Game Thread: Spurs @ Nuggets - Feb. 10, 2020 @ 8 PM CT

[timvp]

Yes, Forbes and Belinelli going out!

Never mind.
















Tbh, this would be a near miraculous win.

[Darius Bieber]

Why does Bill Land call Forbes "smartty" WTF?

Sparty. He was a Michigan State Spartan.

[TimDunkem]

I fucking hate Bryn Forbes.

[tholdren]

Pop’s unwavering confidence in Forbes/Beli :lmao

Forbes wasn't in during the 20 point den comeback, lonnie was though.... good work putz

[tholdren]

I fucking hate Bryn Forbes.

Lol outplaying hairdo again

[timvp]

How, exactly, is Belinelli in the game, tbh?

[slick'81]

Gospursgo

[FkLA]

I'd rather fucking lose than luck into a win with Forms and Marco, tbh.

[Darius Bieber]

How, exactly, is Belinelli in the game, tbh?

:pop:

[FkLA]

How, exactly, is Belinelli in the game, tbh?

Proven vet, tbh.

[TimDunkem]

Lol outplaying hairdo again

I don't care about LW either, tbh. His IQ is terrible. I wish we could trade in every player on this team.

[ZeusWillJudge]

OMG Forbes is so pathetic. You could see that Aldridge knew Forbes was going to get crushed, but he couldn't leave Jokic.

[slick'81]

Poor jokic

[DPG21920]

:lmao Pop playing Beli POST trade deadline when he has no future and couldn’t trade him :lmao

[timtonymanu]

Always has to be that POS Forms that leads the Spurs. Always a lose/lose situation

[ZeusWillJudge]

LMAO. Aldridge missing both FT's. I smell an offensive foul coming.

[Ron Swanson]

Clutch FTs

[DPG21920]

Pop is without question a bottom 5 coach this season. LMA and DeRozan missing big FT’s all year too.

[sasaint]

Why does Bill Land call Forbes "smartty" WTF?

Sparty - he went to Michigan.

[TimDunkem]

Spur ref

[FkLA]

He's really gonna close with Brent and Marco isnt he? :lol

[slick'81]

Murray shitting on us

[tholdren]

Clutch FTs
What you expect from captain empty stats?

[SASdynasty!]

Flashbacks of last year’s playoffs

[ZeusWillJudge]

He's really gonna close with Brent and Marco isnt he? :lol


He's done it all damn season.

[slick'81]

Nice try lyles

[Arcadian]

We have the inferior Murray :(

[murpjf88]

Pop is without question a bottom 5 coach this season. LMA and DeRozan missing big FT’s all year too.

He was never anything special.

[slick'81]

What was that dejounte

[ZeusWillJudge]

At least DJ is in there scrapping.

[JPB]

Sparty - he went to Michigan.

We know who isn't smart tbh :lol

[SASdynasty!]

He's really gonna close with Brent and Marco isnt he? :lol
He’s honestly not going to put Lonnie in for defense.

[TimDunkem]

FkLA getting Murray flashbacks

[SASdynasty!]

At least DJ is in there scrapping.
I’d rather him play defense tho

[DPG21920]

Pop is the absolute worst this season.

[slick'81]

Game

[YoungbuckMurray]

This team can’t score when the D ramps it up it’s pathetic. LMA is just a losing basketball player

[DPG21920]

I can’t get over Pop trying to trade Beli, no one wanting him and he closes with him.

[BatManu20]

Players have thrown in the towel. This one’s over.

[Ron Swanson]

No effort at all. Pathetic.

[SASdynasty!]

Haha wow one of the most pathetic efforts I’ve ever seen at any level of sports

[slick'81]

Closing with belli and lyles :rollin

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Fuck this team

Especially pop

[Leetonidas]

Wow. :lol that was fucking sad

[ZeusWillJudge]

How, exactly, is Belinelli in the game, tbh?


I hope you remember that in the grades. We've been screaming about it all year.

[boutons_deux]

So far that's a 30-point swing

What a sick fucking team

[phxspurfan]

Spurs defense!

