Generally don’t agree with this got, but he’s spot on here.
Cant judge a guy after so little playing time. Add to that how ing poor Belli is playing and there isn’t really a good reason to not give him some more run tbh.
Pop is saving Belis spot for him... I know this cause DeMarre should of been had belis minutes. For the hundredth time you can at least run a team with Beli on the floor. And people still faceguard him so he provides space. The spot is Lonnies for the taking. He just needs to do the basics.
If this kid were to demand a trade, then he would not be Spurs material and probably not NBA material. I think you have to do something in the NBA before you can consider yourself so important that you have to be traded.
While FkLA has a valid point- it's concerning that he is not getting minutes.
DJM, DW and Kyle Anderson all played in 65+ games as a second year- so I suspect there are some concerns.
Of course this could all change in a few more games.
Most of those games were rest games and garbage time I would imagine... Lonnie has been in 5 games out of 8 technically. White was out of necessity as well as Murray. There’s no necessity for Lonnie nor has he played well and that’s a massive understatement.
The guy may have NBA level talent but not NBA level skill yet--from the few minutes he's gotten on the court he just seems completely lost--its fine he's still very young and with help from the Spurs coaching staff he'll figure it out..
In years past, you would see someone like Boban get only garbage minutes and then all of a sudden, the Spurs would play some really bad team like Philadelphia and they would give Boban a chance to play. I feel like Lonnie is in a similar situation as Boban's 2nd year. The problem is, this year the Spurs are a worse team overall, so 1) there is a lot less garbage time and 2) they are not so much better than the last place teams that they can just rest their starters. For reference, here is a game log of Boban's 2nd year with the Spurs:
https://www.basketball-reference.com...1/gamelog/2016
You can see he started to get more playing time just after Christmas.
Boban only played here for one year
Would love for Lonnie to be traded tbh. To see him on the Sniffers here would be great, just needs the opportunity.
This means you're not a Spursfan.
Also, you're a got. But that's probably not relevant to this.
Bold card to play with that avatar tbh.
Pop could be trying to make Walker earn his time instead of just handing it to him. I'll trust him to play the long game here as much as it sucks seeing Bellinelli on the floor.
I would love to see him traded too or sent to the G league where he belongs.
it's because most crying have never paid their dues for anything.
Walker might not be able to but at this rate White just might.
I wish I could be sure of this but I think it take very little change in Lonnie’s play and he will see more PT.
All he needs to do is find his presence on the court. It’s like he needs to relax and play and do the things I am sure he has been taught. Breathe man and the show us what you can do.
He reminds me of when I first spied Vince Young at UT. You could see special. Walker has that. He needs to figure out how to harness it.
Yes indeed, a trade to the Austin Spurs would be perfect for him.
Yeah, his coach picked him for the US select team, promoted him to he US Men’s senior tram, and took him to the FIBA World Cup. I’m sure he’s furious.
Sniffers actually justifying playing Bellini/Mills over Lonnie Walker/Derrick White.
Still blows my mind that the emo ankle biters here think the Spurs are terrible at player development.
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