Game Thread: Spurs vs. Kings — Mon. 3/29/2021 - 7:30pm CST

[DC23]

Fox and Haliburton vs Murray and White should be a lot of fun. Need to take care of business.

[RC_Drunkford]

The Kings are a very bad defensive team. And their bench sucks big time, they play Chimezie Metu regular rotation minutes. Must win

[cd98]

Well I had this dream that we would miss the playoffs and get a lottery pick in a loaded draft. Unfortunately, we are more likely to get the number 8 seed and a pick in the 20s, which will ensure excellence in mediocrity. Well, for those of us wanting a piece of this lottery, Sacramento needs to pass us. And it is embarrassing how often they are in the lottery and they still suck. Someone that can draft and develop should have a chance.

[ismael-robert]

Too soon. Game threads ON game days

[ECOV]

will gorgui dieng be on the roster for tomorrows game?

[ace3g]

Of course Denver (about to win), Suns, and Blazers all won tonight...

[Darius Bieber]

Anyone got any info on the severity of Vassell's injury that made him miss the rest of the Bulls game?

EDIT: Just saw the injury report list for tomorrow's game listed Vassell as probable; looks like a minor injury so that's good news.

[Darius Bieber]

will gorgui dieng be on the roster for tomorrows game?

Probably not; more than likely active on Wednesday or Thursday if he indeed does sign.

[John B]

Spurs need to control these pesky guards who abuse the Spurs, SGA, Morant and now Fox. Hopefully our guys DJ and White can stay in front. DJ has a tendency to steal and gamble. Slow down Fox/Halliburton and the Spurs have a chance to win. Spurs by 12 :flag::flag::flag:

[Sugus]

Hope we can keep the first-half energy of last game against the Bulls. The Kings aren't good at all on defense, which should allow us chances to get hot. It'll ultimately come down to how well we can or can't contain the Kings' offense and barrage of shooting.

Spurs by 12, tbh :flag:

E: wait, missed John's post. Spurs by, uh, 13? :lol

[BillMc]

Spurs by 8

[John B]

Hope we can keep the first-half energy of last game against the Bulls. The Kings aren't good at all on defense, which should allow us chances to get hot. It'll ultimately come down to how well we can or can't contain the Kings' offense and barrage of shooting.

Spurs by 12, tbh :flag:

E: wait, missed John's post. Spurs by, uh, 13? :lol
As long as they win these winnable games. All good bruh :bobo

[Dejounte]

https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaNBA/status/1376588492470431749

Dieng not playing tonight.

[justinandimcool]

Sacramento has been playing really well tbh, at least offensively. unless San Antonio can make a shit ton of shots this won’t end well tbh

[spurs10]

Go Spurs! :flag:

[RD2191]

Kings by 10 tbh

[BatManu20]

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[crc21209]

https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaNBA/status/1376588492470431749

Dieng not playing tonight.

Is that official? Did they report that?

[Leetonidas]

Is that official? Did they report that?

Even if they didn't, it should be obvious. Signing was just announced yesterday in the media and reported today by the Spurs. No way he's going to play the same evening the Spurs announced the signing. Plus I'm sure there's some kind of COVID protocol he probably has to go through first

[Dejounte]

Is that official? Did they report that?

Yes, it's official. The tweet was taken down, but other reporters tweeted it.

[cd98]

1376625418065821696

Good. I'm counting on them to play that way so we can get into the lottery.

[GreekSpursfan]

Wish we had Fox, he's box office and probably a Laker some day, fuck

[RC_Drunkford]

Kings won 4 in a row, so this won't be a cakewalk

[Joseph Kony]

Hopefully Murray is up for the challenge of keeping up with Fox. He's been a monster of late

[ace3g]

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Dieng is out tonight (coach's decision), but Vassell (right ankle sprain) has been upgraded from probable to available, per Spurs.

[Dejounte]

From Express News:
Weatherspoon earns praise from White

Even though Quinndary Weatherspoon has been relegated to mainly mop-up duty since joining the Spurs after the G League season ended, one of his teammates believes the second-year guard is improving daily. “‘Q’ has a bright future,” guard Derrick White said.
White said he got to see firsthand how hard Weatherspoon works when the two were rehabbing this summer after foot and knee surgery, respectively. White is also impressed with Weatherspoon’s play on the defensive end.

The Spurs selected Weatherspoon in the second round out of Mississippi State in the 2020 NBA Draft. “He’s a ball dog,” White said. “He gets after it. He’s aggressive, physical, makes you work. He really takes a lot of pride on that end of the floor. He’s good laterally and has good hands, everything to be a good defensive player.”

[ace3g]

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Coach Luke Walton says Hassan Whiteside is out tonight vs the Spurs.