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Hahaha Pop closing with forms and shitnelli maybe this asshole is trying to tank. Either that or he's legit gone senile :lol

[tbdog]

This team gave up. GAVE UP.

[davi78239]

They just stood there and watched. WOW

[YoungbuckMurray]

Just let the guy stand and line up a 3 after dusting off the ball. What a joke.

[sasaint]

Standing around watching some guy named Craig take practice 3s. I hate this team so much.

[SASdynasty!]

Tim Duncan should quit...this sucks to be associated with

[HarlemHeat37]

Damn, I checked the score earlier and the Spurs were up 18, wtf happened?:lol

[tholdren]

He’s honestly not going to put Lonnie in for defense.

You did watch the Denver's 20pt comeback right?

[timvp]

Wow.

[slick'81]

Bryn,marco and lyles down the stretch

[ZeusWillJudge]

I can’t get over Pop trying to trade Beli, no one wanting him and he closes with him.


:pop: "Of course I close with him He's my closer. It's not that complicated."

[YoungbuckMurray]

Fire this senile ass coach already my god

[tholdren]

Damn, I checked the score earlier and the Spurs were up 18, wtf happened?:lol
Forbes to bench, gay walker show

[FkLA]

What kind of moron thinks Brent and Marco in crunchtime is a good idea?

This is my last game, boys. I can't take it anymore.

[Harry Callahan]

No effort whatsover. Pathetic dogs. I'm sick of this sh**. Forbes and Beli on the floor at the end. No leadership by the coach.

[NASpurs]

:rollin

[SpurPadre]

YES!!!! Chokejob in full effect!!! Thank goodness for the worst 4th quarter team in Spurs history!

[emanueldavidginobili]

Anyone who thought the Spurs had a chance are delusional. It’s been the same movie this entire RRT

[slick'81]

Only down 8

[TXstbobcat]

Sparty - he went to Michigan.

he went to Michigan State, not Michigan.

[YoungbuckMurray]

Up 23 and gonna lose by double digits wow

[Dex]

Blow it up.

[slick'81]

Atta boy lyles

[DPG21920]

Pop is such an a**hole for waiting until the game get blown up to play the right guys.

[JPB]

Like a boxer pushed in the ropes without reacting.

[SpurPadre]

Damn, I checked the score earlier and the Spurs were up 18, wtf happened?:lol

Recurring theme, where have you been?

[KimmyGib]

Marco not even attempting to go for rebounds. 0 points 0 rebounds in 20 minutes.

[slick'81]

6 point game

[slick'81]

The fck you foul there

[Arcadian]

Damn, I checked the score earlier and the Spurs were up 18, wtf happened?:lol

Why are you surprised? This team could be up 30 and I still would know the lead isn't safe.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

:lol We get called edgelords for stating the obvious; any pop suckers try to defend this tonight?

[Nuggets!]

Go Nuggets! See you guys in the playoffs?

[ace3g]

Did Walker IV even play in the 4th?

[ZeusWillJudge]

Damn, I checked the score earlier and the Spurs were up 18, wtf happened?:lol

I had to look to see if you just recycled a post from some game a week ago. :lol

[Chomag]

Once again Pop just not playing the right players.

[TimDunkem]

Did Walker IV even play in the 4th?

No

[FkLA]

Why doesn't this stubborn asshole ever try White-Murray just because it makes sense rather than out of desperation bc his pets aren't getting it done?

[DC23]

Why does this continue to happen?

[sasaint]

he went to Michigan State, not Michigan.

:lol Got excited and hit send too quick.

[FkLA]

Marco not even attempting to go for rebounds. 0 points 0 rebounds in 20 minutes.

Wow :lol

[ZeusWillJudge]

I can hardly wait to watch Pop slurping on Jazz players after the game.

This has to be his farewell tour, right? Please tell me the nightmare is almost over.

[Dex]

Did Walker IV even play in the 4th?

No, but he sucked tonight too.

Walker could play 48 minutes but that wouldn’t save this team tbh

[boutons_deux]

In the second half Spurs 48 nuggets 70

[SASdynasty!]

Did Walker IV even play in the 4th?
No, not even when Murray torched Dejonte 5 straight plays. Literally no chance. Murray used to be a decent defender too...now he can’t defend or score.

