GSW @ Spurs Wed 3-29 8:30 PM CDT sponsored by Kawhi for MVP

[Darius Bieber]

West killing the Spurs. :lmao

[spurs10]

Maybe pop is throwing this game
Well the way he started the fourth is not playing to win.

[RD2191]

Ugh playoff Kawhi

Finals MVP?

[Uriel]

Warriors with an obvious huge talent advantage against the Spurs, that puts us in "it's going to take a miracle" territory.
They'll beat us in the WCF in 5 games or less.

[TheGreatYacht]

Kawhi on Curry when the game is over :lmao

Poop is the worst adjusting coach I've ever seen. Stubborn senile fuck

[sasaint]

Warriors with an obvious huge talent advantage against the Spurs, that puts us in "it's going to take a miracle" territory.

Which hasn't happened tonight.

[timtonymanu]

Getting cucked by that faggot David West. Just keep embarrassing yourselves

[FkLA]

Man, fuck DWorst.

[Robz4000]

David West is fucking nuking the Spurs. Where was this last year bitch?

[RD2191]

Parker with a solid zero points.

[Darius Bieber]

Lol Spurs.

[SASdynasty!]

Sad to not see Parker even trying to shoot anymore. Had a few good years left but wasted them so we could develop his 2nd round exit team.

[Keepin' it real]

What kind of offense???

[PopTheGOAT]

West can go fuck himself

[703 Spurz]

West with more points and FG made in one game than his last 10 games played.

[Darius Bieber]

SPURS MISSING FTs LMAO

[bklynspursfan]

Can't hit any FTs. Not doing ourselves any favors.

[Robz4000]

:lmao Mills

[Darius Bieber]

1/3 FTS. Trash

[G-Dawgg]

....getting spanked without Durant? Spurs will lose in 5 games if Durant comes back.

[140]

:wow MVPatty

[SAGirl]

Patty what a moment to miss FT

[Capt Bringdown]

Spurs choking down the stretch at the FT per par

[HI-FI]

These Dubs are more obnoxious and douchey than last years team, if that's possible.

[SASdynasty!]

Lol this post-Parker team has no reliable offense.

[Ice009]

LOL West just destroyed the Spurs.

[G-Dawgg]

Embarassing loss. Defense wins championships? Not if you canT score the ball......

[Darius Bieber]

All of you delusional Spur fans can apologize to me now.

[SASdynasty!]

Lol Kawhi...

[Uriel]

God, I hate Draymond so much, but I would do anything to have him play for my team.

[timtonymanu]

Soft ass team. Every one of them.

[FkLA]

Smh at letting this scrub destroy you.

[SASdynasty!]

All of you delusional Spur fans can apologize to me now.
You said 40+ points dummy

[james evans]

this is disgusting. That timeout int he 1st ruined us. I still dont know why he called that shit

[bklynspursfan]

Too many guys struggled tonight to have any chance. When you couple that with terrible defense, this is what you get.

[TheGreatYacht]

JVG clowning this cute Poop defense :lmao

[PopTheGOAT]

Atrocious on both ends

[sasaint]

Embarassing loss. Defense wins championships? Not if you canT score the ball......

ESPN gonna have a field day at the Spurs' expense. Can an entire team get posterized? :wow

[Capt Bringdown]

Who can beat GS? Looks like they will win it all pretty easily this year.

[$pursDynasty]

Espn knows what is going to happen to that thunder game, Spurs rest everybody.

[Nathan89]

https://goodlogo.com/images/logos/san_antonio_spurs_logo_3932.png:lmao

[DarrinS]

this is disgusting. That timeout int he 1st ruined us. I still dont know why he called that shit

No

[Uriel]

this is disgusting. That timeout int he 1st ruined us. I still dont know why he called that shit
Horrible timeout that killed our momentum and allowed the Warriors to regroup.

[100%duncan]

:lol retards blaming this on pop and not on kawhi, lamarcus, parker

[Darius Bieber]

You said 40+ points dummy

It was a 40 point turnaround this game.

[bklynspursfan]

....getting spanked without Durant? Spurs will lose in 5 games if Durant comes back.

Beat em by 30 with Durant. Not sure how this game somehow is an indication how a playoff series would go.

Durant takes shots away from Iggy/West who are having better than normal games.

[james evans]

How in any way is that hard to imagine? He literally does it every year.
he's a guy that wants to do it hhis way. He'll try for 7 years if he has to just to show people he can win HIS WAY.

[Keepin' it real]

God, I hate Draymond so much, but I would do anything to have him play for my team.

You have a team? Mazel tov!

[Amuseddaysleeper]

:lol retards blaming this on pop and not on kawhi, lamarcus, parker

Lots of blame to go around, tbh.

At the end of the day, the Warriors are just a much better team. Spurs ceiling is the WCF.

[TimDunkem]

Lol Spurs fans slowly exiting the building.

