Game Thread: 3/19 Spurs vs. Kings 6:00 PM CST (7:00 PM EST, 2:00 AM Riga Time)

[DarrinS]

TP and Patty both 7 assists, but Patty has played 5 fewer minutes.

[Robz4000]

Not even two minutes into the fourth and the Kings are in the bonus...

[timtonymanu]

If only the Spurs had one consistent quality guard...

[SAGirl]

Apparently Simmons played decently in the debacle last night. I missed the game.
It wasn't a flawless game (still the fouling problems) but he made shots and frankly him shooting as poorly as he had been shooting just aggravated the mistakes. I mean dude was shooting something like 15% on 3s going back to January and he was off in his midrange shot too... a good reason for a below 40% overall shooting. It's great to see him get confidence in that jumpshot again.

[dabom]

Done watching. That's game.

[BillMc]

If only the Spurs had one consistent quality guard...

Rob when someone's celebrating a birthday, do you shout "Another year closer to death!" :lol

[sasaint]

So, is Brrtans now in Pop's doghouse? Has he been on the floor in this half?

[bklynspursfan]

Where's the homie Darius Bieber at? I missed the first few pages, but did he have his famous "that's game" "trash ass team" once we went down 9-0?

[spursistan]

Paddy-run offense :lol

[Robz4000]

Rob when someone's celebrating a birthday, shouts "Another year closer to death!" :lol

:lol is it bad that I actually do think that IRL these days? Once you pass 21 birthdays suck.

[DarrinS]

Where's the homie Darius Bieber at? I missed the first few pages, but did he have his famous "that's game" "trash ass team" once we went down 9-0?

Laker troll, tbh

[dabom]

Kings by 5.
:lol

So fucking wrong...

[BillMc]

:lol is it bad that I actually do think that IRL these days? Once you pass 21 birthdays suck.
:lol True.

[SASdynasty!]

TP and Patty both 7 assists, but Patty has played 5 fewer minutes.
Parker: 16/7 on 80% shooting
Mills: 10/7 on 29% shooting

[dabom]

+8
+12

:lol

[Robz4000]

Not a fan of this unit tbh. At least don't play Forbes...

[spursistan]

Pau should stop yelling at this teammates..I saw him kinda barking at Kyle a moment ago..

[BillMc]

nice pass by Kyle

[DarrinS]

We have a few non-starting guards that know how to run PnR. :tu

[sasaint]

Pau should stop yelling at this teammates..I saw him kinda barking at Kyle a moment ago..

I saw him giving him credit for a great pass.

[bic50]

Pau should stop yelling at this teammates..I saw him kinda barking at Kyle a moment ago..
He seemed to me pau was telling Kyle that was a good pass.

[BillMc]

He seemed to me pau was telling Kyle that was a good pass.
That's what I thought too

[Robz4000]

Pau should stop yelling at this teammates..I saw him kinda barking at Kyle a moment ago..

Gasol was giving props tbh, not pulling a Kirby.

[spursistan]

I saw him giving him credit for a great pass.

Gasol was giving props tbh, not pulling a Kirby.

It was more of a patronizing "that's how you do it,young fella, understood!" compliment..:lol..

Not big fan of his overall on-court demeanor..

[bklynspursfan]

Simmons again

[bklynspursfan]

Sean just said Anderson isn't slow, he's deliberate. Dude is very slow lol.. Deliberate too maybe, but definitely slow. Even he knows that

[DarrinS]

Parker: 16/7 on 80% shooting
Mills: 10/7 on 29% shooting

I would hope layups are high pct. I think those stats have changed now, btw.

[spurs10]

Where's the homie Darius Bieber at? I missed the first few pages, but did he have his famous "that's game" "trash ass team" once we went down 9-0? I'm sure he did...wonder what happened to him? :lol
Him watching the Spurs blow somebody out is probably very painful!

[bklynspursfan]

Why do people argue against who played better for our team (Patty/TP?) Who gives a crap, we want/need both of them to play well if we want to make a serious run @ 6. They're 2 different types of players and do different things well.

[spursistan]

Forbes not even garbage time worthy..

[BillMc]

sCRUBS ruining my 20 point prediction.

[$pursDynasty]

This chick with the blonde afro must be fox sports southwest version of Melissa because they focus on her after every win.