[Mugen]

I couldn't put in the Nuggets moneyline fast enough when the Spurs were up by 20 :lol

[tbdog]

Did Walker IV even play in the 4th?

There's a chance he was gassed. Because he hasn't played much all season.

[Harry Callahan]

Why does this continue to happen?

Mediocre coach. In experienced coaching staff.

[Dennis the Menace]

Pop needs to retire. Should’ve done it yeeeears ago

[slick'81]

Mills shits the bed so pop goes with belli:lmao

[team-work]

:pop:"Who says I don't have youth movement. See Forbes and Lyles. Just White can't play with Murray, and Poeltl can't play with Aldridge."

[KimmyGib]

Forbes claps his hands, slaps his shoes like he really means business, only to immediately get burned by the guy he's defending. It's Déjà vu.

[Harry Callahan]

This coaching staff is stealing money. Poor Poor job all season long.

[twincam]

You have to really ask yourselves, just how worse can it really get after this one?

[ZeusWillJudge]

Forbes claps his hands, slaps his shoes like he really means business, only to immediately get burned by the guy he's defending. It's Déjà vu.


I am so..fucking..sick of watching that. He did it before shooting these FT's.

[SASdynasty!]

Hey at least we’re trying now that there’s no possibility of winning. This team is such a joke

[tholdren]

No

Because he sucked like gay in the 3rd

[SASdynasty!]

Lol Lonnie’s in now

[UZER]

He's done it all damn season.

And all last season. People act like it’s just this year. This is the second consecutive year with these players and the exact same dumb lineups.

Insanity

[Harry Callahan]

NOW they put walker in JHC.

[ZeusWillJudge]

Because he sucked like gay in the 3rd


Well he didn't suck like Marco, did he?

[JPB]

Always been a Pop's supporter and will always respect what he's done for the spurs but while I was giving him the benefit of the doubt and was somehow hoping he knew what he was doing, he just seems to have lost it znd lost his team.

I guess we'll all forget this year with time just like people forget Hakeem played in Toronto or Jordan in Washington but that's really brutal.

[slick'81]

WALKER GETS mabye 25 seconds in the 4th


To dispense a foul

[twincam]

Yes, let’s allow them to run the clock with a 5 point deficit.

[Dancelot]

No
Wait, coming in w/ 27 seconds. All hope isn’t lost yet

[tholdren]

There's a chance he was gassed. Because he hasn't played much all season.

He played 27 minutes scored 4 pts. Wow. Hes a sg....

[DPG21920]

Pop: “Lonnie needs to compete better for 30 seconds if he wants more time”

[sasaint]

Yeah, I've wanted Pop to go bye-bye for several years now. He's horrible. Yeah the roster is constructed like a pile of shit. Yeah, he plays the wrong rotations. But, honestly, do we have any "keepers" in the long haul? I am beginning to question every human being in the organization.

[TimDunkem]

Because he sucked like gay in the 3rd

Gay is washed and everyone knows it.

[Dancelot]

This might be the actual nail in the coffin on the season

[tholdren]

Well he didn't suck like Marco, did he?

He outplayed 1 spur tonight. He played 27 minutes and showed nothing

[ZeusWillJudge]

There he is. Fucking-Crater Face smiling and laghing on the sidelines. Then that cocksucker walked out and pulled Jokic' shorts down and laughed it up.

He doesn't mind losing anymore. This HAS to be his farewell tour.

[slick'81]

Yeah, I've wanted Pop to go bye-bye for several years now. He's horrible. Yeah the roster is constructed like a pile of shit. Yeah, he plays the wrong rotations. But, honestly, do we have any "keepers" in the long haul? I am beginning to question every human being in the organization.


White,murray,walker,kj,luka,spoon metu and maybe poodle power

[tholdren]

Gay is washed and everyone knows it.

Right, and he outplayed Lonnie.

[Chomag]

Pop out hugging ,laughing and Joking with the Denver coach when HE IS THE JOKE!! Pathetic...

[TimDunkem]

Right, and he outplayed Lonnie.

