Game Thread #1: Spurs at Thunder 10/28 8:00 EST (7:00 CST, 2:00 Riga Time)

[RD2191]

Porker costing the Spurs another game. Die faggot.

[LongtimeSpursFan]

Pop lost us this game. Parker should not have been on the court down the stretch.


Way to go coach. Thanks for your basketball insight.

[313]

We handed them the game :bang

Danny Green F-

[Thebesteva]

This game was lost when Spurraider made the thread

[TheGoldStandard]

I think its kind of sad though.. Kawhi playing great, ball movement.. Parker comes in.. 2 man game doesn't work then decides to just chuck his next posessesion and then giving up so much on the defensive end but it's more than that.. That last play was lazy, I don't understand why you don't have a secondary plan in place or take another time out if the shit wasn't there.. I know it's 1 game but damn this is a game that they had.

[Kawhitstorm]

This game was an absolute mockery courtesy of Pop:pop:

[SupremeGuy]

Pop lost us this game. Parker should not have been on the court down the stretch.It's fucking stupid when he keeps him on the court even when the other team is literally raping him on defense.

[Beaverfuzz]

Good night Irene.


Oh well, just game 1...tough place to win.

[Ron Swanson]

On pace for 0-82. :depressed

[widowmaker]

Good win for the thunder ref. Good game.

[Vokun]

Where was the Parker/LMA pick and pop all game?

[hater]

:lol 3pt shot for Alridge :lol

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[Raven]

I'm not disappointed, the team looked good tbh.

[james evans]

when parker is sucking in the 4th, popovich has to sit him. He just has to

[RD2191]

:cry :cry

Soft ass emotional Mexican :lol

Maybe you'll get a pat on the back from one of your e-crew, oughta keep you happy for the night.

I don't have a krew faggot. And what are you? A soft ass pussy brit?

[Johnny RIngo]

Pop dragging the team down with his refusal to bench his French mancrush.

[loveforthegame]

FU Leonard. Cost us another one.

[Kawhitstorm]

I think its kind of sad though.. Kawhi playing great, ball movement.. Parker comes in.. 2 man game doesn't work then decides to just chuck his next posessesion and then giving up so much on the defensive end but it's more than that.. That last play was lazy, I don't understand why you don't have a secondary plan in place or take another time out if the shit wasn't there.. I know it's 1 game but damn this is a game that they had.

It was pretty obvious Pop didn't give a fuck...he was treating the game as a scrimmage

[Bartleby]

It's fucking stupid when he keeps him on the court even when the other team is literally raping him on defense.

literally?!?!?

[hater]

:lmao green airball

this man has lost all his confidence

[Death In June]

Wow what cunts. Feed cut to the middle of the play

[Killakobe81]

Pop: Kawhi/LMA PnR.......nah Danny/Tim at the 3 point line. Pop at his ultimate full IDGAF mode

Play was called for Kiwi it didn't open that was on Danny green ...not Pop. he went for the hero three that wasn't open.

Great game though ...Kiwi was a monster!

[siraulo23]

Dat green shot :(

these inbound plays...

[Mikeanaro]

Beat by a noob coach because our old coach cant leave the Pork and Danny Green sucking so much also hurts.

[widowmaker]

Durant acting like he won something lmao

[DMC]

Pop over trying to recruit some USA Basketball Players.

[james evans]

It's fucking stupid when he keeps him on the court even when the other team is literally raping him on defense.
and he does it in the playoffs. I just will never understand why he refuses to sit him down when he can't hold anyone on the floor.

[DarrinS]

Green or LMAlpha tbh

Lol

[random21]

At least Kawhi took a dump all over Durant!

[Brazil]

First game of the season... Relax its not a bad start at all tbh

[baseline bum]

Shit, Aldridge looked like such an amazing fit in the first half and then got bent over by Ibaka the entire second half.

[Budkin]

Damn we were awesome and gave it away at the end.

[urunobili]

:depressed

[Johnny RIngo]

Where was the Parker/LMA pick and pop all game?

They were both in playoff mode tonight aka choking and disappearing.

[sasaint]

when parker is sucking in the 4th, popovich has to sit him. He just has to

This. But don't expect it to happen.

[TheGoldStandard]

It was pretty obvious Pop didn't give a fuck...he was treating the game as a scrimmage

Until the end of the season and it comes down to 1 game to decide between the 2nd seed and 7th seed.

[BillMc]

Well hell.

Ok, we lost on my watch. I pass the GT along to the next man.

[mexicanjunior]

Danny Green is fucking garbage. What a waste of money.

[DMC]

blessing in disguise

[spurtech09]

some bad play calling that cost the spurs

[spursgu]

Alright guys, time to cliff jump. Let's hear it.

[Killakobe81]

Russ and Kiwi looked liked the best players in this game ...top 5 in NBA

[siraulo23]

Great game, spurs shoulda won this one. They gave up the lead too quickly and missed Lma on a mismatch too many times

[BillMc]

Someone smarter than me explain what happened on that Green shot?

[Kikoluna]

I've been telling you all tony is our demise but got called torta Eater by everyone. ....hopefully now you see it

[beirmeistr]

I'm not disappointed, the team looked good tbh.

ditto

[DarrinS]

At least Kawhi took a dump all over Durant!

Yep. It's obvious what our weakest link is.


Overall, I'm happy with what I'm seeing.

[noles1983]

i will never know how that faggot ibaka makes every long range jumper against us and literally nobody else

[Budkin]

At least Kawhi took a dump all over Durant!

This. Good things will happen this season.

[Perry Mason]

Parker played well dumbasses. He was in Waiters' face, scrub just made them. Game was lost when LMA made too many empty possessions.

Team looks good. Guys ran hard. This loss will make them hungry.

[Mikeanaro]

Lamar looked like Tiago, a complete scrub.

[Lostwingman]

First game of the season... Relax its not a bad start at all tbh

This was completely winnable and should have been ours. We can only hope that we won't get bit in the ass by a single game down the line.

[Killakobe81]

some bad play calling that cost the spurs

Playcall was fine it was the execution ...

[Ghjkll]

Manu should have been there to close the game out. He was playing very well.I know he can´t play 30 minutes anymore, but he logged just 18 tonight. Next game...

[Blizzardwizard]

I don't have a krew faggot. And what are you? A soft ass pussy brit?

Game's over, go jerk off on your crusty ass taco covered keyboard over Porker's latest stat line, wanker.

[LongtimeSpursFan]

Danny Green. 2/9 and a double dribble. What type of nba players commits a double dribble?

[Ron Swanson]

They better fix this shit. There are only 81 games left.

[SAGirl]

It was a good game TBH. OKC is the real deal, have to say it. We have our own stuff to clean up. Maybe split TD and LMA when is appropriate, maybe throw some Boban there. Can't believe Dion Waiters, Kanter, killed us. You can count on Westbrook to be a beast, but the "others" did it tonight.

[Darius Bieber]

Last time Spurs lost the season opener: 2008.

[sasaint]

Shit, Aldridge looked like such an amazing fit in the first half and then got bent over by Ibaka the entire second half.

Aldridge AWOL in 2nd half. Has to learn to play when not a PNP or LMA iso.

[DarrinS]

Danny Green is fucking garbage. What a waste of money.

Barely got any looks, tbh.

[DMC]

Saw some good things, people got out got some exercise and had fun which is really what counts.

[lilbthebasedgod]

Biggest issues were the third quarter diaw/west stretch. I think boban can patch that hole. And green is always streaky. LMA will usually play better than today.

I'm not too mad, but it isn't great.

[SpurPadre]

Feeling great about this team. Some flaws we can easily cleanup. Tony will readjust his game. By late December, every team will be shitting their pants when they play us.

[widowmaker]

With the exception of that last play by Green i think spirs played a pretty good game. I think they're gonna be alright.

[DMC]

Aldridge AWOL in 2nd half. Has to learn to play when not a PNP or LMA iso.
What you mean in the first game of the season he wasn't completely dominant? Fuck we screwed up.

[TE]

Regular season. Lots of stuff to improve.

[milkyway21]

we need help in the O instead Pop sat him too long ..

I thought it was a W for the Spurs..Houston lost..for div

[ElNono]

If we can only go up from here, we're looking great, tbh

[sasaint]

It was a good game TBH. OKC is the real deal, have to say it. We have our own stuff to clean up. Maybe split TD and LMA when is appropriate, maybe throw some Boban there. Can't believe Dion Waiters, Kanter, killed us. You can count on Westbrook to be a beast, but the "others" did it tonight.

Many of us expected TD and LMA to be split up more.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

First game of the season shouldn't hurt as much as it does but Spurs were way way too stupid in crunch time. Poor shot selection and poor defense and giving up rebounds. That Westbrook 3 of a fumbled board was the ball game.

[TheGoldStandard]

Spurs need a legit PG soon though.. The writing is on the wall

[Kyl3]

Gave away the game. Not at all surprised

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Let's remember this quote when we tumble down the standings 4 places in April because of one game.

Go jump off the cliff faggot

[Amuseddaysleeper]

And Manu should be there in crunch time not Parker.

[BillMc]

If we can only go up from here, we're looking great, tbh

This is true.

[RD2191]

Game's over, go jerk off on your crusty ass taco covered keyboard over Porker's latest stat line, wanker.

Lmao. Pussy brit boy is getting mad. Crofl.

[Texas_Ranger]

Green should have been guarding Westbrook the whole game. Why are Parker and Mills on him? it's retarded. Also Aldridge will need like 50 games just to get on the same page with this team, especially on defense. I am not panicing but this should have been a win. Also love the ''new'' Oklahoma system. Why did they even change the coach, they are doing the same thing as the last 4 years. Give the ball to Durant and Westbrook and hope for stupid fouls. Good luck in the playoffs with this type of basketball.

[DMC]

Well the people who never really watch basketball have made themselves known. These are the ones who expect the team to be in playoff form on opening night. It's a good thing our coach doesn't think that way.

[daslicer]

Don't care about this loss. It was a very close game that could have gone either way. The Thunder are a great team when they are healthy and they were at home.

[Kawhitstorm]

Parker played well dumbasses. He was in Waiters' face, scrub just made them. Game was lost when LMA made too many empty possessions.

Team looks good. Guys ran hard. This loss will make them hungry.

Idiot, Porker can't guard anyone, it doesn't matter how hard he tries.....he just plain sucks. If he isn't helping the team on offense then he's a net negative especially when Manu/Patty are on the bench.

[spurtech09]

Spurs had this game and blew it......bad play calling at the end.....

[Killakobe81]

green had the shot. And he took it.

he took it.

and broke a major rule of engagement.
great quote.

[Ice009]

I wanted to set the tone with a big win in OKC. Spurs led most of the game and threw it away at the end. Classic fucking Spurs Basketball in games they should have won but threw away.

What are we going to do about Parker. This team has no backup PGs. He's the only guy on the team that can play PG and I'm not even sure if you can play him at the end of games anymore.

[DPG21920]

Kawhi had it going and LMA was passing a lot. Offense still looked great and that was with some hiccups and no Danny :lol. Offense will be sick. I think I saw enough that the defense will be good enough. Bench defense maybe not, but Pop will just have to play Kawhi/Danny some more with those units.

[SAGirl]

Danny Green. 2/9 and a double dribble. What type of nba players commits a double dribble?
He had a rough game TBH. Manu just 18 minutes though. I gather that is around what Pop will want to keep him.

[Brazil]

This was completely winnable and should have been ours. We can only hope that we won't get bit in the ass by a single game down the line.

Spurs played a good game, lot of new people out there... It will take a bit of time.

They did not properly execute down the stretch with some air balls, lma 0 point in second half etc but one can't be mad about the effort.. It's a process

[ElNono]

First game of the season shouldn't hurt as much as it does but Spurs were way way too stupid in crunch time. Poor shot selection and poor defense and giving up rebounds. That Westbrook 3 of a fumbled board was the ball game.

despite the occasional Turnobili, you're going to miss Manu's smarts and playmaking in crunchtime

[tholdren]

Spurs played a good game, lot of new people out there... It will take a bit of time.

They did not properly execute down the stretch with some air balls, lma 0 point in second half etc but one can't be mad about the effort.. It's a process

Excuses for pussies

[Blizzardwizard]

Lmao. Pussy brit boy is getting mad. Crofl.

:cry :cry

If I see you in the welfare line tomorrow I'll chuck a couple Pesos your way, alright?

[spurs10]

Hope they don't let Danny on the plane.....horrible shot. Think LMA was not ready for an air all..

[mexicanjunior]

Until the end of the season and it comes down to 1 game to decide between the 2nd seed and 7th seed.

This...when will people learn that every game means something. Giving away games like this is what fucked us last year. Fuck SPAM, they need to peak ASAP. This isn't the East.

[Ice009]

Spurs would be best served to try and dump Bonner and get a rim protecting big for that second unit. Is there any word on which team Larry Sanders met with?

[sasaint]

i will never know how that faggot ibaka makes every long range jumper against us and literally nobody else

I feel the same way!:(

[BillMc]

My fault. No Melissa in this thread.

[DMC]

Oklahoma City isn't going to get any better than they were tonight. It's always going to be Durant or Westbrook driving down the middle of the paint trying to get to the free throw line. The other players are going to be bailout people. Ibaka will get his shots but not like he did tonight. Meanwhile the Spurs are going to get better by leaps and bounds. By January Oklahoma City will not be able to hang with them I don't think.

[milkyway21]

Maybe Pop could have tried calling pick-n-pop plays for the best pick-n-pop bigman.

I thought LMA & Mills together early in the game, but it didn't work.. :(

well, on the ROAD, a 2-pt game loss vs Thunder..not bad..

[Brazil]

Kawhi had it going and LMA was passing a lot. Offense still looked great and that was with some hiccups and no Danny :lol. Offense will be sick. I think I saw enough that the defense will be good enough. Bench defense maybe not, but Pop will just have to play Kawhi/Danny some more with those units.

Pretty much

[Ice009]

Spurs played a good game, lot of new people out there... It will take a bit of time.

They did not properly execute down the stretch with some air balls, lma 0 point in second half etc but one can't be mad about the effort.. It's a process

I think Pop made a mistake by not bringing LMA in earlier in the 4th quarter. I thought that he sat him way too long. If he got him out there earlier in the 4th I was expecting him to get the ball and get in a rhythm to start the 4th.

Edit : I don't like losing to OKC at any time. I dislike that team like no other. They're the new Lakers to me.

[milkyway21]

Oklahoma City isn't going to get any better than they were tonight. It's always going to be Durant or Westbrook driving down the middle of the paint trying to get to the free throw line. The other players are going to be bailout people. Ibaka will get his shots but not like he did tonight. Meanwhile the Spurs are going to get better by leaps and bounds. By January Oklahoma City will not be able to hang with them I don't think.

[LkrFan]

This...when will people learn that every game means something. Giving away games like this is what fucked us last year. Fuck SPAM, they need to peak ASAP. This isn't the East.

Estoy de acuerdo hijo. :toast

[Harry Callahan]

Durant and Westchimp will break down at some point during the season.

The freebies at the line bailed them out. Green hand was hit on the follow through on that three and the whistles were swallowed.

If OKC offered Durant for Leonard straight up, I would probably pass. I think the Jones fracture will haunt Durant for a long time. Leonard busted him a lot tonight.

The FT disparity in the 4th quarter made the difference. That team HAS to have the foul line to be effective.

OKC has a bunch of ugly, unlikable aholes on their team.

The Spurs let them off the hook a little bit.

OKC is a lot less scary to me without Reggie Jackson. They will miss him. DJ Augustine is decent, but does not put the same amount of pressure on a team.

[SAGirl]

It will be tough when Danny is cold, and always has been TBH. Danny's 3s can create separation from teams. This team's identity is defense. At this point, bc our we have less 3 pt shooters and Danny is bound to have cold nights, we are not going to be blowing out good teams TBH. That is when things like Tony's inability to get a stop, and the bench's lack of rim protectors and rebounding issues come and bite you.

I'd like to see some Boban in the 2nd unit TBH. It will eat into West minutes and Pop will be reluctant to, but sometimes you have to do it. He was positively a problem for benches in preseason.

[Johnny RIngo]

despite the occasional Turnobili, you're going to miss Manu's smarts and playmaking in crunchtime

yup

Manu: 7 assists in 19 mins tonight
Enrique: 3 assists in 26 min tonight

Wonder if Pop and the FO still think they're getting great value from their $45 mil extension on Frenchie. Meanwhile, Manu is getting paid peanuts.

[DMC]

This...when will people learn that every game means something. Giving away games like this is what fucked us last year. Fuck SPAM, they need to peak ASAP. This isn't the East.
Your theory would make more sense if the outcome wasn't controlled by the coach. If Pop is behind by the break he will push harder to gain that ground back. If he has a 10 game lead he's going to cruise and probably not finish with a five-game lead even. So one game does not really matter no matter how much you try to pretend like fast forwarding to the end is the same as playing the season.

