A San Antonio Spurs game of buy or sell

A San Antonio Spurs game of buy or sell

hey let’s catch up with some Spurs news and notes and then play a game of buy and sell you are locked on Spurs your daily San Antonio Spurs podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day hey welcome back to lockdown Spurs and the lockdown NBA network I’m your host Jeff Garcia Spurs beat rider for Ken 5 San Antonio happy Wednesday everybody and uh weekend’s run around the corner hang on in there we’ll get you through it right here on lockon Spurs thank for making lock on Spurs your first listen every single day Freedom Bell where we get a c where we get pretty much every podcast you can think of think of YouTube we’re there iTunes there Spotify there subscribe to us today if you haven’t and uh again we always appreciate you doing so today’s episode is brought to you by Game Time download the game time app create an account use code lock on NBA for 20 bucks off your first purchase terms apply what are we talking about today you can see it on your screen we’re going be going over some quick Spurs news and notes and then bringing our guest Mikey men yes he is back everybody part of the acquired well the animal City Sports podcast and uh yeah we’re going to be playing a game of buy and sell Spurs Edition uh from the draft to other topics we’re going to see what do we buy what do we sell when it comes to your silver and black then talk about you guys the lockdown Spurs uh fan comments y’all are leaving on the YouTube page but first some Spurs news and notes and perhaps the biggest one that y’all heard yesterday wi bayama becomes the first NBA rookie to make the first team all defensive team congratulations to him he did something not even Tim Duncan did Tim Duncan made the second all defensive team in his rookie season so kudos to him yeah the accolades just keep on pouring in for wmy the Spurs have their star they have their future they have their Cornerstone piece think about it he ended his rookie season winning three NBA Rookie of the month award straight got the Rookie of the Year award selected to the all rookie team first team you know he shattered records throughout the uh season last year and we’re gonna find out if he made any of the all NBA teams either first team second team or third team it’s going to be interesting does he fall on the first team that’s going to be a little tough I can definitely see second team uh third team I think would it’ be it be an honor but oh man I I got him as high as getting the second team I if he gets first team that’s just awesome but I think second team he should land in there but it’s going to be tough a lot of great players in the NBA uh we’ll find out exactly where he lands uh soon enough but yeah congratulations to wimy Accolade still pouring in for the Spurs Phenom up next you know there could be another one we know about the all all NBA teams that’s gonna be coming up soon but could he have a Olympic medal as well in his rookie season think about that I mean I know it just Tech not in the NBA but not bad to start his pro career he could possibly have a gold medal silver medal or a bronze medal at the Summer Olympic Games but we’ll see what the Spurs do as far as building around him you know the numbers are there he led the league in blocks 20 plus points per game etc etc y’all know the stats so uh yeah good on uh Wy there so we’ll see how he continues his NBA career just think about it just barely starting just barely started in other Spurs news Trey Jones enjoyed a Dame of a day of gaming with the San Anton community at game at the Rock event sponsored by the Spurs Alienware and he gamed behind the controller he and C City Soko uh got behind the controller and uh tested their skills against some Pro players and looks like everything had a was was off to a bang There was basketball clinics uh meet and greets uh City and Trey signed autographs so good day for the Spurs getting mixed in with the community even though it’s the offseason Spurs go above and beyond when it comes to that as far as community outreach and finally uh this going to be a good win um as the draft is looming so are odds makers and their projections on who will go we number one number two three four you get what I’m saying so pretty much in Vegas you can bet for anything but one odds maker uh draft uh Kings they put out their odds on where bronny James could be selected or at least which team would select him Lakers are obviously the for front because his dad there LeBron is with the Lakers 76ers are right behind their Oklahoma City also top three but do you believe it Vegas has the Spurs with the six best odds at selecting bronny now the Spurs have number picks four and eight and 35 and 48 in the second round he’s projected to go either second round late or not at all so interesting can you imagine the Spurs do that I’ve been following this I’m so intrigued by this because I want to see which team would be I say dumb enough