Why do you think I like Lonnie? :lol

[YoungbuckMurray]

Wow that was pathetic. Please just lose every game coming in so we can get a good draft pick. Oh and Pop please retire. How this guy is team USA coach is beyond me, he’s the worst coach in the nba AINEC

[timvp]

https://media.giphy.com/media/9t6xpYZ9npJmM/source.gif

[Arcadian]

:lol What a faggot team

[slick'81]

This might be the actual nail in the coffin on the season


That was the trade deadline passing

[tholdren]

Why do you think I like Lonnie? :lol
Why do you think I think that you like lonnie?

[ZeusWillJudge]

Pop out hugging ,laughing and Joking with the Denver coach when HE IS THE JOKE!! Pathetic...

I just posted it. He stood there looking around for a Nuggets player to slurp. Went out on the court and pulled Jokic's shorts down, and then yukked it up with him.

[boutons_deux]

The Spurs organization is completely broken totally dysfunctional

[slick'81]

I just posted it. He stood there looking around for a Nuggets player to slurp. Went out on the court and pulled Jokic's shorts down, and then yukked it up with him.

its def his farewell tour

[tholdren]

I just posted it. He stood there looking around for a Nuggets player to slurp. Went out on the court and pulled Jokic's shorts down, and then yukked it up with him.
Who cares?

[ZeusWillJudge]

He outplayed 1 spur tonight. He played 27 minutes and showed nothing


Aw hell. I didn't notice it was you, or I wouldn't have bothered responding.

Shut up faggot.

[sasaint]

You have to really ask yourselves, just how worse can it really get after this one?


If the effort level drops much at all (which is likely now that the team must admit it is not going to make the playoffs, but is, in fact, a bottom feeder) then I think it is conceivable that they go 0-for-the-rest-of-the-season.

[rude1_79]

Feels bad. Feels like a playoff game loss.

[slick'81]

If the effort level drops much at all (which is likely now that the team must admit it is not going to make the playoffs, but is, in fact, a bottom feeder) then I think it is conceivable that they go 0-for-the-rest-of-the-season.


Be nice to get a top 3 pick

[Arcadian]

Spurs 2K rating = 90

Real life rating = 68 imo

[KimmyGib]

Forbes claps his hands, slaps his shoes like he really means business, only to immediately get burned by the guy he's defending. It's Déjà vu.

I am so..fucking..sick of watching that. He did it before shooting these FT's.
Reminds me of this guy:


https://youtu.be/2OOtPrw7e6I

[TimDunkem]

Why do you think I think that you like lonnie?

I don't care. Just remember that I don't.

[Harry Callahan]

This season is an embarrassment from start to finish. These players are not well coached and are indifferent to playing ANY defense. Bryn Forbes, Marco Belinilli, and Rudy Gay are utterly worthless as NBA basketball players and yet some of these fools play key 4th quarter minutes.

Pop should focus on figuring out a way to cause team USA to lose in the Olympics instead of doing a half-hearted job of coaching the Spurs. These players are NOT listening and are NOT being coached well.

[DPG21920]

https://media.giphy.com/media/9t6xpYZ9npJmM/source.gif

This season is what it is. This Summer is what matters. Pop has played a big role in killing this season but he will do major harm if he holds the FO hostage this Summer.

[tholdren]

Aw hell. I didn't notice it was you, or I wouldn't have bothered responding.

Shut up faggot.
1 spur
....
He outplayed an 80 year old depressed marco

You know how to call it

[timvp]

Spurs fans getting mad because Pop fraternizes with opposing coaches after the game is one of the weirder phenomenons, tbh.

[spurs1990]

Anyone who thought the Spurs had a chance are delusional. It’s been the same movie this entire RRT

I would've bet my mortgage the Spurs would win when they went up 23 points

[slick'81]

Spurs last stand was the denver playoff series. This team is done and in the downward spiral to irrelevance barring a draft miracle

[tholdren]

I don't care. Just remember that I don't.
You remember

[sasaint]

There he is. Fucking-Crater Face smiling and laghing on the sidelines. Then that cocksucker walked out and pulled Jokic' shorts down and laughed it up.

He doesn't mind losing anymore. This HAS to be his farewell tour.


