Spurs vs Hawks: Wednesday Oct. 10th: 2nd Preseason Game

[ace3g]

Return of James Anderson

[Nathan89]

Have we figured out who is better between Neal and Anderson yet?

Is this unlikely to have a stream?

[racm]

Looking forward to Leonard demolishing Ashton Kutcher. :lol

[JRHernandez88]

Didn't know that's where James Anderson ended up. I'm curious to see how he does. He was a good player for sure tho to bad he couldn't end up getting some time here.

[dylankerouac]

I hope this is televised locally.

[ElNono]

Doesn't look like this will be televised... probably gonna have to wait till Sunday... audio league pass should work, I think

[ace3g]

I think there is a good chance there will be a stream available for this game since it is a NBA vs NBA game and not against a Euro team.

[Rito3d30]

how can they stream it when the game isn't televised

[Joseph Kony]

too bad they don't show them on local stations

[Dex]

Preseason yahhhhh!

Man, that was a fast offseason.

[TE]

I hope I can see this game.

[xellos88330]

Can't wait to see if there has been any improvement.

[Solid D]

Express-News reported Patty has a rt. ankle sprain and is out.
Manu has a sore foot. Status TBD.

[ace3g]

Express-News reported Patty has a rt. ankle sprain and is out.
Manu has a sore foot. Status TBD.

Jeff McDonald ‏@JMcDonald_SAEN

No official word whether Ginobili (sore foot) plays tonight vs ATL. But really, why risk him in a preseason game?

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I would just sit Manu no point in risking anything.

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Also some shootaround vids:

http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/121010_neal

http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/121010_green

[Juggity]

Shit.

1 game into the preseason and 3 players already injured.

[timtonymanu]

Ugh! The injury bug is hitting before the games even matter. That's great.

[TimDunkem]

Ugh! The injury bug is hitting before the games even matter. That's great.

It really is. Injuries are an inevitable part of the game, so it's better that they happen sooner rather than later.

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Hopefully it's streamed, but if not I'll listen to the audio like last game.

[timvp]

I'm excited to see this game. My focus is to figure out what (if anything) has changed about the defensive philosophy.

[ace3g]

Although he isn't athletic, Kyle Korver will be a good early test with how he comes off screens and his fast release. How they decide to guard Josh Smith and Horford. (Test out Wilkerson/Brown on Smith and Curry/Powell on Horford). Then they have 6th man Lou Williams.

[SPURSCHAMP]

Is the game broadcasted on any channels, or do we have to stream it?

[Nathan89]

My main interest is to see what Curry has to offer. Other than that seeing Diaw play with even less weight and the continued improvement of Kawhi.

[spursince#99]

I'm excited to see this game. My focus is to figure out what (if anything) has changed about the defensive philosophy.


THIS

[spursince#99]

According to Pop spots are open.

[spursince#99]

Alright will this be streamed, or should I just not even get my hopes up again?

[timvp]

I doubt the game will be streamed anywhere. AFIAK, no one is televising it.

[therealtruth]

I'm excited to see this game. My focus is to figure out what (if anything) has changed about the defensive philosophy.

I agree. I've can't wait to get back to Spurs defense. I'll even take '07 defense which wasn't that bad.

[Beanzamillion21]

Are any of the Pre Season games on TV?

[ace3g]

Are any of the Pre Season games on TV?

3 will be on NBATV for the Spurs, the others it depends if any local stations decide to air the game. San Antonio local stations rarely ever do that.

[ace3g]

Never a good thing when Pop includes Bonner...

Andrew A. McNeill ‏@drew_48moh

Well, nobody's playing tonight per Pop. Tim, Tony, Manu and Matt Bonner all sitting. #Spurs #GoSpursGo

[Maddog]

I'm here in Atl and can't find it on local TV

[Manu-20]

Anyone know if this game will be one of the 3 shown on NBA TV.

[ace3g]

Anyone know if this game will be one of the 3 shown on NBA TV.

Tweet I posted a while back

AirAlamo AirAlamo

FYI: The #Spurs preseason games against the #Rockets (Oct. 14), #Heat (Oct. 20), #Magic (Oct. 21) will be televised on NBA TV.

[BonnerForThree!]

Can't believe Tim, Manu, and Bonner aren't playing. :depressed

[ElNono]

Andrew A. McNeill ‏@drew_48moh

Well, nobody's playing tonight per Pop. Tim, Tony, Manu and Matt Bonner all sitting. #Spurs #GoSpursGo

lol centerpiece

smh

[objective]

Bonner's never leaving this team, damn it. He'll enter the front office once he retires having successfully prevented the Spurs from winning a title every year he was in the rotation, and then he'll replace Buford as GM.

