Player The Lifelong Residency of the Ever-Important Heart and Soul of the Spurs, Keldon Johnson

[MannyIG]

People wanted to scrap this core for years, and keeping them together and letting them experience what its like to win has been really valuable. It's not that Vassell and Keldon were great before - or that they are great now (we'll see how good they end up being) - but ultimately their contracts and keeping them around and giving them time to learn has cost the Spurs absolutely nothing and in the end it might be the great move to build what is possibly the best locker room in the NBA. And honestly, that's worth building!!!

They've played a pretty easy schedule so far and they still have yet to play a complete game but it does seem like they might be on the verge of turning a corner and it makes me really happy to see this for all of them but ofr KJ especially. The guy bleeds silver and black and I love it.

And not for nothing but I think this is really valuable for Wemby. I think he LOVES the lockeroom and if at the end of the day that dude retires a lifelong Spur like our prior Hall of Famers then I think this will have played a role. Pop was a bad coach for a while now, but he was never wrong that culture mattered.

 

[Robz4000]

If this is the version of Keldon we're getting from now on and he takes a discount on his next contract I'm for it tbh.

 

[ambchang]

Keldon is one of those guys who does these stupid things on court that makes you want to rip his head out, but you just can’t stay mad at him because he just loves the team so much. That child like enthusiasm is so endearing.

 

[Shmurs]

everyone says he’s been bought into the bench role this whole time but last year he was doing main character shit constantly and just played by himself whenever he was in the game.

This is what being bought into looks like. You don’t decide before you cross half court that this is your possession. He’s now working with the flow of the game much better.