Game Thread: Spurs @ Pistons — Mon. (1/7) - 6:00/C (2:00am Riga Time)

[BatManu20]

Back at it tonight as we take on a 17-20 Pistons team who have lost 4 of their last 5. Rudy Gay is OUT tonight, as are Lonnie Walker and Chimezie Metu. Will be tougher without Rudy, but no excuses. Let’s get it.




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[BatManu20]

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[RC_Drunkford]

Pau finally playing tonight. Makes sense against Drummond/Blake

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[TimmyBuckets]

Gonna be a tough one. Hopefully everything translates on the road.

[r0drig0lac]

trap game

[BlackAndWhite]

Finally Gasol will be back

[Mugen]

Really big of Rudy to suck it up and play against the Raptors. He's been favoring that wrist, i'd sit him out the next couple of games and hopefully he can go against OKC.

[DAF86]

-Start Bertans and run with an 8 men rotation.

-Or start Pau for 6 minutes at the beggining of each half to buy some minutes.

-Do not start Poeltl

-But, specifically, do not play Cunningham.

[DAF86]

We really, really need another big forward.

[Arcadian]

Could go either way, but with the Spurs being the hottest team in the league, I expect a win.

[objective]

if they're in Detroit with Pondexter with them, and down Rudy with no Metu or Walker, I suppose that means Pondexter is clearing the deadline?

[BatManu20]

trap game

Sort of feels that way. Looking forward to the meltdown if we lose :lol

[MoSpur02]

Not sure why Walker isn't getting any burn since Gay is out.

[Mugen]

if they're in Detroit with Pondexter with them, and down Rudy with no Metu or Walker, I suppose that means Pondexter is clearing the deadline?

jesus christ

[RD2191]

Not sure why Walker isn't getting any burn since Gay is out.

:pop:

[BillMc]

-Start Bertans and run with an 8 men rotation.

-Or start Pau for 6 minutes at the beggining of each half to buy some minutes.

-Do not start Poeltl

-But, specifically, do not play Cunningham.

This.

Spurs by 4

[Mugen]

Pondexter is such a waste of a roster spot, he better not make the guaranteed cutoff unless they plan on moving him along with Pau.

[TheGoatishere]

Watch Pop start Cunningham lol

[boutons_deux]

4 Ws straight, let's make it 5

8-2 in Last10

[TimmyBuckets]

I want this road win. I think Pop will start White-Forbes-Derozan-Aldridge-Poetl
I just don't think Pau is gonna get a lot of minutes anymore. Also why even start him now if he's such a terrible defender. I think he'll play today, but not start.

[John B]

Hottest team in the NBA. Let’s bring it. Spurs by 12. GSG!

[quentin_compson]

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[Keepin' it real]

I should get home in time for tipoff! If only I had League Pass so I could watch.

[SpurPadre]

We have the worst road record of all the teams with a winning record. And now Gay is out. It's going to be a very tough game to pull off. Demar and LMA have to be at their best tonight to come up with a dub, tbh.

[Dverde]

We have the worst road record of all the teams with a winning record. And now Gay is out. It's going to be a very tough game to pull off. Demar and LMA have to be at their best tonight to come up with a dub, tbh.

This Pistons team is very streaky. Spurs play well and they probably win. They gotta limit turnovers, pass the ball around and play solid defense. Make them beat us like old school Spurs basketball.

[boutons_deux]

If "monkey ball" goes off like he did several days ago, gonna be a hard game.

he averaged 30 pts over 3 previous games.

[spurraider21]

Pondexter is such a waste of a roster spot, he better not make the guaranteed cutoff unless they plan on moving him along with Pau.
i didnt mind picking him up as a flier because there was still some uncertainty with players... but at this point yeah all he does is occupy a spot.

[Mirrornick]

DeroZan vs Casey

[SpurSpike]

Really big of Rudy to suck it up and play against the Raptors. He's been favoring that wrist, i'd sit him out the next couple of games and hopefully he can go against OKC.

