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earthmansurfer
Posts: 24005 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 1/26/2005 Member: #858 Germany |
7/8/2016 3:31 AM
He looks nice. The Spurs generally keep their picks, don't make ****ty trades like we have, use their 2nd round picks nice - they just do their HW.
I know we have a nice team, but to get to this point this year we have had to endure so much... mismanagement? I just hope we keep our picks and become something special. Who knows, we might have picked him with our pick this year! The Bargs affect - gift that keeps on giving. The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. Albert Einstein
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smackeddog
Posts: 38391 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 3/30/2005 Member: #883 |
7/8/2016 3:50 AM
This is why the Spurs are the best franchise in sports for 20 years:
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fishmike
Posts: 53902 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 7/19/2002 Member: #298 USA |
7/8/2016 6:19 AM
smackeddog wrote:This is why the Spurs are the best franchise in sports for 20 years: thought for sure Briggs was going to remind us how right he was about Dejuan Blair  "winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs
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Nalod
Posts: 72113 Alba Posts: 155 Joined: 12/24/2003 Member: #508 USA |
7/8/2016 7:21 AM
Spurs are the best, because they think more like Briggs.
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blkexec
Posts: 28447 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 9/3/2004 Member: #748 |
7/8/2016 8:38 AM
Nalod wrote:Spurs are the best, because they think more like Briggs. Well.....im glad the knicks dont think like briggs.....but the nets do...... Crabbe was signed by the nets .......4yrs and 20 mill per Born in Brooklyn, Raised in Queens, Lives in Maryland.
The future is bright, I'm a Knicks fan for life!
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Welpee
Posts: 23162 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 1/22/2016 Member: #6239 |
7/8/2016 8:42 AM
BRIGGS wrote:Funny how people will say the Spurs are a great organization for picking someone who fell to them at 29, but Phil Jackson was lucky being able to pick KP at #4? |
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WaltLongmire
Posts: 27623 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 6/28/2014 Member: #5843 |
7/8/2016 10:46 AM
Welpee wrote:BRIGGS wrote:Funny how people will say the Spurs are a great organization for picking someone who fell to them at 29, but Phil Jackson was lucky being able to pick KP at #4? Yup. Not only that...Phil had a number of good players he could have chosen at 4, and a lot of people around here would have been more than happy if he had taken them. His choice was much more difficult...in fact picking from 2-5 last year was not easy given how many decent players there were to choose from. The choice is less difficult with a player who dropped into the late 20's...the choices have been narrowed. EnySpree: Can we agree to agree not to mention Phil Jackson and triangle for the rest of our lives?
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Cartman718
Posts: 29069 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 10/12/2007 Member: #1694 |
7/8/2016 10:50 AM
You have to ask yourself...how good would popovich's career trajectory be without Duncan. Same thing applies to spoelstra and doc rivers
Nixluva is posting triangle screen grabs, even when nobody asks - Fishmike. LOL
So are we going to reference that thread like the bible now? "The thread of Wroten Page 14 post 9" - EnySpree
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WaltLongmire
Posts: 27623 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 6/28/2014 Member: #5843 |
7/8/2016 10:53 AM
Cartman718 wrote:You have to ask yourself...how good would popovich's career trajectory be without Duncan. Same thing applies to spoelstra and doc rivers True for many coaches, though...including Phil...but yeah, having a guy like Duncan become your cornerstone...primarily because of the Robinson injury, of course, was fortunate. EnySpree: Can we agree to agree not to mention Phil Jackson and triangle for the rest of our lives?
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Knickoftime
Posts: 24159 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 1/13/2011 Member: #3370 |
7/8/2016 10:54 AM
'Pop' Quiz:
Q: What two things do Cady Lalanne, Jordan McRae, Deshaun Thomas, Marcus Denmon, Jack McClinton, James Gist, Romain Sato, Randy Holcomb, Bryan Bracey, Chris Carrawell, Cory Hightower, Leon Smith, Derrick Dial, Robertas Javtokas, Sergei Karaulov, Damir Markota, Giorgos Printezis, Ryan Richards and Adam Hanga have in common? A: 1.) You've never heard of them. 2.) They were all drafted by the Spurs since Duncan. The Spurs may just be the best drafters in the business, they've had a lot of success too, but even they aren't hitting .500. Which is instructive as to the nature of scouting and drafting. |
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nixluva
Posts: 56258 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 10/5/2004 Member: #758 USA |
7/8/2016 11:09 AM
Knickoftime wrote:'Pop' Quiz: WOW! Puts things in perspective. Who's to say that in time people won't talk about the Knicks being a great organization if KP turns into a Franchise player. A lot of a team's success is dependent upon drafting a great talent like a Duncan. I do think the Spurs have been very good at finding talent, but as the above shows, NO ONE is perfect. |
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Nalod
Posts: 72113 Alba Posts: 155 Joined: 12/24/2003 Member: #508 USA |
7/8/2016 11:11 AM
David Robinson blew his knee out the year Pitino tanked in Boston. The ping pong balls did not go Celtics way.
