Game Thread: Spurs vs. Thunder - Jan. 2, 2020 @ 7:30pm CT

[sasaint]

CPaul, Spurslayer.

[Chomag]

Welp...was going good until pop went back to his pets

[paperboy77]

That's exactly what i mean... why does Pop allow these weakest links continue to play ANY minutes? Forbes sucks immensely in these type of situations. While we see exhausted these guys smell weakness. Yeah Forbes is out playing Lonnie right?

[phxspurfan]

CP3 straight up abusing Murray

[cutewizard]

dunk it

[EasyMoney]

Take out Bryn and put Lonnie back in ffs

[cutewizard]

fuck paul

[Leetonidas]

Another game lost because Pop is a fucking moron. Seriously it took this retard almost 30 games to realize walker is better than marco and he's still playing the worst defensive player in the entire league 30+ mpg and wonders why he gets torched by every player he guards. Fuck Pop. Retire already man

[dbestpro]

I will be glaaad when Pop retires.

[timtonymanu]

Respect for OKC. They have a coach who maximizes their abilities and doesn’t play cute lineups.

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Why Pop?

Why?

[Robz4000]

This game was decided when Pop continued to overplay Forbes in the first half tbh.

[Chomag]

Another Loss on Pops stupid coaching

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Not often one player loses you a game and why Pop doesn't see it is beyond me.

[RC_Drunkford]

Respect for OKC. They have a coach who maximizes their abilities and doesn’t play cute lineups.

Also a coach who outcoached Flopovich in his rookie year in a Play-off series when Flop had the most stacked Spurs roster ever

[Leetonidas]

Lol. Comes right back out of the TO with Forbes still on the court. Old man deserves this pile of shit

[dbestpro]

Pop is the weakest link. Has been all season. I wish he would get kicked out of games early like he use to do.

[sasaint]

At the TO, Pop removes Murray and leaves Forbes in. :lol

[ace3g]

Love this rotation:



On the Court
FG
3PT
REB
AST
PF
PTS


L. Walker IV (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277890/lonnie-walker-iv) SG
0-1
0-0
2
1
0
0


P. Mills (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4004/patty-mills) PG
1-2
0-1
0
0
0
2


D. White (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3078576/derrick-white) PG
2-3
1-2
5
2
0
5


J. Poeltl (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3134908/jakob-poeltl) C
2-3
0-0
2
1
2
4


R. Gay (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3005/rudy-gay) SF
1-3
1-2
1
2
0
3




:cry

[Robz4000]

:lmao holy shit Forbes

[Chomag]

Forbes christ allmighty!!!

[phxspurfan]

so much indecision on offense

[Leetonidas]

:lmao piece of shit can't even do the one thing he's supposed to be good at

[sasaint]

Spurs with 38 - now 41 - second half points.

[objective]

Some strange rotations by Pop in the second half

Aldridge the entire 3rd after the strong first half by Poeltl, then DeRozan barely gets a break at all and on pace for 40 minutes

[cutewizard]

suck it

[212094ever]

Worst starter in the league costing the team another game

[Leetonidas]

It's fucking comical at this point. Like what more proof do you need you fucking idiot

[Ron Swanson]

Forbes :lmao

[RC_Drunkford]

Some strange rotations by Pop in the second half

Aldridge the entire 3rd after the strong first half by Poeltl, then DeRozan barely gets a break at all and on pace for 40 minutes

Tryin to make it as hard as possible for his team to win. That has been his mission all season long

[phxspurfan]

wow Forbes

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This game was decided when Pop continued to overplay Forbes in the first half tbh.

As clear as it could be. This loss will be squarely on Pop and Forbes poor defense on SG-A.

Pop -- F-
Forbes -- F-

[cutewizard]

what a pathetic

[3&D_TBH]

Holy fuck Bryn’s bricks are almost landing in the god damn bleachers! This loss is on Pop and Forbes. So frustrating to watch this bs.

[TimDunkem]

:lmao Forbes single-handedly cost the Spurs this game.

[dbestpro]

Forbes..........:(

[cutewizard]

shithole

[spurs1990]

Looks like neither Forbes or Mills will hit a shot this quarter. An unacceptable 2-16 shooting from our SG

[Gibbz]

Why the fuck has LA only taken 12 shots? And against a team he usually obliterates, no less.

[Darius Bieber]

Bucks gonna win by 60+ lmao

[james evans]

It may not have been a bad idea to go after Chris Paul a few years ago

[Chomag]

Even the sniffers got to realize that this is trash coaching.

