Dan is joined by Paul Garcia (@PaulGarciaNBA) from Project Spurs to discuss all things San Antonio Spurs ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. They cover San Antonio's overall direction, Dejounte Murray's development, the playmaking rotation, Josh Primo, Keldon Johnson's potential for improvement, Lonnie Walker IV's future, Devin Vassell's role, Thaddeus Young's value, lineup possibilities, the Ben Simmons trade rumors and much more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 0:30 - Intro 🔘 2:51 - San Antonio's direction 🔘 5:02 - Do they have a primary cornerstone? 🔘 6:15 - Dejounte Murray's next step 🔘 7:40 - The Dejounte Murray-Derrick White combination 🔘 8:31 - Can Tre Jones (when healthy) fill the playmaking void? 🔘 9:32 - Is Josh Primo ready for immediate minutes? 🔘 11:13 - The need for San Antonio to experiment/play fast 🔘 16:03 - Keldon Johnson's ceiling 🔘 18:25 - Lonnie Walker IV's future 🔘 21:14 - Devin Vassell's role 🔘 23:12 - Thaddeus Young's value/future 🔘 25:06 - The frontcourt rotation 🔘 28:01 - The Ben Simmons discussion 🔘 30:55 - Best crunch-time lineup 🔘 32:51 - Quirky lineups we want to see 🔘 33:53 - Win-total prediction/Place in the West 🔘 37:30 - Final roster cuts 🔘 38:52 - San Antonio's defensive identity Please subscribe to Hardwood Knocks here. And if you're listening to us in Apple 's podcast player, please, please pretty please leave us a rating and write a review here. Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Follow: @HardwoodKnocks Follow: @The_Sports_Math Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices