Patty Mills started at point guard for the Spurs and had 11 points and five assists. Parker is at the age when most players, especially those with a lot of miles on their legs, begin to consider retirement. No matter the amount of practice time, a game situation is an entirely different story. He knows it. It’s part of the deal after being the league’s leading free agent and tying the legacies of all those Spurs icons to your own. To Anderson’s credit, his defense on Danny Green was solid, and he didn’t force anything offensively.
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Regardless, Aldridge should be thankful for such since it means that the Spurs intend to look out for his interest just like any player on the Spurs roster. “Tonight was not about them”.
Willie Cauley-Stein is quietly cementing himself as a starter next to DeMarcus Cousins. His second start in a row for those counting. As for his actual performance, he wasn’t attacked by the Kings’ guards on pick and rolls, so we don’t really know how well he’ll fare during the regular season.
The Spurs kick off the preseason this Thursday at Sacramento. All of this change is worth the risk to Aldridge because of how great it would be if this does work. “And Willie probably fits Cuz a little better, too”.
Neither David Stockton nor Seth Curry made a major impact in their fourth quarter minutes.
It’s a small sample size, but Gay is finding his groove from deep early in the preseason. Curry nailed a tough floater in traffic for his only bucket of the game. When Karl turned to his bench, it was Marco Belinelli and not McLemore that got the initial call. You can tell his teammates are still getting used to the idea that a pass can come from any angle at any moment.
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“The ball is just going in man”, Gay said from his locker room stall. He needs more post touches, and more opportunities to create from those post touches. But I think now a few guys are anxious to see what we look like against another team.
