Game Thread: Spurs vs Suns — Tue. (12/11) - 7:30/C (3:30am Riga Time)

[BatManu20]

Going for 3 wins in a row tonight as we host an awful 4-23 Suns team that have lost 9 straight and 12 of their last 13. Bertans remains Doubtful, but Cunningham is listed as Probable after missing last game with an abdominal strain. No excuses not to win this one handily at home. Let’s get it.


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[TDomination]

Revenge tour continues. Don't take them lightly. Step on their throats early and get some rest in the 2nd half hopefully.

[Arcadian]

Loss incoming

[K...]

Who is going to start the "play Cunningham" troll?

[BatManu20]

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[BatManu20]

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[K...]

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Ok now here I have to complain...wtf is this doing in a game thread? I've seen other questionable tweets being thrown in earlier in other have threads. I would prefer these to be thrown into a separate thread.

[BatManu20]

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[BatManu20]

Ok now here I have to complain...wtf is this doing in a game thread? I've seen other questionable tweets being thrown in earlier in other have threads. I would prefer these to be thrown into a separate thread.


:lol get over it dude.. it’s a GT. It’s not that serious

[BillMc]

OP with the goods as always

[JeffDuncan]

I sure hope we can beat those tankers.

Go Spurs Go!

[BatManu20]

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[BatManu20]

OP with the goods as always


:tu

[MVPCues]

Dang. I always miss the questionable shit....must be cutting edge if questionable on ST.

[r0drig0lac]

Going for 3 wins in a row tonight as we host an awful 4-23 Suns team that have lost 9 straight and 12 of their last 13. Bertans remains Doubtful, but Cunningham is listed as Probable after missing last game with an abdominal strain. No excuses not to win this one handily at home. Let’s get it.


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[RC_Drunkford]

this is a back to back for the Suns, they fly in from LA after playing a close game vs. the Clippers. Gotta win this one easily

[Brazil]

Suns will do the job and lose meanwhile we will get yet another detrimental win.. smh

[Brazil]

this is a back to back for the Suns, they fly in from LA and a close game with the Clippers. Gotta win this one easily

unfortunately

[SAGirl]

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Thanks for the thread and this update as always Bat... I wonder if Davis has had a family illness or something more delicate. Not that prying eyes need to know, but so close to the holidays... I hope he and family are alright.

Edit: I just say Walker IV is out. This would have been a perfect game with possible lots of garbage time to give him a few minutes. Metu has played some, I don't see why a healthy Walker can't take some minutes here or there in a game like this. :deadhorse

[SAGirl]

Suns will do the job and lose meanwhile we will get yet another detrimental win.. smh
The tank is off the rails. But if the team is going to be trending up, that's :cheer

One of the most frustrating things they were up to was the "one step forward, two steps back" thing they had going.

[Keepin' it real]

¡Vaya!

[spurraider21]

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[JPB]

Bandwagon is on, guys... I build a small one this year.

[pad300]

Going for 3 wins in a row tonight as we host an awful 4-23 Suns team that have lost 9 straight and 12 of their last 13. Bertans remains Doubtful, but Cunningham is listed as Probable after missing last game with an abdominal strain. No excuses not to win this one handily at home. Let’s get it.


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Forbes, Mills & Belinelli are still on the active roster...

[JeffDuncan]

this is a back to back for the Suns, they fly in from LA after playing a close game vs. the Clippers. Gotta win this one easily

Speaking of the Fakers, whether anybody was or not, have people seen this? Now there's some mighty fancy BBall.


https://streamable.com/ifrh8

[Mugen]

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Really great to have JMCDonald to offer this amazing insight into the team.

[TDomination]

I'm hoping we can contain the Nash/Staudamire PNR. Thats been killing us. I'm sure Pringles is going to push the 8 second or less offense on our #1 Defense again.
But they don't have much of a D, Timmy will have his way with Amare. Parker will get in the paint at will and Manu will probably go for 45pts again.





wait a sec...what year is this?

[NASpurs]

BR trade suggestion... just to pass the time :lol

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2809722-nba-trade-ideas-for-leagues-most-desperate-buyers

NBA Trade Ideas for League's Most Desperate Buyers


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San Antonio Spurs Receive: Allen Crabbe, Spencer Dinwiddie

Brooklyn Nets: Pau Gasol (http://bleacherreport.com/pau-gasol), Quincy Pondexter

A lot has to fall into place for this trade to pique the interests of both parties.