[TheGoldStandard]

These are the games that we should win and yeah it's the beginning of the season but it's too "spurs" like to give up a game when they have a lead and someone is wheeling and dealing. Games are only going to get harder and fatigue will set in and injuries etc.. Oh well, time to move on to the next game but hopefully it's a sign of things to come from Kawhi and Aldridge will finally find his place in the offense.

Spurs need a legit PG though, Parker just can't do it and resting him early just to play him late in the 4th after an offensive rhythm has been set with other players will kill the flow of the game and ball movement like it did tonight. I'd rather roll with Diaw playing point forward or Anderson

[milkyway21]

Westbrook, even Ibaka abused our defenders

[BillMc]

Kawhi had it going and LMA was passing a lot. Offense still looked great and that was with some hiccups and no Danny :lol. Offense will be sick. I think I saw enough that the defense will be good enough. Bench defense maybe not, but Pop will just have to play Kawhi/Danny some more with those units.

This.

[wildcardX]

They have things to work on but not a bad game. The past couple years the Spurs were the ones playing catch up to OKC, today it looked like OKC was the team doing that for most of the game. The Spurs will get better as the season progresses

[Brazil]

I think Pop made a mistake by not bringing LMA in earlier in the 4th quarter. I thought that he sat him way too long. If he got him out there earlier in the 4th I was expecting him to get the ball and get in a rhythm to start the 4th.

Edit : I don't like losing to OKC at any time. I dislike that team like no other. They're the new Lakers to me.

also pop should have put Danny on Westbrook sooner... I fucking hate okc but not gonna be mad at one game... As mentioned by DMC, Spurs is a work in progress and potential is impressive, okc is the okc we know for years, a two men show with their strengths and shortcomings...

[Ice009]

They have things to work on but not a bad game. The past couple years the Spurs were the ones playing catch up to OKC, today it looked like OKC was the team doing that for most of the game. The Spurs will get better as the season progresses

Same result though. Another loss in OKC. I don't want that same result. Spurs need to start winning these games where they're up most of the game instead of throwing it away a lot of the time against OKC in OKC.

[Kawhitstorm]

I just glad all of Pop's shyt decision blew up in his face:
-Posting up LMA instead of pick-n-pops
-Putting Tony on Westbrook who dominated him & not being able to hide him on anyone of the opposing players
-Not putting Manu in the game at the end of the game in favor of Danny which resulted in a terrible crunch time execution
-Not playing either LMA, Tim or even Boban alongside Diaw or West which resulted in Kanter owning the offensive glass or a layup line

[Harry Callahan]

Too bad the chimp didn't roll out a 10-25 like he tends to do. I think OKC will be decent but not great. Billy Donovan wasn't even coaching the team at the end. Monty Williams (I think) was.

[mexicanjunior]

Your theory would make more sense if the outcome wasn't controlled by the coach. If Pop is behind by the break he will push harder to gain that ground back. If he has a 10 game lead he's going to cruise and probably not finish with a five-game lead even. So one game does not really matter no matter how much you try to pretend like fast forwarding to the end is the same as playing the season.

If we were playing in the East, I would be less concerned. The West is stacked though, so every winnable game needs to be closed out if you wanna get a decent seed. This team is not good enough to get another 7th seed and expect to just figure it out.

[DMC]

These are the games that we should win and yeah it's the beginning of the season but it's too "spurs" like to give up a game when they have a lead and someone is wheeling and dealing. Games are only going to get harder and fatigue will set in and injuries etc.. Oh well, time to move on to the next game but hopefully it's a sign of things to come from Kawhi and Aldridge will finally find his place in the offense.

Spurs need a legit PG though, Parker just can't do it and resting him early just to play him late in the 4th after an offensive rhythm has been set with other players will kill the flow of the game and ball movement like it did tonight. I'd rather roll with Diaw playing point forward or Anderson
lol no

[Brazil]

These are the games that we should win and yeah it's the beginning of the season but it's too "spurs" like to give up a game when they have a lead and someone is wheeling and dealing. Games are only going to get harder and fatigue will set in and injuries etc.. Oh well, time to move on to the next game but hopefully it's a sign of things to come from Kawhi and Aldridge will finally find his place in the offense.

Spurs need a legit PG though, Parker just can't do it and resting him early just to play him late in the 4th after an offensive rhythm has been set with other players will kill the flow of the game and ball movement like it did tonight. I'd rather roll with Diaw playing point forward or Anderson

Anderson sucks tbh IMO fwiw

[sasaint]

It will be tough when Danny is cold, and always has been TBH. Danny's 3s can create separation from teams. This team's identity is defense. At this point, bc our we have less 3 pt shooters and Danny is bound to have cold nights, we are not going to be blowing out good teams TBH. That is when things like Tony's inability to get a stop, and the bench's lack of rim protectors and rebounding issues come and bite you.

I'd like to see some Boban in the 2nd unit TBH. It will eat into West minutes and Pop will be reluctant to, but sometimes you have to do it. He was positively a problem for benches in preseason.

I agree with a lot you said, but Parker's effort on D is much worse than I expected. And I also expect that pop will play either LMA or TD a lot more with the second unit going forward, splitting West and Boris.

[DPG21920]

And while TP was bad defensively, Westbrook is going to do that to a ton of people. Like HH said, Pop was just seeing what he had in TP in tough match ups. Plus, that was the most disciplined game I have ever seen from WB. It was incredible.

[BD24]

Well at least we get to watch Kobe throw up a bunch of bricks and the Lakers get bent the fuck over by the Twolves now. Makes me feel a little better.

[Ice009]

I just glad all of Pop's shyt decision blew up in his face:
-Posting up LMA instead of pick-n-pops
-Putting Tony on Westbrook who dominated him & not being able to hide him on anyone of the opposing players
-Not putting Manu in the game at the end of the game in favor of Danny which resulted in a terrible crunch time execution
-Not playing either LMA, Tim or even Boban alongside Diaw or West which resulted in Kanter owning the offensive glass or a layup line

Boban was in a suit. Did posters here not realize that? A few people asked for Pop to put him in, but Pop put Bonner on the active roster instead of Boban. They need to seriously think about getting rid of Bonner and getting a rim protecting big for that second unit or a true backup PG.

[SAGirl]

By the way Manu and Diaw with 7 and 6 assists in just 18 and 20 mins of playing time respectively. Shame on those who wanted to trade Diaw and Manu to retire.

I want Kyle to emerge as a playmaker a little bit more though, maybe with more experience against weaker teams. We'll need Kyle to keep Manu fresh. 18 mins is about right for Manu IMO. Its a long season and he started great.

If it wasn't for Kawhi, we would have been blown out of this game. Pop has to get LMA going, I'd say get him on the bench with Diaw and Manu and maybe some West with TD. Problem is West too old/slow to pair up with TD. Then big rotation needs some tweaking IMO.

[DMC]

If we were playing in the East, I would be less concerned. The West is stacked though, so every winnable game needs to be closed out if you wanna get a decent seed. This team is not good enough to get another 7th seed and expect to just figure it out.
The West was stacked last year. We played like shit most of the year and still we were in the top seeding. Had we won our last game of the year we would have been ranked I think second in the West. I doubt our record is going to be that shitty this year so we really don't have much to worry about I don't think.

There are going to be a lot of situations were a game is basically winnable but Pop looks at the long game not each individual game. If you don't know that by now you don't really pay attention.

[TheGoldStandard]

lol no

No to what exactly?

[SAGirl]

Boban was in a suit. Did posters here not realize that? A few people asked for Pop to put him in, but Pop put Bonner on the active roster instead of Boban. They need to seriously think about getting rid of Bonner and getting a rim protecting big for that second unit or a true backup PG.
I agree, I did not notice Boban in a suit. Seriously, Bonner can't help us at this point unless there is an injury TBH.

[james evans]

2 things must happen. Pop has to get in West's shit when he's just letting his man grab offensive rebounds and score at will. He's not in indiana anymore. We aren't a lottery team. He has to move parker to the 2nd unit since they are always getting killed anyway. he's fit in perfectly. We don't need his scoring in the starting line up. We need absolutely nothing from him in the starting lineup. Send him to the bench. If he doesn't like it, trade his ass. I've been watching basketball all of my life and never in the college or the nba have I seen 1 player that can't guard 1 fucking player in every game they have played. There just has to be SOMEONE in the league he can actually guard. It has to be. I refuse to believe he can't guard over 300 players

[SAGirl]

The West was stacked last year. We played like shit most of the year and still we were in the top seeding. Had we won our last game of the year we would have been ranked I think second in the West. I doubt our record is going to be that shitty this year so we really don't have much to worry about I don't think.

