Game Thread: Spurs @ Sixers — Sun. 3/14/2021 - 5:30pm CST

[BatManu20]

Happy Daylight Savings boys. We’re in Philly tonight to take on a Sixers teams who has won 4 straight, but will be without Embiid for the next 3 weeks. Tough matchup regardless with Ben Simmons, Tobias Harris, & co leading the way. Let’s get it.


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Game will be televised on NBATV tonight. Simmons returns tonight after missing the last 2 games with an injury.

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[spurs1990]

Leading scorer out again. Good game for experience for the others to pick up the scoring slack

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[GAustex]

Looking forward to the young ones playing without their DDR security blanket

[BatManu20]

No DDR = Lonnie needs to show up and ball out. He’ll get his opportunities. Hopefully he capitalizes on them.

[John B]

Lonnie beast mode, check. Luka needs minutes for Spurs to dominate the paint. Spurs by 6 :flag::flag::flag:

[PrimeMinister]

If Spurs pull out a win tonight without Derozan, and especially if it's a convincing win behind the DJ/Derrick backcourt leading the way in scoring, I'm pulling out the hot takes baby.

[KingKev]

DJ/DW/Keldon need to come out with a killer mentality. Concerning Yak; great opportunity to prove his spot and to show LMA he ain’t nuthin. Hopefully Pop got wine drunk last night and is too hungover to out coach himself. Tonight is for our young fellas!! GSG

[Dex]

No DDR = Lonnie needs to show up and ball out. He’ll get his opportunities. Hopefully he capitalizes on them.

I'll believe it when I see it.

I like Lonnie, but this season has really soured me on his abilities.

The physical ability is there, but he completely lacks the "it" factor which made guys like Manu and Tony great despite not being supreme talents.

[RC_Drunkford]

This is likely a loss. I’m pretty sure Lyles gets the start again

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

I'll believe it when I see it.

I like Lonnie, but this season has really soured me on his abilities.

The physical ability is there, but he completely lacks the "it" factor which made guys like Manu and Tony great despite not being supreme talents.

Tony was so fast though

[Dex]

Tony was so fast though

Lonnie is fast, too.

But whenever he gets 3 feet from the basket, he decides to bail out instead of taking upon himself to make a play.

That is the "it" factor I am talking about. Manu and Tony weren't afraid to try, win or lose.

Lonnie still seems like he is just trying to avoid making mistakes.

[SpurSpike]

Lonnie is fast, too.

But whenever he gets 3 feet from the basket, he decides to bail out instead of taking upon himself to make a play.

That is the "it" factor I am talking about. Manu and Tony weren't afraid to try, win or lose.

Lonnie still seems like he is just trying to avoid making mistakes.

Part of that in on Pop imo. I think he still haunts the back of Lonnie's mind but I don't think that's a bad thing either. Once Lonnie shakes that short leash mentality, he will be a better player in the end because of it.

[John B]

I'll believe it when I see it.

I like Lonnie, but this season has really soured me on his abilities.

The physical ability is there, but he completely lacks the "it" factor which made guys like Manu and Tony great despite not being supreme talents.

Tony led the NBA in pg% amidst trees and despite his height. That’s supreme talent. And Manu had the wicked passes and the Eurostep. I think you meant not having freakish athleticism. Still TP was the fastest on the court. But agree Lonnie doesn’t have the alpha mentality, he’s okay with being a supporting cast.

[John B]

This is likely a loss. I’m pretty sure Lyles gets the start again
Agree. It’s frustrating that Pop insist on the Patty/Gay/Lyles approach despite the athletic long guards and mobile bigs who can run with the best of them. Defense and transition offense. And use Patty as spot shorter only never a closer.

[DAF86]

I'll believe it when I see it.

I like Lonnie, but this season has really soured me on his abilities.

The physical ability is there, but he completely lacks the "it" factor which made guys like Manu and Tony great despite not being supreme talents.

When you say "without being supreme talents" you mean "without being supreme athletes", right? Because these guys were ubber talented, tbh. Specially Manu. Shooting, passing, dribling, finishing, foot work.There wasn't much technically he couldn't do, tbh.

[Dejounte]

https://twitter.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1371215145188352008?s=19

[PhantomDashCam]

If Spurs pull out a win tonight without Derozan, and especially if it's a convincing win behind the DJ/Derrick backcourt leading the way in scoring, I'm pulling out the hot takes baby.