[Sugus]

Hopefully Murray is up for the challenge of keeping up with Fox. He's been a monster of late

I don't see Dejounte doing well on Fox at all, tbh, Dejounte's much better as a help defender or playing passing lanes than he is one-on-one, IMO at least. With Fox's quick first step, it wouldn't surprise me to see him getting blown by every play. What'll truly be important is how well the Spurs can play rotations and help defense - I'd love to have White set up to defend the weakside, for example, since he's far better at keeping up with his man and also contesting at the rim without fouling (well, used to be I guess, he still hasn't gone back to the old White :depressed).

I anticipate Fox to still get his 30-35, it'll be a matter of seeing how well the Spurs can contain the rest of the offense. Given it's the Kings, it shouldn't be too hard to do, but ehh.... We've gotten beat worse this season for me to be confident about it :lol

[John B]

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Dieng is out tonight (coach's decision), but Vassell (right ankle sprain) has been upgraded from probable to available, per Spurs.
So Dieng has reported and could be on street clothes. Let’s hope to see him on Wednesday

[John B]

I don't see Dejounte doing well on Fox at all, tbh, Dejounte's much better as a help defender or playing passing lanes than he is one-on-one, IMO at least. With Fox's quick first step, it wouldn't surprise me to see him getting blown by every play. What'll truly be important is how well the Spurs can play rotations and help defense - I'd love to have White set up to defend the weakside, for example, since he's far better at keeping up with his man and also contesting at the rim without fouling (well, used to be I guess, he still hasn't gone back to the old White :depressed).

I anticipate Fox to still get his 30-35, it'll be a matter of seeing how well the Spurs can contain the rest of the offense. Given it's the Kings, it shouldn't be too hard to do, but ehh.... We've gotten beat worse this season for me to be confident about it :lol

Agree. It doesn’t help that DJ gambles too much for a steal. There are quick guards that he can’tbjust do thst and discipline himself to just try to stay in front. Spurs really can switch on anyone and could defend better.

[Dejounte]

Yeah, Fox usually abuses DJ and DJ bows down and takes it. Hopefully, it's different tonight.

[John B]

From Express News:
Weatherspoon earns praise from White

Even though Quinndary Weatherspoon has been relegated to mainly mop-up duty since joining the Spurs after the G League season ended, one of his teammates believes the second-year guard is improving daily. “‘Q’ has a bright future,” guard Derrick White said.
White said he got to see firsthand how hard Weatherspoon works when the two were rehabbing this summer after foot and knee surgery, respectively. White is also impressed with Weatherspoon’s play on the defensive end.

The Spurs selected Weatherspoon in the second round out of Mississippi State in the 2020 NBA Draft. “He’s a ball dog,” White said. “He gets after it. He’s aggressive, physical, makes you work. He really takes a lot of pride on that end of the floor. He’s good laterally and has good hands, everything to be a good defensive player.”

I saw that in the Bubble but seems ill-prepared coming back from the break. He could be a bulldog with his body and could be a pesky defender. Let’s hope he continues to improve as Tre is imo already ahead of him in the pecking order

[Robz4000]

The way the Spurs have been destroyed by super athletic guards this season I expect Fox to get a 40 point triple double and the Kings to win comfortably. Spurs will win the next one imo.

[PrimeMinister]

playing johnny cash for the visiting team introductions might be contributing to the home woes

spurs need the man in black on their side

[Uriel]

Was really excited to see Dieng make his debut. Ah well.

[Robz4000]

This might actually go the way of the first Clippers game tbh. Spurs can't defend the three at all.

[PrimeMinister]

its no coincidence the team gets 3s rained on them when demar is on the floor

[ace3g]

One thing obviously Dieng will bring is better FT shooting than Jakob, if his defense holds up, will be a huge plus late in games.

[PrimeMinister]

fox is such a nice player man

[Robz4000]

Kings on pace to hit 30 threes tonight tbh.

[BatManu20]

Holy shit that Poeltl “jump shot” :rollin

[PrimeMinister]

they're not even really threatening the basket but spurs keep helping off shooters or losing them off ball

[Darius Bieber]

We really drafted Vassell over Halliburton....

[RC_Drunkford]

Holy shit that Poeltl “jump shot” :rollin

He has worked on that all offseason

[Uriel]

6 years ago today.

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[GAustex]

I miss Tim Duncan

[FkLA]

Yak is a fucking monster.

:lol at people that doubted him. He's a rich man's Steven Adams for a fraction of the price, tbh.

[Dejounte]

Second game in a row where the SL has started off great.

