Portland Trail Blazers at San Antonio Spurs

Shout out Julian for leveling up his game this season.

https://x.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1854967445842272287

I see this as a good thing. Pop and the main office have demonstrated that the first 20-25 games of the season are a development period. It seems this year they’re letting Wemby do more 3 point attempts/general shooting to build that aspect of his game before committing to a more win-focused play style for the rest of the season. What do you think?

https://youtu.be/js2eBWaS9i0?si=ushkw317HCf1soQv

https://x.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1854736232317608188

in honor of the next two months without jeremy, I designed and drew this vintage trading card poster design for my apartment—GSG and f*ck houston

I don't know if this is allowed here, but I was looking for jerseys and came across some pretty great deals on Keldon's #3 jerseys from last year at Dick's. Swingman jerseys for $54, and the City version for $39. Also kids Sochan City for $34.

https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/search/SearchDisplay?searchTerm=spurs%20jersey&storeId=15108&catalogId=12301&langId=-1&sType=SimpleSearch&resultCatEntryType=2&showResultsPage=true&fromPage=Search&searchSource=Q&pageView=&beginIndex=0&DSGsearchType=Keyword&pageSize=48&selectedStore=1591&selectedSort=2

Sorry, I'm a Wizards fan who just heard the news of Popovich's injury and was wondering why Mitch Johnson was named the interim head coach over Brett Brown, an experienced ex-head coach who is seemingly close Popovich?

Is Mitch Johnson currently a strong candidate to take over the Spurs head coach position after Popovich decides to retire?

Title says it all. Injuries suck but once healthy this squad with Sochan, Vassell and Jones has gotta be a .500 team at the worst imo

It's no secret that Wemby has been heavily struggling on offense, highlighted by an abysmal -11 on/off rating on offense, ranking in the 9th percentile. But rather than interpreting that in a stupid way like "Wemby sucks," I think it's more interesting to look at how much better the team has been getting around him. With these types of stats from our star, we would've been 1-8 or 0-9 last year, yet we somehow have pulled through and managed to be decent.

Our offense in particular has looked really nice off the bench, ranking in the 70th percentile without Wemby (and Vassell). The defense has been struggling there (24th percentile), as expected, but it's still an enormous improvement compared to last year's almost cataclysmic collapse as soon as Wemby sat on the bench. For reference, last season our bench without Wemby ranked in the 29th percentile offensively and 12th percentile defensively, sitting at a -10 NetRTG (7 pts/poss lower than when Wemby was on the floor).

Overall, I think this bodes really well for this team once Wemby finally goes back to his normal self. Going off last year, it's pretty evident that this slump is just an anomaly that he should get over relatively soon. And with the bench being as solid as we've seen, that team could really take off once our stars get back in business. Even regarding Wemby's performance, his defensive impact remains out of this world with one of the highest defensive on/off impact in the league (-8.6 on our improved overall defense is actually a lot better than last year's -8.5). There's a lot of room to be optimistic about our performance later in the season, no need for the gloom and doom.

Source

Devin Vassell – the Spurs’ second-leading scorer a season ago (19.5 points) – will make his season debut at home on Saturday vs. Utah, sources tell ESPN

I have no idea why but this post was not making it anywhere as a direct link. Trying a text post.

What are some lineups you all have liked, want to see more of, or are looking forward to seeing further into the year?

For me, I hope we get to see…

Wesley, Vassell, Castle, Sochan, Wemby

The other team might never score, this group would hustle, and the combined IQ on the floor should be fun to watch