The Beautiful Game R.I.P 2011-2014 Spurs

[ViceCity86]

2012 Spurs-Won 20 games in a row.10 reg and 10 in post season playing marvelous ball.The defense wasn't good enough.The Thunder overachieved on shooting ridiculous % on long two's.Regress to the mean and choked vs Heat in Finals.

2013 Spurs-The best Spurs team and one of the best teams not to win a championship.

2014 Spurs-All Time team

2015&2016 Spurs Slow it down ISO ball-1st round KO last year and either 2nd round loss or repeat 2001 WCF annilhation.

Parker,Manu,Diaw aged half dozen years since the beautiful era.Danny Green got paid and lost in the scheme.Duncan aged 10 years overnight.Tiago Splitter to David West.:lol

[TheGreatYacht]

That shit died when Ferrari left.

[100%duncan]

OP contradicts himself.

[dabom]

OP wrong on everything tbh...

[Benoit]

Spurs are still a great team brother

Theyre just running into the best team we have seen since Kobes 2001 Lakers and Mikes Bulls

[Budkin]

meh.

[DMC]

Still the same game, even better record in the RS, only there was no juggernaut like this in 2014. Even the Heat were never that good, not even close. GS played better defense than offense, if you can believe that.

[313]

The team just hasn't been the same since Parker regressed tbh

also the loss of Ferrari, Cojo, etc

[dabom]

The team just hasn't been the same since Parker regressed tbh

also the loss of Ferrari, Cojo, etc

Mainly cause Pop still plays him. :lmao

[DMC]

2014 Finals Spurs don't beat this Warriors team. Their only weakness is boredom.

[313]

Mainly cause Pop still plays him. :lmao
Like Patty isn't an even bigger liability on defense :lmao

[ElNono]

All about the personnel... we've won before the beautiful game with more top heavy talent too... just gotta keep going at it...

[313]

2014 Finals Spurs don't beat this Warriors team. Their only weakness is boredom.
2013 Spurs has a good chance imo

[TheDoctor]

OP wrong on everything tbh...
Who?

[pgardn]

This team we have can beat them.

Better equipped than the 2014 team.

We need 4 guys to score buckets inside. Boris, KL, Tim, and LMA (Tim and LMA on put backs)

We need 2 guys to also hit jumpers. KL, LMA.

And we must play D like we did in SA. That's bigger than the scoring issues we had.
We need to beat them up. Draymond Green needs to get punked down low. Boris is fully capable, I hope Aldridge is.

[koriwhat]

Spurs are still a great team brother

Theyre just running into the best team we have seen since Kobes 2001 Lakers and Mikes Bulls

Lmao without the refs yall aint shit.

[TheGreatYacht]

The team just hasn't been the same since Parker regressed tbh

also the loss of Ferrari, Cojo, etc
This 1000000x

[SouthernFried]

Yeah, this ISO game is destroying the passing game the Spurs have always been known for. We've become a 2 man team, instead of a 5 man team.

Still, from what I've seen, our problem with GS is more mental than physical, imho. We look totally nervous out there on both of our losses in Oakland. I haven't seen them like that against any other team. That is something POP needs to deal with.

[rmt]

Spurs cannot play The Beautiful Game against GSW and win. They have copied TBG with younger, more athletic players and the MVP to boot. The only chance Spurs have is to slow the game down and pound it in the post. Parker needs to bring the ball down, pass in the post to LMA, KL or Diaw and stand at the corner 3 point line. And DG going on a streak at the 3 pt line starting in the 2nd round would be good too.

[DMC]

Lmao without the refs yall aint shit.
Without the refs there's no NBA. He's not part of the Warriors' fan base, just some tweener fan who can't decide if trolling is better than basketball. Still, the refs didn't hold the Spurs to 15 in the 1st.

[SouthernFried]

Spurs cannot play The Beautiful Game against GSW and win. They have copied TBG with younger, more athletic players and the MVP to boot. The only chance Spurs have is to slow the game down and pound it in the post. Parker needs to bring the ball down, pass in the post to LMA, KL or Diaw and stand at the corner 3 point line. And DG going on a streak at the 3 pt line starting in the 2nd round would be good too.

That's what Parker has been doing. It makes him irrelevant. Put in Kyle if you want to slow the game down. He's much better at slow than Parker...by a lot.

[AFMadison]

I've been preaching this for awhile. I'm not advocating for motion offense but to just stop limiting our options on offense to two guys.

[rmt]

That's what Parker has been doing. It makes him irrelevant. Put in Kyle if you want to slow the game down. He's much better at slow than Parker...by a lot.

It's painful to watch Anderson and Manu at the same time against this team. It's like they are going in slow motion while everybody else is sped up.

[SouthernFried]

It's painful to watch Anderson and Manu at the same time against this team. It's like they are going in slow motion while everybody else is sped up.

Parker looks slower than both. I'm constantly amazed he can get it over the half court line in time. If he ain't driving, he's a liabilty. Kyle rebounds, passes, and defends better than Parker. Parker drives better...but, he ain't been doing much of that lately.

[LongtimeSpursFan]

Spurs are in a tough situation. The rise of Kawhi has changed the type of basketball played to more iso basketball. This was evident in first round exit last year when Spurs had trouble scoring. The Spurs need to focus on more ball movement...aka Anderson at the helm but not sure how Kawhi will react to moving to a role position.

[YGWHI]

Mainly cause Pop still plays him. :lmao

Pop plays Parker like he's still in his prime, taking more shots per minute than the team leading scorer...that's the real issue.

4-10 in this game, 4-13 in last game...

[KL2]

Simply put, we can't win with Parker. LA-Leonard can easily be built around and can contend for years, but Parker will always be the weak link, his defense will never recover and teams will continue to attack him. Can't expect the Spurs to win when a guy they're dedicating $10-$14 mill per season isn't producing, or won't even follow a simple order like not playing for France in the summer.

[ElNono]

Simply put, we can't win with Parker. LA-Leonard can easily be built around and can contend for years, but Parker will always be the weak link, his defense will never recover and teams will continue to attack him. Can't expect the Spurs to win when a guy they're dedicating $10-$14 mill per season isn't producing, or won't even follow a simple order like not playing for France in the summer.

They can't order him that. That's part of the CBA.

[YGWHI]

Simply put, we can't win with Parker. LA-Leonard can easily be built around and can contend for years, but Parker will always be the weak link, his defense will never recover and teams will continue to attack him. Can't expect the Spurs to win when a guy they're dedicating $10-$14 mill per season isn't producing, or won't even follow a simple order like not playing for France in the summer.

So dissappointed. I was expecting "won't even follow a simple order like...to pass the fucking ball to Kawhi"

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[bagtec]

You guys are all faggots. A 7 game series in late May will be different. Curry ain't gonna run rampant in the paint after 2 playoff series. Did I do tha right?!

[jARS mEsH sEt]

The beautiful game era was magical tbh. 2015 Spurs offense isn't even remotely close to that, even if we have more raw talent.

[jARS mEsH sEt]

This isn't Pop's fault though. We don't have a consistent and elite penetrator anymore. Tony and Manu used to play that role. Now, Manu can initiate "beautiful game"-level offense maybe once every 8 or 9 possessions. Same with Tony. He doesn't have that first step to get past his defender anymore even with a competent pick.

[HarlemHeat37]

Whatever, they got #5, everything since has been house money, tbh..

[siraulo23]

2014 Finals Spurs don't beat this Warriors team. Their only weakness is boredom.

13' and 14' Spurs have a much better chance of beating this Warriors team than the current spurs team tbh

[gospursgojas]

Big part of beautiful game is Boris. Who was not present tonight.

[rasuo214]

The beautiful game only works if you have the shooters and passers for it. Boris was out and guys like Danny/Patty/Manu haven't been consistent with the 3s.

The problem is the Spurs don't have a 3rd scorer that can step up if LMA or Kawhi is having an off night (maybe Parker will find the fountain of youth during the playoffs), and for whatever reason there are long stretches where Kawhi doesn't touch the ball when he is shooting well. LMA and Kawhi are the Spurs advantage, Pop just needs to utilize them to the fullest to make the game easier for the rest of the team.

[Budkin]

Whatever, they got #5, everything since has been house money, tbh..

[ulosturedge]

I loved 2014 but this team had to be reinvented with the current personnel. No ferrari, dannyg's missing 3 point swag, a less fleet footed Duncan and some other changes have made this inevitable. You ain't gonna beat GS like that because they have the personnel to do it better then us. You are just playing into their hands if you do that.

You got to play the hand your delt. With the addition of LMA and a more physical Kawhi we have flipped back to a defense first mindset and pound downlow in the post team.

Thats why we were ousted in the first round last year. spread/motion offense only works if your ayers are draining those 3's. Danny and Patty struggled and it took us to 7 games where we eventually got buried.

Like I said Pop is using what he has. Not to say he can't shift gears if our shooters get hot.

I think the motion offense is dangerous though. I think their a physicological edge to keeping the ball moving until you get to the open man because inherently a player would subconciously think because he is open due to the "system" he feels like his shot should be good. If that makes any sense. The other thing is it encourages a rhythm and flow which players benefit from. Only thing to do is try and disrupt that so they don't get going.

The Spurs did that in their 2nd game with GS hopefully they can do it again if they meet in the playoffs.

[NameLess Scrub]

You guys are all faggots. A 7 game series in late May will be different. Curry ain't gonna run rampant in the paint after 2 playoff series. Did I do tha right?!

Do what?

[LongtimeSpursFan]

Big part of beautiful game is Boris. Who was not present tonight.

Boris yes but the biggest name missing is Splitter. The arrival of Splitter gave us the big that could set screens and effectively roll to the rim for either a catch and score or what he was best at...catch and pass to opposite side. Prior to the arrival of Splitter, I think it was 2010 when we lost to Phoenix we had the same issue. The Suns would just sit on their man that was positioned outside the three point line. This made it difficult to score and eventually we got swept.
I thought Aldridge could be just as effective as Splitter but he is more of a pick and pop person. Hopefully with Boris back for next game and in the playoffs we can get the offense rolling again.

[ECOV]

Spurs are still a great team brother

Theyre just running into the best team we have seen since Kobes 2001 Lakers and Mikes Bulls
Lol

[TDomination]

Whatever, they got #5, everything since has been house money, tbh..

Pretty much how i feel.

Who knew 2 years later we would break the franchise record for most wins.

[DMC]

13' and 14' Spurs have a much better chance of beating this Warriors team than the current spurs team tbh

They wouldn't beat them.

[ViceCity86]

Long gone!

[spursistan]

819759906144288768

Gasol & Lee have resurrected it in few flashes this season :cry..

[cutewizard]

Long time no see

MAY IT STAY, MAY IT BE

[daledondale]

I miss not injury Splitter and good Diaw.

[r0drig0lac]

819759906144288768

Gasol & Lee have resurrected it in few flashes this season :cry..

2014 finals flashback

[MultiTroll]

2014 Finals Spurs don't beat this Warriors team. Their only weakness is boredom.
GTFO.
Probably sweep or 4-1 the phaggots.