Player The Burgeoning 3&D American Sign Language Consulate of Carter Bryant

[scott]

What your point?

I know this is your whole life and you quickly get emo anytime there's a diff opinion, but what are you trying to achieve exactly?

Yes CB's development is directly liked to Sochan, it's factual.

Yes, my opinion is that we're wasting a lot of time with Sochan and it costs CB's development. Deal with it.

Try breathing exercises boy, if you just don't know how to have a respectful convo

Okay Karen

 

[RC_Drunkford]

What your point?

I know this is your whole life and you quickly get emo anytime there's a diff opinion, but what are you trying to achieve exactly?

Yes CB's development is directly liked to Sochan, it's factual.

Yes, my opinion is that we're wasting a lot of time with Sochan and it costs CB's development. Deal with it.

Try breathing exercises boy, if you just don't know how to have a respectful convo

Sochan is on this roster. How about you deal with it instead of whining about it every 5 minutes like a lil bitch.

 

[PanameSpur]

Sochan is on this roster. How about you deal with it instead of whining about it every 5 minutes like a lil bitch.

Okay Karen

Look at this cute couple

It's always a social experiment with you

 

[dn0774]

CB is obviously an intriguing physical package and the shot looks decent. Problem is he has no idea what he is doing or where to be on the court, he is an infant out there. He needs to be in Austin all year and discover what he is (and isn’t) with lots of lower stakes playing time.

The future is bright for the kid, just not going to see it this season. Only “what if” I think about from the draft is if Cedric Coward had still been there at 14. Dude has been the most impactful player in Memphis already.

 

[ambchang]

The biggest problem about Vince Kobe is his bbiq at this point, which is not a problem at all because it’s for development. He should replace sochan because sochan has zero bbiq, you don’t want anyone with low bbiq on the lineup but you want carter there because once he fixes his bbiq he’d be fine.

And since sochan got minutes four years ago when our team sucked ass also means we should give it to Carter now when we have playoff aspiration, despite having a more developed version of Carter in sochan at the expense of sochan because of fairness. If you don’t agree with all of this you are an emo bitch and anyone who agrees with you is your boyfriend, but anybody who agrees with me has great basketball takes and understands how to run a team.

Also wemby is the greatest ever and anyone who makes him look bad should be sent to the gulag and starved to death because that’s a sign of low bbiq.

Did I just summarized the greatest basketball take that has been repeated ad nauseam but nobody gets it because if you don’t agree with it it just means that you don’t get it as it’s such an obvious take because it’s my take and my take is always right?

Excuse me I have to post the same takes in the other 27 live threads now, especially those that have nothing to do with sochan so that people who don’t read sochan thread will know how much he sucks, especially his bbiq. All the contributions he has aren’t actually contributions either, they are garbage rebounds (those he stole from wemby), his defense is overrated because people were actually worried about being blocked by wemby, even when wemby is on the bench and if you give credit to sochan it takes away the greatness of wemby, his offensive rebounds are weak rebounds and he is also a stupid person even though I only know him at a basketball capacity but since he can’t shoot I know everything he does in life sucks. I know he couldn’t even grow a Lima bean during grade 3 science class because his shooting sucks.

Did I mention he has low bbiq?

 

[Raven_]

You can clearly see why they drafted him, but he's too terrible at switching to be considered for defensive responsibilities. Problem is, I don't think he'd learn that all that much in the g league. So maybe he's being handled correctly by playing small minutes here and there and stinking up the joint everytime he shows up. We kind of __can__ afford it.. sorta..

 

[PanameSpur]

I love how I'm living rent-free in Karen's head, tbh

(Didn't read)

 

[ambchang]

I also know things that I didn’t read.

Did I mention sochan has low bbiq? But sochan is not in my head even though I post non stop about sochan. But if someone respond to my post once its means I’m in his and his boyfriends head.

Wait, let me at some emojis to show that I’m not bothered at all.

 

[rogcl1]

You can clearly see why they drafted him, but he's too terrible at switching to be considered for defensive responsibilities. Problem is, I don't think he'd learn that all that much in the g league. So maybe he's being handled correctly by playing small minutes here and there and stinking up the joint everytime he shows up. We kind of __can__ afford it.. sorta..

I think a little bit of exposure and playing time on the big Spurs and a lot of development time in Austin might be the best route for him.

 

[timtonymanu]

Think he should be fine over time but yeah put him in the G League. He looks really bad offensively.

 

[Robz4000]

Think he should be fine over time but yeah put him in the G League. He looks really bad offensively.

I'm the opposite tbh, think he needs a consistent 10 mins of game time with the big boy club tbh. That said, this team is deep enough to where that's hard to find right now.

