Player The restricted-age video store section of Dylan Harper

[OK Computer]

how many teams have relevant 3rd PGs?

None, because the Spurs are the first team to successfully do this formula. It is our hallmark advantage that few actually appreciate.

 

[spurraider21]

None, because the Spurs are the first team to successfully do this formula. It is our hallmark advantage that few actually appreciate.

all we really need is another 2/3 type tbh, and stagger castle/harper enough to make it work

assuming no garbage time (big assumption given how good this team looks and shoud look going forward), you need 48 minutes with a PG on the floor. assume that castle/harper each play 32 mpg.

the very rudimentary math is they each play 8 minutes per quarter... of which 4 of those minutes are them sharing the court, and 4 apiece as the sole lead guard, ie

Castle/Harper start the game together for the first 4 minutes
Harper goes to the bench and Castle plays PG for 4 minutes
Castle subs out, Harper subs in and plays PG for 4 minutes

and you basically just mix/match these rotations for each quarter of the game, probably closing the 4th with them both sharing the floor

 

[OK Computer]

all we really need is another 2/3 type tbh, and stagger castle/harper enough to make it work

assuming no garbage time (big assumption given how good this team looks and shoud look going forward), you need 48 minutes with a PG on the floor. assume that castle/harper each play 32 mpg.

the very rudimentary math is they each play 8 minutes per quarter... of which 4 of those minutes are them sharing the court, and 4 apiece as the sole lead guard, ie

Castle/Harper start the game together for the first 4 minutes
Harper goes to the bench and Castle plays PG for 4 minutes
Castle subs out, Harper subs in and plays PG for 4 minutes

and you basically just mix/match these rotations for each quarter of the game, probably closing the 4th with them both sharing the floor

I’d argue that having Fox (or a third PG) not only allowed us to have 48 minutes of elite PG play but also allowed more two-PG lineups. In your plan, it only allows 16 minutes of Castle-Harper lineups where it’s probably double that right now with combinations of Castle-Harper, Harper-Fox, Castle-Fox. These lineups keep the opposing team guessing and when one PG has a bad play, the other one takes over - that has happened a lot this season.

When you say “just get a 2/3”, I think it underestimates the skill of a real point guard. A 2/3 is kind of like Vassell, right? We’ve seen Vassell handle the ball a lot in previous seasons, and it’s night and day now when that ball is in a real point guard’s hands instead. Now, if you said to get a 2/3 with above average point guard skill then that would be different. But that is not that common. Maybe that’s where Dailyn Swain would be good for us, or if you looked at forwards who played point guard then Joshua Jefferson would be perfect.

 

[spurraider21]

I like Joshua Jefferson quite a bit, more than i like Swain for us

 

[LeBowen]

Finally played more than 30 minutes in a game.

 

[scott]

Welp, I lean realist over idealist. If Fox can’t stay because of the financial constraints, then so be it. It sucks because I see this team achieving 70 wins next year, and to lose Fox after that will be a huge blow.

Of course… if we’re coming off back to back titles and Fox is still performing at a high level… you just pay the lux tax. Breaking up winning teams is always “smartest guy in the room” energy that seems to backfire more often than not

 

[100%Duncan]

Of course… if we’re coming off back to back titles and Fox is still performing at a high level… you just pay the lux tax. Breaking up winning teams is always “smartest guy in the room” energy that seems to backfire more often than not

If you b2b, no way you dont keep the core and try a 3peat tbh.



Damn we’re already talking about b2bs and 3peats

 

[STAT88]

Would you guys still keep Fox when we’re going for the 4peat?