If you guys thought Ferry could torpedo a team, just wait until Bonner gets his hands on this team.

[baseline bum]

Never a good thing when Pop includes Bonner...


I hope he's got AIDS.

[Nathan89]

Timmy:sitting+Splitter:injury= Big minutes for Curry

Curry has a big opportunity to prove himself tonight.

[Manu-20]

The spurs orginaztion love for bonner is so great that it wouldn't surprise me if he had his number retired.

[bthewigwam]

Sorry if this has been asked but I want to watch the game badly and ATT screwed up my order. Are the preseason games shown on League Pass anyways? Thanks.

[ace3g]

Predictions for starting line up tonight?

PG: CJ
SG: Green
SF: Kawhi
PF: Blair
C: Curry

[ElNono]

Audio league pass here:
http://www.nba.com/broadband/alp_schedule.html

[ace3g]

ok not a sure thing yet but NBA.com didn't show any local stations showing the pacers/wolves game, but I found a stream of it, so we might be in luck

[ace3g]

It did take a while for the stream to finally start, about 5 min or so after tip.

[ace3g]

Predictions for starting line up tonight?

PG: CJ
SG: Green
SF: Kawhi
PF: Blair
C: Curry

Spurs starters: Joseph, Green, Leonard, Brown, Curry.

was close

[NASpurs]

ok not a sure thing yet but NBA.com didn't show any local stations showing the pacers/wolves game, but I found a stream of it, so we might be in luck

Yeah they're clearly using a radio stream to go alongside the video feed. Can only hope we get the same thing but I won't hold my breath.

[Manu-20]

What site did you find the stream on I checked first row sports and didn't see it there.

[ElNono]

"Preseason game not televised" screen on firstrow...

[ace3g]

"Preseason game not televised" screen on firstrow...

yeah I hate that screen, lol

[bthewigwam]

Audio league pass here:
http://www.nba.com/broadband/alp_schedule.html

Thanks ElNono! No watching is bullshit after I just put down the money to watch the entire regular season. Oh well, audio it is tonight.

[ace3g]

James Anderson starting tonight for the Hawks

[Manu-20]

Should be a real test for the spurs seeing as how none of the big 3 and center piece bonner are not playing.

[Manu-20]

Derrick brown and Curry starting tonight.

[ace3g]

league pass needs to up the volume a bit, I have laptop speakers almost at 80 % and can still barely hear

[Sa_Spursfan20]

league pass needs to up the volume a bit, I have laptop speakers almost at 80 % and can still barely hear

Agreed. Ive got speakers up pretty high, and it's fairly hard to hear. Oh well.

[timtonymanu]

Oh well. Another game and no visual stream.

[bklynspursfan]

2 pts 2 rebs for Curry early.

[racm]

Curry with 2 offensive boards :wow

Anderson with a made 3

[bklynspursfan]

Curry with 2 offensive boards :wow

Anderson with a made 3

What in the world is going on tonight?? lol All we need is Green to make a floater now

[racm]

What in the world is going on tonight?? lol All we need is Green to make a floater now

Big 3 are out, tbh...

James Anderson with 5 points :wow

[loveforthegame]

Curry doing ok early on. Wish I knew what his defense was like.

[ace3g]

JA will have career night vs us

[ace3g]

Brown dunk, wished I could see it...

[racm]

JA will have career night vs us

Goran Dragic/Luis Scola effect, tbh...

[timtonymanu]

I wish the best for Anderson. If he can find his niche in Atlanta, that would be great. Just like how Green has been successful here.

[loveforthegame]

I guess we'll have to wait for highlights to see that Brown dunk.

[gmanrulz]

Theres a stream up on firstrowsports

[timtonymanu]

And I guess we have to wait more games until we see that new Spurs "defense" and to see Bonner be the first Spurs big off the bench.

[racm]

Danny Green to the line

[Axegrinder]

ya firstrow works

[Manu-20]

Curry with the slam.

[ace3g]

woo stream is up

[loveforthegame]

Nice to see Curry off to a good start.

[Manu-20]

Can someone please post the first row sports feed here

[Dex]

Nice slam off the offensive board for Curry.