to select them but waste a pick on him when Scouts left and right are saying he’s not ready whatsoever that he’s not an NBA Pro player right now that it would behoove him to go back to college and maybe test the waters after his senior year uh all because his LeBron his dad LeBron said that he would go wherever Ronnie goes that it’s a dream of him to play side by side with his son in the NBA on the same team do you think the spars would do that do you think they’ll burn one of their picks I don’t think they’ll burn four or eight on him but 35 and 48 in the second round he’s projected to go late Vegas knows all they figured out the Spurs were going to win 22 games last year and they nailed it they projected that Rudy goar was going to win the r the defensive player of the air with with wimy being the runner up they nailed it so yeah interesting but you want to read more about that it’s at Ken f.com Spurs right now go check it out all right there’s some quick Spurs news and notes when we we get back we’re bringing Mikey menz part of the animal City Sports podcast Network we’re going to be playing a game of buy or sell Spurs Edition from the draft uh to the rebuild we’re gon be discussing a few topics and then talk about you guys what are y’all talking about over the YouTube page lockdown Spurs YouTube page yall leaving a lot of comments where we pick two we’ll see what y’all are talking about that’s next right here on lockdown Spurs hey I want to talk you about gametime.co go there right now game time is an authorized ticket Marketplace of the NBA which makes getting playoff tickets even faster and easier prices on the game time M actually go down the closer it gets to tip off you got killer last minute deals Allin prices views from receip lowest price guarantee game time takes the guess where got to buying NBA tickets look if there’s an event you want to attend get tickets through game time look the app they got so much things going on they got again those last minute ticket deals uh views from your seat in 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Game Time download the game time app hit an account use code locked on NBA for 20 bucks off year for his purchase terms apply again Grant account use code locked on NBA that’s l d o n NBA for $20 off your first purchase Game Time download game time game time today last minute tickets lowest price guaranteed hey this is hot rod and I’m RC from the cyberon and you’re listening to lockon Spur with Jeff Garcia and we’re now joined by Mikey menz you know you know him you love him follow him on X MJ acquir taste he is part of the animal City Sports podcast Network check it out on YouTube he’ll brag about that and look at him repping silver and black today on lockdown Spurs he got the slowo there you got the black T-shirt there what’s it say on the sides I can’t read that oh it just says Nike but by the way this was the T-shirt I bought and War the the day that we won the draft lottery back in 2023 to get winp so it’s my lucky shirt hey well the Spurs going to need it because uh they have a couple draft picks ahead of them but we’re getting into that so what are we doing today with humis well we’re going to be doing a game of buy or sell so I’m gonna throw three questions at him and he’s gonna buy or sell it and then later on the show we’re going to discuss you guys the lockdown Spurs fans you guys are leaving a lot of comments we’ll pick two and address some ASAP but Mike you’ve been a while since you’ve been a lockdown Spurs how you been dude I’m doing amazing man glad to be back yeah we missed you here I know you’re busy I think you’re traveling with your you know with your daughter concerts I know you’re back at work almost like full-time practically now right uh pretty much man got to see The Killers and the food Fighters out in New Orleans so yeah spending time with my daughter out there man it’s been a blast look at that being the good dad he is all right let’s jump into put Mike on the hot seat it’s buy or sell time I got him right here everybody so I’m going to look at my notes here all right well the first one is going to be speaking of the lottery and that lucky t-shirt you got there buy or sell the Spurs will keep number four and number eight and just draft straight out I 100% buy it okay I’m not going to say that the Spurs aren’t going to field offers or kick some tires but man I mean this got to be a 99.999% chance that we’re going to go off and draft at number four and at number eight you know a couple of years ago I thought there was no way in the world the Spurs were going to have right three first rounders in the same class right but we got soan Wesley and Brum and I was so surprised when that happened so the Spurs having two picks in the first round number four number eight I think we’re going to keep them and hope that one of them pans out into being a star yeah I’m with you I think they will um keep them I think they’re going to just select straight out you