Game Thread: Spurs vs Rockets -- Sat. (1/2) - 7:30PM CST (3:30AM Riga Time)

[100%duncan]

LMA :wow

[steeledl]

LMAlpha!

[GSH]

He is unbearable and his homerism feeds into a lot of the bad homer takes by Spurs fans

Steeledl giving Sean credit for the assist.

[From Downtown]

LMA

[bic50]

Aldridge

[SAGirl]

Lamarcus with the steal and the slam! lol

[james evans]

will the splitter supporters ever admit they were full of shit about Alridge?

[theman21]

Aldridge having a great game tonight

[steeledl]

West has been fucking automatic the past few weeks

Yep.... dumbass Spurs fans formed hate for him way too quick and are now too proud to back off their takes so they will hate him for the rest of his career here.

[wildcardX]

What's LDN?

Low Down Ninja

http://raggedshirts.com/images/ninja-please-funny-tshirt300.jpg

[Raven]

no idea why people thought aldridge was a bad defender...

[bic50]

Cat crew about to meow!

:lol

[Kool Bob Love]

LMALPHA with the steal and dunk. :worthy:

[Kawhitstorm]

LMA very engaged tonight:toast

[Kikoluna]

Boban

[GSH]

will the splitter supporters ever admit they were full of shit about Alridge?

Most of them weren't Splitter supporters while he was here.

[spursparker9]

LMA deserved to be all-def 2nd team at least

[Perry Mason]

He is unbearable and his homerism feeds into a lot of the bad homer takes by Spurs fans

Shit take. He's one of the best in the NBA. Yes, he roots for the Spurs. But he, unlike the abominable Clyde, is honest about calls and never favors the Spurs when it comes to the refs.

He is also strong on BBIQ and analysis, and is articulate and funny.

[GB20]

:wow

[Beaverfuzz]

TOUCHDOWN TCU!

[steeledl]

Could you give some examples?

Just typical homer stuff.... Spurs get away with a foul and he doesn't acknowledge it. Other team gets away with a foul, its a travesty.


Overhyping certain players. Just toting the company line.

[Beaverfuzz]

no idea why people thought aldridge was a bad defender...

He's not as good as a guy who is his size should be...but he's improving.

[bic50]

Is there a reason pop does not play boban against this team?

[100%duncan]

Any reason why Boban aint getting released imho

[Kawhitstorm]

Has Pop even used this lineup all year long?

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/2016/lineups/

[spursparker9]

Boban please!

[steeledl]

Shit take. He's one of the best in the NBA. Yes, he roots for the Spurs. But he, unlike the abominable Clyde, is honest about calls and never favors the Spurs when it comes to the refs.

He is also strong on BBIQ and analysis, and is articulate and funny.

Clyde is the worst in the league.... doesn't really say much. He really isn't honest about calls.

[sasaint]

Most of them weren't Splitter supporters while he was here.

True! :lol

[GSH]

Is there a reason pop does not play boban against this team?

Any reason why Boban aint getting released imho

Pop teaching inconsiderate fans a lesson.

[Kawhitstorm]

Kawhi looks bored; sub in Fathead

[Bartleby]

Clyde is the worst in the league.... doesn't really say much. He really isn't honest about calls.

Tommy Heinsohn is right up there with him.

[daslicer]

Rox coach is annoying for not taking Dwight out when the game is clearly over. I want to see some Boban in garbage time.

[From Downtown]

Fuck,TJones and Harden are -36 and -31 :wow

[NASpurs]

Boban!!!!!!

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Just typical homer stuff.... Spurs get away with a foul and he doesn't acknowledge it. Other team gets away with a foul, its a travesty.


Overhyping certain players. Just toting the company line.
I agree about overhyping players, listening to him you would think that the Spurs should win every game by 30.

[100%duncan]

Boban :wow

[r0drig0lac]

boban!!

[Johnny RIngo]

He is unbearable and his homerism feeds into a lot of the bad homer takes by Spurs fans

Clyde is much worse as far as homer announcers go.

[NASpurs]

Boban vs Dwight

[bic50]

Boban!

[sasaint]

LMA very engaged tonight:toast

I do not believe we have seen LMA play with this kind of passion in a Spurs uniform.

[From Downtown]

Pop teaching inconsiderate fans a lesson.
Clearly :lol

[sasaint]

Boban vs Dwight

Finally!

[Kawhitstorm]

Crowd rubbing it in on Pop's face:toast

[bic50]

Simmons

[loveforthegame]

Boban pass, Simmons slam. :tu

[100%duncan]

JSimms

[NASpurs]

Boban's court vision >>>> Parker's

:lol

[spursistan]

parker has zero clue playing this team :lol

[sasaint]

Boban the facilitator!

