Game Thread - Spurs vs. Celtics - Nov. 9, 2019 - 4:00 PM CT

[Spurs fever]

Must be nice to have that kind of athleticism instead of soft European ball

[TimDunkem]

Aldridge isn't trying is he?

[Genovaswitness]

We are lucky to be this close. Maybe the Celtics will tire out with all the dunking and drives to the basket they are doing every play. Rope a dope!

we’re down 16 in the fourth

[Spurs fever]

Where is Murray? I just started I watching?

[spurs10]

Patty trying to keep us in a respectful double digit ass beating.

[Mugen]

I wonder if there's any correlation between the Spurs terrible defense and Pop's penchant for playing terrible defenders.

[Genovaswitness]

Must be nice to have that kind of athleticism instead of soft European ball

Remember when we had Simmons and dedmon? Imagine Murray, white, leonard, Simmons, dedmon. liberal saint pop does not like coaching black americans

[Raven]

hard to watch

[Raven]

I wonder if there's any correlation between the Spurs terrible defense and Pop's penchant for playing terrible defenders.
indeed

[Joseph Kony]

:lmao :lmao Aldridge is such a soft ass pussy. trade this faggot already

[Ondrej]

Aldridge is so slow and useless. Looks like his legs are gone

[weebo]

Aldridge isn't trying is he?

[TimDunkem]

Aldridge isn't trying and it's concerning.

[RC_Drunkford]

Never would I thought to see the Spurs get destroyed by players named Wannamaker...:pctoss

[Texas_Ranger]

if 10 of their players break their hands we will perhaps have a chance.

what a pathetic team to watch... trade everyone, bunch of retards.

[TimDunkem]

Aldridge is so slow and useless. Looks like his legs are gone

He's not trying. I smell a trade in the future.

[Mugen]

Thank you, Celtics.

Let's get Lonnie in this so Pop can chew him out.

[Spurs fever]

Remember when we had Simmons and dedmon? Imagine Murray, white, leonard, Simmons, dedmon. liberal saint pop does not like coaching black americans

I agree. He's terrible with handling strong personalities. He wants soldiers and company men.

[FkLA]

It's insane that in a game where their perimeter guys are having a field day, Poop still isn't willing to have his two all-defense caliber players share the court. Still won't give his most athletic guy any run when they're outathlete-ing the Spurs.

[timtonymanu]

Might be the first time in forever that a spur doesn’t go to the all star game if they keep up this lottery play and the two “stars” aren’t deserving of a spot either.

[daslicer]

Aldridge isn't trying and it's concerning.

Agreed.

[Mal]

I mean, I would trade half of this team for 2nd round or cap relief...

[slick'81]

Lol at anyone thinking this team will amount to shit this season

[Spurs fever]

Stephon Forbes lol

[Mugen]

When you always have 2 out of Beli/Forbes/Mills/Derozan on the floor, everybody else needs to absolutely perfect on every rotation defensively. When LMA and Poetl throw up these soft ass performances, you're absolutely fucked.

[Spurs fever]

Lonnie coming

[Mal]

LMA, DeRozan, Forbes, Bellineli,

[Spurs fever]

Kiss cam is so dumb

[Mugen]

I fucking love it.

I hope this old fuck chews out Lonnie and publicly shames him again. Let's go IVVVV

[timtonymanu]

Alright Lonnie come in and play for a minute so the sniffers can keep saying you suck when most of the rotation players before you have already played like trash

[Fireball]

layup after layup ... dunk after dunk given up ... Boston looks good ... even if the Spurs would make a 3 every possession from now on they still would lose ...

[Mal]

If they decide to extend this soft ass faggot DeRozan, i`m done

[Mugen]

Demarre not playing in the 2nd half after hitting 2/2 from 3 and showing life on defense is fucking mind boggling.

Such a stupid fucking coach. :lol

[Spurs fever]

Lonnie!

[timtonymanu]

Dur Lonnie still sucks, he didn’t make that and 1 like prime Beli would *sniff

[GB20]

Lonie is fucking quick

[RD2191]

:lmao :lmao Spurms. What a garbage ass team. Worthless sacks of shit.

[twincam]

41-41, 9th seed.

[TimDunkem]

Young players are playing hard and competing. Imagine that?

[Mal]

The fuck is Bellineli doing out there

[timtonymanu]

Young players are playing hard and competing. Imagine that?

Durr not cultured enough

[Spurs fever]

Why is Beli not benched?