[PrimeMinister]

Jakob already with 7 and 5

but the thing that will be discussed most by the geniuses of spurs fandom will be an end of shot clock jump shot he had to hoist up to avoid a violation

[ace3g]

Back to the Future: This game will be sponsored by BSSW

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[Mugen]

:lol Why is he subbing Murray and not Derrick out?

[poopbox]

pop determined to play patty and gay at the same time :cry

[Robz4000]

:wow Poeltl

[BatManu20]

Jak and Murray absolutely carrying us.

[Dejounte]

That block by Vassell wow

[NASpurs]

Back to the Future: This game will be sponsored by BSSW

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BSSW sounds like some fetish shit.

[BatManu20]

Poeltl having his best quarter of the season tbh.

[r0drig0lac]

wow Jakob

[Robz4000]

Depression doing more harm than good tbh.

[PrimeMinister]

Poeltl having his best quarter of the season tbh.

he's had a lot of those as of late

[BatManu20]

Jak having the quarter of his life so naturally Pop pulls him :lol


Kings immediately go on a 6-0 run.

[Sugus]

People telling me Poeltl can't be compared to Gobert :lmao :lmao :lmao

People calling his contract anything but a steal :lmao :lmao :lmao

People :lmao :lmao :lmao

[Uriel]

Eubanks vs Metu is the matchup we were all waiting for.

[FkLA]

Someone tell me why Yak isnt a better player than Steven Adams?

[Robz4000]

As good as Poeltl and Murray have played, the rest of the team has been dogshit.

[ace3g]

Jakob is having the Dieng Effect

[Dejounte]

Gay is so fucking bad

[poopbox]

Lost all offensive rhythm when gay and patty came in

[Robz4000]

:lmao Mills is such garbage

[Dejounte]

This is why Dieng is a huge improvement.

[John B]

Metu 2pts for the Spurs

[RD2191]

Jakob is having the Dieng Effect
tbh

[RD2191]

Gay is so fucking bad
fukin homophobe smh

[Robz4000]

Someone other than Murray/Poeltl scored!!!

[LeBowen]

Patty and Rudy are a detriment to the team.

[PrimeMinister]

in 2021 your center needs to protect the rim, be a threat on the roll, score on clean up points around the hoop, and rebound the basketball to close possessions

if they do those things very well your team has a good chance to win games.

shooting is great but not at the expense of these things short of a generational talent like Jokic.

[Dejounte]

Vassell ALWAYS makes contested shots. ALWAYS

[Mugen]

Like the energy from DV tonight

[John B]

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Dieng is out tonight (coach's decision), but Vassell (right ankle sprain) has been upgraded from probable to available, per Spurs.
So Dieng has reported and could be on street clothes. Let’s hope to see him on Wednesday

[John B]

Great start. Let’s continue the aggressive energy.

[FkLA]

So Dieng has reported and could be on street clothes. Let’s hope to see him on Wednesday

Dude, he's on the bench in the Spurs grey warm-ups.

[cd98]

Kings have been in the lottery since 2007. Seems like they should be capped out and Spurs should have a shot.

[John B]

Vassell ALWAYS makes contested shots. ALWAYS
He has such a high release, that loojs like KD’s :lol

[BatManu20]

Vassell ALWAYS makes contested shots. ALWAYS

He’s got a nice, high release. Highest on the team.

[BatManu20]

Patty is killing us so far.

[Dejounte]

Pop has to take 10 steps towards the tunnel after that missed assignment by Eubanks. The Kings have made a huge run with Eubanks in. Terrible.

[Sugus]

in 2021 your center needs to protect the rim, be a threat on the roll, score on clean up points around the hoop, and rebound the basketball to close possessions

if they do those things very well your team has a good chance to win games.

shooting is great but not at the expense of these things short of a generational talent like Jokic.

Yeah, this has always been my issue with the portion of ST clamoring for a "SHOOTING BIG!!!" at all costs. Like yeah, shooting's great, spacing's great, but can that big man deter other players from the rim? Rebound and boxout? Be a rim-running threat for our guard-heavy lineups? I've said it a couple times, but the kinds of players who are truly elite centers, AND also can shoot the 3, are only available in the top 2 of any given lottery (see Ayton, KAT even though his defense has been subpar, etc). So it's always been a problem for me of, ok, we get a shooting center, but do we really want that center starting over Jakob? I don't know.

Luckily, we got someone like Dieng, who can really mix it up with his combination of defense and shooting, AND also not demand a starting job. Perfect signing, on paper at least.

[ace3g]

welp...