[steeledl]

Boban returning the favor to Simmons from the other night

[SAGirl]

Simmons dunking in garbage time, not impressed TBH.
I want to see him play well when the game is on the line.

[Raven]

He's not as good as a guy who is his size should be...but he's improving.

well i can tell you he's the best among the scoring pf and has been for years.. guys like love, david lee and the likes, those are bad. Griffin isn't so bad, but still worse than aldridge on D. He's a smart defender, he just was on a team that didn't value D and had Loliard destroy any possible defensive chemistry. He's not the guy that would impact shots just with his presence, that's probably it.

[SAGirl]

Kawhiiiii

[100%duncan]

Kawhi sky hook :wow

[timtonymanu]

Fucking makes Dwight look like a midget

[GSH]

Crowd rubbing it in on Pop's face:toast


Someone screaming "Alley-Oop Boban!" You gotta hate that.

[SAGirl]

Boban the facilitator!
What a pass by Boban though!

[sasaint]

Boban's court vision >>>> Parker's

:lol

Maybe, but kind of like comparing a guy in a watchtower to a guy in a foxhole!

[100%duncan]

well i can tell you he's the best among the scoring pf and has been for years.. guys like love, david lee and the likes, those are bad. Griffin isn't so bad, but still worse than aldridge on D. He's a smart defender, he just was on a team that didn't value D and had Loliard destroy any possible defensive chemistry. He's not the guy that would impact shots just with his presence, that's probably it.

Blake is better than Aldridge. But it's not a slight on LMA at all. Blake is the best PF in the league imho.

[007nites]

Want to see Boban post up Dwert

[steeledl]

Simmons dunking in garbage time, not impressed TBH.
I want to see him play well when the game is on the line.

lol sad because KA cant find his way off the bench. If Kyle does anything in garbage time... it adds to his credibility.

[NASpurs]

Maybe, but kind of like comparing a guy in a watchtower to a guy in a foxhole!

I guess but then again, guys his size with that kind of court vision are rare. Usually guys like that are black holes.

[GSH]

What a pass by Boban though!


It was a great pass, and great recognition. Everybody expecting him to take the shot, and he gets a teammate a dunk. Nice.

[007nites]

Blake is better than Aldridge. But it's not a slight on LMA at all. Blake is the best PF in the league imho.

Better then AD?

[Ron Swanson]

That woman is hammered.

[Kawhitstorm]

Simmons dunking in garbage time, not impressed TBH.
I want to see him play well when the game is on the line.

He has reverted to turning down open 3s so he's unplayable.

[Nathan89]

Simmons dunking in garbage time, not impressed TBH.
I want to see him play well when the game is on the line.

He'll need to learn to shoot better. Currently he just tries to force everything to get to the rim.

[GSH]

Oh shit. Bonner is in the game!!! How will we know who the MVP chants are for?

[Perry Mason]

parker has zero clue playing this team :lol

is this the same Parker that has 10 assists?

[100%duncan]

Better then AD?

I consider AD a center but yes I would take Blake over AD this season.

[SpursFan86]

Why the hell is Dwight still in the game? :lol

[steeledl]

Simmons!

[100%duncan]

JSimms. :bobo

[beirmeistr]

Oh shit. Bonner is in the game!!! How will we know who the MVP chants are for?

good one

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Keep them under 100 :ihit

[Kawhitstorm]

Why is Dwert still in the game?:lol

[sasaint]

I guess but then again, guys his size with that kind of court vision are rare. Usually guys like that are black holes.

Just playing for the obvious laugh. Tbh, you are right. Boban has great vision for a guy of any size.

[Johnny RIngo]

Better then AD?

Despite the 23/11, AD's playing much worse this season than last.

[Kawhitstorm]

Hold them under a 100:madrun

[GSH]

Why is Dwert still in the game?:lol


Rockets think they might meet the Spurs in the playoffs, and don't want a total blowout on the books.

[NASpurs]

Just playing for the obvious laugh. Tbh, you are right. Boban has great vision for a guy of any size.

:lol it's all good man

[spursistan]

why the fuck Howard is on court :lmao

[TheGreatYacht]

is this the same Parker that has 10 assists?

[james evans]

damn i thought that was Obama

[ace3g]

Mike Monroe @Monroe_SA
(https://twitter.com/Monroe_SA)#Spurs (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Spurs) blowing out #Rockets (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Rockets) but for 1st time in Tim Duncan's career he has not scored; 1:20 left, but he's not coming back in

[loveforthegame]

Bonner giving up the rebound to Beverly. :lol

[SAGirl]

Damn Bonner showing why he's garbage time cleanup guy...

