Game Thread: Spurs vs. Lakers - Nov. 3, 2019 @ 6:00 PM CT

[MannyIsGod]

Its laughable to say that this team lacks talent or isn't a very good team. They're 4-2 and have been competitive in the 2 losses with their best player barely playing 25 minutes a game. There's plenty of talent here and they'll be a playoff team in a very deep West with a ton of youth.

[Mugen]

Imagine being so fucking stupid that you have no idea how to manage minutes/rotations so Dejounte closes games. :lol

[r0drig0lac]

Good news: we've been competitive against arguably the 2 best teams in the West

Bad news: DeRozan and Aldridge are our "stars," so this is pretty much our ceiling until White and Murray break out

We still have a little problem, lack of human material, but Pop "intentionally" harming the team is something I consider even worse.

[ZeusWillJudge]

He was fine. He got a fast break dunk off a nice pass from Murray and he hit a jumper. I thought his D was solid. Probably deserved more minutes.


I was just saying that he's been a rebounding machine. Tonight he scores, and he only gets 2 boards.

[spurs1990]

Forbes and Mills went 1-12 combined from three. Gotta believe next time those shots fall and the Spurs can beat LA

[tim_duncan_fan]

We have to unlock more basketball ability.

It's time for Lonnie to get some burn.

[timtonymanu]

Sucks that we lost but was a fairly entertaining game.

Apparently this is the youngest team of the Pop era. Which is a good sign as we can almost hang with the loaded Clippers and Lakers. Not sure LMA and DeRozan will be around, but team could have a bright future.

The sooner LMA and Derozan are gone, the better. You can just see the hunger and passion from White and Murray. Can’t say the same for the former

[sasaint]

He was fine. He got a fast break dunk off a nice pass from Murray and he hit a jumper. I thought his D was solid. Probably deserved more minutes.

And Demarre deserved more. And Patty and Marco deserved less. Same old Pop.

[Chomag]

I dare someone ask Pop why he isn't being competitive enough...

[RC_Drunkford]

I just don't understand what kind of offensive sets Pop is running out there. Is he running anything at all? All I see is the team tryin to move the ball around and then when the shot clock winds down they take a contested jumper. That ain't no offense

[Degoat]

what's up with everybody sucking on the lakers dick acting like they're so good yet we lost by 7 points with the starters shitting the bed other then Murray... :wakeup

[TimDunkem]

Imagine being so fucking stupid that you have no idea how to manage minutes/rotations so Dejounte closes games. :lol

I don't get it. He has to be doing this purposely. Poop used to be the best...The fuck happened after 2014? You can say he changed focus, but that doesn't explain the complete madness that are his rotations.

[sasaint]

Having a couple of legit stars on a team lets the role players play a lot looser. That's just fact. Those guys don't have to bail out DDR and Aldridge.

Well said. Real stars don't need to get bailed out. That's what makes them stars.

[swrowe78]

Forbes and Mills went 1-12 combined from three. Gotta believe next time those shots fall and the Spurs can beat LA
Well, I don't expect lebron to go 8 of 23 from the field next game either though.

[sasaint]

I just don't understand what kind of offensive sets Pop is running out there. Is he running anything at all? All I see is the team tryin to move the ball around and then when the shot clock winds down they take a contested jumper. That ain't no offense

This is the new Iso-Spurs. No more zippers and elevators...

[BillMc]

Forbes has a normal shooting night and we might actually have won that game even with DeRozan and LMA in a funk.

[BlackAndWhite]

We need more shooters. Since Marco and Mills are unplayable, Bryn is our only shooter and that's not enough at all.

[Mugen]

Just imagine how much better this team would be if Beli's minutes were going to literally anybody else and fucking Trey Lyles wasn't starting :lol

[TimDunkem]

Forbes has a normal shooting night and we might actually have won that game even with DeRozan and LMA in a funk.

You're going to see a lot of these when Forbes is the only decent shooter on the squad.

[sasaint]

Whrn DJ or DWhite are out there. Demar needs to get the hell out of the way. It's that simple. Won't happen tho

Not as long as Pop is running interference for him.

[FkLA]

I don't get it. He has to be doing this purposely. Poop used to be the best...The fuck happened after 2014? You can say he changed focus, but that doesn't explain the complete madness that are his rotations.