[bklynspursfan]

:lol retards blaming this on pop and not on kawhi, lamarcus, parker

Agreed.. plenty of blame to go on the players. No one stepped up

[SAGirl]

Parker with a solid zero points.
horrible game from him. One of those that makes one think he needs to retire unfortunately.
spurs still need production from him.

[daslicer]

Terrible defense after the first quarter along with fluke games by West and Iguodola did the Spurs in. On the bright side Gasol got whatever he wanted on the offensive end against the Warriors.

[spurs10]

Dude in the shower in the AT&T Center like Spurs fans tonight.

[Keepin' it real]

Leonard taking over!!!

[Robz4000]

Just an embarrassment for the Spurs.

Supposedly vaunted depth? Dubs completely destroy your bench.

Better bigs? David West (:lmao) the best fucking big on the floor.

Elite defense? Dubs have completely outshown the Spurs.

To top things off, they're getting Durant back soon and all their guards are better than the Spurs' (outside maybe Green).

[BatManu20]

Good times.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8Iw29GVwAEggI8?format=jpg&name=large

[spurs1990]

Honestly hard to pull any positives from this one.

You don't go up 22 points on that team with everything in your favor, and lose the game.

Big time gut check and we can only hope this will fuel them for the WCF matchup.

[DMC]

lol waiting for a bad game to pounce

Fuck outta here, Fat boy.


If only I pounced every time he had a bad game like you, fat boy.

If only...


Klaynus showing why he's a much better offensive player than Kawhi am I right, DMC? :cry


Offense: Klaynus or Kawhi?


Seriously can we stop putting Klanus in the same stratosphere as the great Kawhi Leonard? It was stupid then and even moreso now.

lol fat hands


Is he a better offensive player than Klaynus Thompson though? :lol

:wakeup

[703 Spurz]

Espn knows what is going to happen to that thunder game, Spurs rest everybody.

2 seed is essentially locked up so it makes no difference what happens these last 8 games.

[Ditty]

Rotations are so slow. Playing soft.

[RD2191]

The Spurs are outmatched at every position again the dubs, even the small forward position is a toss up. Our starting center and pg had like 2 points combined tonight, you aren't beating a team like the dubs playing like that.

[SAGirl]

Terrible defense after the first quarter along with fluke games by West and Iguodola did the Spurs in. On the bright side Gasol got whatever he wanted on the offensive end against the Warriors.
Bench scored well outside of Manu having an off night but they couldn't get a stop when they needed it. Some shots by Klay were just difficult shots but the cutters got whatever they wanted.

[$pursDynasty]

Pop pull the plug

[spurs10]

Good pass Danny!

[SASdynasty!]

How was this team so much better with Parker as the #1 option? Is it because Kawhi can't pass?

[Keepin' it real]

Danny trying to get EVERYONE involved.

[Play Boban]

Verde :lol

[SAGirl]

Pau on defense sad.... Lee not that much better, he's not a rim protector.

[100%duncan]

Lots of blame to go around, tbh.

At the end of the day, the Warriors are just a much better team. Spurs ceiling is the WCF.

I just find it appalling that long time basketball fans, Im assuming, think that a timeout in the first can change an entire ball game :lmao

[Budkin]

The Spurs are outmatched at every position again the dubs, even the small forward position is a toss up. Our starting center and pg had like 2 points combined tonight, you aren't beating a team like the dubs playing like that.

Had we not taken that huge lead we would have lost by 40+

[spurraider21]

Smh at letting this scrub destroy you.Klaynus vs Kawhi...
DMC

[sasaint]

Warriors sure played like they were afraid of the Spurs tonight. :wow

[james evans]

steve kerr figured out how to stop us. Just double or triple leonard and make someone hit an open jump shot. hahaha.

[FaM0us Skins]

:bang

[G-Dawgg]

Beat em by 30 with Durant. Not sure how this game somehow is an indication how a playoff series would go.

Durant takes shots away from Iggy/West who are having better than normal games.

Dude, this team just spanked us at home on the 2nd night of a back to back without their best scorer... Get real and take of your homer glasses

[DarrinS]

Props to the warriors, tbh

[FkLA]

I hate DWorst. :cry

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol David West

[LakerHater]

Dunno if Poop jus not showin'em anything!!

But he coached terrible! no playcallin, jus a shit load of dribble hand offs!

[$pursDynasty]

Pop has got to figure out a cure for the switch mismatches on defense.

[100%duncan]

David West is gonna get cucked by Lebron to retirement tbh :lol

[spurraider21]

rip first seed aspirations, and rip kawhi mvp aspirations

[FkLA]

Klaynus vs Kawhi...
DMC

Stop it you fucking pot stirrer.

[bklynspursfan]

Dude, this team just spanked us at home on the 2nd night of a back to back without their best scorer... Get real and take of your homer glasses

Who cares. This means nothing come playoff time

[james evans]

Had we not taken that huge lead we would have lost by 40+
not really because we wouldn't have got lax without the big lead. Same thing happened last season against the HOrnets. Got a 26 point lead, popovich puts in a bullshit lineup, they turn the ball over and brick 3s, giving up open 3s and we lost

[SAGirl]

F*ck Dworst tbh.. dude got cucked against OKC and couldn't hit a shot or do squat.

