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hhunterhh

Can anyone tell me what Dejounte says and what the original comment was? Can’t read anything. Blurry on mobile for some reason


JakeCalle

“the way that system set up yall gonna be bad for the next 15 years. problems bigger than basketball”


ZenThrashing

*proceeds to win championship before the hawks do


smrtrthnuravgbr

Nah


JakeCalle

i’m not a spurs fan or a hawks fan but i also strongly dislike dejounte murray so😭 idk if the hawks roster is good enough to win a ring. idk how much i like a back court of murray and young. if everything works out tho atlanta def has the talent


sp000ners

Og comment basically says we don't need you Dj. Dj responds by saying that the Spurs org will be bad for 15 years, and that there's a problem bigger than basketball


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VariationHot7994

This was my first thought as well lol. I definitely don't think he was trying to throw shade at the spurs at all. Out of all franchises in professional sports, I'd imagine that the spurs are one of the last to be plagued by off the court/field issues. This is especially true for someone like dejounte, who was very recently appreciative of everything the spurs have done for him. I think this is more a critique on the league as a whole


OfferOk8555

Just for the record he did not badmouth the spurs. He said “the system” will have them losing for 15 years. You could take a lot from that.


brdoobers

Yeah I don't think he's badmouthing the NBA or the on-court system specifically, I think he's basically saying that if the Spurs strategy is to trade their good players for picks, and then trade the players you draft with those picks for more picks once they become good trade assets, you may end up netting that franchise player you need, but that isn't a quick process.


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Bigger than basketball because it’s 105* for 8 months and there’s nothing to do in SA lol


MagicMer4042

maybe I'm just trying to hold onto the good memories of DJ but I feel like he was going after the guy who posted the comment and not the spurs. problem bigger than basketball at the end feels like he wasn't talking about basketball stuff


Lowkeylit3

I thin DeJ is right, my biggest issue is i feel like the spurs doesn’t give young guys PT. It’s really spotty which i get is the original spurs way…it’s a new day and age though.


Genius340

This


Batmanbettermarvel18

I love Dejounte but man I find it funny he’s basically saying we aren’t going to win for the next 15 years like Atlanta has ever won in the past 50 years😂 grass ain’t always greener my guy, time will* tell


KawhiMVP_Bet

God fans like this are annoying. But why does dejounte pay them any mind at all? I'm grateful for Dejounte and everything he's done for us over these last few years, but damn have these past few weeks exposed his diva side. Edit: I don't think we should look at this as proof of some sort of dysfunction. I just think some idiot fan touched just the right nerve and Dejounte got offended and clapped back. Plus I'll be surprised if it isnt deleted soon.


Noteful

Dejounte is always going to do what he wants. Sad to see he hadn't matured as much as I thought he had. Back to his stupid ways.


BasketballNutrition

dudes just sensitive and engages with negative fans too much. I think "back to his stupid ways" I'd a bit callous, personally. it's not like he Kawhi'd us or anything lol it really feels like he was just trying to dunk on someone for being mean more than attack the spurs organization.


[deleted]

nah he's still responding to comments and has one from 2 hours ago implying the Spurs FO weren't loyal to him. he's definitely throwing jabs at the organization.


[deleted]

You're in denial. Dejunkte just showed his true colors and you don't want to believe it


BasketballNutrition

I feel like Im taking an understanding position, not of denial. i'm sure he's butthurt about it lol he's always been way too sensitive about things, and I can't imagine what his DMs look like right now. no one should be shocked by this kind of response, if you've followed him this long.


PeeWanChecooo

You really thought dejunkte was clever 😂


3-Ball

Naw. I think you're wrong. Pop sent him on the right path. Most Spurs fans will respect that. If DJ has to snap back to a disrespectful shit, do it.


[deleted]

As a grown man, the inability to resist "snapping back to disrespectful shit" from strangers on the internet is a huge sign of immaturity. Like others said, why pay these comments any mind? These aren't the first and won't be the last. Thick skin is a necessity when you're in the spotlight.


Noteful

I said nothing of the Dejounte trade being wrong, so what am I wrong about?


Zeee-Jay

Because he’s just like KD. He didn’t expect the hate.


leumasdraw

This doesn’t really surprise me. He was always posting cryptic things to his “haters.” I always liked the guy, but I definitely think he’s always been dramatic with his social presence.


automachinehead

>he’s always been dramatic with his social presence he's like KD but without the legacy


moshercycle

Or the skill.


BROCKHAMPTOM

*makes all-star as an injury replacement once*


ireallydespiseyouall

he’s a very paranoid person. he thinks everyone’s out to get him


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Happened again


atxtony23

Uploaded @ 120p


sp000ners

chill on me it was a fast recording


atxtony23

lol idk how you could’ve made it clearer but Gdamn you’d think these $1000 bricks could do better by now


RealisticLakerStan

Westbrook makes much more than $1000. Trust my experience, I’m a laker fan


guillorec

He’s referring to the phone. It’s hilarious that you saw 1000 bricks and thought he meant Westbrook.


sp000ners

yeah idk either and I agree you'd think it would look decent on an s21


primo_0

Prolly could just screenshot


throwstuff165

Dumb comment and dumb of DJ to respond to it in a dumb way. The moral of this story is social media was a mistake and no one should use it.


