EPISODE · Oct 8, 2022 · 43 MIN
2022-23 NBA Lookaheads: San Antonio Spurs
from Hardwood Knocks: An NBA Podcast · host HardwoodKnocks: An NBA Podcast
Dan is joined by Paul Garcia (@PaulGarciaNBA) from Project Spurs and Spurscast (@TheSpurscast) for a deep dive into the 2022-23 San Antonio Spurs. They talk about the organization's decision to really rebuild, the development of Devin Vassell and Josh Primo, Keldon Johnson's trajectory, rookie-year expectations for Jeremy Sochan, Malaki Branham and Blake Wesley, trades, Victor Wembanyama, the 10-man rotation and MUCH more. TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 0:30 - INTRO 1:48 - The Dejounte Murray trade, Franchise direction 4:35 - How much longer will Gregg Popovich coach? 6:56 - Keldon Johnson timetable for return/What will his role look like? 10:00 - Josh Primo timeline for return/His offensive development 13:01 - The lowdown on Tre Jones 14:12 - Devin Vassell's development 18:38 - How much leeway will the rookies get? 19:28 - Rookie-year expectations for Jeremy Sochan 21:37 - Roles for Malaki Branham, Blake Wesley 23:38 - Offensive identity 25:56 - Early impressions of HEALTHY Zach Collins 27:46 - Who's the third big? 29:06 - The futures of Jakob Poeltl, Josh Richardson and Doug McDermott 32:10 - Should the Spurs trade for Russell Westbrook? 34:10 - Roster concerns beyond the obvious 34:57 - Roster strengths beyond the obvious 36:44 - The 10-man rotation 37:41 - Go-to crunch-time unit 38:18 - Weirdo lineups we want to see 39:14 - Over/under predictions, Where will the Spurs finish in the West? 43:37 - Scouting Victor Wembanyama JOIN OUR DISCORD: bit.ly/discordhwk SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: bit.ly/31z7eyI FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL⬇️ TWITTER/IG: @danfavale / @danfavale TWITTER: @gt_hughes TWITTER: @fromal09 TWITTER/IG: @HardwoodKnocks / @hardwood_knocks TIKTOK: @hardwoodknocks TWITTER: @SportsMathNet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Dan is joined by Paul Garcia (@PaulGarciaNBA) from Project Spurs and Spurscast (@TheSpurscast) for a deep dive into the 2022-23 San Antonio Spurs. They talk about the organization's decision to really rebuild, the development of Devin Vassell and Josh Primo, Keldon Johnson's trajectory, rookie-year expectations for Jeremy Sochan, Malaki Branham and Blake Wesley, trades, Victor Wembanyama, the 10-man rotation and MUCH more. TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 0:30 - INTRO 1:48 - The Dejounte Murray trade, Franchise direction 4:35 - How much longer will Gregg Popovich coach? 6:56 - Keldon Johnson timetable for return/What will his role look like? 10:00 - Josh Primo timeline for return/His offensive development 13:01 - The lowdown on Tre Jones 14:12 - Devin Vassell's development 18:38 - How much leeway will the rookies get? 19:28 - Rookie-year expectations for Jeremy Sochan 21:37 - Roles for Malaki Branham, Blake Wesley 23:38 - Offensive identity 25:56 - Early impressions of HEALTHY Zach Collins 27:46 - Who's the third big? 29:06 - The futures of Jakob Poeltl, Josh Richardson and Doug McDermott 32:10 - Should the Spurs trade for Russell Westbrook? 34:10 - Roster concerns beyond the obvious 34:57 - Roster strengths beyond the obvious 36:44 - The 10-man rotation 37:41 - Go-to crunch-time unit 38:18 - Weirdo lineups we want to see 39:14 - Over/under predictions, Where will the Spurs finish in the West? 43:37 - Scouting Victor Wembanyama JOIN OUR DISCORD: bit.ly/discordhwk SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: bit.ly/31z7eyI FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL⬇️ TWITTER/IG: @danfavale / @danfavale TWITTER: @gt_hughes TWITTER: @fromal09 TWITTER/IG: @HardwoodKnocks / @hardwood_knocks TIKTOK: @hardwoodknocks TWITTER: @SportsMathNet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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