I think Rudy took that game personal. He was hurt and still played. He wanted this game for his buddy DeRozan. If you watched "Into the green room with Danny Green" you can tell he knows the full story of nephew and wanted to spill the beans but couldn't. Every time the talked about nephew the look in his eyes was just like "oh that mother fucker, yeah he's going to get booed"

[SpurPadre]

I think Rudy took that game personal. He was hurt and still played. He wanted this game for his buddy DeRozan. If you watched "Into the green room with Danny Green" you can tell he knows the full story of nephew and wanted to spill the beans but couldn't. Every time the talked about nephew the look in his eyes was just like "oh that mother fucker, yeah he's going to get booed"

Gay came to San Antonio expecting to ring last year with a stacked team, including a fearless leader and franchise player putting the team on his back...only to find out the "leader" was a little backstabbing bitch. He's been in the game too long to tolerate that shit, tbh.

[TimmyBuckets]

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/spurs-jakob-poeltl-joins-starting-five-monday/

Poetl starting

[Spurs fever]

I think Rudy took that game personal. He was hurt and still played. He wanted this game for his buddy DeRozan. If you watched "Into the green room with Danny Green" you can tell he knows the full story of nephew and wanted to spill the beans but couldn't. Every time the talked about nephew the look in his eyes was just like "oh that mother fucker, yeah he's going to get booed" I watched that interview and I have to agree. Rudy clearly seemed to wanna go at the Kawhi situation and held back. Rudy a real nigga and him and Kawhi seemed to have a competitive beef when he was in Sacramento anyways lol. But yeah, I'd really like to know what went down with everything but at same time I'm ready to let it die.

[spurraider21]

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/spurs-jakob-poeltl-joins-starting-five-monday/

Poetl starting
makes sense given detroit's front line

[DJR210]

Whatever happens just don't drink the water..

[emanueldavidginobili]

Deadline just passed, 2.2 million fully guaranteed for Pondexter.

[Pavlov]

Whatever happens just don't drink the water..:lol Flint's problems started when they stopped getting Detroit water.

[timtonymanu]

Deadline just passed, 2.2 million fully guaranteed for Pondexter.

Gross

[timvp]

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/spurs-jakob-poeltl-joins-starting-five-monday/

Poetl starting

I like Poeltl starting, tbh. If he's ever going to grow into a bigger role (and it'd be good for the Spurs if he could), he has to learn how to play next to Aldridge. Last time he started, he played power forward ... which would REALLY add to his value if he could become a legit 4/5.

Will Aldridge or Poeltl defend Drummond? Shall be interesting.

[emanueldavidginobili]

I like Poeltl starting, tbh. If he's ever going to grow into a bigger role (and it'd be good for the Spurs if he could), he has to learn how to play next to Aldridge. Last time he started, he played power forward ... which would REALLY add to his value if he could become a legit 4/5.

Will Aldridge or Poeltl defend Drummond? Shall be interesting.
Definitely Poeltl imo, Griffin plays a lot on the perimeter nowadays shoots six threes a game which is crazy.

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[playbonner15]

Deadline just passed, 2.2 million fully guaranteed for Pondexter.
Damn. :lol

[playbonner15]

Definitely Poeltl imo, Griffin plays a lot on the perimeter nowadays shoots six threes a game which is crazy.
Dont think Aldridge can contain him in the perimeter. Poeltl and Aldridge should switch a lot guarding him

[r0drig0lac]

Deadline just passed, 2.2 million fully guaranteed for Pondexter.

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[marinoman]

Ah shit, pop is doing that playing 2 bigs thing again

[emanueldavidginobili]

I bet you Bruce Brown didnt think he would start an NBA game before Lonnie :lol

[BatManu20]

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[emanueldavidginobili]

Reggie Jackson the Spur Killer

[r0drig0lac]

Demar!!!

[ace3g]

and 1 for DeMar!!!

[Chris]

how he make that? :lol

[r0drig0lac]

damn blake

[Leetonidas]

Lol. Garage 3pt shooting team has already hit 4 halfway though the first. Gonna be a long night

[Chris]

Whataburger has Performance enhancing Benefits for functional strength

looks like Blake Griffin got the memo :wow

[emanueldavidginobili]

Spurs need to pick up the tempo

[Dex]

Of course the Pistons start off in Warrior-mode. Need to do better about sticking with them downtown.

