GameThread: SPURS @ Hornets Wed 11/23 6PM(CT) 7PM(ET) 2AM(Riga)

[Ron Swanson]

ANDERSON GOT TICKETS TO THE GAME??

HOW DID HE GET TICKETS TO THE GAME?

[Spurs9]

Kemba blows by Fathead :lmao

:lmao :lmao im laughing so hard right now seeing him in the game

[RD2191]

Great game by TP. Came through in the clutch.

[bklynspursfan]

Why the fuck is Anderson in the game????!

Not even fair to him, his man blew right by him. But I guess Pop wanted the length, idk

[spursistan]

FatheaD :lmao

[TheGreatYacht]

Seriously though, why is Fathead in the game

[William Hung]

Porker stat padding is shameful.

[GSH]

Why the FUCK would you even take the chance of inbounding that ball?! Timeouts left? Pop should be fucking fired for that alone.

[james evans]

Popovich gets an F for his coaching this game

[Robz4000]

Parker and Green came in clutch as fuck tonight.

[Raven]

win.

[RD2191]

Always room for improvement. He's so good, he'd be the first to say he needs to get better down the stretch. Come on now.

Meh, he's had clutch games before. I'm not going to judge our 30pt scorer in a 3pt win.

[Spurs9]

Seriously though, why is Fathead in the game

Becky must be monitoring this thread on her surface pro

[bklynspursfan]

All the complaining on here when Kawhi sat... Let them play the game folks. Despite what Pop does, he's got a bit of experience. He's not going to play guys 40+ minutes this early, unless it's an OT game.

[$pursDynasty]

HOTS locked down Kemba on D, while Kingslayer got a 30 point game

[SpurPadre]

This is D'Antoni Phoenix Suns defense.

[Eggeye]

https://s12.postimg.org/frdozq7bh/Untitled.jpg

[boutons_deux]

Seriously though, why is Fathead in the game

amazing

[DarrinS]

W

[TheGreatYacht]

Becky must be monitoring this thread on her surface pro
"SAGirl"

[r0drig0lac]

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[$pursDynasty]

Popovich gets an F for his coaching this game
give him a B+ for putting MVParker, on Kemba, changed the game

[Perry Mason]

ANDERSON GOT TICKETS TO THE GAME??

HOW DID HE GET TICKETS TO THE GAME?

SOMUCHLOL

[SpurPadre]

https://s12.postimg.org/frdozq7bh/Untitled.jpg

TP: I fucked your wife.

[Robz4000]

All the complaining on here when Kawhi sat... Let them play the game folks. Despite what Pop does, he's got a bit of experience. He's not going to play guys 40+ minutes this early, unless it's an OT game.

Pop leaves Kawhi in to close the third, Spurs don't give up that 8 point lead and prolly win this game by 15 while everyone sits in last five minutes.

[GSH]

No... no shit... I have zero patience for bad clock management. The Spurs had timeouts left. They could have called one, and gotten the ball on the other end of the court. No fucking excuse for inbounding the ball under the opponents' basket. They probably couldn't have lost the game at that point, but the only way it could happen would have been to get the inbound pass stolen. You just don't fucking do that.

I can understand the players getting caught up in the moment. (Not really, but go with it.) But there's Pop on the sideline doing fuckall. That's what losing teams and coaches to. ZERO excuse for that!

[timtonymanu]

Danny's shot looks good this season compared to last year. Doubt he gets the touches he used to in the 2013 - 2015 offense, but as long as he hits at a good rate, he will be fine.

[cjw]

All the complaining on here when Kawhi sat... Let them play the game folks. Despite what Pop does, he's got a bit of experience. He's not going to play guys 40+ minutes this early, unless it's an OT game.

Charlotte played really well tonight. And Pop is getting road wins, albeit close games, without burning hug even minutes for the top of rotation guys while getting guys like Bertans and Simmons valuable burn.

[GSH]

give him a B+ for putting MVParker, on Kemba, changed the game


No...no...no. He gets a fucking "Z" for this game. Fuck me, a high school coach should get an F for that last sequence.

[apalisoc_9]

Pop leaves Kawhi in to close the third, Spurs don't give up that 8 point lead and prolly win this game by 15 while everyone sits in last five minutes.

Yup..

Also Poop not calling a timeout. They still had one.

[Spurs9]

"SAGirl"
http://img.pandawhale.com/post-62416-The-Wire-Wee-Bey-Brice-OMG-WTF-tm9I.gif

[Eggeye]

:lmao

[BatManu20]

801613737899814914

[DMC]

Yup..

Also Poop not calling a timeout. They still had one.

It's the night before Thanksgiving. Pop wants to go home.

