Kobe'sAchilles
02-06-2020, 04:29 PM
The Memphis Grizzlies have rallied around their rookie #2 pick (and most likely ROY winner)Ja Morant, to surge to the 8th seed in a supposed 3 team race for the last playoff spot. Portland's star guard Dame Dollar Lillard has also been surging and the Blazers have played better as of late going 8-7 in the month of January. The victim in all of this is the San Antonio Spurs, who are a full 3 games behind the Memphis Grizzlies for the 8th seed and sit 10th overall in the west. PATFO sat at an impasse this trade deadline. They were truly flummoxed (a reasonable person would suggest by their own doing) at what they should do and ended up doing nothing.
RC Drunkford(not the poster): RC's last big signing before officially moving over to a different position was to sign the former Net/Hawks/Raptor player Demarre Carroll. In a move that surprised everybody, RC traded Bertans in an attempt to sign current Clipper player Morris. In the process he guaranteed an extra year in Carroll's deal. The deal with Morris fell through and we were stuck without our beloved missing finger sharpshooter.
Lost in the shuffle was the re-signing of Rudy Gay to a 2 year deal after the swingman had shown to be completely washed of any athleticism. Rudy Gay couldn't drive past Mason Plumlee in the playoffs last year and yet RC thought it was a good idea to sign him to 2 year $32 million deal
Grade: F+. RC signed an aging former all star way too much money. Signed our 15th man to a tune of 3 years $21 million and got rid of Bertans for literally nothing. The only reason he gets the + is that he atleast got Morris to sign with us (in principal) and moved his incompetent ass out of the role of GM.
Gregg Popovich: ​Pop's coaching mistakes have been discussed in ad nauseum here on Spurstalk. From starting Forbes, benching White, playing Marco over Lonnie, and not playing Carroll at all. I'm not here to talk about his coaching but rather his effect on the Spurs this trade deadline. Pop went into the year thinking that he had enough to compete for a playoff spot. 3 months into the season and his mindset hasn't changed. I think Pop truly believes that this team can grab that elusive 8th spot and get swept by the Lakers. This has caused current GM (puppet) Brian Wrong to have one hand tied behind his back this trade deadline. Pop still hasn't given B-Wrong the approval to move on off of our "star" players. He only gave the okay to trade both Marco and 15th man Carroll. He wouldn't even give the ok to trade his beloved pet Formes. He seemingly gave the ok to trade Gay, but only for a monster package. Pop's stubborn attitude about the roster has placed the Spurs in no man's land. Too sucky to make the playoffs yet to good to get a top pick.
Grade: F-- Pop has placed this team in a now win situation. Only his coaching can get us out of this hole and into a first round sweep by the Lakers. God have mercy on our souls.
Brian Wrong: The first trade deadline for new GM Brian Wrong is dead and gone, much like our hopes for the roster. Wrong had many issues to deal with that ended up being way too much for a puppet to handle. Among these issues, trading Carroll after signing him to a 3 year deal. Trading Marco to any team. Getting the order to trade an aged/damaged goods former star in Rudy Gay, but only for young players and a first round pick :lol He was also given the ok to ask (not trade, but ask) about the return on his two big fishes in LMA and DDR. Pop and RC would only accept a boatload for their two guppies. Unfortunately, it's impossible to fish with one arm and 2 old guys yelling at your every move in the back of the boat. This led to the Spurs to catch nothing, but a desperate hope that Demar would for some reason accept a new contract on the contingency of a sign and trade.
He also signed Murray to a 4 year $64 million deal that isn't looking too good right now. Murray is still young. He is coming off a major injury and has no chemistry with anybody on the team yet. He has shown growth in his shooting as of late, but still passes open shots and doesn't have any shooting volume ot speak of. Dejounte has looked horrible on defense, but that is mainly due to Formes.