I like it! Top 5 Backcourt perhaps? Philly's matchup zone with Thybulle, Simmons as the Spearheads can be absolutely devastating. DJ gotta to be ready to shoot some 3s tonight without hesitation.


https://youtu.be/YbPeaiNvP0A

[mo7888]

https://twitter.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1371215145188352008?s=19

I hope we're showcasing Trey... it's not that I just want to move on from him it's that pop is being stubborn about his role vs Luka's role..

[Dex]

Tony led the NBA in pg% amidst trees and despite his height. That’s supreme talent. And Manu had the wicked passes and the Eurostep. I think you meant not having freakish athleticism. Still TP was the fastest on the court. But agree Lonnie doesn’t have the alpha mentality, he’s okay with being a supporting cast.


When you say "without being supreme talents" you mean "without being supreme athletes", right? Because these guys were ubber talented, tbh. Specially Manu. Shooting, passing, dribling, finishing, foot work.There wasn't much technically he couldn't do, tbh.

Yes, I should have clarified.

I think of "supreme talent" as being the greats....Timmy, Jordan, Lebron, Kobe, Robinson, etc.

Tony wasn't a supreme talent, but he was bull-headed enough to affect any game he played and wasn't afraid to go into the paint and finish amongst the bigs.

Manu wasn't a supreme talent, but he was so confident in his ability that he didn't care if he made a bad play, because he would follow it up with a great one.

Lonnie needs more of that in him if he wants to be a star. Otherwise, he can be content being just another decent player in the NBA.

[KobesAchilles]

Why tf is Trey Lyles starting? How many games does he have to prove that he sucks and is useless? I’d rather start Rudy Gay over him tbh. Luka needs ALL of Lyles minutes.

[RC_Drunkford]

Why tf is Trey Lyles starting? How many games does he have to prove that he sucks and is useless? I’d rather start Rudy Gay over him tbh. Luka needs ALL of Lyles minutes.

Classic Flopovich. No surprise here.

[RC_Drunkford]

Watch out for Philly's 2-3 zone, their zone defense is elite. Should give our guys a ton of problems


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbPeaiNvP0A

[ace3g]

It's annoying when your provider doesn't air the #Spurs (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Spurs) games on FSSW yet it is also on @NBATV (https://twitter.com/NBATV/) but blacked out because it is on FSSW...

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Just found loophole, You can still watch the live stream via the official NBATV website.

[ace3g]

Danny Green better be more icy than hot tonight.

[stephen jackson]

Get trey tf outta here man

[Robz4000]

LDN going for 50.

[BatManu20]

Trey must have nudes of the old man or something. Only explanation for him starting so much.

[RC_Drunkford]

2013 Danny showing up

[r0drig0lac]

good start for White, Murray and Danny

[BatManu20]

Danny green 4/4 & 3/3 from 3 because of course he is :lol

[r0drig0lac]

Trey must have nudes of the old man or something. Only explanation for him starting so much.
the new Bryn Forbes

[EasyMoney]

I keep forgetting that trey lyles is out there.

[Robz4000]

Trey must have nudes of the old man or something. Only explanation for him starting so much.

Guess Forbes gave them to him.

[RC_Drunkford]

White had an open jumper and thought it was smart to give the ball to Turtle so he can throw up a brick

[NASpurs]

So it's bad enough that Poeltl doesn't do shit on the offensive end but it's compounded when Lyles isn't doing jack shit either. Just play Luka, old man. Jesus

[RC_Drunkford]

watch us go on a run as soon as Trey Lyles sits

[J_Paco]

Danny green 4/4 & 3/3 from 3 because of course he is :lol

Dude has turned into a 'Spurs Killer' after being dumped by Pop/the Spurs. :lol:lol:lol

Philly has been a tough match up, recently. Not sure Patty & Rudy will provide the defense necessary to slow Philly down.

Terrible turnover, Patty, and turns into a three - pointers on the other end.

[BatManu20]

White had an open jumper and thought it was smart to give the ball to Turtle so he can throw up a brick


White playing like a scrub is killing us. He’s been out for a while so I’m giving him a pass but dude has zero confidence in his shot right now. I’m sure it’ll improve with time but it’s killing us offensively at the moment, especially with how much he shoots.

[ace3g]

jeez Simmons almost took out 3 of our players...

[ace3g]

Damn Jakob tried to answer with a big dunk but couldn't finish...

[EasyMoney]

Why does Lonnie continue to play hot potatoes with the ball when he's in the air

[BlackAndWhite]

He's not strong enough

[GB20]

I fucking wish Pop plays Luka really.

[J_Paco]

Damn, gotta get some defensive stops and stop shooting so many mid - range J's.