know lesson learned remember the year where they select where they had two first rounders they were late but they ended up being Wesley you mentioned brunham so and everybody’s like no way the Spurs are going to draft the that you out mind and well they did uh again Brian Wright repeated after Lottery night that yeah they’re still going to take the slow steady approach that they’re going to be cautiously aggressive that doesn’t bold well for this upcoming season maybe without the offseason He Man and we’ll get into the second Byer sell questions but it kind of dovetails off the first one here is do you think it’ll be a mistake if they just simply draft straight out no it’s not a mistake the Spurs need Talent all over the place we need a one we need a three maybe even a better four uh it’s just we we are starving for talent and you know the Spurs are hoping to find the diamond in the rough who can potentially become somebody I know this is considered to be a very weak draft Yeah uh but you know what we’ve had weak drafts in the past that had Giannis in them we’ve had weak drafts in the past that had yic in it coming out of the second round so just because it’s a weak draft doesn’t mean that there’s not a superstar somewhere in there to be found yeah I mean just history is told um you know who you know Anthony Bennett goes number one well he was a bust you know but lo and behold Joker is a second round pick oh who believe it or not everybody jonis did not go number one in his draft he went in the late teens or middle teens uh mono job second round I mean goes you know you can look at mock drafts all you want he men is but ultimately it’s not an exact science and you can’t really just look at those mock drafts as the Bible oh you know Mack draft a says Spurs are getting Collier you know oh that’s it Esther guy no I mean how shocked were you on draft night when they drafted Primo Primo was even projected iide myself yeah yeah I lo I lost my mind that day I remember where I was I remember what bar I was at I remember looking up at the screen and going my God I spent months watching YouTube videos watching European games reading mock drafts seeing sangon right right there for the taking and then they got somebody from Alabama that I had no idea who he was and I’m looking at all the final mock drafts and all the prognosticators had him going in the second round but apparently pop or not pop uh first front office Brian Wright RC Buford had the hots for him you know and apparently so did Oklahoma City Thunder at 16 that particular season so the Spurs took him and at the time I thought to myself you know the argument that was made that Brian Wright made was we’re taking him because we believe he’d be in the top five of the draft the following year and he stayed one more season and that pacified me a little bit right but then we all find out what transpired thereafter and uh it was a wasted pick absolutely yeah and I actually I was at Barclay’s the night of the Primo pick and I was sitting in my media seat and like I got fortunate enough where I just had a seat by myself and there wasn’t not too many people around me I had my feet up on the seat next to me and I remember just after they made an announcement just being like this yeah what now what now I had no idea I was just stunned but yeah that again that’s just a lesson right there that hey Spurs fans yeah I mean you don’t know what the Spurs team is gonna do you know sangon was there for the taking Hal Burton was there for the taking uh the list goes on and on but that goes for every NBA team every NBA team whiffs I mean Steph Curry he went what like First top five picks or something like that or first top 10 and you know he did he was a number one pick so it’s not an exact size but ultimately I think I agree with you human I think they’re going to keep their picks but I wouldn’t be surprised if they might pick for another team if there’s a deal to be had but that’s for a discussion later on on lock on Spurs as the draft night approaches second buy or sell question is and you kind of H hit on it a little bit about the Spurs need the Spurs need a one no knock on Trey Jones but they need some reinforcements need starter quality and according to the mods here we go uh Nicola topic is considered the best available point guard heading into this year’s draft the summmer draft buy or sell the Spurs should take him if he’s available at four or eight well first of all it is a knock on Trey Jones okay he’s not the point guard for a playoff bound team at least not as a starter love him as a backup point guard he’s an ideal backup point guard very cerebral decent player but he has a very low ceiling the guy is not going to be a star and what we’re seeing in the playoffs right now is that star point guards matter all this crap that we heard for so long beginning of the season is that you need to have positionist basketball right that was the term being used but right now what do we see out there we