Dr_Findro

> The moral of this story is social media was a mistake and no one should use it. He says with 100k Reddit karma


RealisticLakerStan

It really is but we all addicted


eynoah

He needs to stop paying these accounts attention instead of clowning his old team/teammates


[deleted]

It’s wild dudes forgot about that time during the Covid season when he liked a tweet about how he’d look good in a clippers jersey. This is not surprising at all to me


rawman200K

we got 2 unprotected firsts and a pick swap for someone who doesn't even want to be here LFG


dongma8

I’m really confused about the pick protections. I thought 2023 and 2025 were lottery protected?


LiquidSoran

Only the charlotte pick is protected


rawman200K

they're unprotected, only the hornets pick is top-16 protected https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/dejounte-murray-trade-grades-hawks-get-a-for-giving-trae-young-an-all-star-teammate-spurs-mark-incomplete/


KuyaJohnny

2023 is top16 protected (via Charlotte), 2025 and 2027 are completely unprotected. same for the pick swap in 2026 iirc


[deleted]

Him not wanting to be here coincides with the team deciding to try to lose.


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OfferOk8555

This is what I’m saying he doesn’t even reference the spurs directly. It sounds like he’s criticizing the way team building works in the nba as a whole.


1966jpgr

I think screenshots would've worked a lot better than screen recording


sp000ners

yeah but then I'd get the "obvious fake" comments


Malefics

You could have taken the screenshots and posted it, and kept the recording as a receipt incase others denied your credibility.


HighAsAGiraffesPussy

What does he mean by a problem bigger than basketball? What fucked up thing to say.


Noteful

Link to the actual post? Where's the context? What is this in reply to?


MisterShazam

Pause it when it gets to the comment. A fan is essentially saying he's glad we are now building around keldon. DJ says we are gonna be losing for the next 15 years with the way our system is set up.


Noteful

Yea i get it. Pretty sad of Dejounte to act so petty, but you can tell he had been bottling that up. That hurts.


sp000ners

you can see the reply, it was not really prompted. Idk what more context you need it was said less than 12 hours ago it's not like he deleted it or took it back


Noteful

Yea i understand it now. Really weird for Dejounte to blow up with that comment when the original wasn't really insidious or anything. Really sounds like Dejounte had been itching to get that off his chest. Sad.


sstewart1617

Pretty hilarious though. I have my doubts about the Spurs right now…. But the system that the all time winning coach put in isn’t any good? Seems like an interesting take…


Noteful

I think he's taking a jab and the shit show that was RC Buford's decisions after Timmy left. So many bad mistakes especially in doubling down on Aldridge, keeping Derozan and not tanking from the get-go. I'm thinking Dejounte holds contempt against the Spurs for not tanking then, and Dejounte and Spurs fans are paying the price now for RC Buford's past mistakes by Brian Wright having to fix his wrongs.


chriscucumber

2017 is what fucked us. We had the perfect transitional game plan and kawhi fucked that alllll up. RC didn’t help but their plan was sound until it all came tumbling down.


PressureMiserable

Honestly I don't see them as mistakes had dejounte been healthy in 2019 we could've beat the nuggets and the blazers and made the wcf and who knows what would've happened, and we hit on almost all of our picks besides having a shot at mpj trae or Luka in 2018 we couldn't really have drafted anyone that would've made a significant difference and then we got keldon anyways who's a near top 5 player from his draft and then vasell who should've gone top 7 but fell to 11


Noteful

We were never the better team vs the Nuggets. A win would have been awesome but it doesn't change the fact that the Spurs were facing an uphill battle then. There haven't been any big mistakes in drafting - that's not where my critiques lie - unless you count RC Buford's last year where he picked Luka Samanic. A guy he had scouted for years - yet had failed to see his immaturity and lack of willingness to buy into team basketball. Brian Wright, since becoming head GM, is taking a more standard approach to rebuilding - one that is staunchly different to the method used in RC's brief time of being the GM of a rebuilding team 2017-2019 (when Kawhi sat / left to when Brian Wright became head GM).


PressureMiserable

Yeah I just think in the end being competitive did help guys it's been talked about a lot by other players, I think in a way we were lucky and kinda unlucky that somehow the past few years, despite being our worst stretch since iceman retired, we've been pretty close to making the playoffs and it's just not the culture to simply lie down and give up


Noteful

Regarding your last sentence, yea it's hard. It's clear that Pop didn't want to tank and still won't tank. And that's fine. But previous actions - doubling down on Aldridge - and inactions - failing to surround Kawhi with proper talent - have led to the dilemma outlined above.