Spurs are getting good looks so far; just not converting. That should even out if they keep moving the ball.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Pistons hitting lights out thus far. Spurs should recover.

[timtonymanu]

Gone are the days when Blake would air ball his 3s

[objective]

White a little softer on defense, and not looking for his own on offense. Maybe that zero assists last game has him looking to be creating for his teammates more.

[r0drig0lac]

lacking focus and intensity so far

[BatManu20]

Lol b2b timeouts by Pop. Spurs playing like they don’t mind losing this one so far

[objective]

Despite what I posted about White's slow start, I don't like Mills getting in there at the 6 minute mark.

[Chris]

That Pau post up was brutal :lol

[timtonymanu]

They can’t miss, we can’t make kind of night again

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Could end up being a worse 1st quarter than recent Boston game

[Shakril]

We need either LMA or Poeltl on the court. even though they are hitting now shots, they will kill the spurs on the interior.

[Chris]

Refs are shit

[Chinook]

Really don't love that call.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Bertans+Pau interior D was just about what you expect, shit.

[playbonner15]

I like the Spurs not playing at home just because I hate San Antonio performers in between quarters :lol

[playbonner15]

Forbes!

[playbonner15]

Beli!

[Chris]

Our bench is pretty awesome

[GB20]

Marco is hard to guard.

[bklynspursfan]

Nice response thus far. The bench bringing us back, hopefully the starters get going

[timtonymanu]

Dat 3 pt squad!

[RC_Drunkford]

Spurs go small and make a run. Coincidence? I think not

[Chris]

Drummond :lol

[Chris]

Bertans :wow

[playbonner15]

B3RTANS

[playbonner15]

FORB3S

[playbonner15]

Spurs making a run

[BatManu20]

What a run by the Spurs

[Robz4000]

:tu 3 pt squad

[Chris]

White landed on his wrist hope he's ok

[BatManu20]

20-2 run currently..

[boutons_deux]

holy shit

A Tale of Two ... Quarters

White!!!

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

21-2 scoring run lmfao. Dwayne Casey blew it burning out Griffin the entire first quarter

[Shakril]

Spurs go small and make a run. Coincidence? I think not

Yes it was coincidence. The difference was, that the Pistons hit every shot, the spurs not. This has even out and Blake was on the Bench too.

[Keepin' it real]

White landed on his wrist hope he's ok

Is he in a great amount of pain?

[Chris]

Is he in a great amount of pain?

He appears to be fine :tu

[Chinook]

That's the chippy Davis I remember from last year. No idea why he started the season off so soft.

[BatManu20]

Just need to defend the 3-pt line better. They’re getting too many wide open looks and knocking them down.

[bklynspursfan]

Nice pass by Bertans there. He's become much more well rounded

[Cry Havoc]

Just got home from work. did I miss anything?

[vander]

what happened to Purdle? haven't seen him in there for a long time

[8FOR!3]

Any of ya’ll getting the Pistons broadcast? Apparently Aldridge is lucky Tolliver isn’t playing lol

[Cry Havoc]

Holy shit this ball movement. :wow

[BatManu20]

GREAT pass there by Bertans

[playbonner15]

Mills cooking! Dabom :lol

[Cry Havoc]

what happened to Purdle? haven't seen him in there for a long time

Where you been? He's been playing a ton lately.

[Cry Havoc]

Bullshit ball there.

[Cry Havoc]

Suuuper smart move by White there, taking advantage of the switch underneath.

[skin27]

Looks like the offense now is clicking unlike in November..

[Cry Havoc]

Looks like the offense now is clicking unlike in November..

Yeah, that'll happen when you have massive roster changes and a catastrophic injury.

15 assists to 3 TOs for our offense thus far. :tu

[vander]

Where you been? He's been playing a ton lately.

after starting, he was out for a long time in this game

[playbonner15]

Spurs cooling off. Good thing they can regroup at the half

[skin27]

White is playing more minutes than derozan

[Chris]

what happened to Purdle? haven't seen him in there for a long time

Doghouse for insta turnover after timeout

[sasaint]

Sloppy, ugly ball to start the half. First half must have been a different story, huh?