Dwight sees Jakob & immediately starts catching lobs and block Poeltl at the rim. Just a horrible match up and why we need an athletic back up that can match his archetype.

I wish Eubanks could be that guy, but he still isn't skilled enough, IMO.

[r0drig0lac]

I love how our players really think Jakob is capable of receiving passes at any angle.

[KobesAchilles]

2 things, I hate today’s nba. Derrick had a wide open lay up but took the wide open 3 instead.
And secondly, Poeltl sucks offensively. I guess I should be happy he attempted a dunk. But if the dude literally took one step in, Rudy Gay could’ve given him a wide open dunk instead of a tip ball out of bounds.

[ace3g]

Eubanks with a twisting reverse layup

[NASpurs]

We got the shitty old Rudy tonight.

[BatManu20]

Turnovers killing the Spurs.

[stephen jackson]

Damn we suck running around like chickens with our heads cut off, this team isn’t as athletic as we think when we see really athletic teams

[heyheymymy]

Yikes

[stephen jackson]

And doc pulling a pop green was in fire and pulled him the whole quarter lol

[BatManu20]

Sixers finish the quarter on an 18-6 run.

[NASpurs]

I mean, I guess it's not as bad as it could be if Icy Hot didn't start nailing everything from the beginning.

[Slippy]

Awful finish to the 1st.. Patty trying to make plays when you have DJ and Lonnie out there.

[Degoat]

Sigh Lonnie & Patty suck...

[KobesAchilles]

I’m ready to trade all our vets. Time to send the horses to that day camp in another state...

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Tired of patty mills shit

[LeBowen]

As per usual, if Patty/Rudy aren't hot, our offense is tough to watch.
Without Demar, we don't have a single reliable scorer.

[J_Paco]

All types of discombobulated on offense and defense was some hot shit. Hopefully they have run in them and can get this game tied by halftime.

Again, Eubanks needs to watch how a guy like Dwight makes himself available for the lob pass. Dude has a ton of athleticism and still plays under the rim too much.

[Ditty]

Patty Mills is such shit if he isn’t knocking down shots. Which he shoots too much as it is. Hopefully this finally the year he is finally gone.

[BillMc]

Well, that was an underwhelming quarter

[ace3g]

Well hopefully Spurs have a "league leading 2nd quarter point differential."

[duncan2k5]

Rudy's defense is ass

[PhantomDashCam]

Dwight Howard All-NBA Knob head 1st teamer

[NASpurs]

Did Patty bet on the Sixers tonight?

[RC_Drunkford]

wow Lonnie finished strong through contact

[Slippy]

Sixers toying with the spurs inside... need stops

[stephen jackson]

Lonnie at least being aggressive

[ace3g]

Korkmaz allowed to use off hand apparently...

[LeBowen]

Packaging Patty+Rudy for a first would be a dream.

[boutons_deux]

FG 40% - 56%

[stephen jackson]

Gay ass Dwight dominating us

[RC_Drunkford]

Eubanks with some great passes from the top of the key

[J_Paco]

Eubanks has done a good job battling Dwight.

He still needs to do a better job when rolling to the rim, though.

Two wonderful passes by Eubanks and great cutting/movement off - ball. Definitely want to see more of that.

[Mr. Body]

Shooting really poorly. Mills especially bad.

We should never see Trey Lyles again

[Slippy]

Lonnie attacking and showing a nice midrange game.. where is passive Lonnie.

[stephen jackson]

Where’s Danny been did he get hurt

[Ditty]

Lonnie is such a baller sometimes.

[lefty20]

Lonnie attacking and showing a nice midrange game.. where is passive Lonnie.

Coming off the bench seems to be the right role for him.

[Kurgan]

Pop giving Trey Lyles those Bryn Forbes charity starts. Trying to get him a contract next season

[emanueldavidginobili]

I love Lonnie but damn I just saw that replay of him driving on that fast break against Korkmaz and still managed to fade away on a layup. I wish he had that dog in him to just go through people take the contact and finish strong.

[J_Paco]

Lonnie attacking and showing a nice midrange game.. where is passive Lonnie.

Don't care, TBH! We need this Lonnie and the Lonnie from the last game (played better than his stat line suggested). Of course, I prefer scoring Lonnie so we can eventually dump one or both of Gay and/or Patty with him as the 6th man.

Still, we need him to go and emerge off the bench.

Man, fuck the Curry brothers!