9:57
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Spurs defensive team rebound
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9:59
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Delon Wright defensive rebound
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Drew Eubanks offensive rebound
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Terence Davis makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
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Patty Mills bad pass (Terence Davis steals)
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Chimezie Metu makes 19-foot jumper (Delon Wright assists)
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Dejounte Murray makes 7-foot two point shot (Drew Eubanks assists)
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Maurice Harkless makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
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Tyrese Haliburton defensive rebound
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Rudy Gay misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
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Maurice Harkless makes layup (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
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Tyrese Haliburton enters the game for De'Aaron Fox
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[Mugen]

:lol Patty and Rudy special tonight

[Robz4000]

Get Mills and Gay out of there.

[BatManu20]

Metu about to have the game of his life of course.

[PrimeMinister]

Rudy taking the demar approach of not running a shooter off the 3 point line leaving DJ 2 on 1 on the perimeter. cool.

[poopbox]

Metu hitting shots Poopltl couldn't even dream about :cry

[Dejounte]

Dejounte carrying these scrubs

[BatManu20]

Murray is getting better and better. Kid has improved tremendously.

[John B]

Dude, he's on the bench in the Spurs grey warm-ups.
:bobo

[FkLA]

If we lose this game...

[PrimeMinister]

Next year this is going to be every night DJ

he doesnt have to be perfect but he's creative, finding the right look almost every time the ball finds him either for himself or a team mate, and his work on the boards is just fucking awesome.

I'd go as far as to say if you watch both ends he's the spurs best player at this moment.

[Mugen]

DJ cooking

[duncan2k5]

MURRAAAAY!

[poopbox]

Derozan and Poeltl probably run the least effective pick and roll in the league :rollin

[Dejounte]

Murray-Poeltl the next Kobe-Shaq

[Robz4000]

:lol _ePression

[Uriel]

Our defense sucks.

[cd98]

If we lose this game...

...it will improve our lottery chances.

[John B]

DJ on a tear. If only Demar and Patty’s shots are going, Spurs would be leading by 10

[PrimeMinister]

becoming increasingly obvious demar is a vestigial limb with the ascension of murray

almost impossible to keep both of them hot at the same time. have to choose which one you work through.

[poopbox]

For anybody who thinks we should keep Derozan just watch how the kings react when him and poeltl run a pick and roll...you not going to be a consistently good team when the defense can sag the big AND guard back cause poeltl can't shoot and derozan won't shoot 3's...

[Darius Bieber]

Drafting Vassell over Halliburton :rollin

[Dejounte]

Murray growing up before our very eyes:worthy:

[PrimeMinister]

For anybody who thinks we should keep Derozan just watch how the kings react when him and poeltl run a pick and roll...you not going to be a consistently good team when the defense can sag the big AND guard back cause poeltl can't shoot and derozan won't shoot 3's...


derozan actively ignores jakob on the roll and its been a pattern for sometime

DJ's comments recently weren't a "shot" necessarily- but I think he's noticed the same thing. defense not only can sag off - they can outright double derozan off jakob knowing he wont make the right pass.

[Dejounte]

Drafting Vassell over Halliburton :rollin

This is what you see while you're watching this game? Murray lighting up and you're focused on Hali???

[Sugus]

I was dreading playing the Kings exactly because of this. Hali lighting us up, with Vassell on the bench. Not even gonna bump that thread myself, someone's probably gonna do it anyways..... :depressed

[John B]

Next year this is going to be every night DJ

he doesnt have to be perfect but he's creative, finding the right look almost every time the ball finds him either for himself or a team mate, and his work on the boards is just fucking awesome.

I'd go as far as to say if you watch both ends he's the spurs best player at this moment.

Agree. He needs to finish strong in the rim to complete the repertoir, when defender close in

[cd98]

Drafting Vassell over Halliburton :rollin

In fairness, he does share the court with Gay, who takes a shot every possession he’s in the game.

[Sugus]

This is what you see while you're watching this game? Murray lighting up and you're focused on Hali???

I mean, there's a lot of noteworthy things about the game, but Hali is lighting us up ATM, probably the Kings' second or third best player overall

[Darius Bieber]

This is what you see while you're watching this game? Murray lighting up and you're focused on Hali???

Murray could be lighting it up, yet we’re still losing.

[Robz4000]

The vets are dragging the team down tonight.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

:lol Halliburton destroying eRozan

[PrimeMinister]

Murray could be lighting it up, yet we’re still losing.

3 starters with nearly identical skillsets and 1 of them being notably one of the worst off ball players in the league will do that

[Dejounte]

I mean, there's a lot of noteworthy things about the game, but Hali is lighting us up ATM, probably the Kings' second or third best player overall

Not to be that guy but the guy has 5 points. The assists were fault of the Spurs defense, IMO. I like Hali but he's not yet destroying us. Of course this could be a jinx post and he starts making 3s

[RD2191]

PATFO better get their shit together and get some real talent around DJ quick, dude's too good to be playing with a bunch of scrubs. Hopefully he doesn't bail as soon as he can.

