We're back boys

[FkLA]

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[marinoman]

Back where? Above .500? LMA needs to show consistency and we still need a good SF

[TheGreatYacht]

Back to getting a shitty middle draft pick because PATFO were too selfish to put the team ahead of themselves.

[RD2191]

I'll declare us back when we start winning on the road.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I'll declare us back when we start winning on the road.

Exactly

[hater]

Back to what? :lmao

We still at about 25% chance of making the playoffs to get swept in the first :lmao

[bic50]

Spurs been looking good the past few games.

[Seventyniner]

Back where? Above .500?

Yup.

[gambit1990]

:lol

[Genovaswitness]

can somebody photoshop the squirtle squad sunglasses onto poeltl

[Uriel]

What's changed between now and when we were the ones losing by 40? That was just a couple of weeks ago. It's like night and day.

[SAGirl]

What's changed between now and when we were the ones losing by 40? That was just a couple of weeks ago. It's like night and day.
:pop:
”we made shots”

but really I couldn’t watch this one. Traveling again and could only boxscore.m

Glad it’s championship season.

believeeee

[Mr. Body]

Pop is a fucken boss. Get used to it.

[lmbebo]

No we're not. Average team that plays better at home than on the road. Unless we play like this on the road. We are going to be battling for for the 8th spot.

[RC_Drunkford]

What's changed between now and when we were the ones losing by 40? That was just a couple of weeks ago. It's like night and day.

better defense, more effort, team having fun out there, everybody playing hard, playing consistent for 48 minutes, LA & DeRozan 2-man game, LA finding his midrange shot, Belinelli hitting shots, bench unit being a net positive, Poeltl coming alive, Cunningham down to 10th player in the rotation. Just to name a few

[sananspursfan21]

Chemistry definitely looks better. But I agree with everyone else, we won’t know until we see some road wins. It has been a fun 3 games though, regardless of talent level

[hater]

Whats crazy is spurs have longest winning streak in west right now :lol

Sad thing is even if they go gangbusters from here on out their ceiling is 7th seed and a sweep by Golden Showers :pctoss :lol

[TDMVPDPOY]

circlejerk.gif fellas

[Arcadian]

Are we?

[99 Problems]

Millsy & CP0 controlling the WEST again.

[Atl Spur]

Pop is a fucken boss. Get used to it.

So true! Some of these people just don’t get it.......

[Ibleedslvrnblk]

Back to getting a shitty middle draft pick because PATFO were too selfish to put the team ahead of themselves.

I would say winning is more important than rolling the dice on some draft pick. If your winning your not needing to rebuild. No guarantees with picks. Did I not tell you to research top 10 pick history of last 15 years???

[Ibleedslvrnblk]

No we're not. Average team that plays better at home than on the road. Unless we play like this on the road. We are going to be battling for for the 8th spot.

Have you seen how many teams have winning records on the road?

[Mirrornick]

We lost too many games that we should have won. Right now we are playing the best stretch so far.

[paperboy77]

I'll declare us back when we start winning on the road.

+1

[LCM]

We lost too many games that we should have won. Right now we are playing the best stretch so far.

Would love to have the Suns, Magic, and Heat loses back right now! Spurs would be 18-11 with a whole different perspective.

[JPB]

Dallas losing in Phoenix... They must have a thing vs. Texas.

[vavvi]

Need to win against the Sixers. Than we can call it a push for play-offs.

[vavvi]

Dallas losing in Phoenix... They must have a thing vs. Texas.

Schedule loss. No effort from them whatsoever. And they miss their Mills

[skin27]

Dallas losing in Phoenix... They must have a thing vs. Texas.


That’s good for us..lol

[spin8]

Back to getting a shitty middle draft pick because PATFO were too selfish to put the team ahead of themselves.

[DMC]

It means OP is climbing back up the cliff to jump again.

[TimmyBuckets]

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:danceclub:danceclub:danceclub

[99 Problems]

Poor old Lakers. Looked promising but now reversing back around Sh#t corner.

[RC_Drunkford]

Poor old Lakers. Looked promising but now reversing back around Sh#t corner.