[sasaint]

Why is Dwert still in the game?:lol

Yeah, weird. Just great coaching I guess.

[GSH]

Boner wussing out on the rebound, then committing a stupid foul. That's my MVP.

[SAGirl]

Mike Monroe @Monroe_SA
(https://twitter.com/Monroe_SA)#Spurs (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Spurs) blowing out #Rockets (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Rockets) but for 1st time in Tim Duncan's career he has not scored; 1:20 left, but he's not coming back in

:wow

[100%duncan]

3rd unit ruining our pt differential

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Damn it! :pctoss

[Kawhitstorm]

Despite the 23/11, AD's playing much worse this season than last.

Davis still leads all PFs in PER despite having a down season:lol

[NASpurs]

Fuck you Terry, you turtle head.

[SAGirl]

nice shot by Simmons.

[sasaint]

Rockets think they might meet the Spurs in the playoffs, and don't want a total blowout on the books.

They didn't avoid it.

[Beaverfuzz]

Big win Spurs, now onto the Alamo Bowl Triple OT.

[Ron Swanson]

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2540973/howarddealwithit.gif

[NASpurs]

Still undefeated at home and for the year!

[SAGirl]

3rd unit ruining our pt differential
It was already a high scored game to begin with, but yea Bonner is not adding to our defense at all.

[Beaverfuzz]

well i can tell you he's the best among the scoring pf and has been for years.. guys like love, david lee and the likes, those are bad. Griffin isn't so bad, but still worse than aldridge on D. He's a smart defender, he just was on a team that didn't value D and had Loliard destroy any possible defensive chemistry. He's not the guy that would impact shots just with his presence, that's probably it.

Wrong, I've seen LMA play quite a bit in Portland....he's been LAZY on defense for years.

[steeledl]

To be fair they were playing rotation players against our 3rd.

[steeledl]

Holy fuck Golden State is something that has never been seen.

[beirmeistr]

Fuck you Terry, you turtle head.

if you have ever seen reruns of the jack banny show, jason terry looks just like the bugeyed butlrr Rochester

[Baelzar]

NCAA football overtime rules are fucking COOCOO.

[Silver&Black]

Spurs win 121-103. And have won about 10,564 straight games at home.

http://i.imgur.com/GdqClOJ.png

[Kikoluna]

I'm upset at pop for acting like boban was not in gym. Unbelievable.

[BillMc]

Victory!:flag:

[Kawhitstorm]

Porker/Tim have handed the keys to Kawhi/LMA

[steeledl]

I'm upset at pop for acting like boban was not in gym. Unbelievable.

We won... dont be upset.

[100%duncan]

Porker/Tim have handed the keys to Kawhi/LMA

We'll still need them in the playoffs especially Tim but Kawhi and LMA should really be our go to guys the whole time

[sasaint]

I'm upset at pop for acting like boban was not in gym. Unbelievable.

Tbh, we would have kept them below 100 and won by more if Pop had played him like has been the last few games, IMHO.

[NASpurs]

Danny said post game it was his New Year's Resolution to make a couple of shots :lol

[Kawhitstorm]

Holy fuck Golden State is something that has never been seen.

Denver's PnP defense:lmao

[From Downtown]

San Antonio Spurs ‏ (https://twitter.com/spurs)
We are now 29-6 this season, which ties the best start in franchise history through 35 games (also 29-6 in 2010-11). #GoSpursGo (https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoSpursGo?src=hash)

[GSH]

It was already a high scored game to begin with, but yea Bonner is not adding to our defense at all.

Nope. Our bench held their own at the end.

[sasaint]

Porker/Tim have handed the keys to Kawhi/LMA

Tim, obviously. Tony? Doubt it.

[SAGirl]

Nope. Our bench held their own at the end.
Few cringeworthy defensive sequences involving Bonner (lack of rebounding, fouling, poor transition D)... but ok.

[GSH]

if you have ever seen reruns of the jack banny show, jason terry looks just like the bugeyed butlrr Rochester


Wow, there's an obtuse reference. Dennis Miller would be proud.

[Raven]

Blake is better than Aldridge. But it's not a slight on LMA at all. Blake is the best PF in the league imho.

as a defender...

[Johnny RIngo]

Davis still leads all PFs in PER despite having a down season:lol

Just noticed he moved ahead of Blake. Griffin was in the top 5 PER for most of the season until recently.

[Pauleta14]

Holy fuck Golden State is something that has never been seen.

Really?

Come on man, everybody sucking this team like never seen before... :lol

You never saw the Spurs do something more impressive for instance?

