This series will look at each of the Spurs’ eight under-30 players with an eye towards how they can improve in or expand their role on the team. Rather than focus on individual skills, for the most part, we’ll concentrate on what the team needs from each player on offense and defense to identify a key opportunity to have more impact.
After arriving in San Antonio as little more than an apparent throw-in on the franchise altering trade that brought DeMar DeRozan to town, Jakob Poeltl began the season as the Spurs’ 3rd big behind LaMarcus Aldridge and Pau Gasol.