[$pursDynasty]

Being the teams offensive bell cow and locking down opposing teams best player is impossible for any player all season long. Spurs need rest of team to step up defense

[sasaint]

No... no shit... I have zero patience for bad clock management. The Spurs had timeouts left. They could have called one, and gotten the ball on the other end of the court. No fucking excuse for inbounding the ball under the opponents' basket. They probably couldn't have lost the game at that point, but the only way it could happen would have been to get the inbound pass stolen. You just don't fucking do that.

I can understand the players getting caught up in the moment. (Not really, but go with it.) But there's Pop on the sideline doing fuckall. That's what losing teams and coaches to. ZERO excuse for that!

Pop rests himself much more than he does his players - he just does it while he is on the bench.

[GSH]

Yup..

Also Poop not calling a timeout. They still had one.


He's lost his edge. No GOOD coach sits there and lets that ball get inbounded. He was a great coach. He brought championships to SA. But he clearly doesn't have the fire that he had. Move the fuck over, Pop, if you aren't going to give it 100%.

[apalisoc_9]

Spurs would have won comfortobly though if Poop just played a Hot hand leonard the whole 3rd.

[$pursDynasty]

MVParker was a boss to end the game but couldn't have done it without the Kingslayer. Are the Spurs better without Parker? My ass.

[elemento]

When DG hits his open shots SA gets so much better. Parker played really well in the 4th quarter.

Fun game to watch. The bench was pretty bad tonight especially Manu and Lee (except for Bertans)

[Perry Mason]

Pau was a nice positive tonight too. Heady play, some decent defense (with lapses of course), good assists, timely shots.

[$pursDynasty]

Bench is a major concern, hopefully Dedmon back soon but Pop, can't go totally bench, In a competitive game. Leave a scoring starter in at all times.

[Perry Mason]

Realistically, what do the Spurs do to improve bench play? Keep hoping that Simmons gets back on track? Dedmon coming back will help quite a bit.

[apalisoc_9]

We really need dedmon though...We could have used him for about 15 minutes or so tonight. Probably end up winning by 20. Lee works well with Dedmon.

Our bench might not be a lost cause if dedmon can just return already..And poop not treating him like rookie splitter.

[apalisoc_9]

Bertans has managed to steal Anderson small ball minutes. :lol..

Bertans was really the only positive tonight off the bench.

[gambit1990]

more bertans, less anderson.

[timtonymanu]

Bertans has managed to steal Anderson small ball minutes. :lol..

Bertans was really the only positive tonight off the bench.

Beating out Anderson shouldn't be a hard thing to do for a pro. :lol. I hope Bertans keeps improving. The bench really needs another shooter.

[cutewizard]

Read that Bertans had a good performance today, cool!!

The guy is starting to learn the system, play him more Coach POp!

:claw

[GSH]

Beating out Anderson shouldn't be a hard thing to do for a pro. :lol. I hope Bertans keeps improving. The bench really needs another shooter.



The bench HAS another shooter - Bryn Forbes. He just can't do anything else.

[timtonymanu]

The bench HAS another shooter - Bryn Forbes. He just can't do anything else.

You know I always forget he's on the roster. Can't imagine he will be on much longer especially if Garino is supposedly doing good enough in the d-league.

[apalisoc_9]

Sagirl after seeing Anderson total minutes played tonight in comparison to Bertans and Simmons

"Anderson 5 seconds played"... :cry

Must be a huge blow after expecting anderson fans expected him to play north of 20...:lol

Less minutes than his rookie year

:lol

[bklynspursfan]

Pop leaves Kawhi in to close the third, Spurs don't give up that 8 point lead and prolly win this game by 15 while everyone sits in last five minutes.

Where I disagree with Pop is he should've left Aldridge in at least. Both shouldn't have been on the bench at such a crucial point.

But if Kawhi closes that quarter, he likely is subbed in later in the 4th than he was. And Charlotte is a good team, so let's give them some credit. They were going to make a run regardless, so whether it comes in the end of the 3rd, or the beginning of the 4th doesn't matter much IMO.

The bench has to figure out a way to maintain leads, and it'll only happen if Pop plays them at those points. Like I said, I do wish he kept at least LMA out there

[elemento]

Once Bertans gets comfortable in the NBA, we're going to be really glad to have him. He is automatic if he is wide open. His shot is beautiful, his release is high and quick. He is the anti-Bonner. The 2nd unit needs to make plays to find Bertans open. I don't give a shit if he misses. Feed the boy.

Aside from that, I hate Popovich's small-lineup with Lee @ C. Just waive a fucking G a get a C that can rebound the ball and play some D. Spurs can't afford having Gasol as the only C of the team while Dedmon is injured. Spurs almost blew the game away in the end of the 3rd quarter because of it.

