The Devin Vassell question on the minds of many is, what will the Spurs do with him? The answer to that is pretty obvious right now. You're going to play him, and he's going to start. Sam Vecenie brought it up [on the Game Theory Podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLloOq8hp0U&t=4620s&sttick=0) recently, suggesting that Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper are going to want to start, but he's off base.
I'm sometimes baffled by the things that people decide are issues for others when there has been no indication of conflict. Everything we've heard about San Antonio's alleged issue with the number of guards on their roster and now with what they'll do with Vassell is completely fabricated by outside voices.
Having multiple good players is a great "problem" to have, and it's easy to see what the plan is going to be when one guy is making $27 million and the others in question are a rookie and a sophomore.
Starting Vassell is an easy decision for the Spurs
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First of all, I find it hilarious that after acquiring the second-overall pick, there were endless conversations about what the Spurs should do with the pick because Dylan Harper isn't great from outside, and this team needs that. Now we're insinuating that San Antonio should start the guys everyone questions the most because of their struggles with shooting over one of the best shooters on the squad?
We can be frustrated with Vassell's inconsistency last season, but he still finished the year at 37% from three. He was awful from deep in February, and that sticks out to people because of all the losing that was happening on top of Victor Wembanyama's DVT diagnosis. However, he also shot 42% in March.
By the end of the year, Vassell was playing with more consistency, and that makes sense. His foot injury cost him valuable time last summer. It's easy to get down on a guy and demand he be moved, but that wouldn't be fair to Dev. Now, don't get me wrong. I've put his name in trade talks, too, but nobody not named Victor Wembanyama is off limits in an effort to improve the team.
But we shouldn't ship him off just because he had some issues that probably should have been predictable, considering what he had just been through. That's the other part of this. If, for some reason, the front office and coaching staff don't view him as a fit anymore, [you trade him.](https://airalamo.com/devin-vassell-leaving-spurs-more-plausible-deaaron-fox-extension) We're not putting a player making that much money on the bench when you can move his affordable contract.
This will only be the second of the five-year rookie extension he signed, so there's a lot of time with this contract. We'll find out soon enough if the Florida State alum is back to his old trajectory, because if he is, it'll make this question look even sillier.