I am just as tired of all of their announcing guys always focusing on the positive.

[TimDunkem]

I would've bet my mortgage the Spurs would win when they went up 23 points

I figured they'd lose the lead too, tbh. The Spurs holding a lead and winning is rare these days.

[sasaint]

I would've bet my mortgage the Spurs would win when they went up 23 points


Let me know when the betting urge hits you again, and I will cover.

[SpurPadre]

Getting closer to that Top 10 pick, guys!

[JeffDuncan]

The exact same thing happened without DDR as happens with him.

[HarlemHeat37]

This is the type of shit you have to live with in sports when a legend has reached the end of the line. It sucks, but he's earned the right to go out on his own terms, at least for this season. If he wants to die with Marco and Forbes, his resume in SA allows him to take that route.

[tholdren]

Spurs fans getting mad because Pop fraternizes with opposing coaches after the game is one of the weirder phenomenons, tbh.
Because they are player fans. Too low on bbiq to say anything resembling xo. Which is why this is the ultimate site to troll. Low iq emotional posters

[SpurPadre]

Let me know when the betting urge hits you again, and I will cover.

Can't blame him in a way. After all, DeRozan is our biggest 4th quarter choker and he didn't play today so our chances of choking the game away were lessened. Thing is, we have ZERO clutch players in our roster.

[ZeusWillJudge]

I am just as tired of all of their announcing guys always focusing on the positive.


Yeah, that's getting a little hard to stomach too.

[tholdren]

The exact same thing happened without DDR as happens with him.

Soft spurs no pg, no players can get to line other than ddr. Bigs shoot 3s dont rebound.

[HarlemHeat37]

Because they are player fans. Too low on bbiq to say anything resembling xo. Which is why this is the ultimate site to troll. Low iq emotional posters

Says the man who repeatedly said that the Spurs could never win a title with Kawhi and Danny Green starting:lol

[tholdren]

Can't blame him in a way. After all, DeRozan is our biggest 4th quarter choker and he didn't play today so our chances of choking the game away were lessened. Thing is, we have ZERO clutch players in our roster.

Hairdo could win the game.

[sasaint]

Can't blame him in a way. After all, DeRozan is our biggest 4th quarter choker and he didn't play today so our chances of choking the game away were lessened. Thing is, we have ZERO clutch players in our roster.

ZERO

[Harry Callahan]

Because they are player fans. Too low on bbiq to say anything resembling xo. Which is why this is the ultimate site to troll. Low iq emotional posters

I don't think this current roster has players that are that well liked at all. There MIGHT be 2-3 rotation players for a good team on the roster. The rest are has beens and never weres.

[tholdren]

Says the man who repeatedly said that the Spurs could never win a title with Kawhi and Danny Green starting:lol
You proved my point. Still stuck on facts from 5 years ago

[ZeusWillJudge]

Spurs fans getting mad because Pop fraternizes with opposing coaches after the game is one of the weirder phenomenons, tbh.


No, LJ. I'm tired of him never looking like he minds losing anymore. There was a time he would have been pissed after a game like this.

If we're talking weird phenomena, let's talk about Pop closing with Forbes and Beli over and over again, losing games because of it, and getting B's. This is not the same Greg Popovich we used to rave about. It's just not.

[emanueldavidginobili]

I would've bet my mortgage the Spurs would win when they went up 23 points
Welp you’re not the smartest person around then. Have you watched a Spurs game this year :lol

[DPG21920]

Spurs fans getting mad because Pop fraternizes with opposing coaches after the game is one of the weirder phenomenons, tbh.

Spurs fans not getting mad at Pop for his coaching decisions is even more baffling :lol

My man, quick question now that you have popped up like a whack a mole: Is there any circumstance where keeping DeRozan this next season makes sense to you (or more so, giving him more money)?

[slick'81]

Getting closer to that Top 10 pick, guys!


Zero killer instinct and too much bryn,patty,lyles and marco

[tholdren]

No, LJ. I'm tired of him never looking like he minds losing anymore. There was a time he would have been pissed after a game like this.

