This is PERFECT for the Spurs...

This is perfect for the San Antonio Spurs, though they just lost a heartbreaker, a nail biter in the Summer League to the Los Angeles Lakers. There is one thing that's happening with the Spurs roster that we're going to touch on and what's happening in Summer League is perfect for what the roster needs and we are going to discuss that here on Spurs Digest with your host Keenan Warner. and if you guys haven't yet make sure you guys take a spur of the moment to get every Spurs moment by hitting that subscribe button so you don't miss all the great content that me Josh and Brian have coming for you about 70% of you guys it's a free button down there it's about 70% of you guys just come on tune in if you enjoyed this video come join the Spurs family because we would love to have you here but if you guys don't know or you didn't see the summer league game last night it was a late one 10 a.m or 10 p.m eastern 9 p.m in central time 88 to 89 the Spurs lost the Spurs outplayed the Lakers for the majority of this game unfortunately Dalton Connect got hot late scored about 13 points in the fourth quarter and then a putback dunk sealed the fate for the San Antonio Spurs as you see here the Spurs won the first second and third quarter their defense was hounding in the third quarter they were able to showcase some of the young tenacity that you want to see and some of the intangibles that you are going to see from this year's actual Spurs roster we know only maybe one or two players we'll get into them are going to probably be playing for the San Antonio Spurs roster throughout the season but what you do have here is some team and some identity building from the bottom of the culture from the G League culture into the bottom of the roster culture that's only going to trickle its way up to the top. And then you see in that fourth quarter, the Lakers got really hot. It really Dalton Connect did what he did down the stretch, and they played some pretty tough defense. But overall, the San Antonio Spurs played a good game. Carter Bryant, he went 2 of 8, 2 of 7 from 3. The thing that you realize here watching Carter Bryant play basketball as of right now is his offensive bag is limited. The athleticism is there. the defensive tenacity is there as you even saw from the intro highlight he was locking them up in the corner that Spurs bench though it was like at the end of the first quarter of a G League game that Spurs bench is talking and trying to get them activated and happy and you love to see that kind of power and empowerment I should say of a player even though it's just a summer league game but Carter Bryant the thing with him is he really can't create his own shot at a high level right now he wasn't doing that much in college and he's not doing that now but the good thing about him is he can come in play very good defense and be a 3 and D guy early on as he develops those offensive moves his go-to move and really utilizing that athleticism that he has he is a smart player he is very creative what i mean is he's going to be able to defend with tenacity and he is going to showcase his athleticism game in and game out and the hustle and the effort is always going to be there he is a guy that has such high potential and the growth is going to take a lot for him to get there but the real player that i want to focus on we see Riley Minutness made a couple shots today Harrison Ingram one of seven all one from three he has the hustle he has even the passing ability a little bit there but his offensive game just hasn't come along yet and that's going to be difficult for him to get to that next level but David Jones Garcia almost said David Garcia David Jones Garcia again another 25 spot 9 of 14 from the floor 3 of 5 from 3 4 of 4 from the line 6 rebounds 5 assists only two turnovers with the ball in his hands he went off again playing against people like Bronny who has seen NBA minutes playing against obviously Dalton Knecht on the switch possibly who has gotten NBA minutes so you see those kind of things and you get excited overall we're going to discuss Jones in just a second but overall I just wanted to mention again the Spurs really did outplay the Lakers throughout this entirety of the game the only thing the Lakers did was they got to the line more the offensive rebounds in the first half was a little bit of a problem for the San Antonio Spurs they cleaned that up in the second half the assists are the same the steals are the same one less block the turnovers are about the same it's just the fouls down the stretch and then really Dalton Connect getting hot from that three-point line but Jones Garcia ended with 25 points he was 9 of 14 3 of 5 4 of 4 as i said 28 minutes that is great production in that little amount of time he finished the leading scorer in an efficient outing the 23 year old also racked up a high game mark in assists Jones Garcia notched 25 points in each of the last two summer league appearances during which he shot 64.3 percent from the floor across 46 G League outings between Mexico City and Salt Lake City in 24-25 he averaged 21 points 7.