Game Thread: Spurs @ Mavericks — Nov. 18, 2019 - 7:30 PM CT

[timvp]

Tough game. It's going to be a challenge to avoid the sixth loss in a row.

[JeffDuncan]

Well.... Go Spurs Go!

[horseshue]

This seasons mavs are seriously relaying on threes. Expecting close win, or a huge blowout, if they gonna shoot well.

[rjv]

methinks spurs losing streak will be at six after tonight.

[Texas_Ranger]

i hope Luka gets a triple double and that the Spurs finally win. We will have to play like the Knicks to do so.

[Raven]

there better be big changes .

[TDomination]

I just want to see lineup changes, is that too much to ask when what is being put out there isn’t working?? :(

[BillMc]

I wonder if any of our rookies will actually play with the big club this season even for a short stint or two.


Losing streak is because of a lack of Riga Time in the thread titles, tbh. 3:30 AM bros.

[phxspurfan]

:pop: no changes, get over yourself Spur Fan.

[Kurgan]

Spurs are a terrible road team in the Derozan era. Mavs have also been inconsistent at home this year. Most likely a loss, especially if it's a close game.

[Prose]

will be a close loss that ends with a derozen going 0/6 in the last couple mins of the 4th (why is our closing game plan iso ball with derozen? god i miss manu, 41 year old manu is a better closer) and it will end with this play: him driving to the rim (bc he can't shoot) only to triple pump and release the shot from well under the rim, which will be blocked, followed by him complaining to the refs for a call.

[Prime BEEF]

will be a close loss that ends with a derozen going 0/6 in the last couple mins of the 4th (why is our closing game plan iso ball with derozen? god i miss manu, 41 year old manu is a better closer) and it will end with this play: him driving to the rim (bc he can't shoot) only to triple pump and release the shot from well under the rim, which will be blocked, followed by him complaining to the refs for a call.

haha. This is exactly it:lmao

[BatManu20]

I have a feeling Spurs win tonight tbh.

[Leetonidas]

Future recap :


Mavs go up double digits in the first as SA comes out flat again
Aldridge gets dominated by KP and fails to break double digit pts again
Spurs cut the lead in the 2nd and get it under 10
Mavs torch us in the third. Up double digits again to end the quarter.
Spurs bench makes a run to close the gap. Pop puts DD and LA back in to close. DD chokes multiple possessions in a row and spurs go down double digits.
DD gets technical in the last minute.
Spurs lose 6th straight


Sad thing is there's a 70% chance this is spot on :lol

[AussieFanKurt]

Mavs by 35

[Dex]

5>1

[FkLA]

Rooting for a Mavs blowout unless Pop stops being a faggot with his rotations. It's sad that its come to this but it's the only way to raise this team's ceiling, tbh.

[RC_Drunkford]

:lmao:lmao line up changes. Same line ups as usual. Get over it

:pop: "they just need to play better"

Mavs by 20

[SpurPadre]

Our Luka will likely never be as good as theirs, tbh. Would Pop have played their Luka in his first two seasons?

[Jules_Winnfield]

Our Luka will likely never be as good as theirs, tbh. Would Pop have played their Luka in his first two seasons?

needs to get over himself



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRx5VeYSMw8

[timtonymanu]

Not expecting anything different. Spurs might surprise us with a double digit lead but will choke it like usual is best case scenario today.

[Texas_Ranger]

Our Luka will likely never be as good as theirs, tbh. Would Pop have played their Luka in his first two seasons?

15-18 min per game max after 25 games of the season. Pop would also most likely play him as a SF and want to turn him in Matt Bonner.

[Sugus]

Pop supposedly refusing to play players who are clearly talented and knowledgeable enough to do so is one of the stupider, more tired narratives around him here, tbh. Even more so once you look at the times he's clearly broken this "rule" and realize how high of a bar he has set. If Luka Doncic was drafted by the Spurs he would play as a rookie because he has the talent and tools to do so, the same way Kawhi was starting his first year here. Samanic sadly hasn't displayed such readiness yet.

[Splits]

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[Luka Doncic]

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/385/854/c4a.gif

[Slippy]

haha. This is exactly it:lmao

They could write a book on this same story. Last season there were around 10 loses that went the same way.

Call it Da Choker. Lol

[Luka Doncic]

Our Luka will likely never be as good as theirs, tbh. Would Pop have played their Luka in his first two seasons?
“likely never” :lmao

[Mugen]

Lonnie got 11 minutes last game. I wonder if that carries over tonight (not including garbage time :lol).

