed genuinely happy and eager to get Pop his coveted Olympic gold. So there are great vibes there. And Wemby, in a way is modelling his offensive game on KD. So he would be thrilled to play alongside him. I also believe KD will play until he is 40 years old like LeBron has, without losing much of his agility, output as his game is tuned to do that. May be he will slip a bit on defense, but interestingly his defense is in the 87th percentile at age 36 and so we can expect that to remain good in advanced years as well. Castle and Vassell will also be great fits. In fact a Castle, Vassell, Champagnie, KD, Wemby lineup will be gold on both ends, provided Castle develops his jumper even further.
But getting KD is going to be a pipe-dream. Houston for e.g. can simply swap its picks with Phoenix and allowing the Suns to control their draft destiny and also has more talent beyond their core - Sengun, Green and Amen Thompson to trade - Eason, Sheppard plus Adams plus maybe Dillon Brooks and all the Suns' picks. It wont be easy for the Spurs to match this offer.
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