If we're talking weird phenomena, let's talk about Pop closing with Forbes and Beli over and over again, losing games because of it, and getting B's. This is not the same Greg Popovich we used to rave about. It's just not.

:dramaquee

[DPG21920]

The exact same thing happened without DDR as happens with him.

Very true. Pop played Beli, Mills and Forbes when it mattered and the lead crumbled.

[tholdren]

Zero killer instinct and too much bryn,patty,lyles and marco

Patty gay walker let denver come back

[tholdren]

Very true. Pop played Beli, Mills and Forbes when it mattered and the lead crumbled.
That didn't happen

[spurs1990]

Toronto gave us DeRozan, Poeltl, and their pick and have nothing to show for it this season. And they just won their 15th consecutive game. I just don't get this

[tholdren]

Toronto gave us DeRozan, Poeltl, and their pick and have nothing to show for it this season. And they just won their 15th consecutive game. I just don't get this
Raptors scrap. Spurs shoot midrange jumpers

[DPG21920]

This is an awful environment for young players right now. This is so far from winbuilding. SA did a great job of that for years, but the time has come to make the tough call. If you cant winbuild, you have to reshape things.

Funny how the leadership has gone from continuity and being paid for that, to now being paid just not to fracture the locker room since they can’t impact actual winning.

[Darius Bieber]

Toronto gave us DeRozan, Poeltl, and their pick and have nothing to show for it this season. And they just won their 15th consecutive game. I just don't get this

Winning culture, better development, better coaching.

[SpurPadre]

Let's say we end up with a Top 10 pick, how about we trade that pick along with a sign and trade of DeRozan to move up to the Top 3?

[DPG21920]

That didn't happen

Yes it did.

[tholdren]

This is an awful environment for young players right now. This is so far from winbuilding. SA did a great job of that for years, but the time has come to make the tough call. If you cant winbuild, you have to reshape things.

Funny how the leadership has gone from continuity and being paid for that, to now being paid just not to fracture the locker room since they can’t impact actual winning.
They just got hosed consecutively by scumbag players. What did you expect?

[Darius Bieber]

This is an awful environment for young players right now. This is so far from winbuilding. SA did a great job of that for years, but the time has come to make the tough call. If you cant winbuild, you have to reshape things.

Funny how the leadership has gone from continuity and being paid for that, to now being paid just not to fracture the locker room since they can’t impact actual winning.

It honestly seems like the roster is already fractured. And after what’s happened with Carroll, no FA wants to sign here anymore.

[SpurPadre]

Toronto gave us DeRozan, Poeltl, and their pick and have nothing to show for it this season. And they just won their 15th consecutive game. I just don't get this

They don't start or play G Leaguers masquerading as an NBA player like we do.

[tholdren]

Yes it did.

It didn't. Forbes was on bench during denvers comeback. Good try

[tbdog]

Part of me thinks Pop is doing this in purpose. Because I can't think of a more plausible one.

[Arcadian]

Spurs fans getting mad because Pop fraternizes with opposing coaches after the game is one of the weirder phenomenons, tbh.

I understand it, tbh. When your team is a disaster, you shouldn't look so happy and carefree.

[HarlemHeat37]

This is an awful environment for young players right now. This is so far from winbuilding. SA did a great job of that for years, but the time has come to make the tough call. If you cant winbuild, you have to reshape things.

Funny how the leadership has gone from continuity and being paid for that, to now being paid just not to fracture the locker room since they can’t impact actual winning.

Catering to Aldridge after he asked for a trade was the beginning of the end for the culture, tbh. One of the least Spurs-y moves I could imagine.

[Harry Callahan]

No, LJ. I'm tired of him never looking like he minds losing anymore. There was a time he would have been pissed after a game like this.

If we're talking weird phenomena, let's talk about Pop closing with Forbes and Beli over and over again, losing games because of it, and getting B's. This is not the same Greg Popovich we used to rave about. It's just not.

Pop has "evolved" culturally and basketball just isn't all that important anymore. He may realize the roster is bad and just stopped being invested even though he is in the top 2-3 in coaching salaries.

It's really kind of sad that he as lost it.

[ZeusWillJudge]

:pop: "...just, flat, shooting ability. They just knocked them down."


