Open Practice Live Stream 10/4

[spursdotcom]

Open Practice
http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/091004_practice.html

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[duncan228]

Thanks!

[spursballer21]

thank you i was waiting for this

[MaNu4Tres]

I was just about to ask if you all were going to show the scrimmage.

Thank you Spursdotcom

[manu_maniac]

I want a burrito now

[Texas_Ranger]

thanx.

[crc21209]

Hell yeah thanks alot spursdotcom! :toast

[timvp]

Awesome. Thanks.

[ElNono]

An out of towner thanks you, spursdotcom!

[DPG21920]

Come on Ian, dominate. I am really anxious to see the new guys. I wonder how much run Haislip/Williams/Malik/Ian/Blair will get.

[Ryvin1]

sweet, they need a online chat.

[benefactor]

Audio is good...but the video is freezing on me. Hopefully it gets better.

[mando6599]

Just PLEASE NO INJURIES!

[loveforthegame]

Awesome. :tu

[siraulo23]

Great, tHanks!!

[timvp]

Duncan with one knee brace. Blair with none.

[DPG21920]

I hate the fact I cannot be there live.

[mazerrackham]

Audio is good...but the video is freezing on me. Hopefully it gets better.

I was wondering if it was freezing for anyone else, it's doing that to me too.

[loveforthegame]

I'm not sure mine is frozen but it's stuck on advertisements. First it was the Spurs-Hornets game, now it's something about the Cowboys. Like it was zoomed in on the jumbotron or something.

[loveforthegame]

Ok, it's fine now.

[siraulo23]

Audio is good...but the video is freezing on me. Hopefully it gets better.

im experiencing freezing as well

[Texas_Ranger]

im experiencing freezing as well


here too

[spursballer21]

hey sportsdotcom can u do something so it wont freeze as much plz and thanks

[loveforthegame]

I hate to sound dumb but is this the practice and the game/scrimmage starts at 1:30??

[timvp]

I don't care about the video quality. Any video is appreciated.

[loveforthegame]

I'm not having trouble with freezing. The quality is better than I expected. I'm freaking thrilled with this.

[Spurs Brazil]

Working well

[silverblackfan]

Great way to spend a Sunday afternoon, even if I wish I were there live!.
Nice! Scrimmage time!

[timvp]

Scrimmage starting.

[mazerrackham]

I don't care about the video quality. Any video is appreciated.

Certainly, I'm not complaining to the spurs.com website, I was just wondering if my computer was sucking.

[Spurs Brazil]

MH with the starters

EDIT: I just saw TP is with the black team

[benefactor]

And there is nothing....

[Spurs Brazil]

McDyess with his money shot

[ThePop]

So much lag...

[timvp]

BLACK
Bonner
McDyess
Parker
Finley
Mason

SILVER
Jefferson
Haislip
Duncan
Hill
Ginobili

[loveforthegame]

Is that Haislip nailing mid range jumpers? damn.

[Milo]

I think the freezing / lagging comes from the bandwidth of the stream; I'm receiving at more than 200 KB/s (~ 2 Mb/s) which is my limit and WAY more than your typical NBA streaming on ustream (usually in the 70 KB/s)

[Spurs Brazil]

McDyess with a good D on TD but foul

[mazerrackham]

Bah, too much freezing for me to see any action...

[loveforthegame]

McDyess looks solid.

Was that Finley grabbing a rebound and taking it up court? Gave a fake and attacked the basket but was cut off and threw it to Bonner.

Parker makes it look too easy.

[DPG21920]

Malik in for Finley

[loveforthegame]

Ginobli moving around real well too. :tu

[DPG21920]

RJ with some good defense on TP.

[TIMMYD!]

I'm freezing here.

[Spurs Brazil]

Nice pass TD to Haislip

[loveforthegame]

Hailslip making the best out of his time.

[spursdotcom]

we'll try to adjust a couple of settings to see if it improves for you.

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[loveforthegame]

I think Blair just came in.

[Spurs Brazil]

Blair in for the Silver

[mazerrackham]

Bah, too much freezing for me to see any action...

Alright, anyone experiencing freezing, try right clicking on the stream, going to settings, clicking the folder, and upping what ustream can store on your computer, it helped my stream out a lot, a lot less freezing.

