Game Thread: Pacers at Spurs - Wed (10/24) - 7:30PM CST (3:30AM Riga Time)

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Gone are the days we’re the spurs is hard to beat in San Antonio..now teams coming in SA like walk in the park

2014 honestly feels like 10 years ago now.

Used to feel like half the games would be over by the third quarter and the bench would finish things up.

Hopefully Spurs can get a high lottery pick and find another gem.

[SAGirl]

I once ran a seminar for people like yourselves in this thread that really helped out those that came.

It was an weekend seminar titled

We Are Whores

"A Flashlight Towards The Enlightened You".

Powerful stuff.
Pops showing it in the locker room :lol

[daslicer]

So go elsewhere wtf. Go to the Spurs reddit page, you'll get banned for complaining about the team.

How about you take your own fucking advice and leave.

[JeffDuncan]

Hopefully Spurs can get a high lottery pick and find another gem.

I don't know why people are pinning such hopes on the draft. By the odds, the Spurs will draft a 7'8" Mongolian who weighs 180 pounds, and stash him in France on Parker's team.

[HankChinaski]

Pops showing it in the locker room :lol

It isn't the same without the dioramas. I tell him this. He loves his slides. Something about invoking Costner in JFK really fires him up.

You figure after seeing Corrinne May Botz's diorama musuem of The Nutshell Studies. He would see the error. He called me mad an the cost effective ness of slides over Multiple diorama's depict the pitfalls of the games faults to be more efficient.

I yelled back, "Gasol was figuratively stuck in mud! Why is he still on the roster!?! How is that cost efficient?"

Pop just stood rigid an turned his face away signifing or conversation was over with a simple response.

"It's a process".

[TheGreatYacht]

I really hope Amuse kills himself. I'm rooting for it.
Hope Drunkford hits you while intoxicated and you lose your life. Maybe then you'll detach your lips off his asshole

[BatManu20]

On another note, is anyone watching the Warriors game..? Curry has 51 pts through 3 qtrs on 11 made 3’s already :wow

[SAGirl]

It isn't the same without the dioramas. I tell him this. He loves his slides. Something about invoking Costner in JFK really fires him up.

You figure after seeing Corrinne May Botz's diorama musuem of The Nutshell Studies. He would see the error. He called me mad an the cost effective ness of slides over Multiple diorama's depict the pitfalls of the games faults to be more efficient.

I yelled back, "Gasol was figuratively stuck in mud! Why is he still on the roster!?! How is that cost efficient?"

Pop just stood rigid an turned his face away signifing or conversation was over with a simple response.

"It's a process".
We do have to have sense of humor.
Thanks for the laughs. Going to be a long season to watch if we don’t laugh. :bobo:bobo

[Robz4000]

On another note, is anyone watching the Warriors game..? Curry has 51 pts through 3 qtrs on 11 made 3’s already :wow

:lol anyone who thinks the Dubs aren't threepeating if healthy

[LakerHater]

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[NASpurs]

https://twitter.com/mikecwright/status/1055315407488344064

...continue

For right now, Pop says the Spurs are "defensively challenged". That's gonna happen when you lose good defenders such as Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, Kyle Anderson and DeJounte Murray.

[NASpurs]

crofl

https://twitter.com/JMcDonald_SAEN/status/1055318739208585216

[Robz4000]

crofl

https://twitter.com/JMcDonald_SAEN/status/1055318739208585216

:rollin

[TheGreatYacht]

Jeff "Let someone else have a turn" McCuckald doesn't get the shit that gets thrown at Jabari Young. I wonder why? That pedophile looking loser is as bad as it gets for beat writers

[Ice009]

On another note, is anyone watching the Warriors game..? Curry has 51 pts through 3 qtrs on 11 made 3’s already :wow

Holy shit. Yeah, the Warriors aren't going to lose if they're healthy. What did Curry end up with? Or was it blowout and he didn't play in the 4th?