[bklynspursfan]

Charlotte played really well tonight. And Pop is getting road wins, albeit close games, without burning hug even minutes for the top of rotation guys while getting guys like Bertans and Simmons valuable burn.

Yea, it's definitely a win/win. It's important for this team to learn how to grind out wins, especially in hostile environments without TD's leadership and voice. It might not always look pretty this early on, but I mean winning games in November is not the goal.

[Kawhitstorm]

You just can't take this team seriously as anything beyond first round fodder. Too many bad/cancerous players (and coach) holding this team down.

This team is like the 2011 Lakers that won 57 games but got destroyed on PnRs & made Barea seem like the seconding coming of Tiny Archibald.

The only hope is Dedmon being a 15 minute rotation player & Softridge going nuclear in the postseason otherwise they are going to get swept in the 2nd rd.

[313]

Spurs would have won comfortobly though if Poop just played a Hot hand leonard the whole 3rd.
Poop is Teflon

[apalisoc_9]

The season is resting under Pop's ability to get over a simple tweet! If Pop forces dedmon to lose his cobfidence even though hes been amazing in every single minute he has played so far...Poop jist needs to go. He needs to get over himself.

[Kawhitstorm]

Aside from that, I hate Popovich's small-lineup with Lee @ C. Just waive a fucking G a get a C that can rebound the ball and play some D. Spurs can't afford having Gasol as the only C of the team while Dedmon is injured. Spurs almost blew the game away in the end of the 3rd quarter because of it.

IMO, it might be worth a try to play Fat Head at center since he's a good defensive rebound & knows how to use his length on defense.

[Kawhitstorm]

The season is resting under Pop's ability to get over a simple tweet! If Pop forces dedmon to lose his cobfidence even though hes been amazing in every single minute he has played so far...Poop jist needs to go. He needs to get over himself.

Stephen Jackson is Dedmon's agent.:wakeup

[TampaDude]

So glad we won and covered. I hop Pop sends video of Walker's flop to the league. Methinks there's a fine coming for Kembullshit.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

You know, one thing I will say is that while they aren't blowing teams out, they're at least winning the close games. Spurs last year got overlooked at how poor they were in crunch time situations because of many wins they had overall.

[timtonymanu]

You know, one thing I will say is that while they aren't blowing teams out, they're at least winning the close games. Spurs last year got overlooked at how poor they were in crunch time situations because of many wins they had overall.

:tu. A rare non cliff jumping post from you. :lmao. Joking aside, I totally agree with your take. Part of me thinks it's why Pop goes to his mad scientist mode at the wrong time so this team continues to stay tested.

[SpurPadre]

Had that inbounds play call not been reversed, would we have lost the game?

[elemento]

IMO, it might be worth a try to play Fat Head at center since he's a good defensive rebound & know how to use his length on defense.

You're gonna get killed for saying that but I agree. And Lee can't play C ever again. Hope Pop stops this insanity.

[Robz4000]

You know, one thing I will say is that while they aren't blowing teams out, they're at least winning the close games. Spurs last year got overlooked at how poor they were in crunch time situations because of many wins they had overall.

Was thinking that earlier as well. If the Spurs start figuring things out this could end up being a blessing in disguise.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

:tu. A rare non cliff jumping post from you. :lmao. Joking aside, I totally agree with your take. Part of me thinks it's why Pop goes to his mad scientist mode at the wrong time so this team continues to stay tested.

:lol :lol

Now that I've filled my non cliff jumping post for the season, back to being a pessimistic s.o.b

[SpurPadre]

The bench HAS another shooter - Bryn Forbes. He just can't do anything else.

Like Gary Neal?

[Hoops Czar]

Like Gary Neal?

Only if Gary Neal shot 33% from two point range and 20% from three point range.

[LakerHater]

Fuckn sick of Pau Gasol no D ass!!:bang

[spurs10]

Read that Bertans had a good performance today, cool!!

The guy is starting to learn the system, play him more Coach POp!

:claw He did have a good game! I hope Bill Mc saw it!

[SpurPadre]

Only if Gary Neal shot 33% from two point range and 20% from three point range.

At leadt he can probably defend a shoeless player, tbh.

[John Petrucci]

The team seemed really tight/happy for each other when Tony nailed that 3 at the end. Love seeing that kind of camaraderie on this Spurs team without TD leading it. Feel like it's the first time I've seen something like that all season.

Kawhi was just unreal tonight. Man does he remind me of MJ when he gets in a groove like that.

[Robz4000]

Fuckn sick of Pau Gasol no D ass!!:bang

He's played plenty of good D this season. This was just a bad matchup for him. It'll be the same against Boston.

[Hoops Czar]

At leadt he can probably defend a shoeless player, tbh.

Actually, I'm pretty sure he couldn't guard a footless player.