see halberton still out there we see Kyrie and Luca dodet still out there point guards really matter Jaylen Brunson took the Knicks very far uh the point guard the teams with point guards Jamal Murray the teams with point guards that are Elite are going far into the playoffs that’s just the way that it is man this positionist basketball is a myth so we do need help at that point guard position and to answer your question about Nicola topic uh I would have been all on board up until about a week ago yeah hurt his knee again the same knee now apparently apparently it wasn’t uh as bad is the first time he heard it but dude we’ve had this experience with kawh Leonard in the past where a lingering injury uh we’ve seen this with Devon vasel Devon Vel seems to be missing 10 to 15 games per year because of nagging injuries right and the best ability is often times said is availability right and I’m I’m looking right now at topage going my God if you are getting hurt all the time at age 18 there’s something wrong and the way that he hit the ground and was face down uh and and looking at at the at the floor and he was in pain and he had to be he hobbled off I know that they said that it was minor but if that’s his reaction to quote unquote a minor injury kind of scares me and and it was a it was a non- contct as well it was a non yeah exactly give me Stefan castle please that’s my guy man Stefan Castle’s my guy he and Dillingham are my two favorites in the draft four and eight if I get just one of them on the team I don’t care if they swing and Miss down the road and get somebody that was like Primo in the sense that uh was was mocked down the road give me Castle give me Dillingham those two guys are ready to play yeah yeah I I cooled off on topic as well you know he had I mean on paper it’s everything the Spurs have been looking for big point guard remember Josh Primo was a big point guard they wanted him to be that they wanted Jeremy soan to be a big point guard that didn’t work out topic fits exactly what they’re looking for 66 you know yeah he’s a teenager he’ll fill out his frame but you know floor floor guy good Vision all that good stuff but man injuries I mean the last thing they need is to have one of their picks four or eight to suffer an injury that keeps them out again you know got of red shirted again kind of like what Chad hogm went through in His official rookie season um and the Spurs don’t need that you know they need to get the ground running they need to get this rebuild going they don’t need a setback and I think if they were to draft to and he getss injured again it would be a setback in the in the rebuild moving forward all right so far so good we’re here with Mikey menz follow him on X MJ acquir tase he is part of the animal City Sports podcast Network and is on YouTube he’s goingon to brag about that in a few minutes but when we get back we’re not done with him regarding buy or sell we got one more question on deck for him and then we’re going to talk about you guys lock on 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mean they tell me that all the time but man I’ve uh I I went to the hemisphere Arena man back in the day with my dad been cheering for this team I remember growing up with hosts of Alvin Robertson and artist Gilmore and Mike Mitchell and Jean banks on my wall I’m not only a Spurs fan I’m a Spurs fan of 40 plus years yeah and uh it’s it’s been a fun ride the last five years have been kind of uh frustrating uh and we’re trying to get out of that getting back into the playoffs but but uh man watching the playoffs this year kind of shows how far we are from actually being a real playoff team yeah exactly you know but speak of that Alvin Robertson poster was it the one where he’s wearing the the old black ABA Jersey and it say Antonio and he’s out stretched like this going for a dunk yeah I had the exact same one I had the exact same one and uh yeah it’s a great poster uh but yeah we’re not done with him as far as buy and sell and we’re talking about the rebuild we’re talking about wimy and point guard stuff like that we’re talking about building a team buy or sell and just kind of kind of reflects what’s going on in the Western and Eastern Conference Finals bu or sell do Spurs need to have at minimum two superstars on the roster they got one wimy they gotta go get the other one do they need two or maybe they need more as maybe uh a team that’s in the postseason right now uh you got real Boston you know with Jaylen Brown and Tatum and I guess to you read Derek white I mean he was a friende Allstar uh you know what do you think about that you know buy or sell the Spurs need at minimal two do you think they need more than two um well you need two allars you need a superstar and an All-Star so I’m not buying that you need to have two superstars because sometimes that doesn’t work I mean look at LeBron James and Anthony Davis right that didn’t really work out and in fact Kyrie and Luca D didn’t work out