[Cry Havoc]

WOW. Back to back shot clock violations for the Spurs D?

[sasaint]

White is playing more minutes than derozan

Fabulous. Fantastic that he merits minutes, and Pop is entrusting them to him. Plus DeRozan started the season playing way too many minutes.

[boutons_deux]

monkey ball seems to winded, grabbing his shorts?

[skin27]

Fortunately pistons offense sucks

[Chris]

I hope Drummond gets fined for that flopping

[sasaint]

Who looked good in the first half? Somebody must have.

[skin27]

We’re missing shots now

[sasaint]

Pau sighting. Did he play in the first half?

[sasaint]

DeMar wanted it!

[SpurPadre]

Who looked good in the first half? Somebody must have.

My Touches, tbh.

[aintjustthem]

Aldridge is probably the most fit he’s been since joining the spurs. That was an acrobatic layup for him after the phantom foul on Drummond.

[sasaint]

Bertans is looking good. Moving his feet and working on D, staying in front of Blake.

[DPG21920]

Pau stuck in cement

[vander]

Pau playing D like a 40 year old out there

[sasaint]

Pau sure hustled over to cover Leuer.

[Fusternino]

"Another great contest."

Yeah, OK.

[sasaint]

Ddidn't somebody want Bullock in a trade thread earlier? I'll let Detroit keep him.

[spurraider21]

bertans has 5 assists :wow

[spurraider21]

also

:lmao stanley johnson
:lmao we should trade for him because he's 6'7!

[313]

This team is so weird. On paper, we shouldn't be this good

Even a Forbes/Mills back court can't slow us down :lol

[bklynspursfan]

Bertans is looking good. Moving his feet and working on D, staying in front of Blake.

Yeah. Doing a solid job and making him work

[313]

also

:lmao stanley johnson
:lmao we should trade for him because he's 6'7!
Around here they've wanted him gone since his second season. No idea how he hasn't been sent in a package for a second round pick yet, other than maybe that's still too much :lol

[kjhip1]

Where did he get fouled on that

[sasaint]

also

:lmao stanley johnson
:lmao we should trade for him because he's 6'7!

One of the weirdest ST obsessions.

[spurraider21]

great pause by LMA after catching that pass. splitter used to do that a lot to. dont rush, survey for shooters, etc.

[sasaint]

Marco, smh!

[313]

Looking forward to playoff Ferrari tbh

[spurraider21]

marco's shot selection is hysterical tbh :lol

cant remember the last time he shot on balance

[sasaint]

Finally an And-1!

[spurraider21]

LMA has a lot of those and-one's where everybody stops at the whistle and he has this exaggerated continuation, so he ends up getting an uncontested shot up

[vander]

spurs been getting the calls today

[ace3g]

the bank is open again for LA!!!

[sasaint]

LMA with the Harden impersonation!

[spurraider21]

bullshit rip-through tbh

[313]

KD rip thru ftw

[313]

Spurrefs?

[hater]

Spurrefs?

More like Pistonretards

[John B]

White is so poised like a veteran.

[spurraider21]

Spurrefs?


More like Pistonretards
[insert team who got the most recent call]refs

[Spurs fever]

Only 6 pages guys?

[spurs10]

WOW. Back to back shot clock violations for the Spurs D? Yeah...badass!

[sasaint]

Great hustle play by the Poodle!

[Cry Havoc]

That's GAME. What a possession. Patty finally playing like a beast again.

[spurraider21]

man, imagine dejounte developed derozan's touch in the in-between game

[Dverde]

This game is going like I figured. Griffin going off and it won’t be enough.

[BatManu20]

Poeltl with the hustle goods

[Cry Havoc]

Only 6 pages guys?

Monday early game start against a slumping opponent.

[Cry Havoc]

Only 6 pages guys?

Monday early game start against a slumping opponent.

[SpurPadre]

allow me to restate the obvious: Forbes sucks

[sasaint]

White is so poised like a veteran.

It is no mere coincidence that this team looks different with him in the SL.