[RD2191]

How was this team so much better with Parker as the #1 option? Is it because Kawhi can't pass?

Kawhi has 3 more assists than that sack of shit tonight, salty old bastard.

[spurs1990]

David West jamming it all in

[daslicer]

Bench scored well outside of Manu having an off night but they couldn't get a stop when they needed it. Some shots by Klay were just difficult shots but the cutters got whatever they wanted.

I agree. Klay hit some contested shots and there is nothing you can do about it when he hits those shots but the cutters were what really hurt. The Spurs could not defend the cutters, pick and roll plays during the whole entire game after the first quarter.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I just find it appalling that long time basketball fans, Im assuming, think that a timeout in the first can change an entire ball game :lmao

Oh, I agree man. That timeout was dumb, but not the biggest reason why we lost the game. :tu

[Robz4000]

Spurs have to completely rebuild their guard rotation next season, just no way around it. They need to do something about Parker's contract too; either restructure it or jettison him ffs.

[Keepin' it real]

We need a pick-me-up. Real quick everyone: Beatles or Stones on three:

1...2...3

[Ditty]

Lol blow your load this game, West :lol. You will be no where found when the games start mattering.

[fresnodog]

First quarter was fools gold. F_ck David West.

[Darius Bieber]

Who cares. This means nothing come playoff time

LMAO Now Spur fans having to resort to false hope.

[sasaint]

Juice in the game with :52! :lol

[mclinejr]

Why the hell didn't Dedmon get more minutes?

[bklynspursfan]

Dunno if Poop jus not showin'em anything!!

But he coached terrible! no playcallin, jus a shit load of dribble hand offs!

He never had Kawhi guard Green. That's who he started on, he is usually on Klay.

I don't think Pop was showing anything, but also, too many guys sucked tonight to mask whatever he may have been trying

[703 Spurz]

West hadn't hit a 3 in at least his last 10 games. He has his cock all up in everyone's ass now.

[BatManu20]

David West and the entire Dubs team are saucin' on us right now in our own building. Dancing, celebrating, showboating, etc. And not a single player on our team will do a thing about it. Sad.

[Ice009]

Complete meltdown from the Spurs.

Kawhi is no Tim Duncan. I don't ever want to hear it again from faggots like UNT whatever the fuck his name is.

Kawhi's not as good as prime Duncan on defense or offense. Not to mention TD has supreme confidence. He doesn't shrivel up in big games and when he was double teamed with tough physical defense, he still found ways to make things happen.

[Keepin' it real]

Is Dedmon the only NBA starter to also play routinely in garbage time?

[100%duncan]

Oh, I agree man. That timeout was dumb, but not the biggest reason why we lost the game. :tu

Fans are just so dumb, especially in ST :lol Oh but you cant really blame kawhi, lma and god forbid Parker! Those guys are untouchable!!!

[timtonymanu]

David West is such a faggot. Even more so he acted like the Spurs did him dirty when he left but the real truth is his faggot ass just wanted an easy ring.

[G-Dawgg]

Who cares. This means nothing come playoff time

Yeah, because Durant will be back come playoff time...

[SASdynasty!]

Golden State...cockiest playoff chokers of all time

[Capt Bringdown]

Warriors shrugged off the 22 point deficit with ease. Warriors know that they are a much better team, as do the Spurs.

Besides the obvious talent disadvantage, I don't know if having a coach who thinks regular season games don't matter helps us much. Too fucking cute, if you ask me.

[bklynspursfan]

LMAO Now Spur fans having to resort to false hope.

I'm still trying to figure out your purpose here. At least change your avatar and "team" so we know what team it is you're a fan of

[Amuseddaysleeper]

David West is such a faggot. Even more so he acted like the Spurs did him dirty when he left but the real truth is his faggot ass just wanted an easy ring.

I honestly hope he tears his ACL. He's such a low life piece of shit. Hated him on the Spur last year too.

[Robz4000]

I'm actually pretty confident the Spurs can deal with the Dubs' offense even with Durant provided their scrubs don't play like this. However, the Spurs have to find consistent offense from the guards. Murray just might have to be thrown into the fire.

[Horse]

We missed fts in the 4th while they literally couldn't miss. The story of the game outside pops dumb shit and warriorefs.

[cjw]

Is Dedmon the only NBA starter to also play routinely in garbage time?

Joel Anthony probably isn't active

[Killakobe81]

Warriors imploding.

Premature ejaculating...

