Motivation Lacking

[nuclearfm]

You ever notice that Spurs players usually are motivated via their own means. Honestly, when has Pop ever been credited with motivated a player to perform their best during a non-contract year? Malik Rose? Ron Mercer? Turkoglu?

The list goes on. No look further than Richard Jefferson currently. Often these players excel elsewhere.

[xellos88330]

I miss Mario Elie. The Spurs need a vocal leader with some serious attitude right now. Maybe someone like that will keep their heads in the game, not looking at the refs all the time.

I guess this is the price you pay when you win most of your games for a decade.

[spurtech09]

they need something to get them going cause I know they can better....

[ffadicted]

Very much agreed, and one of the team veteran leaders or coaches are going to have to call them out on it sooner or later. Hoping for the sooner lol

[Kori Ellis]

Honestly, when has Pop ever been credited with motivated a player to perform their best during a non-contract year? Malik Rose? Ron Mercer? Turkoglu?

Ron Mercer?

When did you see him in a Spurs uniform in a non-contract year?

He was here for a partial season on the last year of a contract, sucked so bad that the Spurs cut him and paid him.

[mexicanjunior]

Very much agreed, and one of the team veteran leaders or coaches are going to have to call them out on it sooner or later. Hoping for the sooner lol

I can see maybe Mcdyess doing it, I don't think it's in any of the other player's persona to call out their teammates for bad play.

[Russ]

I can see maybe Mcdyess doing it, I don't think it's in any of the other player's persona to call out their teammates for bad play.

Blair needs to play a much bigger role on this team.

[ffadicted]

I can see maybe Mcdyess doing it, I don't think it's in any of the other player's persona to call out their teammates for bad play.

I've seen Bogans do it I'm pretty sure, and I liked that. Everybody needs to hold everybody accountable

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

it won't help when these so called "vocal leaders" are not leading by example

[burandok]

well it is what it is motivation is nothing to do with the ball halfway down and going out of the rim

[Chomag]

well it is what it is motivation is nothing to do with the ball halfway down and going out of the rim

Perhaps, but motivation might have prevented needing that 1 shot from having to be taken in the first place.

[stealthjbravo]

^ true. It shouldn't have gotten to that point