early on but now it seems to be clicking right so you don’t need two superstars but you do need another Allstar and you need a a fringe third guy to be that guy you mentioned Derek white for example so the Spurs as we are constituted right now don’t have any future Allstars on this team other than wimby okay Vel is not an All-Star though he’s a very good player when healthy soan is not going to be an All-Star Trey Jones Kellin all those guys none of them are gonna be allst Stars right so either a we’re hoping to draft a future Allstar or B we’re eventually going to have to pull the trigger and actually make a trade for one I know that there’s been a lot of rumors about everyone from Trey young to De Murray uh to other Donan Mitchell Donovan Mitchell is is a good one that might not might not be that bad of a deal we’ve seen the point guard situation in in Detroit with the Pistons uh and how they have way too many out there so the Spurs eventually are going to have to pull the trigger on something and the big question has become do you do it now or do you do it later do you waste wy’s second year because come on the Spurs wasted the first year of wimy they did uh the second year it looks like the Spurs more and more are going to stay put man and and you know I know we’re looking at Donovan Mitchell I would love to have him here I think he’s probably the the the easiest get for the Spurs because yeah Trey young is gonna cost four or five first rounders right you’re gonna have to give them back their picks and you’re gonna have to uh give them a a good player on top of that if not two to match salaries and all that stuff um but man you take a look at Donovan Mitchell because they already have a good point guard on on roster right now to replace him it’s going to be easier for them to get rid of him and if it takes three first rounders to get him by all means do it three first rounders and and a couple of a couple of players then do it because that’s the cost it takes that’s the price that you have to pay to get an Allstar I mean look at what what it what it took to get him in the first place what it took to get a Rudy goar would it took to get a bunch of the Carl Anthony towns a bunch of these guys over the years and uh so I think that Donovan Mitchell is the best get to have the problem is you let you look at the 2024 free agency list they’re not there’s not much out there it it is Barren man it is the you know whoever is there that is a free agent is going to go back to their team on player options or restricted free agency uh I mean you have a couple couple of big names like Pascal sakam there’s some pretty good tier two and three guys out there that are good glue guys that might make that might become a good number three for the Spurs yeah but just like the draft this year the draft is weak yeah the free agency classes week but 2025 not only is it a super strong draft and the Spurs have the potential of four first rounders but the Spurs also have the ability to go after some people yeah uh who are stars man because some super studs are are are true uh unrestricted free agents come 2025 there’s a ton of names out there we’re talking about 10 12 Allstars that are available unrestricted in 2025 I hate to say it uh but if I had a bet any money on it if we’re not getting Donovan Mitchell because we’re not gonna get tray young if we’re not getting Donovan Mitchell I think the spur is gonna stay put man and and not do much of anything and not make much noise in free agency run it back yeah you know on the flip though you look at a team like Dallas really just two stars Kyrie and Luca and that’s it and a bunch of good quality role players from Washington to Gafford to Cleo when he was he was not injured the list goes on and on so you know but then again look at look at those two I mean those those are Mega Stars those are Kyrie iring and Luca donic you know those are two Heavy Hitters there uh you know I wouldn’t you look at Indiana they really only have Halton that’s pretty much miles Turners there yes but it’s just really halber so it it really depends on the mix you know and that’s where the Spurs talk about fit you know fit with wmy will they fit with this rebuild you know the players on Indiana fit well with Halburn the players around Dallas and Luca and and Kyrie they fit with their style uh you know so you know Minnesota you know young explosive team you know cat and Anthony Edwards and gobear but it is interesting I I I think the Spurs they they have a chance to get their second stud ASAP but the thing is man is will they do it though ASAP are they’re going to stick with the ho We’re Not Gonna Rush this and I think that’s what rubs the some spurs fans the wrong way is because they keep on saying we’re not going to rush this I just feel like these teams are gonna lap them humanis that other teams are gonna lap them Houston is right on their heels Houston is right on their heels and I have a feeling Houston could lap them as soon