[SPURt]

That sucked, second seed and no Kawhi MVP

[SAGirl]

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&w=100Spurs



STARTERS
MIN
FG
3PT
FT
OREB
DREB
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
+/-
PTS


L. Aldridge (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2983/lamarcus-aldridge)PF
35
7-14
1-2
2-2
1
5
6
0
0
4
1
1
-2
17


K. Leonard (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6450/kawhi-leonard)SF
36
7-20
0-5
5-7
3
4
7
5
1
0
5
0
-3
19


D. Dedmon (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2580913/dewayne-dedmon)C
18
1-3
0-0
2-2
0
5
5
0
1
2
0
1
+5
4


T. Parker (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1015/tony-parker)PG
24
0-4
0-0
0-0
1
0
1
2
2
0
2
2
-7
0


D. Green (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3988/danny-green)SG
30
5-9
4-6
2-2
4
2
6
3
2
0
2
2
-1
16


BENCH
MIN
FG
3PT
FT
OREB
DREB
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
+/-
PTS


D. Lee (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2772/david-lee)PF
16
4-7
0-0
0-0
2
2
4
0
0
1
1
2
-17
8


D. Bertans (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6426/davis-bertans)SF
1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
+2
0


P. Gasol (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/996/pau-gasol)C
26
5-11
1-2
7-8
3
5
8
5
1
1
0
0
-10
18


P. Mills (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4004/patty-mills)PG
23
1-4
1-3
3-5
1
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
-7
6


J. Simmons (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2579466/jonathon-simmons)SG
1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
+2
0


K. Anderson (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2993874/kyle-anderson)SG
13
2-4
0-1
0-0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
-11
4


B. Forbes (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2994526/bryn-forbes)SG
1
0-0
0-0
0-0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
+2
0


M. Ginobili (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/272/manu-ginobili)SG
17
2-7
2-5
0-0
0
1
1
3
2
0
1
2
-13
6


J. Anthony (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3247/joel-anthony)C
DNP-COACH'S DECISION


D. Murray (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3907497/dejounte-murray)PG
DNP-COACH'S DECISION


TEAM

34-83
9-24
21-26
16
26
42
20
9
8
15
12

98




41.0%
37.5%
80.8%

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Fans are just so dumb, especially in ST :lol Oh but you cant really blame kawhi, lma and god forbid Parker! Those guys are untouchable!!!

Parker is just baffling. I just don't get how he could fall off a cliff THIS badly. Our guard rotation is depressing sometimes.

But again, if we can beat Houston in round 2, I'll be happy. Warriors are probably an all time team while the Spurs are in transition.

[sasaint]

Spurs have to completely rebuild their guard rotation next season, just no way around it. They need to do something about Parker's contract too; either restructure it or jettison him ffs.

Can't restructure. Parker simply has to go. We should have rolled the dice with Murray before the ASG. Really tragic that he has missed so many games.

[SASdynasty!]

Kawhi has 3 more assists than that sack of shit tonight, salty old bastard.
Well then what's your theory? Why is this team a non-contender with Kawhi as the #1 option?

[mclinejr]

I'm still trying to figure out your purpose here. At least change your avatar and "team" so we know what team it is you're a fan of

I have the same gripe with him. He's either a horrible Spurs fan or a lackluster troll.

[DMC]

Klaynus vs Kawhi...
DMC

Me

[Trill Clinton]

kawhi and lamarcus ought to be ashamed of their play tonight.

[spurs1990]

Okay well at least we can forget about chasing the 1 seed and just play out the final 8 games in preparation for postseason run.

Memphis, Houston, and GS.

[davemaniscool]

GS has too much talent with guys in their prime. Spurs have to play team ball since they can't compete talent-wise.

They need to address backcourt. Parker just doesn't match up to the elite point guards.

[Ice009]

God, I hate Draymond so much, but I would do anything to have him play for my team.

I actually wanted him instead of LaMarcus. I thought if the Warriors weren't willing to pay him, the Spurs should have kicked the LMA meetings to the curb and went out and maxed out Draymond Green instead. I didn't bother even mentioning it or posting it at the time as I thought there was no truth to it, and that it was just posturing on the Warriors' part.

[james evans]

Spurs have to completely rebuild their guard rotation next season, just no way around it. They need to do something about Parker's contract too; either restructure it or jettison him ffs.
Well the good thing is that we only have 4 more years left of Parker. The bad thing is that Ginobli will keep playing until he loses a limb because the organization just refuses to tell him "NO"

[100%duncan]

Parker is just baffling. I just don't get how he could fall off a cliff THIS badly. Our guard rotation is depressing sometimes.

But again, if we can beat Houston in round 2, I'll be happy. Warriors are probably an all time team while the Spurs are in transition.

Like I said this team has many weaknesses :lol The addition of Pau, Lee and Dedmon were nice but didn't solve the guard rotation, a legit SF back up. Doesn't help that LMA is proving 2 seasons in a row why he's a loser.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I'm actually pretty confident the Spurs can deal with the Dubs' offense even with Durant provided their scrubs don't play like this. However, the Spurs have to find consistent offense from the guards. Murray just might have to be thrown into the fire.

