Game Thread: Warriors at Spurs 3/ 11 7:30 CST, 3:30 AM Riga, 10:30 PM Trenque Lauquen

[Chinook]

Again, though, fuck guys like Wilbon. Larry Bird and his generation can hardly walk nowadays. You think this macho bullshit about playing so much in the old days has anything to do with that? NFL players used to say this shit too, but they stopped after too many of them started shooting each other in the chest.

[GSH]

If the Warriors won, would the post game narrative be the same?


Oh my gosh no! I commented earlier today - if the Spurs lost this game, the meltdown would have been epic. People would be recounting every "unnecessary" loss of the entire season. Petitions would be out to get Pop fired. Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!

[bklynspursfan]

Thank you Steve Kerr for giving us the tiebreaker. Had he played with all the available players we would have lost.

And we would've had another shot to win it in a couple weeks. They weren't gonna beat us at home 2x

[sasaint]

I'm guessing that Kawhi will be back, and LMA won't. Wasn't it heart arrhythmia that ended Fabbs career? Not saying that LMA is done, just that they won't take any chances with it.

I don't remember LMA's history of heart arrhythmia being mentioned when the Spurs were courting him in free agency. Seems odd.

[GSH]

Nice game by Kyle.


I think it's official. Our bench could absolutely dominate the D-League.

[BillMc]

Anyone else not like Pau's body language tonight?

[GSH]

I don't remember LMA's history of heart arrhythmia being mentioned when the Spurs were courting him in free agency. Seems odd.


I don't remember it either, TBH. But if you remember that summer, everyone was so ecstatic that we probably didn't notice. That looked like the best offseason in history.

[james evans]

I'm sure if this were the playoffs, then most of those guys would be playing. But it's a regular season game, and one Kerr can win even sitting his best players because of all the players out for the Spurs. And Green only played because of his streak that he went through comical efforts to extend, including a start and playing for a few minutes and then sitting. Of course, if it was a tooth or two, guys like Kawhi would play. But a concussion is serious. Better to rest and not take chances.
according to what is defined as a concussion by today's standards, I've had literally hundreds of them in my life since I boxed amateur in my teens and 20s. I always thought a concussion was when someone was knocked unconscious, but today that's not the case. If Leonard got a concussion from that little shit that happened the other night, then I was borderline facing death with some of the punches I've taken in my life :lol

[dabom]

Are the MODs some senior bunch of faggots? :lmao

[dabom]

Anyone else not like Pau's body language tonight?

Blaming the young guy. And pop bailed him out.

[Ron Swanson]

Are the MODs some senior bunch of faggots? :lmao

Your Patty threads keep getting nuked. :lol

[dabom]

Let the coach coach. Don't cry like a bitch for 2 whole minutes. I don't care if it might have been his fault.

[sammy]

Agreed! Fuck the NBA!

[ducks]

Anyone else not like Pau's body language tonight?

He was mad at Bertans when it looked like it was his fault but pop benched Bertans and talked to him

[sasaint]

Wasn't even trying, and he had a great game. Would have liked to see him go into summer league mode.

He had a really nice beneath-the-radar game. It was very encouraging. With the other guys on the floor, it is a slight concern that he wasn't a little more assertive even if he didn't go full SL mode.

[dabom]

Your Patty threads keep getting nuked. :lol

Made like 5. I'm not pinked because they know they are the sensitive faggots. :lmao

[BillMc]

Blaming the young guy. And pop bailed him out.
Yep

[Splits]

Who's doing game grades? Please dedicate to Emilio

[dabom]

Poor people don t spend 2.5K on a basketball game. That's just not ever gonna happen. Whether your entertained or not, your not gonna get that money back. If it hurt you the next day, why are you spending that money to begin with. :lol

[sasaint]

I don't remember it either, TBH. But if you remember that summer, everyone was so ecstatic that we probably didn't notice. That looked like the best offseason in history.

...to some.

[Ron Swanson]

Spurs just played six games in nine days. Portland originally had five games this week until one got postponed. Why aren't the tards in the media talking about that? It's only a travesty if it happens to the Dubs?

[BillMc]

What the hell has happened to Memphis?

[spurs10]

Poor people don t spend 2.5K on a basketball game. That's just not ever gonna happen. Whether your entertained or not, your not gonna get that money back. If it hurt you the next day, why are you spending that money to begin with. :lol Spoiled brat! :lol

[spurs10]

Little Emilio needs some new heroes, TBH. I blame his parents. Bad parenting indeed!

[TXstbobcat]

Bad parenting indeed!

It all worked out okay. His parents bought him a Leonard jersey before leaving the AT&T Center .

