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We have all been waiting for this after Dylan Harper puts on an absolute show in yesterday's game and we get the confirmation for the Spurs starting five against the OKC Thunder coming up on October 20th. We're going to dive even a little bit deeper into what is about to make the start of this Spurs season so special. We're going to dive into Dylan Harper. We're going to talk about some six man. We're going to talk about a whole lot of great stuff on and off stats and why the Spurs are ready to make some serious noise right from the get-go but specifically Dylan Harper I mean if you think Dylan Harper has a chance to win some kind of award all-star maybe leave a like on this video because I think like I don't know am I being too crazy being that high on Dylan Harper already this game was unbelievable we talked yesterday in the pre-game stream thank you to all of you who showed up by the way we're going to be doing a lot more of those this season make sure you tune in every day but he started right he was starting in this game and it's something that the Spurs are going to continue to do now this is not breaking news at this point You guys probably know this, but still, Mitch Johnson intends to have Dylan Harper in San Antonio's starting lineup for Tuesday's season opener. De'Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle, Dylan Harper, Devin Vassell, Victor Wembanyama. This is going to be one of the best, most exciting starting groups in the NBA. My only question is, are you guys a little bit concerned about the bench depth if this is the case? Because we've talked a bit about the starting lineup and, you know, we have the starting five that changes day by day I mean this is the one for now Tobias Harris of course is injured but Fox Harper Castle Vassell Wemby you wonder if Harris could start if he wasn't injured I don't know um you know with Harris out though you you kind of have a bit of a weaker bench we'll get rid of the chat thing here it was live streaming yesterday you guys know how it is you guys got to tune into the live stream Fox there with Harper and Gillespie's on a two-way and so is David Jones Garcia so it's really just Jordan McLaughlin as the only guard off the bench then you have guys like Champagnie, Keldon Johnson, Carter Brian Harrison Barnes, Luke Cornett, Terrace Reed you can fill the three through five without any problem and i think guys like a guy like Champagnie could play the two if necessary but that is the one concern i think for me it is kind of the bench even though hey you know we know what the starting lineup is going to be it's like Dylan Harper off the bench has a nice air to it but hey i don't totally mind it you know still he also is still the favorite to win sixth man of the full voting on ClutchPoints Dylan Harper got 40 percent of the vote for sixth man of the year and that might not even be the case anymore so what do you guys think about this bench situation because I think there there is a little bit of talking to do but I think once Harris is back won't be as big a problem a lot of you yesterday were suggesting to just convert Jacoby Gillespie to a standard contract and then our backup guard situation's kind of solved that the Spurs are going to need a lot of contribution from their starters for sure but also from the bench if they want to win 55 plus games $25 nets you 34 on Kalshi this video is brought to you by Kalshi where you're trading against real users not the house like traditional sportsbooks you're buying yes or no contracts on real life events like politics like the weather like your Spurs in sports how about the Spurs being the number one overall seed in the NBA best regular season record $25 nets you 69 so if you're interested in trying out Kalshi use the link in the pinned comment or description down below trade $25 using code DIGEST NBA get $55 in your account instantly thank you to Kalshi for sponsoring this video like i said though the bench is kind of a bit questionable but still the best guards in the NBA easily the best guard rotation in the NBA Dylan Harper said the biggest thing is that we both think him and Castle were the best guards in the NBA plus Fox the relationships kind in the beginning came from that competitive mindset and it grew off the court we could talk about anything literally so I mean it's a great relationship to have it really is having that relationship being competitive with your fellow guards is great and I think they're feeling the same as this Wemby quote I keep bringing up just as confident as last year nobody got worse it's very clear that Dylan Harper got better we take a look at the end of last year right 2025-26 regular season the first 64 games 11.7 points a game the last five up to 12.8 the assists stayed about the same but we also saw what he managed to do in the playoffs also another little factor that we do have to discuss Dylan Harper with versus without Fox when he actually shared the court with Fox his stats went down pretty much across the board fewer assists fewer rebounds lower three-point percentage fewer points per i think is that points per 100 points for 75 maybe still the usage rate went down i think we're going to have a lot of a bit of a learning curve what with these guys sharing the floor together and we saw that a bit versus the suns less so in last game but i still think there's a lot left to be explored here and that's fun and that's what we're going to get to do early this season but even with all this he managed to score 14 straight in yesterday's game dylan harper like i know this is sort of this should be a video on all three of them right and and how the Spurs are ready to do something incredible but like it really is just turning into a Dylan Harper fest 14 straight Spurs points in the third quarter he scored 19 points on 7 for 12 shooting 3 for 6 from 3 9 of his points came from corner threes so let's take a look at how he scored these buckets because they were pretty great take a look