There are going to be a lot of situations were a game is basically winnable but Pop looks at the long game not each individual game. If you don't know that by now you don't really pay attention.
Yea, I know that, and there were a few things learned from this game. Besides Kawhi playing like an MVP on both ends, everyone else has stuff to work with. Diaw and Manu played well, but Diaw-West doesn't work. I am questioning whether Pop should split TD/LMA a little bit and mix and match with Diaw/West or just give minutes to Boban tbh.

[Kawhitstorm]

It was a good game TBH. OKC is the real deal, have to say it. We have our own stuff to clean up. Maybe split TD and LMA when is appropriate, maybe throw some Boban there. Can't believe Dion Waiters, Kanter, killed us. You can count on Westbrook to be a beast, but the "others" did it tonight.

It was typical Dion Waiters: feast of famine. Kanter did what he usually does but Porker not attacking him on the switches was pathetic. He's basically the white Amare, you have to expose him on defense to mitigate his offense output. The Spurs starting backcourt in general was pathetic.

[Johnny RIngo]

I just glad all of Pop's shyt decision blew up in his face:
-Posting up LMA instead of pick-n-pops
-Putting Tony on Westbrook who dominated him & not being able to hide him on anyone of the opposing players
-Not putting Manu in the game at the end of the game in favor of Danny which resulted in a terrible crunch time execution
-Not playing either LMA, Tim or even Boban alongside Diaw or West which resulted in Kanter owning the offensive glass or a layup line

No idea why Pop thought this was a good idea. Westbrook has been abusing poor Tony for quite a while now. Absolutely wrecked him in the 2014 Conference Finals. Frenchie should never be guarding Russell.

[BillMc]

What the hell happened to Houston tonight? Nice home opener...

[pgardn]

The Boris/West combo underneath on D is not gonna hack it against junk men like Kanter.
This is where we miss Tiago.


Pg is a definite concern on D.

The forced prayers by Green, KL, and Aldridge when some movement was needed is disturbing.
overall I think we can work through this.


We ok.

[mexicanjunior]

The West was stacked last year. We played like shit most of the year and still we were in the top seeding. Had we won our last game of the year we would have been ranked I think second in the West. I doubt our record is going to be that shitty this year so we really don't have much to worry about I don't think.

There are going to be a lot of situations were a game is basically winnable but Pop looks at the long game not each individual game. If you don't know that by now you don't really pay attention.

West is even harder this year with the Warriors, Clippers, Thunder and Rockets all improving. Assuming we will have a better record than last year with a bunch of new parts is a big and silly assumption. Every game needs to be taken seriously, fuck the "long game".

[Ice009]

Anderson sucks tbh IMO fwiw

LOL. Where is that poster from a couple of days ago that said he's going to be better than Kawhi when it's all said and done. Kyle has no chance to be better than Kawhi because of his lower ceiling on defense.

What makes Kawhi have great potential is that he's a two way player. That's why Tim Duncan is a top 5 player of all time. Tim was great on defense and great on offense. Kawhi, right now, is great on defense and a still improving - very good on offense, and going off of tonight, if Kawhi keeps improving his offense to this level throughout the season, he's a top 5 player in the NBA.

[TheGoldStandard]

No idea why Pop thought this was a good idea. Westbrook has been abusing poor Tony for quite a while now. Absolutely wrecked him in the 2014 Conference Finals. Frenchie should never be guarding Russell.

Same reason why Pop was content with Diaw and West getting their crap pushed in on the boards. He doesn't care.

[pgardn]

No idea why Pop thought this was a good idea. Westbrook has been abusing poor Tony for quite a while now. Absolutely wrecked him in the 2014 Conference Finals. Frenchie should never be guarding Russell.

Cant do Green the whole game. He will foul out.

[Kawhitstorm]

No idea why Pop thought this was a good idea. Westbrook has been abusing poor Tony for quite a while now. Absolutely wrecked him in the 2014 Conference Finals. Frenchie should never be guarding Russell.

Pop FIRMLY believes that Porker has to guard his man for 3 quarters no matter who he's guarding.

[DMC]

Yea, I know that, and there were a few things learned from this game. Besides Kawhi playing like an MVP on both ends, everyone else has stuff to work with. Diaw and Manu played well, but Diaw-West doesn't work. I am questioning whether Pop should split TD/LMA a little bit and mix and match with Diaw/West or just give minutes to Boban tbh.
I think Bobo and David West will work just fine as long as David West doesn't continue to pass up open looks. He is an offensive threat and that's how he needs to be used. The same is true for LaMarcus Aldridge. Too many times tonight he passed up wide open looks to differ just trying to fit into the Spurs way of quick ball movement. Thats something Pop is going to have to deal with though. You cannot expect guys to transition to his way of doing things especially known talent like that. You have to hybrid the entire system so that your newly acquired talent can prosper.

[Kawhitstorm]

Cant do Green the whole game. He will foul out.

Better to have him foul out doing something positive rather than having BOTH backcourt players being a net negative.

[DMC]

Same reason why Pop was content with Diaw and West getting their crap pushed in on the boards. He doesn't care.
I don't know if you say things just to try to be stupid, you think its funny or you're just an idiot. Reading your post makes my head hurt.

[pgardn]

Better to have him foul out doing something positive rather than having BOTH backcourt players being a net negative.

So you want Parker on Westbrook at the end of the game.

No. Say no.

[DPG21920]

Yea, I know that, and there were a few things learned from this game. Besides Kawhi playing like an MVP on both ends, everyone else has stuff to work with. Diaw and Manu played well, but Diaw-West doesn't work. I am questioning whether Pop should split TD/LMA a little bit and mix and match with Diaw/West or just give minutes to Boban tbh.

Way too early to say that IMO. You have to remember, Boris/West didn't get much burn at all in the pre-season. It will take time to adjust. I agree there are somethings that we know (defense will likely suffer with them, rebounding might be an issue) but overall it's early and they are talented. Plus, there will be lineups where they make a lot more sense. OKC just tough

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I
despite the occasional Turnobili, you're going to miss Manu's smarts and playmaking in crunchtime



Exactly, call me a homer but I'd rather die by a ginobili screw up than Parker. Parker was a massive detriment to the team in crunch time.

[Arcadian]

My biggest criticisms are

1) Small lineup with West and Diaw playing at the same time = shit rebounding. We have three 7 footers on the team. Use them.

2) The offense was reduced to nothing but isolating Leonard or Aldridge at the end. As good as they are, that's not a winning style of offense.

[DPG21920]

West is even harder this year with the Warriors, Clippers, Thunder and Rockets all improving. Assuming we will have a better record than last year with a bunch of new parts is a big and silly assumption. Every game needs to be taken seriously, fuck the "long game".

The game was taken very seriously - just because Pop tried some new things doesn't mean it was not serious. It's a lot of new pieces. Pop can't just bail on things in the first half of the first game. It was a tough loss against a tough team on the road. This was not some scheduled win that everyone is shocked the Spurs lost.

[james evans]

leonard should get dopy again for the simple fact he ha to guard his man along with parker's most of the time

[TheGoldStandard]

I don't know if you say things just to try to be stupid, you think its funny or you're just an idiot. Reading your post makes my head hurt.

Then don't read it. Simple as that.. There are a lot of rotations that don't work yet but you don't stick with it when it's not yield results during an in game scenario especially when the other teams best players are not on the court and you're just trading shots and not building a bigger lead. No, you save those adjustments for practice when you can pull them aside and tell them this is what you have to do when you're both on the court at the same time.

Lots of working parts and not enough time in game scenarios to allow for them to kind of find their way in a game.

[TheGoldStandard]

The game was taken very seriously - just because Pop tried some new things doesn't mean it was not serious. It's a lot of new pieces. Pop can't just bail on things in the first half of the first game. It was a tough loss against a tough team on the road. This was not some scheduled win that everyone is shocked the Spurs lost.

He didn't really bail on anything until the last 6 minutes of the game. Up until then there was quite a bit of ball movement, then it went to a bunch of iso stuff.