[Fireball]

damn Murray ... i thought you improved on finishing

[FkLA]

:lol at playing Forbes-Wombat alongside Murray but refusing to play White with him

Offense hasn't been the issue today in case you haven't noticed, genius.

[timtonymanu]

Come on, lottery season! I hope Memphis doesn’t lay an egg against this team but it’s quite possible our team doesn’t show up again too

[Fireball]

Demarre not playing in the 2nd half after hitting 2/2 from 3 and showing life on defense is fucking mind boggling.

Such a stupid fucking coach. :lol

rotations are more than weird

[Spurs fever]

Metu!

[Mal]

They will extend DeRozan for 90/3 or better...

[Budkin]

More Beli! More Beli! More Beli!

[Leetonidas]

Glad I didn't waste my time watching this garbage fest :lmao

[Spurs fever]

Gay can't defend anyone.

[Spurs fever]

The Holts need to take control of this team.

[Ondrej]

Is there any logical explanation why Beli is playing over Carroll? Demarre was really OK in the first half

[timtonymanu]

Glad I didn't waste my time watching this garbage fest :lmao

I read the game threads more than watch the games at this point lol. Lots of entertainment in here with sniffers getting their hopes up pregame, Mugen trolling the sniffers and people shitting on Pop and his coaching.

[Robz4000]

:lol Brad Stevens still has his starters in

[Mal]

How can you allow over 30 pts per quater..

[Genovaswitness]

man ja morant is gonna facefuck forbes, mills, beli on Monday

[Robz4000]

Why in the fuck is the offense running through Beli right now?

[Spurs fever]

Lol

[EasyMoney]

Lonnie did not do himself any favors with that sequence

[Robz4000]

Gotta say, I'm impressed with what I've seen from Metu here. Its garbage time but he's been going against their starters.

[GB20]

Lonnie is not helping himself on the court

[Mugen]

:lol Fuck man, Pop killed Lonnie after that call out against the Clipps. Welp, this team is done for a long, long time. Hopefully they miss the playoffs.

[tim_duncan_fan]

Our guys are supremely lazy. Watch them on offense. It's just slow and pokey, in slow mode. When they have an angle of attack, they move too slowly or recognize it too late to take advantage and end up tossing the ball back out to the 3 point line to be very, very slowly passed around, passed to slowly to get an open 3 attempt. They neutralize what little athleticism they have.

Why are they so fucking slow?

[Dhbsr555]

Man lonnie you didn’t help yourself any.

[Mugen]

The only thing this team had going for it was DJ/Dwhite and Lonnie getting better. We're not getting any of those.

Blow this shit up please :lol

[tim_duncan_fan]

Also, Metu is better than Poetl.

[RC_Drunkford]

What if I told you that the highest scoring big for the Spurs tonight would be Chimezie Metu :lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[Spur4ever]

Damn we stink

[timtonymanu]

What are the chances Pop pulls the “soft” card or the “it’s just basketball” schtick? Embarrassing coaching job, any other less reputable head coach would be close to getting fired right now

[Mugen]

Terrible "stars", terrible roster construction, terrible coaching.

The young guys are the only bright spot of this roster and they haven't been done any favors by the aforementioned "stars" and coaching.

This organization is fucked for a long time tbh.

[timtonymanu]

Sniffers can you honestly defend this team? It’s one thing to suck and try hard, it’s another to mail it in and suck. Like I said this spurs team is the modern Knicks of the 2000s. A bunch of low IQ/lazy players collecting paychecks.

[BackHome]

:lol Fuck man, Pop killed Lonnie after that call out against the Clipps. Welp, this team is done for a long, long time. Hopefully they miss the playoffs.

Shake my head wish we would have done a soft tank last year this draft coming up is going to be pretty shitty.

[Dhbsr555]

Pop is a horrible coach .

[DC23]

Aldridge didn't seem too interested in playing this afternoon. Who would have predicted that thru 9 games Mills would be our most consistent offensive player?

[Mugen]

Lamarcus quitting halfway into the 1st qtr cuz he didn't get his touches is just classic Aldridge.

[DC23]

Does Metu find himself in the rotation going forward? Or is it too early to start working him in?

