Game Thread: Spurs @ Hornets -- Oct 31, 2012 (Opening Day)

[Ice009]

TP

Pathetic play. pass the fucking ball and stop throwing up shit.

[LakerHater]

HOLY CRAP!

[Brazil]

timvp with TP jinx tbh it's all his fault

[timvp]

Wow. Another bailout.

[siraulo23]

Can the spurs pull it off under 3 mins left down by 2

[timvp]

timvp with TP jinx tbh it's all his fault

I only see Toke Bryarker out there, tbh.

[timvp]

timvp with TP jinx tbh it's all his fault

I only see Toke Bryarker out there, tbh.

[Bill_Brasky]

Weak foul call at that point of the game.

[bklynspursfan]

We may mess around and lose this game man. Smh

[ElNono]

This is killing me... can't even blame it on Bonner... :pctoss

[Uriel]

Why do we suddenly suck? We should be obliterating this team.

[quentin_compson]

This is killing me... can't even blame it on Bonner... :pctoss

Pop should get him in, just in case we need a scapegoat.

[ace3g]

Timmy!!!

[Obstructed_View]

Mother. Fucker.

[jeebus]

posterized!

[ace3g]

Timmy again!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

TD and one.
Fantastic pass Boris

[ElNono]

teeemy!

[timvp]

Timothy Theodore! Looking 29!

[ElNono]

lol Mason Jr

[BRHornet45]

sons lets us review the Chris Paul trade ...

http://i47.tinypic.com/4u9i76.jpg

[Obstructed_View]

Mase In Yo Face.

[Cry Havoc]

DUNCAN that was HUGE. FUCKING YES.

[Kool Bob Love]

LMAO TIMMY! dont be so mean!

[Obstructed_View]

Chris Paul and Tyson Chandler just got you.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Timmyyyyy

[jeebus]

Timmy doin work

[loveforthegame]

Duncan is a beast.

[ElNono]

need a stop

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Duncan!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

That's why Diaw is our PF. ;)

[Spurs Brazil]

WTF with those calls

[TDMVPDPOY]

fkn pussy bailout calls

[BRHornet45]

Davis!

[timvp]

Are the Hornets still owned by the NBA?

[Obstructed_View]

It's called blocking out, Boris.

[bklynspursfan]

WTF since when do bigs swish FTs!!

[szkorhetz]

TD!!

[Juggity]

vintage statline for 21

[Bill_Brasky]

Davis is a great fuckin player, and you can tell that already, but he has not earned the right to get these tap calls.

[Obstructed_View]

Wow, Parker takes a good shot.

[jeebus]

TONY! oh mama.

[ace3g]

TP 3!!!

[BRHornet45]

Spurs 24 freebies

Hornets 22 freebies


lol cry me a river

[ElNono]

Tony!

[Spurs Brazil]

TP 3333333333333333333

[loveforthegame]

Parker clutch. Damn.

[timvp]

Should have passed it to Manu. Wide open in the corner.

[Paranoid Pop]

Dagger.

[DatBoyGood]

Tony with a clutch 3?!

[007nites]

Timmy and Tony are beasting

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Parker with the goods.

[Cry Havoc]

TONY FUCKING PARKER.

[Brazil]

:lmao TP

[ElNono]

Tony Bryant with the 3 pointer!

[Spurs Brazil]

Have to admit I was nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo YES

[Richie]

Parker big clutch 3

[Obstructed_View]

Davis is a great fuckin player, and you can tell that already, but he has not earned the right to get these tap calls.

I agree with you about the one a few minutes ago, but someone grabbed him and prevented the putback. Pretty easy call.

[BRHornet45]

goddamnit I hate Longoria

[Splits]

Are the Hornets still owned by the NBA?

No, Benson bought them.

[Obstructed_View]

Davis is a great fuckin player, and you can tell that already, but he has not earned the right to get these tap calls.

I agree with you about the one a few minutes ago, but someone grabbed him and prevented the putback. Pretty easy call.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I actually said "WHAT!?" out loud as TP took that... seems I was wrong! :lol

[LakerHater]

Shut that crowd up Tony!

[timvp]

Rebound.

