I think if he were the best rookie in a tight race, there’s no way they’d give the award to a Spur for the 3rd straight year. His numbers are almost immaterial at this point.
You must never have seen Sochans shot if you think Harper is another Sochan.
I meant in the sense of a prospect we were so excited for who fell off a cliff.
Yeah, I like to call it the Power vs Finesse comparison. Castle is way on the Power side, while Harper is more on the Finesse side. Regarding the results it should not matter as much, but I believe Finesse ages better, while you want to bring some (Power-)Hammers to every battle, just to make sure the overall Energy is high.
Yes he does. The defensive potential of Castle/Harper is quite high, and add "Swipa" alongside Wemby and we could have the best team defense in the league in a year or two, which spells deep playoff run. I miss those days when we smothered the opponents offense.
Nothing I loved more than the old style Spurs defense when they were holding teams under well under 100 ppg (under 90ppg some seasons too). I loved the pressure and intensity of those games. They'd just keep turning up the pressure bit by bit and making it almost impossible for the other team to score, then the other team has to execute to keep up, and then if they can't, then they start crumbing and making unforced errors as more and more pressure is applied. Keep applying the pressure, then more pressure, keep turning those screws, and then seeing the other team crack and unravel within those high intensity games was great (was great watching Detroit do it too for those couple of seasons).
Just think Harper could really take advantage of opposing teams focusing on Wemby, and the data so far this year certainly backs up the idea that they’re an effective duo.
This was always going to be the case when he got drafted. You have 3 guards who can't shoot the 3 consistently. So no way was he going to play more than Fox and it would've been a long shot for him to take minutes away from the reigning ROTY. Honestly, this will be his role going forward for the next few years for these same reasons. Unless there's a trade, there will be no way he gets more minutes than Fox or Castle. This is what happens when you draft the same type player for positions you already have filled. These guys can't shoot, so they'll never play together for a long period of time on the floor. That means Harper will be the one getting less minutes.
You might be right lol. Seems as if you learned some of Coach Pop's stubbornness.tbh if we drafted Kon, Mitch will have him off the bench with 10 mins per game and he gonna miss most of his shots and not be in the closing lineup
It is a coaching issue tbh
Would you trade down from Jason Kidd to take Klay Thompson?
I think Wemby will never do it; he genuinely loves this franchise. But there is a real Harden-out-of-OKC potential/danger with Harper if his role continues to be stymied while the top draftees of his class become stars and flourish elsewhere. Harper missing out on All-Rookie (first) teams will be the first scratch on the wall..