[DarrinS]

Why do people argue against who played better for our team (Patty/TP?) Who gives a crap, we want/need both of them to play well if we want to make a serious run @ 6. They're 2 different types of players and do different things well.

I think Patty is a career backup. I think TP had a good career. Neither of those two can defend today's elite PG's.

[BillMc]

Why the hell did Dave Joerger leave the Grizz for the Kings of all places? Did he get fired?

[BillMc]

Victory!

[sasaint]

Why do people argue against who played better for our team (Patty/TP?) Who gives a crap, we want/need both of them to play well if we want to make a serious run @ 6. They're 2 different types of players and do different things well.

+1

[Ron Swanson]

We're going to have some pissed off "fans" since we won the game.

[dabom]

Why the hell did Dave Joerger leave the Grizz for the Kings of all places? Did he get fired?

Injuries last year? I'm not so sure what happened either.

[BillMc]

Game thread attendance has seemed to dwindle as the season's progressed.

[sasaint]

Victory!

Yeah, I'll take it even though the scrubs blew my "over" on your 20 point victory call! :tu

[dabom]

Game thread attendance has seemed to dwindle as the season's progressed.

It's worse than the attendance. :lol

[Robz4000]

Why the hell did Dave Joerger leave the Grizz for the Kings of all places? Did he get fired?

Basically the Grizz FO didn't want him to coach anymore and Joerger didnt want to be there. It had been the case for a few years but the team was too successful to outright fire him and Joerger couldn't find another HC gig.

[BillMc]

Injuries last year? I'm not so sure what happened either.

Just checked. He was fired after we swept them last year. Man, now he's on the Kings. Poor guy. Like going from b movies to home-made porn.

[BillMc]

Basically the Grizz FO didn't want him to coach anymore and Joerger didnt want to be there. It had been the case for a few years but the team was too successful to outright fire him and Joerger couldn't find another HC gig.

Cheers. That sounds right. Wikipedia said he was fired, but as you say, that's not the whole story.

[Robz4000]

Game thread attendance has seemed to dwindle as the season's progressed.

The entire forum is beginning to rapidly die. Before it was just a gradual thing but now with the whole deceptive site BS everyone is leaving in droves.

[sasaint]

Why the hell did Dave Joerger leave the Grizz for the Kings of all places? Did he get fired?

Grizz canned him after three years.

[SAGirl]

Forbes not even garbage time worthy..
He's one of those guys... when he's off there's nothing else he can do... unfortunately. We shall see for next season...

[dabom]

Just checked. He was fired after we swept them last year. Man, now he's on the Kings. Poor guy. Like going from b movies to home-made porn.

Wrong move if you ask me.

[BillMc]

Yeah, I'll take it even though the scrubs blew my "over" on your 20 point victory call! :tu
:lol

It's worse than the attendance. :lol

:lol


The entire forum is beginning to rapidly die. Before it was just a gradual thing but now with the whole deceptive site BS everyone is leaving in droves.

Is that deceptitve site stuff ever going to end? Is no mod working on this? Where has timvp gone?

[Robz4000]

If I'm the Spurs I keep Kawhi/Gasol/Green in SA for the Minny game and let Parker/LMA/Simmons get extended minutes to get back into playing shape or build on recent play.

[SAGirl]

Grizz canned him after three years.
I read an article about that. He had openly been interviewing at different franchises. He was openly looking for a job elsewhere. He had disagreements with management over $ and he also disagreed with personnel moves. Eventually management got tired of him but he already had the other job basically lined up.

[spursistan]

The entire forum is beginning to rapidly die. Before it was just a gradual thing but now with the whole deceptive site BS everyone is leaving in droves.
This shit is happening with a 60-win team :lol...I shudder to imagine the state of Spursnation when this team slightly dips into irrelevancy, let alone outright sucktitude....

[SAGirl]

If I'm the Spurs I keep Kawhi/Gasol/Green in SA for the Minny game and let Parker/LMA/Simmons get extended minutes to get back into playing shape or build on recent play.
Gasol likely still needs chemistry with the bench crew I think.

[Robz4000]

Is that deceptitve site stuff ever going to end? Is no mod working on this? Where has timvp gone?

There's definitely someone still around missing, but obviously no one with access to the server/administrative duties has been around for months. Supposedly the site was going to be sold to someone who would pay it more attention but so far that hasn't been the case. IMO just give it to Splits and call it a day.