The Nets aren't looking to move Spencer Dinwiddie. He became extension-eligible Dec. 8, and they're hoping to keep him around long term, per Wojnarowski (http://www.wfuv.org/content/espn-nba-insider-adrian-wojnarowski-joins-one-one). But D'Angelo Russell is a restricted free agent this summer, and they have to start thinking about Caris LeVert's next contract (extension-eligible in July).

Thoroughly reinvesting in a core that hasn't yet needled its way into the postseason discussion is out of the question. The Nets are still rebuilding, and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson is headed for restricted free agency as well. They can't pay everyone. The Dinwiddie-Russell combination feels like an either-or situation.

Brooklyn could try parlaying one of them into a first-round pick. That'll be tough. Plenty of teams have money to pitch them this summer, and front offices are hesitant to pony up assets for non-stars nearing hefty raises. Dinwiddie is especially hard to evaluate as a trade asset. He's not a restricted free agent, so if the Nets don't give him an extension, he can walk free and clear.

Turning him into extra cap space is enticing if they believe in their curb appeal. Subbing out Allen Crabbe's $18.5 million salary next year with Pau Gasol's $6.7 million guarantee—that number could go down in a potential buyout—gives them a cakewalk to more than $50 million in spending power if they don't overpay Russell.

Crabbe is an integral part of the rotation, but he's a standstill specialist who doesn't do much else. The Nets overvalued him in 2016 free agency (admittedly, so did yours truly), and then again when they traded for him in 2017. They shouldn't make that mistake again.

The Spurs, meanwhile, are in a weird spot. FiveThirtyEight (https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2019-nba-predictions/) gives them less than a 5 percent chance of making the playoffs. They could throw in the towel and look to regroup next year with a high draft pick, but they prioritized a win-now centerpiece, DeMar DeRozan, in the Kawhi Leonard trade. They also cannot bank on much changing between now and next year, aside from Dejounte Murray's return.

"But it's not like the rest of their books clear up this summer," Vice Sports' Michael Pina (https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/8xpd5v/the-spurs-need-to-tank-the-season) wrote. "Patty Mills, Davis Bertans, Marco Belinelli, Bryn Forbes, Derrick White, and Jakob Poeltl are all under contract in 2020. Instead of selling off [LaMarcus] Aldridge and DeRozan, dangling Rudy Gay or Belinelli in an attempt to get younger while increasing their shot at a higher pick makes sense. What doesn't is heading the other way, trading an asset for more immediate help just to make the playoffs."

Going the Crabbe-Dinwiddie route would be a nice middle ground. Paying Crabbe next season isn't a huge deal when the Spurs won't have cap space until 2020 or 2021 anyway, and they flat-out need wings. Dinwiddie gives them another shot creator who doesn't truncate their spacing, and his length affords him honorary wing status against certain defensive matchups.

San Antonio would have to make this deal with the intention of keeping him. That's not a problem. Dinwiddie can work as a sixth man or backcourt starter beside Murray, with DeRozan remaining at the 3, into 2019-20 and beyond.

[r0drig0lac]

receiving Spencer would be very good (he can play in 3 positions) but I do not see this happening, Crabbe only has one more year so it would not be a poison contract or something

[John B]

The revenge tour is on. It should be an easy unless Mills decides to play for the other team then it would be close. GSG!

[SAGirl]

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oh I remember the exact context of that quote, how is that for all that say I am not a team fan. :soapbox: "you are not a team fan" buuuuu!!!!

Anyways, that was after a preseason game in Phoenix when Pop sat down all the Stars, except for Tony iirc. The Spurs were blown out and the game was a doozy. Sarver was complaining about the Spurs not really showing up to play and putting up a terrible display of basketball.

[Russ]

What are the "personal reasons" that may keep Bertans out?

[K...]

BR trade suggestion... just to pass the time :lol

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2809722-nba-trade-ideas-for-leagues-most-desperate-buyers

NBA Trade Ideas for League's Most Desperate Buyers


...

San Antonio Spurs Receive: Allen Crabbe, Spencer Dinwiddie

Brooklyn Nets: Pau Gasol (http://bleacherreport.com/pau-gasol), Quincy Pondexter

A lot has to fall into place for this trade to pique the interests of both parties.