He's an arrogant shit. Knows he's the GOAT, knows noone will question him so he does stupid shit that no other coach would ever do, or ever get away with so that he can show his "genius".

[timtonymanu]

what's up with everybody sucking on the lakers dick acting like they're so good yet we lost by 7 points with the starters shitting the bed other then Murray... :wakeup

Shut up faggot

[Mugen]

I don't get it. He has to be doing this purposely. Poop used to be the best...The fuck happened after 2014? You can say he changed focus, but that doesn't explain the complete madness that are his rotations.

That's a great point tbh. You could explain it by him just not giving a fuck which he obviously doesn't anymore especially after all of the Big 3 are gone. But the decisions seem like the old fuck is actually trying to hold the organization back :lol

[sasaint]

Forbes has a normal shooting night and we might actually have won that game even with DeRozan and LMA in a funk.

Yep. He had some good looks - especially early on. I really root for the guy, so I was very disappointed.

[Genovaswitness]

I like how murray brought us back and the retard crew snatched victory away

[jbspurs]

Another DeRozan crucial TO to kill the momentum SMH!

[timtonymanu]

Just imagine how much better this team would be if Beli's minutes were going to literally anybody else and fucking Trey Lyles wasn't starting :lol

I honestly don’t see anything wrong with starting Carroll over Lyles at this point.

[FkLA]

Just imagine how much better this team would be if Beli's minutes were going to literally anybody else and fucking Trey Lyles wasn't starting :lol

I don't get the Lyles hate. I've liked him. -shrug-

Belli can GTFO though, obviously.

[Rosewood]

This is not a cliffjumping game. We looked good defensively finally and our star young player is looking better every single minute he plays.

Get rid of Belinelli, play Lonnie/Carroll more, stop letting Derozan handle the ball so much (the dude is a trainwreck in clutch).

We good Spursfans :bobo

[TheRemix]

I just don't understand what kind of offensive sets Pop is running out there. Is he running anything at all? All I see is the team tryin to move the ball around and then when the shot clock winds down they take a contested jumper. That ain't no offense

There's not many sets you can run. They're all iso players. Only off ball player on the court is forbes

[r0drig0lac]

Forbes has a normal shooting night and we might actually have won that game even with DeRozan and LMA in a funk.

with the size and athleticism of the Lakers coupled with our inability to generate open glances against this kind of defense he will NEVER have the normal shooting night against the Lakers.

[SpurPadre]

LMA not showing up against the elites is discouraging but it's pretty clear that we'll be a markedly improved team once Murray's minute restrictions are lifted. Not too worried about things yet, tbh.

[BillMc]

The sooner LMA and Derozan are gone, the better. You can just see the hunger and passion from White and Murray. Can’t say the same for the former

If one of Lonnie, Luka or KJ blossoms in a few years to add to a core of Murray and White, team could be good.

[r0drig0lac]

This is not a cliffjumping game. We looked good defensively finally and our star young player is looking better every single minute he plays.

Get rid of Belinelli, play Lonnie/Carroll more, stop letting Derozan handle the ball so much (the dude is a trainwreck in clutch).

We good Spursfans :bobo

why? you, me and everybody here know Pop won't do any of this

[Degoat]

Shut up faggot

Why you mad bro lol We just need Pop to go with Dejounte, White, Demar, Gay, and LA to start games

[timtonymanu]

I don't get the Lyles hate. I've liked him. -shrug-

Belli can GTFO though, obviously.

Lyles just reminds me of one of those Nesterovic/Nazr types that would play next to Tim just to put a big body in the starting 5. Only difference is LMA is no Timmy, so Lyles doesn’t do anything noteworthy to me other than get rebounds.

[Mugen]

I honestly don’t see anything wrong with starting Carroll over Lyles at this point.

It makes too much sense to start Rudy and alternate Carroll and Lyles based on matchups (though Id rather just give those mins to Demarre).


I don't get the Lyles hate. I've liked him. -shrug-

Belli can GTFO though, obviously.

He's hit 1 shot outside of the paint all season long. That's already bad for a modern NBA starting lineup. Pairing that with non-shooters like DeJounte (still streaky) and the Depression is laughable. If fucking LMA wasn't such a pussy on the boards, there'd be literally no need for Lyles to see minutes on this roster.