[bklynspursfan]

I think Patty is a career backup. I think TP had a good career. Neither of those two can defend today's elite PG's.

I agree with these too. We need them to be effective offensively to make up for the defensive issues. And even against like an OKC or Memphis, there are guys they can guard (Roberson, Allen) we just need them to be effective on the other end as much as possible

[sasaint]

Why the hell did Dave Joerger leave the Grizz for the Kings of all places? Did he get fired?

IIRC, Joerger hoped to transition the Grizz to a more up-tempo game, but the front office was married to grit and grind with Marc and Z-Bo.

[SAGirl]

Basically the Grizz FO didn't want him to coach anymore and Joerger didnt want to be there. It had been the case for a few years but the team was too successful to outright fire him and Joerger couldn't find another HC gig.
Yeah... basically a version of this is what I read..

[Robz4000]

This shit is happening with a 60-win team :lol...I shudder to imagine the state of Spursnation when this team slightly dips into irrelevancy, let alone outright sucktitude....

The Spurs fanbase itself is fine, whether online or not, but this site is in it's twilight years unless Kori/timvp actually follow through with selling the site to someone who gives a fuck.

[TheDoctor]

:flag:

[Robz4000]

Gasol likely still needs chemistry with the bench crew I think.

Gasol is playing well right now, regardless of chemistry. At this point the Spurs need to get rest for tired legs while they can and get underperforming players some extra opportunities to start playing better. I'd include Green in the latter but at this point he needs a lot of rest as well; just gotta hope he pulls a Horry come playoff time like last year.

[dabom]

:lol


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Is that deceptitve site stuff ever going to end? Is no mod working on this? Where has timvp gone?

There's mods. They just don't give a shit. :lol

[SAGirl]

IIRC, Joerger hoped to transition the Grizz to a more up-tempo game, but the front office was married to grit and grind with Marc and Z-Bo.
He wanted to draft Rodney Hood... management got Jordan Adams... frankly I watched Adams a lot in college (ucla) and I think he was going to be a baller. He was a better overall player than Shabazz and Lavine and was their leading scorer plus a solid shooter... he got a knee injury at the end of his rookie season and it ended his career prematurely. We never even saw much of him. Compare it to Dijon having something in the summer that ends his career (God bless him... not wishing that)... but that's how rotten luck that was.

Joerger wanted a youth movement. Unfortunately Grizz got Vince Carter and the like. They had a lot of issues...

[SAGirl]

Gasol is playing well right now, regardless of chemistry. At this point the Spurs need to get rest for tired legs while they can and get underperforming players some extra opportunities to start playing better. I'd include Green in the latter but at this point he needs a lot of rest as well; just gotta hope he pulls a Horry come playoff time like last year.
I think he mentioned the TO needed to be cleaned up.. which means he didn't have enough chemistry. He's got t rhythm himself but chemistry is something else.

[sasaint]

He wanted to draft Rodney Hood... management got Jordan Adams... frankly I watched Adams a lot in college (ucla) and I think he was going to be a baller. He was a better overall player than Shabazz and Lavine and was their leading scorer plus a solid shooter... he got a knee injury at the end of his rookie season and it ended his career prematurely. We never even saw much of him. Compare it to Dijon having something in the summer that ends his career (God bless him... not wishing that)... but that's how rotten luck that was.

Joerger wanted a youth movement. Unfortunately Grizz got Vince Carter and the like. They had a lot of issues...

Hood is fair - hasn't really lived up to my expectations for him. I have wondered what he could do in our system... Adams I frankly do not even remember. Pity for a young guy to suffer that kind of injury, completely altering his life - not just his career.

[ElNono]

Told ya Kings will blow out the trash ass Spurs... OKC blew the out without ever losing the lead the entire game. This Spurs team is trash.

oh ok

[Darius Bieber]

Fluke win tbh, giving the team false confidence.

[cutewizard]

This shit is happening with a 60-win team :lol...I shudder to imagine the state of Spursnation when this team slightly dips into irrelevancy, let alone outright sucktitude....

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Spurs for life!

SPURS FOREVER!!!!!

[cutewizard]

a WIN IS A WIN IS A WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Budkin]

How much will we have to come back from tonight? I say 15.

Was close... 12 tonight. How the fuck do we keep starting games so pathetically at home?