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Videos also shows Pretti holding a phone during the altercation, but he is never seen brandishing the 9mm semiautomatic handgun police said he was licensed to carry. "We have a stand your ground law here, right?" Fox said after the Spurs loss to New Orleans on Sunday. "I don't know, how many of you all own guns? I own guns. We all know 'KJ' (Spurs forward Keldon Johnson) owns guns. But imagine someone breaks into your house and you shoot 'em in the back, right? Probably neutralized. Then you're like, ah, (expletive), let's empty the entire clip. ... You would at least be charged and have to go through that process. So that's a bit crazy, right? I'd be charged if I shot someone in the back, they fall. And then even if it's in my house, even if I'm protecting my property and then I decide I want to empty the entire clip. That's where you get to excessive force and all these other things."
Jared Weiss: Keldon Johnson explains that he and Victor Wembanyama shaved each other’s heads: “Last night, Vic was like, ‘Yo, let's bald our head.’ And I was like, ‘Shit, let's do it. ‘ I mean, I've been looking for a reason to do it.“
Jeff McDonald: Wemby got a haircut.
Tom Orsborn: Castle on Keldon: “That’s a constant thing for Keldon, the energy he brings. It just uplifts everybody, the crowd, the team. The other team can feel the energy in the arena when he checks in. It’s just a boost all around the court.”
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Dan Weiss: Keldon Johnson told me earlier tonight that despite not winning the NBA Cup, he did go ahead and purchase the and in his words the llama is “in transit”. No name yet but he’s willing to take fan suggestions.
Plenty of discussion over the past few days centered on the cash prize for every player, and what they would do with the money their team won. "[Jaylin Williams] reminds us the exact dollar amount every single day." Thunder forward Jalen Williams said Friday, one day before OKC lost to the Spurs in a thrilling semifinal game. "Half a million dollars is a lot of money, regardless if you make what I make or whatever the case may be, you know what I mean. That's enough money to get you going and play hard." After San Antonio clinched a spot in the knockout round of the tournament with a win over the Denver Nuggets, Spurs forward Keldon Johnson said, "for $500,000, I'd play in a back-to-back-to-back. I'll run through a wall."
Paul Garcia: In the win vs Toronto: Wemby 24 pts, 15 reb, 2 stl, 1 blk Castle 22 pts Barnes 18 pts, 5 ast Devin 15 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast Harper 11 pts, 6 reb, 6 ast Keldon 10 pts Champagnie 9 pts, 9 reb, 1 blk Spurs were a +13 from the FT line
Midway through the 2023-24 campaign, then-coach Gregg Popovich shifted Johnson to the second unit, hoping the 6-5 forward’s relentless energy could bring a scoring spark to the reserve group. Johnson’s statistics have understandably decreased since the change, even as his skill level and craftiness around the basket has undeniably gone up. “Being here seven years, one thing I’ve noticed is you get what you put into it,” Johnson said. “If you buy into this culture, you will get a lot out of it. If you don’t, it’s hard. That’s what I share with everybody. It may not be aesthetically pleasing to everybody, but they have a plan for you. I’m living testament to that.”
With all three of those guards injured to start the preseason, Wembanyama was left to run the Spurs’ offense as the primary playmaker. Now, he has graduated into more of a power wing role with Harper and Castle healthy. Even as he wows opponents and fans, Wembanyama is more of a mystery at this point, with his teammates acknowledging they’re not sure what he’ll do when an action starts. “We’ve been in the gym quite a bit this summer just trying to learn the spots that Vic likes and the spots to put me in the best situation to be successful and be there for the outlets,” Keldon Johnson said. “He’s one of a kind. It just takes time to be able to develop that chemistry.”
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Victor Wembanyama also committed six turnovers in 16 minutes, which is terrible. His first turnover came on a wraparound drive when he and Keldon Johnson weren’t on the same page about the timing of the cut and pass. He also had a few off-target transition passes — one a cross-court dish just behind Johnson — a charge, a bad dribble move and then another lost drop-off pass on a good drive. But it’s the preseason, and these are the kinds of mistakes Wembanyama needs to work through early. They are signs of him getting used to his higher usage, more up-tempo ballhandling and getting on the same page with his teammates on floor spacing. “We each try to find our piece of the puzzle, and mine happens to be pretty big,” Wembanyama said. “So it’s a lot to take care of, and it’s no better time than now to start doing it.”
Sources add that Phoenix is not enamored with the players San Antonio has made available in the teams' talks to date. It is obviously presumed that Kevin Durant would relish the opportunity to play alongside Victor Wembanyama, but it is also believed that the Spurs are only willing to discuss veterans such as Devin Vassell, Keldon Johnson and Harrison Barnes. The Spurs just managed to acquire De'Aaron Fox from Sacramento largely on their terms and the notion now of surrendering newly named Rookie of the Year Stephon Castle or the No. 2 selection in this month's draft is simply a non-starter.
This season, Green has gotten away with seven illegal plays that he should have been whistled for but wasn’t. That’s according to these L2M reports that have been collected, cleaned, and made publicly available on GitHub by Twitter user atlhawksfanatic. Here’s an example from earlier this season when Draymond fouled Keldon Johnson on a go ahead bucket for the San Antonio Spurs, but wasn’t called for it.