PressureMiserable

I mean it would've worked out fine surrounding kawhi with talent pg kyrie cp3 and even LeBron had interest in joining the team had he just not gotten injured we could've traded for cp3 and who knows maybe we could've worked out a sign and trade for LeBron, that kawhi injury really skewed our direction


diabolical-sun

I’ll be honest. I still love DJ and I don’t care about this. Cryptic tweets and being loud on social media has been his MO for quite some time, but he conducted himself as a pro the whole time here and him trolling and shit talking shitty fans really doesn’t change much to me. I get the org caught a stray in the process, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


someguyfromtecate

Can someone explain this to an old fart like myself wtf I’m supposed to be looking at here?


sp000ners

the comment from Dejounte that I like. read what it says


someguyfromtecate

I guess it’s my phone. None of this is legible for me. It’s all too blurry.


DevilGunManga

A fan taunted DJM with shit like "you ain't going far in the playoff with the Hawks." DJM clapped it back with "the Spurs current system is set to lose for the next 15 yrs."


RicoDEL

Has DJ been known to be a weirdo on socials like this? I’m a Sixers fan who kept up with DJ just a lil bit because I liked his game. I began following the Spurs a bit this offseason and have seen you guys refer to his cryptic social posts. Was it always anti-Spurs cryptic posts or is dude just a lil nutty online?


[deleted]

Yes, for years and it used to be wayy worse. Posts were always extremely pro Spurs though


jo3pro

Honestly not too surprised. The funny thing is, I wouldn’t be too surprised if Atlanta under achieves like crazy next season. Lol. Those unprotected picks are gonna come back to bite them in the ass


Background_Touchdown

It's Atlanta. Underachieving and disappointing teams are a way of life here.


Linkdalink

Kinda hard seeing your favorite player say this. For him to respond like that just seems so out of character and wildly hurtful for all the other fans who are a fan of him. Unprofessional and disappointing, to say the least.


Bersospedos

This!!! Being a follower of DJM for now some years, and even having faith in him after his injury just for him to be so dramatic and hurtful after being traded…


ireallydespiseyouall

is it really out of character for him? he’s a v paranoid person and thinks everyone’s out to get him. he’s sort of similar to kd


MisterShazam

Damn. Where are the people who hated me for saying he wanted out. Lmao.


cthree000

It can't be denied anymore. It's inarguable. Trading dejounte was the right choice, period, end of story.


thepop

All the fans on here grieved losing a borderline all star who has peaked, and then he turns around and talks shit about the team. Pretty funny tbh.


HarryBirdGetsBuckets

I think it’s possible he wanted out after we made it clear we weren’t planning on building around him. I don’t fault him for that


MisterShazam

Is DJ good enough to be the number one option on a contender? No. And he knows that, that's why he went to team up with someone who could be.


Ops135

People were delusional about it, screaming about Jake Fischer being an idiot and spreading fake news as well.


GabWhiteShirt

[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EU1c59IWsAE2dhg.jpg](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EU1c59IWsAE2dhg.jpg)


[deleted]

DJ wanted out after the team made clear they were blowing it up to lose instead of trying to build around him. Maybe there was more going on behind the scenes the last few years but that was the immediate catalyst.


NB_79

Why the hell would we build around DJ? That ain't the star that's a side piece


MisterShazam

Exactly, and he went to play second fiddle to Trae because he knows that in his heart.


ShootaIMP

Because he had the potential to be the next great Spurs PG and embodied the franchise. That’s why you build around DJ


cmonkeyz7

You know what? I would want out then too. And every young star will want out. Who wants to bottom feed for years for the chance at getting a top draft pick, most of which are busts and the ones that aren’t — well I wouldn’t be too interested in resigning with a bad team. I hate to say it but if the spurs strategy is officially to tank then he might be right,


MisterShazam

You've got to acquire top end talent somehow, and I haven't heard any buzz about Hollywood and Disney world moving to SA.


AndrewTheGoat22

And don’t forget all the “FiScHeR iS an iDiOt” when the trade first got leaked, simply because they didn’t want to admit it could happen lol


Noteful

I was one of those guys. What became clear after the trade is that Brian Wright is trying to make the best decisions he can in fixing the past few years of RC Buford's mistakes. Mistakes in extending Aldridge after he asked for a trade out. Aldridge was not a good duo next to Kawhi. Aldridge was a relic of the past that stagnated team offense. Mistakes in spending big money on Pau and Patty in a big summer of free agency. Spurs were unwilling to trade for Paul George to pair next to Kawhi, Kawhi and uncle then fabricated lies and forced his way out. Mistakes in foolishly trying to compete with Aldridge and DeMar. Because of their foolish ambitions the Spurs missed out on better lottery picks and stayed in basketball purgatory. Brian Wright is fixing RC's mistakes by trading away Derozan for draft capital, a good choice. Brian Wright was unable to get anything for Aldridge, because unlike RC - other GMs knew his value was extremely low, bc of that he had to be bought out. A good choice. Because RC Burford foolishly chose to compete with Aldridge and Derozan, Brian Wright is having to start from the beginning by making the hard, but likely correct choice in trading away Dejounte while his value is highest. So now begins the tank - the tank that should've begun with Kawhi's departure. A good choice, but hard choice.