[SAGirl]

Spurs need a legit PG soon though.. The writing is on the wall
Schroder is knocking on our door.... but I doubt we could get it done, and he's still too young, not ready for the role. Has potential though. Still, its not happening. Wishful thinking.

[DMC]

Had the opening game been against the 76ers everyone would be talking about how we are going to be undefeated this season. We could have even played worse and that would still be the main theme on the front page.

[pgardn]

My biggest criticisms are

1) Small lineup with West and Diaw playing at the same time = shit rebounding. We have three 7 footers on the team. Use them.

2) The offense was reduced to nothing but isolating Leonard or Aldridge at the end. As good as they are, that's not a winning style of offense.

Agree with 1) but we can get away with it against some teams.

2) is very disturbing

On the same page.

[DPG21920]

Had the opening game been against the 76ers everyone would be talking about how we are going to be undefeated this season. We could have even played worse and that would still be the main theme on the front page.

Yup. In fact, based on what I saw tonight, I would not be suprised if SA gets off to an 8-2 start which is fantastic.

[sasaint]

Schroder is knocking on our door.... but I doubt we could get it done, and he's still too young, not ready for the role. Has potential though. Still, its not happening. Wishful thinking.

Let Atlanta figure out how to make Schroder happy. Go for Teague, instead.

[pgardn]

Yup. In fact, based on what I saw tonight, I would not be suprised if SA gets off to an 8-2 start which is fantastic.

Agree.

I just hate the lack of ball movement during the serious waning moments because we CAN iso. This was not Boris butt bumping for the baby hook, these were bad shots.

[Harry Callahan]

Yup. In fact, based on what I saw tonight, I would not be suprised if SA gets off to an 8-2 start which is fantastic.

The Spurs will beat the crap out of some of the lesser teams they play in the next 10 or so games. LMA and Leonard are going to wear teams out down low. OKC could not cover KL. Durant will be a defensive liability if he can't improve his mobility coming off he broken foot.

[SAGirl]

I think Bobo and David West will work just fine as long as David West doesn't continue to pass up open looks. He is an offensive threat and that's how he needs to be used. The same is true for LaMarcus Aldridge. Too many times tonight he passed up wide open looks to differ just trying to fit into the Spurs way of quick ball movement. Thats something Pop is going to have to deal with though. You cannot expect guys to transition to his way of doing things especially known talent like that. You have to hybrid the entire system so that your newly acquired talent can prosper.
Agree on this, specially on their aggressiveness and knowing the shots they need to take. West didn't have a good game outside of a few good plays. My concern with them is rebounding and rim protection. Patty, Manu and Kyle are not your defensive aces. I thought they were ok individually, but Patty and Manu's man kept giving them the slip and just setting up Kanter. It was open season at the rim with the bench. I seriously would not have mind to have seen a Boban, Bobo, Kyle trio.

Our backcourt has problems on defense too, Tony and Patty are small and inadequate defensively, Manu still makes defensive plays God bless him, but also gets driven by at times, and Kyle I basically consider a rookie bc of his limited experience last year. Its a problem, but when you put Boban in there, he was able to survive with just Kyle and him and all perimeter players.

OKC is tough and we have to keep it in perspective, but Diaw-West are not going to work every time. Some times you will need Boban or just TD or LMA. By the way both TD and LMA had good defensive games overall.

[Harry Callahan]

Agree.

I just hate the lack of ball movement during the serious waning moments because we CAN iso.

The ball movement will come as guys get used to playing together. LMA will be a good outlet for easy buckets as we go along.

[pgardn]

The ball movement will come as guys get used to playing together. LMA will be a good outlet for easy buckets as we go along.

My hope also.:bobo

[DMC]

The Spurs will beat the crap out of some of the lesser teams they play in the next 10 or so games. LMA and Leonard are going to wear teams out down low. OKC could not cover KL. Durant will be a defensive liability if he can't improve his mobility coming off he broken foot.
If Oklahoma City plays like that in two months, they're going to get their shit pushed in. Our new guys barely contributed compared to what they're capable of. You know Donovan knows that.

[sasaint]

The Spurs will beat the crap out of some of the lesser teams they play in the next 10 or so games. LMA and Leonard are going to wear teams out down low. OKC could not cover KL. Durant will be a defensive liability if he can't improve his mobility coming off he broken foot.

Durant wasn't exactly a defensive stopper before!

[DMC]

Agree on this, specially on their aggressiveness and knowing the shots they need to take. West didn't have a good game outside of a few good plays. My concern with them is rebounding and rim protection. Patty, Manu and Kyle are not your defensive aces. I thought they were ok individually, but Patty and Manu's man kept giving them the slip and just setting up Kanter. It was open season at the rim with the bench. I seriously would not have mind to have seen a Boban, Bobo, Kyle trio.

Our backcourt has problems on defense too, Tony and Patty are small and inadequate defensively, Manu still makes defensive plays God bless him, but also gets driven by at times, and Kyle I basically consider a rookie bc of his limited experience last year. Its a problem, but when you put Boban in there, he was able to survive with just Kyle and him and all perimeter players.

OKC is tough and we have to keep it in perspective, but Diaw-West are not going to work every time. Some times you will need Boban or just TD or LMA. By the way both TD and LMA had good defensive games overall.
Youre never going to have good rebounding when you go fast and small. I realize Boris and David aren't necessarily small but they are the bigs when your playing small ball. You throw a 7 footer or two in there and now you have a liability on offense as they drag ass back up the court. It slows down your offense. You can't have that. That's why David West needs to get the ball in his spots so he can force the defense to collapse on him and find his shooters.

[sasaint]

The ball movement will come as guys get used to playing together. LMA will be a good outlet for easy buckets as we go along.

I hope that is Pop's plan and that it takes hold. Sooner rather than later, hopefully.

[Harry Callahan]

Durant wasn't exactly a defensive stopper before!

Durant did not look that great tonight. Of course KL made him look bad on both ends of the floor for long stretches. I personally think OKC's window will close very soon due to greed and ego from the teams two best players.

[sasaint]

Durant did not look that great tonight. Of course KL made him look bad on both ends of the floor for long stretches. I personally think OKC's window will close very soon due to greed and ego from the teams two best players.

You mean sooner than the end of this season? Because Durant is going to go bye-bye in free agency.

[SupremeGuy]

literally?!?!?Did you miss it? They left him bloodied and beaten.

[weeks]

They have things to work on but not a bad game. The past couple years the Spurs were the ones playing catch up to OKC, today it looked like OKC was the team doing that for most of the game. The Spurs will get better as the season progresses

we looked better than expected, but okc beat us 3/4 quarters

[SupremeGuy]

Holy fuck Chimpbrook is good. lol That damn bastard. Looked like a young Jordan out there. Crazy that Kawhi kept up and shit.

[Kawhitstorm]

So you want Parker on Westbrook at the end of the game.

No. Say no.

You put Danny on Westbrook when he's getting into the lane every freaking time. It doesn't make a difference if they scored the point in the first quarter or 4th quarter, all the points add up to the final score. If anything Westbrook getting into the lane puts them in the bonus EARLY then it's a FT parade thereafter. Mothafuckas act like you get bonus points in the 4th as if it's an arcade game or some shyt.

[SAGirl]

Youre never going to have good rebounding when you go fast and small. I realize Boris and David aren't necessarily small but they are the bigs when your playing small ball. You throw a 7 footer or two in there and now you have a liability on offense as they drag ass back up the court. It slows down your offense. You can't have that. That's why David West needs to get the ball in his spots so he can force the defense to collapse on him and find his shooters.
The bench did pretty well with all 3 of the big man in small ball with Kyle and Rasual. I realize Boban is a rook and Kyle's first time in the rotation, so you don't trust these two, but overall, the bench did very well in small ball with just one big when it wasn't WEst. They were able to get stops defensively and offensively rocked. West wasn't that good in the small ball variations in preseason either TBH.

[Kawhitstorm]

Youre never going to have good rebounding when you go fast and small. I realize Boris and David aren't necessarily small but they are the bigs when your playing small ball. You throw a 7 footer or two in there and now you have a liability on offense as they drag ass back up the court. It slows down your offense. You can't have that. That's why David West needs to get the ball in his spots so he can force the defense to collapse on him and find his shooters.

David west isn't quicker than LMA or Tim on defense. Shyt, Boban can run down the floor as well as him.

[SAGirl]

David west isn't quicker than LMA or Tim on defense.
And a worse rebounder and lacking in rim protection. Its a problem tbh.

