Now that we are 1/3 into the season. What are your thoughts on Jakob?

[exstatic]

Anunoby hasn't been that great. He has a lot of growing and learning to do, although he's shown flashes (and at IU). Also like another IU player, Oladipo, he may explode eventually, although VO was much, much better coming out of college. (I still don't understand why people didn't see Oladipo as eventually dominant.)

OG played better last year, when he started 62 games, and wasn’t stuck behind The Nephew. He shot 47% overall, and 37% from 3 on almost 3 attempts per game. I see no reason that he can’t snap back when Kawhi walks in July.

[Biggems]

It takes a good year for most players to fully acclimate to the Spurs system. Just give me hustle, rebounding, and solid D, and everything else is gravy.

[Mr. Body]

OG played better last year, when he started 62 games, and wasn’t stuck behind The Nephew. He shot 47% overall, and 37% from 3 on almost 3 attempts per game. I see no reason that he can’t snap back when Kawhi walks in July.

He's a good player. Just don't know if he's starting material yet.

[DAF86]

He's a good player. Just don't know if he's starting material yet.

He was starting material on his rookie season for a 60 wins team.

The only reason folks are saying OG is "struggling" is because he just isn't having the playing time he had last season behind Kawhi and Danny. On the Spurs he would be starting and playing 30 minutes per game.

[Mr. Body]

He was starting material on his rookie season for a 60 wins team.

The only reason folks are saying OG is "struggling" is because he just isn't having the playing time he had last season behind Kawhi and Danny. On the Spurs he would be starting and playing 30 minutes per game.

He shouldn't be starting on a good team. He's not ready yet.

[DAF86]

He shouldn't be starting on a good team. He's not ready yet.

So exactly how did the Raptors manage to win 60 games with him starting last season?

[Mr. Body]

So exactly how did the Raptors manage to win 60 games with him starting last season?

What a dumb question.

[DAF86]

What a dumb question.

What?

I think it's a perfectly fine question to make to someone that said that "he shouldn't be starting on a good team", tbh.

[cd021]

The $5m was going to TOR, regardless. That was to help cover Kawhis trade kicker. Ujiri smartly covered his bases by NOT trading OG, who smart money says will be their starting SF next year. He also got an ending contract in Green. When FA starts next summer, DG will be 32, and hardly a target for a rebuilding TOR team to re-sign.

I am aware that the $5 Million was to cover Kawhi's trade kicker but I think it makes the trade look worse from the Spurs side.

My point is that Ujuri wasn't going to knix a trade for a top five player just because it would've given them an extra center and cost them an extra $2.7 million over the next 3 years, Spurs desperately needed Green this season but PATFO either didn't agree with that or just caved on Ujuri's counter offer (Windhorst was the primary reporter on the trade and reported that Gasol was apart of the deal that he had heard).

Either way I think it makes PATFO look bad.

[timvp]

The only reason folks are saying OG is "struggling" is because he just isn't having the playing time he had last season behind Kawhi and Danny.

He's playing more minutes per game this season, fwiw.

On the Spurs he would be starting and playing 30 minutes per game.

I agree that OG is very likely a starter on the Spurs. Though if Danny Green never played 30 MPG, I'm not sure OG would have played 30 MPG in year one. Maybe if in this alternate universe he proved to be capable of playing SG, SF and PF.

[DAF86]

He's playing more minutes per game this season, fwiw.

OG's first season minutes averages are screwed for his early games where he didn't start and some latter ones where he got injured. On the bulk of the season where he was a starter he played around 25 minutes per game.

I agree that OG is very likely a starter on the Spurs. Though if Danny Green never played 30 MPG, I'm not sure OG would have played 30 MPG in year one. Maybe if in this alternate universe he proved to be capable of playing SG, SF and PF.

Anunoby can easily play 2 through 4, tbh.

Danny played in much more stacked Spurs teams than this one. This season Forbes is averaging 27 minutes per game, Dante ing Cunningham was getting around 30 mpg pretty regularly while he was starting.