[MannyIsGod]

So glad Lonnie is on the bench while Forbes plays. Makes perfect sense.

[sasaint]

Some strange rotations by Pop in the second half

Aldridge the entire 3rd after the strong first half by Poeltl, then DeRozan barely gets a break at all and on pace for 40 minutes

And remembered Rudy with less than 2 minutes. Rudy was playing well, too.

[Manong Ginobili]

Pop and Bryn deserve the L 😂

[RC_Drunkford]

Worst starter in the league costing the team another game

Worst starter and worst coach. Of course they have an affinity for each other, they got so much in common

[dbestpro]

Forbes is going to become one of the most hated players in Spurs history.

[phxspurfan]

LMA shooting better than Forbes

[timtonymanu]

I hope the sniffers had their fun when the Spurs were beating the Grizzlies, Pistons, and Warriors. A reminder that two of those teams already beat us once this season and the Warriors almost beat us just the other night. So all those sniffers telling us to shut up for thinking smart and not wanting to get swept by the Lakers in round 1, need to look at the remaining schedule and see how fucked this team is

[SpurPadre]

Ah Forbes, you horrible, HORRIBLE player, you.

[sasaint]

:lmao Forbes single-handedly cost the Spurs this game.

Forbes doesn't insert himself into games.

[objective]

Looks like neither Forbes or Mills will hit a shot this quarter. An unacceptable 2-16 shooting from our SG

But great leadership and competitiveness!

And sometimes the real victories are the seasons spent with scrubs playing heavy minutes

[phxspurfan]

Refs comically bad down the stretch

[slick'81]

Atleast forbes will get the blame for the spurs failure tonight

[Chomag]

Is there a grade lower then an F? Because this is trash tier, I have seen better coached High school games

[dbestpro]

DDR is just stupid. Shooting twos for stats when you need threes to catch up. Just stupid.

[Leetonidas]

Can't wait for the end of January when Spurs are 10+ games under 500

[NASpurs]

:lol imagine being a coach and thinking that Forbes is a NBA player... that deserves a starting position and is 3rd in the team in minutes when you have a glut in the position.

[EasyMoney]

Pop deserves an f
Bryn deserves nothing.

[MannyIsGod]

Give Pop an F for Forbes.

[NASpurs]

Forbes ending the game with a clank while holding out the goose neck. Seems fitting.

[Mugen]

I'll take Forbes shitting the bed over a Spurs win any day of the week....

It's so much better for the future of the franchise going forward.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Spurs lost by 6 :lol Bryn Forbes literally cost the spurs again per par and pop is so fucking blind to see it

[DC23]

I don't understand why Pop didn't go back to Lonnie for the final 4th quarter stretch

[cutewizard]

lets better watch erotic videos guys

this team is shit

[NASpurs]

Oh well, the upcoming losing streak should kill any silly talks of getting the 8th seed.

[sasaint]

:lol imagine being a coach and thinking that Forbes is a NBA player... that deserves a starting position and is 3rd in the team in minutes when you have a glut in the position.

Nice, succinct summary. :tu

[gambit1990]

gokc. trade andre roberson and a 1st for bertans and see how far you make it in the POs.

[DC23]

Beli should have seen minutes tonight tbh. Mills and Forbes gave us nothing.

[wildbill2u]

DDR is just stupid. Shooting twos for stats when you need threes to catch up. Just stupid.

I agree. He should have passed to someone with a chance at a three. Would have cut the lead to 3 if we made it and leave some hope alive. Oh well.

[timtonymanu]

I'll take Forbes shitting the bed over a Spurs win any day of the week....

It's so much better for the future of the franchise going forward.

It’s hilarious how sniffers are celebrating over a under .500 record and think the Spurs deserve to make the playoffs. Please keep losing. Otherwise we’re getting another year of Forms starting.

[Darius Bieber]

Shooters are a dime-a-dozen in this league. Why the fuck are the Spurs stuck with Forbes?

[Mugen]

That said, I honestly can't decide what would make me more happy...

The old fuck finally retiring and not being anywhere near the organization or that POS Forbes suffering a career ending injury...

Probably the latter since that might actually force the old fuck to hang em up. :lol

[spurs1990]

Whats worse is Aldridge, DeRozan, and Walker had great games. All to waste. They deserved more help

[dbestpro]

I don't understand why Pop didn't go back to Lonnie for the final 4th quarter stretch

He was taking a quick nap.

[sasaint]

Oh well, the upcoming losing streak should kill any silly talks of getting the 8th seed.

But it won't change Pop's mind, or compel him to make any trades, or retire.

