lol TNT

[NASpurs]

Spurs are tanking the game. Manu, Tony, Tim and Danny Green are on a flight back to San Antonio. :lol

Heat by 40.

[Banzai]

I don't get it..I mean the Spurs have a bench..can most likely win this game..why tank???? shit the season just started...is this official?

[purplengold]

sound like they just throw in da towel, kinda dumb cuz heat not season performers

[NASpurs]

Yep, official

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2012/11/29/spurs-will-face-heat-without-big-three-green/

[Clipper Nation]

http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs/339048_o.gif

[Banzai]

just doesn't make any sense.

[Dex]

:lmao

4th road game in 5 nights, on national TV, against the defending champion Heat who have been resting on their laurels for days?

Pop says :flipoff Stern.

Of course I'd like to see the Big 3 take on Miami, but I'm okay with this move on principle alone.

[jeebus]

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pretty much this tbh

[DPG21920]

:lmao

4th road game in 5 nights, on national TV, against the defending champion Heat who have been resting on their laurels for days?

Pop says :flipoff Stern.

Of course I'd like to see the Big 3 take on Miami, but I'm okay with this move on principle alone.


just doesn't make any sense.

Make sense now?

[DAF86]

Something tells me the refs won't be making many mistakes in our favour from now on.

[Mugen]

Pop only has a season left to throw as many FUs to Stern before retirement.

[VBM]

Lol Danny Green too?

[NASpurs]

Stern will be laughing beyond the retirement grave when the Spurs are in the lottery and the ping pong balls will never seemingly bounce our way.

[Chinook]

Lol Danny Green too?

I imagine Green is exhausted after being asked to play the three for so many minutes the last few games. I don't think Pop wanted to make him suffer having to guard James for 40 minutes without at least Manu to spell him.

[Trill Clinton]

:lmao

4th road game in 5 nights, on national TV, against the defending champion Heat who have been resting on their laurels for days?

Pop says :flipoff Stern.

Of course I'd like to see the Big 3 take on Miami, but I'm okay with this move on principle alone.

http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg613/hairweavekilla1/19579.gif

[VBM]

Dejuan Blair's going to eat tonight. over/under 20 shots?

[SpursRock20]

Dejuan Blair's going to eat tonight. over/under 20 shots?

I say Mills is going to try and take over, even more than Blair.

[jeebus]

If last season was any indication, Mills should be taking the most shots with The Rapist a close second.

[JRHernandez88]

Hahahhahaha



Love it

[DAF86]

Starters: De Colo, Neal, Anderson, Blair, Splitter.

Off the bench: Mills, Joseph, Bonner, Diaw.

:lol

[pass1st]

:lol

[Reck]

Yeah but what if the Spurs win still?

That would be epic.

[Joel Anthony]

Spurs going the coward route par the course.

[DMC]

Basketball reasons tbh

[jeebus]

:cry

[SpursRock20]

Spurs going the coward route par the course.

Yeah, I'm sure Pop is really scared about this game. He's coached over 1200 regular season games and this is the one that frightens him? GTFO

[DMC]

Starters: De Colo, Neal, Anderson, Blair, Splitter.

Off the bench: Mills, Joseph, Bonner, Diaw.

:lol

Bet James Muthafuckin' Anderson didn't think he'd be starting against Lebron when he got called up from Harker Heights YMCA league.

[DMC]

Spurs going the coward route par the course.

I agree. Southwest is a shitty airline. They should have taken a private jet. That's unless you're talking about the Spurs bench.

[Banzai]

Make sense now?

Still don't think the spurs should tank.

[DPG21920]

It's tanking when you are winning games....tanking is when you lose on purpose in order reap the benefits that come with being a loser. If anything, they are maximizing their chances to win the games most important (division games) by doing this move and doing a small part to ensure the health of his players.

Maybe LA should do the same vs having their players complain about being worn out...

[Joel Anthony]

Yeah, I'm sure Pop is really scared about this game. He's coached over 1200 regular season games and this is the one that frightens him? GTFO
Of course he is. This is the defending Champs not so regular season chumps.

[SpursIndonesia]

Still don't think the spurs should tank.

It'a a Sun Tzu thing my friend, this is a game even when you try as hard as you could with all you've got, a win might not be in the best interest for the team long term goal. :)

There's no guarantee the Spurs will beat the Grizz in the next game, but the odd will increase a lot with fresh starters and Kawhi around, and the Heat seems to be the favorite anyway with all the rest they had the last few days. Not to mention the phsychological sida of things, and avoiding unnecessary injuries playing with tired wheels against a strong & well rested opponent, nothing so surprising regarding Pop's decision tonite.

[ElNono]

Pop trying to be a smartass, tbh... I'm sure some Spurfans spent a good amount of dough to go watch the game and this is a big fuck you from the Spurs organization...

But what comes around goes around... Stern is still picking the refs during the playoffs, tbh...

[TheMACHINE]

MOTHER FFFCC***KKEERRRR

I have 3 players playing in my Fantasy Team tonight...and 2 of them are Parker and Green!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

&*(*(@&#(&*%@#&*()%@*^)@#*@_

[TheMACHINE]

tbh..if i was TNT or ESPN, i'd just not put the Spurs on national TV if they keep busting this crap. If i spent money to buy tickets to this game, i'd be pissed off.