[TDMVPDPOY]

patfo still in denial with their poor decision making regarding roster

keep on sugar coating...fans have seen through it

[BatManu20]

Holy shit. Yeah, the Warriors aren't going to lose if they're healthy. What did Curry end up with? Or was it blowout and he didn't play in the 4th?

Didn't play in the 4th. Finished with 51.

[anon]

If Stephon's still like this by March, Ujiri or Ainge should consider sending a pro after him. I wonder if Marcus Morris is gritty enough to do what Zaza did.

Is there no delete function? I thought I was posting downstairs.

[BillMc]

Didn't play in the 4th. Finished with 51.

50Mills gonna shut that down!

[objective]

crofl

https://twitter.com/JMcDonald_SAEN/status/1055318739208585216

A roster without any small forwards or healthy wing defenders is supposed to be versatile?

McDougal is a disgrace, even for the Express News.

[Spurtacular]

Bet on the wrong team on this one.

[sasaint]

patfo still in denial with their poor decision making regarding roster

keep on sugar coating...fans have seen through it

I was hoping for a regime change at the very end of last season. IF one of the major factors in Number 2's antics was PATFO and/or the crappy players/contracts that characterized their recent moves, then a new regime might have been able to smooth things over with Number 2. At the least, a new regime would have had an opportunity to be the ones to make the Number 2 trade (plus any other moves) and begin constructing a roster along their preferred lines. At this current trajectory, PATFO will probably be gone before the team is again capable of competing, leaving their successors hamstrung by the plethora of poor decisions that have resulted in this bizarre roster.

[Fireball]

just ouch ... I guess this is what is to be expected if LaMarcus und Demar are not scoring 60 points combined

Pacers were better in every aspect of the game ... I expected these kinds of losses, but not at home tbh

lets move on to the next game

[TDMVPDPOY]

I was hoping for a regime change at the very end of last season. IF one of the major factors in Number 2's antics was PATFO and/or the crappy players/contracts that characterized their recent moves, then a new regime might have been able to smooth things over with Number 2. At the least, a new regime would have had an opportunity to be the ones to make the Number 2 trade (plus any other moves) and begin constructing a roster along their preferred lines. At this current trajectory, PATFO will probably be gone before the team is again capable of competing, leaving their successors hamstrung by the plethora of poor decisions that have resulted in this bizarre roster.

pop needs to get back in the office, his done coaching man...give someone else the power trip
instead of keeping and building around kawhi, they would rather trade his ass, and build around lma/dd... i take kawhi over anyone in the league today to build around, and t he spurs front office fck up on their part...u dont let go a top2 player in the world leave like that.... u do anything to make him happy, they went of their way to make td happy, why couldnt they do it with kawhi? whats a supermax going to hurt going forward? spurs hierarchy ego? fck them clowns still living on 5rings and past success like ites relevant every new season...

[DejuanorwhatDude]

Jeff "Let someone else have a turn" McCuckald doesn't get the shit that gets thrown at Jabari Young. I wonder why? That pedophile looking loser is as bad as it gets for beat writers

He is such a incompetent schmuck.

[clambake]

did the the spurs blow a 26 point lead?

[K...]

did the the spurs blow a 26 point lead?

That was the last game vs v Lakers. This was a four quarter beat down from a hot shooting team

[SAGirl]

https://twitter.com/mikecwright/status/1055315407488344064

...continue

For right now, Pop says the Spurs are "defensively challenged". That's gonna happen when you lose good defenders such as Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, Kyle Anderson and DeJounte Murray.

To what lenghts do you think Pop will go to protect his pet players tbh?

Had it been anyone else, I think Pop would have called into question their effort etc. bc he has done that in other occasions.

Here is Pop blasting his team for going through the motions in a 95-91 loss to the Bulls. https://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/san-antonio-spurs-gregg-popovich-criticizes-team-120916

Popovich said some of his players didn't bring any effort in the game.
“I don't remember playing tonight. No Knute Rockne speeches. It's your job. If you're a plumber and you don't do your job, you don't get any work,” Popovich said (https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/807093286703808516). “I don't think a plumber needs a pep talk. A doctor botches operations, and he's not a doctor anymore. If you're a basketball player, you come ready. It's called maturity. It's your job.”