Doubt it since it's not a b2b game but a guy can dream.

[Mugen]

Looks like the best line I can get is Mavs -4.5. Easy money when you're on the Beli Express! Let's keep it going fellas Choo Choooooooo!!!!

[Mugen]

Seriously though - as much fun as it has been to profit off the Spurs losses, the true fan in me only has one reaction whenever I see that Italian fuck at the scorers table waiting to check in:

https://i.redd.it/74f8xdgk9yxz.jpg

[Joseph Kony]

Looks like the best line I can get is Mavs -4.5. Easy money when you're on the Beli Express! Let's keep it going fellas Choo Choooooooo!!!!
what site do you use tbh? i need to start cashing in myself

[Mugen]

what site do you use tbh? i need to start cashing in myself

Used a few of the offshore sites. Currently going with MyBookie, no complaints so far tbh.

[Ron Swanson]

:flag:

[spurraider21]

cant wait to see patty and marco matched up against doncic and porzingis, respectively

[sasaint]

Lonnie got 11 minutes last game. I wonder if that carries over tonight (not including garbage time :lol).

Doubt it since it's not a b2b game but a guy can dream.

Lonnie got about 10 mins 30 seconds of that court time after Pop got ejected. Doubt we see him tonight.

[FkLA]

Murray isn't resting. Unless the Spurs are getting blown out Lonnie's not playing since Marco "the competitor" Belinelli has to get his well deserved minutes.

[timtonymanu]

Can pop just get ejected 5 seconds into the game, tbh.

[baseline bum]

Wouldn't trust this team to beat the corpses of James Donaldson and Brad Davis, much less Luka and Porzingod.

[baseline bum]

Seriously though - as much fun as it has been to profit off the Spurs losses, the true fan in me only has one reaction whenever I see that Italian fuck at the scorers table waiting to check in:

https://i.redd.it/74f8xdgk9yxz.jpg

:rollin

[ZeusWillJudge]

Murray isn't resting. Unless the Spurs are getting blown out Lonnie's not playing since Marco "the competitor" Belinelli has to get his well deserved minutes.

It wouldn't be fair to Beli to give Lonnie any of his minutes.

[timvp]

It's a bad sign when not even Sean Elliott is optimistic :lol

[timvp]

Same starting lineup...

[DPG21920]

Is the game not on FSSW? My FSSW is showing college bball..

[DPG21920]

Same starting lineup...

If it ain’t broke!

[spurs50_]

Not getting the game....darn it..

[timvp]

DeRozan after getting that call: "You like that flop?"

:lol

[Robz4000]

:lol who didn't see this start coming?

[Kurgan]

Pop with the same garbage starting lineup.

[Chomag]

Can pop just get ejected 5 seconds into the game, tbh.

:lol

[r0drig0lac]

Same starting lineup...

and same results...wow Pop is so smart

[jermaine]

I'm at the game

[DPG21920]

Bryn guarding a better version of himself and getting scored on. Spiderman meme

[timtonymanu]

:pop: It’s 14 games in. These guys just need to play better. They’re professionals. :pop:

[Beartrucci]

I mean seriously what’s the difference between playing against us and cones in a drill

[james evans]

That was great defense. Unfortunately Forbes is just too small.

[timtonymanu]

This could be over after the 1st quarter. Push it up to 20, Dallas!

[ace3g]

I guess I should be thankful for the whole Dish Network / Fox Sports Southwest disagreement... this team right now...................

[TimDunkem]

What game is Sean watching? The Spurs have tried taking it inside. :wtf

[Texas eye]

Same starting roster. Same slow start. What is the old man think gonna change?

[JPB]

I'm at the game

I see you.

[GB20]

Come on coach!! Make some changes.

[YoungbuckMurray]

Shocker almost down double digits early to start a game. Same starting lineup shocker. Defense is trash once again. I’m sure the first 2 guys off the bench are patty and belli while Carrol + Lonnie get DNP’s. Same story different game

[Arcadian]

When was the last time the Mavericks had more talent than the Spurs? They definitely do now.

[Ibleedslvrnblk]

Ah f me. Just remembered these losers are playing tonight and already down 10...

[timvp]

Future recap :


Mavs go up double digits in the first as SA comes out flat again
Aldridge gets dominated by KP and fails to break double digit pts again
Spurs cut the lead in the 2nd and get it under 10
Mavs torch us in the third. Up double digits again to end the quarter.
Spurs bench makes a run to close the gap. Pop puts DD and LA back in to close. DD chokes multiple possessions in a row and spurs go down double digits.
DD gets technical in the last minute.
Spurs lose 6th straight


Sad thing is there's a 70% chance this is spot on :lol

https://media.giphy.com/media/Lcn0yF1RcLANG/source.gif

[ZeusWillJudge]

Pop with the same garbage starting lineup.