[bklynspursfan]

http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/145961/1/watch-san-antonio-spurs-vs-atlanta-hawks.html

[NASpurs]

Holy crap it does work!!! Must be Christmas

[timtonymanu]

Wow. Just in time for a Curry putback.

[ace3g]

granted Curry has been stripped a few times with the ball

[racm]

If Curry can sustain this level of play into the season... :lobt:

[Manu-20]

Hell YA first row sports thanks guys for letting me in on this.

[timtonymanu]

It's sad one of Curry or Powell will get cut because Matt Bonner is given a spot on the team.

[NASpurs]

Wonder how they got this stream seeing as its not being televised anywhere.

[bklynspursfan]

Timmy was giving pointers to Curry during the timeout how to operate in the paint

[racm]

Ashton Kutcher in for Atlanta

[jeebus]

it's firstrow. they got almost everything :lol

[bbarry]

wtf how much weight did blair lose? he looks thin as hell, unless i mistaked him for someone else?

[racm]

Stephen Jackson!

[bklynspursfan]

Nice pass Blair

[bklynspursfan]

2 dumb passes by Blair lol

[timtonymanu]

ugh Blair still makes too many stupid mistakes.

[ace3g]

dumb pass by Blair

[Dex]

Two shitty passes from Blair to De Colo.

[Manu-20]

wtf blair

[jeebus]

dang, kimbo slice in the game.

[racm]

Blair got the putback though

[NASpurs]

Damn I must be late but wtf is up with the new PA guy.

[Manu-20]

nice pass by neal and nice resverse by de colo very much like manu

[racm]

Nice de Colo cut there

[timtonymanu]

That was a great find by Neal.

[loveforthegame]

I wish we could ship either Blair or Bonner off to have room for Curry and Powell.

[racm]

I wish we could ship either Blair or Bonner off to have room for Curry and Powell.

I'd ship Bonner

[Dex]

WTF is Big Bird doing at the game?

[ace3g]

I know Powell and Curry are getting all the hype, but there is still Wilkerson and Brown; still early.

[ace3g]

Nando with his size helped keep that loose ball alive

[YoMamaIsCallin]

Thanks ElNono! No watching is bullshit after I just put down the money to watch the entire regular season. Oh well, audio it is tonight.

It's tough to stream a game when there are no TV cameras.

[bklynspursfan]

Powell with the block

[NASpurs]

What a nice block by Powell.

[NASpurs]

It's tough to stream a game when there are no TV cameras.

There is a stream and we're all watching it...

[racm]

If there's anything the Spurs need it's another shotblocker.

[bklynspursfan]

Jack banks it in lol

[ace3g]

SJAX

[NASpurs]

SJax banking in the three

[Manu-20]

Jackson making love to pressure.

[racm]

Jack with the banked in three :wow

[DesignatedT]

Big 3 shouldnt play any of these bullshit game. chemistry i already there. they can get in better shape and a rhythm as the season goes on.

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Nice bank 3 by Captain Jack. Lol

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Loving De Colo's passes too.

[racm]

De Colo = sick passer

[NASpurs]

De Colo showing his playmaking skills

[Dex]

Nice find by De Colo

[bklynspursfan]

DeColo drive and dish... Nice stuff

[Manu-20]

That was a nice pass by De Colo

[ace3g]

De Colo with nice drive and pass

[ElNono]

nice, firstrow working

[ace3g]

Blair jumper!!!

[racm]

Blair jumper :wow

[Dex]

I really wonder where this telecast is coming from. It's decidedly Spurs based....replaying all the good plays almost immediately

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Blair with another mid-range shot. Oh my.

[bklynspursfan]

Dam Blair from near the 3 point line

[NASpurs]

Blair with the 20 ft jumper :lmao

[freetiago]

blair jumpshot...
kill bonner

and de colo looking nice as well

[bbarry]

blair showing that luck... i mean range.

[jeebus]

nice shot there

[ace3g]

lol Powell

[bklynspursfan]

Powell for 3!

[racm]

Josh Powell 3!

#tradebonner

[NASpurs]

Powell blocking shots and shooting threes :lol

[ElNono]

:wow powell

[Sa_Spursfan20]

NICE Powell!

[ace3g]

Big Shot Powell!!

[loveforthegame]

Seriously. Imagine Blair with consistent jumper.

[bthewigwam]

did it ask you to download anything on firstrowsports?

[Manu-20]

I am really liking De Colo this is my first time watching him live but you can tell he understands the game, im starting to think if he can break into the rotation this season.