The Nets aren't looking to move Spencer Dinwiddie. He became extension-eligible Dec. 8, and they're hoping to keep him around long term, per Wojnarowski (http://www.wfuv.org/content/espn-nba-insider-adrian-wojnarowski-joins-one-one). But D'Angelo Russell is a restricted free agent this summer, and they have to start thinking about Caris LeVert's next contract (extension-eligible in July).

Thoroughly reinvesting in a core that hasn't yet needled its way into the postseason discussion is out of the question. The Nets are still rebuilding, and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson is headed for restricted free agency as well. They can't pay everyone. The Dinwiddie-Russell combination feels like an either-or situation.

Brooklyn could try parlaying one of them into a first-round pick. That'll be tough. Plenty of teams have money to pitch them this summer, and front offices are hesitant to pony up assets for non-stars nearing hefty raises. Dinwiddie is especially hard to evaluate as a trade asset. He's not a restricted free agent, so if the Nets don't give him an extension, he can walk free and clear.

Turning him into extra cap space is enticing if they believe in their curb appeal. Subbing out Allen Crabbe's $18.5 million salary next year with Pau Gasol's $6.7 million guarantee—that number could go down in a potential buyout—gives them a cakewalk to more than $50 million in spending power if they don't overpay Russell.

Crabbe is an integral part of the rotation, but he's a standstill specialist who doesn't do much else. The Nets overvalued him in 2016 free agency (admittedly, so did yours truly), and then again when they traded for him in 2017. They shouldn't make that mistake again.

The Spurs, meanwhile, are in a weird spot. FiveThirtyEight (https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2019-nba-predictions/) gives them less than a 5 percent chance of making the playoffs. They could throw in the towel and look to regroup next year with a high draft pick, but they prioritized a win-now centerpiece, DeMar DeRozan, in the Kawhi Leonard trade. They also cannot bank on much changing between now and next year, aside from Dejounte Murray's return.

"But it's not like the rest of their books clear up this summer," Vice Sports' Michael Pina (https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/8xpd5v/the-spurs-need-to-tank-the-season) wrote. "Patty Mills, Davis Bertans, Marco Belinelli, Bryn Forbes, Derrick White, and Jakob Poeltl are all under contract in 2020. Instead of selling off [LaMarcus] Aldridge and DeRozan, dangling Rudy Gay or Belinelli in an attempt to get younger while increasing their shot at a higher pick makes sense. What doesn't is heading the other way, trading an asset for more immediate help just to make the playoffs."

Going the Crabbe-Dinwiddie route would be a nice middle ground. Paying Crabbe next season isn't a huge deal when the Spurs won't have cap space until 2020 or 2021 anyway, and they flat-out need wings. Dinwiddie gives them another shot creator who doesn't truncate their spacing, and his length affords him honorary wing status against certain defensive matchups.

San Antonio would have to make this deal with the intention of keeping him. That's not a problem. Dinwiddie can work as a sixth man or backcourt starter beside Murray, with DeRozan remaining at the 3, into 2019-20 and beyond.

One, who cares? Two, don't steal articles (full text).

[JPB]

Lol, just spotted Steve Nash commenting Tottenham Champion's league game on some stream... Dafuq.

[JPB]

What are the "personal reasons" that may keep Bertans out?

"Personal" reasons are "personal" for a reason.

[tenbeersbold]

Lol, just spotted Steve Nash commenting Tottenham Champion's league game on some stream... Dafuq.

Nash and Sarver bought a Spanish povertyball team Mallorca

[NASpurs]

One, who cares? Two, don't steal articles (full text).

Huh? What part of “to pass the time “ don’t you get? And the second part is for EN articles , dumb motherfucker.

[Mugen]

Huh? What part of “to pass the time “ don’t you get? And the second part is for EN articles , dumb motherfucker.

:lol

[Mugen]

:lol Revenge game on a team with 4 wins, jesus christ...I know they murdered the Spurs the last time out but that's like saying I need revenge against that mongoloid kid who hit me with his wheelchair.

[marinoman]

BR trade suggestion... just to pass the time :lol

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2809722-nba-trade-ideas-for-leagues-most-desperate-buyers

NBA Trade Ideas for League's Most Desperate Buyers


...