[ace3g]

My summary:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c6/57/4c/c6574c6dc6467095ebbb51c0fd6ecd82.jpg


Although the closing execution wasn't the best and the starting line up clearly wasn't playing well together to end the game...
I think Pop left the starting line up out there to gain familiarity in those type of close game situations.


He easily could have put West, Diaw, Manu, Patty, etc out there but stuck with the starting line up.
The bench didn't play the last 5:27 of the game.
The regular season is a process, don't rush it.

Jabari Young @JabariJYoung
(https://twitter.com/JabariJYoung)
Both Popovich and Ginobili said miscommunication played a big role in tonight's loss #Spurs (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Spurs) #Thunder (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Thunder)

[TheGoldStandard]

My summary:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c6/57/4c/c6574c6dc6467095ebbb51c0fd6ecd82.jpg


Although the closing execution wasn't the best and the starting line up clearly wasn't playing well together to end the game...
I think Pop left the starting line up out there to gain familiarity in those type of close game situations.


He easily could have put West, Diaw, Manu, Patty, etc out there but stuck with the starting line up.
The bench didn't play the last 5:27 of the game.

The regular season is a process, don't rush it.





Jabari Young @JabariJYoung
(https://twitter.com/JabariJYoung)
Both Popovich and Ginobili said miscommunication played a big role in tonight's loss #Spurs (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Spurs) #Thunder (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Thunder)






The biggest miscommunication was playing parker down the stretch

[SAGirl]

Jabari Young @JabariJYoung
(https://twitter.com/JabariJYoung)
Both Popovich and Ginobili said miscommunication played a big role in tonight's loss #Spurs (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Spurs) #Thunder (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Thunder)
Miscommunication?

[pgardn]

You put Danny on Westbrook when he's getting into the lane every freaking time. It doesn't make a difference if they scored the point in the first quarter or 4th quarter, all the points add up to the final score. If anything Westbrook getting into the lane puts them in the bonus EARLY then it's a FT parade thereafter. Mothafuckas act like you get bonus points in the 4th as if it's an arcade game or some shyt.

So you think we get a big lead and then blow it anyway when Westbrook goes apeshit on Parker at the end of the 4th while Danny is sitting.

Well we just can't win then. There is no solution, the points all add up.

The hope is to stay in the game and win it with D at the end. Which we did and did not do.

[Thomas82]

+1

[Kawhitstorm]

So you think we get a big lead and then blow it anyway when Westbrook goes apeshit on Parker at the end of the 4th while Danny is sitting.

Well we just can't win then. There is no solution, the points all add up.

The hope is to stay in the game and win it with D at the end. Which we did and did not do.

You are acting like Danny is going to foul out in the 1st quarter or some shyt. He checked him for long stretches in the 2014 WCF without fouling out. What Pop should have done was play Manu in the 4th for offensive purposes & have him guard Waiters on the other end. Tony was doing nothing on offense & getting picked on by everyone on the floor. At least Manu can handle Westbrook in the post & Patty can ball pressure him.

[nowitzkikopf]

man, parker looks done. but even with that, spurs look scary. this will be a good year

[Kawhitstorm]

My summary:




Although the closing execution wasn't the best and the starting line up clearly wasn't playing well together to end the game...
I think Pop left the starting line up out there to gain familiarity in those type of close game situations.




It was obvious that he was treating it like a scrimmage & not too worried about losing the game. The fact he had to call two timeouts to setup the final play & them blowing it means there will be more scrimmage games coming up.:bang

[Kawhitstorm]

man, parker looks done. but even with that, spurs look scary. this will be a good year

Curry might drop 100 on Tony if Pop leave him on an island & shut him down on the other end.

[DarrinS]

I'm ecstatic about how the Spurs played tonight. If that's how they played in their first REAL game, on the road, against a quality opponent, there's nothing but upside.

[Obstructed_View]

As cringe-worthy as Kobe's contested jumpers and KG's fake tough guy routine are, I figured I'd tear myself away to evaluate the game.

KL: Kid's good. Defensive juggernaut. Could have sprinkled an assist or two in. He'll get better when he realizes that he should only be taking those jumpers off the dribble when they're going in. Too bad he couldn't find his way to checking Durant when it mattered.

Duncan: Just transitions into the ultimate glue guy. Four blocks. Holy shit.

Parker: Didn't play great, but I'm not terribly worried. He can still get to the rim when he wants to, and at his age, I'm fine if he saves as many of those for later in the season.

Manu: Had his moments, but for some reason he went weak to the basket a number of times, rendering a great performance as just pretty good. He'll learn where people are.

DWest: Didn't look great, but if the worst thing to take from this is that he'll need some time to figure out where he fits, then I'm okay with it.

Green and Mills: Gotta hit em when they're open.

Pop: Got outcoached by a rookie. Scott Brooks ain't in the house no more.

Game Plan: F. In a game where you come out thinking that suddenly switching the pick and roll with four minutes to go is the second most fucking retarded thing to happen, you know you've got a problem. If you were to scout the Thunder, you'd probably say that the post defense by Ibaka and Adams was their strength. The Spurs went at their strength way too many times and didn't do anything else. What happened to good shot to great shot? I was really expecting the ball movement of last year's Spurs with Lamarcus' offense. I hope that's the way they go as the season progresses, because this looks like fucking four down with just random guys that aren't hot forcing jumpers.

Random thought from tonight: Have a better record than OKC this year. 11 FTA through three quarters, 11 FTA in the fourth. You don't want a game 7 in their building.

[DarrinS]

I expect ball movement to improve. The team is still adjusting to new personnel. Id like to see Green getting better looks.

[Kawhi 5-0]

Spurs played their butts off. Didn't come away with a win, but it was a hell of a performance. It's obvious the guys worked hard in the off-season.

That was a new Kawhi we saw tonight. Takes guts to play like that. If you win, you're great. If you lose, people call you a bum. That was probably the most complete game Leonard has ever played. Superb!

Parker looked really good. Guarding Westbrook is an extremely unenviable job.

Manu was outstanding! Excellent start to the season for him.

Green made some tough shots. The last one was a rough one. If he makes it we worship him. Adams closed out and made a great effort.

LaMarcus probably got some jitters out. Change is difficult. He played a very mature game. Seemingly recognized Leonard had it going on. What a weapon Aldridge is.

Timmy showed up in shape and ready to play.

Mills gave a great effort.

Anderson had some wow moments.

West is going to be an awesome addition.

Boris played a great game.

The adage is "make someone else beat you". Kawhi did a fantastic job on KD and poured in his new career high in scoring by the way (as it were).

Waiters beat us. Kanter beat us. It was a rebound here and there shy of a victory.

OKC had more fire in their guts, but not by much. Spurs played pretty composed basketball...especially the first three quarters. Leonard looked gassed. He did it all.

First game of the year...significantly different roster...road game against a damn good team.

I'm proud of the guys. Time to regroup. Take it one game at a time. This is going to be a great squad. Thank you Spurs!

--Paul

[BatManu20]

I'm ecstatic about how the Spurs played tonight. If that's how they played in their first REAL game, on the road, against a quality opponent, there's nothing but upside.

This. Missed a lot of good looks too and gave up a ton of points on the paint, which I'm sure they'll correct with time. All in all, played much better than I expected.

[Slime Baller]

What's the best place to watch postgame coverage/interviews? Does NBA.com archive that stuff? I think I need to do some Googling.

[99 Problems]

We gunna have some fun with this team. Really surprised just how good we played.

[nowitzkikopf]

hahah- sad but not far from the truth. luckily you guys have kiwi and green to rotate off on curry and klay. part of the reason why spurs are a terrible match up for gsw. that and now lma (assuming he finds his groove in the system, which he will)

[nowitzkikopf]

Curry might drop 100 on Tony if Pop leave him on an island & shut him down on the other end.

hahah- sad but not far from the truth. luckily you guys have kiwi and green to rotate off on curry and klay. part of the reason why spurs are a terrible match up for gsw. that and now lma (assuming he finds his groove in the system, which he will)

[Obstructed_View]

Transition defense was a big concern after watching the Spurs get chopped up in the preseason. They were really good tonight. That and taking care of the ball will keep you in most games.

Also, gotta grab a god damn defensive rebound in the fourth quarter, guys.

[Fireball]

god I am pissed about this loss ...

Kawhi - solid game, but too dedicated on offense leading to no defensive plays in crunch time

LMA - good first half, but absolutely useless in crunch time

TD - holds the ball too long on the perimeter, but his help defense is still awesome ... old as fuck too, so he gets a pass

TP - still has some speed, but cannot be hidden on defense against good teams, OKC looked for Waiters who scored two buckets against him ...