[r0drig0lac]

I honestly don’t see anything wrong with starting Carroll over Lyles at this point.

we need Carroll as a small forward, like he played today, we need perimeter size

[ZeusWillJudge]

LMA not showing up against the elites is discouraging but it's pretty clear that we'll be a markedly improved team once Murray's minute restrictions are lifted. Not too worried about things yet, tbh.


It's pretty sad when your starting 6'11" player gets out-rebounded by the PG and DeRozan.

If you go back and look at that game, the Spurs tied it up and it was LMA with his head up his ass that lost the Spurs 2-3 loose balls and turned the tide back to the Lakers. He was complacent for most of the game, but there was absolutely no sense of urgency down the stretch.

[Rosewood]

why? you, me and everybody here know Pop won't do any of this I have faith. I can't see Belinelli playing serious minutes going into the later part of the season tbh.

Lonnie? Yeah probably not. But one can hope.

[TheRemix]

I don't get it. He has to be doing this purposely. Poop used to be the best...The fuck happened after 2014? You can say he changed focus, but that doesn't explain the complete madness that are his rotations.

I'll never forget when pop played Kyle Anderson instead of Kawhi in the 2016 playoffs against the thunder. It's like he wants to lose

[TheRemix]

:pop: "hey that's what horses eat!"

Jesus just retire already..

[objective]

I don't get it. He has to be doing this purposely. Poop used to be the best...The fuck happened after 2014? You can say he changed focus, but that doesn't explain the complete madness that are his rotations.

His rotations have always been like that. The times the team won was where the talent was enough to overcome.

Just is what it is.

No Murray in crunch time is one thing. But keeping Murray and White apart is Pop painting his masterpiece.

[ZeusWillJudge]

I have faith. I can't see Belinelli playing serious minutes going into the later part of the season tbh.



Right now I can see Beli playing serious minutes until someone drives a stake through his heart. Or Pop's.

[timtonymanu]

Why you mad bro lol We just need Pop to go with Dejounte, White, Demar, Gay, and LA to start games

Demar needs to be traded and you’re on some shit if you don’t think this lakers team is an actual contender.

[duncan2k5]

Trade DDR and LMA

Finally ppl get it... Been ridiculed for years when I said it

[timtonymanu]

:pop: "hey that's what horses eat!"

Jesus just retire already..

Let me guess, he’s being snarky with reporters again when he half asses his job on a nightly basis.

[FkLA]

Why can't any of those soft ass reports ask him...

"Hey why aren't two of your best players, the two guys who were playing the best today allowed to share the court?"

[timtonymanu]

Finally ppl get it... Been ridiculed for years when I said it

Apologists tbh

[objective]

Forbes and Mills went 1-12 combined from three. Gotta believe next time those shots fall and the Spurs can beat LA

I'm sure if they meet in the playoffs that Mills will replicate his performance from tonight.

[tbdog]

LMA frustrated me more than I can remember this game. We could have won that game. DD, White, Murray all had surges of points. Gay was given us a steady amount of baskets. We really needed LMA to be the rock of offense. He didn't post up, he didn't rebound. He was okay contesting shots. It was a bad performance. Their role players were hitting shots. Ours weren't, and yet with LMA playing like a turd, it was tied game with a few minutes left. FFS LMA.

Also, on Pop. This was game Carroll had to play. Our role players weren't hitting their shots. He should have played Caroll and Gay together, then let DD bully the guards.

[spurs10]

Murray showed promise and I hope DW is alright. We had our chances and blew it. On to Atlanta.

[TheRemix]

Let me guess, he’s being snarky with reporters again when he half asses his job on a nightly basis.

Yup, he's doing the whole "calm down it's just a game!" Shtick

[Degoat]

Demar needs to be traded and you’re on some shit if you don’t think this lakers team is an actual contender.

hey if we can get something for Demar Im all for it but until then I'm gonna support EVERYBODY on the team, and for the lakers let's see them actually make the playoffs before we call them contenders, you can count on Anthony Davis getting hurt at some point

[spin8]

Everything about this team except for Murray is crap.

[SpurPadre]

It's pretty sad when your starting 6'11" player gets out-rebounded by the PG and DeRozan.