as next season he men is and Houston also picks before the Spurs this year in the draft um you know I have been very critical of popping the front office when it comes to what they’re doing way you get out I mean I thought it was a joke for the Spurs to go out there and do point soan out there yeah uh to to essentially punt on W’s first year because they didn’t have to that that’s the thing the whole thing about well the Spurs were the youngest team in the NBA and and that’s why they’re not any good well who made them the youngest team in the NBA they did it to themselves and then that logic also doesn’t fly anymore because I mean Oklahoma City was just minutes away from making the the Western Conference finals and guess what they’re the second youngest team in the NBA and they’re getting better they’re getting better because they have more draft Capital Believe It or Not than the Spurs do and the Spurs have a lot so the Spurs I mean I I think that it was arrogance beyond belief of Pop when it came to year one with wmy with soan out there and then just not calling plays for him I mean it was a joke it really was and the Spurs fans are going to go like what do you mean he man is they look good in April dude I don’t care it was a 22 and 60 season right but for them to punt in year two which is what they’re going to do they’re not going to sign anybody of significance I have no faith that they are because unless they’re going to pull a trade for some for a star which is the only way they’re going to do it if it’s going to be done by free agency it’s not going to happen man they don’t have the cap space to to sign somebody of significance in there an allar they have people they they can sign a good player but they’re not they don’t have the C to sign an Allstar you want an Allstar you got to trade for one yeah and the fact of the matter is is that the Spurs have too many players on the roster right now that are on guaranteed contracts and if you look at it very few names fall off next year I think Trey Jones is one of two expiring deals this year so it’s not like the Spurs have you know the you know all this space that’s going to suddenly free up next year man I just don’t like the way it’s all designed I I really don’t but the Spurs are are are be are in the middle of a rock in a hard place because you’re in a weak draft and you’re in a weak free agency class it’s it’s frustrating it’s frustrating and then the Spurs go six years in a row with a with a losing record I want to see what those inop trust guys are gonna say at that point and and what makes it even frustrating is the Spurs the Spurs fans know this the team has the ability to speed this up they’re sitting on a treasure chest of assets yes and including flipping players on the current roster so they can make waves now now could this just be smoking mirrors the Spurs being the Spurs oh we’re just going to take our time and then bam you know they make a big deal but historically the Spurs never make big Blockbuster stop the press’s moves they rarely do um I mean the last time the Spurs were kind of like under the spotlight was with wimy getting pick number one and maybe the the kawhai debacle and that’s it you know it’s been quiet you know they they just like staying on the radar so we’ll see what the Spurs uh do this offseason at the draft and so much more hey we’re talking with Mikey menz follow him on X at MJ acquired taste sh send them all your tweets or X post whatever you call them now about his love for soan he loves hearing about stuff like that hey I made my piece with it all right all right well hey let’s talk about the Spurs fans now or the lockdown Spurs fans they’ve been Le a lot of comments Mike uh there’s so many to choose from you know I wish you could read them all but we just can’t so I’ll pick two and we’ll get Mike and my’s reaction here first one is from safe space invader he says we are in desperate need of size on this team I’d almost say we need taller Wings before the point just because there is not a must have point in this year’s draft uh what do you think about that you know according to Safe space invader he thinks that more size is needed that that’s the prent over a point guard yeah that’s a very good point and and and if that’s going to be the was first go on uh I I can’t fault it I I know one of the names out there that is projected to be a top six pick is I might miss be mispronouncing the name uh mat zuis yeah who’s in in the G League ignite yeah gague y going out there 610 has hops I mean that’s a wing that’s that’s a that’s a big guy I mentioned Stefan castle at 66 if he comes in Castle wants to be a point guard and has been and there’s reports out there saying that he doesn’t want to work out for teams if he’s not going to be a a potential starting point guard uh but some of these big guys out the Donovan kingan uh from Connecticut you know he he had a a big tournament and he made a name for himself guys’s what 71 uh clogs up space you