Manu - three typical turnovers leading to fast breaks ... old as fuck too so he was alright I guess

Boris - get in shape man

West - a foul machine ... only good thing he did was shoving Kanter at the end of the first half

Kyle - two nice buckets in the first half, but if he continues to miss the corner three he will be a goner ...

Patty - he scored, but it was here or there and not the huge scoring booster from 2 years ago .. I miss that

Green - god, that icy/hot shtick is getting old .. can he just make 3/7 threes every game ... bad execution in the play designed for him in the end

Pop - making a play for Danny in the end was an awful decision ... hopefully he gets Boban into the rotation ... Kanter would not score that easily against him

[tholdren]

Curry might drop 100 on Tony if Pop leave him on an island & shut him down on the other end.

You do realize you are the worst poster on here, correct?

[szkorhetz]

The end of the beautiful game, TBH. Kawhi was fantastic, but this Melo-light offense and with the very bad using of LMA really makes our offense look like the Brown-led Lakers with Kobe posting up over and over again.

[Kawhitstorm]

You do realize you are the worst poster on here, correct?

That's a compliment from a dumbass like you........go lick some balls

[HarlemHeat37]

:lmao
That's a compliment from a dumbass like you........go lick some balls

[kobyz]

This team need a trade or two, the bench is filled with old, helf done, one side players...

[BillMc]

Strangely enough Dallas is the only team in the Southwest Division with a win. Who'd have thought that.

[Gladney to see you]

Need every W, but they did very well for a team learning to play together.

[ceperez]

Pop - making a play for Danny in the end was an awful decision ... hopefully he gets Boban into the rotation ... Kanter would not score that easily against him

Pop hates going into overtime... this is early in the season... no need to worry about losing this game. I kind of expected that Spurs would attempt a 3.

[ceperez]

Spurs played their butts off. Didn't come away with a win, but it was a hell of a performance. It's obvious the guys worked hard in the off-season.

That was a new Kawhi we saw tonight. Takes guts to play like that. If you win, you're great. If you lose, people call you a bum. That was probably the most complete game Leonard has ever played. Superb!

Parker looked really good. Guarding Westbrook is an extremely unenviable job.

Manu was outstanding! Excellent start to the season for him.

Green made some tough shots. The last one was a rough one. If he makes it we worship him. Adams closed out and made a great effort.

LaMarcus probably got some jitters out. Change is difficult. He played a very mature game. Seemingly recognized Leonard had it going on. What a weapon Aldridge is.

Timmy showed up in shape and ready to play.

Mills gave a great effort.

Anderson had some wow moments.

West is going to be an awesome addition.

Boris played a great game.

The adage is "make someone else beat you". Kawhi did a fantastic job on KD and poured in his new career high in scoring by the way (as it were).

Waiters beat us. Kanter beat us. It was a rebound here and there shy of a victory.

OKC had more fire in their guts, but not by much. Spurs played pretty composed basketball...especially the first three quarters. Leonard looked gassed. He did it all.

First game of the year...significantly different roster...road game against a damn good team.

I'm proud of the guys. Time to regroup. Take it one game at a time. This is going to be a great squad. Thank you Spurs!

--Paul

Good summary.

The team has so much options in offense that I wonder if Leonard is just doing too much.

KA can pretty much score against any small guard. He however needs to improve his catch and shoot and he needs to figure out what to do when isolated against a quick guard.

Diaw is really under-rated in this team. Guy was shooting 3's, posting up, blocking shots.

Manu is playing great, but too many forced attempts.

West and Aldridge need to know that if they are caught in an awkward uncomfortable spot that they should just pass it out instead of forcing an awkward shot.

Spurs need a better PG defender than Parker. Maybe Manu or maybe someone else can step up to the plate.

Anyway... good game to start the season. Looks like OKC and Spurs are ready. OKC may have made the right move of paying Kanter. It gives them a good scoring option on the 2nd team.

Durant and Westbrook played a lot of minutes. Pop didn't even care to put Green on Westbrook. This would make sense, but he may be treating this like a practice game.

[pgardn]

You are acting like Danny is going to foul out in the 1st quarter or some shyt. He checked him for long stretches in the 2014 WCF without fouling out. What Pop should have done was play Manu in the 4th for offensive purposes & have him guard Waiters on the other end. Tony was doing nothing on offense & getting picked on by everyone on the floor. At least Manu can handle Westbrook in the post & Patty can ball pressure him.

Patty will let Westbrook into the lane every time because he ball pressures until he gets his socks faked off. Manu... that's torture. You act like having those two on the floor at one time makes ONE HYBRID defender. That's so misguided, just like your point total non solution. The idea is too have Parker merely stay in front of people with a lot of help. This is very difficult. So yeah I see the Parker problem, but I don't see a nice solution from you. Like its so obvious what needs to be done. If this is the playoffs, I think you see Green on him more often, But not the whole game. Don't matter, this is a very tough matchup, especially if Westbrook passes once in a while as this really screws the help.

[Fireball]

Pop hates going into overtime... this is early in the season... no need to worry about losing this game. I kind of expected that Spurs would attempt a 3.

I do not worry, but I hate losing ... especially to that antic heavy OKC team ...

[Kawhi 5-0]

Good summary.

The team has so much options in offense that I wonder if Leonard is just doing too much.

KA can pretty much score against any small guard. He however needs to improve his catch and shoot and he needs to figure out what to do when isolated against a quick guard.

Diaw is really under-rated in this team. Guy was shooting 3's, posting up, blocking shots.

Manu is playing great, but too many forced attempts.

West and Aldridge need to know that if they are caught in an awkward uncomfortable spot that they should just pass it out instead of forcing an awkward shot.

Spurs need a better PG defender than Parker. Maybe Manu or maybe someone else can step up to the plate.

Anyway... good game to start the season. Looks like OKC and Spurs are ready. OKC may have made the right move of paying Kanter. It gives them a good scoring option on the 2nd team.

Durant and Westbrook played a lot of minutes. Pop didn't even care to put Green on Westbrook. This would make sense, but he may be treating this like a practice game.

Thank you! Yes, I would like to have seen more Green on Westbrook.

[gambit1990]

did no one else see durant push kawhi down?

in the first half, i'm thinking the first quarter. kawhi drove to the basket, missed a lay up, and on his way down it looked like durant pushed him. kawhi ended up on the floor and then when he was back up he looked mad.

i could be wrong. that's what i thought i saw.

[Obstructed_View]

... hopefully he gets Boban into the rotation ... Kanter would not score that easily against him

Can't be done, because you'd have to deactivate Bonner. We all know that's not gonna happen.

[DMC]

David west isn't quicker than LMA or Tim on defense. Shyt, Boban can run down the floor as well as him.

Doesn't matter, because small ball doesn't consider rebounds that much. It's high octane scoring and fast pace offense. David West can shoot the ball without needing to be in the paint. Boban hasn't done anything to show me he can do anything.

[Lostwingman]

only good thing he did was shoving Kanter at the end of the first half

:lmao

[tholdren]

That's a compliment from a dumbass like you........go lick some balls
You do realize that Waiters hit a turnaround fadeaway midrange to take the lead over parker, and to put them up 5 westbrook hit a three... danny green loafing.

[Kawhitstorm]

Patty will let Westbrook into the lane every time because he ball pressures until he gets his socks faked off. Manu... that's torture. You act like having those two on the floor at one time makes ONE HYBRID defender. That's so misguided, just like your point total non solution. The idea is too have Parker merely stay in front of people with a lot of help. This is very difficult. So yeah I see the Parker problem, but I don't see a nice solution from you. Like its so obvious what needs to be done. If this is the playoffs, I think you see Green on him more often, But not the whole game. Don't matter, this is a very tough matchup, especially if Westbrook passes once in a while as this really screws the help.

Dummy, my point is Tony doesn't absolutely nothing to both Westbrook. Patty is small but he can actually cause turnover, pick up charges & make him work even if he gets destroyed JUST LIKE Parker once he's past half-court. Manu can switch onto Waiters without being at a size disadvantage. Not to mention Tony doesn't do much on offense to make Westbrook work, actually Russy was playing the passing lanes when Tony didn't have the ball in his hands (which happened a lot in the 4th b/c of LMA/Kawhi) b/c he isn't a treat w/o the ball. On the other hand, Patty/Manu can spread the floor & make him pay for gambling. Anybody who watched Gm 6 of the 2014 WCF WITHOUT Tony can see that Porker is a NET negative against OKC.

