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Jared Weiss

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

All right, Andrew, it is time for the Wheel of Fandom, the weekly segment where we spin a wheel, it lands on a team, and we become fans of that team for the next week.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

Three weeks ago, the wheel landed on the San Antonio Spurs, who had a pretty eventful couple of weeks.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

Over those three weeks, the Spurs went 7-4, which doesn't make this stretch sound as good as it should, considering those seven wins included two beatdowns of the Oklahoma City Thunder, bringing the season series to 3-0, a two-point win over the New York Knicks, where Julian Champagny scored 33,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

36 and a dominant win over the Lakers on Wednesday night.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

Victor Wiminyama missed another two games this week due to a bone bruise, but returned for their last two on a minutes restriction, which prevented him from going back into what became a one point loss to the Grizzlies per cleaning the glass.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

The 26 and 11 Spurs had the eighth ranked offense and seventh ranked defense.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

Andrew, if the Spurs are a favorite team, who is our guest?

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

So those wins over OKC, they were so dominant that seeing the Spurs then go three and four in their next seven was a little surprising.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

For fans who may have only watched them destroy OKC and look unbeatable, what are some of the weaknesses of this team, especially when they're fully healthy, that have cropped up in some of these losses?

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

Speaking of Dylan Harper, he had a really good start to his rookie career.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

Perkley in the glass, he takes 54% of his shots at the rim, which is the second highest percentage in the league among players at his position.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

The shooting obviously has a ways to go, but the flash is already crazy.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

Other than shooting, what would you say are the most obvious areas of development that are needed for him to reach his eventual ceiling?

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

That must have been so awesome, though, that moment where you realized, oh, this rabbit hole is actually...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

Worth digging into.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

There's really actually something there.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

Well, Jared, thank you for answering all of our Spurs-related questions.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

But it is now time to play Andrew versus the B. Our weekly trivia show where Andrew goes head-to-head against an NBA B-rider.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

This week, Jared Weiss on the side of the O.D.O.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Contending Spurs + Who wants Ja Morant? | Slam N Jam

Spurs of the athletic.