[Raven]

Better then AD?

almost anyone is better than AD at this point :lol

[sasaint]

Few cringeworthy defensive sequences involving Bonner (lack of rebounding, fouling, poor transition D)... but ok.

No, as a fan of the venerable Eddie Anderson, I find the comparison an insult.

[GSH]

Few cringeworthy defensive sequences involving Bonner (lack of rebounding, fouling, poor transition D)... but ok.


I don't even want to talk about Bonner. But, yeah. If the Rockets had cut the lead to 6-8 at the end, they could have carried it into their next matchup. You don't want to give a team reason to believe. That first matchup was just a bad game by the Spurs, and it was razor close. This game they played well and blew them out. That's the image you want to leave Houston with.

[Mel_13]

Spurs win 121-103. And have won about 10,564 straight games at home.

http://i.imgur.com/GdqClOJ.png

29 in a row and 44 of the last 47.

[Kawhitstorm]

Tim, obviously. Tony? Doubt it.

Pop took away his privileges at halftime

[Johnny RIngo]

San Antonio Spurs ‏ (https://twitter.com/spurs)
We are now 29-6 this season, which ties the best start in franchise history through 35 games (also 29-6 in 2010-11). #GoSpursGo (https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoSpursGo?src=hash)

Despite having the same start as the 2011 squad, this Spur team looks much better. Especially on defense.

[sasaint]

Pop took away his privileges at halftime

We shall see. I would frankly be surprised. I suspect Pop was just rolling with the hot hands.

[Silver&Black]

29 in a row and 44 of the last 47.

41-0 at home this year???

:wakeup

[100%duncan]

as a defender...

Blake isn't much of a slouch either.

[steeledl]

Really?

Come on man, everybody sucking this team like never seen before... :lol

You never saw the Spurs do something more impressive for instance?

No... I've never seen any team start a season like this. I've seen the Spurs have great games but the totality of what they are doing is pretty intense and intimidating.

[GSH]

Blake is better than Aldridge. But it's not a slight on LMA at all. Blake is the best PF in the league imho.


I think that's pretty fair. But Aldridge is exactly what the Spurs need right now. He's buying into the system. Lots of teams have All-Star players, but aren't threatening to win it all.

[Raven]

Blake isn't much of a slouch either.

I know, I love blake and consider him the #1 pf in general, but i give the nod to aldridge defensively. imo they arethe two best pf in the game and have been for about three years...

[steeledl]

nice shot by Simmons.

That one hurt to type after you were trying to start shitting on him. Good on you..

[Kawhitstorm]

Rockets in danger of being passed by the Kings or Pelicans who have a much easier remaining schedule. (Jazz not losing ground despite playing without Gobert/Favors/Burks)

[GSH]

That one hurt to type after you were trying to start shitting on him. Good on you..


Were you watching the same game? Simmons came out sucking. When he did something good, he got good comments.

Your problem is that you've been listening to that homer Sean Elliott too much. :lol

[SAGirl]

I'm upset at pop for acting like boban was not in gym. Unbelievable.


Tbh, we would have kept them below 100 and won by more if Pop had played him like has been the last few games, IMHO.

Yea I agree. Though I understand Pop is very slow to incorporate Boban bc the big rotation is full. You can't sit LMA/Diaw/West, they are all scoring and passing and doing so much for us and were playing so well. You could sit Tim... and Pop did but that was only bc Tim was having a bad game, not really to sub Boban in. I guess that was my disappointment, I wanted to see Boban outside of garbage time a few minutes. We won the game, so Pop was correct with what he did.

I also wanted to see Slow-Mo outside of garbage time, and maybe that is just me, but he had played some good games and on the opposite end, Simmons is only showing up for garbage time. Not just this game, but against the T-wolves, only 2 mins, got blocked twice. Messina played Kyle that game. Pop didn't give him a chance until it was garbage time. Kind of disappointed about that... but what can you do?

:pop:

[UNT Eagles 2016]

ftr.

[GSH]

No... I've never seen any team start a season like this. I've seen the Spurs have great games but the totality of what they are doing is pretty intense and intimidating.

Draymond Green just went ape-shit crazy in that first quarter. GS scored 37 and Green had 18 of them.

[thiste]

No... I've never seen any team start a season like this. I've seen the Spurs have great games but the totality of what they are doing is pretty intense and intimidating.

That's what you get with a smart coach.

[steeledl]

Were you watching the same game? Simmons came out sucking. When he did something good, he got good comments.

