Game Thread: Spurs vs Mavs — Jan. 22, 2021 - 7:30pm CT

[$pursDynasty]

Not when we have biggest choke artist in the league as our first option.

This DePression is depressing me

[duncan2k5]

Typical DeMar

[tmtcsc]

Garbage. Need a 3 & Derozan handles the ball & shoots a two. Patty guarding Luka when they need absolutely need a stop. SMH. Fuck this team, man. Prisoners to two shitty ass vets.

[Capt Bringdown]

How many times have we seen this movie?

[Dancelot]

What a horrible sequence of events in that last 30 seconds. DeRozen smh.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

:lol that’s what happens when Derozan is your closer

[LeBowen]

Idk why are you guys complaining.
Tank commander doing everything he's supposed to.

[Kurgan]

Spurs had more than enough opportunities and Dumbar choked. Game over. Onto the next.

FIX'D

[timtonymanu]

God, it's gonna be like last year where this team didn't suck enough to get a top pick because they can't decide if they want to be a good team or a bad team and are just stuck on mediocrity at best.

[212094ever]

Fucking piece of trash, get him off this team

[KaiRMD1]

I see Derozan bringing that Toronto bullshit here so that's great

[boutons_deux]

DDR choked lifetime loser

[Uriel]

We probably win this game with Murray, IMO. And definitely win with Murray and White. We're the better team.

[timtonymanu]

:lol that’s what happens when Derozan is your closer

:cry but we should max him cause he played well with these guys in the bubble

[Blackhaus]

Hey I got a crazy idea, maybe at the end of close games the Spurs don’t always have to isso derozan so he can fail??

[Mugen]

Like why would dumbass Demar be in on this defensive possession and not Devin? It's stupid small shit like that that's cost them titles :lol

[Atl Spur]

I’m more upset with the lazy ass defense.

[KaiRMD1]

If we keep any vet, it should be Rudy

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Get him the fuck off the team Jesus Christ :lol I’d rather have the ball in Rudy gays hands down the stretch than Derozan

[$pursDynasty]

ST used to crucify MVParker back in the day but far less vitriol on DePression

[Thomas82]

God, it's gonna be like last year where this team didn't suck enough to get a top pick because they can't decide if they want to be a good team or a bad team and are just stuck on mediocrity at best.

That's the worst position to be in.

[GreekSpursfan]

Too many injury prone mofos on our team, tank for ffs. Whatever, on to the next one

[Kurgan]

God, it's gonna be like last year where this team didn't suck enough to get a top pick because they can't decide if they want to be a good team or a bad team and are just stuck on mediocrity at best.

Like I said at the start of the season....we're a treadmill team. Not good enough for playoffs. Not bad enough for a top pick. Look forward to drafting another Lonnie tier player in the 10-15 range instead of a potential franchise player.

[mo7888]

I hate this game...I hate we just let ddr go 1 on 1 every play... I hate we are playing the 4 vets down the stretch...

[slick'81]

Demar fucking defrozen

[Floyd Pacquiao]

:cry but we should max him cause he played well with these guys in the bubble
:lol it was the worst thing possible for him to play well in that bubble

[Barfunk]

I put this on Pop for continuously putting the team in a position to fail, night in and night out.

[Dverde]

Like why would dumbass Demar be in on this defensive possession and not Devin? It's stupid small shit like that that's cost them titles :lol

Poop going with his gut

[RC_Drunkford]

Hey I got a crazy idea, maybe at the end of close games the Spurs don’t always have to isso derozan so he can fail??

"that wouldn't be fair to the other guys" :pop:

[Robz4000]

ST used to crucify MVParker back in the day but far less vitriol on DePression

I've never given Parker as much shit as I give DePression. This dude is a cancer and complete loser.

:lmao as I type this he wastes clock to pad his stats

[Dancelot]

I like DeRozen okay in all but I’m tired of living and dying by him in a close game, it NEVER ends well. It’s always just iso and fucking chokes every time

[slick'81]

:lol Derozan as your #1 option

[emanueldavidginobili]

Pop treats DeMar like one of the Goats, it's sad to watch. Dude can get away with murder.

[timtonymanu]

Like I said at the start of the season....we're a treadmill team. Not good enough for playoffs. Not bad enough for a top pick. Look forward to drafting another Lonnie tier player in the 10-15 range instead of a potential franchise player.

It's exactly like last year. This team puts together a nice stretch and then follow it up with a losing streak. Rinse and repeat and we get a .400 record at best.