[Dhbsr555]

Does Metu find himself in the rotation going forward? Or is it too early to start working him in?
I’d Give him minutes because if his rim protection and offensive rebound potential

[Degoat]

I was at the game and boy was it bad, I sat right behind Trey Lyles family though lol

[BackHome]

Didn’t watch games but looked at stats a couple of things stood out:

1. Boston had 3 players play over 30 minutes Spurs did not have one player at 30 + minutes
2. Murray had only 4 pts
3. Boston PG and SG killed the Spurs 56pts and both players played 30 + minutes.

[itzsoweezee]

Terrible "stars", terrible roster construction, terrible coaching.

The young guys are the only bright spot of this roster and they haven't been done any favors by the aforementioned "stars" and coaching.

This organization is fucked for a long time tbh.

Everything you said is the truth. I just hope at this point that they don't do something stupid and desperate like extending DeMar

[Dennis the Menace]

The Holts need to take control of this team.

[RC_Drunkford]

Reporter asked Pop if he plans on changing up the line ups and he gave him an ironic response "That would change everything"

[acoelho1]

Don't expect Pop to call out LMA on his noncompetitive play like he did Walker?

[r0drig0lac]

Demarre not playing in the 2nd half after hitting 2/2 from 3 and showing life on defense is fucking mind boggling.

Such a stupid fucking coach. :lol

really? :lol

[Slippy]

Lamarcus quitting halfway into the 1st qtr cuz he didn't get his touches is just classic Aldridge.

Honestly if you the star of the team coming off a 39 point game . Thr first quarter you left watching Bryn Forbes leading a perimeter first offense. This is classic spurs.

[TD 21]

Lamarcus quitting halfway into the 1st qtr cuz he didn't get his touches is just classic Aldridge.

Fair enough, but why isn't he getting his touches? Until definitively proven otherwise, he's clearly the best scorer on the team and as he goes, so goes them.

It was one thing to levy this criticism from '15-'17 when they had Scumbag and aspirations of contending, but he's 34 and playing for a treadmill team. Sucks to say, but if they want his give a shit quotient to go up, they need to let him eat.

[BillMc]

Missed the game. Why did LMA get so few shots? Was he lazy? Or were the guards not looking for him? Thanks.

[Robz4000]

Missed the game. Why did LMA get so few shots? Was he lazy? Or were the guards not looking for him? Thanks.

Yes.

[TimDunkem]

Missed the game. Why did LMA get so few shots? Was he lazy? Or were the guards not looking for him? Thanks.

He wasn't trying on either end. He gave Williams about 10 dunks and that isn't hyperbole.

[JeffDuncan]

I'm glad I don't have the task of trying to grade that game. Nothing about it looked right, after the first couple minutes.

My Spurs suck. Sigh.

[BlackAndWhite]

No wonder he played so well.

[LkrFan]

Lakers dodged a bullet by not signing LMA. That dirty mofo sucks if his shot ain't dropping. $85 million problems :lol

[wildbill2u]

Maybe he was tired after a night of celebrating and Hung Over. Some go from singing his praises for a great game to treating him like a pariah. Makes no sense and is why ST has no class

[Roscoe P. Coltrane]

:lol Fuck man, Pop killed Lonnie after that call out against the Clipps. Welp, this team is done for a long, long time. Hopefully they miss the playoffs.LMAO, he sucked way before then. His ceiling is this years Beli so it really don't matter which of the 2 play.

[Spurtacular]

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

[paperboy77]

(Said this elsewhere but....)

Did y'all see this fuckers demeanor after the game? I'm sick and tired of his nonchalant attitude towards losses. Look a the box score and it looks like shit.. the minutes.. the points... everything. The minute spread is that of an all world roster that's all time great. Done with Pop. He was great but now he's just milking the system. Fuck the owner too for not giving a shit either! Where's Brent Barry? Isn't he management now? Where's RC? Worst of all where's the goddam local media all over Pop? Instead Max Kellerman questioned SAS why Pop wasn't in his top whatever list? These people still think the guy is what he was. Just done with this iteration of the front office.

(That is until they start meshing.)

[MoSpur02]

I sat court side past couple of games and our main problem is defense and lack of ball movement when the Spurs aren’t getting anything from Aldridge. Tonight the Celtics were just better than the Spurs in all facets of the game. Passing, shooting, and defense. They look so much better than when they had Kyrie. Their hot shooting tonight put the Spurs to bed early.

Two things I’ve noticed that are pluses for the Spurs are Lyles’ play and White coming back to the 2018-2019 White. Lyles’ confidence in his shooting is growing and his IQ is more than what I expected. He fits in great here in San Antonio. Despite White having to run from the exercise bike to the court because of the butt injury, he is focused and looking good on both sides of the court.