[timvp]

Blair getting to work :hungry:

[mazerrackham]

we'll try to adjust a couple of settings to see if it improves for you.

:toast

Thanks, you guys are great.

[loveforthegame]

Blair with a nice up and under. Got the foul call.

[Spurs Brazil]

Wow Ratlif

[loveforthegame]

Ratliff. nice little hook over Blair. Damn.

[angelbelow]

Mine is laggy every once in a while, was unwatchable at first but i refreshed a couple times..

[Spurs Brazil]

RJ with a looooong 2

[Dex]

Tim already working on his "I didn't do it" look.

[TIMMYD!]

Mine just went off air...

[loveforthegame]

Did it just go off air?

[spursdotcom]

we're coming back right now. Sorry had to disconnect for a sec.

[urunobili]

stream is done???

[Ryvin1]

ok video out now for me, all stopped

[Spurs Brazil]

DAMN
Video is gone

[timvp]

Off air :(

[angelbelow]

what the heck..i just got kicked off, says "Off air"

[TIMMYD!]

This might go to twenty pages at this rate.

[mazerrackham]

Don't panic, they said they were adjusting a few things, just be patient...

[Dex]

Maybe they had to restart the streaming server or something. Hopefully it will resolve some of the lag.

Keep in mind this is free coverage of a free event. Gotta be happy for anything you can get.

Video's back.

[NoOptionB]

!!!!

Spurs are trying to pull an NBA summer league on us!

[HarlemHeat37]

Mason's ball-handling and passing looks better so far..

[Behrooz24]

Shouldnt have complained about the vid quality lol

[Spurs Brazil]

It's back

[xellos88330]

I love the meltdowns when the thing disconnects. It is fun to read!

On another note: Is it just me or do the Spurs seem alot faster?

[siraulo23]

much better, but still a bit lag~

[silverblackfan]

Ugh. That was one hell of a tease. Hopefully the stream will get fixed soon.

[HarlemHeat37]

Hairston scores, Hill scores..

[loveforthegame]

We're back. Thanks.

[NoOptionB]

Hill is going to be huge this season. No one knows.

[Manufan909]

Hill!!!

[Milo]

we'll try to adjust a couple of settings to see if it improves for you.

:toast

Much better, thanks! :toast

[angelbelow]

Alright, anyone experiencing freezing, try right clicking on the stream, going to settings, clicking the folder, and upping what ustream can store on your computer, it helped my stream out a lot, a lot less freezing.

Thanks for the tip, mines not laggy at all now! :toast

[spursdotcom]

we're coming back right now. Sorry had to disconnect for a sec.

^^^

We gave you less freezing, score and better audio

:toast

[yavozerb]

agree..much better

[silverblackfan]

Nice. It's back.

[Manufan909]

How did Hairston score, I missed it.

[Dex]

Video stream seems to be better now, at least for me.

[loveforthegame]

McDyess looks like he's been playing with the team for a while.

Haislip has been most impressive to me.

[duncan228]

Tim already working on his "I didn't do it" look.

:lol That was funny.

[siraulo23]

lol, its running smoothly now that they called a timeout

[timvp]

Interesting to see how Pop plans to use the players. A lot of two-man game for RJ and TP playing some SG in the halfcourt.

[HarlemHeat37]

How did Hairston score, I missed it.

dunk..

[HarlemHeat37]

LOL Bonner 4-point play..

[mazerrackham]

How did Hairston score, I missed it.

he dunked it...

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner 33333333333 and one

[Manufan909]

Who fouled Bonner, Blair?

[loveforthegame]

Bonner with the 3 and foul.

What was that lob from Mason? Who was supposed to catch that.

[Samr]

Bonner nails the three, get's fouled. I think he injured his vagina.

[Spurs Brazil]

Williams just missed a J

[loveforthegame]

Marcus Williams please be careful with Parker. Thanks.

Mason's ballhandling looks much improved.

[timvp]

:lol @ Marcus Williams trying to guard TP in the open court.

[timvp]

Mason doing too much ballhandling :depressed

[NoOptionB]

nice pr0n music

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner another 33333

[loveforthegame]

Bonner nailing the outside down.

[Dex]

Bonner making it rain. I smell another season-long tease coming.