[Brazil]

look now RMJ going for the clutch 3

[Spurs Brazil]

good D

[Brazil]

Good D spurs

[ElNono]

finally good D... great job by jax

[BRHornet45]

bed shitting 101 right there sons .... you gotta knock down that wide ass open 3

[Obstructed_View]

Jack with the slowest closeout in history.

[Spurs Brazil]

I actually said "WHAT!?" out loud as TP took that... seems I was wrong! :lol

Same here; I was nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo YES

[jeebus]

good call with Pop by not playing Useless and keeping Jack in the game instead of Green

[Brazil]

nice Tim

[Cry Havoc]

Duncan stepping up when it matters. Great 4Q for him.

[ElNono]

Tim with the pair of daggers

[Paranoid Pop]

Tim and Tp being clutch.

[timvp]

D has been reasonably solid since the beginning of the second quarter.

[BanditHiro]

Duncan one of the most underrated clutch players of all-time

[Spurs Brazil]

TD 24pts 11rebs

[Obstructed_View]

Gary Neal and Matt Bonner don't even have a sweat going. Could it be that thing about defense wasn't bullshit this year?

[ElNono]

That Davis is overrated as fuck, tbh... he can't even beast on 45 year old Duncan...

[Uriel]

We didn't lose to to the Hornets! :lol

:depressed

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Great D!

Very impressed with Vasquez's running of the Hornets - fine PG, but poor outside shooter. If he learns to shoot 3s he'll be deadly.

[DesignatedT]

Defense has looked pretty good to me besides first quarter

[Bill_Brasky]

bed shitting 101 right there sons .... you gotta knock down that wide ass open 3

My sphincter tightened.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Great D!

Very impressed with Vasquez's running of the Hornets - fine PG, but poor outside shooter. If he learns to shoot 3s he'll be deadly.

[jeebus]

ballgame, pretty much

[LakerHater]

Timmy with huge free throws!

[ElNono]

We win!

[Obstructed_View]

Fucking Timmy almost shot that three. What a disaster that would have been. :lmao

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol duncan was going to shoot that 3 hahaha

[Sa_Spursfan20]

A win is a win! WOO!

[Bill_Brasky]

I'm really impressed with the Hornets right now. They'll have a good season.

[quentin_compson]

Tim is looking very sharp.

[timvp]

Damn, that was a fun game to watch. Still have a lot of work to do but good first step :tu

[bklynspursfan]

Hmm Bonner doesn't see time in the 2nd half and look what happens

[Spurs Brazil]

Nice to see Kawhi with a good game and Bonner not playing in the 2nd half

[Obstructed_View]

Great D!

Very impressed with Vasquez's running of the Hornets - fine PG, but poor outside shooter. If he learns to shoot 3s he'll be deadly.

Didn't he kill the Spurs with outside shooting when he was with the Grizz? I agree with your take, but it seems like an odd juxtaposition.

[mexicanjunior]

Nice 2nd half D and nice job by Pop to finally understand that Bonner was shitting all over his chances to win this game.

[Obstructed_View]

Great D!

Very impressed with Vasquez's running of the Hornets - fine PG, but poor outside shooter. If he learns to shoot 3s he'll be deadly.

Didn't he kill the Spurs with outside shooting when he was with the Grizz? I agree with your take, but it seems like an odd juxtaposition.

[007nites]

Timmy straight beasted

[NASpurs]

Matt Bonner was so bad that I didn't even notice him in the second half.

[Juggity]

bkrJ_XvXorY

[Mugen]

Big ups to Kawhi in the 2nd half.

[Brazil]

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRoz4aIUrupUK215txL4ac1uQEvjytHE gceyq70b79xXckRR23-GQ

[DesignatedT]

That High-Low with Boris / Timmy sealed the game. That was some great 2 man game.

[Obstructed_View]

Matt Bonner was so bad that I didn't even notice him in the second half.

I was about to say he was so great that I didn't even notice him in the second half. :lol

[Obstructed_View]

Brhornet, with all love, fuk yo team, clown.

[Brazil]

timvp, forum is a bit slow and messy right now

[Mugen]

Timmy giving it to New Orleans like Roger Goodell.

[Ice009]

Duncan one of the most underrated clutch players of all-time

I've been saying this to people for years. Most big men usually aren't that great in crunch time and aren't clutch. TD is one of the most clutch of all time. That's one of the reasons why he is so great.