 

[TAPS]

I'm the opposite tbh, think he needs a consistent 10 mins of game time with the big boy club tbh. That said, this team is deep enough to where that's hard to find right now.

I think a 57 win Pop team might ease him in like they’re doing now, then ramp him up in January to get more minutes in February, etc. This team is more of a young team like the 1998 Spurs (coaching-wise especially) in that I am not sure that buzz cut Pop takes that risk developing a rookie that stinks right now. By ring #2 (aka early 2000s) I think that had changed.

As a rookie coach and team they might feel the safe bet is on only playing the rotation guys all season to get the first playoff berth of the new era. Can’t say I hope it works out exactly that way, I think Mitch can walk and chew gum at the same time.

I do think Carter’s going to have a breakout game this year but that looks a little farther away right now.

This post stemmed from a random thought about the Spurs developing the 3 spot strictly in-house.

 

[scott]

He's getting more meaningful minutes than he probably deserves right now... and Mitch's nice guy fairness rotations really hurt us against CHI today.

Bryant has a bright future, but he needs to earn his minutes.

 

[Ariel]

I always thought his future would hinge on his ability to hit 3s, the rest of his game I'm not too worried about. If his lone college season's 37% from deep turns out to be an outlier, then it could be rough.

 

[bozhemoi]

I like getting him minutes right now. Mitch is doing the right thing by trying different lineups out, see what's working, what needs work.

 

[NotoriousHOP]

I'm going to chime in on the growing sentiment. CB needs to spend some time in the G League. Two or three games at a time to get some extended burn. Plenty of big league observation time and a few minutes here and there where possible but it would help him get there faster if he can skill up and develop a rhythm in Austin. If his name hadn't been called in the lottery, he might already be there

 

[Shmurs]

I guess the counterpoint is…

I don’t think we know how this process works. It’s not really a consistent framework where you have countless examples of what the best practices are for mid first round wing projects. Sometimes these dudes hang out in the NBA until it clicks. Sometimes they go G. I don’t know if his profile is better served practicing with NBA vs playing in G League.

Is there really a mature playbook for this?

 

[NotoriousHOP]

The G League isn't exactly a YMCA league. These are men with various levels of professional experience, including NBA experience. They are scraping and clawing for what they get and they aren't going to be in awe of a young lottery pick. He'll have to put in work there and, from previous understanding, they run a lot of the sets that our big club does. Again, I'm not advocating for weeks there, just opportunistic 2-4 game stints.

 

[scott]

This homestand is a perfect time for CB to get some Austin games in. Austin Spurs have two home games on 11/19 and 11/20. I would be surprised if CB isn't up there for the 11/19 game between Spurs games on the 18th and 20th.

And of course... plenty of precedent for the Spurs sending their guys to Austin. DJM, Derrick and Keldon all spent plenty of time up there. Three of the greatest #29 picks in NBA history. CB being picked 14th should be irrelevant to what his development path should be.

 

[couchman]

We need to stop wasting everyone’s time and send CB to Austin immediately. He’s not getting PT on the big club and the things he needs to work on can’t happen in this environment. I’m very high on his POTENTIAL, but we can totally squander it if he just sits in SA a lot for the next few years.

 

[024]

Keeping him with the team when there were a lot of injuries made sense. But it's time to send him to Austin for more playing time now that he'll barely crack the rotation. No sense in giving him spotty minutes as a deep bench player.

He was also a backup in college so he needs to get more reps in playing pro ball. I think he still has a couple years of development to do.

 

[KobesAchilles]

I have (possibly?) have issues with him in the GL. I’m not against the idea of it. I am against his role. I think his role in GL should kinda mirror the role he would play for us. I don’t want him to be the alpha dog over there just jacking up midrange shots and going crazy on shot selection. I want him to really practice 3&D.

 

[Exstatic]

You can clearly see why they drafted him, but he's too terrible at switching to be considered for defensive responsibilities. Problem is, I don't think he'd learn that all that much in the g league. So maybe he's being handled correctly by playing small minutes here and there and stinking up the joint everytime he shows up. We kind of __can__ afford it.. sorta..

Switching on D isn’t remotely the only thing he has to learn. He needs to be in Austin.

 

[spursistan]

CB making inroads into regular 10-man rotation vs real NBA competition is good development these past few games..It is obvious they see him as a major part of the team in category of future "role players" to surround the core pieces with.

 

[dastexan]

Carter Bryant is honestly making strides rapidly. Perfect time to get him some minutes to see the speed of the NBA game, then likely send him to Austin to put things to work for much of January at a minimum.

Hell I'd say he is better than Sochan already (not that its saying a lot)