:pop: "These are the guys that play well together."

[emanueldavidginobili]

This starting line up is going through the motions. The energy on this team is pathetic

[Duncan2177]

:pop: It’s 14 games in. These guys just need to play better. They’re professionals. :pop:

Okay Popodumbfuck.

[JPB]

Well...

[r0drig0lac]

Pop is an idiot, is he really finding this funny?

[ZeusWillJudge]

Why won't these guys bite on LA's devastating pump fakes? :lol

[jermaine]

This shit is even more sad in person

[boutons_deux]

FG 17% vs 78% LOL

[Joseph Kony]

:lmao rinse and repeat gentlemen. this team is all kinds of fucked

[JPB]

6pts in 7:30

[Beartrucci]

Starting to sense some irritation in Sean’s voice :lol

[NASpurs]

This shit is even more sad in person

:lol I feel for you man but imagine paying to see this team.

[dbestpro]

Pop failing again.

[YoungbuckMurray]

How many times are you gonna put the same trash starting lineup out there. We are down 10+ every game early

[NASpurs]

We’re coming for you New Orleans as second worst team in the West.

[timtonymanu]

There’s the Italian :lol

[Robz4000]

I'm at the game

My condolences

[ZeusWillJudge]

I can't wait for the post-game, when they show the Spurs highlight for the night.

[Dverde]

Time to make a comeback

https://i.imgur.com/6ZMCOTg_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

[YoungbuckMurray]

I see Belinelli is still getting minutes for playing horrible basketball. Lonnie Walker is sitting and rotting

[timtonymanu]

Seriously though - as much fun as it has been to profit off the Spurs losses, the true fan in me only has one reaction whenever I see that Italian fuck at the scorers table waiting to check in:

https://i.redd.it/74f8xdgk9yxz.jpg

RIP my dude

[spurs1990]

Why do they call him Smellinelli

[jermaine]

:lol I feel for you man but imagine paying to see this team.

It was a surprise gift from the wife

[Mugen]

Interesting lineup from Pop, let's see if it works out. :lol

[NASpurs]

In other news, things are looking up on tankathon.com.

[timvp]

Of course Patty is a Cardi B fan.

[GB20]

It's crazy to say this but I want Pop get ejected for the whole year.

[r0drig0lac]

Doncic raping the spurs

[timtonymanu]

You can name any of the most incompetent coaches of the last decade and I think they will get more out of this roster than what Pop is doing. I wish we had a Deron Williams to coach-kill pop into retirement.

[ZeusWillJudge]

I think the real question is whether the Spurs will outscore Doncic tonight.

[NASpurs]

It was a surprise gift from the wife

Aww props to her.

[Beartrucci]

Knew Doncic was going for 40 tonight...unless of course he sits early cuz it’s too much of a blowout

[JPB]

Doncic outscoring the Spurs.

[TimDunkem]

I thought our PGs were good defenders?

[timtonymanu]

Luka only one less point than the entire Spurs team right now :lol. Can’t make this shit up

[ZeusWillJudge]

Of course Patty is a Cardi B fan.


I don't play now... I make money moves.

[TimDunkem]

3pt shooting is a good thing!

[XDT76]

It seems every team that plays the Spurs becomes super 3 pt shooters

[BlackAndWhite]

I think it's safe to say Pop has gone senile

[timtonymanu]

3pt shooting is a good thing!

:pop: It’s not basketball. I want midrange jumpers and culture.

[YoungbuckMurray]

I see we are gonna give up about 40 again in 1st quarter

[TimDunkem]

It seems every team that plays the Spurs becomes super 3 pt shooters
Everyone other than Doncic are shooting wide open jumpers...

[timtonymanu]

Interesting lineup from Pop, let's see if it works out. :lol

So much culture on the court. That’s all that matters.

[r0drig0lac]

It seems every team that plays the Spurs becomes super 3 pt shooters

when you shoot over dwarves and unatletic players that's what happens

[Mugen]

The worst thing that could have happened to this team was Beli getting his shot back. :lol

[timtonymanu]

Adding insult to injury, that Italian faggot is hitting shots now

[timtonymanu]

Double digit deficit after 1 and allowing almost 40 points. Haven’t seen that script before

[Darius Bieber]

Adding insult to injury, that Italian faggot is hitting shots now

Good, that means Pop will play him more. That means losing more games and getting a better draft pick in the lottery.

