Grades: Spurs @ Suns - Nov. 2, 2023

[Mr. Body]

It's hard to purely take stats alone for good defenders. A scorer like Kobe or Jordan or LeBron isn't going to be stopped. They're going to get their points and they may do it at a high percentage, but:

- are they forced out of their sets
- are they running down the clock and into short situations
- are they forced to socre in isolation
- are they using a lot of energy to get their scores

These don't always read in the stats but really impact the games, especially in multi-game series. It's about forcing work, attrition, disconnecting the star from the role-players. Role-players often win games if stars are about even. If you're carving the star into isolated space then it's a massive win.

[baseline bum]

Man, I haven't been to San Antonio in a good minute. Is there really a buzz/excitement in the air there?

The city has just been insanely excited since winning that lottery.

[JPB]

I’m sorry, man. I can’t take anyone seriously when they speak in absolutes. “Will never be”… “end of story”… You sound like someone who thinks they’ve never been wrong in their life and that’s either because you’re young or stubborn or both. If people who are paid professionally gets these kinds of things wrong, what makes you think your opinion (yes, I said opinion) should be more convincing than theirs or anyone else’s on this board? Like, I have strong feelings about some things but I’ll never say I’m right with absolute certainty.

and I don’t want anyone to misinterpret my post— people are free to express their differing opinion but it’s just annoying as when people pretend something is set in stone.

you're taking this way too seriously and first degree. I'm not playing my life here, nor having any kind of impact on spurs future, just throwing your opinions...

And yes, I'm sure Sochan will never be a starting PG on a contending team, just like I'm sure Drew Eubanks will never be MVP...You don't have to be BB genius to see that he's not a natural here and there are things he'll never be able to do... You need a real, natural and dynamic playmaking PG who can shoot, drive and play the pick'n'roll with Victor... Jeremy is slowing the game down and may not even be a starting PG in 2 monts. I just read a long Zach Lowe article about Wemby summing up what everybody is seeing, spurs are better with Tre as PG, and if Tre is progressing too he's not starting material either on a contender, which tells you how far Sochan is...

[Thomas82]

No one expects Wemby to be Tim Duncan at 19. And yet yesterday he was. The team was just dead in the water, tie game from up 27 with Booker on fire and Durant hitting threes like he's in shootaround. And then Victor comes back in the game and gets 10 of the next 12 points and boom, game over.

And with no timeouts left for the last 3rd of the quarter.

[Fizziksman]

hopefully now that the team has seen the power of just chucking up to him even if the play is dead in the water is good strategy.

[KobesAchilles]

you can organize a rally near the stadium

Do you ever have your own opinion? Or is your role here just to say random no substance one liners on the board? I had asked you before to give your own opinion and you side stepped it. It’s ok to state your opinion about the Spurs here on Spurstalk. We don’t bite. No need to feel scared. Cmon say it. Jeremy is the future PG of the Spurs.

[Vince Carter's ankle]

Do you ever have your own opinion? Or is your role here just to say random no substance one liners on the board? I had asked you before to give your own opinion and you side stepped it. It’s ok to state your opinion about the Spurs here on Spurstalk. We don’t bite. No need to feel scared. Cmon say it. Jeremy is the future PG of the Spurs.