<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/San-Antonio_s-young-stars-excited-to-show-out-in-Orlando-1.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Lonnie Walker IV sends warning to NBA about Spurs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-13T22:58:21-07:00">July 13th, 10:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-13T22:59:50-07:00">July 13th, 10:59pm</time><address><a>Kriel Ibarrola</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Antonio Spurs will be looking to break into the Top 8 in the Western Conference upon the resumption of the 2019-20 season, and Lonnie Walker IV understands that it’s up to the team’s young stars to make it happen.</p><blockquote>“We’re a young, athletic group that wants to play defense and wants to win,” Walker said about the Spurs, per <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs/article/For-Spurs-Dejounte-Murray-every-game-counts-15405762.php?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;utm_source=twitter.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express News. </a>“The best thing is we’re all eye-to-eye level right now. There’s not one person that’s down here and another person is up here. We all know what we want and what we want to become as a team.”</blockquote><p>While veterans LaMarcus Aldridge and DeMar DeRozan still carried much of the load for the Gregg Popovich-mentored team for most of the season, young guys like Lonnie Walker IV, Dejounte Murray and Derrick White have shown flashes of brilliance.</p><p>The once-perennial contenders suffered from inconsistency at the beginning of the year, sitting currently at 12th place in the West with a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/standings/" rel="noopener noreferrer">27-36 slate</a>. Six teams vie for that coveted eighth seed and final playoff spot currently owned by the Memphis Grizzlies (32-33).</p><p>With Aldridge set to miss the rest of the season after a shoulder surgery, it’s time for the Spurs’ youngsters to prove their mettle.</p><p>Walker has yet to solidify his spot in Coach Pop’s system, averaging just 5.6 points on 14.5 minutes in 53 appearances. With the Spurs now undermanned, the 21-year-old shooting guard is expected to gain a much bigger role in Orlando.</p><p>Murray, on the other hand, is slowly regaining his pre-ACL injury form, notching 10.7 points on 47.5 percent shooting from the field and 37.8 percent from distance. White has also been solid, pitching in 10.4 points in 61 games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lonnie Walker IV sends warning to NBA about Spurs

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/lonnie.jpg"></figure><h1>Spurs’ Lonnie Walker IV opens up on being raped, sexually abused in 5th grade and using hair to cope</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-06-11T19:37:43-07:00">June 11th, 7:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-06-11T19:37:43-07:00">June 11th, 7:37pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>San Antonio Spurs guard Lonnie Walker IV delivered a <a href="https://twitter.com/lonniewalker_4/status/1271244323762429952?s=20">powerful</a>, emotional post explaining the real reason behind his patented hairstyle and why he finally cut it.</p><p>Walker says he was raped and sexually abused in fifth grade and used his hair to cope with the trauma of it:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/2DTdONmKEI">pic.twitter.com/2DTdONmKEI</a></p><p>— Lonnie Walker IV (@lonniewalker_4) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/lonniewalker_4/status/1271244323762429952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>We first have to commend Lonnie Walker IV for sharing this story with the public. It took a lot of courage for the Spurs guard to open up and he will surely be a beacon of hope for the younger generation.</p><p>Spurs fans already loved Walker because of his fun personality and aggressive play on the court. This latest Instagram post is only going to make the Pennsylvania native even more popular in the Alamo City.</p><p>The Spurs drafted Walker with the 18th overall pick in the 2018 draft. He averaged 2.6 points a rookie in 2018-19 and was putting up 5.6 points in 2019-20 before the season was suspended in March due to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-nba-season-suspended-after-rudy-gobert-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/">COVID-19</a>.</p><p>Walker and the Spurs will be in Orlando, Florida when the 2019-20 season resumes at Walt Disney World. San Antonio will be fighting with the Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans, Portland Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies for the final playoff spot out West.</p><p>The last time the Spurs didn’t make the playoffs was all the way back in 1997.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Lonnie Walker IV opens up on being raped, sexually abused in 5th grade and using hair to cope

