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If Wiseman pick was Aldridge plus 11th pick, that could be a bitter pill if we’ve missed on Vassell. I really feel Vassel is a very special player. Great defensive instinct, smooth shot and overall knowledge of the game developing.
Gay
Lyles
DeRozan
Samanic
There's no way Trey Lyles should get any significant minutes this season beyond mop up duty. One reason to keep LMA is to just keep Lyles off the floor.
If Wiseman pick was Aldridge plus 11th pick, that could be a bitter pill if we’ve missed on Vassell. I really feel Vassel is a very special player. Great defensive instinct, smooth shot and overall knowledge of the game developing.
Lyles has a place in the NBA. Just not a starter. Not in the West at least. Also remember he is rusty. He hasn't played for a long time. Still, bench him.
Probably, then again its hard to say whether they were seriously considering it on not.
He isn't as bad as he played, he definitely is rusty after having not played in 9 months. He was mostly fine last season and good the last five games.
Johnson has to start IMO.
His impression to me is that he’s not a gym rat to improve more on his God given skills. A much much poorer version of Diaw who could’ve been multiple all star imo, I mean Diaw.
Why is Eubanks never mentioned as getting minutes beyond scrub?
Lyles unless Sam beats him out. There is literally no other option, and it's not worth discussing.
ya lyles sucks
Current Duncan.
Remember when this entire forum said Lyles was when he was with Utah and Denver? How things change when he's our scrub. <3
LMFAO @ starting DeMar at PF... Dude carried us straight to the lottery as a sf and you wanna put him in a position where he is worse? Secondly, small teams don't win championships... Small ball doesn't work... We need long, versatile players... DeMar vs anthony davis or zion would be laughable... Get this guy off the team already
Poll is off - every game should start DA at PF and JP at center until hopefully the former is traded.
Who is DA?
All I want is to see some entertaining basketball. That means White, Keldon, and Vassell have to start. I'd be okay with Lonnie starting in place of one of those.
What i don't want to see is LMA playing the 4 or DJM starting. That's just a recipe for boring basketball. No thanks
If you think this team is competing for a championship, you might be even more delusional than those MAGA chuds believing Trump won the election
Otherwise, I agree. The optimal outcome would be if the Spurs traded away Demar, but that ship has sailed
Aldridge chucking 3's could be an indicative of Demar starting at 4, and Keldon playing 3. But am I the only one who thinks Aldridge chucking 3's is disgusting? Especially since Aldridge can always punish these young players in the low post. My starter:
White
Vassell (he's the best 3 and D in the roster)
Keldon
Demar
Aldridge
2nd team
Murray (he is not a starter and should not play at the same time with Demar as they both have inconsistent outside range)
Mills
Lonnie/Diop
Gay/Luka
Poeltl/Lyle
3rd team and mop-up minutes
Quinndary
Eubanks
Last edited by John B; 12-14-2020 at 12:32 PM.
I think Pop is going to legit try to make LMA/Poeltl work. My guess is that starting two bigs is his go-to reaction to a bad defensive year. What I hope he realizes is that LMA shooting threes was to make him a more viable center. There's pretty much nothing he could do to be a more viable PF. Poeltl has a lot of pluses, but he has real minuses too, and that shooting isn't even an option for him means he can't play with a second big outside niche match-ups.
I don't think DeRozan starting at PF is going to be an option. I was very dismissive of the non-Lyles/Samanic options, and I still feel that way. I think Pop shouldn't get too married to Trey at the four, because the potential of a guy like Samanic who could shoot, handle and run would fit way better with the down-hill offense he wanted to continue from the bubble. Lyles isn't nearly the drag that some folks are trying to say he is, but he's not a combo-forward. Sam apparently didn't play well, but he's the only guy on the roster with the upside to unseat the meh-but-not-horrible play Lyles gives.
I don't think KBD is anywhere near that level. I like him as an option later in the year if the roster gets cleared up from a trade. But I'd focus on having him learn the system and fill in cracks this year and take advantage of his RFA status next off-season to lock him into a long-term deal with a firmer projection of his rotational spot. Depending on how the d-league bubble situation works out, the team might be able to keep him and/or Weatherspoon "up" with the big club the whole year. If he runs out of two-way days, he's a candidate for the 15th spot later in the season. But best I can see him doing is being a back-up forward for some games down the stretch.
Aldridge going on the low block kills the pace and ball movement. Maybe in the playoffs, sure. But if the guys are trying to play a certain way, Aldridge has to reduce the number of times he's going in the post.
KBD was on track to have the same number of minutes Vassell played. That's without any injuries in front of him. I think Pop sees something in practice.
Very bold to still stand by your LMA/Poetl line-up after being destroyed defensively by quick guards and forwards who shoot 3s in the Thunder game. Doesn't make sense at all.
You can't say that you're going to play more up tempo this year and start Gay/LMA/Poeltl or even LMA/Poeltl unless he's gone truly senile... which I wouldn't doubt at this point.
They didn't even practice much with that line-up.
Y'all are overreacting as usual.
Preseason. We talkin' about preseason.
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