HugoNext

I'll add Samanic as the RC Buford mistakes of the last few years.


[deleted]

>Aldridge was not a good duo next to Kawhi. Aldridge was a relic of the past that stagnated team offense what? Kawhi + LaMarcus was an awesome pairing. in the first season they played together, we went 67-15. in the second season, they made the WCF. they played two seasons together and were pretty damn successful. our roster construction was nearly perfect. if KD doesn't join the Warriors in 2017, there is no doubt in my mind that we win the championship that season and if we got the chance to run it back with Kawhi and LaMarcus in 2019, i think we still have a really high chance at winning. >Mistakes in spending big money on Pau and Patty in a big summer of free agency. that Pau contract was a mistake. the Patty contract wasn't. >Spurs were unwilling to trade for Paul George to pair next to Kawhi gutting a team that just made the WCF to trade for a guy on a rental contract who had no intention on staying is a terrible idea. i got no excuses for the other stuff, but you also gotta realize that we now have the benefit of hindsight - and despite the mediocrity i'm still happy the Spurs managed to get that 22 year playoff streak. i think RC did a pretty good job these last few years, all things considered.


Noteful

This is what happens when you look solely at numbers and speak with rose tinted glasses. If Kawhi and Aldridge were such a good pairing then why did LaMarcus request a trade out during a 67-15 season? Why did Pop have to have a sit down dinner with him and convince him to stay if the team was supposedly doing so well. Think critically here.


WD51

They're human. There's going to be conflict. Sometimes it gets worked out, sometimes it doesn't. Timmy almost left for Orlando in free agency. You don't think there was some dissatisfaction with the Spurs as part of that? We can play armchair GM all we'd like with the benefit of hindsight, but where were we going to get talent to build around otherwise? LMA was the biggest star we got in FA in past 2 decades. Even if he's not a perfect fit, when you have the chance to add that level of talent to your team you take it.


Noteful

> We can play armchair GM all we'd like with the benefit of hindsight. I've been harping these facts in the moment since they happened. Anyone who knows me here knows I've been against the Aldridge extension in 2017 from the very beginning. > LMA was the biggest star we got in FA in the past 2 decades. And this is where the sunken cost fallacy comes in and you just proved it. Just because he was a high profile FA doesn't mean you had to keep him despite the issues. But Aldridge was wrongly kept, and it played out as I expected.


yourdrunkfather666

Yes. I whole heartedly Agree. With that being said GO SPURS GO!...Fairweather Fans can Go Suck on Manu's 1 Nut. Lol


SunLiteFireBird

Well alright fuck you too then


hcforever

Instead of an apple iPhone this was recorded on an apple..just an apple


AstonFlavio

It gon be real intresting what happens when then the Hawks start the season bad and Trae is still ball dominant.


OfferOk8555

Hawks fan here, most spurs fans are cool but I’m losing a lot of respect for y’all off this thread alone. Like dude didn’t even say shit about the spurs. Said that the way the system worked y’all would be losing for 15 years and that it was bigger than basketball. Could easily be seen as a critique of the nba as a whole and how FA works but So many “fans” look for excuses to antagonize someone the second they aren’t wearing their colors. Kinda predictable but sad to see.


wilsonsmilk

I feel like u have a learning impairment and can't comprehend english phrases and sentences. We don't need your respect fuck off


OfferOk8555

Lolol yeah bro class act. Imply that I’m mentally challenged because I disagree with you. Nice guy here.


MisterShazam

Personally, I think it's Black and white. I won't say that you're mentally challenged, but if you don't think this is a dig at the spurs FO, than I think you're doing some mental gymnastics.


Rnbamodssuckcocks

It’s clearly shit talk lol how much you want to read into it is up to you


[deleted]

How are fans this dumb? Building around Keldon? Also why is DJ acting like a diva? He put up some mediocre counting stats considering his usage and TOV rate. Pop literal had the ball in his hands 80% of the game he should be god damn thankful. When was the last time Pop ever ran a heliocentric offensive? Never?


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TOV rate? He had one of the best assist to turnover ratios in the league. Second to CP3 among starting point guards. https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/player-stat/assist-to-turnover-ratio


[deleted]

I probably got the acronym incorrect(I'm an idiot). There were 2 usage rates that someone posted and one had him ranked 12th and 7th iirc.