know that they’re going to be at least a at least we know he’ll be a pretty good Defender uh he likes to rim rocket a little bit he’s not he’s not yaka purle he’s not uh Zack Hollands uh you know when he sees the ball he sees the rim he’s GNA put the ball through the rim Y and he’s going to do it with force uh so that’s pretty interesting there’s a lot of players out there that have size Zachary RAR has some pretty decent size out there um you know we talked about Nichola toic at 66 the Serbian as a as a point guard so there is the ability to show a little bit more height uh that’s my knock on Trey Jones Tre Jones can’t do anything about his height you know no different than I can I wish I was Trey Jones’s height uh but but the fact of the matter is is that in today’s NBA it’s harder to to be that which is weird because I I give a knock on Trey Jones but I have a thing for Rob Dillingham and Dillingham is is the same size as Tre Jones yeah yeah same thing for me I look at um you know you know sheer yeah all these all these undersized guy okay well we kind of at least height wise got that guy on the roster right now Trey Jones but we appreciate that comment there and uh let’s go on to the next one here here next one’s from Victor win bayama I wish it was him but that’s what the handle says it says Victor win bayama so it’s probably him I doubt it I I don’t think it is but if it is thank you Victor but I odds are it’s not him um this is this is a good one and and I bring this comment up because I’m G to tell you something I wrote about on Ken 5 a couple days ago uh he said Victor win bayama that’s what it says here says sissoko now that’s the other Spurs rookie is our true lock down Defender can’t wait to see more minutes from him coko you got this stay strong now what is your reaction to he men so this will be something good for you to maybe talk about on your show so Soko recently um opened up about his rookie season and you know when I first saw the outlet it was a French Outlet called hoop hoop Mania or hoop alandia something like that um he and I was expecting him to just talk about oh you know pop and oh G league and stuff like that he talked about the G league but interesting though he actually openly admitted that he screwed up bad because every time he had downtime he didn’t take advantage of that and go to the gym and work on his game he said that he spent over a hundred hours just playing video games um he also said that he regretted it so he recognized it he he said I regret this you know that was one of my mistakes um he also said that when he got injured he kind of got into a depression because he did not know what to do with idle time he didn’t know what to do um and that’s where he said like maybe I should have gone to the gym more he’s a teenager I get it you know pro at so young of an age making good money but man um you know when I read that he as I was a little stunned I you know first of all I’m thankful that he was open and honest with it it’s it’s good but he can’t do that movie Forward he it’s your thoughts yeah I know that’s the big battle with Kyler Murray as a quarterback you know the fact that uh they say when there’s certain video games being released bet against him because you know he’s going to be playing it yeah um if he says 100 hours you know it’s really closer to 200 yeah pretty much hate hate to say it but um you know city sasoko is somebody that I’m actually still optimistic if I could buy stock in a player I want to hold on to some City Soko stock uh when he fell to the Spurs in the second round I was like hoping and praying that he’d be there and I was like oh my God he’s right there you know he’s French also right so let’s go ahead and grab that guy rock and roll the Spurs got him and there’s certain players out there who have certain capabilities that uh are going to make them NBA players for a long period of time that’s why I like Stefan Castle it’s because he’s a Lockdown Defender right worst case scenario you might have a Bruce Bowen type of guy down the road right but sasoko has that defensive tenacity uh the question was can he bring it offens defensively and what we saw with the Austin Spurs you know he he can fill the lanes I mean he he’s he’s ready to to rock the rim and and and throw it down and all that stuff and and that’s exciting it’s the development of the shot right but the development of the shot as you said starts by going to the gym and working on your shot and if he’s out here admitting the fact that you know he spent so much time playing video games as opposed to working on his craft we could attribute some of that to him being a teenager and and him just simply you know barely being an adult I mean I still considered him a kid for crying out loud right yeah uh but it’s his profession and that’s a failure of people who are around him because he doesn’t you know go through life by himself I’m sure he has family friends translators or whatever going with him therapists or