If you go back and look at that game, the Spurs tied it up and it was LMA with his head up his ass that lost the Spurs 2-3 loose balls and turned the tide back to the Lakers. He was complacent for most of the game, but there was absolutely no sense of urgency down the stretch.

He probably realizes he's no longer the best player on the team and doesn't know how to play around that just like he couldn't when Load Management was a Spur.

[r0drig0lac]

Everything about this team except for Murray is crap.

White, Gay and Carroll (if used on the perimeter) are good, Aldridge unfortunately doesn't give a shit, Demar even with his talent for stats has a very low Qi to be a star with positive impact.

[BatManu20]

Spurs were down 19 at one point and battled back, and honestly could’ve won the game if KCP doesn’t have a career game against us and Pop doesn’t sub out DJ with 3 min left (goddammit Pop). I give them props for that.

With that said, this game was frustrating. I knew Patty and Bryn would struggle tonight as they always do against good defensive teams with great length, as I stated in my pre-game post. I did not, however, expect Aldridge and DeRozan, our 2 Max players, to combine for 22 pts & 5 turnovers. That can’t happen. Those two have to be better.

I also didn’t expect Pop to think DeMar guarding AD in the post multiple times was a good idea. There was even one play where this occurred and it didn’t happen on a switch.. Ridiculous. KCP Having a career game against us also fucked us too.

Oh well. Onto the next one. Hopefully Pop is better moving forward, though I doubt it. We meet the Lakers again in 3 weeks at their place, which will be even tougher to win of course.

[LkrFan]

https://twitter.com/forumbluegold/status/1191186851396108288?s=19

:wow

Vogel can coach defensive teams.

[FkLA]

Lyles just reminds me of one of those Nesterovic/Nazr types that would play next to Tim just to put a big body in the starting 5. Only difference is LMA is no Timmy, so Lyles doesn’t do anything noteworthy to me other than get rebounds.

His defense has been surprisingly good too, imo. Surprisingly good IQ on offense too. I think he'll look a lot better when his three starts falling. Even if he shoots it in the ~30% range like he has in his worst years, that would still be a massive improvement over the 0fer he's shooting right now. If he get closer to the 40% range, like in his best years, he'll be real solid for us.


He's hit 1 shot outside of the paint all season long. That's already bad for a modern NBA starting lineup. Pairing that with non-shooters like DeJounte (still streaky) and the Depression is laughable. If fucking LMA wasn't such a pussy on the boards, there'd be literally no need for Lyles to see minutes on this roster.

He's still taking them and is still bringing his defender out. Don't think it's fair to compare him to guys who literally aren't guarded at the three point line.

I'd honestly be more worried if his shot was falling but he was looking weak in all other aspects. Law of averages says that his shot should eventually start falling.

[duncan2k5]

Hey man he has depression

No he doesn't

[timtonymanu]

Spurs were down 19 at one point and battled back, and honestly could’ve won the game if KCP doesn’t have a career game against us and Pop doesn’t sub out DJ with 3 min left (goddammit Pop). I give them props for that.

With that said, this game was frustrating. I knew Patty and Bryn would struggle tonight as they always do against good defensive teams with great length, as I stated in my pre-game post. I did not, however, expect Aldridge and DeRozan, our 2 Max players, to combine for 22 pts & 5 turnovers. That can’t happen. Those two have to be better.

I also didn’t expect Pop to think DeMar guarding AD in the post multiple times was a good idea. There wasn’t even one play where this occurred and it didn’t even happen on a switch.. Ridiculous. KCP Having a career game against us also fucked us too.

Oh well. Onto the next one. Hopefully Pop is better moving forward, though I doubt it. We meet the Lakers again in 3 weeks at their place, which will be even tougher to win of course.

The senile coach put Mills in Durant before. I wasn’t surprised at all

[NASpurs]

I'm tired of Pop and refuse to support his bullshit. I've missed like 80% of the games so far. I rather do other things.

Someone in the future PM me when he gets his head out of his ass this season and I'll watch again.

[duncan2k5]

He was fine. He got a fast break dunk off a nice pass from Murray and he hit a jumper. I thought his D was solid. Probably deserved more minutes.

LMFAO

[Robz4000]

https://twitter.com/forumbluegold/status/1191186851396108288?s=19

:wow

Vogel can coach defensive teams.