[SAGirl]

Anyone else not like Pau's body language tonight? Yea. I am trying to remain happy about this win and young guys playing well.. but boy, he is still in the bench with the Lamarcus injury and he TO the ball 5 times. I think the lack of chemistry with teammates can bother him. We should remember up until a few weeks ago he was starting and built chemistry with some dudes and now, not only is he in the bench, but whenever Pop decides to bump guys in the rotation or someone from further down the rotation is bumped to the bench they don't know how he plays and what he likes. I am trying to not read too much into it personally.

[ducks]

That was one of the worse call games ever

[dabom]

It all worked out okay. His parents bought him a Leonard jersey before leaving the AT&T Center .

They still had money? The audacity. :lol

[TMC]

I think Kerr made the right decision. Warriors have been on the road awhile and playing like garbage. Dropping this one while you're trying to win might have hurt them mentally. Give up the improbable tie breaker.

[Keepin' it real]

What the hell has happened to Memphis?

Tanking to play the Spurs circa 2011.

[ducks]

Kerr needed to sit curry anyhow for sure
Green play and they are losing he could do crazy shit and get suspended

[kaji157]

And we would've had another shot to win it in a couple weeks. They weren't gonna beat us at home 2x

We may still be without Lma when we meet again.
I think Kerr did this to send a message but didn´t think it thru.

[spurs10]

It all worked out okay. His parents bought him a Leonard jersey before leaving the AT&T Center . Now he is getting on the right track!

[bklynspursfan]

We may still be without Lma when we meet again.
I think Kerr did this to send a message but didn´t think it thru.

Well he said he wouldn't sacrifice their bodies for the 1 seed. LMA would be out but Kawhi would be back. Idk. Without Durant, they have been terrible. I like our chances very much in that scenario, even without LMA

[BatManu20]

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[BatManu20]

Gasol: "The NBA is moving toward less of a loaded schedule...But as we all know it's a big business that moves a lot of revenue." #Spurs

Gasol: "You have to be ready for whatever is thrown at you. So mentally it wasn't that tough." #Spurs

[pgardn]

The Garcia-Rosas got tickets to the game? How did THEY get tickets to the game?

I think they are Brooklyn fans.

[Seventyniner]

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Dat foreshadowing tho

[spursparker9]

Gasol: "The NBA is moving toward less of a loaded schedule...But as we all know it's a big business that moves a lot of revenue." #Spurs

Gasol: "You have to be ready for whatever is thrown at you. So mentally it wasn't that tough." #Spurs

alpha!

[GSH]

...to some.



Oh, man, you were doing so good. I don't remember if you were around back then or not. But go back and read ANY thread from that time, and people were excited. I probably read "We Stacked!!!" a hundred times. Don't start with the revisionist shtick unless you're one of HarlemHeat's alts. :lol

My point was that people were so excited to have another AllStar coming to the roster that they probably wouldn't have noticed some story about a once-upon-a-time heart thingy. If the story was out there, it got drowned in all the excitement. That much is just fact, regardless of how you felt about LMA that summer.

[Spurtacular]

This isn't a Jimmerthread...

So, you can defend your man crush.

[GSH]

Anyone else not like Pau's body language tonight?

Blaming the young guy. And pop bailed him out.


If Pau wants to earn the right to bitch, maybe he should get down in the paint where all the big boys play. Big bastard shot 37% from the field, 4 of 6 from the FT line, and had 5 TO's. (I guess without that play he would have only had four TO's?) If anything, the rest of the team out to be chewing his ass out.

On a positive note, Pau didn't have any fouls tonight. But that happens when you avoid contact all night.

[LakerHater]

Dont like how the spurs allowed so many points in the paint tonite!!

Also, all of gsw bench points but, then again the whole team was the bench.

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[BillMc]

It's amusing to hear people talk about Kawhi's brain, LMA's heart, and Pau's courage like they're characters from the Wizard of OZ.

[TampaDude]

It's amusing to hear people talk about Kawhi's brain, LMA's heart, and Pau's courage like they're characters from the Wizard of OZ.

:lmao

[GSH]

Anyone else not like Pau's body language tonight?


It's amusing to hear people talk about Kawhi's brain, LMA's heart, and Pau's courage like they're characters from the Wizard of OZ.


:lmao Oh, I wish I has done that. Well done, sir, well done. :toast

[BillMc]

:lmao Oh, I wish I has done that. Well done, sir, well done. :toast
:toast

[ceperez]

It's amusing to hear people talk about Kawhi's brain, LMA's heart, and Pau's courage like they're characters from the Wizard of OZ.
:bobo

[ceperez]

Anyone else not like Pau's body language tonight?

Pau is an old dude and he can't bring the intensity every night. Manu is also old, but has an entirely different mindset.

I think though, both take it easy when they know that its going to be a easy win. It is just so much more obvious with Pau.