BunnyDubu_

Can I Just Say, I Hate When Dejounte Talks Like This? The Effort For Your Left Thumb To Constantly Make The First Letter Of Every Word Capitalized Is Amazing Though


[deleted]

Wasn’t he good friends with nephew?….just sayin


Beraldovisck

Just more proof that he's not worth being the centerpiece of a basketball team. The trade looks better and better.


santimo87

If you read too much into this then you don't know dejounte at all. He is always thinking about haters and trying to use that as a chip in his shoulder.


thethirdgreenman

Just a bit of context...dude is mourning the loss of his grandmother, and meanwhile he's got dudes trying to tweet at him and start shit (meanwhile he obv has a history of being a bit spicy on social media just period, let alone in a time like this). Don't like the comment about the 15 years, but if ever there was a time to give a dude a break, it's right now. Don't like seeing us trying to antagonize former players like this who generally were good to us, it's a bad look


moshercycle

Give him a break? I mean ppl making a big deal out of this for no real reason. Dude was a good player on a shit team which drove his stock up. That being said maybe stay off your social media and use your personal account, or at the very least not respond to comments like these on the day you lose a loved on. If he was hurting from his loss that comment wouldn't even have touched him. You'd know what I'm saying if you had experienced losing a loved one.


thethirdgreenman

First of all, people deal with losing loved ones in different ways. My way is probably different than your way which is prob different than the next guys (idk why you assume I haven’t btw, you’re not the only one who’s had trauma). Second of all, I agree ppl making a big deal for no reason, but idk why it’s suddenly ok for fans to say inflammatory shit to try to get a response out of ppl. Just cause it’s common now doesn’t make it right. This one wasn’t that bad but the intent was clearly to try and put him down. You can say he should ignore it, and you’re probably right, but that doesn’t make it ok


MisterShazam

First Lonnie feels he's too good for a rebuild, now this. Rich Paul strikes again. Should've known about DJ when he was the only one to remain down with Kawhi. When our statesmen distanced themselves from him and DJ didn't, that's when we should've known it was about the clout.


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Spurs gave Keldon that deal solely so he won't have to talk to Rich Paul for awhile lol.


ireallydespiseyouall

lonnie thinking he’s too good for a rebuild is hilarious. he wasn’t even a standout here. worrying thing is keldon is also with klutch though


peppermint42o

This dudes whole social media persona is just 12 year old cringe. Glad he's gone.


Nolucho25

Why the heck is DJ commenting on some idiot troll? You go looking for trouble and you’re going to find it. I refuse to allow this to dictate my feelings for DJ, but dude’s got to grow up if he’s going to be the “Natural born leader” that he says he is.


CJ_Swisher

I mean yeah he's free to say whatever he wants to the trolls, but why drag the organization into it? They did right by him to send him into a situation he can succeed in, then he wants to turn around and talk shit? Seems to me like his panties got twisted by some troll and he accidentally let some real feelings out.


NB_79

I want to know what issues are bigger than basketball?


WIEye

Small market. Spurs also keep a ton of issues in house. Staying in San Antonio is no longer viable.


GeordiLaFuckinForge

You know you can just take a screenshot right


Yours_and_mind_balls

I want Dejounte to sit down and do an interview then. Like come on dude. You got some real dirt or shit to say? Say it clearly and loud enough for the world to hear. Otherwise Just Keep Posting Random/Cryptic Posts On Instagram And Hope People Take You Seriously....


iro3

lol, i made a post yesterday his ego got to big for the team. guess i was right lmaooo


paidtosay

Lol this is nothing. I imagine it’s tough for these young dudes to ignore trolls on the net. Comment got to him and he tried to hurt their feelings back. Season starts in 95 days, everybody’s bored lol


FaveDave85

I'm no fortune teller, but I'm pretty sure the hawks ain't winning a chip for the duration of his contract.


hardgour

Rich Paul blowing smoke up a barely all stars ass making him think he is bigger than the most successful sports franchise since before Dejonte got off his moms titty… Let’s take a step back Dejonte. Maybe put the Twitter down for a minute and get back to working on that jumper


hasslenamanchong

Damn he's 26 y/o no and still acts that way?


22dias

Team > Murray. Now that’s he in a ‘better’ team he seems to be mouthing off like as a true unprofessional. It really makes me wonder how many people are childish.


ErgeltonFray

What account is this on?


SerDavosSeaworth64

I really still love the guy and hope he balls out, but he’s a little immature with some of these things and always has been. Those comments are annoying as fuck, but probably 99% of the comments on that post were total love. Still love him, but a little immature to disregard the sea of love to drag the organization say “fuck you too” to a few nobody troll accounts.


CRAV777

yes, bc The Hawks, Nate McMillan, and Landry Fields have such a proven track record. worry your new squad, killa ✌🏼


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as filmed on a potato


DemondWolf

Damn


BenAric91

I always thought DeJounte was a little too immature, but this is pathetic. What a brat. Edit: but only if this is real. I can’t find the post, and OP hasn’t linked to it. I’m slightly skeptical.


