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GTFOH. That ship has sailed. DW is who Murray wants to grow up to be.
I think he's become my favorite player on the team. Pleasant ing surprise.
All these ers saying "pleasant surprise"
Learn to watch ball, or at least follow the opinions of those of us who do.
He's advanced skills in all aspects of the game. The big problem is that he's also the best wing defender!
Manu credits his great play because he had Bruce Bowen to take on the opponent's best player. White doesn't have that luxury! Maybe that's why a Stanley Johnson is in great need. Someone needs to be spending their time harassing the Hardens of the league. This cannot be White.
That’s why I think Murray and White can work with Murray guarding best player allowing White to expand more energy on offense
I don't get this sentiment like it has to be one or the other.
DJ and White could easily share the floor and the ball-handling duties...and would be one of a defensive duo in the backcourt.
The real complication is that DDR is more of a natural 2, but he can easily slide to the 3 in todays NBA. The standard positions aren't as important with the way the game is being played...it's basically 4 smalls and 1 big these days.
Spurs main focus needs to be on a solid defensive 3/4, and this team could compete with the best.
DW can be like Gary Payton, run the offense and play defence. Doesn't needs to be the No. 1 scorer avg 16 pts, 6 ast, 2 stl. Or in DW case 16, 6, 1 and 1 blk.
exactly, Walt Frazier and especially Gary Payton are the most similar players in game style
I am going to chokeout the next person that says White should/will relinquish the starting spot to Dejounte "Instagram baller" Murray, tbh.
How many 6/7, 4/5, 7/8, 5/6 games does this dude have? It seems like he puts on these type of shooting performances everyother game.
And White is the guy who needs to concentrate his efforts on the defensive end.
Imagine when Pop gives him a longer leash. I think he can legitimately score 18+
I really hope Murray can develope a consistent jumper because him and white could be scary good together
Or they could be scary bad since we know for real he cant shoot except on IG during training.
It's amazing really, but he's also handpicking good shots most of the time. If the volume increases significantly, I'd expect it to go way down quickly. But full credit to him, shooting 51% on the season a whopping 62% in January!
he can accelerate to the rim and still lay up the ball softly ... Westbrook needed like 5+ seasons to learn that
White's main flaw is that he defers the offense to players that are less efficient that he is.
Interesting new offense in this game where White is dribbling around in circles looking for opportunities. Unless he's trapped, this is going to cause a ton of problems.
White's numbers can explode if he's given the one man offense rights that Aldridge, DeRozan and Gay have.
Honestly, the two really good players on a tight leash and ready to explode are White and Bertans. These two can take it to the next level.
I've noticed that he is getting a little more assertive each game. Maybe not as fast as we wish, but slowly. It's easy to forget that this only his 30th start and only the 44th time he has played over 10 minutes in a game.
The kid has all the skills to take it to the next level. I'm here to tell you all, he's the best player in the Spurs roster.
Now if Bertans becomes the 2nd best player, then the Spurs are indeed compe ive!
Like him more n more n more
Like it did for Steve Nash? If you've got your head on a swivel, looking for teammates, this is not an issue. In fact, it can cause problems for the opponents defense. You can quickly change which side of the floor is the 'strong side', and then switch it back in seconds, causing chaos for the defense. He does another thing that is not taught, also. He'll dribble in close, maybe 7-8 feet, and then pick up the ball. He is such a good passer, that a simple ball fake makes the defense turn their head, and he gets a short range pop-a-shot.
Yeah, like what Nash used to do. What White still lacks is that passing that Nash, Kidd and Manu had. He's the best passer in the team though!
Honestly, that's why he was so deadly surrounded with shooters like Bertans, Belinelli, Mills and Forbes. He just probes the defense, if it collapses on him, he's got these shooters waiting to have them pay. Also works well with a roll man like Poetl. The option then is to shut down his passing lanes, but that just means he'll lay it up.
You know when someone has high basketball IQ when everything looks so simple!!
yes, he has the calm of the great guards, it is truly incredible that none of us have any idea of what your ceiling can be.
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