Grade: D-/INC: It's hard to blame the guy when you have bosses all up your ass, but he took the job so he gets the blame. He hasn't maxed out DeRozan yet so that's something. Murray's deal looks bad now, but the season isn't over yet and I was on the wait until February bandwagon before passing judgement on DJ. Let's see what Wrong does this offseason. His grade can go up if he signs White to a good deal, pulls off a s&t for DDR, and drafts a SF. Or it can go down if he re-signs Formes for any amount, keeps DeRozan, drafts another fucking guard.
Feel free to add your thoughts.
RC Drunkford(not the poster): RC's last big signing before officially moving over to a different position was to sign the former Net/Hawks/Raptor player Demarre Carroll. In a move that surprised everybody, RC traded Bertans in an attempt to sign current Clipper player Morris. In the process he guaranteed an extra year in Carroll's deal. The deal with Morris fell through and we were stuck without our beloved missing finger sharpshooter.
Lost in the shuffle was the re-signing of Rudy Gay to a 2 year deal after the swingman had shown to be completely washed of any athleticism. Rudy Gay couldn't drive past Mason Plumlee in the playoffs last year and yet RC thought it was a good idea to sign him to 2 year $32 million deal
Grade: F+. RC signed an aging former all star way too much money. Signed our 15th man to a tune of 3 years $21 million and got rid of Bertans for literally nothing. The only reason he gets the + is that he atleast got Morris to sign with us (in principal) and moved his incompetent ass out of the role of GM.
Gregg Popovich: ​Pop's coaching mistakes have been discussed in ad nauseum here on Spurstalk. From starting Forbes, benching White, playing Marco over Lonnie, and not playing Carroll at all. I'm not here to talk about his coaching but rather his effect on the Spurs this trade deadline. Pop went into the year thinking that he had enough to compete for a playoff spot. 3 months into the season and his mindset hasn't changed. I think Pop truly believes that this team can grab that elusive 8th spot and get swept by the Lakers. This has caused current GM (puppet) Brian Wrong to have one hand tied behind his back this trade deadline. Pop still hasn't given B-Wrong the approval to move on off of our "star" players. He only gave the okay to trade both Marco and 15th man Carroll. He wouldn't even give the ok to trade his beloved pet Formes. He seemingly gave the ok to trade Gay, but only for a monster package. Pop's stubborn attitude about the roster has placed the Spurs in no man's land. Too sucky to make the playoffs yet to good to get a top pick.
Grade: F-- Pop has placed this team in a now win situation. Only his coaching can get us out of this hole and into a first round sweep by the Lakers. God have mercy on our souls.
Brian Wrong: The first trade deadline for new GM Brian Wrong is dead and gone, much like our hopes for the roster. Wrong had many issues to deal with that ended up being way too much for a puppet to handle. Among these issues, trading Carroll after signing him to a 3 year deal. Trading Marco to any team. Getting the order to trade an aged/damaged goods former star in Rudy Gay, but only for young players and a first round pick :lol He was also given the ok to ask (not trade, but ask) about the return on his two big fishes in LMA and DDR. Pop and RC would only accept a boatload for their two guppies. Unfortunately, it's impossible to fish with one arm and 2 old guys yelling at your every move in the back of the boat. This led to the Spurs to catch nothing, but a desperate hope that Demar would for some reason accept a new contract on the contingency of a sign and trade.
He also signed Murray to a 4 year $64 million deal that isn't looking too good right now. Murray is still young. He is coming off a major injury and has no chemistry with anybody on the team yet. He has shown growth in his shooting as of late, but still passes open shots and doesn't have any shooting volume ot speak of. Dejounte has looked horrible on defense, but that is mainly due to Formes.
Grade: D-/INC: It's hard to blame the guy when you have bosses all up your ass, but he took the job so he gets the blame. He hasn't maxed out DeRozan yet so that's something. Murray's deal looks bad now, but the season isn't over yet and I was on the wait until February bandwagon before passing judgement on DJ. Let's see what Wrong does this offseason. His grade can go up if he signs White to a good deal, pulls off a s&t for DDR, and drafts a SF. Or it can go down if he re-signs Formes for any amount, keeps DeRozan, drafts another fucking guard.
Feel free to add your thoughts.