[Mr. Body]

Pop giving Trey Lyles those Bryn Forbes charity starts. Trying to get him a contract next season

It's so gross. Lyles is barely a bench player. Starting him is like playing with four players.

[Mr. Body]

Sweet pass.

[lefty20]

It's comical how bad we are at finishing breaks with an advantage.

[ace3g]

Vassell strips Simmons, White can't finish layup, Simmons makes contested layup ...

[EasyMoney]

Trey lyles has not come back in after his 1st quarter stint

[stephen jackson]

Lonnie :hungry: Ohhh he’s at home

[ace3g]

50/50 balls...

[ace3g]

Lonnie 3!!!

[emanueldavidginobili]

Pull Lonnie when he’s hot! Text book Lmaoo

[ace3g]

Green with that high arching floater...

[Leetonidas]

If Spurs are going up against a team with a former player you can bet they're going to torch us :lol

[Ditty]

Vassel is going to at least be one of the best 3 & D players in the league.

[BatManu20]

Danny shitting on us per par.

[Dejounte]

White having a dominant game defensively

[ace3g]

Also we have to be more disciplined and keep our dribble while looking for passing lanes.

[Slippy]

Danny saving his best game for the spurs..

[r0drig0lac]

White's defensive qi is showing today, and the game is so easy for Loonie that he should be ashamed to show up to play only 1 in each 5 games.

[GB20]

Pull Lonnie when he’s hot! Text book Lmaoo
Pop always does that shit.

[RC_Drunkford]

Poeltl got blocked by the rim :lmao :lmao

[ace3g]

More TOs...

[BatManu20]

White... so bad.

[Ditty]

Well it was nice with Mills and Gay not out there.

[Sugus]

Spicy game so far, can't be mad at this showing. Both teams missing their top players, it's an interesting match. hope we get to see Luka tonight...

[J_Paco]

Poeltl got blocked by the rim :lmao :lmao

Do you have a GIF? I had my head down and missed that play.

And shit like that is exactly why I want a guy like Robert Williams (if Boston is desperate enough to include him in a trade) cause the team completely lacks a lob threat or above the rim playing big.

[LeBowen]

Lonnie? 13pts in 10mins.
Patty? 0pts in 10mins.

Guess who's closing the half out?
Rudy also back in.

God, if Patty signs an extension, which will inevitably happen, we're in for another 4 years of pet favoritism.

[Slippy]

Theres gonna have to be games where Pop needs to go with development over reputation.. he finishing with Rudy and Patty for the half who really arnt showing anything.

[KobesAchilles]

Time to get Collins. Out Poeltl where he belongs- on the bench. Dude is so bad offensively that idgaf what his suckers say, he should NOT be our starting center going forward. Typical vanilla fans though will defend him but he has been shit on offense for like 7 games in a row

[ace3g]

Sixers hitting a lot of tough floater/runners.

More TOs...

[NASpurs]

Poeltl, holy fuck bro

[RC_Drunkford]

Poeltl missed a 1-footer :lmao :lmao

[BatManu20]

Poodle fucking sucks offensively smh.

[RC_Drunkford]

Do you have a GIF? I had my head down and missed that play.

And shit like that is exactly why I want a guy like Robert Williams (if Boston is desperate enough to include him in a trade) cause the team completely lacks a lob threat or above the rim playing big.

no but Bill Land actually said it :lmao He was tryin to do an up and under like Eubanks, but the rim blocked him

[emanueldavidginobili]

Yeah that Lonnie sub was ridiculous.

[J_Paco]

How does Jakob miss that easy bunny or not shot it off the glass?!

Not a good first half and Spurs back down double digits...

Well, likely not anymore. I see Danny still sucks closing out to shooters and contesting.:lol:lol:lol:lol

[212094ever]

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao Poodle

[NASpurs]

:lmao Dwight Howard joining along with the crowd of "referees suck"

My dude forgets he's like 40 now.

[BatManu20]

Spurs bailed out by a bad call. That wasn’t even a foul by Green.

[EasyMoney]

For fuck sake, Jakob.

[r0drig0lac]

although the 76ers defense is elite, Murray has made some questionable decisions today.

[Mugen]

Can't wait for Lonnie to play a competent coach someday tbh.

[emanueldavidginobili]

22 years old and gets 11 minutes in a half when DeMar is out. Especially that he was on fire, it makes no sense.

[BatManu20]

Another poor end to the quarter. Unless one or two guys get hot for us, this is gonna be an L. Sixers play D and we just don’t have the horses offensively.

[PhantomDashCam]

DW getting a ‘Superstar’ call... :wakeup

[Ocotillo]

Rest Patty!