[itzsoweezee]

On the one hand, Spurs are one game closer to a lottery pick in an elite draft. On the other hand, I’ve got to watch a washed up scrub lose the game rather than watch young guys getting more reps. Also, Spurs ended up getting nothing for 2 expiring contracts that have no useful role on the team lol

[tmtcsc]

So the Spurs choke this fucking game away under Demar's chucking & afterward's we'll hear from Pop that they didn't quit and kept competing so he's "proud of them in that regard" bullshit. That shit is old and stale. Man up & play hard the entire fucking game. Luka toyed with them and the outcome was never in doubt.

[Monostradamus]

We have Luka. You don’t.

Enjoy being little brother for a while.

[timtonymanu]

I can shit on Pop about his coaching, but he does it to himself on a nightly basis at this point.

[RC_Drunkford]

Flopovich not calling any plays but DeRozan iso's in crunch time makes no sense whatsoever. Most overrated coach in NBA history

[$pursDynasty]

MVParker was a killer and helped us get chips DePression just depresses ST. Except for that bubble fool's gold

[Uriel]

In hindsight, those long replay reviews by the refs iced our momentum and allowed the Mavs to recover.

[$pursDynasty]

We have Luka. You don’t.

Enjoy being little brother for a while.

Big brothers win titles right now we are twins.

[BlackAndWhite]

Spurs needs White and Murray back

[BillMc]

Well, that wasn't what I wanted.

[itzsoweezee]

Demar’s loser nature was plainly obvious after that first playoff series. Spurs should’ve jumped ship that offseason but pop is a fucking moron

[Kurgan]

ST used to crucify MVParker back in the day but far less vitriol on DePression

Higher expectations back then for winning. Heartbreak from losing Nephew and three years of losing Demar ball has worn down the fanbase to the point where most of us don't care anymore. There are even some of us so desperate for the faintest trace of a star player that they actually want to extend Demar. It's like Stockholm Syndrome.

[Darius Bieber]

Fade for Cade back on the menu boys.

[Degoat]

Every game is so brutal lol I really think DWhite will fix a lot of problems when he’s back but then again I’d rather us trade some of the vets

[ace3g]

welp, I'm done making game threads for a few months...

[mo7888]

Are there any teams that want to give up an asset for expiring contracts? Anybody?

[Chinook]

Missing shots is fine.

Missing free throws is unfortunate but what can you do?

Taking every shot down the stretch with no action is unforgiveable. Somehow, despite having a legit MVP candidate and multiple players who could be described as chuckers, Carlisle still manages to run an offense. Why can't Pop do anything but call isos down the stretch?

[poopbox]

I like DeRozen okay in all but I’m tired of living and dying by him in a close game, it NEVER ends well. It’s always just iso and fucking chokes every time

Luckily for you after this season you won't have to see it anymore :lol

Just going to have to find a way to endure it for 50 more games :lol

[$pursDynasty]

There was a reason Raptors more than happy to part with DePression but refused Pascal and OG

[FkLA]

Is it really too much to ask to just throw your best horses at their best horses? Patty and Lonnie on Doncic all night was beyond stupid.

Aldridge is dead weight. Horrible defender. Not good enough on offense anymore.

[Kurgan]

Derozan's style of play is like having zombie Kobe on your team....that's not a good thing.

[Monostradamus]

Is it really too much to ask to just throw your best horses at their best horses? Patty and Lonnie on Doncic all night was beyond stupid.

Aldridge is dead weight. Horrible defender. Not good enough on offense anymore.
:lmao beaten by a fat slovenian

[$pursDynasty]

Is it really too much to ask to just throw your best horses at their best horses? Patty and Lonnie on Doncic all night was beyond stupid.

Aldridge is dead weight. Horrible defender. Not good enough on offense anymore.
LA you going at LMA when it was DePression stinking up the joint

[Dverde]

We should give Demar the Pau Gasol Chicago treatment. Bench him the fourth, let him get his 20 points during the rest of the game.

[$pursDynasty]

I have no problems with LMA's game tonight. He covered Luka as well as any other Spur tonight and his offense was fine.

[r0drig0lac]

since the beginning of the Bryn Forbes era, Pop has failed to build a decent defensive system, and now he can't even create a reasonable offensive system, just retire and let this team go its way.

[Monostradamus]

Big brothers win titles right now we are twins.
You’re little brother now. Stay in denial if you want, but you know.

[Kurgan]

since the beginning of the Bryn Forbes era, Pop has failed to build a decent defensive system, and now he can't even create a reasonable offensive system, just retire and let this team go its way.

If his wife hadn't passed away, he most likely would have retired. He's a lonely old man without the daily grind of coaching basketball. I feel like he's gonna keep on coaching because there's nothing else in his life.