[timvp]

Down 14 after 1. Feels like more, tbh.

[Mugen]

Quit Quit Quit Quittin' on the coach

[Texas eye]

I think it's safe to say Pop has gone senile

Ownership need to get involved.

[Beartrucci]

Wow we actually contested a 3 to end the quarter

[Mugen]

timvp - serious question, do you see Pop quitting halfway through the season if he felt the team just wasn't listening to him anymore?

[jermaine]

I really cant believe this shit...

[spurs1990]

Imagine the score If Marco wasn’t on fire

[timvp]

timvp - serious question, do you see Pop quitting halfway through the season if he felt the team just wasn't listening to him anymore?

Nah, he'll stay active until the Olympics, at least.

[timtonymanu]

No joke, I would rather have the Warriors current roster that’s playing without their big 3

[Texas_Ranger]

Luka had this date CIRCLES Highlighted and Bookmarked. He gonna go for 50+ against pops scrubs

if the spurs will play like this, the kid wont even play in the 4th.

[Mugen]

Nah, he'll stay active until the Olympics, at least.

Define "active"

[CGD]

How long can this team go with the starters spotting the other team 10 points out the gate, damn

[RD2191]

So much for slowing Luka down. :lol

[Chomag]

Pop with 0 change in anything. This is insanity!!

[Kurgan]

Ownership need to get involved.

Because of the Holt divorce and the inexperience of the Holt children, The Pop/Buford regime is at it's strongest right now unfortunately.

[JPB]

NBA has become so boring.

[CGD]

Future recap :


Mavs go up double digits in the first as SA comes out flat again
Aldridge gets dominated by KP and fails to break double digit pts again
Spurs cut the lead in the 2nd and get it under 10
Mavs torch us in the third. Up double digits again to end the quarter.
Spurs bench makes a run to close the gap. Pop puts DD and LA back in to close. DD chokes multiple possessions in a row and spurs go down double digits.
DD gets technical in the last minute.
Spurs lose 6th straight


Sad thing is there's a 70% chance this is spot on :lol

Yup

[timtonymanu]

So much for slowing Luka down. :lol

Pop is only slowing our Luka down tbh

[timtonymanu]

The Spurs have become so boring.

Fixed

[boutons_deux]

Mavs 3s: 27 pts

Spurs total: 26 pts

[TimDunkem]

Fixed

Much more accurate.

[r0drig0lac]

Pop believes he is above the franchise, but Duncan is the only human who can have that kind of status.

[Beartrucci]

KP starts getting it going this Mavs team is scary

[YoungbuckMurray]

Can we please getting Lonnie out there

[Chomag]

Don't worry guys this game is going to be over very soon...

[Mugen]

Instagram's stock crashing after the IPO tbh.

[timtonymanu]

Pop believes he is above the franchise, but Duncan is the only human who can have that kind of status.

Pop should just wave to fans pre-game like Kobe would always in his final year. Their twilight careers is so comparable right now.

[RD2191]

So this is the hill Pop dies on? Starting Bryn Forbes. :lol

[JPB]

Much more accurate.

Nah, not saying this just for this game. It has become a giant 3pt contest, this is ridiculous.

[Mugen]

Maybe some of the guys will start asking for trades, that might change up the rotations.

[timtonymanu]

Remember when casual fans said the Spurs system could make any player look good, now it’s like the system is where players go to die. I bet most of the guys on this team would fare better on other teams that actually have a system in play.

[Kurgan]

NBA has become so boring.

Pop has become boring and antiquated. Back when he had great assistants like Bud, Spurs were ahead of the curve playing exciting basketball from 2011-2014. You either shoot threes or play elite defense and this roster Pop/Buford put together does neither.

[spurs1990]

DeRozan looks like the only bright spot at times

[timtonymanu]

Nah, not saying this just for this game. It has become a giant 3pt contest, this is ridiculous.

True but doesn’t mean our stubborn coach has to be resisting it especially if he’s gonna run an uglier, less efficient system out there.

[JPB]

Pop has become boring and antiquated. Back when he had great assistants like Bud, Spurs were ahead of the curve playing exciting basketball from 2011-2014. You either shoot threes or play elite defense and this roster Pop/Buford put together does neither.

Again, I wasn't talking about the spurs, but the NBA. One might like watching four shooters chunking 3s with a big stiff for the rebound and protect the circle... I don't.
.