[BillMc]

I want more Lonnie tonight. Any Luka. Those things would make me happy

[BatManu20]

Luka not sniffing the floor again tonight. Good times.

[Ditty]

Another game that our size may help us on defense and Luka has not played one minute again. Yet Patty and Rudy aren't doing shit out there.

[212094ever]

Spurs have a chance if Rudy's corpse doesn't set foot on the court in the second half.

[boutons_deux]

Spurs 40% - 50%

Spurs could have it they could shoot

[PhantomDashCam]

Like Dejounte has said in other game threads about Luka, think there is a concerted effort for the Spurs to hide certain players pre-deadline as to not be included in any LMA trade discussions. Lonnie may be in that boat too.

[Mugen]

You can tell the only thing the old man is concerned about is how quickly he can cross half court to yuck it up with Doc Rivers after this loss :lol

Just a garbage coach, please let it be his final year tbh.

[Mugen]

Like Dejounte has said in other game threads about Luka, think there is a concerted effort for the Spurs to hide certain players pre-deadline as to not be included in any LMA trade discussions. Lonnie may be in that boat too.

That's one of the stupider, non-sensical ways to say "CIA Pop" tbh, pretty impressive.

[J_Paco]

We need Johnson & Murray have a good to decent second half, while Poeltl needs to find his balls on offense.

Less Gay and Mills, more Walker IV & Vassell (not likely). Eubanks was solid but he needs to roll to the rim harder and try to get some easy/junk baskets like Dwight does.

[Degoat]

He’s not the problem but Jakob has to become a better finisher, he’s missed some bunnies at the rim

[Mugen]

Spurs 40% - 50%

Spurs could have it they could shoot

Well one guy is filling it up and shooting it well but he was immediately subbed out after hitting a 3 so the old man's pet vets could continue to shit the bed out there.

[Dejounte]

Like Dejounte has said in other game threads about Luka, think there is a concerted effort for the Spurs to hide certain players pre-deadline as to not be included in any LMA trade discussions. Lonnie may be in that boat too.

I think it may be the opposite for Lonnie... The Spurs might frame it in a way where they could say he has a lot of potential but he just doesn't fit their grand scheme of things if other teams ask why he's being given up.

I'm just spitballing ideas here lmao

Also, really weird to read this game thread where people who've been shitting on Lonnie are pretending to be supporters of his now.

[TheGreatYacht]

Klay Thompson would’ve never gotten the scoring record in a quarter with crater face as his coach :lol

Doc pushing his shit around as per usual. Poeltl also a walking dumpster, again, as per usual. Advanced stat nerds will never live Poeltl’s numbers down as long as I post

[J_Paco]

He’s not the problem but Jakob has to become a better finisher, he’s missed some bunnies at the rim

Crazy that he is extremely efficient, but that is mostly of his limited attempts and taking mostly high percentage shots. Just maddening how soft he can be inside at times, but that's why we need a back up that is an aggressive finisher/lob threat inside.

Please Boston, be stupid enough to include Robert Williams in a trade for LaMarcus Aldridge.

[PhantomDashCam]

I think it may be the opposite for Lonnie... The Spurs might frame it in a way where they could say he has a lot of potential but he just doesn't fit their grand scheme of things if other teams ask why he's being given up.

I'm just spitballing ideas here lmao

Also, really weird to read this game thread where people who've been shitting on Lonnie are pretending to be supporters of his now.

All good. Site is run on people’s opinions. We are never going to be right 100% of the time. I enjoy the discussions nonetheless.

[ace3g]

Terrible start to 3rd...

[ace3g]

Icy/hot....

[SPURt]

Lyles is trash... when will this experiment end?

[EasyMoney]

Took pop 3 minutes 30 seconds before realizing trey is not the answer.

[J_Paco]

Rudy Gay and Lyles don't have it, tonight, but Pop still keeps going to them. SMDH

[YoungbuckMurray]

Can we please end the Lyles experiment and play Luka

[ace3g]

sloppy possessions...

Seth Curry 3...

[ace3g]

Keldon with a big body finish.

[NASpurs]

How the fuck was that a blocking foul on Derrick?!

[ace3g]

I would like to see Luka defending Simmons.

[J_Paco]

Philly just can't miss, man.

[YoungbuckMurray]

Pop get your head out of your ass and play Luka

[NASpurs]

Pop get your head out of your ass and play Luka

Don't worry, he'll get minutes once the game is out of hand soon.