[ElNono]

looks like international league pass

[ElNono]

did it ask you to download anything on firstrowsports?

don't download anything.. just a web browser with flash

[ace3g]

looks like international league pass

I'll take it, lol

[Dex]

did it ask you to download anything on firstrowsports?

No, there are just some advertisements that needed to be closed. One was about a "missing plugin", just hit close.

[timtonymanu]

Seriously. Imagine Blair with consistent jumper.

It would make Bonner even more useless in keeping around.

[racm]

If Blair can consistently hit from midrange Bonner should be salary dumped.

[ace3g]

nice pass from neal to sjax

[bklynspursfan]

Offensive boards... What else is new...

[DesignatedT]

How you guys watching this shit? All yall in SA or you have a link?

[ace3g]

How you guys watching this shit? All yall in SA or you have a link?

http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/145961/1/watch-san-antonio-spurs-vs-atlanta-hawks.html

[racm]

Blair going HAM

[bklynspursfan]

How you guys watching this shit? All yall in SA or you have a link?

http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/145961/1/watch-san-antonio-spurs-vs-atlanta-hawks.html

[NASpurs]

Blair looks good.

[Dex]

Nice hustle by Blair.

[mexpurs21]

Nice pass by Neal!

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Nice pass, Neal!

[racm]

Neal/De Colo backcourt :wow

[bklynspursfan]

Dag I was about to say Neal shoot that shit but great pass

[Dex]

Powell lookin good.

[ace3g]

Pow!!

[Dex]

:lmao Blair, your jumper ain't that pure yet.

[bklynspursfan]

This is what bothers me about Blair he starts to force stuff at times... Horribly contested fade away shot

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Neal reverse whoa.

[ace3g]

come on stream stop pausing every now and then

[racm]

Neal with 4 assists.

[Dex]

Glad Anderson is gone....what a waste. Such potential, look so great at first....that injury really robbed that poor kid.

[bklynspursfan]

come on stream stop pausing every now and then

Thought it was just me lol... I'm trying not to anger it so it doesn't go away.

[timtonymanu]

come on stream stop pausing every now and then

rofl guess I wasn't the only one having a problem.

[jestersmash]

come on stream stop pausing every now and then

Yeah, I'm having the same issue here.

[Dex]

Holy shit, these commercials are loud.

[timtonymanu]

Glad Anderson is gone....what a waste. Such potential, look so great at first....that injury really robbed that poor kid.

Still one of the saddest cases. He looked great before the injury. It's a stretch, but he could have been the Spurs' starting shooting guard right now if it wasn't for the injury.

[racm]

Glad Anderson is gone....what a waste. Such potential, look so great at first....that injury really robbed that poor kid.

Haha, that describes his game so far

[Maddog]

Neal looks a lot slimmer

[bklynspursfan]

Diaw sighting

[racm]

Diaw in

[YoMamaIsCallin]

Wow. Blair is actually kind of in shape. I guess he got the message from sitting in the playoffs. Remember that Golden State game near the end of the season last year? Where Mills went off? Blair played like 37 minutes and he was completely gassed. That is what earned him a seat in the last post season.

[Dex]

Neal warming up.

Curry and Diaw :hungry:

[ace3g]

come on Curry cheap foul, can't do that

[NASpurs]

Curry with the shove

[racm]

Diaw!

[Dex]

Diggin the Live feature for the blogs. :tu

[ace3g]

there we go Brown!!

[NASpurs]

Atlanta's A team are sure putting a fight against our C team :lmao

[racm]

Lol James Anderson fouling Green

[bklynspursfan]

Sick pass by CJ

[ace3g]

lol Brown wanted the lob, but gets the dunk anyway

[NASpurs]

Great defense by Curry and vision by Joseph :wow

[mexpurs21]

OMG great pass by CJ

[racm]

Least our third string doesn't give up a 35-0 run :lmao

[jeebus]

Dang, the preseason bigs look good. We need to get rid of Bonner ASAP

[NASpurs]

Curry and Powell impressing tonight.

[bklynspursfan]

Good shit Curry on both ends and ran the floor

[Dex]

Nice screen by Curry, Joseph just couldnt finish

[loveforthegame]

Good to see Brown having a good game after a few mediocre showings. Both Powell and Curry continue to impress too. What in the world are the Spurs going to do?

[racm]

Spurs scrubs :wow

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Not a bad run right now. Im liking this.

[crc21209]

Damn Joseph looks pretty good. I don't ever remember him taking it to the hole like that last season....