[littlecoyotecoin]

It's amusing to hear people talk about Kawhi's brain, LMA's heart, and Pau's courage like they're characters from the Wizard of OZ.

I mostly just lurk due to time constraints, now, but was watching that play develop and was interested to see if anyone would execute. Of course it was the writer ;) Good travels BMc.

[BillMc]

I mostly just lurk due to time constraints, now, but was watching that play develop and was interested to see if anyone would execute. Of course it was the writer ;) Good travels BMc.
:toast Cheers man.

[sasaint]

Oh, man, you were doing so good. I don't remember if you were around back then or not. But go back and read ANY thread from that time, and people were excited. I probably read "We Stacked!!!" a hundred times. Don't start with the revisionist shtick unless you're one of HarlemHeat's alts. :lol

My point was that people were so excited to have another AllStar coming to the roster that they probably wouldn't have noticed some story about a once-upon-a-time heart thingy. If the story was out there, it got drowned in all the excitement. That much is just fact, regardless of how you felt about LMA that summer.

I've been around much longer than that. And I grasped your current point. "It's happening!" "He's coming!" Would have drowned out any mention of a "heart thingy."

No revisionism. Certainly no HH! :lol. ceperez was never on board. But I don't recall your being on board, either. Advocated re-tooling, as I advocated a "mini-tank."

[daledondale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnLMMlFa9Hg

[Chinook]

Dat thumbnail ^

[Seventyniner]

It's amusing to hear people talk about Kawhi's brain, LMA's heart, and Pau's courage like they're characters from the Wizard of OZ.

Nice.

Hopefully the Spurs reach the end of the LOBrick road.

[TheGreatYacht]

Nice.

Hopefully the Spurs reach the end of the LOBrick road.
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"Did someone say brick?"

[BillMc]

Nice.

Hopefully the Spurs reach the end of the LOBrick road.

:lol:toast

[GSH]

No revisionism. Certainly no HH! :lol. ceperez was never on board. But I don't recall your being on board, either. Advocated re-tooling, as I advocated a "mini-tank."


LMAO. Just to be clear - we still had Tim Duncan who had played GREAT the year before. We got LaMarcus Aldridge. West gave up $10M or whatever to come here, and we thought he would be better. I had been calling for the Spurs to sign Boban, and they did. And you're claiming that I was calling for the Spurs to Tank? That's just too stupid for words.

You go back and find ANY post I made about re-building last year, and then you post it. Until then, you're just a lightweight whiny bitch that has to make shit up when you get your panties in a bind. Not joking. You find a single post to back up that stupid shit, or get yourself some fucking Midol and come back when you're not feeling so hormonal.

Put up or shut up, Nancy.

[Ice009]

I've been around much longer than that. And I grasped your current point. "It's happening!" "He's coming!" Would have drowned out any mention of a "heart thingy."

No revisionism. Certainly no HH! :lol. ceperez was never on board. But I don't recall your being on board, either. Advocated re-tooling, as I advocated a "mini-tank."

I knew about it from his Portland days. I knew good and well that he had a heart issue and the Spurs would have too. I didn't have a problem with signing him because of it. For him to have been playing at a high level after coming back from it, I thought that showed toughness and heart (no pun intended), so I didn't have any problem with it whatsoever.

[Ice009]

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"Did someone say brick?"

lol. I found that funny, but then I realized that he can't hit shit these days. F$%^, this guy can't shoot for shit.

[sasaint]

LMAO. Just to be clear - we still had Tim Duncan who had played GREAT the year before. We got LaMarcus Aldridge. West gave up $10M or whatever to come here, and we thought he would be better. I had been calling for the Spurs to sign Boban, and they did. And you're claiming that I was calling for the Spurs to Tank? That's just too stupid for words.

You go back and find ANY post I made about re-building last year, and then you post it. Until then, you're just a lightweight whiny bitch that has to make shit up when you get your panties in a bind. Not joking. You find a single post to back up that stupid shit, or get yourself some fucking Midol and come back when you're not feeling so hormonal.

Put up or shut up, Nancy.

I'm not whining or calling names, friend. And I'm not sure why you are. The initial issue was whether the clamor over LMA's successful recruitment by the Spurs would have drowned out news of any "heart thingy." You are right, it would have.

The next issue was whether there were any ST posters who, nonetheless, were not totally behind the LMA signing. Some posters thought that was delaying a rebuild, and sooner would be better. I was one, and I know ceperez was one. I thought you were also less than enamored with the signing. If I was mistaken, I was honestly mistaken. Have a snickers.

[GSH]

I'm not whining or calling names, friend. And I'm not sure why you are.


I'll tell you the same thing I told the other fucktard (assuming you aren't the same person). It's a simple formula - don't make shit up and claim I said it.

It's really not that hard to understand.