[timtonymanu]

Pistons aren’t that special or anything but this would be a good win by our guys. Quite the turnaround from them losing to 30 against Minnesota and Utah. And losing to the Suns on the road. The Spurs went from awful to average on the road. :tu

[playbonner15]

Good thing Reggie Jackson ‘Spurs Killer’ havent showed up

[skin27]

Good thing Reggie Jackson ‘Spurs Killer’ havent showed up


This is is what I’m worried about this game tbh..

[timtonymanu]

allow me to restate the obvious: Forbes sucks


He showed up against Nephew at least :lol

[bklynspursfan]

Another near triple double for DeMar

[skin27]

I realized pop is really a great coach

[bklynspursfan]

allow me to restate the obvious: Forbes sucks

Lethal shooter, he'll always have a place in today's league tbh. Helps a bunch with our SL spacing

[spurraider21]

patty and forbes have actually been very good in the 4th today...

[sasaint]

Poodle goes for every rebound that he can remotely reach. I am loving this guy.

[BatManu20]

Poeltl still a foul machine but he makes up for it most games with his hustle.

[8FOR!3]

7 page game thread the night of the natty. Impressive

[BackHome]

The Beautiful Game

[Barfunk]

Grandmaster defense by White on Griffin

[skin27]

Denying derozan’s double double..haha

[skin27]

Great win!!!!

[spurraider21]

most promising stat of the night: Rudy Gay DNP and Cunningham still got 0 minutes

[vander]

allow me to restate the obvious: Forbes sucks

other than guys on rookie contracts, he's the biggest bargain on the team, the only bargain actually.

even on an off night, he still shot over 40% from 3 and logged a ton of minutes in an away victory

[bklynspursfan]

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[BillMc]

Victory!:flag:

[TimmyBuckets]

Didn't catch the game. White had 11 FTs?!?

[DPG21920]

Lmao saying Forbes sucks

[james evans]

We need a nuggets, Knicks and magic victory tonight

[spurraider21]

Didn't catch the game. White had 11 FTs?!?
9 attempts, and they were intentionally fouling late... was pretty unnecessary imo

4 of his attempts came in the final minute

[playbonner15]

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Guy behind him knows whats up :lol

[John B]

It is no mere coincidence that this team looks different with him in the SL.
Tbh besides him scoring, his defense is the big difference why the Spurs are playing solid. No longer guards penetrate at will, which causes help defense to scrabble. He is stopping the penetration and getting rebounds. Spurs look legit.

[Pavlov]

Lmao saying Forbes sucksNo shit. He's the only guy in the SL who made a three tonight.

[wildbill2u]

Love the way these youngsters are handling the 4th quarter close out. don't lose their poise and make the FTs look easy under pressure. We are watching some impressive strides and improvement on this team which most of us didn't think they had the talent to give. This is going to be a fun season after all. Go SPURS GO

[SwansonInSibagat]

I swear the box score showed DeMar with 10 assists at one point.

[HankChinaski]

Slow start but the good guys stuck to it an built the momentum with that huge 20+ to 2 run game seemed totally in control after that. A few spots where the Pistons made small runs. LA looked good DeMar with some timely floaters, white with that tough layups off the glass among other things. Forbes had good looks but hit that one shot to seal it. Bertans looked good out there against Blake or did my eyes deceive me

[bklynspursfan]

I swear the box score showed DeMar with 10 assists at one point.

It got taken away, initially called a goaltending so the Poeltl bucket counted (DDR assist) then they reviewed and called it a block

[John B]

I swear the box score showed DeMar with 10 assists at one point.
3 rebounds short of triple-double. He must be having fun playing for the Spurs tbh

[RD2191]

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Damn, poor bastard that's with her. She's going for that BBC. Makes me think of blake. Tbh

[Budkin]

Another dominating win! This team is cooking.

[boutons_deux]

Spurs won every qtr

[spurraider21]

won a game we're supposed to win. real story will be the consecutive games against OKC later in the week. we're already in a virtual heat for the #4 spot, but if knocking off okc a couple of times will open up the #3 spot as well

[spurs10]

Victory!:flag: Indeed!!