We played 24 minutes again, as we have for about the last 10 games,” Popovich said. “We go through the motions in the first half. I think we shot one free throw in the first half. We shot four or so the second half.
“That's the disappointing part: We're not a very consistent team, and we haven't learned as a group that the game is 48 minutes. We also have some people playing very poorly.”You have to participate in your own recovery. Some players have to play better.”

[Spurs fever]

To what lenghts do you think Pop will go to protect his pet players tbh?

Had it been anyone else, I think Pop would have called into question their effort etc. bc he has done that in other occasions.

Here is Pop blasting his team for going through the motions in a 95-91 loss to the Bulls. https://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/san-antonio-spurs-gregg-popovich-criticizes-team-120916 Don't think LA and DMD can be coached the same harsh way as the big 3. Plus it's still early in the season I guess he's being patient. Not sure what else to think.

[SAGirl]

I was hoping for a regime change at the very end of last season. IF one of the major factors in Number 2's antics was PATFO and/or the crappy players/contracts that characterized their recent moves, then a new regime might have been able to smooth things over with Number 2. At the least, a new regime would have had an opportunity to be the ones to make the Number 2 trade (plus any other moves) and begin constructing a roster along their preferred lines. At this current trajectory, PATFO will probably be gone before the team is again capable of competing, leaving their successors hamstrung by the plethora of poor decisions that have resulted in this bizarre roster.
Great points, bc Kiwi is a mute and his team just went on a campaign to disparage the Spurs when things appeared beyond repair, we shall never truly know. I don't think things are ever one sided. Of course once Kawhi was fed up, it wasn't difficult for Uncle to puppeteer him away.

[sasaint]

Great points, bc Kiwi is a mute and his team just went on a campaign to disparage the Spurs when things appeared beyond repair, we shall never truly know. I don't think things are ever one sided. Of course once Kawhi was fed up, it wasn't difficult for Uncle to puppeteer him away.

Yeah, this is why I mentioned to you in a chat last spring that, although I was sitting on the fence in the Pop/Number 2 conflict, IF Number 2 could force a regime change, then I would climb off the fence on his side. I fear this franchise is going down the Phoenix path - and I don't mean "rising from the ashes." :lol

[SAGirl]

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[Amuseddaysleeper]

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Hate to break it to him, but Walker and White won't be enough to save the team defensively. These issues could very likely still be there come March.

[SAGirl]

Yeah, this is why I mentioned to you in a chat last spring that, although I was sitting on the fence in the Pop/Number 2 conflict, IF Number 2 could force a regime change, then I would climb off the fence on his side. I fear this franchise is going down the Phoenix path - and I don't mean "rising from the ashes." :lol

I understand wanting to remain relevant. A rebuild is not guaranteed to work like it did in 1999. Also, once you start being bad, you can't recruit FA and it becomes harder and harder to recruit talent again. I have seen it in other franchises.

I think in terms of coaching, Pop was special for the players that he coached and the teams that he had, and I appreciate him bc in the back of my mind I wonder if he's not going underappreciated in his old age just like sometimes I criticized the old big 3 when they looked really washed up.

Point is, I may complain about Pop on occasion, but I doubt that any coach could do better with this group. I don't like the roster they have built up, unfortunately. Murray was becoming my favorite of the bunch in the preseason and he got hurt. I merely saw just a little bit of Walker to get excited when he also got hurt.

The only problem with the win now, stay competitive approach is that they need talent. They overpaid some guys, took this roster down a path where they find themselves. Even with Kawhi in the team, Pau and Paddy shouldn't have gotten those deals. Since they committed to staying competitive, they need to look at trades IMO. If their defense remains this bad, they will be a bad team. They will win games against bad teams when their shooters heat up. Perhaps White and Walker coming back from injury and reducing Patty's minutes will be sufficient and should the Spurs stand pat, I imagine it's bc they are counting on reinforcements coming back from the injured list.