Spurs don't have the firepower to keep up. Dubs can get a layup drill. Spurs also gave up a ton of open 3's to Cleveland, Cleveland just managed to shoot the worst downtown percentage of the season.

This game is as disheartening as when the Spurs lost 87-92 last year. Warriors can beat us at our own game. They have role players who can go off, we don't. It is just way too easy to take the Spurs out of their offense. It's a game of runs, but the Warriors were on one big run the second quarter onward.

If you add Durant, it'll be Warriors in 5, assuming Spurs can get that far.

[Horse]

Simmons had his best game of the year in the opener but doesn't play tonight?

[Ditty]

Our rotations are so low. Dedmond needs to play more, but needs to provide something here and there on offense. Have to hope that Pop hasn't showed them anything defensively if they meet in the playoffs.

[SAGirl]

Dworst killed the Spurs


BENCH
MIN
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REB
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STL
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D. West (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2177/david-west)PF
22
7-11
1-2
0-0
2
2
4
5
0
2
1
0
+24
15

[100%duncan]

Well the good thing is that we only have 4 more years left of Parker. The bad thing is that Ginobli will keep playing until he loses a limb because the organization just refuses to tell him "NO"

:lol manu played a decent game, parker needs a month off

[RD2191]

This team needs a serious upgrade at the PG position if they really want to be contenders.

[james evans]

God, I hate Draymond so much, but I would do anything to have him play for my team.
Draymond wouldn't be as useful on the spurs becuase he's not going to be able to get away with moving screens and flopping as he does now. The same way david west was allowed to use his hands on defense and set illegal screens this season, the league didn't allow him to do that last year. If Draymond went to another team, he'd be a non factor. His preferential treatment would just go to whomever takes his spot.

[Emperor]

Would have rather seen more Simmons and Dedmon than Gasolina and Parker.

[SAGirl]

Our rotations are so low. Dedmond needs to play more, but needs to provide something here and there on offense. Have to hope that Pop hasn't showed them anything defensively if they meet in the playoffs.
Glorified practice for the guys... film to look at. Stuff to improve.

I did want Kawhi to play a great game. He wasn't favored for the MVP anyways, but a good game here could have improved his chances.

[100%duncan]

Spurs don't have the firepower to keep up. Dubs can get a layup drill. Spurs also gave up a ton of open 3's to Cleveland, Cleveland just managed to shoot the worst downtown percentage of the season.

This game is as disheartening as when the Spurs lost 87-92 last year. Warriors can beat us at our own game. They have role players who can go off, we don't. It is just way too easy to take the Spurs out of their offense. It's a game of runs, but the Warriors were on one big run the second quarter onward.

If you add Durant, it'll be Warriors in 5, assuming Spurs can get that far.

Meh, if Durant plays at least Kawhi can check him, let DG check klay and let curry get his. When durant plays, he's gonna take minutes and shots from open role players etc.

The last 2 years have been really so bad though, Cleveland is a perfect match-up for the Spurs but we can't get out of the West.

[FkLA]

Me

lol fat boy

[Capt Bringdown]

I actually wanted him instead of LaMarcus. I thought if the Warriors weren't willing to pay him, the Spurs should have kicked the LMA meetings to the curb and went and maxed out Draymond Green instead. I didn't bother even mentioning it or posting it at the time as I thought there was no truth to it, and it was just posturing on the Warriors' part.

No fucking way Green would follow the money out of GS to go anywhere. He's merely a contributor on any other team. You can't overestimate how much his game is lifted by all the firepower that surrounds him. A fact that he is well aware of.

[SAGirl]

Draymond wouldn't be as useful on the spurs becuase he's not going to be able to get away with moving screens and flopping as he does now. The same way david west was allowed to use his hands on defense and set illegal screens this season, the league didn't allow him to do that last year. If Draymond went to another team, he'd be a non factor. His preferential treatment would just go to whomever takes his spot.
Plus,
he himself is made better by playing with HoF level talent. That's just the truth.

[james evans]

Simmons had his best game of the year in the opener but doesn't play tonight?
And yall really don't know why no one wants to come here and play. You've got to be past your prime and playing like dog shit to get heavy minutes and freedom on this team

[daslicer]

Draymond wouldn't be as useful on the spurs becuase he's not going to be able to get away with moving screens and flopping as he does now. The same way david west was allowed to use his hands on defense and set illegal screens this season, the league didn't allow him to do that last year. If Draymond went to another team, he'd be a non factor. His preferential treatment would just go to whomever takes his spot.

Pretty much this. I have said the same thing for a while now. It's amazing how much love Draymond gets in here considering he had a shit game tonight 4 points and 7 turnovers. Dray was not the reason why the Spurs lost this game.

[Robz4000]

Spurs don't have the firepower to keep up. Dubs can get a layup drill. Spurs also gave up a ton of open 3's to Cleveland, Cleveland just managed to shoot the worst downtown percentage of the season.