[mexpurs21]

Hawks should feel like shit getting embarrassed by the Spurs' reserves

[Manu-20]

Man the spurs are so stacked right now its crazy if we could get rid of bonner and somehow add curry,powell, and or brown we would be really good.

[Dex]

Spurs were arguably the deepest team in the league last year, and could be even deeper this year. :wow

[racm]

Good to see Brown having a good game after a few mediocre showings. Both Powell and Curry continue to impress too. What in the world are the Spurs going to do?

Cut Bonner that's what

[crc21209]

Man it would be awesome if they could dump Bonner and add 2 of Brown, Curry, and Powell....

[loveforthegame]

Joseph has really improved. He was awesome in SL but it's nice to see it continue.

[timtonymanu]

Dang, the preseason bigs look good. We need to get rid of Bonner ASAP

Bonner has to be the luckiest NBA player ever. He's a scrub that gets undeserved playing time and guaranteed roster spots. He rarely gets injured. Pop rarely gets in his face.

[jeebus]

Gotta hire Magic to inject some AIDS into Bonner

[racm]

Bonner has to be the luckiest NBA player ever. He's a scrub that gets undeserved playing time and guaranteed roster spots. He rarely gets injured. Pop rarely gets in his face.

He has as many rings as LeBron too

[crc21209]

Hey WTF happened to the link?

[racm]

Refresh bro

[NASpurs]

That passing by Diaw...

[crc21209]

NVM it's working....

[Manu-20]

Hey WTF happened to the link?

MIne is still working just press play again on it

[Dex]

Eddy Curry....running the floor. O_O

[jeebus]

Nice shot of Pop not caring about the bigs but only thinking of Bonner.

And refresh the link every timeout to keep the lag away.

[YoMamaIsCallin]

Josh Smith completely sucks at defense, doesn't he.

[Trill Clinton]

i didn't care for signing eddie curry but if he keeps playing like this i don't mind eating crow.

[Nathan89]

I like the scream out of curry on the last miss. Shows me that he wants this.

[racm]

:lmao Green

[c whata11]

due to the live thread, does it always scroll down from where you are?

[NASpurs]

Brown with the alley oop pass. Pop will cut him tomorrow.

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Come on Brown...

[Manu-20]

im likeing this spurs defense so far they actully look better.

[ace3g]

Brown with the alley oop pass. Pop will cut him tomorrow.

yeah, that is the only part I don't like, I wish just the scoll bar would get smaller, not the screen itself, sometimes you lose your space especially when typing in reply box

[Dex]

Brown with the alley oop pass. Pop will cut him tomorrow.

He almost deserves it for that bad of a pass. :lol

[NASpurs]

WTF Curry :lol

[racm]

De Colo :wow

[MeesterMarcus]

sweet assist

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Im liking De Colo's play right now.

[racm]

De Colo/Green/Brown/Diaw/Curry

big lineup

[NASpurs]

De Colo with the jumper

[bklynspursfan]

Korver killing

[loveforthegame]

DeColo. :tu

[crc21209]

Giving up open 3's....:td

[jeebus]

Wow. Crappy possession.

[ace3g]

De Colo has more of a Brent Bary jumper, hard to do off the run

[Dex]

Nice interior pass by Curry.

[loveforthegame]

Crap end to the half.

[ElNono]

lol defense... Danny leaving Korver alone is suicide

[Dex]

Green really needs to come out of his funk. If he's not hitting his three, he quickly becomes an offensive liability.

[mexpurs21]

Nice interior pass by Curry.

Yep moving the ball well

[jestersmash]

Our 3rd string bigs need to set better screens.

Curry pretty much set a non-screen for de Colo a couple of possessions back (although De Colo was still able to find a second big near the rim for an assist).

Diaw is the only competent screener on the floor at the moment.

[ace3g]

I love that open court show, good stuff

[c whata11]

yeah, that is the only part I don't like, I wish just the scoll bar would get smaller, not the screen itself, sometimes you lose your space especially when typing in reply box

im assuming you meant to quote my question. thanks for the reply though ace. but yeah, i just keep losing my place

[JRHernandez88]

Dammm the links not working for me!!!! Anyone watching it on an iPad?

[NASpurs]

I wonder who will be this year's Pops Mensah Bonsu/Ganai Lawal.

[Dex]

Dammm the links not working for me!!!! Anyone watching it on an iPad?

Is Flash, won't work on an iPad

[jeebus]

Is Flash, won't work on an iPad

aka buy a real computer