San Antonio Spurs Receive: Allen Crabbe, Spencer Dinwiddie

Brooklyn Nets: Pau Gasol (http://bleacherreport.com/pau-gasol), Quincy Pondexter

A lot has to fall into place for this trade to pique the interests of both parties.

The Nets aren't looking to move Spencer Dinwiddie. He became extension-eligible Dec. 8, and they're hoping to keep him around long term, per Wojnarowski (http://www.wfuv.org/content/espn-nba-insider-adrian-wojnarowski-joins-one-one). But D'Angelo Russell is a restricted free agent this summer, and they have to start thinking about Caris LeVert's next contract (extension-eligible in July).

Thoroughly reinvesting in a core that hasn't yet needled its way into the postseason discussion is out of the question. The Nets are still rebuilding, and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson is headed for restricted free agency as well. They can't pay everyone. The Dinwiddie-Russell combination feels like an either-or situation.

Brooklyn could try parlaying one of them into a first-round pick. That'll be tough. Plenty of teams have money to pitch them this summer, and front offices are hesitant to pony up assets for non-stars nearing hefty raises. Dinwiddie is especially hard to evaluate as a trade asset. He's not a restricted free agent, so if the Nets don't give him an extension, he can walk free and clear.

Turning him into extra cap space is enticing if they believe in their curb appeal. Subbing out Allen Crabbe's $18.5 million salary next year with Pau Gasol's $6.7 million guarantee—that number could go down in a potential buyout—gives them a cakewalk to more than $50 million in spending power if they don't overpay Russell.

Crabbe is an integral part of the rotation, but he's a standstill specialist who doesn't do much else. The Nets overvalued him in 2016 free agency (admittedly, so did yours truly), and then again when they traded for him in 2017. They shouldn't make that mistake again.

The Spurs, meanwhile, are in a weird spot. FiveThirtyEight (https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2019-nba-predictions/) gives them less than a 5 percent chance of making the playoffs. They could throw in the towel and look to regroup next year with a high draft pick, but they prioritized a win-now centerpiece, DeMar DeRozan, in the Kawhi Leonard trade. They also cannot bank on much changing between now and next year, aside from Dejounte Murray's return.

"But it's not like the rest of their books clear up this summer," Vice Sports' Michael Pina (https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/8xpd5v/the-spurs-need-to-tank-the-season) wrote. "Patty Mills, Davis Bertans, Marco Belinelli, Bryn Forbes, Derrick White, and Jakob Poeltl are all under contract in 2020. Instead of selling off [LaMarcus] Aldridge and DeRozan, dangling Rudy Gay or Belinelli in an attempt to get younger while increasing their shot at a higher pick makes sense. What doesn't is heading the other way, trading an asset for more immediate help just to make the playoffs."

Going the Crabbe-Dinwiddie route would be a nice middle ground. Paying Crabbe next season isn't a huge deal when the Spurs won't have cap space until 2020 or 2021 anyway, and they flat-out need wings. Dinwiddie gives them another shot creator who doesn't truncate their spacing, and his length affords him honorary wing status against certain defensive matchups.

San Antonio would have to make this deal with the intention of keeping him. That's not a problem. Dinwiddie can work as a sixth man or backcourt starter beside Murray, with DeRozan remaining at the 3, into 2019-20 and beyond.
Make it Carroll not crabe and a pick will be required from us

[slick'81]

Suns going down to the spurs freight train

[marinoman]

Just read the article, fivethirtyeight gives us a 5% chance of making the playoffs? I don’t think there’s much of a difference from 2-14 in the west, those teams are just a little better or worse than each other play wise

[playbonner15]

Glass boi Lonni gonna play?

[Dex]

Just read the article, fivethirtyeight gives us a 5% chance of making the playoffs? I don’t think there’s much of a difference from 2-14 in the west, those teams are just a little better or worse than each other play wise

Yeah, that seems like a crazy stat. Any other year, we'd be in the cellar at 11th..but even 14th place is literally closer to 1st than it is to 15th right now.

I also read a stat that 14 out of the 15 toughest remaining Strength of Schedules currently belong to Western teams, which makes sense...the West is overloaded with talent and everyone is duking it out.

The standings are probably going to change a hundred times over by the end of the season. If the Spurs actually manage to put something together with this group, we could still be top 4. If not, we could be bottom 4. It's not worth even trying to put a percentage to it.

[Dex]

Glass boi Lonni gonna play?

Still playing in Austin with scrub Blair.