[FkLA]

LA you going at LMA when it was DePression stinking up the joint

Not really. DD played a big role in the come back. But per usual, a missed shot or missed FT late in the game and ST gets tunnel vision and only focuses on that. I also agree with others, that the lack of action in late game situations is on Pop just as much as it is on DD.

DD is still in his prime or very close to it. He's flawed but still does more good than bad. LA, even on a night like today when he shoots unusually well, gives it all back on the other end. Wish they'd just give him to POR.

[FkLA]

If his wife hadn't passed away, he most likely would have retired. He's a lonely old man without the daily grind of coaching basketball. I feel like he's gonna keep on coaching because there's nothing else in his life.

Dude dont be a fucking idiot. Theres a lot to dislike about his coaching but to turn it so personal like that is stupid.

[FkLA]

:lmao beaten by a fat slovenian

I dont like him. Its really annoying when a guy is both really good and a whiny, fat bitch.

[PhantomDashCam]

This game was lost in the first half.
The boys may have competed down the stretch but it felt like Dallas was unimpeded for the majority of the game.

If Dejounte is to miss significant time, Mills and Vassell should start with Lonnie heading to the bench.

[NASpurs]

:lmao beaten by a fat slovenian

Speaking of fat Slovenians, is Luka still running the Spurstalk server?

[J_Paco]

Defense was ass all night until the 4th quarter.

I do agree that Keldon & Vassell should have been on Luka more often, but two of our other best perimeter defenders were out.

DeMar pounding the ball in crunch time and not looking to set anyone up (for an open three) was disheartening. I'm so ready for him to be off the team.

[Kurgan]

Dude dont be a fucking idiot. Theres a lot to dislike about his coaching but to turn it so personal like that is stupid.

There's nothing personal about what I said. It was an observation. I've seen this shit happen in real life.

[Kurgan]

LA you going at LMA when it was DePression stinking up the joint

Can't reason with him. He's part of the "extend Demar" crew.

[$pursDynasty]

You’re little brother now. Stay in denial if you want, but you know.

Luka is the truth. However what made us the big brother if not your daddy is we would follow up Spanking the Mavs with battlin the Lakers for chips.

[FkLA]

There's nothing personal about what I said. It was an observation. I've seen this shit happen in real life.

Theres a way to get that opinion across without sounding like an asshole. Its (at best) insensitive to call him a "lonely old man with nothing else in his life". At worst, it makes you come off like a POS.

And tbh, as much as I've not been a fan of his coaching the past two seasons, he's earned the right to retire when he wants.

[daslicer]

I remember as a kid always feeling when Michael Jordan got the ball under pressure in the fourth that he was going to score. I get the opposite feeling with Demar in the sense I always feel he's going to miss a freethrow or shot under pressure and about 90 percent of the time he does.

[FkLA]

I remember as a kid always feeling when Michael Jordan got the ball under pressure in the fourth that he was going to score. I get the opposite feeling with Demar in the sense I always feel he's going to miss a freethrow or shot under pressure and about 90 percent of the time he does.

There's a few guys that are killers in the clutch and statistics back it up. DD definitely isn't one of those guys. But he's also not a guy that "fails" 90% of the time either. A lot of it is media/fan driven reputation. Kobe's "clutchness" was glorified, like he was some cold blooded assassin...but statistically he was zactually terrible.

My guess is DeMar has actually been one of the better 4th Qtr performers this year.

[duncan2k5]

God, it's gonna be like last year where this team didn't suck enough to get a top pick because they can't decide if they want to be a good team or a bad team and are just stuck on mediocrity at best.
I predicted this years ago and was attacked...ppl love bashing me when I predict these things, but when they come to pass, no one ever gives me props for being right

[duncan2k5]

Big brothers win titles right now we are twins.

This was pretty funny...lol

[duncan2k5]

There's a few guys that are killers in the clutch and statistics back it up. DD definitely isn't one of those guys. But he's also not a guy that "fails" 90% of the time either. A lot of it is media/fan driven reputation. Kobe's "clutchness" was glorified, like he was some cold blooded assassin...but statistically he was zactually terrible.

My guess is DeMar has actually been one of the better 4th Qtr performers this year.

Derozan's burner account confirmed

[daslicer]

There's a few guys that are killers in the clutch and statistics back it up. DD definitely isn't one of those guys. But he's also not a guy that "fails" 90% of the time either. A lot of it is media/fan driven reputation. Kobe's "clutchness" was glorified, like he was some cold blooded assassin...but statistically he was zactually terrible.

My guess is DeMar has actually been one of the better 4th Qtr performers this year.

I have known that for years that Kobe wasn't clutch. I was a big time Kobe hater throughout his career so I remember a bunch of times where he missed a game tying or game winning shot.