[TIMMYD!]

Bonner nails the three, get's fouled. I think he injured his vagina.

:rollin:rollin

[timvp]

I LOVE MATT BONNER !!!






:drunk

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[Manufan909]

Black jerseys are owning, thanks to Bonner's bombs.:lol

[loveforthegame]

Blair with the rebound off missed ft. Beast.

[Dex]

Blair with a nice board on the missed free-throw.

[timvp]

lol @ Spurs vs. Guests

[Spurs Brazil]

TP team winning

[TIMMYD!]

I've been in this thread for ten minutes and there have already been over 60 comments. Damn.

[loveforthegame]

Did he just say 29-18?

[angelbelow]

Awesome so far!

[timvp]

It must really be TP's team. TP is beating TD, Manu and RJ.

:stirpot:

[anjlbitz]

lol @ Spurs vs. Guests

and Tim Duncan on the guest team. lol :lol:lol

[NoOptionB]

All Bonner has to worry about this season is dropping bombs.

[loveforthegame]

This has been breat. Thanks again spurs.com for the stream. :tu

[silverblackfan]

Pretty nice effort by spurs.com. This is a great promotion and a hell of a lot of fun getting a preview of these guys.
Blair looks fierce.

[Spurs Brazil]

It must really be TP's team. TP is beating TD, Manu and RJ.

:stirpot:

:lol

[ChumpDumper]

Sounds like we're plugged right into the soundboard. Could have maybe used one or two more mics for the court sounds, but I'm being picky. I'm silly with excitement for this season.

[timvp]

Blair with a smooth J.

[Spurs Brazil]

Blair nice J

[NoOptionB]

BLaaaaaaair

[loveforthegame]

I like that Blair jumper.

[timvp]

Mahinmi is alive :wow

[Dex]

Blair with the jumper. :elephant I think I'm gonna do this for everything he does this season.

[Spurs Brazil]

Blair with a smooth J.

Ian too

[EricB]

All Bonner has to worry about this season is dropping bombs.

Come off the bench and drop bombs. Thats all. He will play better thanks to that.

[Samr]

I really like what the Spurs are doing this year with the online social networking. Maybe it's just one guy, maybe it's an intentional business thing. Either way, with the updates on FaceBook, twitter, and Spursdotcom on here doing stuff like posting these live feeds, I LOVE it.

Way to sell tickets guys. Y'all make it a lot more rewarding to be a fan.

[HarlemHeat37]

Ian really does have a nice offensive game..Tony is trying to get him involved every time..

[Samr]

Who the HELL just tried that behind-the-back pass????? Unfortunately the guy in the lane bobbled it; I'm having visions of the return of White Chocolate.

[timvp]

Ginobili looks pretty spry.

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu tres

[NoOptionB]

damn its good to see manu playing

[Manufan909]

Is Ian being guarded by Tim? If so, then he is going to make a house with all those bricks.

[Spurs Brazil]

That's what I want to see a lot, RJ at the line

[spursdotcom]

everything seems to be going well

[loveforthegame]

Is that Curtis Jerrels that just came in?

[TIMMYD!]

Spursdotcom can you make a boxscore for after the game?

[Dex]

RJ at the line. Something we'll hopefully see plenty of this season.

[timvp]

Does RJ know swingmen on the Spurs aren't supposed to be driving the ball to the basket? :smokin

[Dex]

Blair finishing the break :elephant

[loveforthegame]

Blair. Just wow.

[Spurs Brazil]

Blair running and finishing

[timvp]

Blair with good body control.

[Spursmania]

Blair!

[kbrury]

Blair!!!!!!!!

[Samr]

DeJuan is NOT overrated.

[anjlbitz]

Woo blair!!!

[ThePop]

blair nice layup

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu dunk!!!

[timvp]

Manu with his third dunk of the last year.

[loveforthegame]

Is that Finley again grabbing the rebound and bringing the ball up?

[Dex]

omgomgomgomgomg Manu dunked.

[MaNu4Tres]

Manu is back

[angelbelow]

Love Manus activity!

[silverblackfan]

Oh Baby! I missed Manu so much! Excellent steal!

[mazerrackham]

Nice anticipation steal by Manu

[Samr]

Manu with the steal, fast break, dunk. Didn't hurt his ankle in the process. That's a good sign.