[sasaint]

I understand wanting to remain relevant. A rebuild is not guaranteed to work like it did in 1999. Also, once you start being bad, you can't recruit FA and it becomes harder and harder to recruit talent again. I have seen it in other franchises.

I think in terms of coaching, Pop was special for the players that he coached and the teams that he had, and I appreciate him bc in the back of my mind I wonder if he's not going underappreciated in his old age just like sometimes I criticized the old big 3 when they looked really washed up.

Point is, I may complain about Pop on occasion, but I doubt that any coach could do better with this group. I don't like the roster they have built up, unfortunately. Murray was becoming my favorite of the bunch in the preseason and he got hurt. I merely saw just a little bit of Walker to get excited when he also got hurt.

The only problem with the win now, stay competitive approach is that they need talent. They overpaid some guys, took this roster down a path where they find themselves. Even with Kawhi in the team, Pau and Paddy shouldn't have gotten those deals. Since they committed to staying competitive, they need to look at trades IMO. If their defense remains this bad, they will be a bad team. They will win games against bad teams when their shooters heat up. Perhaps White and Walker coming back from injury and reducing Patty's minutes will be sufficient and should the Spurs stand pat, I imagine it's bc they are counting on reinforcements coming back from the injured list.

Standing pat for the very reason you express is my fear. Trades at PATFO's initiative are such a rarity that I don't expect them to change their spots - even this season. If Pop is looking at ANY statistical analysis, he must realize that the Patty would not be playable in the NCAA. Yet he continues to ride him hard. I personally believe that if Patty were replaced by another warm body, Forbes' defensive statistics would show the improvement that my eyes see.

[Mugen]

crofl

https://twitter.com/JMcDonald_SAEN/status/1055318739208585216

Lol - [arrested development voice] - "We have the worst fucking beat writers"

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Lol - [arrested development voice] - "We have the worst fucking beat writers"

Jeff McDonald: Also, let's recalibrate our definition of "suck." This still could be a playoff team and it wouldn't surprise anyone.

Narrator: It surprised everyone


:lol

[Mugen]

Jeff McDonald: Also, let's recalibrate our definition of "suck." This still could be a playoff team and it wouldn't surprise anyone.

Narrator: It surprised everyone


:lol

Jabari and Jeff doing their best Gene Parmesan and Barry Zuckerkorn impressions, what a fucking joke tbh :lol

[Immortal Spur]

what do y'all expect lol. they are writers not analysts.

[Immortal Spur]

Standing pat for the very reason you express is my fear. Trades at PATFO's initiative are such a rarity that I don't expect them to change their spots - even this season. If Pop is looking at ANY statistical analysis, he must realize that the Patty would not be playable in the NCAA. Yet he continues to ride him hard. I personally believe that if Patty were replaced by another warm body, Forbes' defensive statistics would show the improvement that my eyes see.
I feel the same. He competes very hard and shows a lot of effort. He makes a lot of good contests. Some people are probably really comfortable shooting over him cause his build and height but he's come a long way. I can't put him and Mills in the same breath anymore. Bryn is the realization of Mills tbh.

[Immortal Spur]

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Manu probably wasn't watching our game last night lol

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Jabari and Jeff doing their best Gene Parmesan and Barry Zuckerkorn impressions, what a fucking joke tbh :lol

:lmao

[timtonymanu]

Jeff McDonald: Also, let's recalibrate our definition of "suck." This still could be a playoff team and it wouldn't surprise anyone.

Narrator: It surprised everyone


:lol

Rofl holy shit that was perfect. Doesn’t Jeff lurk on here sometimes? That hack

[DaBears]

https://twitter.com/mikecwright/status/1055315407488344064

...continue

For right now, Pop says the Spurs are "defensively challenged". That's gonna happen when you lose good defenders such as Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, Kyle Anderson and DeJounte Murray.