[Mugen]

Imagine starting Trey Lyles in a 2021 NBA game :lol

[Slippy]

First Danny ,now Seth blowing the game open.. just maybe tighten up on these 2 or force someone else yo shoot.. spurs perimeter d always a step behind and jacob needs yo help better.

[ace3g]

I hate when refs out of position make calls like that, he had like 2 players in his line of sight when making that call on White...

[Mugen]

Rudy Gay baby!

[NASpurs]

Shut down Rudy before he blows his trade value like LMA.

[YoungbuckMurray]

Has Rudy done anything positive?

[Walton Buys Off Me]

The questionable coaching from Popovich yet again makes it difficult to watch

Put 100 basketball people in a room and 98/100 would not consider starting Trey Lyles

Yet it’s wash, rinse and repeat with Pop

No logical reason why Lyles is starting, no logical reason why Walker isn’t getting more minutes and no logical reason why Gay continues to see minutes over Vassell and Samanic

It’s maddening

Time for a new coach who can adapt to modern NBA

[boutons_deux]

Spurs just aren't very good, at best average. don't have the horses

[RC_Drunkford]

great rebound there by Turtle. Tipping the ball to the Sixers big man so he can show him how to make a lay up :lmao

[Mugen]

Gonna see a ton of Lonnie and Luka tonight thankfully!

[BatManu20]

This is depressing.

[Robz4000]

Too many dead weight players getting too many minutes.

[YoungbuckMurray]

The questionable coaching from Popovich yet again makes it difficult to watch

Put 100 basketball people in a room and 98/100 would not consider starting Trey Lyles

Yet it’s wash, rinse and repeat with Pop

No logical reason why Lyles is starting, no logical reason why Walker isn’t getting more minutes and no logical reason why Gay continues to see minutes over Vassell and Samanic

It’s maddening

Time for a new coach who can adapt to modern NBA

this. It’s maddening.

[LeBowen]

Best case scenario, tbh.

Every awful game by Lyles/Patty/Rudy is good.

Winnable b2b game tomorrow, this one was a losing battle, anyway.

[Slippy]

Game going to be over bfeore the 4th at this rate.. Pop needs something fresh.. spurs needs stops.

Ok im dreaming . We going to see more Patty and rudy as pops response.

[ace3g]

50/50 balls...

Gay 0-4 ...

[TheGreatYacht]

Popsuckers were in here 30min ago talking about how his putrid rotations were actually CIA plays to not affect trade values :lmao

[BatManu20]

Games like this make me wish the Spurs would tank tbh :lol

[Mugen]

The questionable coaching from Popovich yet again makes it difficult to watch

Put 100 basketball people in a room and 98/100 would not consider starting Trey Lyles

Yet it’s wash, rinse and repeat with Pop

No logical reason why Lyles is starting, no logical reason why Walker isn’t getting more minutes and no logical reason why Gay continues to see minutes over Vassell and Samanic

It’s maddening

Time for a new coach who can adapt to modern NBA

It's been time since Bryn was starting 80+ games each of the previous two years and when he absolutely refused to play Murray and White together.

I'm praying to god that the Olympics happens so the old man can finally stop pretending like he cares about coaching this team tbh and finally walk off into the sunset.

[J_Paco]

Spurs just aren't very good, at best average. don't have the horses

True, our team is average but Pop needs to be a lot more flexible and willing to go to the young guys (away from the vets).

No reason Lonnie should only have seen 10 minutes so far and him going to a (clearly) cold Gay/Mills instead.

[Mugen]

Popsuckers were in here 30min ago talking about how his putrid rotations were actually CIA plays to not affect trade values :lmao

From the same FO that decided to gift the Raptos a championship and trade Bertans for nothing :lol

[J_Paco]

Philly beating the brakes off us and Gay continues to miss everything. Game over.....

[TheGreatYacht]

great rebound there by Turtle. Tipping the ball to the Sixers big man so he can show him how to make a lay up :lmao
Worst offensive player in the league and he can’t even make up for it with his rebounding :lmao

His fluffers have disappeared off the face of this earth

[YoungbuckMurray]

Get Gay out of the fucking game he’s a liability

[BatManu20]

Holy shit Rudy Gay is having a terrible game. He looks 100 years old out there.

[EasyMoney]

Here Comes the youngsters.

[Mugen]

crofl now the old man decides to put in Lonnie and Luka.