I want them in the Playoffs. They'd lose a series against us

[TimDunkem]

This is just as bad as cliff jumping after a loss.

[duncan2k5]

Wow... Now beating the clippers in December is a milestone for us... Smh... Jesus trade LMA before 2019 plz

[George Gervin's Afro]

Yay....

[RC_Drunkford]

Wow... Now beating the clippers in December is a milestone for us... Smh... Jesus trade LMA before 2019 plz

they will become your favorite team next season when Kawhitter joins them and you keep gargling his nutsack

[Down Under]

I want them in the Playoffs. They'd lose a series against us
I'd be pretty confident in a series against them. LeBron would put up insane numbers, but we'd put 130 on them every game.

[r0drig0lac]

It means OP is climbing back up the cliff to jump again.

https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/images/smilies/smilol.gif

[boutons_deux]

well, I really HATE the derozan, gay, LMA black hole isolation

Coach Norman Dale's rule is The Beautiful Game: four passes before the first shot

[monty4329]

What's changed between now and when we were the ones losing by 40? That was just a couple of weeks ago. It's like night and day.

Effort.

And lots of smiles, the mood seems to be quite positive.

[UncleDennis]

Well the chemistry does look a lot better on both sides of the court. I thought they played a lot more aggressive on defense, picked up their man asap and it wasn't the lay up line we all thought was becoming the norm. Aldridge looks like he found his stroke, Derozan is playing a little chippier then before. Rudy having nice efficient games and not over forcing shit.

Like mentioned above the road will be the true test, Aldridge and Derozan can do their thing but can the 3 point shooters deliver outside SA.

[XDT76]

Back to getting a shitty middle draft pick because PATFO were too selfish to put the team ahead of themselves.

What has the lottery pick of the past 5 years won? Last check a shitty middle draft pick helps the Spurs won a Ring and is awarded the FMVP.

[Blake]

Cool thread how is utsa football these days, op

[Keepin' it real]

We're back boys :lobt2:

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[BackHome]

What has the lottery pick of the past 5 years won? Last check a shitty middle draft pick helps the Spurs won a Ring and is awarded the FMVP.

Well lottery pick did get us Robinson, and Duncan so....

[RC_Drunkford]

Well lottery pick did get us Robinson, and Duncan so....

that weren't lottery picks, it were #1 draft picks. Quite a difference

[XDT76]

Well lottery pick did get us Robinson, and Duncan so....

Good point but we all know they can't do it alone. Personally, I think it's more important for the younger guys on the team to cultivate a winning culture. Look where has tanking lead Suns, Nets, kings and even 76ers to.

[Dre_7]

Back to getting a shitty middle draft pick because PATFO were too selfish to put the team ahead of themselves.

Trying to win and make the playoffs is putting themselves above the team? Yeah, because I am sure everyone on that team wants to keep losing. Some people :lol

[TheGreatYacht]

Trying to win and make the playoffs is putting themselves above the team? Yeah, because I am sure everyone on that team wants to keep losing. Some people :lol
It's really not that fucking hard to grasp.

Lottery pick >>> getting bukkaked in the first round so Poop can avoid sitting in the draft lottery chair

[Dre_7]

It's really not that fucking hard to grasp.

Lottery pick >>> getting bukkaked in the first round so Poop can avoid sitting in the draft lottery chair

Losing games on purpose is a pussy move. No coach with any balls is going to coach to lose and no player with any balls is going to play to lose. Name me one great coach that has tanked after winning multiple championships? Can you imagine Phil Jackson tanking? Fuck that. Tanking is stupid and overrated. You try and win now. You don't tank with a roster like the Spurs have. GTFOH

[jjktkk]

It's really not that fucking hard to grasp.

Lottery pick >>> getting bukkaked in the first round so Poop can avoid sitting in the draft lottery chair

Are you paid to be a stupid fuck on here? Man, you're good at it, that's for sure.:tu

[lmbebo]

A lot of parity in the west right now. No team outside of Golden State has really pulled away from the group and even they aren't playing as well as they could because of internal drama, injuries, exhaustion? Only team really out of it right now is Phoenix. 2-8 are really up in the air...