[KimmyGib]

Yackapurtle responsible for 1 of the team's 26 made free throws and all but 1 of the team's 6 missed free throws.

[bklynspursfan]

Guy behind him knows whats up :lol

Yup :lol

[sasaint]

Tbh besides him scoring, his defense is the big difference why the Spurs are playing solid. No longer guards penetrate at will, which causes help defense to scrabble. He is stopping the penetration and getting rebounds. Spurs look legit.

White is legit; he needs to be the starting PG, period. I am not ready to say the Spurs are legit contenders, but they are a legit good basketball team. After the November we had, I'll take that.

[BillMc]

Indeed!!
:bobo

[spurs10]

1082457876919189505 This made my night! :lol

[skin27]

won a game we're supposed to win. real story will be the consecutive games against OKC later in the week. we're already in a virtual heat for the #4 spot, but if knocking off okc a couple of times will open up the #3 spot as well


November version of this spurs will surely lose this game..

[DPG21920]

Like I can get thinking Forbes sucked in previous years and having doubts. Not after what we’ve seen this year though.

[DAF86]

We need a nuggets, Knicks and magic victory tonight

And Bucks.

[ace3g]

https://twitter.com/paulcastroNBA/status/1082467154207956994

[SpurPadre]

Lmao saying Forbes sucks

So basketball is only played on one end in your view? And on that one end, ONLY making 3's keeps you from sucking?

[John B]

This made my night! :lol
:lol poor dude his girl's boy watching

[SpurPadre]

Lethal shooter, he'll always have a place in today's league tbh. Helps a bunch with our SL spacing

You should still be able to play both ends, tbh.

[SpurPadre]

He showed up against Nephew at least :lol

True dat.

[SpurPadre]

Well, LMA's getting some head, tonight, that's for sure lol. He'll love her touches, tbh.

[ace3g]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DwWxLn3V4AAKEAI.jpg:large

[Mr. Body]

The chemistry on this team right now is amazing. What a turnaround.

[SpurPadre]

The chemistry on this team right now is amazing. What a turnaround.

Way better chemistry than at any point last season.

[spurraider21]

https://twitter.com/paulcastroNBA/status/1082467154207956994
good hustle by pondexter tbh

[BillMc]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DwWxLn3V4AAKEAI.jpg:large

Good pic!:toast

[RD2191]

https://twitter.com/paulcastroNBA/status/1082467154207956994

What are we looking at?

[SpurPadre]

What are we looking at?

That we're even walking off the court in elite fashion????

[skin27]

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i wish I’m LMA..lol

[SpurPadre]

i wish I’m LMA..lol

He's gonna get his touches on her tonight, tbh.

[Chris]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DwWxLn3V4AAKEAI.jpg:large

Wallpaper :tu

[SwansonInSibagat]

It got taken away, initially called a goaltending so the Poeltl bucket counted (DDR assist) then they reviewed and called it a block

I see. Was only boxscore - watching being at work. Many thanks!

[skin27]

He's gonna get his touches on her tonight, tbh. but unfortunately he didn’t saw the girl

[timtonymanu]

So basketball is only played on one end in your view? And on that one end, ONLY making 3's keeps you from sucking?

If that's the case, then half the players in the league suck by your definition. Sometimes you make Forbes sound like Austin Daye.

[skin27]

I don’t understand the hate on Forbes..tbh

[Chris]

https://twitter.com/spurs/status/1082472959430791168

[SpurPadre]

If that's the case, then half the players in the league suck by your definition. Sometimes you make Forbes sound like Austin Daye.

I admit the guy has made huge strides and has proven me wrong that he's not an NBA player...but why can't we aspire to have a better starting guard than him? We are a championship franchise after all.

[look_at_g_shred]

I don’t understand the hate on Forbes..tbh
The hate stems from last year. Dude is a totally different player this year.

[skin27]

The hate stems from last year. Dude is a totally different player this year.

yup,he improves a lot this season

[SpurPadre]

but unfortunately he didn’t saw the girl

I'm sure his people noticed and will hook him up, tbh.

[picnroll]

I don’t understand the hate on Forbes..tbh

SpurPadre is on a mission to see how long he can be stick with a bad player read.

