You didn’t answer my questions.
But White and Murray both played with Forbes/DeRozan. I’m not saying it’s ideal; I’m saying for this team? Yeah, if Forbes/DeRozan can start with one of them, they can all 3 play together especially factoring the defensive uptick.
You didn’t answer my questions.
It doesn’t make sense and IIRC even TIMVP was calling for Lonnie to be playing sooner so this is an odd reaction.
I’m not saying 10 games of tough love is not worth it; I’m saying HOW he handled the tough love put the team in a whole and he could have had both.
You didn't answer my initial question.
Like being better in 10 games in this season is even on the same scale as pushing Walker to reach his potential on both ends
What question? I missed it. I will answer yours, then please answer mine I asked.
Why are you acting like you couldn’t (and very likely) couldn’t do both? What evidence do you have that benching him this much vs 2 games had any impact?
Like am I torn up inside if Lonnie reaches his potential “because” of this? Of course not. Great. But don’t defend stupid a** coaching and conflate it with this.
Your scale of importance is strange.
Forging Walker into a two-way player >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 10 games of this season.
"I sold my business for $100 million!" - anonymous
"But why didn't you sell it two weeks ago? They might have offered the same amount then." - DPG
You yourself said Lonnie should be playing WTF kind of mind melt is this
Scale, my friend. Scale.
Got damn Yoda. Fine, I will forget about Pop’s a** of a season because Lonnie is DWade with a 3Ball. You win.
I know you really want to hop into this train, even though you were talking about Pop's rotation just last week, but the (related) issue I brought up in this thread is how they drafted.
And let's be honest here, you'll be back to ing about Pop's rotations once this fluke win fades away.
Pop was different under the big 3...i shouldn't have had to explain that... That's what ppl have been saying all along
I think this thread is more about White and Murray at least that’s how I took it. In my comment earlier I mentioned I really couldnt say anything about their recent draftees who aren’t playing.
TBF to OP, he has expressed multiple times in different threads that Lonnie was the only one who looked the part of a star (as has Chinook at times) bc he has not just the athleticism but a good looking shot and natural scoring talent.
you capitulated too early.
I do so hate how Pop gets credit for every improvement by one of his players when far as we know Lonnie has been ready for a while just lacked opportunities. It’s a massive problem for real stars not named Duncan/Manu/Tony. And frankly Manu was already a developed 25 year old rookie afík and Timmy D cake ready to play from day 1. The only thing we know is Lonnie made some mistakes in one game and got benched bc Pop probably had too many things/lineups on his plate to incorporate him... until they went on a humongous losing streak plus LMA got “injured”.
There’s not a change that’s going to happen in 2 weeks that wasn’t based on work put in the summer by the player. Recognizing the player is the first step to perhaps keeping these guys when they mature in SA. Let the player credit the coach if they want but one always should credit the player first for all the work they put into their games.
[QUOTE=timvp;9998987]Your scale of importance is strange.
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Never mind what I said. Explain the logic of playing him against Minny, and then not against the Clippers. How, exactly, did that help him become a 2-way player?
Maybe Pop should kick Forbes in the balls. Then if he starts playing D, Pop can take credit for it. Some players need to be benched - some need to be kicked in the balls.
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Benching Walker a couple of times forged him into a 2-way player? Well, that's an optimistic take if there ever was one.
The reason is because the number of players who have done well with the Spurs out of no where is high. Then many of those players have left, and done horribly. Yet, the opposite isn't really true. Name me the players who have failed under Pop but gone on to succeed elsewhere? I can't think of one off the top of my head. Yet I can think of a lot who fill the other side of the coin.
None of us are behind the scenes and privy to why Pop is doing what he is doing. I generally think he's been atrocious this season, but I do think there is potential that he's pulling the right strings with the 3 young players. I don't know, but if Beli plays in place of LWIV next game then we should all riot.
Spurs fans seem to be taking lotto ball in stride.
I told you idiots
the only thing i know is this, IB got was never in the 4th quarter making the run, he was never in both ot ....pretty much sums it up about him as a spurs player, his gleague material man
lonnie and white is the real future, the future is now, unless popa still thinks these 2 aint over themselves
Bait ignored.
He can easily be better than Mitc . His defense on Harden was so disciplined & just good.
of course he can, I just used him as a comparison cause they similar players and Walker was often compared to him when he entered the draft
that's one of the dumbest posts I've read all year
Filed under "trash takes". Let's again hear the complaints about rookies taking the time to develop in the G-League before coming into the NBA... Huh...? Silence?
People really questioning one of the greatest development franchises ever on how they develop their players. Lonnie, a G-League product, shut it up last night. If Luka can develop into anything similar to him, let him simmer down in the GL for two seasons for all I care, tbh...
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