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As a little aside before tonight’s San Antonio Spurs-Detroit Pistons contest, I wanted to remind our readers that surprising rookie Jonas Jerebko was a teammate of sort-of, kind-of Spurs project James Gist last season. In terms of production, they were both pretty good, although neither was terrific.

That Free Darko book, the Macrophenomenal Basketball Almanac, included a series of NBA myths. I don’t have the book on hand, but one of those myths was that every foreign-born second round draft pick would become Manu Ginobili. Or some such. I concede the FD point-it’s foolish to expect too much from draft and stash players-but, nevertheless, it’s part of the M.O. of every Spurs fan to expect great things of our foreign prospects.

So, as I watch Jonas Jerebko tonight, I’ll be all awash with fantasies of Nando De Colo becoming the next great second round surprise. I’m never sure how to categorize posts like this, but these thoughts have something to do with chronicling the psychological experience of rooting for the Spurs, which must feel very different than, say, cheering-on the Clippers or Knicks. Think of this as complete team coverage.