[JPB]

Yeah, that seems like a crazy stat. Any other year, we'd be in the cellar at 11th..but even 14th place is literally closer to 1st than it is to 15th right now.

I also read a stat that 14 out of the 15 toughest remaining Strength of Schedules currently belong to Western teams, which makes sense...the West is overloaded with talent and everyone is duking it out.

The standings are probably going to change a hundred times over by the end of the season. If the Spurs actually manage to put something together with this group, we could still be top 4. If not, we could be bottom 4. It's not worth even trying to put a percentage to it.

Not to mention potential trades that will move the needle.

[RD2191]

:lol Revenge game on a team with 4 wins, jesus christ...I know they murdered the Spurs the last time out but that's like saying I need revenge against that mongoloid kid who hit me with his wheelchair.

Leave Dabom out of this.

[playbonner15]

Still playing in Austin with scrub Blair.

:lol Glass Boi and Dancing Bear

[TheGreatYacht]

Leave Dabom out of this.
:lmao

[Russ]

"Personal" reasons are "personal" for a reason.

Nope. For example, sometimes it's for a publicly-known family funeral or the birth of a child or any number of non-private reasons . . .

[BatManu20]

Congrats Davis tbh.

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[JPB]

Nope. For example, sometimes it's for a publicly-known family funeral or the birth of a child or any number of non-private reasons . . .

Yeah, we'll sure won't argue till the end of night about it and t was mostly a joke but... then you usually hear just that : absent because his wife is gonna give birth or funeral of gramma... When you hear he's absent for "personal reasons", then it's often times undisclosed.

I have serious stats about it.

[Mirrornick]

DD 52 points coming up.

Enjoy the game fellas

[Dex]

Thanks for the thread and this update as always Bat... I wonder if Davis has had a family illness or something more delicate. Not that prying eyes need to know, but so close to the holidays... I hope he and family are alright.




Congrats Davis tbh.

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Hooray happy news!

[BatManu20]

Starters

White
Bryn
DeMar
Rudy
LMA

[DAF86]

Ok, after 2 straight days of nothing but River Plate, I'm back sons. Go Spurs go.

[FaM0us Skins]

Forbes is on fire

[phxspurfan]

Melton tried to injure a Forbes there lol

[Dex]

Got Sirius xm dirt cheap on some cyber shopping deal

Been listen to NBA radio with Leglar and some other guy

to paraphrase or Cliffs

"Not Like Pop can waive his magic wand"
"How did SA front Office end up with a dearth of talent"
"where ONE GUY (Dejuante) missing makes you a bottom 2 Defense""I thought the SYSTEM was supposed to make them a great Defensive team always, isn't that what Pop is KNOWN for?'
"Rick(Carlisle) has THE RIGHT GUYS PLAYING AT THE RIGHT POSITIONS AT THE RIGHT TIME"


Ended by saying the SA and Pheonix game will be an offensive explosion because both teams play no D.

There are so many stupid statements in there, I don't know where to begin.

The only thing I will call out is that the Spurs not only lost their All-Defense point guard (Murray), but also lost 2 All-NBA defenders (Kawhi and Green), a sneakily defensive player (Anderson), and are also out one of their rim protectors (Pau) and another young defensive prospect (Walker).

Let any team go through that kind of changeover, and have a solid defense after 20 games.

[Robz4000]

LMA and DeRozan look awful tonight.

:wow Rudy tho

[phxspurfan]

Rudy Leonard

[anon]

Rook really thought he was gonna yam on Rudy

[BatManu20]

Rudy is a monster when he wants to be.

[Shakril]

LMA is playing good for Phoenix... :rolleyes

[phxspurfan]

LMA seems to lose balance on those jump hooks. Maybe could use some more Timmy training on footwork

[SpurPadre]

Wow, Forbes with the best quarter of his life, tbh.

[Arcadian]

Yeah, this game is loseable

[anon]

LMA seems to lose balance on those jump hooks. Maybe could use some more Timmy training on footwork
Coz he doesn't push off with his torso to create space, fearing the off. foul. But refs are more lenient with contact play inside. Maybe his shoulder hurts, i dunno

[Beartrucci]

The shit was that weak stuff Lma :lol

[DAF86]

Aldridge is a joke.