[FYM]

MOTHER FFFCC***KKEERRRR

I have 3 players playing in my Fantasy Team tonight...and 2 of them are Parker and Green!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

&*(*(@&#(&*%@#&*()%@*^)@#*@_

like you don't know that when you pick spurs players in a fantasy team... big lead early = starters on the bench for 1,5 quarter, btb = starters limited minutes or DNP-old... that's the way it is

[Basketballgirl25]

tbh..if i was TNT or ESPN, i'd just not put the Spurs on national TV if they keep busting this crap. If i spent money to buy tickets to this game, i'd be pissed off.

It's Spurs at Miami, I don't think many people will be pissed off, I'm guessing it's going to be mostly Miami Heat fans at game anyway

[Mal]

Loan Kobe for this game, so he can easily chunk 75 shots

[JamStone]

I don't really agree with Pop's approach, but I also don't think people should get worked up over it. I don't see the big deal, even for TNT and the Heat fans who bought tickets. Shit is so trivial, people should just not give a fuck. Pop has pretty much always been a "I don't give a shit what other people think or say" type of guy. He'll do what he wants. And, to be quite frank, he has the juice to be that way. If Vinnie Del Negro tried to pull that shit off, he's an idiot. Pop does it, and he's a genius saving his older players. Shrugs. What are you going to do?

And didn't Miami just barely squeak by Cleveland without Irving while playing all of their big guns? Wouldn't put it past the Heat to say fuck it too and lose the game.

[Seventyniner]

That brings the Spurs down to 7 scholarship players to put on the court. Will they take walk-ons for tonight?

[Mal]

I don't really agree with Pop's approach, but I also don't think people should get worked up over it. I don't see the big deal, even for TNT and the Heat fans who bought tickets. Shit is so trivial, people should just not give a fuck. Pop has pretty much always been a "I don't give a shit what other people think or say" type of guy. He'll do what he wants. And, to be quite frank, he has the juice to be that way. If Vinnie Del Negro tried to pull that shit off, he's an idiot. Pop does it, and he's a genius saving his older players. Shrugs. What are you going to do?

And didn't Miami just barely squeak by Cleveland without Irving while playing all of their big guns? Wouldn't put it past the Heat to say fuck it too and lose the game.

Sick thing is that Spurs got 3 road games last 4 days, and Miami was resting, preparing for this game. Popovich had no intension to even try win this game. Probably Spurs counted this game as L as early as schedule was prepered. Old, tired Spurs vs Champs on national TV. Pop simply wouldnt want to give crowds bloodbath. Especially when he had no one able to guard LeBron.

[Spur_Fanatic]

Spurs going the coward route par the course.

:whine

[Spur_Fanatic]

Epic move by Pop. And it's funny that the only ones complaining are the ones with th easy schedules. Grab a calendar check the latest Spurs games.

@LAC
@SAC
@POR
@LAL
vsNYK
vsDEN
vsLAC
@BOS
@IND
@TOR
@WAS
@ORL
@MIA

Spurs had more road games so far than some other teams had total games!

[Frank Dux]

I live in Colorado and don't have the League Pass. Was looking forward to this one. Thanks for the pwnage, Pop.

[RudyRay]

Pisses me off when Pop does this. Yeah he's the head coach and knows whats best for his team but this is a bunch of crap. I've been watching NBA basketball for about 25 years and Pop is the only coach that has done this early in the season. I'd like to know what this Spurs team is made of...makes us look scared.

[baseline bum]

Pisses me off when Pop does this. Yeah he's the head coach and knows whats best for his team but this is a bunch of crap. I've been watching NBA basketball for about 25 years and Pop is the only coach that has done this early in the season. I'd like to know what this Spurs team is made of...makes us look scared.

Mostly aging veterans

[Ace]

Is anyone really surprised? Hasn't Pop done this the last two years?

[irishock]

Is anyone really surprised? Hasn't Pop done this the last two years?

He never did it to a LeBron James team. And that's the reason why it matters to Stern.

[jeebus]

Is anyone really surprised? Hasn't Pop done this the last two years?
longer I think. yet everyone shits a brick when he does. all you have to do is look at the schedule and you'll pretty much know which games he's gonna punt.

[Dex]

:lmao :lmao :lmao

http://uppix.net/8/6/8/05dc8894e7c431b028a9e6884804a.jpg

:cry Stern :cry
:cry unnacceptable :cry
:cry substantial sanctions :cry
:cry millionaires not getting enough millions :cry

[WeNeedLength]

Holy fuck starting lineups. :lol:lol:lol

[Drz]

Basketball reasons tbh
:lol

If Barkley asks him why he's doing this between quarters, and Pop says "basketball reasons" and nothing else, that would be the most epic on court interview in the history of basketball.

[Spurs da champs]

Charles makes this game watchable.

[Latarian Milton]

we gotta beat em hard tonight n teach them a lesson so they won't profane the game with shitty lineups anymore. they know there losing the game but at least they should show some respect to us and the basketball fans in general tbh

[benefactor]

:lmao :lmao :lmao

http://uppix.net/8/6/8/05dc8894e7c431b028a9e6884804a.jpg

:cry Stern :cry
:cry unnacceptable :cry
:cry substantial sanctions :cry
:cry millionaires not getting enough millions :cry
:lol

[TimmehC]

:lmao :lmao :lmao

http://uppix.net/8/6/8/05dc8894e7c431b028a9e6884804a.jpg

:cry Stern :cry
:cry unnacceptable :cry
:cry substantial sanctions :cry
:cry millionaires not getting enough millions :cry

:lol

Pop trolling the fuck out of Stern, tbh.