[J_Paco]

Humiliating effort in the 3rd quarter. :depressed:depressed:depressed

[Slippy]

Patry for Vassell.. too late but pop finally with correct subs

[BatManu20]

Of course Luka & Lonnie come in once we’re down by 25 :lmao

[NASpurs]

Putting Lonnie on Tobias Harris :lol

[timtonymanu]

Here we go again with the Jekyll and Hyde act of this team. Gonna bite them in the ass later I’m sure when they are battling for the play in spot for the playoffs.

[RC_Drunkford]

We'd probably still be in this game if Flopovich started Walker instead of Lyles

[Mugen]

What Pop did to Lonnie early in his career is absolutely criminal. I really feel for the kid and have no doubt he's gonna flourish when this garbage old man is no longer in the league.

[NASpurs]

Watch Lyles start tomorrow :lol

[timtonymanu]

Rudy and Patty are so hit or miss and of course we rely on them for so much smh

[YoungbuckMurray]

This is unwatchable

[212094ever]

Ewwwwwwbanks

[EasyMoney]

2 straight possessions they don't give luka the ball and drew embarrasses himself

[NASpurs]

Great timeout. Game is getting out of hand.

[BatManu20]

Lol Spurms

[Mal]

What the fuck is that ?

[Sugus]

What Pop did to Lonnie early in his career is absolutely criminal. I really feel for the kid and have no doubt he's gonna flourish when this garbage old man is no longer in the league.

And people tell me he hasn't been involved in his demise. He's a shell of himself most days on the court, and even when he's on, gets pulled... Just not fair to the kid. More and more I think Lonnie will only be his best version of himself on a different team, a different coach and system.

[spurs1990]

Drew Eubanks fans - come and defend your guy after those last two plays

[ace3g]

Can't secure rebounds...

[Mugen]

Coach em up now, Greggy!

[r0drig0lac]

Spurs has a mediocre coach, 76ers is one of the 4 best teams in the world, Spurs missed all open shots, 76ers made all contested shots, and that's it.

[Dejounte]

Gonna be a 60 pt loss :lmao :lmao

[Walton Buys Off Me]

Sadly Pop will have the same lineup tomorrow and Lyles will be right back in and Gay will be the first guy off the bench

Gregg Popovich without Tim Duncan is like Bill Belichick without Tom Brady....lottery fodder

[Degoat]

If this game doesn’t show we need another big behind Jakob idk what will lol

[murpjf88]

This team is absolute garbage with zero chance of making the playoffs.

[Kurgan]

Entire Sixers team dunking on us every time down the court while our bigs are throwing up ugly hook shots

[NASpurs]

Coach em up now, Greggy!

Great teaching moment opportunity.

[Dejounte]

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1371251480716570630?s=19

Huge loss for the Lakers

[Slippy]

Rudy and Patty are so hit or miss and of course we rely on them for so much smh

When they are miss . A younger coach would go with the youngster's. He might not be so compelled to panic .

[timtonymanu]

If Rudy is still on this team post trade deadline, I honestly don’t expect the team to improve anything.

[GreekSpursfan]

Embarrassing but i expected it. It usually happens in the NBA when a team misses their best player the first game after that the rest of the players are in tryhard mode. Philly will lose the next one once they falsely think they can be just as good without Embiid.

[NASpurs]

Spurs have the hardest schedule remaining in the league so we'll be out of the playoffs soon.

[murpjf88]

If this game doesn’t show we need another big behind Jakob idk what will lol
We need another big in front of Jakob. He's laughably bad at everything.

[ace3g]

1:19 - 3rd

NBATV
1
2
3
4
T


SA
22
30
17

69


PHI
33
27
42

102

[PhantomDashCam]

Can’t remember last game we were beaten so comprehensively. Utah game earlier in the season?

[r0drig0lac]

What Pop did to Lonnie early in his career is absolutely criminal. I really feel for the kid and have no doubt he's gonna flourish when this garbage old man is no longer in the league.
agree

[YoungbuckMurray]

Almost like luka has no confidence after playing really well for 5 games and being rewarded by 0 mins. Pop is a clown

[Biggems]

well for 2 1/2 quarters it was a decent game, but now Philly is skull fucking us to death.....somebody call 911.

[BlackAndWhite]

Spurs need to trade for Vuc

[sananspursfan21]

Spurs are just physically overmatched. Small ball my butt. I know the white flag is already out but this is embarrassing

[Mal]

This team is not making playoffs

[Degoat]

We need another big in front of Jakob. He's laughably bad at everything.

Can’t disagree to much with that lmao

[BillMc]

Worst Luka has looked in a while. Needs more minutes

[murpjf88]

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1371251480716570630?s=19

Huge loss for the Lakers
Easily replaceable.