[JADG79]

I can imaging a player like Doncic drafted by the Spurs playing in the g league because Pop hate young players.

[Chomag]

Remember the day when you had to play a lick of defense to play in Pop's team?

[GB20]

If we're going to lose every games at least put the rookies in there.

[Mugen]

Sean is somewhere in between Stage 1 - Stage 2. I think we'll get to Stage 3 Bargaining by the end of the week tbh.

[timvp]

No joke, I would rather have the Warriors current roster that’s playing without their big 3
Whoa, now.

Define "active"
What he's now would count as active.

[james evans]

I have no idea why we take the 1st quarter off every game

[Mugen]

That 3-2 zone getting lit up everytime lol

[vander]

On the one hand I wanted that playoff streak to go on forever, but on the other hand Pop deserves to go 20-62

[Mugen]

Please just go up by 25 so I can see Lonnie

[r0drig0lac]

Raptors signs Rondae, Stanley Johnson and Matt Thomas (Europe's best shooter and normal size shooting guard) for an already defensive elite team, Pop signs Carroll and continues to use the trash three (Marco, Mills and Forbes)

[Shakril]

starters srewing it up again

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

dejounte is unplayable right now

[Kurgan]

True but doesn’t mean our stubborn coach has to be resisting it especially if he’s gonna run an uglier, less efficient system out there.

This emphasis on not shooting threes is also trickling down to our G-League team. It's no wonder all our promoted youth players like White/Murray have no confidence in their three point shot when the Spurs coaches don't emphasize shooting the threeball. Meanwhile, you have ex-Spur stiffs like Aron Baynes learning to shoot threes all of a sudden on high percentages. Just look at one of our current prospects Keldon. Shot 38% on threes in college and is shooting 0% in G-League and has yet to convert a single three pointer.

[TimmyBuckets]

This team is trash. What an embarrassing limp-dick trash ass squad that can't compete. LaTrashridge, DeTrashan, Trash Lyles, Trashinelli, Trashy Mills. With the exception of Murray and White, this team is traaaaaaash.

DJ: “We get paid to come out and execute a game plan our coaches give us. We get paid to produce. We don’t get paid to laugh and crack jokes. You will never hear me blame my coaches. Even if they were the problem, I would never blame my coaches. We got to lace ‘em up and go compete.”

This squad is soft. Every starter is soft except Murray. This guy is annoyed with his soft ass teammates because none of them have the will to win and they don't care. DePression has not opted in this year and has one foot out the door. LaRetard can't help but but be a soft bitch and be inconsistent, and the entire starting squad bends over to get spanked every game.

[DavidTheGoliath]

When will attendance go down? Hope SA people start boycotting this abomination. Thats the only thing they can do.

[JPB]

This team is trash. What an embarrassing limp-dick trash ass squad that can't compete. LaTrashridge, DeTrashan, Trash Lyles, Trashinelli, Trashy Mills. With the exception of Murray and White, this team is traaaaaaash.

DJ: “We get paid to come out and execute a game plan our coaches give us. We get paid to produce. We don’t get paid to laugh and crack jokes. You will never hear me blame my coaches. Even if they were the problem, I would never blame my coaches. We got to lace ‘em up and go compete.”

This squad is soft. Every starter is soft except Murray. This guy is annoyed with his soft ass teammates because none of them have the will to win and they don't care. DePression has not opted in this year and has one foot out the door. LaRetard can't help but but be a soft bitch and be inconsistent, and the entire starting squad bends over to get spanked every game.

Quality font.

[TimmyBuckets]

Remember the day when you had to play a lick of defense to play in Pop's team?

[YoungbuckMurray]

Swiss cheese D once again. How has carrol gotten no minutes he’s loterally a defensive minded player

[timvp]

DeRozan crossed up by Finney-Smith :lol :cry :lol

[r0drig0lac]

lol Demar's defense, so many low IQ players (that fans here used to laugh when they were on other teams) and without the least defensive effort

[objective]

14 games into the season and Pop still wont play Murray and White together.

Just awful, terrible coaching

Jim "Kawhi-Who?" Boylen is now about the same league as Pop

[itzsoweezee]

Not getting the game....darn it..

That means you were saved from watching this shitshow

[Mugen]

Sigh. My only regret is not betting more against this team.

[TimDunkem]

Nah, not saying this just for this game. It has become a giant 3pt contest, this is ridiculous.

So guys shouldn't shoot them? They're open. They can make them. Why not? Should everyone else do what the Spurs are trying and failing to do?