And it sounded like a reporter asked him about his moment after the game. But, hey, it's only Spurs fans who notice things like that. :pop: "He's a fine coach, a good friend. Just really happy for the way they're playing."

No trace of the redass at all. I'm glad he's finally at peace. Now move the fuck on.

[tholdren]

Forbes replaced 6 min left in 3rd spurs up 20. Forbes back in 9mi left in 4th down 3....

[emanueldavidginobili]

Forbes 29 minutes..White 19 Lmao. I don’t care if White goes 0-12 no way Forbes should play 10 more minutes than him

[sasaint]

Part of me thinks Pop is doing this in purpose. Because I can't think of a more plausible one.

I have been going back and forth on that question virtually all season. It's almost gotta be a tank... doesn't it?

[UZER]

Spurs fans not getting mad at Pop for his coaching decisions is even more baffling :lol

My man, quick question now that you have popped up like a whack a mole: Is there any circumstance where keeping DeRozan this next season makes sense to you (or more so, giving him more money)?

He always has to find something random to have a passive aggressive snooty take with fans here. :lol

[tholdren]

Forbes 29 minutes..White 19 Lmao. I don’t care if White goes 0-12 no way Forbes should play 10 more minutes than him
Lol

[gambit1990]

pop doesn't have dante cunningham and quincy pondexter to carry him to the playoffs.

[boutons_deux]

Choker Lamar having a hot shooting night then bricks two free throws with 6 minutes left

[tholdren]

Odd that forbes was out during that 23 pt run.... yet his defense leads to spurs losses. Strange really.

[SpurPadre]

Odd that forbes was out during that 23 pt run.... yet his defense leads to spurs losses. Strange really.

No it's not. He's not the only scrub on this roster. He's just the worst one.

[tholdren]

No it's not. He's not the only scrub on this roster. He's just the worst one.
Still doesnt line up with your posts that his defense is what causes spurs to lose.... rather than terrible team defense... but go on

[tholdren]

Odd that forbes was out during that 23 pt run.... yet his defense leads to spurs losses. Strange really.
Pretty quiet around spurstalk when facts are used...

[KimmyGib]

As for Pop seeming carefree, I suspect it's an act, and he's actually quite frustrated, tbh. I believe the reports that said Spurs obsessed with making the playoffs. I think it means a great deal to Gregg. Since the big 3 retiring, the Kawhi fiasco, failing with team USA, he just hasn't looked good. Now he's facing the end of the playoff streak. Just a low all around way for his career to end. He doesn't seem to have it anymore, yet he still thinks he does. It's a tough pill to swallow for any man. He does have enough experience and self-awareness to know to play it cool, however.

[SpurPadre]

Still doesnt line up with your posts that his defense is what causes spurs to lose.... rather than terrible team defense... but go on

I haven't exactly raved about the team's defense independent of Forbes. It sucks with or without him. It's a horribly constructed team.

[hoopdreams11]

Is he playing belli and forbes so they can get bought out and go to a playoff team?

[Chinook]

I'll take the eighth seed almost every lottery pick. But I'll take a high lottery pick over a low one. I don't believe SA can beat enough teams to get to the playoffs at this point, so I'm not really interested in them winning games. If they can manage to tank without trading away any of their better players, that's only a good thing. I was actually pretty annoyed to see them up in this game, because it's not worth beating good teams but losing to bad and mediocre ones. Realistically, the Spurs have a chance to get to seventh or eighth in the pick order. That would give them an okay chance at a top-four pick. That's the goal at this point. Should have traded Gay and Carroll. But nothing to do about that now.

[timvp]

No, LJ. I'm tired of him never looking like he minds losing anymore. There was a time he would have been pissed after a game like this.Pop storming off kicking rocks ended in like 1999, tbh. Since then, he's gone over to the other coach with a smile on his face 95% of the time regardless of a win or loss.


If we're talking weird phenomena, let's talk about Pop closing with Forbes and Beli over and over again, losing games because of it, and getting B's.

Any links?

[Harry Callahan]

The Spurs have nothing to hang their hat on right now. They are below average in just about every category aside from free throw percentage. I don't know. I'm just not used to seeing a Spurs team that has no clue. And yet - here we are.