Your problem is that you've been listening to that homer Sean Elliott too much. :lol

He played 2 minutes in the first half....... he passed up some shots that id like him to take but otherwise he played great. She was still trying to shit on him even when he started playing well and getting more involved when the stars left the court.... just a way she can backdoor her agenda, tbh.

[timtonymanu]

Despite having the same start as the 2011 squad, this Spur team looks much better. Especially on defense.

Yeah that 2011 team was all fool's gold while this current roster can still get better. Pretty exciting to think about.

[Budkin]

Now THAT is how you beat the Rockets!

[sasaint]

I don't even want to talk about Bonner. But, yeah. If the Rockets had cut the lead to 6-8 at the end, they could have carried it into their next matchup. You don't want to give a team reason to believe. That first matchup was just a bad game by the Spurs, and it was razor close. This game they played well and blew them out. That's the image you want to leave Houston with.

Pretty true, but that assessment is such an unbelievable paradox with Tony not playing well, Timmy going o-fer, and Manu having pretty minimal impact. That would have been impossible for so many years that it seems almost like heresy to say it. Say hello to the future, Spurs fans.

[GSH]

just a way she can backdoor her agenda, tbh.

World domination?

[SAGirl]

He played 2 minutes in the first half....... he passed up some shots that id like him to take but otherwise he played great. She was still trying to shit on him even when he started playing well and getting more involved when the stars left the court.... just a way she can backdoor her agenda, tbh.
You don't need to be so fixated on me steele lol move on.

[steeledl]

Draymond Green just went ape-shit crazy in that first quarter. GS scored 37 and Green had 18 of them.

They got 3 guys who can go ape shit on any given night in any given quarter it seems.

[SAGirl]

Pretty true, but that assessment is such an unbelievable paradox with Tony not playing well, Timmy going o-fer, and Manu having pretty minimal impact. That would have been impossible for so many years that it seems almost like heresy to say it. Say hello to the future, Spurs fans.
:bobo

[steeledl]

You don't need to be so fixated on me steele lol move on.

Nah, I'll keep exposing you.... you are poison with your dialogue.

[GSH]

Pretty true, but that assessment is such an unbelievable paradox with Tony not playing well, Timmy going o-fer, and Manu having pretty minimal impact. That would have been impossible for so many years that it seems almost like heresy to say it. Say hello to the future, Spurs fans.


Nice to have a bench that can kick ass, too. One of the things that all the Spurs Championship teams had was guys who could step up for 15-20 on any given night, when the team needed it. This team is loaded with guys like that.

[Pauleta14]

No... I've never seen any team start a season like this. I've seen the Spurs have great games but the totality of what they are doing is pretty intense and intimidating.

Not because I'm a fan, but the Spurs without trying were sometimes more impressive with less material.

I'm not talking specifically about the start of a season, just the level of the team.

GS is very impressive, but VERY FAR from the most impressive teams of the last decade for example. They still haven't been challenged, not their fault, but between injuries, and rebuilding teams...

My point is they are a bit overated depite being great.

They had the luckiest run of any champs I can remember btw...

[SAGirl]

Nah, I'll keep exposing you.... you are poison with your dialogue.
:lmao

I think you are the poison, but ok.

[GSH]

Nah, I'll keep exposing you.... you are poison with your dialogue.


:shootme

[sasaint]

Nice to have a bench that can kick ass, too. One of the things that all the Spurs Championship teams had was guys who could step up for 15-20 on any given night, when the team needed it. This team is loaded with guys like that.

Absolutely. Another poster noted that Houston plays its big guns until the very dregs of the game, while we rotated through our entire bench, and they all played at least okay. Simmons seems to be regressing a little, but I am sure he will bounce back at some point.

[Budkin]

Despite having the same start as the 2011 squad, this Spur team looks much better. Especially on defense.

That team was complete fools gold. Not this year.

[ace3g]

Michael Erler @MichaelErlerSBN
(https://twitter.com/MichaelErlerSBN)Learned something just now: Aldridge's nickname for Diaw is "tea time" because Boris makes it look so leisurely when he's playing






https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/672573789167706113/fT9Bx2Sf_bigger.png Aaerios ‏@Aaerios (https://twitter.com/Aaerios)

Danny Green hits his first 3 of 2016.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CXwmVNDVAAAoy63.jpg

[Kawhitstorm]

Yea I agree. Though I understand Pop is very slow to incorporate Boban bc the big rotation is full. You can't sit LMA/Diaw/West, they are all scoring and passing and doing so much for us and were playing so well. You could sit Tim... and Pop did but that was only bc Tim was having a bad game, not really to sub Boban in. I guess that was my disappointment, I wanted to see Boban outside of garbage time a few minutes. We won the game, so Pop was correct with what he did.

