Daniel Hackett

Best to be careful with Kawhi, main thing is health for the playoffs. So makes sense. Heck, based on that Wolves game the rest of the team needs time to sort some stuff out sans Kawhi anyway.

Sucks to be RJ, JaKobe, and Graves, who actually showed up, unlike every single other player on the team. Worst I’ve ever seen of Scottie. Jak was brutal, IQ was brutal, CMB was a no show. This was going to be a tough test with Kawhi, nevermind if half the roster barely shows up. Awful effort.

This lineup is WAY too small what are we doing?

CMB is a GAME CHANGING defender. I hate these refs for depriving us of so much of his time this game. Biggest reason it is still close is the Raps having to work without him so much.

Kawhi… just bring the ball up, man. This stretch is a slog, good effort but a lot of mistakes.

Shead calling for that review and losing, if I was Darko, would mean his asks for reviews are going to be ignored for like 10 games at least. That said, made no sense to challenge that. Challenges should be for end of game or critical fouls on guys in foul trouble.

Really strong effort that half. Dealing with foul trouble (to such key guys), playing 5 on 8 a bit, and still holding them off. Battle was looking more like the specialist 11th guy again, some perimeter matchups he just can't be out there. Jak kicking butt. RJ has been really good on both ends.

OK you got Kawhi one more clean three to feel good about. Time to empty the bench.

I mean there have been stretches of easing up since the end of the first, but such is life when the game is like this. Hard to win the effort battle when everyone in the arena knows you don’t have to try to win.

Good job by Scottie calming everything down after a slog of a quarter.

I thought there were an interesting mix of lineup choices thus far. IQ in with the Scottie bench, I love. Having a no-Scottie, no-Kawhi lineup I don't (they crushed the Bulls though so what do I know). If that sort of lineup works consistently the rotation becomes really easy.

Well that sure is a quarter! Nice way to start the season to say the least.

Yeah, pretty sure he wasn't eligible for the 2nd round pick exception since they already signed him to a two-way deal (and so no longer had his draft rights).

As expected. Pretty much necessary, cap wise.

Well, thank goodness that part's done. Training camp and pre-season will be much more fun with Kawhi officially in the fold, which I imagine will be announced shortly. No suspension is a very good outcome for the Raps and also means the deal goes through as agreed with no hiccups. Let's go.

Assuming Bradley gets the start, I’m excited to see him get another shot after a rough first two games. Playing with the better players may help him find his footing.

With a 500k guarantee a year out that's a pretty solid bet that he's a roster player next year, even with other two ways maybe getting a promotion and a draftee coming in. Excited to see how he looks.

Ohhhh bring me JV as a backup C at the minimum to let the Raps rest Jak more. He deserves to come back and try to win a chip here, he was a huge part of that first chip season success before being traded for Gasol.

"Start extension talks" is hilarious and obviously very important framing to his new agent.

Thanks to Blake who did some legwork here. So, with Martin counting as a two year vet like I thought, Raps currently don’t have hard cap room for 14 guys. So maybe they just signed Bradley to a two way to keep flexibility over the summer and will give him an NBA deal if no more trades materialize.

Very cool. Lotta good vibes right now.

Great pickup as veteran depth in case Graves is not quite ready out of camp, or for times when Scottie or Kawhi miss time and we need size on the wing.

CMB playing summer league? Awesome. He doesn't need it but it'll be so fun. Hepburn, Bradley, Martin, Graves, CMB starters? Going to feast on summer league ball handlers.

Makes sense, and as expected. Since he has a year under his belt, this should end with full Bird Rights and RFA status.