[phxspurfan]

Dante Bowen

[TheGoatishere]

Josh Jackson is trash

[Beartrucci]

Spurs KING of Bunny Misses per opportunity fer sure

Geez being 7 foot with no one on you and bricking it that short

[TheGoatishere]

Aldridge is a joke.

Fr that was embarrassing lol

[DAF86]

Poeltl is no joke.

[emanueldavidginobili]

This lineup needs white

[anon]

lol why fake when you're already too slow to take anyone off the dribble?

[Chinook]

Feel really bad for Josh Jackson. Say that every Suns game, but that team is going to ruin him.

[Shakril]

Poeltl in 4 Min more productive than LMA in 8....guess who gets the bulk of playing time. :depressed

[Beartrucci]

I was wondering...did Marco shoot all these crazy off balance shots super often on his previous stint with us? I remember some, but not nearly as much as he does it these days. Maybe it's his way of compensating with losing a step. Seems every other shot is extremely off balance/off one leg, etc...not commenting on this game, just in general.

[Mirrornick]

Wow, Forbes with the best quarter of his life, tbh.

30 field goal attempts incoming. You just know he will go start chucking.

[Barfunk]

Didn't get the points but that was one beast of a rebound by Poeltl.

[anon]

I was wondering...did Marco shoot all these crazy off balance shots super often on his previous stint with us? I remember some, but not nearly as much as he does it these days. Maybe it's his way of compensating with losing a step. Seems every other shot is extremely off balance/off one leg, etc...not commenting on this game, just in general.
It's bewildering, he didn't even shoot that out of control last season with Brett Brown's Sixers. He even had a couple of pivotal shooting games that helped them advance to the second round. He gets together with Pop and Messina and all discipline vanishes. True prodigal pet status.

[TheGoatishere]

I was wondering...did Marco shoot all these crazy off balance shots super often on his previous stint with us? I remember some, but not nearly as much as he does it these days. Maybe it's his way of compensating with losing a step. Seems every other shot is extremely off balance/off one leg, etc...not commenting on this game, just in general.

Not really he started doing that retarted shit last year in philly

[BatManu20]

Poeltl is no joke.

Crazy how far he’s come in a month tbh. Literally 4 weeks ago STers we’re saying what shit player he was and that they couldn’t believe we traded for him instead of one of the other Raptors role players. But he’s showing he can play effectively at this level, and he just turned 23 a couple months ago. He’s 4-5 years from his prime tbh.

[BatManu20]

That was a Trashketball sequence right there. Pop calls TO.

[Shakril]

Crazy how far he’s come in a month tbh. Literally 4 weeks ago STers we’re saying what shit player he was and that they couldn’t believe we traded for him instead of one of the other Raptors role players. But he’s showing he can play effectively at this level, and he just turned 23 a couple months ago. He’s 4-5 years from his prime tbh.

@Toronto he played even better, but Siakam, Van Vleet and others were more Flashy so his performances were not as acknowledged as others. In San Antonio it seems he gets a greater focus. An damn he is a presence at the glass today.

[Jordan Jackson]

Too much Dante Cunningham out there. Otherwise, team looks ok tonight..well except
the last few sequences.

[phxspurfan]

Too much Dante Cunningham out there. Otherwise, team looks ok tonight..well except
the last few sequences.

At home against the tanking Suns without their best player, they better win by 20

[phxspurfan]

Suns aren’t even playing Ayton much

[Ditty]

Can’t wait to play some tougher teams so we can start losing again.

[skin27]

If we beat the clippers next game we can build 5 game winning streak

[DAF86]

So. Many. Dumb. Fouls.

All season long.

[Robz4000]

What a shitfest of a game.

[anon]

Guy they got to replace the fat sideline reporter has a high-pitched voice, the kind you love hearing in the evenings after a long day. Probably pay this dude in taco bell vouchers.

[DAF86]

That was an immoral loss half, tbh.

[BatManu20]

Lol Suns are so bad. We’re not even playing well, Suns are playing like morons, and still up 14 at half.

[skin27]

Lol Suns are so bad. We’re not even playing well, Suns are playing like morons, and still up 14 at half.


we’re up by 13

[phxspurfan]

Silver Dancers not "family friendly" enough...so they put some chubby girls out there to do the same dances... wtf?

[phxspurfan]

Lol Suns are so bad. We’re not even playing well, Suns are playing like morons, and still up 14 at half.