[ace3g]

1:19 - 2nd


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60

[Mugen]

Call that AND 1 wtf

[tbdog]

Refs did a make up call that will get overturned. Lol.

[Robz4000]

:lol overturning that

[Mugen]

Are you fucking kidding me :lol

[Robz4000]

Still, yet another coach that can teach Pop how to use the coaches challenge.

[8sy21vd]

Goofball refs

[Sugus]

Not to be that guy but the guy has 5 points. The assists were fault of the Spurs defense, IMO. I like Hali but he's not yet destroying us. Of course this could be a jinx post and he starts making 3s

No problem at all D, and he does have little points, but he has also made a couple of great assists, and his overall gravity on offense really, really stands out (or maybe it's just me watching him specifically). His side-steps and step-backs force the defense to play him really close, he creates a lot of opportunities. I don't want to make this a Vassell Vs Hali debate because I have no interest in it right now, but you're selling him short by saying "5 pts" IMO

[The Truth #6]

At least we’ve moved on from complaining about Brandon Clarke...

[Robz4000]

:lmao Mills' "defense"

[Leetonidas]

The "vets" are completely shitting the bed

[RD2191]

Kings about to drop a 70 burger in the 1st half. smh

[Robz4000]

Seriously, how the fuck are _ePression, Mills, and Gay still on this team?

[Mugen]

Defense is absolute trash :lol

[John B]

How is Patty guarding Heald? And as soon as they got back, switched to have Fox on him. Terrible

[ace3g]

That challenge reverse = momentum swing for Kings..

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0.3
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0.3
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DeMar DeRozan misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
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De'Aaron Fox makes driving layup
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29.0
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Buddy Hield defensive rebound
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32.9
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DeMar DeRozan misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
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54.8
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Buddy Hield makes 27-foot three point jumper (Richaun Holmes assists)
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1:02
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Richaun Holmes defensive rebound
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1:02
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Patty Mills misses 27-foot three point jumper
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De'Aaron Fox makes free throw 1 of 1
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(01:19) [Kings] COACH'S CHALLENGE (CALL OVERTURNED) [Kings] retain their timeout
60 - 60

[emanueldavidginobili]

DeMar 0-78 on end of quarter shots

[LeBowen]

DJ with a career half, Patty closes it out and gets shit on while bricking his shots. Can't make this up.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

If you just give vassell all of eRozans minutes the spurs are probably winni this game right now

[tbdog]

That ref no call ended up king's going on a 8-0 run

[Dejounte]

At least we’ve moved on from complaining about Brandon Clarke...

Much more worthy for debate than Clarke ever was. Clarke is going to fade and everybody will forget about him until he's a 10 year veteran who the Spurs will sign :lmao

Hali on the other hand will appear on top 10 highlights every season

[Degoat]

How pop let’s Patty mills can get away with shitty def is so beyond me at this point.

[poopbox]

derozan actively ignores jakob on the roll and its been a pattern for sometime

DJ's comments recently weren't a "shot" necessarily- but I think he's noticed the same thing. defense not only can sag off - they can outright double derozan off jakob knowing he wont make the right pass.

Well its only half of Jakob fault cause Derozan never shoots a 3...so now the guy guarding him is backing up cause he knows derozan won't shoot the ball, so of course he is never going to pass it to Jakob who has his man AND Derozan man standing around him...

One of many reasons why this team can't win consistently...we play to many lineups that are super easy for the other team to guard...so we have to shoot lights out every game or otherwise we end up down 8 to the trash ass kings

[Dejounte]

How pop let’s Patty mills can get away with shitty def is so beyond me at this point.

Coffee gang, mate

[PrimeMinister]

If you just give vassell all of eRozans minutes the spurs are probably winni this game right now

absolutely a correct take

[Degoat]

I think Devin Vassell can be really really special, right now Halliburton probably is better but we didn’t need another guard like him

[cd98]

Why beat SacT? They need to win. They’ve been in the lottery for 13 years in a row. They should have a loaded team right now if they could draft or develop. Spurs have been there once since drafting Duncan in 1997. And that was a high lottery pick. We need SacT to pass us so we can draft our next star.

[Sugus]

I think Devin Vassell can be really really special, right now Halliburton probably is better but we didn’t need another guard like him

It's always been the same discussion: if you really believe in Hali's potential ceiling, there was no one on the Spurs roster good enough that you should've considered the PG position set, and not draft him because of that; if you weren't as high on him, it starts to make sense drafting for position if you don't see the biggest gap in talent between both possible players. We'll see where both end up.