[LakerHater]

A B2B, so Tim sits out the Home opener??

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Didn't he kill the Spurs with outside shooting when he was with the Grizz? I agree with your take, but it seems like an odd juxtaposition.

You're right, I have seen him make 3s before, but he's a career 31% 3pt shooter. I think he's very streaky.

At his age he's unlikely to make a great leap, but if he could improve that to 37% like he shot pre-season he'd be much scarier.

[NASpurs]

I was about to say he was so great that I didn't even notice him in the second half. :lol

:lol I think yours is better although saying that, if Matt Bonner was great in the second half, we would all definitely notice. I don't know, now I'm confused.

[Raven]

kawhi and danny proving theyr the real deal... timmy looked as quick on his feet as he looked in like forever...

[8FOR!3]

After this disappointing offseason Kawhi looks 1-2 years ahead of where I thought he'd be tonight.

[team-work]

Congrats on winning the opening game. The team overcame Manu's absence to grind it out. Glad to see the improved D in the second half, and props to Pop for properly managing the rotations.

[Dex]

A B2B, so Tim sits out the Home opener??

No way. Tim will probably sit some B2Bs this season, but it's only the second game. He's plenty fresh from the offseason, and any rest he gets in October isn't going to help him in May.

Couple that with it being the home opening, and there is no way Pop sits Tim.

[BRHornet45]

sons overall not a bad performance, but still a lot of work to do. overall though I'm impressed with the improvement (so far). Jason Smith should have received more playing time than Robin Lopez though (check the stats) ... hopefully Monty will pay attention.

[ChumpDumper]

After this disappointing offseason Kawhi looks 1-2 years ahead of where I thought he'd be tonight.Disappointing?

I don't know what you were expecting.

[dbreiden83080]

Amazing how well Duncan is still playing at this point of his career. Staying in great shape all these years has really paid off..

[Brazil]

sons overall not a bad performance, but still a lot of work to do. overall though I'm impressed with the improvement (so far). Jason Smith should have received more playing time than Robin Lopez though (check the stats) ... hopefully Monty will pay attention.

your hornets are going to have a good season son...young team with some very nice talents. I liked what I saw

[Dex]

Spurs in first place!!!!

[8FOR!3]

Disappointing?

I don't know what you were expecting.

From what I've heard his shooting has been off and his touch around the rim wasn't where it was last year. I also heard he was trying to do too much this offseason but wasn't quite there yet. Tonight he looked like an all-star.

[Ice009]

Hmm Bonner doesn't see time in the 2nd half and look what happens

I can't believe some of the comments I am seeing about Bonner, stuff I was saying in 2009, people are only just saying now about him. Someone said in this thread that they can't stand to even see him on the court anymore. What has taken people so long to realize that he shouldn't even be on the court? Why does he even have fans in San Antonio that turn up to the games to root for him?

Horrible player that has no business being on this team.

[BRHornet45]

sons Austin Rivers can't possibly be this bad .... has to be opening night jitters or something.

[Arcadian]

I like how the final score was 99-95 and the opponent FG% was under 45.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

After this disappointing offseason Kawhi looks 1-2 years ahead of where I thought he'd be tonight.

I said last year I though Kawhi would be an All-Star by his 4-5th year, but I think he might have a shot of getting there by his 3rd. ;)

[DesignatedT]

Kawhi hittin those threes was great to see.

[TampaDude]

TD looked good tonight...24 and 11...solid numbers for an "old man". Pace yourself, Timmy...there's another ring waiting for you in June.

Spurs are UNDEFEATED!

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

your hornets are going to have a good season son...young team with some very nice talents. I liked what I saw

I second that. They're ahead of where I thought they'd be, and playing with plenty of energy and urgency.

[Arcadian]

I must say...Dejuan Blair should be playing instead of Matt Bonner. I'm shocked that Blair wasn't in the rotation tonight. WTF?

[Richie]

your hornets are going to have a good season son...young team with some very nice talents. I liked what I saw

Not really ideal for NO. One more bad season, high lottery pick and they will have a team set for a long term challenge.

[LittleCriminal]

I must say...Dejuan Blair should be playing instead of Matt Bonner. I'm shocked that Blair wasn't in the rotation tonight. WTF?
Agreed... Also Mills should be the first PG off the bench... not Neal.