This game is as disheartening as when the Spurs lost 87-92 last year. Warriors can beat us at our own game. They have role players who can go off, we don't. It is just way too easy to take the Spurs out of their offense. It's a game of runs, but the Warriors were on one big run the second quarter onward.

If you add Durant, it'll be Warriors in 5, assuming Spurs can get that far.

Yeah, I'm not confident in the Spurs getting to the WCF. While Houston doesn't worry me that much, having to play them after getting roughed up by Memphis (and who knows, Grizz might destroy the Spurs' offense to the point they can put together enough points to win four games) could be too much.

[SASdynasty!]

Spurstalk (after 2014 championship): "Parker needs to shoot less."

...Parker shoots less every season thereafter, Spurs don't make it past the second round.

[cjw]

And yall really don't know why no one wants to come here and play. You've got to be past your prime and playing like dog shit to get heavy minutes and freedom on this team

No, more like Simmons is playing like complete trash right now. Anderson was the better play tonight.

[DMC]

lol fat boy

How's that asshole feeling?

[SAGirl]

Lol this post-Parker team has no reliable offense.
Parker is still here. Maybe that's the problem

I am not a Tony hater, but I am also not an apologist.
He's not earning his :greedy

[sasaint]

Dworst killed the Spurs


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3PT
FT
OREB
DREB
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
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D. West (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2177/david-west)PF
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Among others...

[100%duncan]

Parker is still here. Maybe that's the problem

I am not a Tony hater, but I am also not an apologist.
He's not earning his :greedy

:wow

[DarrinS]

Spurstalk (after 2014 championship): "Parker needs to shoot less."

...Parker shoots less every season thereafter, Spurs don't make it past the second round.


Spare us with this crap :lol

[DMC]

Spurs don't have the firepower to keep up. Dubs can get a layup drill. Spurs also gave up a ton of open 3's to Cleveland, Cleveland just managed to shoot the worst downtown percentage of the season.

This game is as disheartening as when the Spurs lost 87-92 last year. Warriors can beat us at our own game. They have role players who can go off, we don't. It is just way too easy to take the Spurs out of their offense. It's a game of runs, but the Warriors were on one big run the second quarter onward.

If you add Durant, it'll be Warriors in 5, assuming Spurs can get that far.

They picked up David Lee and Pau Gasol, two of the worst defenders in the league. Then they have a bunch of scrubs and old ass Manu and Tony. Of course there's Kawhi but he can't do everything for them. Danny Green can't be everywhere either. There are too many defensive liabilities on the Spurs roster, but that's how Pop built it. Pop was mailing it in this year, just playing the "we made a run" card to get by. The "50 games" and "playoffs again" card will be repeated around the media circles and the Spurs will bow out in the 1st or 2nd.

[G-Dawgg]

kawhi and lamarcus ought to be ashamed of their play tonight.

Fuck that. Lamarcus, Pau and Danny showed up to play today. Kawhi did not....

[sasaint]

No fucking way Green would follow the money out of GS to go anywhere. He's merely a contributor on any other team. You can't overestimate how much his game is lifted by all the firepower that surrounds him. A fact that he is well aware of.


Plus,
he himself is made better by playing with HoF level talent. That's just the truth.

Truth. But he is a perfect complement to the Dubs' big guns.

[james evans]

Glorified practice for the guys... film to look at. Stuff to improve.

I did want Kawhi to play a great game. He wasn't favored for the MVP anyways, but a good game here could have improved his chances.
the mvp award is now bastardized and weill be from here on out. As I've said hundreds of times. The NFL sells a product of football, the NBA sells players. A superbowl of Chicago vs the NY Jets next year would still sell out and have the highest ratings on tv. An NBA finals of Washington vs San Antonio not so much. That's why calls are made to keep games close and extend series. It's about money with the NBA. The league shot themselves in the foot by making Jordan this so called invincible player. When he retired, they've been searching for the next one building up guys undeservingly every year since 98. They wanted Kobe, after the rape shit, they built up Lebron. the past 2 years they've been hyping Curry. During all of this time, from 99 until 2007, Shaq and Duncan played in every NBA finals. But the NBA never tried to go thru them. They wanted someone to replace the great michael jordan. So I don't give a fuck about an mvp because it's all bullshti anyway

[Darius Bieber]

Pretty neat photo of the starting line up from this game tbh

https://goo.gl/TG0MbB

[DMC]

Truth. But he is a perfect complement to the Dubs' big guns.

You could put Dejuan Blair there and he would be as well. In fact, we could pick someone from this forum to play 5th position while KD, Curry and Klay are on the floor and that person would probably average 20 a game.

[sasaint]

They picked up David Lee and Pau Gasol, two of the worst defenders in the league. Then they have a bunch of scrubs and old ass Manu and Tony. Of course there's Kawhi but he can't do everything for them. Danny Green can't be everywhere either. There are too many defensive liabilities on the Spurs roster, but that's how Pop built it. Pop was mailing it in this year, just playing the "we made a run" card to get by. The "50 games" and "playoffs again" card will be repeated around the media circles and the Spurs will bow out in the 1st or 2nd.

