The NBA is HORRIFIED with what's happening with the Spurs...

The NBA is horrified with what's going on in San Antonio right now. After a 41-point annihilation, domination, front-to-back beatdown of the Philadelphia 76ers in Summer League, the Spurs are showcasing why their young talent will make noise in the NBA and what they can do on a basketball court. And we are going to touch and break down all of 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 we have coming for you. Of course, it's Spurs Nation. It's Spurs Nation right now. And I understand it's not the regular season. It's not anything close to the regular season yet. But we are seeing glimpses of what is to come from some of these young guys. And we are going to break it down right now. A 111-70 annihilation of the Philadelphia 76ers. And yes, they didn't have VJ Edge come. I understand he had, I believe, 28-10 in his first game. He showcased what he's going to do because he is a high-level prospect. We don't even have our high-level prospect yet in Dylan Harper. That is going to be Cooper Flagg versus Dylan Harper in the next game. I can't wait for that on Saturday. but let's get underway with this this is some of the first half stats because the first half is really where we put belt to butt where we just said hey get over here yeah we're gonna be just continuing first quarter beat down second quarter beat down and they continued it throughout the game biggest lead 30 points in the first half i mean what could you do david jones garcia 22 points there was at one point it was 50 to 22 he had 17 and obviously Philadelphia with that had only 22 he was 6 to 8 from the floor Philadelphia was 7 of 27 he had almost as many field goals this was late in the second quarter so late in the second quarter he had almost as many field goals as the entire Philadelphia 76er unit offensively Garcia was the star of the show he was able to put on a clinic he only ended with 24 because he just said i'm a chill in the second half but the entire team shot extremely well i believe 18 threes they made throughout the game if not close to carter bryant we are going to get to this man here in a moment because he's the guy I'm actually most excited about via all this but first half it was 11 to 19 from the three point line 62 percent from the floor the free throws could have been a little bit better but they were getting out in transition getting in passing lanes blocking shot and the turnovers they were still playing even a little frenetic but still just showcasing how great they were that defense in the first quarter was elite level defense and then in the second half what they did 23 to 20 we're gonna beat them in the third quarter and then again belt to just again fourth quarter 41 points they did not they just didn't know what it was like to even be down in this game their biggest lead was 43 points the bench was going off the starters were playing well everybody played well in this game for the San Antonio Spurs as you see here you have four people who are in double figures you have multiple other people who are hovering around that eight that nine spot you had was that 10 11 12 people that scored in this game i mean start again David Jones Garcia he started it off he was the guy and he didn't want to go for Anthony Morrow's 47 he decided to just chill and i'm gonna let my guys do what they're doing so Riley Minix came in here he was shooting threes all game Dexter Dennis that pull-up shot though his pull-up threes were just cooking all game long he was even getting it didn't matter later on if there's a defender in his face or not in his face, Carter Bryant the shot has not been falling for him throughout all of Summer League, but the defense has been phenomenal. Yeah, they ended with 19, not 18 threes but 19 to 37 from the three-point line, 51.4%, you're gonna take that 10 times out of 10 and you thought in the second half maybe Philadelphia would be able to pull it close, they said no we're not worried about that, we're not doing all of that, we're going to touch on David Jones Garcia 24 points, 5 rebounds, four steals, four three-point shots made in this game and he's just a guy who is really making a case to be on this roster if not this roster, a roster in the NBA, I don't see how you're going to get out of summer league into the um regular season without him at least having a 10-day contract to be on a roster to make his way into the NBA because he deserves all of that with how he has been playing. I mean, last year, you have to see this is 24.7 and a half rebounds, 3.2 assists. This is inside the G League. Last year, Summer League, he was averaging over 20 points a game. And this year, he's going to be in the same thing. He looks like he's going to average another 20, he is just showcasing that he is a solid solid basketball player that deserves a true job in the NBA because he does, he deserves it if he's not at least, if he's not going to be playing heavy minutes for your team and heavy in a bench role 12, 14, 16 minutes a game, he can be there in practice and put wear and tear and put actual work into these guys and make them be get better make them actually progress as players because he's going to go up there, he's going to compete today on the floor he just looked like he was playing at a different pace it looked like if you put a varsity guy with a bunch of JV guys out there on the floor and even like he looked even much more poised and content than our players he was making them better so and not that it was a factor like David our Spurs players didn't play well because down the line they did we all saw what happened a 41 point beatdown it's not just Garcia but the poise in which he was playing was it really was like hey we're just gonna have this varsity guy run practice with us today and he just orchestrated the whole thing so Garcia is gonna find his way onto a roster but a guy who's already on the roster a guy who's going to be on this roster hopefully for a long time this guy named Carter Bryant is something special this quote