[TD 21]

I know it's only one game and the preseason is the preseason, but on the heels of an uninspiring preseason, this bordered on alarming about as much as this game realistically could have. 95 points, on just under 44% shooting, to a team missing their lone bonafide scorer and playing without a true point guard, is unacceptable. So is being down 7 at half and for a good amount down the stretch.

As an aside, I think they may just have to go with a 9 and 1/2 rotation. Spot Bonner or Blair in here or there when necessary, but try to get away with a combination of Splitter/Jackson/Leonard playing backup PF as much as possible. At some point though, unless they're going to attempt to upgrade the second or third big spot to the point where they can essentially play a three big rotation, they're going to have to find a competent fourth big.

[Ice009]

Can you change the frequency that the thread refreshes at? It's tough to follow during the games and gets really confusing.

[jesterbobman]

sons Austin Rivers can't possibly be this bad .... has to be opening night jitters or something.

Until proven otherwise, I think the Hornets took Austin Rivers to keep their win total down so they can get high picks, even though Davis and Anderson should make them win often.

[bklynspursfan]

From DB:

@DEJUAN45
This is wat I expected! Lol I'm just not wat dude wants out there it just hit me!! And that's respect! Just KNO I'm doing my part! #SALUTE

[Obstructed_View]

Holding a team under 100 is a pretty stout accomplishment when you give up 31 in the first quarter.

[Obstructed_View]

Kind of an odd post by DB considering he's probably going to get heavy minutes tomorrow night against OKC.

[Dex]

Kind of an odd post by DB considering he's probably going to get heavy minutes tomorrow night against OKC.

I'd be pissed if Bonner was getting minutes ahead of me, too.

[Kidd K]

Timmy: Came to play. Probably wanted to prove he was better than Davis even in his old ass form. If you look at the stat sheet, Duncan did have 5 TO, but 2 of those were due to terrible passes and he pretty much didn't even get a chance to collect the ball before it was stolen. Duncan also took a hot dump on Davis any time he was matched up with him. Look at Davis' +/-. -20 (worst of either team) to Duncan's +13 (best of Spurs).

Parker: Parker still looks good. I think he got jobbed on a couple calls (non calls when he was fouled), but it ended up not mattering.

Kawhi: Impressive game imo. I liked his effort all around, especially on all those steals

Jackson: He kinda phoned it in tonight. Hope he puts in more effort tomorrow.

And I guess as for Davis, I think he did pretty well overall, but he was getting some ridiculous calls. Did not deserve at least two of them if not three.

[Ice009]

DB should be ahead of Bonner in the rotation. I want DB to speak up about it. Someone needs to get on Pop's ass about playing Bonner so much when he doesn't even deserve half of the minutes that he gets on the court.

[DesignatedT]

Can someone translate that for me.

[TheSkeptic]

From DB:

@DEJUAN45
This is wat I expected! Lol I'm just not wat dude wants out there it just hit me!! And that's respect! Just KNO I'm doing my part! #SALUTE

...I have no idea what he's saying.

[TDMVPDPOY]

DB should be ahead of Bonner in the rotation. I want DB to speak up about it. Someone needs to get on Pop's ass about playing Bonner so much when he doesn't even deserve half of the minutes that he gets on the court.

if he keeps on running his mouth on social media, he will continue to be in teh doghouse or best of all get traded

[foodie2]

I'd love a translation of the DB tweet as well.

[bklynspursfan]

if he keeps on running his mouth on social media, he will continue to be in teh doghouse or best of all get traded

I agree that can't be helping him by talking about it on social media.

[Ice009]

It won't help him, but I don't give a shit. Bonner shouldn't be ahead of him in the rotation and the Spurs should probably try and trade both of them.

[ace3g]

DeJuan Blair ‏@DeJuan45

I'm might not b tall enough damn I gotta get taller! ����

[NASpurs]

Damn, guess we're witnessing a meltdown on twitter.

[LakerHater]

I'm just joking ill b good somebody out there likes wat I do!!!! BELIVE that! Ok I'm out bout ta b ✈✈✈✈✈✈ SA bound! Have a great rest of the night!✌

[Kool Bob Love]

Forget it.

