Pop doesn't know about bringing up a point guard. I still say he ruined Tony Parker's career in the beginning. He made Parker into what he wanted, which is a damn good PG to be sure, but imagine if Pop let Parker run loose and play more fast break early on. I think that's part of why we in such a rut offensively in the early 2000's, if anyone remembers us winning games like 78-74 or 82-80. Pop didn't really know how to run an offense back then, he just gave the ball to Duncan and it worked, I'm not hating on that philosophy at all, but it wasn't exactly good for Tony Parker.
To Pop's credit however, he spent literally all of last year giving Murray tape to watch, letting him call plays, sitting in on coaches meetings. Murray had one year of uninterrupted time to learn the offense and he still looks completely lost. Pop did ruin Murray's defense though simply by playing Forbes. He made Murray run around like a chicken without a head covering for Forbes. He made Murray constantly look over his shoulder at his teammates defender instead of his. Murray forgot how to play 1v1 defense because he didn't play any all year long. It ruined Murray's instincts and made him feel like he had to take all sorts of gambles on defense since they were going to score on Forbes anyways. It also affected his zone defense because like I said, Forbes can't guard in any type of D and Murray was covering for him in zone as well.
But DJ can't dribble. he can't penetrate defenses consistently, and he can't shoot the 3. He needs to be able to do 1 of the 3 if he wants to stay on the team. I prefer he picks up the latter. Because if he could shoot VOLUME 3's at 37-39% then our offense would be amazing and he would be a perfect fit in our system. Let Derrick run the show, he kicks out to DJ who now has a credible jumper and the opponent must close out fast to contest, and he can now pump fake and get to the lane easier with a shaky handle. I said this in the beginning of the season, If Murray and White weren't shooting 4-5 threes a game, then this was a waste of a season. White caught on. Murray needs to join the program or adios. Good luck in NY