Wemby looks awesome in warmups.

Gonna wreck the Lakers. (If he comes back for that one)

Atlanta is getting a Top 3 pick in the next draft.

Sorry I just saw this. We are a few rows behind the spurs bench.

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Sorry I just saw this. We are a few rows behind the spurs bench.

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We somehow ended up next to the bench. Baseline sitting next to the trainers.

My son has a new favorite player - Julian pulled him out onto the court pregame and let him shoot with the team.

Good stuff!

Another 3rd quarter meltdown.

Mitch has to change things up during halftime. These 3rd quarters are killing us.

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Pop is on his way to NO to whoop Mitch Johnson's ass for this defensive showing

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The things that came out of Sweeneys mouth during this last timeout had my son asking a lot of questions.

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AA said:

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Pop is on his way to NO to whoop Mitch Johnson's ass for this defensive showing

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The things that came out of Sweeneys mouth during this last timeout had my son asking a lot of questions.

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I see you guys! Gig 'em. And Go Spurs Go!

What the heck does Mitch tell this team at halftime for them to not show up in the third?

This season, Spurs seem to play great in the first half with a lead then don't bother to show up in the third. Time and time it happens.

44-16 against Cleveland, 45-23 tonight. Ridiculous.

They came out so flat. You could feel the energy difference in warmups. Third wasn't a surprise.

Good lord this team cannot figure out how to go into half and come back out

Pelicans scored on 21 of 26 possessions in the 3rd.

Spurs couldn't handle the zone. Awful effort on defense. Scott Foster being Scott Foster. Fox is a bum.

Derik Queen showing out today just for guitar soup

The trade to get him was horrible, but I think he's already shown enough to prove me right that he's going to be a productive offensive player in this league.

Interesting we didn't put in Sochan or Castle in the game in the last defensive possession.

Harper is ridiculously good already.

AggieEP said:

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Derik Queen showing out today just for guitar soup

The trade to get him was horrible, but I think he's already shown enough to prove me right that he's going to be a productive offensive player in this league.

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I never said he wouldn't be a productive offensive player.

I said he was not the right fit for the Spurs on either end of the court. I stand by that.

He's shooting ALMOST 12% from three for the season and we need 3pt shooting.

He is best as a hub, and for a rookie, he is very good at that. But if you use him like that, you are taking the ball out of Wemby, Fox, Harper, and Castle's hands. That's poor fit for our team and our strengths. Taking the ball out of the hands of Fears, Murphy, Herb, and Bey makes a lot more sense. I think building a team around him and Fears with Murphy and Herb working off ball makes a lot of sense if you can find a rim protector that can space the floor like Myles Turner.

On defense though.... with 9 seconds left Queen just watched Harper drive the paint and lay it in while he sat in the restricted area and didn't move a muscle for what was the go ahead bucket. Then he front rimmed the open shot and fouled Fox for the Spurs to ice the game.

He has a lot of offensive talent and he is a lot further in development than most expected, but I don't think he will ever have what the Spurs want/need on defense and I don't think he fits this team at all. He may have a higher ceiling (offensively) than Bryant, but it is hard to say that Bryant isn't a better fit for the Spurs.

Queen is a modern day Big Baby. He will be a beast in that energy big bowling ball role. But spurs dont need that they need someone who can stroke a three

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Harper is ridiculously good already.

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I know it's a cliche comparison, but we have not had someone with the ability to get to the rim at will like that since Manu. Castle isn't far behind him in that regard either. Their assist numbers are gonna be nuts if Champagnie/Barnes/Vassell continue to fill it up

I'm not arguing that I want him on the Spurs, just that he's been very impressive for a rookie overall so far. And I think it's a little disingenuous for you to forget that you made a few posts calling him fat Queen at the beginning of the season when he didn't get much run in the first few games.

I think the shooting will come with time. Myles Turner and Julius Randle didn't come into the league as good shooters either. In a redraft of this class so far, I think any logical person would say that him slipping to 13 wouldn't happen based on what he's already shown. He'd have been a great choice for Washington or Phoenix.

I didn't bag on him for not playing early in the season, that isn't disingenuous, that's a lie. Rookies aren't expected to get lots of minutes immediately and I didn't expect that of him with Zion coming in healthy.

I did call him fat during the draft process before he was drafted because he was and had historically awful physical marks. But I always agreed on his offensive talent and footwork. My questions on him weren't unique to me: work ethic, drive , athleticism, shooting, defense.

Turner and those other guys didn't grow up after the 3pt revolution. Queen was like 10yo when Steph blew up in 2015.