The Spurs literally can't shoot the three (and also don't want to), not hard to defend a team like that tbh. If dwert plays like this every game and KCP isn't ass the rest of the season y'all might make it to the second round :tu

[duncan2k5]

Sucks that we lost but was a fairly entertaining game.

Apparently this is the youngest team of the Pop era. Which is a good sign as we can almost hang with the loaded Clippers and Lakers. Not sure LMA and DeRozan will be around, but team could have a bright future.

Even in our championship years, shit teams had games where they hung with us... No one would ever think those teams were on the verge of being contenders... We are now those shit teams whose fans have false hope that we hung around with the big boys... We desperately need trades

[duncan2k5]

When Demar is off he hurts the team in so many ways.

Look deeper he impedes the development of the spurs youth. Those guys are missing out on reps because Demar has to dominate the ball.

Rince and repeat. We will have this convo often this season.

Yep!

[Mugen]

Oh also, 6 games in now and the old fuck hasn't even thought about challenging a foul call. Add that to the list, Sniffers! :lol

I really hope one of these young guys pulls a Deron Williams/Jerry Sloan on the old man. It should have been Nephew but that autistic fuck took the easier road.

[spin8]

White, Gay and Carroll (if used on the perimeter) are good, Aldridge unfortunately doesn't give a shit, Demar even with his talent for stats has a very low Qi to be a star with positive impact.

That’s fair. Murray, Gay, White, and Carroll aren’t crap.

[duncan2k5]

Forbes and Mills went 1-12 combined from three. Gotta believe next time those shots fall and the Spurs can beat LA

That's not how basketball works

[duncan2k5]

He's an arrogant shit. Knows he's the GOAT, knows noone will question him so he does stupid shit that no other coach would ever do, or ever get away with so that he can show his "genius".

This... He does the opposite of conventional wisdom to justify him being the GOAT... He wants to prove he wasn't just winning because of Duncan

[LkrFan]

The Spurs literally can't shoot the three (and also don't want to), not hard to defend a team like that tbh. If dwert plays like this every game and KCP isn't ass the rest of the season y'all might make it to the second round :tu

Thanks :lol

[ZeusWillJudge]

I just noticed that LeBron had another triple double tonight. There's a good reason why the Lakers' role players were so good. Call LeBron washed up if you want, but he commands a lot of attention. I'd be happy if LMA would just pay attention.

[timtonymanu]

Oh also, 6 games in now and the old fuck hasn't even thought about challenging a foul call. Add that to the list, Sniffers! :lol

I really hope one of these young guys pulls a Deron Williams/Jerry Sloan on the old man. It should have been Nephew but that autistic fuck took the easier road.

Might as well let Becky take over since Pop is all about being progressive. I highly doubt she can do a worse job than him at this point.

[duncan2k5]

I don't get the Lyles hate. I've liked him. -shrug-

Belli can GTFO though, obviously.

Lyles has been horrible this season, especially defensively... And has been nonexistent offensively

[Collins21]

That's not how basketball works

Actually that's exactly how basketball works. KCP may be worse than both those guys but today he made shots that he normally misses. I know your whole schtick on here is to troll but at least pretend like you know basketball.

[duncan2k5]

Lyles just reminds me of one of those Nesterovic/Nazr types that would play next to Tim just to put a big body in the starting 5. Only difference is LMA is no Timmy, so Lyles doesn’t do anything noteworthy to me other than get rebounds.

He isn't a good rebounder... Kill that narrative please

[phxspurfan]

Wow wtf...the Lakers beat us? No one cares since its November and football is on but wow. Has it been like 7 years since the Lakers beat us or was it that one game where we let Ball go all Magic Johnson on us

[duncan2k5]

LMA frustrated me more than I can remember this game. We could have won that game. DD, White, Murray all had surges of points. Gay was given us a steady amount of baskets. We really needed LMA to be the rock of offense. He didn't post up, he didn't rebound. He was okay contesting shots. It was a bad performance. Their role players were hitting shots. Ours weren't, and yet with LMA playing like a turd, it was tied game with a few minutes left. FFS LMA.

Also, on Pop. This was game Carroll had to play. Our role players weren't hitting their shots. He should have played Caroll and Gay together, then let DD bully the guards.