[exstatic]

One thing a lot of peeps have overlooked is that our record against the West is 13-10. That's better than MOST of the teams ahead of us in the standings. We'll keep climbing as long as we're taking care of WC business.

[TheGreatYacht]

Are you paid to be a stupid fuck on here? Man, you're good at it, that's for sure.:tu
Take Pop's wrinkly old balls off your chin before you come at me, faggot.

[jjktkk]

Take Pop's wrinkly old balls off your chin before you come at me, faggot. No, I'm gonna start fucking with you again, maybe put another dimple in that chin of yours.

[HankChinaski]

Do you think tanking for the lottery is going to make players want to play more with the spurs? They have the players they have due to the environment cultivated over time with hall of famers setting the examples.

You start tanking and moral goes down the drain, players lose motivation and competitiveness.

It's like you can't comprehend the parallels of work environments an see people not caring to win or succeed and seeing how that effects people as a whole at a job.

Personalities become more selfish, drama, etc.

I hope the team doesn't start tanking ever.

[R. DeMurre]

This is definitely a strange season. If I'd known for certain at the season's start that after 29 games the Spurs would be ahead of the Rockets, Jazz, Pelicans, and Timberwolves, I would have thought: all right, that's good news. If I'd known that after 29 games, the Spurs would be 4.5 games out of first place... same thing. The parity in the West is ridiculous so far, and for me it's been kind of amazing to watch.

[TDomination]

This is definitely a strange season. If I'd known for certain at the season's start that after 29 games the Spurs would be ahead of the Rockets, Jazz, Pelicans, and Timberwolves, I would have thought: all right, that's good news. If I'd known that after 29 games, the Spurs would be 4.5 games out of first place... same thing. The parity in the West is ridiculous so far, and for me it's been kind of amazing to watch.

if there was a year to struggle, this is the year. with our struggles we are still nowhere near out of it. hopefully the cohesion continues and the defense continues to improve.

[DMC]

:lol "Geronimo!"

[skin27]

Loss to the bulls

[gambit1990]

:lol

[BatManu20]

Right back in the shitter with that performance. Worst loss of the season.

[SpurPadre]

https://i.chzbgr.com/full/3406552064/h0E7656A4/

[RC_Drunkford]

back to tanking we go :bang

[TheGreatYacht]

:lmao This is who we always were

[Budkin]

:lmao

[dbestpro]

Yes, we're back to the land of basketball insanity.

[NASpurs]

Nothing like a loss to a shitty team to derail the hype train and convert it in to a tank

[skin27]

I missed those days spurs can easily beat shitty teams in the regular season..

[Ditty]

Too losing yes!

[timtonymanu]

Lmao Spurs just came across opponents at the right time. Let’s hope the losses keep piling cause this team is still a lottery team.

[Othyus Lalanne]

I missed those days spurs can easily beat shitty teams in the regular season..

They always haad some of those losses, but it's different this time with everyone minus Phoenix still trying to win.

[weeks]

we were looking pretty good and had a shitty half to one of the worst teams in the nba

it sucks but lets see if they can get back on track with the next few games
if they go on another losing streak it's over imo

next few games will decide the path of our season. let's make em count

[RD2191]

Lmao Spurs just came across opponents at the right time. Let’s hope the losses keep piling cause this team is still a lottery team.

Pretty much. Injured teams and teams on back to backs. This team is still trash.

[RD2191]

we were looking pretty good and had a shitty half to one of the worst teams in the nba

it sucks but lets see if they can get back on track with the next few games
if they go on another losing streak it's over imo

next few games will decide the path of our season. let's make em count

This season is over. Might sneak in as an 8th seed but I highly doubt it.

[BackHome]

We’re Back To Sucking Join The Tank Ride :lma

[TimDunkem]

we were looking pretty good and had a shitty half to one of the worst teams in the nba

it sucks but lets see if they can get back on track with the next few games
if they go on another losing streak it's over imo

next few games will decide the path of our season. let's make em count

Stop. This team sucks, brah. Your losing streak will come soon.