at this wonderful new graphic if you guys like this I think we've earned a like on the video here's how he scored you can see some misses there from the top but made that corner three made the next corner three made another corner three he had three finishes inside three threes two free throws it's what we wanted man and Mitch Johnson was even talking about how Dylan Harper's three-point shooting ended up developing throughout last year it got better and better and better and I'll just toss up the box score for yesterday's game in case you didn't see it he led the team in scoring four assists he didn't even have a rebound the thing is he's going to be a rebounding machine actually tied for the team lead in rebounds who else but Terrace Reed and then Carter Bryant who didn't have the great shooting night but neither did Julian Champagny I'm sure those guys will be back in good form for the season you know who did have a decent shooting night Jacoby Gillespie who was three for four from three anyway just gonna mention it but there was a whole lot of great stuff in that game I mean I could go through the highlights I'm not gonna bother I think focusing on Dylan Harper is very important um but but we also got to focus on some of the other guards who's going to play with and that's De'Aaron Fox mainly 16.6 boards three assists he was efficient too and i've loved what i've seen from him in this preseason i don't y'all have seen it too right like he's clearly more explosive and i don't think that's a surprise necessarily i think we knew he had that high ankle sprain we knew in the playoffs that he was not himself fox himself has talked about this at long last he's like i i was hurt i you know i had i high ankle sprain i'm a guy who works on athleticism there was a recent clip of him watching his old well that one dunk from this preseason but some old dunks from when he was young on the kings when he was one of my favorite players in the nba it did fall off a little bit as athleticism started to go but now with the spurs i love him again two foot windmills it's crazy and he said i can still do all that he's like i can still do an east bay 360 windmill you name it i'm excited to see what he's going to be able to do because he's been really really really good like i can't lie and top that all off with Wemby like i didn't even talk about Wemby here today Victor Wembanyama Victor Wembanyama there we go there that's that's better Victor Wembanyama he he bit on a pump fake in the paint and still blocked the shot when he was flat-footed and then it led into a euro step to get around Ben Simmons at the three-point line into a lob off the backboard to himself for a dunk if you said that to a basketball fan 30 years ago I don't know what they would do they'd probably be like what are you talking about that doesn't even make sense it probably wouldn't be some crazy reaction like well they burned you at the stake no they wouldn't do that that was way longer ago the witches wouldn't even know what you're talking about if you said that to his witch during the Salem witch trials they'd be like no you know what you probably would get burned because they they'd think I don't know you're speaking in tongues what am I even talking about look let's get back to it um this whole team has been just I don't know everything is rolling so so so well and we got to look ahead to the schedule now next game straight up is Tuesday versus Oklahoma City 8:30 p.m. Central so excited you got Tuesday Friday Saturday then Tuesday Wednesday Saturday and then Monday so like I don't know three games a week I'm so ready for this home opener also against the OKC Thunder which I'm so excited about and I want to ask you guys a question too who was the real story versus the Kings in your mind because I just want you to leave this down below because to me it's very clearly Harper I think some might say like there might be some Fox fans again that that spur that Fox versus Kings kind of narrative and when the objectively had the most insane highlights in the game Fox had the biggest emotional story Dylan Harper was clearly the best player heading into this year so leave your thoughts on all that down below i want to read a couple comments from you guys though before we move on and end this video off because we do read a lot of your comments appreciate all of you, Sim Plakazu says if Castle can gut down his fouls his turnovers and shoot three to four percent better from three he would be undisputed number two on the team until then it's Harper easily, oh you're picking Harper even over Fox and I kind of love that, now this is from 10 days ago and I think we are starting to see some stuff like Harper is looking good, Fox is still looking good and I think with the three guard lineup it's going to lead to fewer turnovers for Castle because he's not going to be asked to have the ball in his hands as much not going to be asked to create as much, he had a huge playmaking load last year and I think this year we're going to see him start to balance that out a little bit so great comment there and I love this one too from John I think Wemby Fox and Castle and Harper will share moments as being the closer this season or starters, this is from 12 days ago, they all have to learn how to share it and own it when they call for it and guess what, it is true, but like now they're starting together, so you mentioned a point that I brought up in the video and that's that there still is a lot of uncertainty, I think with how these guys will work together throughout the whole year there's going to be some some roadblocks and some speed bumps, some you know little things that are gonna, okay wait, maybe is this gonna work as well as we thought, I think at the end of the day though getting the reps early is what matters and I'm excited for it, leave your thoughts on everything down below, that'll do it for this episode though, thank you so much for tuning in every single day, I've been your host Josh Goss and I will catch you all in the next one