[Gibbz]

Poeltl 15 minutes Forbes 29 minutes is a fucking disgrace. What in God's name is Pop doing?

[tim_duncan_fan]

I'm sorry yall. I would have liked to win, but in the grand scheme calculus, I don't want the playoffs and you don't either.

[slick'81]

If forbes starting keeps us outta the playoffs and in the lottery then its pops will,tbh

[Darius Bieber]

Forbes making SGA look like MJ tbh

[spurs1990]

Just looked it up - four times earlier Forbes hit 1 or less shots in a game (all since 12/12). He played 17, 16, 22, and 19 minutes in them.

For some reason he earned 29 minutes tonight. Baffling strategy by Gregg

[sasaint]

I'm sorry yall. I would have liked to win, but in the grand scheme calculus, I don't want the playoffs and you don't either.

All I want is a new HC.

[objective]

Just a reminder that Billy Donovan outcoached Pop in the playoffs

And that Scott Brooks figured out how to use Bertans better in a few weeks than Pop could do in 3 years

[rude1_79]

What does Forbes do again?

[Capt Bringdown]

Random G-league scrub signed to a 10-day contract would be better than Forbes.

[paperboy77]

This is just crazy. Pops got me thinking I’d rather see Marco than Forbes. At least Marco moves w/o the ball and is probably respected more than Bryn will ever be. Terrible coaching!

[RC_Drunkford]

:pop: "we have to play well for 48 minutes not just one half. They had 8 more free throws, so that's the game right there"

"but why did you play a "Murray/Forbes/Walker/DeRozan/Poeltl line up in the 4th quarter when they have never played together before? And why did LaMarcus sit until 5 minutes were left in the 4th? And why did Brent Forms play 29 minutes?"

:pop: "do you think you're a coach? Please"

[sasaint]

Poeltl 15 minutes Forbes 29 minutes is a fucking disgrace. What in God's name is Pop doing?

How many minutes did Poodle get in the 2nd half? Seemed like he was beasting and then disappeared.

[spurraider21]

forbes and mills shot a combined 2-17

[Chomag]

Just looked it up - four times earlier Forbes hit 1 or less shots in a game (all since 12/12). He played 17, 16, 22, and 19 minutes in them.

For some reason he earned 29 minutes tonight. Baffling strategy by Gregg
It's inexcusable!

[Mugen]

God, how fucking glorious the day will be when the old fuck finally hangs em up.....what a fucking disgrace of a coach :lol

[BackHome]

We played pretty good but came up short which I am not mad cause I am in the camp of Tanking a couple of things stood out.

1. Forbes kills us on the defensive side and he has taken a step back as backup PG skills.
2. Murray is not a PG but I like his D and his shot has vastly improved.
3. Walker if he can stay healthy is going to be an absolute BEAST.
4. LMA has impressed me the last couple of games loving his 3 point shooting.
6. White is not a starter but can be a good backup.
7. Pop is silently Tanking - CIA Pop. Lol

[Mugen]

forbes and mills shot a combined 2-17

And got absolutely obliterated on defense :lmao

[RC_Drunkford]

forbes and mills shot a combined 2-17

and played a combined 50 minutes while Walker played 21

[slick'81]

Patty mills sucks out loud vs real competition per par,tbh

[sasaint]

This is just crazy. Pops got me thinking I’d rather see Marco than Forbes. At least Marco moves w/o the ball and is probably respected more than Bryn will ever be. Terrible coaching!

Proper pecking order is Walker/Marco/Forbes. Until recently Pop has had it upside down. At least Lonnie has moved up.

[3&D_TBH]

:tu
How many minutes did Poodle get in the 2nd half? Seemed like he was beasting and then disappeared.

[FkLA]

just lol at closing with Brent Forms

[Chomag]

No doubt Opposing team's guards must get giddy when the see that they are playing the Spurs next.

[sasaint]

God, how fucking glorious the day will be when the old fuck finally hangs em up.....what a fucking disgrace of a coach :lol

Don't know how many games he has cost us this season, but this is definitely one.

[gambit1990]

presti has gotten a lot of heat... but spurs could actually learn from okc tbh. fantastic job of rebuilding.

[itzsoweezee]

Lol, this coach is an absolute dumbass

[3&D_TBH]

Forbes bricked that last 3 so hard that is looked like it actually startled a few of the players on the court because it clanked so damn hard. Damn near went all the way into the crowd. :lol

[sasaint]

DDR is just stupid. Shooting twos for stats when you need threes to catch up. Just stupid.