[PrimeMinister]

I think Devin Vassell can be really really special, right now Halliburton probably is better but we didn’t need another guard like him

swap teams of Vassell and Haliburton and Vassell is playing 20+ mpg for the kings making noise for an all defensive team in his rookie year and splashing 3s on demar derozan

Haliburton would be sitting in Tre Jones' role as the ire of ST's casuals tonight as the subject of this exact conversation

[ace3g]

Is it 68-60 or 66-60?

[Darius Bieber]

We don’t have anyone in the starting lineup shooting better than 35% from 3.. in today’s NBA.

[The Truth #6]

I think Devin Vassell can be really really special, right now Halliburton probably is better but we didn’t need another guard like him

Mostly agree, but could really use his court vision. Makes the game easier.

[John B]

I thought they would overrun the Kings, then Pop had to put Patty and Rudy that killed the momentum. I don’t know why Pop cannot roll with the player when they’re on a tear and has to make that mandatory sub on the dot. That killed the momentum

[Robz4000]

We don’t have anyone in the starting lineup shooting better than 35% from 3.. in today’s NBA.

Part of that is the system. Pop has never liked three point shooting.

[RC_Drunkford]

This team has no chance of winning any games where Rudy and Patty are stinking it up. You‘d think the young guys are inconsistent, but it’s actually the vets

[Mugen]

:lol if PATFO resigns Derozan to big $ this summer.

[8sy21vd]

I don't think a random guy off the street could try to play worse defense than Derozan. At least Mills hustles even though he's physically over matched.

[John B]

This team has no chance of winning any games where Rudy and Patty are stinking it up. You‘d think the young guys are inconsistent, but it’s actually the vets
It’s actually the run and gun that’s winning ballgames, and not the slow down half court offense. Sure every now and then Patty’s pnr works, as well as Rudy’s iso. But those should be spot shooting here and there. This team should be running

[RVSTX]

Halliburton and Vassell will both be very good in the future, but they are 2 different players. They will be good in their own ways, Spurs would have been good either way, they
chose the 3 and d guy...I will say though, Halliburtons rookie numbers are great, he can really shoot it...

[John B]

DJ and Poeltl had to play great, just to be down. I just don’t know if they can sustain.

[texwheel]

What the heck good is the +/- ? Murry has 21 first half points, 5 boards and 3 assists but has a "-9"

[Robz4000]

Spurs are gonna get blown out from here.

[Mugen]

What's going to be their record after this 9 game homestand against a bunch of scrub teams? Embarrassing :lol

[Darius Bieber]

Spurs gonna get blown out at home against the Kings :rollin:lmao:lmao:lmao

[Leetonidas]

Kings are +21 free three right now. Is the old man ever going to realize we need more shooting and patty mills isn't the fucking solution

[John B]

Halliburton and Vassell will both be very good in the future, but they are 2 different players. They will be good in their own ways, Spurs would have been good either way, they
chose the 3 and d guy...I will say though, Halliburtons rookie numbers are great, he can really shoot it...
The guy has great confidence, and he’s deceptively long and athletic, and fast. Those strides

[Chomag]

Honestly this team would be so much better if they didn't have the vets holding then down

[paperboy77]

When will Pop put Kelden in the doghouse? I'm telling y'all this guy needs to come off the bench. Start Luka in his place.

[ace3g]

Crappy start to 3rd...

9:48 - 3rd


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[itzsoweezee]

We don’t have anyone in the starting lineup shooting better than 35% from 3.. in today’s NBA.

And they don’t even take a lot of threes.

Just dumb roster management. They’ve had this same issue for years and are just too dumb to learn.

[BatManu20]

Halliburton killing us.

[Mugen]

Get fucking Derozan off the court :lol

[Leetonidas]

Fuck you Demar. Trash

[BatManu20]

DeMar, Rudy, & Patty all decided to have one of their worst games of the season tonight smh.

[Mugen]

Halliburton blowing by Demar every single time down the court and zero adjustments.

[212094ever]

Bench #10

[Chomag]

Lmao Defrozen.... Where is his resign fan club right now?

[Uriel]

Remember when people were saying Keldon was better in his second year than Kawhi Leonard was? :lol

[Sugus]

Halliburton killing us.

Dejounte bruh I could see this happening as soon as I read your response lmfao :lol

[paperboy77]

When will Pop put Kelden in the doghouse? I'm telling y'all this guy needs to come off the bench. Start Luka in his place.

And Keldens says to me..... STFU!

[BatManu20]

The refs are sucking ass too.