[skin27]

I admit the guy has made huge strides and has proven me wrong that he's not an NBA player...but why can't we aspire to have a better starting guard than him? We are a championship franchise after all.


White already stole the starting pg role from him..tbh..

[look_at_g_shred]

I admit the guy has made huge strides and has proven me wrong that he's not an NBA player...but why can't we aspire to have a better starting guard than him? We are a championship franchise after all.
What more do you want? He’s been killing it from deep. Like it’s too the point now where I’m surprised when it doesn’t go in. He’s been a HUGE reason we are never out of games and why we’ve been keeping our leads. He just makes us so dangerous, and everyone on the other team has to account for him. That value alone is critical.

[SpurPadre]

SpurPadre is on a mission to see how long he can be stick with a bad player read.

Ask yourself this: do you really trust to start him in a playoff series against Golden State or Houston?

[SpurPadre]

What more do you want? He’s been killing it from deep. Like it’s too the point now where I’m surprised when it doesn’t go in. He’s been a HUGE reason we are never out of games and why we’ve been keeping our leads. He just makes us so dangerous, and everyone on the other team has to account for him. That value alone is critical.

I just see holes in his game that will get exposed in the playoffs. He belongs in the league. I just don't think he should be a starter on a team that can contend.

[TimmyBuckets]

I love this team.

[look_at_g_shred]

Ask yourself this: do you really trust to start him in a playoff series against Golden State or Houston?
Hellyeah. He’d make curry/Thompson work on Defense.

[skin27]

I just see holes in his game that will get exposed in the playoffs. He belongs in the league. I just don't think he should be a starter on a team that can contend.

he’s not starting anymore..he started tonight because gay did not play

[SpurPadre]

Hellyeah. He’d make curry/Thompson work on Defense.

While he rolls out the red carpet on the other end for them.

[BackHome]

I was on the Trade Forbes bandwagon big time but my mind is flexible and he has proven he deserves to be on this stage. He added weight he worked on his game and his defense and he has played pretty damn good that last couple of games

[look_at_g_shred]

While he rolls out the red carpet on the other end for them.
I’ve seen this team enough to know that it’s not all just one guy. It’s team defense.

[timtonymanu]

I admit the guy has made huge strides and has proven me wrong that he's not an NBA player...but why can't we aspire to have a better starting guard than him? We are a championship franchise after all.

We have Murray but he went down with an injury. Pretty sure we would have a Murray-White backcourt right now. Forbes isn't ideal but we could have done a lot worse and right now, he's earning his playing time. It's not like he's giving Dante Cunningham production out there. We just have to live with his shortcomings should they show up in the postseason, but right now it would be foolish to bench him unless there's a better option out there but that's not the case.

[timtonymanu]

While he rolls out the red carpet on the other end for them.

We also have Mills and Belinelli to worry about with that, or do they get the benefit from you because they're "proven"?

[skin27]

Forbes is like Gary neal of the 2011 spurs

[TDomination]

Go spurs go!! Its starting to feel like before. I wasnt able to catch the beginning of the game but when I tuned in we were already up double digits. Im almost expecting that already with how we've been playing.

I remember always feeling like that in the timmy era. A road game against a lower quality opponent, we always took care of business.

As we all know, the beginning of this season had none of that. What a remarkable turnaround I'm still stunned by how good we have been recently. BUT I LOVE IT!!!

[SpurPadre]

We have Murray but he went down with an injury. Pretty sure we would have a Murray-White backcourt right now. Forbes isn't ideal but we could have done a lot worse and right now, he's earning his playing time. It's not like he's giving Dante Cunningham production out there. We just have to live with his shortcomings should they show up in the postseason, but right now it would be foolish to bench him unless there's a better option out there but that's not the case.

I'll concede your point but I hope PATFO look at their options by the deadline and not automatically settle on Forbes.

[SpurPadre]

We also have Mills and Belinelli to worry about with that, or do they get the benefit from you because they're "proven"?

They're not starting they are proven playoff performers.

[boutons_deux]

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[SpurPadre]

LMA, the replacement LDN
He's more of a Porker replacement as far as fucking chicks, tbh.