[Mugen]

14 games into the season and Pop still wont play Murray and White together.

Just awful, terrible coaching

Jim "Kawhi-Who?" Boylen is now about the same league as Pop

I guarantee literally no other coach in the league would refuse to play Dejounte/White together like Pop. Guarantee.

[keithington1]

I'm willing to tank this year how about you?

[timvp]

This team is trash. What an embarrassing limp-dick trash ass squad that can't compete. LaTrashridge, DeTrashan, Trash Lyles, Trashinelli, Trashy Mills. With the exception of Murray and White, this team is traaaaaaash.

DJ: “We get paid to come out and execute a game plan our coaches give us. We get paid to produce. We don’t get paid to laugh and crack jokes. You will never hear me blame my coaches. Even if they were the problem, I would never blame my coaches. We got to lace ‘em up and go compete.”

This squad is soft. Every starter is soft except Murray. This guy is annoyed with his soft ass teammates because none of them have the will to win and they don't care. DePression has not opted in this year and has one foot out the door. LaRetard can't help but but be a soft bitch and be inconsistent, and the entire starting squad bends over to get spanked every game.

:lol


Quality font.

:lol :lol

[lmbebo]

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[Ibleedslvrnblk]

It won`t matter who the coach is. DDR does not belong in this league, LMA is still somewhat relevant, but can easily be taken out of the game, and no one can shoot the ball outside the paint. On D I could score on this team. Pop is done though. How can you blame him? He leaves after the KL drama it looks like he bailed on his squad. Leaves after wife passing, and then what? You lose everything in your life that has mattered rather quickly.

It has been a fun ride! Time for some changes. You cannot win forever and it is time to except that....

[spurs1990]

When’s our next like guaranteed win. I’m wondering if the streak could hit double digits

[Chomag]

Lol @ Belli still in getting big minutes

[Genovaswitness]

have the spurs been down 10+ every game this year? what the fuck is wrong with this """""team"""" :lmao

[Mugen]

Beli, Forbes, and MIlls. I don't even care anymore tbh

[spurs10]

36 point first quarter. Jeez. Looking a little better in this quarter.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Losing is the best thing possible. But even then pop will ride with these line ups till the seasons over. He's that big of a stubborn asshole

[Chomag]

I know we have been dogging DDR allot lately but he seems to be the only one interested in playing this game tonight

[Kurgan]

lol Demar's defense, so many low IQ players (that fans here used to laugh when they were on other teams) and without the least defensive effort

Yup, I used to laugh at Demar's Kmart Kobe-isms, Aldridge's softness, and Rudy Gay's chucking. PAFTO somehow managed to amass every single one of these castoff losers on the same roster. :lol

[timtonymanu]

Come on Mavs, you can push it to 20

[EasyMoney]

Patty Mills
Bryn Forbes
Marco belinelli
DeMar DeRozan
LaMarcus Aldridge


This is pops current rotation

[timvp]

Spurs' best defender against Doncic so far is Mills :depressed

[Chomag]

The Old Man has completely lost it, I don't see how anyone could argue otherwise at this point

[swrowe78]

Mavs have so much brighter future than us. Spurs best two players are two 30+ year olds who are stuck in the 90s with their mid range game. Mavs have a 20 year old star who is completely up to date with the modern NBA.

[timtonymanu]

Yup, I used to laugh at Demar's Kmart Kobe-isms, Aldridge's softness, and Rudy Gay's chucking. PAFTO somehow managed to amass every single one of these castoff losers on the same roster. :lol

“I’d rather have Derozan than Nephew and his “lockerroom” distractions.” -sniffers :lol

[Ibleedslvrnblk]

Mavs have so much brighter future than us. Spurs best two players are two 30+ year olds who are stuck in the 90s with their mid range game. Mavs have a 20 year old star who is completely up to date with the modern NBA.

Remember when it was the other way around? All the suffering the Mavs had to go through, to get to this point again.

[YoungbuckMurray]

Patty mills on doncic lol

[james evans]

So Popovich really got Mills out here guarding Luka 1 on 1?

[timvp]

Dan Weiss is such a garbage commentator. Makes watching this even harder :lol

[R. DeMurre]

Watching Mills on Doncic is really frustrating... Would we try to guard a 7' with a 6'6" guy?

[Genovaswitness]

at this point watching this team flop around and fail is more fun than actually cheering for them. who in their right minds could cheer for this group of fucking morons

[timvp]

DeRozan played his azz off on the offensive end that half :tu

[Mugen]

Trade Derozan at halftime tbh.