[FkLA]

https://twitter.com/johnschuhmann/status/1074663100731834370?s=19

Cruising tbh

(somebody embed that shit i forgot how to)

[StinkyWeezleteats]

https://twitter.com/johnschuhmann/status/1074663100731834370?s=19

Cruising tbh

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No

[NASpurs]

https://twitter.com/johnschuhmann/status/1074663100731834370?s=19

Cruising tbh

(somebody embed that shit i forgot how to)

Thank God for the Lakers existing to fluff up that stat.

[Dverde]

Tonight’s game will be really revealing. If they come out flat after the Bulls debacle then all hope is lost for the year.

[justinandimcool]

from here on out we have a 20 game stretch until we play a shitty team again tbh (Phoenix)

12-8 would land us at 28-23 not bad
10-10 or 9-11 more realistic


anything worse than that is a disaster

[Mr. Body]

Against the Bulls they seemed to lose concentration. They hammered the Sixers, though.

[playbonner15]

Tonight’s game will be really revealing. If they come out flat after the Bulls debacle then all hope is lost for the year.
So after today's win, you're telling me there's a chance....

[Dverde]

We’re back to .500 ish basketball team. I like them winning, we need Demar on board next season. Dejounte and replacing Pau with something gives me hope.

[TrainOfThought5]

Are we back again?

[Dverde]

So after today's win, you're telling me there's a chance....

A chance at the playoffs!

[Uriel]

If not for those BS losses against the Grizzlies, Suns, and Bulls, we would be the 4 seed right now. :pctoss

[skin27]

If not for those BS losses against the Grizzlies, Suns, and Bulls, we would be the 4 seed right now. :pctoss

yup, there’s always regrets after a loss to a shitty team that should have been a win then win against a good team the next game

[weebo]

orlando tragic :lol

[FkLA]

Its official. We are darkhorse contenders again.

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[RC_Drunkford]

Its official. We are darkhorse contenders again.

:flag:

yes and we are finally looking like a traditional Spurs team again. We even miss clutch free throws. Everything is back to normal

[r0drig0lac]

yes and we are finally looking like a traditional Spurs team again. We even miss clutch free throws. Everything is back to normal

qft

[gambit1990]

:lol

[gambit1990]

OP sure is sounding different now.

[FkLA]

https://media.giphy.com/media/QLwCmPzMWr87kTiFhw/giphy.gif

[timtonymanu]

FkLA on the IB bandwagon. :flag:

[Dennis the Menace]

https://media.giphy.com/media/QLwCmPzMWr87kTiFhw/giphy.gif


Give him that contract

[FkLA]

:wow


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh7eVXNI2tk

[SAGirl]

I am a fan!
:lobt2:Checking in.

[look_at_g_shred]

Murray unlocked :wow

[FkLA]

https://media.giphy.com/media/YI7E4dwJIx65q/giphy.gif

[RC_Drunkford]

too early to get hyped, they will need to play like this every night and go on a winning streak

[sasaint]

too early to get hyped, they will need to play like this every night and go on a winning streak

First game where the effort made me want to cheer for these Spurs.

[sananspursfan21]

I don’t know what to do with this game. I hope it’s not another damn tease. I’ll admit, even in losses, our guys have looked much more competitive these last few games

[RC_Drunkford]

First game where the effort made me want to cheer for these Spurs.

they have been improving. Even against the Lakers they didn't neccessarily play bad, the 4th quarter was just bad. Against the Wolves they just couldn't hit 3s. In this game everything came together and rotations are better, so that is a silver lining. We'll see if they can keep that up. They got a chance of winning the next 4 if they keep the focus for the entire 48 minutes

[Joseph Kony]

back to back dominant wins against the top two teams in the east :wow:wow

[FkLA]

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[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

Oops, Pops, did it again

[FkLA]

3 game win streak

:danceclub

[RC_Drunkford]

bump this when we're over 0.500

[sasaint]

bump this when we're over 0.500

If that's the criterion, this thread is going to sink to the bottom.

[Uriel]

tbh

[ECOV]

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[FkLA]

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