[crc21209]

I'm lovin' Blair running on the break and finishing at the rim! :tu Manu looking very good as well! :toast

[Samr]

I'm pretty sure Mat Bonner needs to make a rap album.

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill 3

[mazerrackham]

George hill for 333333

[Dex]

Manu behind the back to George Hill for 3! :drunk

Nice run by the silver team.

[Samr]

Damn blair!!!!

[EricB]

Yeah I'd say Blair's game is gonna translate....


Trying really hard to subdue excitement over how guys look in a scrimmage.

[timvp]

Theo showing why he isn't known for his offense . . .

[Dex]

Oh noez, look out. The Red Rocket Bomber is back in.

[DPG21920]

Theo showing why he isn't known for his offense . . .

I thought that was Ian?

[My Fault]

Stream not working for me :(

[cnyc3]

blair beastin

[Spurs Brazil]

OMG Blair!!!!!!!!!

[NoOptionB]

Dejuan blair is the truth!

[Samr]

What the hell blair!!!!!

[loveforthegame]

Was that Finley with good D on Jefferson?

[Manufan909]

Blair is a fucking beast, rebounding over two people and getting a layup.

[Dex]

:lmao

Blair rips down Jefferson's miss, then gets fouled and makes the shot falling down.

I think we may be on to something here.

:elephant

[ThePop]

damn dejuan!

[siraulo23]

Blair is just a beast!

[Samr]

That guy doesn't have finesse, he has torque.

[mazerrackham]

:lmao

Blair rips down Jefferson's miss, then gets fouled and makes the shot falling down.

I think we may be on to something here.

:elephant

too bad he traveled

[loveforthegame]

Blair with a very impressive showing on offense and showing again he goes after every loose ball.

[Dex]

Was that Bogans on the block? Nice

[TimmehC]

Blair... holy crap. Yeah, I don't think we should worry about whether he's NBA-ready.

[timvp]

Hill being aggressive looking for his own shot.

[Manufan909]

That guy doesn't have finesse, he has torque.

Damn skippy.

[Samr]

:lmao

Blair rips down Jefferson's miss, then gets fouled and makes the shot falling down.

I think we may be on to something here.

:elephant

My new signature.

[Samr]

Damn skippy.

huh?

[timvp]

Duncan and RJ doing a lot of two-man.

[Spurs Brazil]

RJ going to the basket and pass to TD finish

[Samr]

Tim Duncan looking like DeJuan Blair.

[NoOptionB]

Feels weird seeing Jefferson playing as a Spur.

Blows my mind all we had to give up was Bowen.

[loveforthegame]

People might not want to hear it but Finley looks pretty good out there.

[TIMMYD!]

Grizzly Blair!

[timvp]

Safe to say Duncan is rusty.

[Samr]

Blair just blocked Parker's layup with his waist.

[Manufan909]

huh?

It's a way of agreeing.:p:

[mazerrackham]

Safe to say Duncan is rusty.

It seems to me like he's not really trying to assert himself, which is fine, just trying to run around and get back in the feel.

[Spurs Brazil]

People might not want to hear it but Finley looks pretty good out there.

The last 2 season has been like that, start well but have nothing left for the playoffs. Maybe this season he play less minutes and can play decent ball in the end of the season

[Samr]

People might not want to hear it but Finley looks pretty good out there.

Two decades of professional basketball will do that to you.

[HarlemHeat37]

Safe to say Duncan is rusty.

understatement..

[Hooks]

Why isn't anybody in the chat =P?

[Spurs Brazil]

Safe to say Duncan is rusty.

Yep, very rusty

[Samr]

Is there anyone on here that thinks Blair will not live up to expectations?

[Spurs Brazil]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hill

[timvp]

lol @ Hill from 50.

[loveforthegame]

Hill with the half court shot.

[Dex]

:lmao George Hill with the 60 foot heave.

[Juanobili]

George hill!!!!!

[admiralsnackbar]

Hill halfcourt!

[mazerrackham]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hill

Wow, he was stumbling too

[Hooks]

lmao G. Hill's shot was crazy

[Samr]

George Hill full-court three. Pretty sure I saw him do the Babe Ruth callout before he chunked that.