[sasaint]

The Spurs have nothing to hang their hat on right now. They are below average in just about every category aside from free throw percentage. I don't know. I'm just not used to seeing a Spurs team that has no clue. And yet - here we are.

Average?! Dude, that's up on the curb and we are in the gutter.

[leo07251413]

I'm so tilted.
I'm so freak'in tilted.

[Harry Callahan]

Average?! Dude, that's up on the curb and we are in the gutter.

"Below Average". Please read what I actually posted. They ain't cuttin' it. Am I clear to you now?

[Harry Callahan]

I feel bad for LJ having to grade this hot mess of a team. The website content is really improved this year with the game by game grades and other stuff - then the the team is in the dumpster. Too bad.

[SAGirl]

I'll take the eighth seed almost every lottery pick. But I'll take a high lottery pick over a low one. I don't believe SA can beat enough teams to get to the playoffs at this point, so I'm not really interested in them winning games. If they can manage to tank without trading away any of their better players, that's only a good thing. I was actually pretty annoyed to see them up in this game, because it's not worth beating good teams but losing to bad and mediocre ones. Realistically, the Spurs have a chance to get to seventh or eighth in the pick order. That would give them an okay chance at a top-four pick. That's the goal at this point. Should have traded Gay and Carroll. But nothing to do about that now.
You were up in that other thread about the Spurs winning 35 games and how that was easier to get up from to 45 or whatever and I was thinking and told DPG you can’t assume they will even win 35 while being mostly healthy all season. This is not a good team.

Having said that, Spurs FO should have recognized that a rebuild is required and acted accordingly. At this point I don’t know what is on their minds. I assume resigning Forbes bc he is so key (to the tank).

[duncan2k5]

We haven't even gotten through a quarter, brah.

Although it is pretty funny Mah Touches is playing like Portland Aldridge now. :lol

Keep telling u guys LMA can't play well with another star...he needs to be traded

[sasaint]

"Below Average". Please read what I actually posted. They ain't cuttin' it. Am I clear to you now?

:lol I've been going off half-cocked tonight. Yeah, we are on pretty much the same page. "Below average" seems pretty euphemistic, though.

[DPG21920]

I'll take the eighth seed almost every lottery pick. But I'll take a high lottery pick over a low one. I don't believe SA can beat enough teams to get to the playoffs at this point, so I'm not really interested in them winning games. If they can manage to tank without trading away any of their better players, that's only a good thing. I was actually pretty annoyed to see them up in this game, because it's not worth beating good teams but losing to bad and mediocre ones. Realistically, the Spurs have a chance to get to seventh or eighth in the pick order. That would give them an okay chance at a top-four pick. That's the goal at this point. Should have traded Gay and Carroll. But nothing to do about that now.

I will take the 8th seed if it’s a team worth investing into with a positive trajectory and winning record. I will no take the 8th seed by being a bad team that happens to be less worse.

Both 8th seed scenarios yet very different with regards to what you should value IMO.

[Slippy]

Pretty quiet around spurstalk when facts are used...

Don't confuse quiet for most spurs fans ignoring you especially with anything to do with basketball. Your boxscore watching rants are what i would call "low IQ"

[Spurtacular]

Just watching the highlights and it seems that Forbes played most or all of the 4th as the Spurs lost 38-27. I don't understand Gregg starting Forbes. But I especially don't understand him playing down the stretch when stops are as valuable as buckets if not more so. :bang

[duncan2k5]

Right, and he outplayed Lonnie.

What do u expect from a young player that hardly ever plays? To light it up everytime? The dude took like 4 shots...

[duncan2k5]

That didn't happen

Yes it did...they have a -18 +/- while Murray and others were in the positive...the lead evaporated when those guys were in the game

[duncan2k5]

Part of me thinks Pop is doing this in purpose. Because I can't think of a more plausible one.

Nah...he lost it... evidenced by him leaving Bam off the national team

[TimDunkem]

Nah...he lost it... evidenced by him leaving Bam off the national team

Never forget. Plumlee over Bam and White over Fox.