Another thing I saw that amazed me was Metu’s athleticism. Wow. If he can learn the system a lot more he’s going to be a solid player for the Spurs. Also Lonnie is thinking to much on the court.

[D WHITE]

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[MoSpur02]

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:lmao

[Dennis the Menace]

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He’s not wrong.

[Prime BEEF]

Trey Lyles bro! :lmao:lmao

[timvp]

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:lol

[Msirotic]

Terrible game all around today. Aldridge just took the night off, lots of careless passes leading to turnovers. DJM didn't have a good game and Boston shot really well. I think Mills was our best player. I'm really disappointed in Poetl so far this year. He turns it over a lot.

[heyheymymy]

Vomit ass spurs

[phxspurfan]

Didn't watch the game but it's never a good sign when both of your starting PGs combine for less than 15-20 points. Add onto the fact that LMA was bad and we start Forbes, and it's a recipe for a loss every time. Need more production from our PGs.

[Prose]

When you always have 2 out of Beli/Forbes/Mills/Derozan on the floor, everybody else needs to absolutely perfect on every rotation defensively. When LMA and Poetl throw up these soft ass performances, you're absolutely fucked.

and in addition to this if you have DDR and LMA on at the same time every body else needs to be 99% 3 point shooters just to tread water....

[BackHome]

:lol

I want this dude to do after Game Grades...Please..

[tbdog]

Our D was terrible. Yeah they got hot early but they could drive at will. No one was protecting the rim. Pop's rotation is a mess. Carroll played well and he never went back to him.

[boutons_deux]

LMA, gfy

[TimmyBuckets]

This team is trash. Bye bye playoffs.

[spurs10]

Our D was terrible. Yeah they got hot early but they could drive at will. No one was protecting the rim. Pop's rotation is a mess. Carroll played well and he never went back to him. The lack of protection at the rim was what stood out the most. Lobs, dunks, easy layups- it was like watching the Harlem Globetrotters play the Generals.

[tbdog]

The Spurs defending the pick & roll caused that. Our bigs hedge hard way to much, and they can't get back. Unless your playing a traditional 2 man big line up, you just can't do that.

[BillMc]

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This dude would fit right in here on ST.

[timvp]

This dude would fit right in here on ST.

Not pessimistic enough, tbh. He'd be a "sniffer" according to the edgelords around here.

[BillMc]

Not pessimistic enough, tbh. He'd be a "sniffer" according to the edgelords around here.
:rollin:bobo

[tim_duncan_fan]

We're now one of those orgs that sit and watch mediocrity contentedly and do nothing to change it. I'm not saying get rid of pPop, but it's obvious nothing of note is going to come of Aldrige/DeRozan as anchors, not even high draft picks.

Can we not trade these guys for some others that maybe aren't people who get borderline all-star numbers, but are especially serviceable in areas we lack? I would get rid of Aldridge for another guy who lacks offense but is a consistent rim protector.

I'd trade DeRozan for a good 3 and D guy and sink or swim without the points he provides.

[FkLA]

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The part at the end about Belli had me dying. :lmao

[Slippy]

Fair enough, but why isn't he getting his touches? Until definitively proven otherwise, he's clearly the best scorer on the team and as he goes, so goes them.

It was one thing to levy this criticism from '15-'17 when

The one major FA to come here, want his touches. What a shocker. Ignore the fact, every star in the nba needs and wants their touches. In Sa town they have the system.:jack

AD WAS assured by Lebron you will always be the first option. Yet we got the same armchair critics in spurs fans suggesting. Touches.. .? How dare he . Bunch of freaking hypocrites.

Never fear folks. Spurs got the system, culture and pop. Not hard to see why no other major FAs want to come there.:wtf

[RD2191]

:lol @ any cocksucker defending this garbage ass team

[TDomination]

We're now one of those orgs that sit and watch mediocrity contentedly and do nothing to change it. I'm not saying get rid of pPop, but it's obvious nothing of note is going to come of Aldrige/DeRozan as anchors, not even high draft picks.

Can we not trade these guys for some others that maybe aren't people who get borderline all-star numbers, but are especially serviceable in areas we lack? I would get rid of Aldridge for another guy who lacks offense but is a consistent rim protector.

I'd trade DeRozan for a good 3 and D guy and sink or swim without the points he provides.

I would support this 100%