Yeah, I almost threw something at my TV on that final drive. Man, do I want Pop to retire tomorrow AM, and install a coach to make a deal to move the anti-Spur off this roster.

[Capt Bringdown]

And that Scott Brooks figured out how to use Bertans better in a few weeks than Pop could do in 3 years

True.

For a fellow that preaches humility, Pop sure has his head up his own ass.

[sasaint]

Gonna lose 6 of the next 9 AT LEAST.

[Mugen]

The funniest part is the D+ that SniffVP is going to give Bryn and his white dad when the Grades come out :lol

[Slippy]

Spurs floor spacers mvp for the thunder tonight. It's was other teammates who connected better on the three.

Spacing over talent . I miss the pop that would atleast matchup.

[Slippy]

Looks like neither Forbes or Mills will hit a shot this quarter. An unacceptable 2-16 shooting from our SG

It is but the coach continued to ride them. worse of they midgets who get exposed on the other end. Where's the stops going to come from. He doesn't have a pulse on team in game. It's so regimented.

[ZeusWillJudge]

LMAO! I'm looking at the meltdown out on the main forum, and remembering the old meltdowns. Nobody even bothers to talk about bad calls anymore. David Stern is dead, so all the conspiracy theories are out the window. We're reduced to complaining that everything would be okay if not for Bryn Fucking Forbes.

Even our meltdowns have nothing to live for now. :lol

[ZeusWillJudge]

DDR is just stupid. Shooting twos for stats when you need threes to catch up. Just stupid.


Oh yeah, the Spurs' clock management is about the worst I've ever seen. And that's poor coaching. It just is. Jerry Sloan's teams were disciplined AF in the last minute or two. Year after year. That's because he demanded that kind of discipline, and taught it. Pop's teams were never as good in that department, but they were will pretty solid. This is just an embarrassment.

[RC_Drunkford]

True.

For a fellow that preaches humility, Pop sure has his head up his own ass.

He's full of himself. It's the biggest issue of the franchise period.

[DPG21920]

LMA normally kills Adams I feel like. But OKC are the comeback kings. Even when they get down, they have alligator blood and have a lot of come from behind wins.

But Spurs playing with a great, calm pace. Murray has been good today getting guys the ball in good spots.

Aye mang - timvp appreciate the wind resistant lighter for Christmas fam - perfect gift

[KobesAchilles]

This is just crazy. Pops got me thinking I’d rather see Marco than Forbes. At least Marco moves w/o the ball and is probably respected more than Bryn will ever be. Terrible coaching!
I created a thread about that and people shat on the idea. Marco starting makes a whole lot of sense if it means giving Forbes DNPs.

I wouldn’t mind a starting line up
of DJ, DDR, Marco, Gay, and LMA with a bench unit of White, Walker, Mills, Lyles, Poetl

[gambit1990]

It may not have been a bad idea to go after Chris Paul a few years ago
:tu

he should still be a spur... his mentorship would go far with the young guys.

i've wanted him to be a spur since the 2008 POs. cp3 / manu / td would've fvcking killed it together.

[Spurtacular]

The funniest part is the D+ that SniffVP is going to give Bryn and his white dad when the Grades come out :lol

29 minutes and 1-9 for that faggot and 21 minutes and 6-10 for IV.

Some Pop butt licker said earlier in the thread that the plan is to get IV into Forbes's spot when he's ready. :lmao

[Spurtacular]

I created a thread about that and people shat on the idea. Marco starting makes a whole lot of sense if it means giving Forbes DNPs.

I wouldn’t mind a starting line up
of DJ, DDR, Marco, Gay, and LMA with a bench unit of White, Walker, Mills, Lyles, Poetl

:lol Fans got to bargain with Gregg to not play Forbes (Mills) / start Forbes (Mills).

[DPG21920]

https://media.giphy.com/media/Nau0GUwQHd7pe/giphy.gif

[Jimmy Early]

LMAO! I'm looking at the meltdown out on the main forum, and remembering the old meltdowns. Nobody even bothers to talk about bad calls anymore. David Stern is dead, so all the conspiracy theories are out the window. We're reduced to complaining that everything would be okay if not for Bryn Fucking Forbes.

Even our meltdowns have nothing to live for now. :lol

Yeah, you guys were a lot more fun to visit when your main themes were "Thunderref", "Westbrick" and "The Somali Pirate", instead of eating your own..... :lol

[ace3g]

https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaNBA/status/1213248197105197060

[Robz4000]

Forbes gonna play 40 mins tomorrow night.

[r0drig0lac]

Forbes gonna play 48 mins tomorrow night.

fixed