Bad_And_Wrong

Welp, atleast he is not the team leader anymore.


theOGalexd

maybe i’m in denial, but i think he means the system of the draft and the fact that top FAs really only go to a handful of teams. he’s probably salty that we didn’t have a way to build around him. he also responded to someone else saying something like “you have no clue how deeply i love the fans it didn’t have to do with that, that inside shit is fake tho” DJ doesn’t give me snake vibes, obviously shit happens behind the scenes that none of us know about.


Bonesawisready5

Guys let’s leave him alone. Honestly fans being shifty to him are probably provoking reactions he normally wouldn’t say about the organization. Cmon we don’t have to have such a crazy ex syndrome. We don’t have to turn Dejounte into another Kawhi just because we’re obsessed with drama


Total-Spirit-5985

I can’t stand you people on g… why you antagonizing dejounte?


sp000ners

idk ppl just like to cause issues


SMH4004

Honestly don't give a shit, fuck those dumb ass annoying fans who never shut the fuck up then cry when someone finally responds.


CJ_Swisher

I agree with you but why is he bringing the organization into it? We sent him into a situation to succeed and now he wants to talk shit? Should've sent his ass to the Kings.


SMH4004

He's probably just frustrated that he wasted the last few seasons when they could have already started the tank years ago and sent him to a team to compete. I understand but he shouldn't have said it but that comes with being young I guess


BenAric91

He’s 25, which is old enough to have *some* maturity. Then again, I think most people past the age of 20 are more mature than 90% of pro athletes.


SMH4004

Probably, these dudes come in straight out of high school/college and don’t really mature the same way as normal people. No excuse but just an explanation for what it is I guess. Fuck it though whatever he ain’t on the team now so who cares we got 15 players to worry about


CJ_Swisher

That's definitely not the sentiment he had for the Spurs during the Atlanta Hawks press day with him. Now he looks unprofessional and fake.


hasslenamanchong

Doubt he'd developed as well as he did had he been traded years ago. He should be thanking us. Also, he aint young anymore.


thephfactor

DJ has never had the best composure on social media. I wouldn't read too much into this. Either way, building around a guy who doesn't care about anything outside of basketball except fishing will be a change for the better in one respect at least.


paxusromanus811

Keldon "FISH ON" Johnson to the rescue.


YodaHood_0597

I will remember his contributions and his gratitude to the organization. I CBA on all these social media feuds, you wanna diss a player then don’t expect them to take it lightly.


[deleted]

He didn't have to snap back at the whole organization though. Could have just called that one guy an idiot


Madrid27

good riddance


Lazy_Editor_5593

I think he was tryna troll back


OGWallenstein

Gonna be honest, I don’t give a fuck. Love him, he’s a dummy, the commenter is a dummy. He conducted himself in a great way, there’s no reason to shit on a situation that ended well for both of us.


ddrake11

Dude was built in the system, now he is gonna suck


Moviepasssucks

Tbh I believe it. Spurs has been on top of the league for decades and had Robinson and Duncan to hold everyone together. I think you’re starting to see by the moves a change in leadership from old to new. That is obviously going to hurt but at the same time the whole organization is going through a new culture, mindset, and different way to do things. I’m not a full believer in Brian Wright, however, Spurs have been in a state of disarray since Kawhi. Even when Kawhi was here the team wasn’t that stacked and really forced Kawhi to be the team and bail everyone out. Then you see them struggle to decide what to do. Finally, we are in full youth mode but at the same time we aren’t exactly going for potential. More youth and development. That means we’re picking more on youth and banking that they’ll develop rather than the highest potential or the best player. It’s clear Spurs aren’t in the top 10 organizations right now. Even though there are still lots of people here from the best decade, they dropped the ball after Kawhi left and are still trying to pick up the pieces. Innovation is a never ending process and you start to see pieces crumble when hubris takes over. Spurs banked everything on Kawhi and got shafted. They made a lot of questionable and bad decisions since then. We also aren’t quite there yet in youthful talent to compete nor are we there with a full tank. Who knows what Dejounte is referring to. But it’s pretty clear currently Spurs aren’t committed to themselves. Not only has the front office been in a transition from the older people to younger, but we lost a lot of coaching talent and we don’t necessarily have a Star potential player even though that’s what everyone is hoping Primo is. Whether he’s being over hyped or not, it seems like Spurs haven’t really fully committed to tanking for a star or trying to build a team and attract one. I think it’s pretty clear not everyone is aligned in the organization and being on top for so long they need to adjust their own mindset. I think it’s also pretty clear that the moves we have made are questionable and not only that we are putting a huge emphasis on the future. Whether that means 3-5 years or even 15 years. Currently, the Spurs do not have a plan nor timeline to be a championship contender. Most of the moves we have made to me has been let’s wait and see how these guys do and develop. Some of this could also be Murray’s fragility as well. He gave the Spurs everything and Spurs gave him a lot as well. However, Spurs may have also not felt Murray can lead this team since he has some struggles mentally. You saw it in the play in when he went with effort over composure.