Suns are playing d leaguers, have poor coaching/discipline, their best/only star is out. And they're trying to tank

[TDomination]

Nice little mini run at the end to increase lead from 6 to 13. We should be up 20 but I'm just looking for anything positive

[TDMVPDPOY]

suns are tanking...why they even competing

[playbonner15]

It's bewildering, he didn't even shoot that out of control last season with Brett Brown's Sixers. He even had a couple of pivotal shooting games that helped them advance to the second round. He gets together with Pop and Messina and all discipline vanishes. True prodigal pet status.
I also dont watch much Beli but it's weird how he changed his shot in one season lol

[JeffDuncan]

Forbes is unleashing his inner Steph Curry tonight, I see.

[cjw]

Chinook (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=37557), how about that other game tonight with the Quakers taking down the defending national champs?

[JPB]

Give the ball to Apocalypse and get the fuck out his way tbh.

[JPB]

Damn ever since they reached the top spot, blazers are free falling... Seems like there's a malediction, of the the first place. Eery team getting there is slumping...

[sasaint]

Derrick White has passed up a couple of good looks - not necessarily for a teammate's better look. He just doesn't seem to even be looking for his.

[skin27]

Pop damaging derozan’s stats..smh

[DAF86]

The fuck are we doing with Pau once he comes back?

[anon]

Nice hands Portel

[Indianman]

The fuck are we doing with Pau once he comes back?

Giving him a career ending injury

[sasaint]

The fuck are we doing with Pau once he comes back?

Not sure he will be back this season. Gonna trade him in the offseason.

[DAF86]

Damn, Dante shooting lasers out there.

[skin27]

:lmao Suns still tanking after they got the number 1 pick

[DAF86]

Patty is getting fined for flopping, tbh.

[vander]

The fuck are we doing with Pau once he comes back?

play whoever has the cold hand :pop:

[daslicer]

:lmao Suns still tanking after they got the number 1 pick

They are truly a pathetic franchise. Unless they luck out drafting a Duncan-Shaq-Lebron like prospect they will be irrelevant for a very long time.

[DAF86]

Marco's craziest shot yet. :lol

[BatManu20]

Ferrari with the circus shot

[anon]

:lol that possession. It's that kind of night. Buns should just forfeit.

[RC_Drunkford]

:lmao Suns still tanking after they got the number 1 pick

tryin to build that Zion/Ayton/Booker Big 3

[SpaceCoast Spursfan]

Just a normal shot attempt to Beli

[skin27]

They are truly a pathetic franchise. Unless they luck out drafting a Duncan-Shaq-Lebron like prospect they will be irrelevant for a very long time.

i thought that prospect is ayton

[emanueldavidginobili]

Put Metu in

[skin27]

How the fuck derozan did not take that many shots tonight?

[emanueldavidginobili]

Why is pondexter playing over Metu right now smh. I hate pop

[skin27]

Forbes is the player of the game tonight

[DAF86]

Too much time left for that kind of shitty lineup, tbh.

[Robz4000]

Beli chucking the Suns back into this...

[emanueldavidginobili]

Why is Pondexter taking up a roster spot? I honestly don’t get it. They can’t find anyone in the Gleague and use that spot. Just makes no sense

[SpurPadre]

Forbes with the game of his life. I guess it's true when they say that every dog has its day, tbh. I mean, even Ayres and Bonner had good games once in a blue moon.

[skin27]

The isn’t over yet.lol

[DAF86]

Too much time left for that kind of shitty lineup, tbh.

Pop thinking he still had 2014's level third unit. :lol

[SPURt]

Why couldn’t the Spurs do this when I saw them in Phoenix? It’s like two completely different teams.

[skin27]

We’re back to being .500 team

[SpurPadre]

Forbes DeAndre On the Board and stole it from Metu.....
Then I hear "tenth rebound"

lol

He knew it

Maybe that'll convince Pop that he hasn't gotten over himself and bench his sorry ass finally. I'm not fooled by this shit, tbh.

[skin27]

Why couldn’t the Spurs do this when I saw them in Phoenix? It’s like two completely different teams.

the spurs always turn into a one man team everytime they play on the road this season..


only derozan play good on the road..