[PrimeMinister]

Remember when people were saying Keldon was better in his second year than Kawhi Leonard was? :lol

dude second year kawhi in these line ups would be a ghost

he struggled to pick his spots with any level of aggression being set up by 3 hall of famers

imagine standing in the corner as derozan dribbles the ball into 2 defenders again. lmfao.

[RD2191]

:wakeup

[Uriel]

This team hasn't been the same since Lonnie got injured.

[Sugus]

Remember when people were saying Keldon was better in his second year than Kawhi Leonard was? :lol

To be fair to Keldon, Nephew would've also struggled if played out of position as a 4, especially in those early years when he hadn't gained all his muscle. Just another case of modern Pop not putting his players in positions to succeed tbh

[poopbox]

Buddy Heild open for 3...easy money

Derozan open for 3...brick and i am shocked he even shot it

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Pop may need to step down

[The Truth #6]

Random thought: I don’t know how we can keep both White and Walker. Both too passive. White defers too much these days. I once was convinced he was our best player, but I don’t knew where that player went. I think the coaches need to tell him to play aggressively like he did in the Bubble. Force him to look for his shot, I guess.

[Mugen]

I love how the solution to this is going to be hope that Rudy/Patty can shoot us back into it :lol

[Uriel]

Popovich has struggled his whole career with defending fast guards.

[212094ever]

2v3

[LeBowen]

This team hasn't been the same since Lonnie got injured.

This team is never the same.
Everyone is inconsistent.

Problem being that when our best player has a bad game, he's a detriment to the team. On both ends of the floor.

[Joseph Kony]

Spurs fighting for 2s while giving up wide open 3 after wide open 3 yet again I see :lol

[BatManu20]

Kings shooting 56% from 3 and 57% overall.

[Mugen]

Modern NBA basketball > Demar and Rudy shooting contested 20 footers.....this has been proven for about 10+ years now :lol

[PrimeMinister]

Random thought: I don’t know how we can keep both White and Walker. Both too passive. White defers too much these days. I once was convinced he was our best player, but I don’t knew where that player went. I think the coaches need to tell him to play aggressively like he did in the Bubble. Force him to look for his shot, I guess.

I'm starting to see it more as a Demar Derozan problem than a White or Lonnie problem

Derozan has some of the most empty assist numbers in the league. He does nothing to actually make his team mates better

[ace3g]

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[Sugus]

Guess which young, promising player who's "earned his minutes" hasn't seen the floor yet.... :lol

[Joseph Kony]

:lol this team is full of nothing but soft pussies and the ones who arent can barely score anyway so it doesnt matter. every single player on this roster should be on the block, except maybe Vassell on Samanic

[cd98]

Lottery. Fixes a lot of our problems.

[Darius Bieber]

Spurs making the under .500 Kings look like the 2015 Warriors

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Going from Manu Ginobili and Kawhi Leonard to emar eRozan is sad!

[Sugus]

I'm starting to see it more as a Demar Derozan problem than a White or Lonnie problem

It's always been a DeRozan problem, tbh. I remember arguing with someone on here, after Lonnie had back-to-back 20+pt games with DeMar sitting, then proceeded to not be featured on offense after DD came back, and they were telling me there "wasn't clear evidence that Lonnie plays better without DeMar". SMH.

[ace3g]

And guess what: Pelicans, Grizz, Mavs, and Warriors will all win tonight.... #spurs (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23spurs)

[LeBowen]

I prefer a good pick to getting shit on by nephew of Lebron in the first round.

No point in even trying to compete after no moves were made at the deadline.

[Uriel]

Dieng probably regretting his decision already.

[ace3g]

Sounds about right after a timeout...



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De'Aaron Fox makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Harrison Barnes assists)
93 - 76




5:07
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Delon Wright enters the game for Tyrese Haliburton
91 - 76




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Patty Mills enters the game for Dejounte Murray
91 - 76




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Rudy Gay enters the game for Keldon Johnson
91 - 76

[Mugen]

Rudy and Patty time :lol

[Robz4000]

And guess what: Pelicans, Grizz, Mavs, and Warriors will all win tonight.... #spurs (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23spurs)

Sounds like good news to me. Spurs need to get as far down the standings as possible.

[Mugen]

Dieng probably regretting his decision already.

That's on him, everybody who's watched this team the last 2 years knows how garbage they are :lol

[slick'81]

:rollin People wanting to extend demar


Halliburton shitting on spurs while devin watches

[NASpurs]

The shitty free agent class next year is going to fuck us over in re-signing Omar :pctoss

[PrimeMinister]

I said after the deadline keeping derozan was a bottom out move

whether they know it or not... the tank keeps a rollin

[PrimeMinister]

The shitty free agent class next year is going to fuck us over in re-signing Omar :pctoss

Knicks already have the contract printed all he has to do is sign at midnight after the finals

[El Santo]

I like rudy but he has really lost a step or two..