[ivanfromwestwood]

oooo
ommmmmg ghill for threeeeeeeeeeeeee

[duncan228]

Duncan said he's not in game shape. I expect it will take the entire pre season and then some. It's fine by me, let him work it slow and stay healthy.

[siraulo23]

is the score 40-39?

[Juanobili]

Am I the only one that pictures Tony Parker rapping when I hear Sean Paul? lol

[callo1]

People might not want to hear it but Finley looks pretty good out there.

I think that Fin will have less minutes, but better PER this year with the increased athletic talent on the team. It really wasn't fair the last few years to expect as much of Fin as many people did.

Blair=Rookie of the year if he were playing in a larger market this year, but with the Spurs he gets lucky to get honorable mention.

[HarlemHeat37]

Am I the only one that pictures Tony Parker rapping when I hear Sean Paul? lol

LOL I've always seen the resemblance..

[DPG21920]

Marcus Williams looked pretty bad in his short stint on the court. Ian was pretty aggressive and had some decent defensive moments. Malik looks solid. Haislip looks a little awkward to me, but he and the other bigs run the floor well.

[Samr]

No coincidence the sound and the lag got better when the camera zoomed in on the silver dancers?

[NoOptionB]

Am I the only one that pictures Tony Parker rapping when I hear Sean Paul? lol

lmao I do that too.

[Juanobili]

LOL I've always seen the resemblance..

might be the accent, idk what it is haha

[loveforthegame]

The last 2 season has been like that, start well but have nothing left for the playoffs. Maybe this season he play less minutes and can play decent ball in the end of the season

That's the hope I'm sure. He won't be playing many minutes so he should be fresh for the playoffs.

I point out that he looks good because many here think Bogans, Hairston, Williams, and even Haislip should be ahead of him on the depth chart.

I just don't recall him ever grabbing rebounds and bringing the ball up like he was a few times now. Not without dribbling it off his foot or something.

[completely deck]

Blair looks great out there

[silverblackfan]

That guy doesn't have finesse, he has torque.

:toast

[xellos88330]

Timvp are you going to put any game thoughts on this scrimmage? :angel

[My Fault]

Is Spurs.com the only stream?

[DBMethos]

We'll have the best bench in the NBA this season. Book it.

[Manufan909]

Blair looks great out there

Best Spurs big... for the moment. Though I didn't see Dyess, and I couldn't tell Bogans from RJ, or Theo from Ian.

[timvp]

-TD rusty but appears to mostly be trying to get RJ going.

-RJ moving a lot in the halfcourt sets.

-Manu moving well. Using lots of pick-and-rolls.

-Parker looks fast. He's obviously in pretty good shape. TP surrounded by shooters was dominating for a stretch.

-Hill looking to score. Aggressiveness at a much higher level than last year.

-Blair playing as advertised.

-McDyess a little slow but had nice jumper.

-Bonner actually looking good. Playing very well off Parker.

-Haislip playing power forward and really active.

-Mason doing a lot of ballhandling -- especially in the halfcourt sets. Moving a little better.

-Finley looks like he's in good shape.

-Not too impressed with how Mahinmi is moving.

-Ratliff looking decent.

Second half starting.

[silverblackfan]

Really enjoying this. Team looks fantastic on both ends. Although, I am not used to rooting for both teams.

[Samr]

McD now impersonating Blair....

[timvp]

This TP with four shooters lineup is very nice :smokin

[timvp]

Haislip with lazy transition D :td

[kbrury]

Mason layup!?!?!?! lol

[Muser]

Damn, Mason with a nice run to the hoop.

[HarlemHeat37]

Mason's added quickness is very evident..

[siraulo23]

i can see mason improved his quickness

[DPG21920]

The thing that bothers me about Ian is that it appears as if he is not trying.

[timvp]

RJ and Manu chunking a bit too much.

[loveforthegame]

Nice pass by Finley to Parker.

[Samr]

Spurs have a ton of weapons. So many players, so many different styles of play. Pop's sitting on the bench right now with a big-ass smirk on his face.

[Spurs Brazil]

TP is in great shape

[timvp]

Haislip is going to feel that TP crossover in the morning . . .

[timvp]

Either Hill is slow or Parker is really fast :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

McDyess playing good D