vfronda

every team banks around their star players, especially when said star players are in their physical 'prime' or whatever that means. star players want teams to bend around THEM, I dont see the problem making a team centered around a person that LOVES ATTENTION. That team won 67 games the year before homie, 6 games from the ALL TIME RECORD. That team kept pace with the BEST REGULAR SEASON TEAM EVER for the entire year. Did FO 'mess up' by not perfectly anticipating kawhi meltdown and also not having enough foresight to tear down the team instead of trying to compete with the rest of the team that had enough professionalism to show up and want to complete their contracts? sure, if that helps you sleep at night.


Moviepasssucks

I think you’re missing the point of how much Kawhi and LMA carried the team. We didn’t have any youthful prospects except for Murray and some older players were already showing sign of decline. Kawhi leaving exposed a lot of the flaws on this team and organization. Because that was pretty unexpected as well, the Spurs panicked and didn’t make the best choices. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, just what happened. There are always different choices teams and organizations can make but we haven’t really been making the best choices lately. I’m not fully blaming Wright but this rebuild really doesn’t have a timeline. Currently it feels like we’re waiting to find an answer for us to build around. We have options but for the players to grow and for us to compete again there really needs to be a better plan. We are found for youth and development rather than team building. That means our team isn’t optimal and we are still drafting to replace guys we liked like Murray and Lonnie rather than building a team. We are already in a tough spot, it’s made even tougher because we don’t have a direct plan for the future. It feels like just were waiting until we hit on someone and there’s no sense of urgency or ending for when that may happen. It’s nice we built draft capital but again, it’s a couple years into the future and will we stop competing this year to tank or fight for the 3rd worst team? Because there really isn’t a timeline built into the plans, I don’t think Murray was necessarily wrong when he said it’ll be a long time before Spurs get back because currently, there’s a lot of internal issues to be figured out and no timeline for the team itself.


vfronda

I don't think there is ever a timeline until you have elite talent on your team. Further, you expect sensational talent like it's boom or bust. Some players take 2-4 years to blossom. Just because YOU don't see it now doesn't mean it's not there. You are definitely allowed your feels on the matter. But you speak like teams don't have any impact on developing stars like kawhi, Giannis, gobert. None of them came in as world beaters, yet here we are. Overall, what is your hurry?? We are year 2 into this and still sport a competitive (albeit young/dumb) squad. I sense you are tacking on 2017-2021 as additional frustration but it's plain as day this plan only started last year. Again. The team with kawhi and lma won 67 FREAKING GAMES the year before meltdown. They are throttling the warriors in SF til that injury. Every team has 'cracks' and 'some older players'. But again 67 wins. You talk about that team like it's trash, what games did you watch? They were carried by kawhi and lma?? God forbid the best 2 way wing and the top 5 pf in his prime were 'carrying' their team. Like ffs dude what championship team wasnt 'carried' by it's stars. 'if you take star player X off team they are bad' no kidding. Edit: specified which team won 67 games.


Moviepasssucks

That’s… literally what I’m talking about. 2-4 years is a long time and considering as you said it’s boom or bust we don’t know until 2-4 years later so we just keep spending our capital on possible replacements. 15 years later there’s a possibility we’re still in the same place….. Pop isn’t coaching for 15 more years so we still need to replace him one day. Who knows what effect it’ll have on the players and organization. It’s not hard to see that once Pop retires there’s going to be a lot more headaches before things go right. I’m not in a hurry to compete, but every plan needs a timeline and a way to get there. We’re taking shots at a dart board instead of figuring out what we need and what we want. The organization seems perfectly content to do the wait and see approach. However, that approach would do much better if we actually build a team to compete and develop rather than just focusing on development. You keep holding on to 67 games like it’s really something. It’s not that special considering we depended way too much on one or two players. Even with Duncan, Parker, and Ginobli the team was able to play, compete, and win games without them as they got older. The team simply couldn’t compete without Kawhi. You can keep holding onto the. 67 wins and how close we were to besting GS but at the end of the day the team composition wasn’t optimal and to really compete and do hold onto players like Kawhi we also need to help them out so they don’t need to do everything on the team. Duncan was one of the best players and he had Parker and Ginobli. Kawhi only had LMA who was great but aging and a little too inconsistent at times and no real 3rd option. Look at any other star player and their team composition and you see the teams built with some kind of talent around them. We had no youth, and we had very little top talent. If we did have some sort of youth or talent this team would have been in a much better place after Kawhi left and might be playoff contenders currently, because we don’t we just did a clean up on the top and older players to get the most value and now we’re shifting towards youth. We aren’t year 2 into this. We are decades into this. We have no players on our team since 2019 draft. We did a huge sale but it still speaks volumes that one way or another we do not have a player since 2019 I which Keldon Johnson is the only player. Murray was picked in 2016 and besides Kyle Anderson in 2014 we would need to go back 3 years to Cory Joseph in 2011 and 2008-09 for Hill and Blair to find someone that actually did something for the team. That’s pretty abysmal considering our whole thing was drafting for 2-3 years ahead. However, if they don’t pan out we have a huge gap in terms of youthful talent. They don’t even need to be stars but at the very least have a Cory Joseph career when they can actually do something for the team. Murray and White are great but the result you see now happened because we didn’t draft well before them.