[Mugen]

Why TF would you take Jakob out now :lmao

[ace3g]

When you play the most inconsistent, net-negative players for any given night, you aren't going to win many games... #spurs (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23spurs)

[NASpurs]

Knicks already have the contract printed all he has to do is sign at midnight after the finals

prayingdog.jpg

[ace3g]

yay, 2 min drought for Kings...



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enters the game for Buddy Hield
95 - 83




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Terence Davis enters the game for Richaun Holmes
95 - 83




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Chimezie Metu enters the game for De'Aaron Fox
95 - 83




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DeMar DeRozan makes free throw 1 of 2
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Richaun Holmes shooting foul
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Rudy Gay defensive rebound
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Richaun Holmes misses two point shot
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DeMar DeRozan makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
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DeMar DeRozan defensive rebound
95 - 80




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Drew Eubanks blocks Buddy Hield 's 25-foot step back jumpshot
95 - 80




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Drew Eubanks enters the game for Jakob Poeltl
95 - 80




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Kings offensive team rebound
95 - 80




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Jakob Poeltl blocks Harrison Barnes 's 4-foot driving layup
95 - 80




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DeMar DeRozan makes free throw 1 of 1
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Devin Vassell enters the game for Derrick White
95 - 79




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Richaun Holmes shooting foul
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DeMar DeRozan makes two point shot
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Jakob Poeltl defensive rebound
95 - 77




3:53
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De'Aaron Fox misses two point shot
95 - 77




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Richaun Holmes defensive rebound
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Derrick White misses free throw 2 of 2
95 - 77

[slick'81]

If the spurs resign any combination of rudy,destar and fatty:drunk

[slick'81]

Knicks already have the contract printed all he has to do is sign at midnight after the finals


Thank god

[NASpurs]

When you play the most inconsistent, net-negative players for any given night, you aren't going to win many games... #spurs (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23spurs)

Even ace is becoming an edge lord. You know shit is bad.

[Mugen]

It's also infuriating when the Spurs have a 5 on 4 advantage and they never push it because Derozan has to hold it so he can pump fake 10 times before kicking it out to Rudy/Patty to clank a 25 footer

[Chomag]

I like rudy but he has really lost a step or two..
Once again Spurs will have regretted not trading him when his value waa high

[The Truth #6]

I'm starting to see it more as a Demar Derozan problem than a White or Lonnie problem

Derozan has some of the most empty assist numbers in the league. He does nothing to actually make his team mates better

Well, it’s a good point. Until DDR is off the team, and we definitely should let him walk for nothing in return if we have to, we don’t know how the other pieces fit together.

If we had to keep one of the vets I’d say keep Gay because he plays a position of need.

[Uriel]

MVRozan carrying this team as per usual

[slick'81]

Atleast spurs can beat the shittiest of teams still to stay afloat

[Mugen]

:lol This fucking team

[Chomag]

Once you give the ball to either Rudy or Patty , it ain't coming back lol

[John B]

Just what I’m saying about these vets :lol:lol

[Uriel]

From 19 down to 6 real quick.

[Rocalcio]

So funny to see the guys you’re all complaining about bringing us back.

[PrimeMinister]

It's great to see demar finally decide to get some of those 50 points he's allowed back

[ace3g]

GIF representation of #spurs offense lately

https://media4.giphy.com/media/dyLlCJSNbgFghf7wjT/giphy.gif

[ace3g]

End of 3rd


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[BatManu20]

Hell of a finish to the 3rd tbh. DeMar decided to show up and took over. Rudy showed a pulse. Let’s see if they can keep it up and beat these guys.

[Uriel]

Will they look at that?

[John B]

Needs Keldon’s energy to start the 4th. Spurs need to jump on the Kings in the get go

[John B]

Will they look at that?
Nah only 3pts. That required a contest

[BatManu20]

Goddammit Rudy.

[ace3g]

Terrible start to quarter again

11:09 - 4th


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[emanueldavidginobili]

Did they stop teaching players to stop the ball?

[spurraider21]

White just doesn't look the same going to the basket

[Mugen]

"Take us home, Rudy" :lol

[BatManu20]

Fox just got away with a ridiculous travel and instead gets the foul called smh.

[Mugen]

White just doesn't look the same going to the basket

Doesn't trust his body to hold up tbh. Probably won't until next season IF then.

[John B]

Fox just got away with a ridiculous travel and instead gets the foul called smh.
And a possible flagrant on the head

[John B]

Doesn't trust his body to hold up tbh. Probably won't until next season IF then.
Lost much of his athleticism