I also wanted to see Slow-Mo outside of garbage time, and maybe that is just me, but he had played some good games and on the opposite end, Simmons is only showing up for garbage time. Not just this game, but against the T-wolves, only 2 mins, got blocked twice. Messina played Kyle that game. Pop didn't give him a chance until it was garbage time. Kind of disappointed about that... but what can you do?



Pop refuses to play Boban/Kyle against legit teams unless it's out of desperation.

[CGD]

Boris needs to start getting some consideration as a dark horse 6th man candidate. He's been great this year. So clever. Folks forget, before there was a Draymond Green their was a Boris Diaw.

West is starting to grow on me. I loved those hard fouls on Howard who is still such a child some times. Helps that his elbow shot is starting to fall too.

Danny! Excited for this shooting performance tonight. It was only a matter of time.

LMA, wow! Put the overrated Cappella in his place. Full Beast mode tonight.

Leonard doing Leonard things. It's been a joy to watch him grow year after year, but this one the most. I've never seen anything like it since I started watching hoops.

All this with the Big three having minimal point production (10 total).

[ElNono]

Yea I agree. Though I understand Pop is very slow to incorporate Boban bc the big rotation is full. You can't sit LMA/Diaw/West, they are all scoring and passing and doing so much for us and were playing so well. You could sit Tim... and Pop did but that was only bc Tim was having a bad game, not really to sub Boban in. I guess that was my disappointment, I wanted to see Boban outside of garbage time a few minutes. We won the game, so Pop was correct with what he did.

I also wanted to see Slow-Mo outside of garbage time, and maybe that is just me, but he had played some good games and on the opposite end, Simmons is only showing up for garbage time. Not just this game, but against the T-wolves, only 2 mins, got blocked twice. Messina played Kyle that game. Pop didn't give him a chance until it was garbage time. Kind of disappointed about that... but what can you do?

:pop:

Frankly, I expected Simms to get more run this season, simply because he's a natural SG, and would eat Manu's minutes when he rests or Manu has his annual injury (knock on wood). Kyle is more of a Kawhi replacement, who is younger, can play more minutes and function better even if banged up...

[SAGirl]

Pop refuses to play Boban/Kyle against legit teams unless it's out of desperation.

That is the state of how stacked we are.
I think both guys could play for other teams regular rotations, and more so Boban. Kyle is still a developing player, though he's going to come along more slowly now if he's not playing against tough competition.

I think at this point Kyle's probably been ruled out of any possible playoff situation, bc if you had planned to use him in those cases, you need to give him experience against tougher teams. That is not happening right now. I don't count garbage time as quality experience.

Boban is kind of in the same situation as it respects to quality competition. He's been awesome in garbage time, and against weaker teams, but Pop not playing him in real minutes against a better team will not really get him to play in the playoffs.

At this point, yea it will have to come to an "act of desperation." I could see it happening more with Boban bc he brings some really valuable skills, but I have my mindset adjusted to not be so whiny about it.

[GSH]

Frankly, I expected Simms to get more run this season, simply because he's a natural SG, and would eat Manu's minutes when he rests or Manu has his annual injury (knock on wood). Kyle is more of a Kawhi replacement, who is younger, can play more minutes and function better even if banged up...


Simmons is still a rookie. An old rookie, but a rookie just the same. I think you have to expect him to take two steps forward and one step back. The fact that Pop continues to force-feed him minutes speaks volumes, IMO. Even in garbage time. Pop has made a lot of guys in similar situations disappear.

[SAGirl]

Frankly, I expected Simms to get more run this season, simply because he's a natural SG, and would eat Manu's minutes when he rests or Manu has his annual injury (knock on wood). Kyle is more of a Kawhi replacement, who is younger, can play more minutes and function better even if banged up...
I actually (despite Steele's schtick with me --which I am going to blow off, can't take that guy seriously at all) thought this was the kind of game Simmons would shine on. His real strength is transition scoring. He's frankly awesome at that, so I was disappointed he was so poor to start.
He also wasn't very good against the T-wolves getting blocked twice at the rim and playing only 2 minutes, so it was the second game in a row that he played real minutes and made bad decisions in a half court offense. It could be a function of him being so predictable in what he wants to do, or maybe he just needs to take that open shot when its there.

I am sure Pop will give him more chances, but garbage time dunks ain't the same thing as playing when the game is on the line, so at some point the novelty of that fades for me.

I also wanted to see Boban here outside of garbage time.