Any more Pop is a great RS coach. I fear you are right.

[DMC]

Pretty neat photo of the starting line up from this game tbh

https://goo.gl/TG0MbB

https://img.grouponcdn.com/deal/6VXaoS7HfshPD8PAzsi9/yK-2250x1350/v1/c700x420.jpg

[Ice009]

Beat em by 30 with Durant. Not sure how this game somehow is an indication how a playoff series would go.

Durant takes shots away from Iggy/West who are having better than normal games.

Spurs lost confidence last season after the Warriors beat them in their last meeting of the season to take the number 1 seed from them. The Warriors just did the exact same thing again, this time, without their best player while they were also on a back to back. Dismal loss by the Spurs.

[sasaint]

You could put Dejuan Blair there and he would be as well. In fact, we could pick someone from this forum to play 5th position while KD, Curry and Klay are on the floor and that person would probably average 20 a game.

No.

[james evans]

Spurstalk (after 2014 championship): "Parker needs to shoot less."

...Parker shoots less every season thereafter, Spurs don't make it past the second round.
Are you insinuating that Parker needs to be the focal point of the offense again? Did you see the game tonight? he couldn't even hit open layups.

[DMC]

Any more Pop is a great RS coach. I fear you are right.

Pop is a great coach regardless. You cannot create a younger Tim Duncan from an older Gasol and Lee combo. J Simmons and Dedmon don't equate to younger Manu Ginobili, and Patty Mills is no prime Tony.

[sasaint]

Spurs lost confidence last season after the Warriors beat them in their last meeting of the season to take the number 1 seed from them. The Warriors just did the exact same thing again, this time, without their best player while they were also on a back to back. Dismal loss by the Spurs.

Basically the Dubs curbstomped us for the last 3 quarters after the Spurs played the first quarter at an unsustainable level of intensity.

[Ice009]

Honestly hard to pull any positives from this one.

You don't go up 22 points on that team with everything in your favor, and lose the game.

Big time gut check and we can only hope this will fuel them for the WCF matchup.


lol, how is it going to fuel them? This team is full of soft players that fold in these types of situations. There's no healthy Tim Duncan to drag them anywhere. There's no Tim Duncan with his supreme confidence to push them anywhere.

[FkLA]

How's that asshole feeling?

You're the one game fat boy, tbh.

[Budkin]

Pretty neat photo of the starting line up from this game tbh

https://goo.gl/TG0MbB

:lmao ok that got me

[davemaniscool]

SF is the only position Spurs have an advantage. They need to play great team ball to have any chance against GS.

[SASdynasty!]

Are you insinuating that Parker needs to be the focal point of the offense again? Did you see the game tonight? he couldn't even hit open layups.
If we would have kept Parker's usage higher, defenses would have to scramble and rotate, which is what led to the Beautiful Game. He can still do that pretty well, but we just want to go ISO with Kawhi and Lamarcus. They're good ISO players, but coaches won't have a hard time shutting them down in the playoffs. Teams really couldn't do that with Parker because he could score at will or distribute. Those guys can't really get the ball moving.

[sasaint]

lol, how is it going to fuel them? This team is full of soft players that fold in these types of situations. There's no healthy Tim Duncan to drag them anywhere. There's no Tim Duncan with his supreme confidence to push them anywhere.

Even if they get to the WCF, this Spurs team needs more than "fuel".

[james evans]

horrible game from him. One of those that makes one think he needs to retire unfortunately.
spurs still need production from him.
he has 4 years left. Remember?

[james evans]

If we would have kept Parker's usage higher, defenses would have to scramble and rotate, which is what led to the Beautiful Game. He can still do that pretty well, but we just want to go ISO with Kawhi and Lamarcus. They're good ISO players, but coaches won't have a hard time shutting them down in the playoffs. Teams really couldn't do that with Parker because he could score at will or distribute. Those guys can't really get the ball moving.
Exactly what does parker still do well in 2017?

[DMC]

You're the one game fat boy, tbh.

That doesn't make any sense, pedro.

[SAGirl]

Can't restructure. Parker simply has to go. We should have rolled the dice with Murray before the ASG. Really tragic that he has missed so many games.
I admit you saw this coming way back then.

[SAGirl]

the mvp award is now bastardized and weill be from here on out. As I've said hundreds of times. The NFL sells a product of football, the NBA sells players. A superbowl of Chicago vs the NY Jets next year would still sell out and have the highest ratings on tv. An NBA finals of Washington vs San Antonio not so much. That's why calls are made to keep games close and extend series. It's about money with the NBA. The league shot themselves in the foot by making Jordan this so called invincible player. When he retired, they've been searching for the next one building up guys undeservingly every year since 98. They wanted Kobe, after the rape shit, they built up Lebron. the past 2 years they've been hyping Curry. During all of this time, from 99 until 2007, Shaq and Duncan played in every NBA finals. But the NBA never tried to go thru them. They wanted someone to replace the great michael jordan. So I don't give a fuck about an mvp because it's all bullshti anyway
Yea...it's a good point. the conspiracy theory has some foothold lol

[sasaint]

I admit you saw this coming way back then.