This particular SPURS team reminds me of the SPURS team prior to Timmy arriving on scene, Spurs were a bit better than average and could make the playoff's and get knocked out in the 1st rd.. To me LMA is David Robinson good enough to get you to the playoff's but not good enough to get you over the hump. --This is not a knock on LMA or anyone else on the roster just pointing out the comparisons as the current roster is drawn up.

[james evans]

This particular SPURS team reminds me of the SPURS team prior to Timmy arriving on scene, Spurs were a bit better than average and could make the playoff's and get knocked out in the 1st rd.. To me LMA is David Robinson good enough to get you to the playoff's but not good enough to get you over the hump. --This is not a knock on LMA or anyone else on the roster just pointing out the comparisons as the current roster is drawn up.
David's teammates ween't exactly that great and you gotta realize the era he played in as well. Tim was added to a team with Robinson who still had a bit left but towards the end of his career. Without David, Tim doesn't win in 99 and 03. Robinson played against some very good teams. It's not like scrubs were putting us out of the playoffs.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Rofl holy shit that was perfect. Doesn’t Jeff lurk on here sometimes? That hack

Haha thanks

Man, I miss Johnny Ludden. He used to give good insight into the team instead of being a blind homer.

[RC_Drunkford]

This particular SPURS team reminds me of the SPURS team prior to Timmy arriving on scene, Spurs were a bit better than average and could make the playoff's and get knocked out in the 1st rd.. To me LMA is David Robinson good enough to get you to the playoff's but not good enough to get you over the hump. --This is not a knock on LMA or anyone else on the roster just pointing out the comparisons as the current roster is drawn up.

I wish anybody on this roster was as good as David Robinson

[cutewizard]

Giannis is now the best player in the NBA, imo

[cutewizard]

1. Giannis

2. Durant

3. Curry

4. Davis

5. Lebron

[cutewizard]

The Bucks are the new Spurs

[daslicer]

I feel the same. He competes very hard and shows a lot of effort. He makes a lot of good contests. Some people are probably really comfortable shooting over him cause his build and height but he's come a long way. I can't put him and Mills in the same breath anymore. Bryn is the realization of Mills tbh.

[SpursforSix]

This particular SPURS team reminds me of the SPURS team prior to Timmy arriving on scene, Spurs were a bit better than average and could make the playoff's and get knocked out in the 1st rd.. To me LMA is David Robinson good enough to get you to the playoff's but not good enough to get you over the hump. --This is not a knock on LMA or anyone else on the roster just pointing out the comparisons as the current roster is drawn up.

what are you talking about? they were one of the top teams in the NBA

[Amuseddaysleeper]

what are you talking about? they were one of the top teams in the NBA

2009 and 2010 they weren't

[SpursforSix]

2009 and 2010 they weren't

He said prior to Timmy coming.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

He said prior to Timmy coming.

My bad

[ducks]

1055519863484149760

Manu probably wasn't watching our game last night lol

surprised manu does not unretire and run to gs

[Ice009]

surprised manu does not unretire and run to gs

Manu does seem to like to watch the Warriors play when he doesn't have to play against them.

[HarlemHeat37]

Not that surprising, Warriors are a flashier version of our old Spurs, minus the military mentality..

[Hoops Czar]

Spurs two wins not looking so good after Minnesota was dismantled by 30 at home to Milluakee.

[cutewizard]

Doncic rules, i told you guys, he is the real deal

[cutewizard]

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

[cutewizard]

https://www.google.com/search?q=happy+halloween&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjtmJDC7KbeAhXFybwKHUC-DWkQ_AUIDigB&biw=1366&bih=657#imgrc=Pd7igVnhc5f0KM:

[cutewizard]

DONCIC IS THE NEW MANU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[james evans]

Doncic rules, i told you guys, he is the real deal
Imagine him on the Spurs. He's be playing 5 minutes a game every 3 games and put in a starter position his 3rd year in the league

[RC_Drunkford]

Imagine him on the Spurs. He's be playing 5 minutes a game every 3 games and put in a starter position his 3rd year in the league

and he would be behind Patty Mills & Bryn Forbes in the rotation because he's a rookie