[SAGirl]

Simmons is still a rookie. An old rookie, but a rookie just the same. I think you have to expect him to take two steps forward and one step back. The fact that Pop continues to force-feed him minutes speaks volumes, IMO. Even in garbage time. Pop has made a lot of guys in similar situations disappear.
I don't think Pop can afford to make him disappear, and he has talent.
He wasn't terrible either, TBH I don't want to exaggerate. Maybe he didn't even need to be pulled and could have played through mistakes, but since it was such a close game, I get it.

[ElNono]

Simmons is still a rookie. An old rookie, but a rookie just the same. I think you have to expect him to take two steps forward and one step back. The fact that Pop continues to force-feed him minutes speaks volumes, IMO. Even in garbage time. Pop has made a lot of guys in similar situations disappear.

Absolutely. It's just that the Spurs as constructed will have more free minutes at SG than SF, and so it makes sense that the natural SG would get more minutes to develop. I think Pop would've loved to go with a more seasoned veteran too, but we just didn't have the money. With that in mind, I think Simms has done relatively well, despite the obvious 1st season jitters.

[SAGirl]

Boris needs to start getting some consideration as a dark horse 6th man candidate. He's been great this year. So clever. Folks forget, before there was a Draymond Green their was a Boris Diaw.

West is starting to grow on me. I loved those hard fouls on Howard who is still such a child some times. Helps that his elbow shot is starting to fall too.

Danny! Excited for this shooting performance tonight. It was only a matter of time.

LMA, wow! Put the overrated Cappella in his place. Full Beast mode tonight.

Leonard doing Leonard things. It's been a joy to watch him grow year after year, but this one the most. I've never seen anything like it since I started watching hoops.

All this with the Big three having minimal point production (10 total).
:bobo

^^^^
Good analysis of the game. Kawhi was awesome. I agree with you on Boris, 6th MoY. He has come in changing the dynamic of games already for a few string of games in a row. He's so important to what we do as a team and in that bench. If you are stuck in half court offense, just give the ball to Bobo. Open court, get Manu.

[TheGreatYacht]

Diaw should be front runner for the 6MotY, but unfortunately Will Barton is possessed.

Draymond gets a lot of Top 5 player hype and he's basically a younger Boris... Spurs getting slept on as usual.

[DenialTwist]

Diaw should be front runner for the 6MotY, but unfortunately Will Barton is possessed.

Draymond gets a lot of Top 5 player hype and he's basically a younger Boris... Spurs getting slept on as usual.

Yeah Amin Elhassan talked about Diaw on the recent NBAlockdown pod. He said Boris is the x factor against the warriors but that Draymond would easily score on the spurs bigs. I don't think so.

[ace3g]

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[bic50]

I'd go to clutchfans, but last time I was there it seemed as if they have accepted defeat. So it's no fun anymore because there's isn't as many meltdowns :depressed

[Darius Bieber]

Tim Duncan with 0 points in this game, first time ever in his career.

[TheGreatYacht]

Yeah Amin Elhassan talked about Diaw on the recent NBAlockdown pod. He said Boris is the x factor against the warriors but that Draymond would easily score on the spurs bigs. I don't think so.
I stopped listening to NBA Lockdown once they took Bowen out and replaced him with the buddy buddy Warriors crew, Amin and Strauss.

Sounds like the mainstream media is finally catching up to the Spurs being able to match up with their midget lineup :tu

[steeledl]

I am sure Pop will give him more chances, but garbage time dunks ain't the same thing as playing when the game is on the line, so at some point the novelty of that fades for me.

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:rollin:rollin:rollinSimmons wasn't a top 5 pick or some established vet yet you aren't impressed with the impact this guy is making coming off the street 30 games into his rookie season? Yet, Kyle Anderson is a first round pick in his second year and has had 2 decent game in that span but he is impressive and has showed a lot of potential. Hilarious. There is no denying that Simmons ( a guy off the streets) has had more of an impact and been more impressive in 30 games than your lover boy in 2 years. Pretty clear Pop already has more faith in him too, tbh.... and that in itself is pretty fucking impressive.

Yeah, I am the one with a schtick. You are about as bad as applesauce with your conviction to stupidity.

[steeledl]

Damn Hardens beard drives me crazy but he really has no choice... His face is jacked without it.

[SAGirl]

Diaw should be front runner for the 6MotY, but unfortunately Will Barton is possessed.

Draymond gets a lot of Top 5 player hype and he's basically a younger Boris... Spurs getting slept on as usual.

I saw an interview of Steve Kerr.. no link sorry was a long time ago, where he stated that when he got the team his first year he envisioned Draymond precisely in a Boris Diaw role and wanted him to mold his game somewhat like him in the sense of being a playmaker.

Obviously Draymond turned out to be his own kind of guy, but his inspiration was precisely Diaw.