[TimDunkem]

So Popovich really got Mills out here guarding Luka 1 on 1?

This is the same guy who allowed Mills to be switched on to Durant in the playoffs possession after possession without any adjustments.

[Mugen]

What sucks is that the new coach of this team is just gonna be hand picked by Pop. :lol

[timvp]

Pop plays Mills, Forbes, Belinelli and DeRozan at the same time and I wasn't even mad. That's how bad Murray and White were in the first half :depressed

[Texas_Ranger]

Trade Derozan at halftime tbh.

because of him its just a 10 point game.... trade everyone else first.

and LOL at that Australian midget trying to guard Luka. what a joke.

[SpaceCoast Spursfan]

I was hoping to see the Spurs start figuring things out but the more I watch this team the more I think the best thing for the Spurs overall is for this to get very bad, very quickly. We need to reach the point LMA, DDR, Beli, Rudy start requesting trades to contending team, because Pop is not going to make the right move in embracing/admitting it's time for true rebuild. Part of me hopes I am wrong because want the Spurs to succeed, but this team is just so hard to root for given current players/rotation

[Genovaswitness]

because of him its just a 10 point game.... trade everyone else first.

and LOL at that Australian midget trying to guard Luka. what a joke.

him just being there makes the offense stagnate. look at how hard everyone has to work to get a piddly shit 2 pointer :lmao

b-but 21/6/6 :lmao

[LittleCriminal]

Wtf is pop doing with these bunk ass lineups??
Mills/forbes/belli trying to guard Luka is a fukkin joke.

[Dverde]

Maybe start White? Coming off the bench is not working

[boutons_deux]

DeRozan played his azz off on the offensive end that half :tu

yeah, but it's still ugly bball when only one player touches the ball

[J_Paco]

DeRozan played his azz off on the offensive end that half :tu

Too bad Pop is doing some of the worst coaching of his career. Playing a 4 guard line up with LaMarcus, no one is plus defender & Patty guarding Doncic (who is on fire).

Just absolutely stupid coaching decisions while Carroll and Walker IV rot on the bench......

The team will need to bottom out, go on a massive losing streak for Pop to remove his head out of his ass and make needed changes.

Love Pop, but his stubborn loyalty to middling role players worked when the team had elite talent (around them). Now, he's handing Belinelli and Forbes minutes while teams headhunt them consistently and possible better options aren't even explored....

[Chomag]

What's up with Murray though, did he and Pop have a fight?? He looks disengaged

[james evans]

I thought Murray learned to shoot the past year? They are playing 4 feet off of him daring him to shoot and he keeps driving into the defense. They are literally leaving him over for 3.

[timvp]

yeah, but it's still ugly bball when only one player touches the ball

To be fair to DeRozan, no one else was doing anything.

[timvp]

Too bad Pop is doing some of the worst coaching of his career. Playing a 4 guard line up with LaMarcus, no one is plus defender & Patty guarding Doncic (who is on fire).

Just absolutely stupid coaching decisions while Carroll and Walker IV rot on the bench......

That's the only lineup that kinda worked, tbh.

[james evans]

What's up with Murray though, did he and Pop have a fight?? He looks disengaged
doesn't matter. He's stuck. He wanted to show the media that he wasn't like that other guy who forced a trade so he signed an extension hahaha

[R. DeMurre]

White gets yanked for any mistake. He's a better passer, penetrator, ballhandler, & defender than Forbes. Makes no sense.

[DPG21920]

Pop plays Mills, Forbes, Belinelli and DeRozan at the same time and I wasn't even mad. That's how bad Murray and White were in the first half :depressed

Too bad the inverse isn’t true that when the no D 3play bad, he doesn’t go to Murray/White.

[KimmyGib]

https://youtu.be/gUIHi5Vz2Ys

[R. DeMurre]

To be fair to DeRozan, no one else was doing anything.

It's hard to do things when you're on the bench.

[timvp]

Too bad the inverse isn’t true that when the no D 3play bad, he doesn’t go to Murray/White.

Agreed.