[Kawhitstorm]

Doesn't matter, because small ball doesn't consider rebounds that much. It's high octane scoring and fast pace offense. David West can shoot the ball without needing to be in the paint. Boban hasn't done anything to show me he can do anything.

Dummy, the Spurs were the ones playing small ball & getting crushed by Kanters/Adams (both of whom are 7ft/250+)

[Kawhitstorm]

You do realize that Waiters hit a turnaround fadeaway midrange to take the lead over parker, and to put them up 5 westbrook hit a three... danny green loafing.

Yes, he wasn't bother by Tony b/c he's a midget. Manu is BIGGER than Waiters.

[tholdren]

Yes, he wasn't bother by Tony b/c he's a midget. Manu is BIGGER than Waiters.

he wasn't bother? Me no speaky chinee

[ceperez]

Thank you! Yes, I would like to have seen more Green on Westbrook.

That would have been the obvious assignment. My guess is PATFO doesn't want Westbrook or Durant to be comfortable playing against their likely defender. Leonard on Westbrook and Green on Durant come playoff time.

[tholdren]

That would have been the obvious assignment. My guess is PATFO doesn't want Westbrook or Durant to be comfortable playing against their likely defender. Leonard on Westbrook and Green on Durant come playoff time.
green was on westbrook, when he hit the three to put okc up 5

[pgardn]

Dummy, my point is Tony doesn't absolutely nothing to both Westbrook. Patty is small but he can actually cause turnover, pick up charges & make him work even if he gets destroyed JUST LIKE Parker once he's past half-court. Manu can switch onto Waiters without being at a size disadvantage. Not to mention Tony doesn't do much on offense to make Westbrook work, actually Russy was playing the passing lanes when Tony didn't have the ball in his hands (which happened a lot in the 4th b/c of LMA/Kawhi) b/c he isn't a treat w/o the ball. On the other hand, Patty/Manu can spread the floor & make him pay for gambling. Anybody who watched Gm 6 of the 2014 WCF WITHOUT Tony can see that Porker is a NET negative against OKC.

So you start Patty / Manu and then have Parker play with the 2nd unit?

What the hell are you proposing?

[Kawhitstorm]

So you start Patty / Manu and then have Parker play with the 2nd unit?

What the hell are you proposing?

Start Tony, if he's having a bad game then bench him b/c there are other options. Tony's game isn't conducive to being a spark off the bench since he basically a game mangers nowadays.

[tholdren]

Start Tony, if he's having a bad game then bench him b/c there are other options. Tony's game isn't conducive to being a spark off the bench since he basically a game mangers nowadays.

Game mangers? Tell me more

[DMC]

Dummy, the Spurs were the ones playing small ball & getting crushed by Kanters/Adams (both of whom are 7ft/250+)

I didn't say they should play small ball, just that small ball doesn't include 7 footers, shitforbrains

[Kawhitstorm]

I didn't say they should play small ball, just that small ball doesn't include 7 footers, shitforbrains Idiot, the point is that they SHOULDN'T PLAY the SMALL BALL lineup against two LEGIT centers. Besides, small ball has nothing to do w/ height, it's about mobility. Bosh/Durant/Dirk are 7ft tall but can't handle Kanter nor Adams in the paint.

[DMC]

Idiot, the point is that they SHOULDN'T PLAY the SMALL BALL lineup against two LEGIT centers. Besides, small ball has nothing to do w/ height, it's about mobility. Bosh/Durant/Dirk are 7ft tall but can't handle Kanter nor Adams in the paint.

There's a reason Pop plays small ball or experiments with it, and if he's going to insert a 7 footer or two, he's not playing small ball. You either do or you don't. You're a fucking tool who doesn't know the difference.

[pgardn]

Start Tony, if he's having a bad game then bench him b/c there are other options. Tony's game isn't conducive to being a spark off the bench since he basically a game mangers nowadays.


Could you list our PGs please?

[Kawhitstorm]

Could you list our PGs please?

Obvious Manu is the backup PG & Patty can run simple pick-n-pops or let Diaw run the half-court offense. If Kawhi/LMA are in the game then the point guard is basically playing off the ball.

[Kawhitstorm]

There's a reason Pop plays small ball or experiments with it, and if he's going to insert a 7 footer or two, he's not playing small ball. You either do or you don't. You're a fucking tool who doesn't know the difference.

You fucking idiot, Adams/Kanter are two of the best offensive rebounds in the game & Diaw/West are below average rebounder. Pop was obviously playing mad scientist in the 2nd half but don't come in here trying to validate the move. Anyone w/ half a brain would know that Diaw/West would get destroyed on the boards even before tip off. It's not like they were trading 2s for 3s like an overmatched front-line is supposed to do, West was trying to postup Adams...

[tholdren]

You fucking idiot, Adams/Kanter are two of the best offensive rebounds in the game & Diaw/West are below average rebounder. Pop was obviously playing mad scientist in the 2nd half but don't come in here trying to validate the move. Anyone w/ half a brain would know that Diaw/West would get destroyed on the boards even before tip off.
Anyone with half a brain would know that players are human and not rebounds.

[Kawhitstorm]

Anyone with half a brain would know that players are human and not rebounds.

You aren't worthy of proper grammar

[pgardn]

Obvious Manu is the backup PG & Patty can run simple pick-n-pops or let Diaw run the half-court offense. If Kawhi/LMA are in the game then the point guard is basically playing off the ball.

Thats what I thought...

[Kawhitstorm]

Thats what I thought...

So basically you just had a pile of shit floating in your head "...."

[tholdren]

Idiot, the point is that they SHOULDN'T PLAY the SMALL BALL lineup against two LEGIT centers. Besides, small ball has nothing to do w/ height, it's about mobility. Bosh/Durant/Dirk are 7ft tall but can't handle Kanter nor Adams in the paint.
bwahahahah what a terrible take

[Kawhitstorm]

bwahahahah what a terrible take

I wouldn't want any of my takes approved by a turd, that would be degrading.

[tholdren]

I wouldn't want any of my takes approved by a turd, that would be degrading.
another terrible one

[pgardn]

So basically you just had a pile of shit floating in your head "...."

No basically you have not a clue; your idea is a short term solution that will get ravaged come playoffs.
You still believe in one hybrid Pg created with separate players. That's so short term and incredibly misguided.

Conclusion: your are an idiot. With a vacuum in your head.

[Kawhitstorm]

No basically you have not a clue; your idea is a short term solution that will get ravaged come playoffs.
You still believe in one hybrid Pg created with separate players. That's so short term and incredibly misguided.

Conclusion: your are an idiot. With a vacuum in your head.

You must have missed the 2014 postseason when the team was closing out series w/ Porker on the bench/lockerroom & were running the point guard position w/ position when Tony was in the lineup. FOH, w/ your turd takes

[pgardn]

You must have missed the 2014 postseason when the team was closing out series w/ Porker on the bench/lockerroom & were running the point guard position w/ position when Tony was in the lineup. FOH, w/ your turd takes

No. You missed the fact we had Joseph for the full playoffs. Who we could use right now.

Come clean. You are just spewing shit. Why did we go looking for another PG if your system is so workable fathead?

[Kawhitstorm]

I just glad all of Pop's shyt decision blew up in his face:
-Not playing either LMA, Tim or even Boban alongside Diaw or West which resulted in Kanter owning the offensive glass or a layup line


David west isn't quicker than LMA or Tim on defense. Shyt, Boban can run down the floor as well as him.


Dummy, the Spurs were the ones playing small ball & getting crushed by Kanters/Adams (both of whom are 7ft/250+)


Idiot, the point is that they SHOULDN'T PLAY the SMALL BALL lineup against two LEGIT centers. Besides, small ball has nothing to do w/ height, it's about mobility. Bosh/Durant/Dirk are 7ft tall but can't handle Kanter nor Adams in the paint.


You fucking idiot, Adams/Kanter are two of the best offensive rebounds in the game & Diaw/West are below average rebounder. Pop was obviously playing mad scientist in the 2nd half but don't come in here trying to validate the move. Anyone w/ half a brain would know that Diaw/West would get destroyed on the boards even before tip off. It's not like they were trading 2s for 3s like an overmatched front-line is supposed to do, West was trying to postup Adams...

:wakeup

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Kawhitstorm but you didn't make a thread about the Turd Towers nor did you call OKC to beat Spurs in 6 in the 2nd round. :hatjust messin' with ya