[TheGreatYacht]

I saw an interview of Steve Kerr.. no link sorry was a long time ago, where he stated that when he got the team his first year he envisioned Draymond precisely in a Boris Diaw role and wanted him to mold his game somewhat like him in the sense of being a playmaker.

Obviously Draymond turned out to be his own kind of guy, but his inspiration was precisely Diaw.
I can see why, although it is kind of ironic because he traded Boris away when he was GM.

After all these years, coaches still put guards and SF's on Boris.. And they go at him defensively like he didn't shit on Lebron on live television... One of the most underrated and slept on dudes ever IMO

[SAGirl]

I can see why, although it is kind of ironic because he traded Boris away when he was GM.

After all these years, coaches still put guards and SF's on Boris.. And they go at him defensively like he didn't shit on Lebron on live television... One of the most underrated and slept on dudes ever IMO
And I think Steve Kerr was then enlightened by Boris in the great advantage of a forward playmaker.
Will not forget Steve Kerr's comments in the G6 2014 OkC-Spurs series. Excellent game by Diaw 26 pts and kept making plays. Steve Kerr remarked how Boris had been really aggressive that series and had caused OkC a lot of problems.

[SAGirl]

:rollin:rollin:rollinSimmons wasn't a top 5 pick or some established vet yet you aren't impressed with the impact this guy is making coming off the street 30 games into his rookie season? Yet, Kyle Anderson is a first round pick in his second year and has had 2 decent game in that span but he is impressive and has showed a lot of potential. Hilarious. There is no denying that Simmons ( a guy off the streets) has had more of an impact and been more impressive in 30 games than your lover boy in 2 years. Pretty clear Pop already has more faith in him too, tbh.... and that in itself is pretty fucking impressive.

Yeah, I am the one with a schtick. You are about as bad as applesauce with your conviction to stupidity.
See you keep getting on this but its really you who have the schtick.
Party on.

[TheGreatYacht]

And I think Steve Kerr was then enlightened by Boris in the great advantage of a forward playmaker.
Will not forget Steve Kerr's comments in the G6 2014 OkC-Spurs series. Excellent game by Diaw 26 pts and kept making plays. Steve Kerr remarked how Boris had been really aggressive that series and had caused OkC a lot of problems.
Yup I remember that game. Same game people credit Bonner for "spreading the floor" :lol

[ace3g]

Nuggets force OT vs Warriors

[Harry Callahan]

Bickerstaff, only in the league because of his dad. Kid stunk it up in college at Oregon State and Minnesota.

Did Bickerstaff get off the bench tonight. It looked like he sat on his ass and watched the game as a front row fan paying $1,000 bucks.

[kaji157]

my bad

[ace3g]

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[cutewizard]

:bobo

[ceperez]

I don't recall LMA's playing with this kind of energy.

Maybe it takes a New Year resolution to start getting back into shape.

[sasaint]

Maybe it takes a New Year resolution to start getting back into shape.

Frankly, I take it as more evidence that we need to split LMA and Timmy. I don't think it is a coincidence that LMA played his most assertive game as a Spur when Tim was barely on the court. A big part of the difficulty in integrating LMA into our team is his tendency to defer to Tim. But when LMA is on the floor with Boris or DWest he isn't compelled to defer to them. So we get to see the LMAlpha that many on ST expected.

[Mel_13]

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[littlecoyotecoin]

:rollin:rollin:rollinSimmons wasn't a top 5 pick or some established vet yet you aren't impressed with the impact this guy is making coming off the street 30 games into his rookie season? Yet, Kyle Anderson is a first round pick in his second year and has had 2 decent game in that span but he is impressive and has showed a lot of potential. Hilarious. There is no denying that Simmons ( a guy off the streets) has had more of an impact and been more impressive in 30 games than your lover boy in 2 years. Pretty clear Pop already has more faith in him too, tbh.... and that in itself is pretty fucking impressive.

Yeah, I am the one with a schtick. You are about as bad as applesauce with your conviction to stupidity.

It's a schtick when you compare Simmons to "not being a top 5 pick", then hold Anderson to being a "first round pick" with some sort of underlying implication that he was a high draft pick. He was one selection away from a second round pick. Some 30th round picks don't play in the NBA, much less in their first year, much less for a contender, much less get extended to longer contracts by that top contending team...

SAgal's perception of KA is far more in line with reality than your own.

That being said, she's being a little over critical of Simms, too. Other than driving into a packed lane with no plan a little too much, opening up offensive foul/turnover situations, and missing an open jumper, and learning some defense, he's still doing relatively well for a guy 30 games in to his rookie season. Good on him.