And so I think they're gonna have to s- they're gonna start the three guards and just kinda figure the rotation out from there, which there's challenges involved with that.

Yeah, I mean, I was thinking the exact same thing, and I can remember Mitch Johnson sort of throughout the playoffs, he talked about like all the talent I've got on this roster.

Like I have crazy ideas that I wanna implement, but you really can't implement those ideas if you don't have the time to rep 'em, you know, in practice.

I think maybe there's a chance they go in, and aggregators leave me alone, um, but there's a chance going in that all three of those guards could, could start.

Now, if you go back to last season and you look at some of the, the lineups, the t- the two man line- or the, the lineups with those three guards, the numbers were not very good at all, but at the same time it was a very small sample size.

So I'm curious to see what that looks like if they try to implement that.

But they have built a roster where they can try a bunch of different things over the course of a season that they can really implement during the playoffs.

How'd that go?

And so I think they're gonna have to s- they're gonna start the three guards and just kinda figure the rotation out from there, which there's challenges involved with that.

Yeah, I mean, I was thinking the exact same thing, and I can remember Mitch Johnson sort of throughout the playoffs, he talked about like all the talent I've got on this roster, like I have crazy ideas that I wanna implement, but you really can't implement those ideas if you don't have the time to rep 'em, you know, in practice.

I think maybe there's a chance they go in, and aggregators leave me alone, um, but there's a chance going in that all three of those guards could, could start.

Now, if you go back to last season and you look at some of the, the lineups, the t- the two man line- or the, the lineups with those three guards, the numbers were not very good at all, but at the same time it was a very small sample size.

So I'm curious to see what that looks like if they try to implement that.

But they have built a roster where they can try a bunch of different things over the course of a season that they can really implement during the playoffs.

And I think that it, it's, it, it's gonna be different, especially coming into this season with the expectations being sky high after going into la- to last season with like no expectations.

How'd that go?

That was after he was boohooing 'cause they beat the Clippers in a regular season game.

[laughs] Right, but he said that, that there, there were nights where he had trouble sleeping.

And another thing that I really thought was interesting is like he had those guys over to Paris, uh, in August.

He had like 10 of those guys- He said it was really touching and emotional to him.

And later on, you know, throughout media day, Stef- Stefan Cassell talked about how, like, they had some pretty tough emotional talks during that time together in France.

And you know, obviously all these things are the, the things that galvanize a team coming off a disappointing, heartbreaking loss in the finals.

Harrison Barnes said they had a shared heartbreak.

Um-

What do you think about the way that the, that Brian Wright, that RC Buford, that, that, that Mitch Johnson, the whole Spurs bank- brain trust has built what they've built around Victor Wembanyama, and, and how do you see the state of this basketball program coming off their return t- to the NBA finals?

Well, I think that the brass, whether that be Brian Wright, Mitch, you know, all those guys, I think they have been very careful in how they built this team.

Like, I don't think they've deviated from what they said back when they first drafted Victor.

And they said that, "You know, hey, we gotta see what we have on the roster before we start really trying to, you know, build around him." And I think they've kinda just piece by piece, you know, they've done it.

But along the way they've had other guys develop, you know, like the Devin Vassells, you know, guys like that.

They developed.

And Julian Champagnie.

But, um, just for the listeners of, and viewers, of Spurs Insider Podcast, what do you think the situation is with Dylan Harper, what his expectations are Of this coming season, his role, and what the Spurs' expectations of his role will be.

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But that ...

But, like, Dylan is what ...

He, he came into the league at 19, and he, he's just got that mentality, and you c- like, you know that he grew up around the game, his dad and everything.

Like, you know that, that, like, nothing is going to, to, to shake him.

And you see the way he's been playing so far in the finals, like, I mean, the physicality.

He's a kid, and he's playing against grown men with families that need to bring them checks home.

How many needles are getting used?

Uh, Michael Wright, what is going on with the Spurs and the pro- for- performance we've seen the last couple of games? Will they bounce back in Game 4?

I think...

I guess what I can say about what's going on, I think the physicality and the grind of the playoffs is finally starting to take, take a toll on a young team that has never been here before.

You know? And, and as of right now, they're, they're a little banged up in the backcourt, and that makes it tough on everybody because Miss Johnson, the coach, he just said recently that, you know, Victor is the guy that, you know, he's the guy that builds all the advantages, but it's those three guys in the backcourt.

You know? It, it, it's DeJounte Murray, it's Stephon Castle, it's Dylan Harper.

Those are the guys that help to exploit those, those advantages.

But the problem is those guys are...

Yeah.