That created a momentum. Now, lets give spurs their due because as good as the spurs were with Robinson, SOME TEAMS would want to have been in "Win Now" mode and trade that pick previously (before the Admiral got hurt" and that pick could have been on someone elses team. Imagine if that happened? Its entirely possible the is a scenario that A GM got too greedy and wanted more than SAS's first round pick and a deal fell thru, this of course not knowing what that pick could become. So many scenario's that could have happened. How the Spurs build around Duncan for all these years is to be admired. what Briggs pats himself on the back is he can make so many "I like that player" type comments but the reality is one team gets just one shot at a pick, and that's why its so easy to pat ones self on the back and be overly critical in hindsight. Fans are brilliant when not held accountable for the results nor account for the proper forensics of time and place a decision has to be made. Trades, picks, negotiations are all on the clock. Briggs has plenty of players over the years he liked that are never made it. Briggs is right abotu the Spurs being the best managed team. Patience and understanding of player development creates opportunities. They make their own luck! Briggs is sometimes self serving in his posts, but aren't we all a bit guilty as well? |
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newyorker4ever
Posts: 26515 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 5/19/2014 Member: #5816 |
7/8/2016 11:33 AM
BRIGGS wrote: So they're the best franchise in sports because players fall to them in the draft?? |
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newyorker4ever
Posts: 26515 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 5/19/2014 Member: #5816 |
7/8/2016 11:33 AM
smackeddog wrote:This is why the Spurs are the best franchise in sports for 20 years: Hahahaha exactly |
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newyorker4ever
Posts: 26515 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 5/19/2014 Member: #5816 |
7/8/2016 11:34 AM
blkexec wrote:Nalod wrote:Spurs are the best, because they think more like Briggs. He was signed to a offer sheet which Portland can match but don't think they will. |
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WaltLongmire
Posts: 27623 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 6/28/2014 Member: #5843 |
7/8/2016 11:45 AM
Murray's issue is his shooting...most of his shots were drives in that video...and he shot 29% from the college 3 last year.
Hopefully he works with Leonard...same body type, and Leonard developed his shot over time...good role model for him. I liked the way he played yesterday, but I find it hard to believe that a guy who basically scored on a bunch of drives against what seemed like a small Celtics SL squad-two smaller guards, and a front line measuring in at 6'8," 6'7," and 6'8," and had 1 assist to 4 turnovers deserves an immediate thread like this one. Sorry...jumping the gun here, IMO. EnySpree: Can we agree to agree not to mention Phil Jackson and triangle for the rest of our lives?
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CrushAlot
Posts: 59764 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 7/25/2003 Member: #452 USA |
7/8/2016 11:49 AM
Someone always drops in the draft and they always get him.
I'm tired,I'm tired, I'm so tired right now......Kristaps Porzingis 1/3/18
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Nalod
Posts: 72113 Alba Posts: 155 Joined: 12/24/2003 Member: #508 USA |
7/8/2016 11:54 AM
Spurs develop players.
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meloanyk
Posts: 20768 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 7/5/2013 Member: #5615 |
7/8/2016 12:07 PM
CrushAlot wrote:Someone always drops in the draft and they always get him. Drafting Manu Ginobili with 57th pick of 1999 draft (joined Spurs in 02) and Tony Parker with 28th pick of 2001 draft along with picking Duncan 1st in 1997 gave them the nucleus. So many other moves over the years just added or supported this trio including trading a good young player George Hill for a draft prospect named Kwahi Leonard. Sharp front office and coaching , organizational stabilty and players willing to play as a team and stay together at under market prices were keys to their long run. Somewhat of an anomaly |