whatnot um it’s it’s a failure because other people had to have seen it right right yeah you know you know it was also his acclamation to not just the NBA but also just to I he pretty much said it just to life in Austin and San Antonio because I think people forget this he spent a year with the g-league team in Las Vegas the night and that’s Vegas that’s Party City that’s a young kids kind of city and that his transition to a calmer San Antonio and two degree Austin that was a little bit of a shock to the system as well he said that Kellin and Jeremy Sohan really spent a lot of time with him but uh he said he really hit it when he got injured and he couldn’t get to the court you know he got you know and depressed and he even said like he didn’t even he said he should have made more effort to contact his family that he should have been a little bit more involved in the community like Community Service events uh but for him to say that yeah I did I should have hit the gym more you know when I had idle time you know fine you know was your rookie season but don’t do it again I feel like Father don’t do it again you know next year you’ll you you’ll do it but I I got high hopes for Soko moving forward I think Spurs fans they forget that he’s on the roster and he’s athletic explosive you know that can jump you know he needs to work on that shot but he’s raw talent and I think I see why and Spurs picked him and why you liked him when you saw him at the draft uh board hey he is Michael Jimenez part of the animal City Sports podcast Network tell tell us about that what’s going on over there in your neck of the woods yeah we’re doing it Monday through Friday we’re live on YouTube uh sometimes on Twitter and Facebook from about 10:15 to 11:30 but we make sure that the show is Evergreen for the entire day so if you’re listening at you know 2 pm 5:00 pm 8:00 pm midnight uh that it’s fresh for you and and it’s it’s entertaining uh we talk about sports we talk a lot of Pop Culture issues uh nostalgic stuff uh it’s it’s a fun show and Joe Garcia does a fantastic job producing the show we’re getting more and more one-on-one in-depth interviews last saw that yeah last week we had wrestling superstar Goldberg WWE Hall of Famer uh recently we had Frank Harris UTSA uh Star Quarterback for many many many years uh we we’ve had the von Eric Brothers Ross and Marshall von Eric uh so more and more we’re getting these one-on-one interviews the show is progressing nicely and um it’s a fun time and it’s a it’s a fun show it’s a fun show and we’re getting closer to a th subscribers go to YouTube Alamo City Sports cast you can subscribe we’re just under 900 we’re like at 892 last I saw right and we’re getting to a th000 we’re going to party once we get to a thousand rumor has it when we get to a thousand it might involve Transformers 1986 I thought it was going to be dunking you in a dunk uh contest thing you know that water dunk thing yeah i’ I’ve heard of that if I could lend myself to something like that I would uh I don’t know maybe I would hey you know what people will line up because apparently apparently you get noticed that in HB quite often oh you gave me so much crap when I mentioned that it’s true it’s true and it’s funny because I broke it down as to why okay first of all the radio personality the radio personality that gets recognized most in San Antonio is still and forever will be Rudy J Rudy J is the most he can’t go to a gas station without getting recognized I get recognized you know pretty frequently I’d say at least five times a week do you sign autographs he menis is that what you’re trying to say you sign autographs I do selfies what an honor I’ve even had I’ve even had people say I’ve even had people say uh can I call my brother he’s he likes he likes your old show or he likes he man come of my brother oh my I I got recognized in Austin you did not get recognized in Austin now yousa was playing UT but I got recognized in Austin is this part of your Tall Tales thing here you know you go through every week like what’s next you know like oh yeah you know uh you know me and the president yeah we once hung out smoked cigars and played cards all night long on Air Force One that story how many people in San Antonio have hugged PA sponic I know I have hope you wash that hand by now were you did they let you touch her or no you couldn’t touch her have my arm around her her hip or her you know they some people like all like germaphobic you know they’re like yeah you know just no she put her hand around she put hand around me I put my hand around her it was it was and now and now she’s your best friend right she’s your best friend now she’s your best you have her number your cell phone everything right no and AAR I do on that note and on that note he is Mikey menz follow him on X at MJ acquired taste he men thank you for stopping by once again uh keeping everything going here in lockdown Spurs and 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