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists in about 30 minutes so last year 24-25 Jones Garcia averaged 21-7-3 and then this year we see him putting up 25 in back-to-back games why is this important well Jones Garcia has the ability to make this roster now he showed last year what he can do he's showing now this year what he can do and before we had we had like a just a log jam of guards who were potential base that were solid we just got rid of two of them so let's discuss that real quick the Washington Wizards trading Kelly Olynyk to the San Antonio Spurs Josh highlighted this and Josh did a great job with this and I'm really just piggybacking off of Josh he talked about we got rid of Branham we got rid of Wesley and we got rid of a second round pick we have an litany of second round picks especially over the next five years the second round pick is nothing we're getting rid of two guards that really weren't going to play that are more talented and they honestly could go do better things in Washington they're going to get chances to showcase their actual talent on this roster they just weren't going to but when you have a guy like David Jones Garcia who is still making his name and still trying to pave his way to get to the NBA him being on the bench him maybe getting some spot minutes if say Devin Vassell and De'Aaron Fox miss a game and now you need to get Garcia in there for 12 minutes we know the athleticism we know the capabilities the scoring prowess and the fact that he feels comfortable with the ball in his hands ball pressure hasn't really bothered him throughout the entirety of this summer league so when you get that kind of opportunity there you really can just extend him into the fold and with this roster and how they traded with the trade you don't have to worry about that logjam anymore of guys who are kind of trying to make it because last year you had Chris Paul, Stephon Castle who's still finding his way you had Devin Vassell obviously not a point guard but a guard in his own right Blake Wesley, Malachi Branham you had all all of these players just there and you weren't able to really have them showcase their talent only when people were injured but now we're in a position where you don't even have to worry about that you don't have to think we're wasting potential on the bench but you get another guy in there because in this guard league that we have in this wing league that we have you need as many guards as possible if you're going to play an 82 game season because we know there are not many players play in front to back 82 games you're going to get a lot of 66 67 70 games played throughout the season and you want to still stack up wins especially in a western conference to do that you're going to need bench players who can come into the game and produce at a high level regardless if they're only going to play 12 to 14 games and that is something that David Jones Garcia is showcasing that he really can do because if you go to here and you look at this this is right now what you would presume to be our 13. I have Garcia highlighted in red because he clearly isn't on the roster right now, and there could be another person on that roster who jumps in after the third unit, second unit, or if we make a trade of some sort. But the starting five, we got De'Aaron Fox, we got Stephon Castle, Barnes, Sohan, Wemby. You possibly could flip Sohan and Olenek if you wanted to. I don't think they will, but you possibly could because Olenek has started. it started even last year he has started for many teams in the past he is a good player 10.5 rebounds a game for his career shooting about 37 38 percent from three last year shot almost 42 percent from three so you have Kelly Olynyk there who could switch out if you wanted to depending on how things are but that gives you a primary ball handler a elite defender who can play make a great spot up shooter who can also get a shot off the bounce a great versatile defender dirty work guy rebounder and then obviously your superstar in Wemby that's your starting five off the bench you've got a great shot creator and a guy who can get downhill and score very well in the paint in Dylan Harper you've got another scorer off the bench in Devin Vassell a guy who can light it up and shoot Keldon Johnson another kind of microwave-ish style guy who's going to go in there and give you instant offense. Kelly Olynyk, a great pick and pop big who can get down in the post if need be, can stretch the floor, is going to play good defense. And then you got Luke Cornett. And then I didn't even mention Carter Bryant. Don't even mention Carter Bryant, who is just a young, just a young guy who is going to develop. And then you get David Jones Garcia. In case one of those guys do get injured, you got a guy who can come in there and get you about 10 to 12 minutes a game and produce in those 10 to 12 minutes with high level competitive basketball so overall though that this summer league game is a summer league game and the results don't fully matter you get a summer league championship cool cool what this is perfect for is the fact that you are seeing in live time a guy who can fill in one of the needs for the San Antonio Spurs a guy who could fill in one of the needs for the San Antonio Spurs and that is just filling out the depth chart and it would be a great fill-in and especially how he has been playing but let me know what you guys think on David Garcia or David Jones Garcia sorry filling in for that guard spot that we are now lacking just a touch because of the fact that we got Kelly Olynyk, a player that we needed, let me know what you guys think, this has been Spurs Digest with your host Keenan Warner I appreciate all of you guys and I'll be seeing you guys very soon