First, Pau Gasol and the Spurs settled on a contract buy out. Then he went to the Milwaukee Bucks. After that, discussions started as to who would play as a back up to LaMarcus Aldridge and Jakob Poeltl in the event that one of them was injured. For two games with bigger line-ups, Pop started both Aldridge and Poeltl. And then Jakob sat out two nights ago.
The 6’10” Oregon big man is on a two-way contract splitting time between San Antonio and the G-League Austin Spurs where his per game averages of 16.