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Lonnie-Walker-IV-removes-graffiti-hands-out-waters-to-workers-cleaning-up-after-protests-2.jpg"></figure><h1>Spurs’ Lonnie Walker IV removes graffiti, hands out waters to workers cleaning up after protests</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-05-31T13:44:04-07:00">May 31st, 1:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-05-31T13:44:40-07:00">May 31st, 1:44pm</time><address><a>Joseph Cervantes</a>Born and raised in Southern California</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Following Saturday night’s San Antonio protest over the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-james-speaks-out-george-floyd-protests/">death of George Floyd</a>, Spurs’ guard Lonnie Walker IV joined forces with many volunteers to help clean up the damage.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Spurs' <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/lonniewalker_4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lonniewalker_4</a> helping to remove graffiti from a building</p><p>He's also been handing out water to workers who are cleaning up after the protest 🙏 <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/QjbWV20A4T">pic.twitter.com/QjbWV20A4T</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1267146750776795145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Walker delivered food, water bottles, took some photos with fans, and helped remove graffiti from buildings.</p><blockquote>“Walking in downtown San Antonio, you know I got a lot of love for you,” <a href="https://news4sanantonio.com/sports/spurs-zone/spurs-lonnie-walker-volunteers-for-clean-up-duty-following-san-antonio-protest">Walker said on his Instagram</a>. I don’t have a reason to being nice, it just common courtesy, being a human, helping out is the best you can do. There’s an abundance of people that our out here just working and it’s inspiring, it means a lot to the city. You just got to take the good with the bad.</blockquote><p>The protest in San Antonio took place Saturday evening in various parts of downtown. According to <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Rally-held-downtown-for-unarmed-African-American-15306053.php" rel="noopener noreferrer">Marina Starleaf Riker, Vincent T. Davis, and Silvia Foster-Frau</a> of the <i>San Antonio Express-News, </i>there were about 5,000 people marching downtown, with the event ending at 7 p.m. local time.</p><p>However, just hours after the protest ended, many people became violent, as they threw rocks and broke many shop windows downtown. They also looted many stores while police shot tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowd.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/lonniewalker_4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lonniewalker_4</a> passing out water and talking to folks in Downtown <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SanAntonio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SanAntonio</a>, where volunteers are cleaning property damage following last night’s protests. <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/fJTWJlZZhl">pic.twitter.com/fJTWJlZZhl</a></p><p>— Emilie Eaton (@emilieeaton) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/emilieeaton/status/1267140205116624896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>For Walker, who’s only 21 years old, to be taking the time out of his day and helping out those who were affected by the protest, it’s truly an inspiring thing to be seeing. This past week, we’ve seen various levels of engagement from NBA players in the aftermath of Floyd’s death.</p><p> </p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Lonnie Walker IV removes graffiti, hands out waters to workers cleaning up after protests

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Lonnie-Walker-throws-down-vicious-one-handed-dunk-vs.-Pacers-in-transition.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>VIDEO: Lonnie Walker throws down vicious one-handed dunk vs. Pacers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-03-02T20:14:06-08:00">March 2nd, 8:14pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-03-02T20:14:06-08:00">March 2nd, 8:14pm</time><address><a>Maximo Gonzales</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The San Antonio Spurs came up short against the Indiana Pacers. Fortunately, shooting guard Lonnie Walker was able to show some promise down the stretch.</p><p>Midway through the fourth quarter, Walker corralled the rebound on one end before gaining a full head of steam and throwing down a monster fast break dunk during the fourth quarter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LONNIE WALKER MY GOODNESS🔥<a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/q5wb8M7nlq">pic.twitter.com/q5wb8M7nlq</a></p><p>— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1234681960733106176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Although Walker has struggled to fit the billing of a former first-round pick, he has still managed to show off some impressive feats of athleticism with the Spurs. He made headlines last week for his thunderous rejection on Dallas Mavericks guard Tim Hardaway Jr.’s layup attempt.