I was watching the game and I saw this quote from Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd, and I was like, this fits perfectly. The one thing about Carter is he checks the boxes that are really hard to check. He's an elite talent, and he has elite character. The way he was speaking on the floor, talking defensively, was talking as if he was Draymond Green, one of the greater defenders of this generation, honestly, of all time. He was communicating. You don't see that much for a 19-year-old, the way he was participating on the defensive side of the ball, with his vocally rather than just with his elite athleticism. We go to some of the quotes before game. He was talking about his willingness to defend and why he has been able to shine on the defensive side of the basketball throughout these first few games. And he said, my willingness to defend anybody. He said, it doesn't matter if they're 7'2 80 or if they're 6'1 20, I'm going to do it. I'm going to try to do whatever I can to win the basketball game. And that is the character that Brian Wright saw in this guy. And speaking of Brian Wright, Brian Wright, obviously Mitch Johnson and everybody else in the Spurs organization, but speaking of Brian Wright, he talked about Carter Bryant at halftime. He said he has a very mature approach where he doesn't force things offensively. He takes what the defense gives him, and defensively, he is a menace. he went on to say about how just mature and how like what good of a prospect he was because people typically go into summer league and they're like oh let me go get my shots up let me go get my point and Carter Bryant hasn't done that Carter Bryant has taken seven to nine ten shots a game but they've all been within the flow of the offense he only made one shot today and it was that banker off the glass one that shouldn't have gone in but he made that anyway but defensively my lord oh my lord this guy defensively has potential to be elite elite the range emotion he wants to play defense that is the thing you see a guy like Andrew Wiggins Andrew Wiggins and that's the thing that made him a champion now is he was willing to really buy into the defensive side of the basketball on those Warriors teams and be the primary stopper when they're playing Luka be the primary stopper when they're playing Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown in the finals you saw him get to that point and Carter Bryant already and Carter Bryant has those kind of tools and Carter Bryant wants to play defense there were so many plays where he was blowing up not just blocks at the basket which are what you're going to see on highlights he had four he had three blocks for which though the fourth one came with the first one was technically on a foul so they didn't count it but it was real it was a clean block obviously but it's not going to count in the stat sheet but it's how he gets over screens it's how he fights back his recovery time his twitchy athleticism around screens though he has smaller guards on him he has such great recovery time such great recovery time so you're going to be able to put him on he can guard one through four legitimately because he has the size to guard a four unless it's obviously your true fives are going to be your yokiches and he's not going to be able to guard them but your fours he has easily got the size to guard a four but he's got the athleticism and the quickness to guard a one his lower center of gravity is something that you're going to want as time goes on it's going to get even better and better and his like lateral quickness with it in a box and a phone booth is going to get a little bit better but at the same time he's already very good with it and can you imagine him with Stephon Castle with Victor Wembanyama with Jeremy Sohan and then you put Dylan Harper at the point or De'Aaron Fox at the point I have to remind myself it's just summer league because my goodness are you kidding me watching that guy play defense just that's what Brian Wright said he focused on in the offseason he said that we were focusing on defense and Being able to play high-level defense when Wemby goes to the bench. And that's why you get Luke Cornett as a big because he can rim protect and he can defensive rebound. That's why you draft Carter Bryant when he's at 14, even though you said you would even have moved up to go get him. You debated on it because you get a guy who is a three-point shooter, but you also get a defensive demon. Obviously, Dylan Harper is the second-best player in the draft. You take Dylan Harper every time in that position. But that's why you go make those moves. You get Kelly Olynyk. Like, I understand that's a stretch forward, but he's a smart guy. He knows how to play defense within a scheme. So, watching what the Spurs did today, specifically Carter Bryant, but David Jones-Garcia. Garcia has played his way onto a roster. I know it. You just watch it and you know it. Like, Yabusele during the Olympics, you watch that and you're like, I know he's on a roster. He's got to be. Jones-Garcia is going to walk out of this like that. That might be the best player in Summer League. And I understand he's not the best player overall. Cooper Flagg's the best player going to be in the Summer League. And then Dylan Harper and things. But you were going to walk like, yeah, that's the MVP of the Summer League. That's the guy. Like, he deserves to be that. So let me know what you guys think about David Jones-Garcia. Would you like to have him on the roster, possibly in that 13th position? I know there's been the depth chart going on around. And we've had like 12 to 13. It might be between him, Riley Minix, and a couple others. Let me know what you think about that. and let me know what you think about Carter Bryant. Do you think he has the potential to be a truly special defensive player like I do think he can be a special defensive player? But this has been Spurs Digest with your host, Keenan Warner. I appreciate all of you guys, and I hope to see all of you guys very soon.