[timtonymanu]

How are we only down 10? :lol

[jermaine]

Yoooo, I was mad at that lineup at 1st, but Mills is actually doing better than Murray was on him. The whole Mavs team have cooled off thou.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

Pop plays Mills, Forbes, Belinelli and DeRozan at the same time and I wasn't even mad. That's how bad Murray and White were in the first half :depressed

exactly

the chosen ones were only good for unhinging their jaws to make it easier for doncics ethnic food dumps to slide down their throats

[sasaint]

I was hoping to see the Spurs start figuring things out but the more I watch this team the more I think the best thing for the Spurs overall is for this to get very bad, very quickly. We need to reach the point LMA, DDR, Beli, Rudy start requesting trades to contending team, because Pop is not going to make the right move in embracing/admitting it's time for true rebuild. Part of me hopes I am wrong because want the Spurs to succeed, but this team is just so hard to root for given current players/rotation

I do not want the man who cannot see the need for a rebuild to actually be in charge of it.

[DPG21920]

Yeah, can’t lie. Murray has had flashes, but since he inked that deal it’s been more bad than good. How much of that is the SL as a whole is a bad fit? I dont know. But I am disappointed in his defense too and he can control that.

He’s no where near the level on defense he was before at the moment.

[timvp]

How are we only down 10? :lol

https://twitter.com/NBA4BR/status/1190085108314845184

[JPB]

14 games into the season and Pop still wont play Murray and White together.

Just awful, terrible coaching

Jim "Kawhi-Who?" Boylen is now about the same league as Pop

Agree, it's time. Put your talent and energy on the floor, and let them figure things out.

[DPG21920]

But the issue is that eventually Mills/Beli/Forbes will have a good stretch together but that doesnt mean its worth the other 99% of the time they suck.

So in the moment, it’s justifiable, but when looked at as a whole? Nah. It’s not.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

poeltl ddr patty our best playas today

lma and bryn have been .. active at least

oh and marco hit a couple shots so good for him

[ragas]

Murray, White, Forbes, Mills - 0 assists !

[J_Paco]

doesn't matter. He's stuck. He wanted to show the media that he wasn't like that other guy who forced a trade so he signed an extension hahaha

Pretty sure DeJounte doesn't have the clout or leverage to demand a trade, regardless of his extension, that Nephew had.

[Mugen]

Sucks that Derrick has to play the majority of his mins with Patty/Gay, too ball dominant guys who take the lions share of the shots in the 2nd unit. Obviously Derrick needs to be more aggressive but he's not being put in a position to maximize his abilities tbh.

[SpaceCoast Spursfan]

How are we only down 10? :lol

If there is one positive I can point to during this stretch, it's the fact that I am constantly feeling like we are down 20-30 points only to look up and see it's a 7-12 PT game. I am not sure what to make of that, but I think it's a positive sign?

[objective]

If White played with Murray, maybe they can generate some TOs and get some running in, energize them both.

[JPB]

The Melo effect... Portland down 23 in Houston.

[EasyMoney]

Pop finally made an adjustment

[EasyMoney]

The Melo effect... Portland down 23 in Houston.

Carmelo not playing

[timvp]

Murray getting destroyed, tbh.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Did the acl take all of Murray's lateral quickness or what?

[DPG21920]

Dejounte getting sonned by Luka

[SpaceCoast Spursfan]

If White played with Murray, maybe they can generate some TOs and get some running in, energize them both.

A White, Murray, Walker, Lyles or Metu or Samanic, Poeltl lineup would be awesome fastbreak team. Obviously some of those guys may not be ready yet, but would be fun to watch

[8FOR!3]

DeRozan/Aldridge are being aggressive and competing. Poeltl has made some nice plays, same with Patty. The young guards aren't competing as well.

[ZeusWillJudge]

Nice D by DeRozan there. Doncic just waiting for him to leave his feet.

[timvp]

DeRozan putting the team on his back :tu

[Cry Havoc]

The fact that we're within 8 is a miracle.

[Cry Havoc]

Down to 6. Oh shit.

[Mugen]

I wonder how this is gonna end. :lol

[james evans]

Pretty sure DeJounte doesn't have the clout or leverage to demand a trade, regardless of his extension, that Nephew had.
Doesn't matter if he has the clout or not. Many players early in their career have said on draft day that they weren't gonna play for a certain team.



IF Aldridge actually realized that he was the biggest player on the floor every game, we wouldn't struggle so much. We could feed him down low, have him dominate his defender, and when double teams would come, that opens up the 3 point shot.. But nah, he wants to shoot 18 footers regardless of who is guarding him

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

but but bwyn is too small and dewozan doesnt shoot fwees

[8FOR!3]

It will take Murray a season probably to fully recover and become the defender he was. Not worried about that, more worried about his lack of aggressiveness on offense.

[james evans]

DeRozan putting the team on his back :tu
which is good, but you know what's gonna happen in the 4th..