</p><p>Despite his struggles, Lonnie Walker has managed to kick his play up a notch as of late. Against the Pacers, he scored 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting that included two three-pointers. He also recorded four rebounds and three assists in just 20 minutes of play for the San Antonio.</p><p>Now, the Spurs are hoping that his improvement is a sign of positive things to come for the team.</p><p>—</p><p><i>Follow ClutchPoints on </i><a href="https://twitter.com/clutchpointsapp"><i>Twitter</i></a><i> &amp; </i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/clutchpoints/?hl=en"><i>Instagram</i></a><i>, and like us on </i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClutchPoints/"><i>Facebook</i></a><i>. 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VIDEO: Lonnie Walker throws down vicious one-handed dunk vs. Pacers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Mavs-news-Gregg-Popovich-Lonnie-Walker-IV-speaks-on-defending-Luka-Doncic.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Gregg Popovich, Lonnie Walker IV speaks on defending Mavs’ Luka Doncic</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-02-26T21:51:50-08:00">February 26th, 9:51pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-02-26T21:51:50-08:00">February 26th, 9:51pm</time><address><a>Riana Mercado</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks further bolstered their record to 36-23 after rallying past the San Antonio Spurs 109-103 on Wednesday night. Mavs All-Star Luka Doncic put on his usual numbers, recording a triple double in the matchup.</p><p>Now, speaking to reporters after the game, Spurs guard Lonnie Walker IV <a href="https://twitter.com/tom_orsborn/status/1232884356915638272" rel="noopener noreferrer">acknowledged the defense’s focus on Doncic</a>. Long-time head coach Gregg Popovich further noted how guarding Doncic is a “great lesson” for Walker IV, who has recently been getting more consistent minutes.</p><p>Walker talked about trying to make Luka uncomfortable with his shots, albeit in a wasted effort as the Mavs star still played great. He also credited Dallas’ capable role players who knocked down key open shots.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lonnie: "We tried to make Luka Doncic uncomfortable. He’s coming off screens, we are trying to blitz him, corral him, double-team him. But he’s a really great player &amp; he has great role players who are knocking down open shots when they need to. And that was just what killed us."</p><p>— Tom Orsborn (@tom_orsborn) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/tom_orsborn/status/1232884356915638272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Pop echoed Walker IV’s praise of the first-time All-Star, adding that guarding Doncic was part of Lonnie’s journey of becoming more solid on both ends of the court.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pop: "Lonnie is getting minutes &amp; figuring things out. He’s understanding more &amp; more what it takes, how to be solid, more than anything, on both ends of the court. It takes time, but he’s guarding a heck of a guy in Mr. Doncic tonight. All those are great lessons for him."</p><p>— Tom Orsborn (@tom_orsborn) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/tom_orsborn/status/1232882254210379777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Luka Doncic, an All-Star in only his sophomore year, is putting up almost unbelievable numbers. At only 20 years old, the 6-foot-7 guard is averaging 28.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 8.6 assists per game. Wednesday night’s matchup against the Spurs saw him rack up 26 points, 10 rebounds, and 14 assists.</p><p>The Slovenian Wonderboy, in fact, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-luka-doncic-ties-jason-kidd-for-most-triple-doubles-dallas-history/" rel="noopener noreferrer">tied the franchise record for most triple-doubles with 21</a>.</p><p>Walker, meanwhile, plays an average of 14 minutes this season and has started in only three games prior to Wednesday. The young guard was once again inserted into the Spurs’ starting lineup due to LaMarcus Aldridge’s absence.</p><p>Playing a rare 27 minutes against a capable scorer in Doncic did not phase Walker offensively though, as the Spurs youngster put up 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting.</p><p>The game was important for both Texas teams, with the Mavs seeking to overtake the Thunder and Jazz for a higher playoff seed and the Spurs still chasing the last playoff spot.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Gregg Popovich, Lonnie Walker IV speaks on defending Mavs’ Luka Doncic

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