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[dn0774]

thats about half his minutes that have been wemby. considering Harper isnt starting, you wouldnt expect him to play any more with wemby. and with Fox coming back soon, you expect that will be even less time available for other PGs with Wemby

where things can get very interesting is if Harper starts winning SG minutes over Castle

I'd love more of Harper's minutes to be with Wemby, but even when paired with Kornet it looked really good. Biyombo is the kryptonite to our lineups right now, they need to find or trade for a different body for that spot. 3rd bigs will get more minutes than we'd expect even with relatively solid health.

 

[dn0774]

Also wanted to mention, listened to Dunc'd On most recent podcast today, Nate Duncan talked about the Spurs/Pels and Spurs/Nets games and heaped praise on Harper. Mentioned that he is clearly a natural at being lead ball handler and if his shot comes around, look out. Nate Duncan is a known Castle doubter (hater?) but he actually liked some of his play outside of the obvious (aka turnovers), thought his on ball defense looked good. Just some dudes thoughts but figured i'd mention as his opinions have been brought up before.

 

[AFBlue]

We’re 4 games into the season. Him not starting over Castle does not mean that he’ll never be able to overtake that role.

It’s also entirely possible that all 3 of them end up starting in the not-so-distant future. Harper/Castle have the size to play the 2/3, especially with Wemby holding down the interior.

Just seems like we’re wildly jumping the gun to already be worrying about Harper being unhappy coming off the bench for years to come There are plenty of ways things can play out differently.

To be clear, I'm not worried or jumping the gun on Harper is unhappy talk. He may be perfectly happy running the second unit and finishing the game vs. starting.

That said, I don't think that him starting alongside Fox and Castle makes any sense with the current roster makeup--too many downhill creators without enough shooting to balance out. I could see Vassell moving to the bench to bolster scoring, but I'd assume Castle gets the nod alongside Fox.

 

[Spurs Fan]

4 games in and starting to look like he’s 4 seasons in

 

[Paramore]

Manu is one of a kind

 

[spursparker9]

Didn't expect Harper to be so impactful right off the bat...

Tbh I thought Castle (being reigning ROY) would have the edge over Harper. But Harper is definitely closing in on Castle.

 

[spursparker9]