[Kurgan]

Drew Eubanks fans - come and defend your guy after those last two plays

Despite how terrible LMA has been this season, he'd have been useful in games like this where our entire frontcourt has been useless

[Mugen]

Great timeouts here, love how he's still coaching em up!

[Biggems]

agree

Pop did to Lonnie what Larry Brown did to Elliott.....totally mind-fucked him and took away his alpha male confidence......and remember Pop was Brown's assistant on that team.

[BatManu20]

Friendly remember that Pop is the highest paid coach in league history at $11M/per right now :lol

[NASpurs]

Imagine looking great for five games and have Trey Lyles start in front of you while you scrub up garbage minutes. Great teaching moments and confidence builders.

[TimDunkem]

Great timeouts here, love how he's still coaching em up!

:lmao

[Barfunk]

Well it looks like Pop will continue to put his ego before the good of the team.

[Kurgan]

The vets are a security blanket for Pop. He's never gonna gonna give them up

[Mugen]

Imagine looking great for five games and have Trey Lyles start in front of you while you scrub up garbage minutes. Great teaching moments and confidence builders.

Wouldn't be fair.

Remember when Popsuckers thought that you couldn't play for Pop if you didn't play defense? :lmao

Bryn starting every game the last 2 years and Luka beasting on defense only to be benched for garbage ass Trey Lyles says otherwise

[timtonymanu]

Amazing how much pop rides with the vets. It should come as no surprise that he’s given so many TOSB cancers loyalty contracts over the years (Gasol, Carroll, Aldridge). It’s so sickening and disheartening to the younger guys that actually need to prove themselves.

[NASpurs]

Friendly remember that Pop is the highest paid coach in league history at $11M/per right now :lol

And the President of the team, the guy is like a fucking dictator basically :lol

[TheGreatYacht]

Crater face is a fucking coward for his treatment of Lonnie. He always puts on his tough guy act on players he knows won’t slap him across his mug. Did it to a young French kid, a quiet islander, a mute, and now he’s doing it to someone that had an abusive childhood. Fucking fraud.

Hope Lonnie gets away from this loser.

[J_Paco]

Samamic looking bad, getting embarrassed and Spurs continue to look like a G - League team.

Christ, this was a horrendously bad performance.

[Degoat]

Luka sure looking good out there lmao

[BatManu20]

Spurs down by 40 to a team missing their best player :lol

[daslicer]

Sadly Pop will have the same lineup tomorrow and Lyles will be right back in and Gay will be the first guy off the bench

Gregg Popovich without Tim Duncan is like Bill Belichick without Tom Brady....lottery fodder

I hope the team is lottery for as long as Pop is the coach. He needs to be humbled since he's been coaching for his own glory the last few years and not for the benefit of the team. He's also received all the credit for getting the Spurs to the playoffs while guys like Aldridge and Derozan got zero. Pop is aware of all this hence why he still coaches because he knows even with mediocre 7th or 8th seed that he will get all the hype for being a great coach while the players will not get any credit or buzz.

[NASpurs]

Wouldn't be fair.

Remember when Popsuckers thought that you couldn't play for Pop if you didn't play defense? :lmao

Bryn starting every game the last 2 years and Luka beasting on defense only to be benched for garbage ass Trey Lyles says otherwise

And can't forget players like Derrick wiping Beli's ass from the bench.

[212094ever]

Pop loves sabotaging his own team. Thanks for the memories but it's time to go old man.

[murpjf88]

Amazing how much pop rides with the vets. It should come as no surprise that he’s given so many TOSB cancers loyalty contracts over the years (Gasol, Carroll, Aldridge). It’s so sickening and disheartening to the younger guys that actually need to prove themselves.
Imagine being LMA and losing your starting job to Jakob Poeltl.

[RC_Drunkford]

If this game doesn’t show we need another big in front of Jakob idk what will lol

FIFY

[daslicer]

Crater face is a fucking coward for his treatment of Lonnie. He always puts on his tough guy act on players he knows won’t slap him across his mug. Did it to a young French kid, a quiet islander, a mute, and now he’s doing it to someone that had an abusive childhood. Fucking fraud.

Hope Lonnie gets away from this loser.

This is unfortunately true. I have always said if Pop had to deal with a Kobe,Lebron,Draymond type he would have been broken in half at the start of his career.

[TheGreatYacht]

Tried to tell folks that Luka was a bust and needed to stop acting like he was gonna fix anything. The biggest NBA scrubs can put up numbers in the G League.