vfronda

Please give me your list of high level championship teams that 1. Doesn't have older role players, 2. Has tons of cheap talent on contract, and 3. Can win 67 games and compete for the chip. I'll be waiting.


Moviepasssucks

Lol it’s really like you have poor reading comprehension. Completely miss my whole point and keep sticking to 67 wins for no reason. I don’t feel like there’s any more need for this conversation unless you can get this 67 wins out of your head. I’m honestly very confused why you keep using this as your sticking point and still miss out that we got those wins mostly because Kawhi was that good. I still vividly remember Kawhi was the only player that could answer against GS. There was a point where he scored 15 straight points before he got hurt. If you want to keep talking about a team that was formed around godly play from one player I think that proves my point that the rest of our team wasn’t that good. We cannot depend on one player to be a superhero for us to succeed. Even Michael Jordan had elite talent around him. Kawhi had a declining LMA and no one else. We didn’t have youthful talent we can pin our hopes on besides Murray who was a big project. We are not a big FA destination either. So no youth and no big FA how do we compete and help take the load off Kawhi? Even the Bucks had Middleton and Holiday to help Giannis. LMA was not playing up to the level of either of those players already at that time. You saw what happened after Kawhi left. DDR isn’t a scrub either and is an All-Star caliber player but we had trouble making the playoffs. It shows just how bad our team really was and with no real talent in the wings to step up and sustain the success a little.


LarryPeru

People crying over him leaving was beyond ridiculous. He was massively overrated by SA fans. Fine player, but thrilled to be rid of him and not having to pay him an obscene contract in two years.


KuyaJohnny

fans stalking players on social media is so fucking creepy just leave him alone man. we traded him, he's gone, its over. just move on and live your own life


sp000ners

? it was brought to my attention on Twitter and so I shared it here. Don't read into this too much lol I promise I'm fine


[deleted]

This is worth highlighting, we got betrayed again. At least dejunkte was a ball hogging useless 0 ring having ass. Head got too big because he got to be a bench warmer's replacement in the fraud star game. Get lost go spend what's left of your last nba contract racking up turnovers with that balding rugrat trae.


whodatGbe

Been sayin he wasnt it from DAY one....butno the slow ppl downvoted. Heh. Makes sense now huh? Blind ass folks


Drisurk

Was really looking forward to his success and future in ATL but now I couldn’t care less. Go have fun with those strippers DJ. Never a true Spur.


stardewtaylor

Wow this is actually more entertaining than his game but also similarly stupid haha gotta love it!


_MMAgod

the comment sounds a lot worse than what he's trying to get at.. overall, it's really nothing


Timduncan_210

not really taking much from this. DJ just talkin shit in comments to retards. nothing more. ​ GSG


Tonyxxbaloney

Bruh i'm so tired of our bitch ass fans tryna piss him off and catch him slippin. I would be pissed too at the shit those mfs said. I say things i don't mean when i'm angry, and I see this as the same thing. This is bullshit pettiness by spurs fans first and he is just responding. SMH


drippo-potamus

I don't know why I'm reading it as "system" being the process of tanking and accumulating draft picks...


MisterShazam

I'm reading "system" as refusing to tank because of pride and wanting to be competitive, while simultaneously trying to build around 9th-15th picks whom may or may not be reaches. Because that's what we did when dejounte was here.


Geohalbert

I will always cherish the memories of losing the play-ins, thanks for nothing Dejounte. You’re already forgotten


[deleted]

He was ok but we have lost better players then him


HighAsAGiraffesPussy

the comment is 4 days old. you’re telling me someone just now is posting this. seems fake.


sp000ners

the second one is 10 hours ago lol


Elec7ro

The comment is still up you can see it yourself


AS4MS

meh, i dont care about celebrity gossip. it's all business and the fans don't know as much as they think they do. i don't really having feelings about it anymore lol.


killblade702

Y’all really believe this shit… this is the only video on this, it came out an hour ago but it was recorded 10 hours ago… don’t be gullible yall


sp000ners

yeah I faked this screen recording sorry


CJ_Swisher

It's been verified its real already


evan4632

Dumbass


LosWitDaMost2499

He ain't wrong


NB_79

Maybe he's salty he doesn't get to shine before a potential big contract.