[Slippy]

Awful loss.. scores suggest closer game but spurs played from behind whole game. Needed stops every quarter to get back into it. POP response would be to trot out more of Patty and Rudy. Minus DJ , making inroads to their score never haappened

[SpurPadre]

I predicted this years ago and was attacked...ppl love bashing me when I predict these things, but when they come to pass, no one ever gives me props for being right

The main beef people have with you is your inexplicable justification of that piece of shit Load Management.

[lefty]

Coming into the season, who had DJ as (arguably) the most consistent Spur?

Nice jinx

[Obi Juan Kenobi]

DeMar has always been an empty calories player sadly...

[SpurPadre]

There's a few guys that are killers in the clutch and statistics back it up. DD definitely isn't one of those guys. But he's also not a guy that "fails" 90% of the time either. A lot of it is media/fan driven reputation. Kobe's "clutchness" was glorified, like he was some cold blooded assassin...but statistically he was zactually terrible.

My guess is DeMar has actually been one of the better 4th Qtr performers this year.

https://www.nba.com/stats/players/traditional/?sort=FG_PCT&dir=-1&Season=2020-21&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&CF=FG_PCT_RANK*E*&Period=4

Nope.

[tbdog]

Unfortunately our defensive strategy is still poor. They have a legit MVP. We had some unlucky bounces too down the stretch.

[ace3g]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsZd4pQW8AAjaJl?format=png&name=large

[Fireball]

horrible first three quarters ... losing Dejounte hurt the rotations badly ... Keldon attacked but his three point shot is gone ... teams will adjust to that ... seeing Patty on Doncic rather than Vassell is just travesty

[Thomas82]

We have the 3-8 Wizards up next on the schedule. I would honestly be shocked if this was another L.

[RC_Drunkford]

We have the 3-8 Wizards up next on the schedule. I would honestly be shocked if this was another L.

I wouldn’t

[NASpurs]

We have the 3-8 Wizards up next on the schedule. I would honestly be shocked if this was another L.

Why? We lost to the TWolves without KAT and a completely gutted Rockets team. :lol

[Robz4000]

Why? We lost to the TWolves without KAT and a completely gutted Rockets team. :lol

They also haven't played in almost two weeks and won't have Westbrick shitting things up. Not to mention it'll be Bertans' revenge game.

[horseshue]

They also haven't played in almost two weeks and won't have Westbrick shitting things up. Not to mention it'll be Bertans' revenge game.

Bert got paid because of that trade. There is nothing to revenge for. 80 mil baby.

[Robz4000]

Bert got paid because of that trade. There is nothing to revenge for. 80 mil baby.

Bruh, he got dumped for nothing to a true bottom-feeder.

[8sy21vd]

Seeing Gay, Aldridge, Derozan and Mills close was really depressing especially Derozan's iso ball down the stretch. We've seen that movie over and over and it's losing bball. This team feels like that movie Groundhog Day. Bill Murray keeps finding new ways to die lol

[NASpurs]

They also haven't played in almost two weeks and won't have Westbrick shitting things up. Not to mention it'll be Bertans' revenge game.

:lol like 9/10 of their team is out, it would be pretty embarassing losing this one.

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[Robz4000]

:lol like 9/10 of their team is out, it would be pretty embarassing losing this one.

1353115345704382466

Wonder if the game will happen then. Heard last night that a lot of those guys were out of quarantine tomorrow, but if not then they don't have enough players.

Edit: just saw they signed Jordan Bell and Alex Len to get enough players. Spurs are gonna get Houston'd tomorrow.

[Darius Bieber]

Watching the Rockets demolishing the Mavs kinda shows how bad we are.

[spurs10]

We need to win mañana!

[NASpurs]

Watching the Rockets demolishing the Mavs kinda shows how bad we are.

And the Jazz currently beating the Warriors by 40 while the Warriors made us look like bitches.

[SpurPadre]

And the Jazz currently beating the Warriors by 40 while the Warriors made us look like bitches.

Our win vs. the Lakers was simply a trap game for them. Our win vs. the Clips was simply the team always trying to prove a point and play like Game 7 vs. Load Management.

[Slippy]

Our win vs. the Lakers was simply a trap game for them. Our win vs. the Clips was simply the team always trying to prove a point and play like Game 7 vs. Load Management.

How lucky are we as spurs fans to have you explain those wins from the other teams perspective, particularly how they feeling .:D

[FkLA]

lol like the transitive property means anything

[Dancelot]

And the Jazz currently beating the Warriors by 40 while the Warriors made us look like bitches.
Kinda feel like the warriors were high off that lakers win and it carried over to when they played us. But still, yeah, not good.