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why is marco still here
Bro, he was gutless way before Covid. Check out the majority of his playoff performances. That's what I'm referring to. This restart is stupid on many levels. Staying away may have been the smartest thing he's done. Timmy too.
why is marco still here
Paul Garcia pAulGarciaNBA
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Keldon Johnson said over the break he's been watching a lot of film. He said on offense he wants to work on his shooting and also on his drives, when to attempt a shot and when to kick out to an open teammate.
Paul Garcia pAulGarciaNBA
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Like Rudy Gay, Keldon Johnson said if he' asked to play small ball 4, he's ready: “We haven’t really talked about it. (I'll) do whatever it takes for my team to be victorious.”
Paul Garcia pAulGarciaNBA
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Rudy Gay on the Spurs' young players having to be ready to play more in the restart: "They're playing with desperation. They're learning. We have a lot of people down, they're going to have to play."
What a ridiculous comment. Of course the Spurs don't have any top-tier pick prospects, they haven't picked there. It doesn't mean their young players can't develop and expand their games. Following your logic, no player drafted in the logic should ever bust (they have top tier talent after all, right?), and no player drafted in the second round should get playing time (they have huge holes in their games which caused them to drop down, right?). Luckily for us, players don't stay at their draft day version of themselves, they grow and evolve - when given the chance.
Lonnie or Keldon or DJ or White aren't better than DD/LMA/Rudy now. Who's to say they won't be tomorrow? You sure as don't know. And I sure as know that neither DD, nor LMA, nor Rudy Gay are taking this god damned team anywhere meaningful. So what's the hung over playing our old, washed up vets that do not help us today, over young players that might help us tomorrow? Personally, that chance is all that I need to make my decision. It's not like we haven't seen where playing DD/LMA/Gay takes us, right? A first round exit then out of the POs entirely. Wow, sure is something to hold our young players' development over...
Also, I'd love to hear the argument for White over Lonnie. I've literally never encountered a Spurs fan having this opinion, it's an honest question. I can't see White as anything more than a serviceable role player, whereas Lonnie has both the lower floor and higher ceiling, and again, I'd take my chances (though of course, I want the both of them to play over that Forbes/Mills trash).
Well I guess Zeller will get minutes over Luka...
Luka Šamanić SamanicLuka
7m
Faith is why I'm here today and faith is why I made it through
Luka Šamanić SamanicLuka
3m
be happy for others, your time will come
White is a better defender, passer and finisher than Lonnie. I've never seen Derrick White airball a wide open lay up before.
Who has been developed well by the Spurs for the last decade except Kawhi and Bertans whose development became eventually beneficial?
Depends on your definition of 'whose development became eventually beneficial', but since you've included Bertans I take it to mean 'who developed into NBA players', I'd go with Tiago, George Hill, Blair, CoJo, Kyle Anderson, etc. so basically all of their non-injured 1st round picks.
Tom Petrini realTomPetrini
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"We have a ping pong tournament tomorrow, that's my main focus... after this practice of course" -Derrick White
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I don't disagree, but I also think a large part of that is their ages and developmental process. White is 26, Lonnie is 21 - I think it's safe to say White is (and came into the league) much more polished and closer to his ceiling than Lonnie is, which is why I said Lonnie has the higher ceiling but also lower floor. I can see your points though, and definitely think White will be at the least a successful backup for years in the NBA.
Are you serious? "who has been developed well by the Spurs except for the mid-pick-turned-top-player that helped the Spurs to a ring"? Kawhi's development alone, nevermind his later antics, should be enough to at least warrant the FO the benefit of the doubt in regards to player development. I also think you and I have very different definitions of "developed well"; I'd say for example that White was/is very well developed, Dejounte is coming along, and many other examples, but I'm sure your expectation is none lower than a 29th pick making the All-Star game or something along those lines.
And besides that, even if they were Knicks-level of bad development, what's the point of playing vets that won't take you anywhere over young players who might develop into something? In fact, if the young players never pan out, a worst case scenario, it'd still help the team tank towards a top draft pick, which is yet another scenario I'd take over years of mediocrity and no future. If you don't see any budding stars in the Spurs' young core, that's fine and your opinion - but it still makes no sense to play DD/LMA/Gay over the youngings just because they're better today. I fail to see what results you're looking for with that strategy, and it's not like the Spurs haven't been doing exactly what you're asking (with pretty evident results) for the past 2 seasons.
Tom Orsborn Tom_orsborn
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Pop on #Spurs scrimmaging Bucks on Thursday and Nets on Saturday: "It’s just another practice. It will just be another day as we move forward for the regular eight games. Just another piece of the process."
Paul Garcia pAulGarciaNBA
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Lonnie Walker IV on the upcoming scrimmage game Thursday: "I think as a team we're excited." He said the "levels of intensity felt different" at practices so far. "We're all excited to play team basketball," said Walker IV.
Last edited by ace3g; 07-19-2020 at 11:31 AM.
Lonnie with a lot of praise for Q. We really have no room for Q as ot stands unless some of our guards are traded away (hopefully Mills, Forbes)
Last edited by ace3g; 07-19-2020 at 02:49 PM.
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Sad thing is, his ingenious people are more likely to live in prison than they are to live in their community.
I don’t know if this has been discussed but are the scrimmages vs other teams going to be on TV before the season resumes?
I think it would be announced by now, so no. I would follow jeffg or paul garcia on twitter for updates on the game.
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