Thanks. But I am very sad that the Tony/Dijon narrative has come to this end - for the sake of the team.

[Ice009]

Fuck, if he was healthy, after this game, I would have started him the rest of the regular season to get him reps for the playoffs and rested both Parker and Mills.

It really is fucked for both himself and the team he got injured when he did. It really was/is bad, bad timing.

[SAGirl]

Thanks. But I am very sad that the Tony/Dijon narrative has come to this end - for the sake of the team.
I wonder if Pop is really looking at Tony objectively...
you know? Not through the eyes of a coach that got him as a teenager and won 4 championships with him and many other RS games and playoff battles. Does Pop really have eyes to objectively see that Tony will not stay healthy often enough or play well enough for him to not be getting his new youngster ready?

[sasaint]

I wonder if Pop is really looking at Tony objectively...
you know? Not through the eyes of a coach that got him as a teenager and won 4 championships with him and many other RS games and playoff battles. Does Pop really have eyes to objectively see that Tony will not stay healthy often enough or play well enough for him to not be getting his new youngster ready?

We will never really know. I believe he should have... well you know. With Tony missing so many games recently, IF Dijon had been healthy, would he have moved Tony out of the starting lineup, as Deadman eased Pau to the bench? Even failing that, would Dijon have taken most of his minutes? We DO know that Pop closes with Patty most of the time now. So, he does see Tony with some objectivity. With Dijon's injury, though, this season is settled. The real question is about next season. For the first time I think the idea of somehow moving Tony is a decent bet - even if it isn't until the trade deadline. Next season Pop has to see the starting job as Murray's unless he plays himself out of it.

[Darius Bieber]

Pop looks defeated in the post game interview. He knows his team is done.

[Fireball]

what a letdown ... you cannot overcome 15 points by fucking David West ...

[SAGirl]

what a letdown ... you cannot overcome 15 points by fucking David West ...
Efficient points + the assists to cutters...

[Fireball]

Efficient points + the assists to cutters...

yeah, he was great ... thats annoying, but this should be only happening once in a potential series ... but with Durant back it will not matter anyways

[jbspurs]

Too much Parker and Ginobili last night. I hope Pop was just experimenting in case Simmons folds come playoffs. I wanted to see Pop put Bertans on Thompson, I think his length will make it tougher for Thompson to shoot.

[bklynspursfan]

Too much Parker and Ginobili last night. I hope Pop was just experimenting in case Simmons folds come playoffs. I wanted to see Pop put Bertans on Thompson, I think his length will make it tougher for Thompson to shoot.

Idk, Bertans has struggled defensively. Expecting him to run thru screens and chase Klay around might be setting him up to fail.

[bklynspursfan]

We will never really know. I believe he should have... well you know. With Tony missing so many games recently, IF Dijon had been healthy, would he have moved Tony out of the starting lineup, as Deadman eased Pau to the bench? Even failing that, would Dijon have taken most of his minutes? We DO know that Pop closes with Patty most of the time now. So, he does see Tony with some objectivity. With Dijon's injury, though, this season is settled. The real question is about next season. For the first time I think the idea of somehow moving Tony is a decent bet - even if it isn't until the trade deadline. Next season Pop has to see the starting job as Murray's unless he plays himself out of it.

I just don't see that happening. I could see him coming off the bench, but unless he's looking to be moved, they probably aren't going to move him. This isn't like moving Bruce Bowen or or even Hill who Pop loved. I understand the need, but just thinking realistically, it doesn't seem likely. Just as they wouldn't likely trade Manu if in his last season (whenever that is) he starts playing poorly more often than not.

[sasaint]

I just don't see that happening. I could see him coming off the bench, but unless he's looking to be moved, they probably aren't going to move him. This isn't like moving Bruce Bowen or or even Hill who Pop loved. I understand the need, but just thinking realistically, it doesn't seem likely. Just as they wouldn't likely trade Manu if in his last season (whenever that is) he starts playing poorly more often than not.

I don't know that I see that happening, but it seems a greater possibility than ever before. PATFO owes a greater duty to the team than they do to any individual player - especially when that player earns $15MM/year.

[TampaDude]

Folks...Pop gives zero fucks about the #1 seed. If you've been a Spurs fan for more than a week, you know it's all about being healthy for the playoffs, the only season that matters.

[bklynspursfan]

I don't know that I see that happening, but it seems a greater possibility than ever before. PATFO owes a greater duty to the team than they do to any individual player - especially when that player earns $15MM/year.

They're going to be loyal man if you ask me. It's bad now, but I don't think they'll even consider it. Unless TP is cool with it, they'll continue to figure out ways to use him sparingly.