LMA is a useless pouter when he isn't being given the ball every single time down the court... He wanted out when lillard became the focal point, and wanted out when Kawhi became the focal point

[jbspurs]

Agree on both.

[duncan2k5]

Actually that's exactly how basketball works. KCP may be worse than both those guys but today he made shots that he normally misses. I know your whole schtick on here is to troll but at least pretend like you know basketball.

Dummy... Every game is different... U can't just say if (X) player made three shots he normally makes we would have won, and use that as the basis upon which we will win the next game... For all we know the next game lebron goes off for 50, and AD scores 30...different things happen every game... So like I said... That's not how basketball works

[DPG21920]

I don't get the Lyles hate. I've liked him. -shrug-

Belli can GTFO though, obviously.

Lyles is an awful player and awful fit in the SL. SA cannot afford a no offense player in that spot and that’s what he is. He’s literally just a warm body that doesn’t do anything positive or above average - at least not things that matter.


If you grade him on a curve it doesn’t look bad but he’s not an NBA player let alone a starter. It was and is an awful signing and most of us called it the moment it happened.

But Sa doesn’t have much of a choice with the roster they built. Sa has been content staying in neutral for a few years now. Not willing to rebuild and not willing to up the aggression to truly give themselves a better chance to win. It’s purgatory at the moment with several poor Fa decisions

[DPG21920]

Spurs were down 19 at one point and battled back, and honestly could’ve won the game if KCP doesn’t have a career game against us and Pop doesn’t sub out DJ with 3 min left (goddammit Pop). I give them props for that.

With that said, this game was frustrating. I knew Patty and Bryn would struggle tonight as they always do against good defensive teams with great length, as I stated in my pre-game post. I did not, however, expect Aldridge and DeRozan, our 2 Max players, to combine for 22 pts & 5 turnovers. That can’t happen. Those two have to be better.

I also didn’t expect Pop to think DeMar guarding AD in the post multiple times was a good idea. There was even one play where this occurred and it didn’t happen on a switch.. Ridiculous. KCP Having a career game against us also fucked us too.

Oh well. Onto the next one. Hopefully Pop is better moving forward, though I doubt it. We meet the Lakers again in 3 weeks at their place, which will be even tougher to win of course.

Problem is Sa has been down double digits in half the games. So it’s not some noble effort to fight back; it’s a legit problem where they are not playing well.

[GAustex]

I hope a white is ok.
He got steamrolled twice and that Howard foul.
End of the game he was limping around.

[spurs1990]

Six games in who's been good consistently?
1) Murray
2) White
3) Derozan
4) Gay
5) ???

Even spots 3 and 4 are a stretch. And like someone said earlier they're 4-2 with closes losses to LAs. Go figure.

[Robz4000]

Problem is Sa has been down double digits in half the games. So it’s not some noble effort to fight back; it’s a legit problem where they are not playing well.


They had the same problem last year as well and they never addressed it. Not likely to be addressed this year either. Like you said, PATFO are content to stay in basketball purgatory, which comes with being granted tenure unfortunately.

[MultiTroll]

The new "Big 3" lead by Pop was 8-30 tonight.
Along with their usual nails defense.

DeRosian
LMA
Wombat

[Mugen]

-3 of the 4 wins were barely squeaked out (two of those being against lottery teams). The only decisive win was against a borderline "NBA" team.
-The two "stars" have disappeared against real competition.
-The two real stars have played exactly 5 seconds together.
-Marco is shooting 15% from 3 and is still a regular rotation player
-Their top FA signing in the summer has played less minutes this entire season than Marco played this game
-Lonnie Walker after being dominant and shut down in the summer league has been relegated to garbage time
-The starting lineup / rotation makes absolutely zero sense and the team is routinely having to come back from double digits
-The new coach's challenge rule hasn't even been thought about
-Dejounte is on a minutes restriction but those minutes have inexplicably been managed in a way that he doesn't close out games
-Derrick White who was referred to as their most important player last season plays a few more minutes than Trey Lyles on average
-Speaking of Lyles, a guy who has complained about practice and has been garbage his career is gifted a starting role where he has proceed to gone 0% from 3pt line while other guys on the team have been called out publicly for being non-competitive

:lmao

[Jordan Jackson]

Murray has a lot of fight in him. Almost won this game by himself. He's not going to enjoy playing with some
of these non-competitive/no heart dudes. It will wear on him eventually.