[Two10Whitey]

Blair needs to grow up and stop acting like a fucking high school kid. I'd be upset too but the twitter posts are annoying and immature.

[CGD]

Trade him for a second rounder at this point. Keep that stuff in house Dejuan.

[Ice009]

Trade him for a second rounder at this point. Keep that stuff in house Dejuan.

Keeping it in house is what gets Matt Bonner on the court. Pops need a wake up call for playing Bonner so many minutes year after year.

And no, we are not trading him for a second rounder. Complete waste of an asset. Blair would be best used in a package deal to try and get another player back with.

[ducks]

9-19 yeah he is is so bad shooting today

[ace3g]

Little Doc: Popovich can still remember Hornets rookie Austin Rivers tagging along at the Alamodome with his father Doc as a preschooler in the mid-1990s.

“It makes you realize you’re getting a little older,” Popovich said.

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2012/10/31/light-goes-on-for-spurs-leonard/


Brown resigns as Aussie coach: Spurs assistant Brett Brown has stepped down as coach of the Australian national team.

Brown guided the squad — known colloquially as the “Boomers” — for four years, culminating in a seventh-place finish at the London Olympics this past summer.

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2012/10/30/spurs-notebook-pop-says-hornets-top-rookie-in-good-hands/

[ace3g]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRJgXtTYqHE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkL70N8pi2Q

[aal04]

Im sitting on the fence on that game. I have a feeling Hornets will be decent this year. They picked up an offensive D12 in the draft. They could be in the mix later this year with their new roster.

We need as many wins as possible... Gotta get that 1 rank to avoid a difficult finals run.

[therealtruth]

DB's got to work on hitting 3-pointers. He can't get taller. It's kind of dumb for Pop to not be playing him when he's got more trade value than Bonner and it's a contract year.

[LakerHater]

Need a gif. of that KAWOW dunk....Could be my new sig.http://uppix.net/6/a/8/ffd62d75975f8083d31aa72ac95ad.gifhttp://uppix.net/3/4/d/00ec02dd68a20a6a0f44b1d547282.gif

[Fireball]

Should? Really dude? We're being that conservative now? We're playing it that safe? :rolleyes

After watching the game I think "should" was exactly the right wording ... but seriously, I expected an easier game ... my respect for Monty Williams is very high

[bus driver]

roger mason jr is still playing :lmao

[Brazil]

Not really ideal for NO. One more bad season, high lottery pick and they will have a team set for a long term challenge.

it all depends on A. Davis tbh. If he ends up being dominant, they can grow from there and start winning and building the team around him. His ceiling is quite huge tbh

[Brazil]

A. Davis first nba game 21 7 1 stl 1 blk 50% FG 100% FT. Tim in his first game 35 mn 15 pts 10 reb and 2 blks

not saying that A.Davis has Tim's ceiling but we never know, kid is special tbh

[elemento]

One thing is for sure. Davis will be better than Timmy in FT shooting :lol

Lillard was pretty impressive as well against LA.

I think both will fight for ROY this season.

[Richie]

it all depends on A. Davis tbh. If he ends up being dominant, they can grow from there and start winning and building the team around him. His ceiling is quite huge tbh

Thing is they don't want to be too good too soon. They have a great piece in Davis who will make them a contender, but as we saw in Cleveland with LeBron even all time greats can't do it on their own. Another good pick along with Rivers fulfilling at least some of his potential will make them serious challengers in a couple of years.

[Kool Bob Love]

Thanks lakerhater. :toast

[LakerHater]

Thanks lakerhater. :toast

Wasnt sure which one you wanted.

[Kool Bob Love]

Just happy you took the time to do 2.

[Obstructed_View]

Im sitting on the fence on that game. I have a feeling Hornets will be decent this year. They picked up an offensive D12 in the draft. They could be in the mix later this year with their new roster.

We need as many wins as possible... Gotta get that 1 rank to avoid a difficult finals run.

And they still can expect Eric Gordon back. They have a chance of being pretty good.

[Obstructed_View]

if he keeps on running his mouth on social media, he will continue to be in teh doghouse or best of all get traded

That's probably the only smart post you've ever made, but it's a pretty good one. Try to keep it up!

[therealtruth]

And they still can expect Eric Gordon back. They have a chance of being pretty good.

I am not sure Gordon wants to play for the Hornets.