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coaching has been fine. Our record has more to do with Covid and our team not being that deep. Starting line up is good enough to compete, the bench ain't.
I kinda lean to us just not being very good. Almost every game we play I feel like the opposition has more talent then us lol
coaching has been fine. Our record has more to do with Covid and our team not being that deep. Starting line up is good enough to compete, the bench ain't.
I didn't notice Lonnie tearing the place up against a bad OKC team. I assume Cacok went back to Austin. Too bad. He could have got some burn tonight to show what he's got.
Yeah, we give up leads in a blink.
Geez that didn’t go well
1. Great to see that Derrick White is still in rhythm after H&S Protocols
2. Why did Eubanks suddenly play again over Landale? Nobody would want him in a trade anyway.
3. Lonnie sucks bad since most of the main rotation players are back again. What happenend to "going downhill"? He is timid, takes bad mid range jumpers and his three does not fall either ... does not look good. His body language included.
Lonnie deferred most of the 1st 3 quarters, then tried to be aggressive in the garbage time, but his shots we’re not falling. If not for his block and a couple of steals, he’d earn an F from me. I don’t get it when he runs the ball down, just to stop at the arch to make a pass, not even an assist, just a pass. Compare to Devin whose movements are with purpose and not just floating around and watching. Lonnie needs to get himself involved proactively and not just wait for the pass. I’ve been watching Lonnie more, and he needs to engage more, be aggressive, or he could be gone
I think we are more engaged as fans than Lonnie is on what kind of play is required. My last post on this thread pretty much sums up how i felt he approached this game.
another offensive masterclass for Murray
What I liked about the blow out is that both Murray and White took 6 three pointers. I know they only made one each but the fact that they are willing to take them even when it’s not falling is a great sign. Also the team took 40!
Dev has become my new crazy hill to die on. might take a few seasons but Dev is going to be gold once he puts it all together. Just something about how he moves, I think he has a ton of ceiling. Probably nothing too wild but he could become a very reliable guy for the team.
Just since last season he moves so much more fluidly and his 3pt shot is coming together nicely. Kinda always in the right place at the right time. I'm high on Dev's potential rn.
IMO Dev is good when he doesn’t handle the ball too much. He should stick to a Ray Allen / Klay type role where he dribbles 1-2 times max and focus on making cuts and tiring his matchup out. Anytime he tries to do more, it doesn’t look good. If he has a wide open lane obviously he should go for it.
I agree yet somehow our bench scoring has been top 10 all year pretty much, as high as 3rd at one point, currently 8th.
So there's a disconnect there somewhere.
There was a game a while back where Dev was covering his man defensively as they moved into a jump shot or something and the way Dev just covered him like a glove through his entire shooting motion was so comprehensive. Dev covered the shooters entire window, in motion, taking any and every inch of daylight the shooter was in motion to create. Really hope he can build off the little glimmers like that. I don't know.
Also love when he slams it down, seems like he is working on finishing offensively inside and out.
But I agree, Dev currently works best reactionary, in the flow of things, more as an opportunistic player than a self starter or lots of ball handling type.
bench scoring doesn‘t factor in defense. We played all kind of bench line ups, the ones with Eubanks being among the worst. Our starting five is actually a slight net positive
About Devin, it’s great to see him developing as an opportunistic player, in a ball movement offense, and not as an iso player. I think the whole Spurs world got a belly full of iso the last couple seasons. DDR may be the best in the league at iso, but still, it gets tedious to see so much of that. Whatever the record, this current Spurs team is much more fun to watch.
KBD is another guy that works best just taking the crumbs that fall to him right now. He moves great and will instinctively find the open corner on those threes that are starting to fall kinda reliably lately. He has pesky size and length and can force opposing teams into lower percentage situations. I mean he seems to fit out there and looks great when he's just in the flow of things.
But KBD is a guy who currently shouldn't be leading with the ball in pretty much any situation other than open court breaks with an advantage. He will call his own number sometimes where I'm like why are you taking that shot? Maybe someday and honestly KBD keeps refining and getting better this season so we may soon be at a place where we fans want him to accept more responsibility initiating. Basically don't really want him creating right now, just taking open looks that are no brainers.
FiveThirtyEight Total Raptor, 497 minute minimum (couldn't toggle to 501)
263) -4.2 Drew Eubanks, Svi Mykhailiuk, Julius Randle
286) -4.3 Bryn Forbes, Talen Horton-Tucker, Cam Reddish
272) -4.7 Killian Hayes, Doug McDermott, Terrence Ross, Austin Rivers
Bottom Five
279) -5.6 Cam Thomas
280) -6.0 Daniel Theis, Ziaire Williams
282) -6.1 Darius Bazley
283) -8.6 Jalen Green
1-0 in the post-Forbes era!
I think he can become Alan Houston once he fully reaches his potential.
Yeah, you may be right about Vassell. To me he has more of the makings of an iso player and spot up shooter a la Kawhi Leonard, rather than someone who can run around off screens like maybe a Klay Thompson or Devin Booker. Although I think we'll all be glad if he's almost as good as any of those guys. But I agree. Sky is the limit with him and his game as is seen in Murray's progression.
About to be 2-0 with Durant out tomorrow vs the Nets
Is Flatearther playing? If so Nets by double digits.
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