[timtonymanu]

-3 of the 4 wins were barely squeaked out (two of those being against lottery teams). The only decisive win was against a borderline "NBA" team.
-The two "stars" have disappeared against real competition.
-The two real stars have played exactly 5 seconds together.
-Marco is shooting 15% from 3 and is still a regular rotation player
-Their top FA signing in the summer has played less minutes this entire season than Marco played this game
-Lonnie Walker after being dominant and shut down in the summer league has been relegated to garbage time
-The starting lineup / rotation makes absolutely zero sense and the team is routinely having to come back from double digits
-The new coach's challenge rule hasn't even been thought about
-Dejounte is on a minutes restriction but those minutes have inexplicably been managed in a way that he doesn't close out games
-Derrick White who was referred to as their most important player last season plays a few more minutes than Trey Lyles on average
-Speaking of Lyles, a guy who has complained about practice and has been garbage his career is gifted a starting role where he has proceed to gone 0% from 3pt line while other guys on the team have been called out publicly for being non-competitive

:lmao

The 4-2 start is such fools gold. None of those wins were because the Spurs played flat out better and the only dominating win was against G leaguers and they could easily be 2-4 if Lillard and Beal made their game winning shots.

[Darius Bieber]

About that time to start bumping the Gutless Worms thread.

[FkLA]

Spurs are a good team. They'll get a Top 4 seed as is, although probably first round fodder again. The ceiling becomes much higher if Pop stops being such a faggot with rotations. Big if though.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Purple and gold baby! :lobt:

[gambit1990]

Spurs are a good team.
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[TD 21]

:lmao At DeRozan defending Scumbag, James and even Davis, while Carroll barely plays (why was he even signed then?). Not that he's the answer, but if you were to do a podium of all the stupid, irrational things we've seen out of this franchise in recent years, this is probably neck and neck for silver with Mills defending Durant (in a playoff game) and Scumbag.

It's embarrassing, pathetic and tells you everything you need to know about what's wrong with this roster construction.

[Mugen]

The 4-2 start is such fools gold. None of those wins were because the Spurs played flat out better and the only dominating win was against G leaguers and they could easily be 2-4 if Lillard and Beal made their game winning shots.

:tu

[ragas]

Poeltl has to become tougher and to play with more confidence. Basketball court isn‘t the right place to be the nice guy. He needs to add some muscle and learn to shoot a bit at least.

Poeltl & White have the same problem: They are afraid to make mistakes. There won‘t be any progression until they let loose and make some *** plays instead of always trying to make the right move.

[Yogatti]

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:rollin

[Fireball]

really should have used coachs challenge on demars and1 on Davis ... three point play and a foul on davis

hate that howard did play good ...

[Bynumite]

20 million dollar man Lasoft Aldridge badly outplayed by Dwight who's making $2 mil off the bench :lmao

Sperms :lmao

[GreekSpursfan]

I don't know if anyone mentioned this but fuck the Lakers.

[r0drig0lac]

:lmao At DeRozan defending Scumbag, James and even Davis, while Carroll barely plays (why was he even signed then?). Not that he's the answer, but if you were to do a podium of all the stupid, irrational things we've seen out of this franchise in recent years, this is probably neck and neck for silver with Mills defending Durant (in a playoff game) and Scumbag.

It's embarrassing, pathetic and tells you everything you need to know about what's wrong with this roster construction.

Jazz - ONeale
Clippers - Harkless and....#2
Lakers - Danny and....Lebron
76ers - Thybulle and Simmons
Heat - Butler and Winslow
Celtics - Brown and Ojeleye
Raptors - Rondae, OG, Johnson
Hawks - Hunter
Magic - Isaac, Aminu
Nets - Prince, Temple
Wolves - RoCo, Graham
Pelicans - Ingram
Grizz - Crowder, Solomon, Kyle, Iggy (?)
Thunder - Bazley, Nader, Roberson, Diallo

Spurs - Demar or using one of our all-D point guards in positions where they will be physically disadvantaged, as the coach would rather have Marco on court than use Carroll.

[spurs10]

DDR on Davis = Score goes up aka bucket aka 2 pts.