Quote Originally Posted by MoSpur02
I will agree with you for the most part, however, let's not act like they've never made a mistake. The Spurs lack athletic players who can create their own shot. The lack a wing defender who can stay in front of their man. To me Walker can be both those things. I'm not saying he is a solution to those two issues, but there's a fair possiblity that he is. How will we know though if he doesn't get more burn on the court with the San Antonio Spurs vs the Austin Spurs?

Again I agree the Spurs are great at developing players. You get no argument from me on that. I just feel Walker deserves a little more playing time with the big boys to at least see how far he's come along.
Fair enough. But to be perfectly clear, I've seen him play in person in both Austin and with the big boys. In both locations, he was constantly playing poor defense. I watched his every move and I even posted about it when he got some run in the Raptors game and a few posters here found it funny I was judging a guys defense in garbage time. He routinely lost his man. He was horrible on pick and roll defense. I get that was his first time in the show and likely a bit star struck but I've seen some of the same habits from him with the Austin Spurs. And if we know anything about Pop, it's that defense gets you playing time first and foremost, especially when you're young.

I only post all of the above to highlight that this jives completely with Pop's comments yesterday about 'seeing a lot that he does like, and a lot that he doesn't, and that he has a lot to learn.'

And if we know Pop, he's going to demand better D be played before he gives him serious minutes.