[playbonner15]

Why couldn’t the Spurs do this when I saw them in Phoenix? It’s like two completely different teams.
They're different on the road. Pop also has some questionable coaching on the road

[sasaint]

i thought that prospect is ayton

Ayton needs to force his way out of Phoenix. He will never approach his potential playing for a perpetually tanking franchise that has zero history of player development.

[BatManu20]

Most wins by head coaches in NBA history:
1. Don Nelson - 1,335
2. Lenny Wilkens - 1,332
3. Jerry Sloan - 1,221
4. GREGG POPOVICH - 1,211
5. Pat Riley - 1,210

[skin27]

Victory!!!

[BatManu20]

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[SpurPadre]

Pop with a HARD look directly into Bryne

I fucking loved that! Come on, Pop, bench his scrub ass!

[Barfunk]

I fucking loved that! Come on, Pop, bench his scrub ass!

He had 24, 11, 3, and 1 today

[SpurPadre]

He had 24, 11, 3, and 1 today

Like I said: every dog has his day...and it's the fucking Suns missing their best player lol.

[Kurgan]

Like I said: every dog has his day...and it's the fucking Suns missing their best player lol.

Reminds me of Austin Daye launching threes after three against a garbage Sixers team a few years ago.

[SpurPadre]

Reminds me of Austin Daye launching threes after three against a garbage Sixers team a few years ago.

Exactly. And some dudes here were kissing his ass after that thinking it was a sign of things to come. Don't fall for it.

[coachmac87]

Most wins by head coaches in NBA history:
1. Don Nelson - 1,335
2. Lenny Wilkens - 1,332
3. Jerry Sloan - 1,221
4. GREGG POPOVICH - 1,211
5. Pat Riley - 1,210



That’s about 2 more seasons after this one...you think he sticks around to pursue?

[wildbill2u]

Reminds me of Austin Daye launching threes after three against a garbage Sixers team a few years ago.

I think that was his first game with the Spurs and he made 6 3s or something. He looked like a real find by the FO after bouncing around the league. I don't think he ever hit more than one in any game afterwards and was soon on his way somewhere else. Never could figure that out.

[Barfunk]

Like I said: every dog has his day...and it's the fucking Suns missing their best player lol.

Yea don't get me wrong, the Suns are terrible lol

[SPURt]

They're different on the road. Pop also has some questionable coaching on the road
This is true. I also feel like the team is getting to a better place overall though they were atrocious on the road last year as well. Something like 27 of their 35 losses came from the road.

[TDomination]

Back to .500

A win against the clippers would really be great but im glad they finally have a mini streak going

[Beartrucci]

That’s about 2 more seasons after this one...you think he sticks around to pursue?

If he keeps coaching Spurs, I can't see it having anything to do with records.

[spurs10]

Back to .500

A win against the clippers would really be great but im glad they finally have a mini streak going Yes indeed! I think they'll play hard against Los Clips. I'm not counting them out.

[Mr. Body]

Ayton needs to force his way out of Phoenix. He will never approach his potential playing for a perpetually tanking franchise that has zero history of player development.

Yeah but Booker is a great player and worth all that moolah or something. I heard it on the Internet.

[J_Paco]

That’s about 2 more seasons after this one...you think he sticks around to pursue?

Possibly, but it will depend on how competitive the team remains over the next two or three seasons. I could see him leaving after this or sticking around to help develop Murray, Walker, White, Poetl, Metu and whomever the next (two possible) 1st round pick(s) is/are.

Even with all the shit he receives here, he's still has more basketball knowledge than any current NBA coach, has a keen eye for coaching hires (who is his successor?) and is still a solid NBA coach.

[szkorhetz]

.500, bitches :bobo

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Back to .500

A win against the clippers would really be great but im glad they finally have a mini streak going

If Lou Williams is still injured I like the spurs chances

[cool cat]

.500, bitches :bobo
Hell yea! Gas up the river boats, we got championship parade coming!!!

[BatManu20]

That’s about 2 more seasons after this one...you think he sticks around to pursue?

Doubtful imo. I think he hangs em up after the 2020 Olympics.

[Dverde]

Doubtful imo. I think he hangs em up after the 2020 Olympics.

Better to go out with Gold than the first round in the playoffs.

[boutons_deux]

This is true. I also feel like the team is getting to a better place overall though they were atrocious on the road last year as well. Something like 27 of their 35 losses came from the road.

road success is nearly always a predictor of playoffs success (at least past the first round)

So look at road record to see which teams are really strong.