Game Thread: Spurs vs Hawks — Apr. 1, 2021 - 7:30pm CT

[Barfunk]

GOTTA GET STOPS

[cd98]

Rim don’t like Young.

[Leetonidas]

Wtf was that man. Terrible

[ace3g]

Trae makes that, lol

[poopbox]

Arguably the dumbest possession in spurs history :lmao

[spurraider21]

Arguably the dumbest possession in spurs history :lmao
tbh

[Biggems]

dammit, DDR with his usual turnover in the closing seconds

[ace3g]

Rudy 3!!!

[Mugen]

DeChoke and the stupidest team of all time deserve each other tbh :lol

[Ice009]

My god, could you get a worse shot if you wanted to?

[Mugen]

Please god Trae end this shit :lol

[RC_Drunkford]

put White on Young, Murray just can't stay with him

[Degoat]

There’s so many players on this team I never want to have to watch again lol

[Ice009]

Pure luck again.

[cd98]

Bullet dodged. But we win when we lose bc lottery.

[Robz4000]

Wish that had counted. Fuck double OT, Spurs aren't winning that.

[Leetonidas]

Yay this shitty game continues :lol

[Biggems]

damn we are very fortunate so far

[BWS-1994]

I hope this gets to 3ple OT ::D

[look_at_g_shred]

Bogdanovich is a player man

[spurs1990]

I can't figure out which team has the lower IQ

[Mugen]

Nate taking from the Gregg Popovich school of coaching on that possession

[RC_Drunkford]

this is a game of "who's better at choking"

[PhantomDashCam]

Let’s run a play to start a period ffs.

[SPURt]

Lucky to get to a 2nd overtime playing this awful

[FkLA]

Bring us home DeStar :cry

[Mugen]

I can't figure out which team has the lower IQ

I guarantee if there's a dumber team out there, their head coach hasn't been coaching for damn near 30 years :lol

[TheGreatYacht]

Nate taking from the Gregg Popovich school of coaching on that possession
:lmao tbh

[poopbox]

Are we smart enough to finally try and foul out the guy on their team with 5 fouls and scoring all the points in OT ?

Find out on the next OT of "This dumb fucking basketball team"

[cd98]

put White on Young, Murray just can't stay with him
If we only had a long small forward like those they used to put TP.

[spurraider21]

this is a game of "who's better at choking"
pop gonna go to Patty in 2OT for sure

[ace3g]

OT but Memorial Day Miracle game on NBATV.

[poopbox]

pop gonna go to Patty in 2OT for sure

called it :lmao

[Mugen]

:lol Taking Murray out

[Uriel]

This fucking team :lol

[LeBowen]

Imagine shooting 1-10 with that being your only quality and still getting to play 2nd OT.

[ace3g]

Trae floaters ....

Also lead to Capela lobs/tip ins...

[cd98]

Patty can’t guard Bog

[poopbox]

Patty :lmao

[ace3g]

another Trae floater...

[Ice009]

DeRozan ISO shit fucking sucks.

[TheGreatYacht]

DPOYonte has had Young on lock all game and he gets subbed out for the pet wombat :lmao

[Mugen]

Demar in playoff form

[Mugen]

taking Dejounte out for Patty :lol

[RC_Drunkford]

Mills with his veteran defense leaving Bogdanovic open for a lay up right under the basket

[ace3g]

Vassell should be out there.

[Sugus]

Where the fuck is Vassell bruh?? :lol

[Ice009]

DEROZAN ISO PLAY IS FUCKING PURE SHIT.

[Leetonidas]

Yeah this one's over

[Mugen]

:lol Demar

[LeBowen]

It's disturbing that we can't create a single defensive breakdown against such poor team.

[cd98]

Lottery chances improving.

[ace3g]

And get Dejounte back in...

[Robz4000]

Wish Young hit that floater in regulation tbh.

[BatManu20]

Spurs are gassed. This one’s over.

[poopbox]

Really going to lose to a dude who has had 5 fouls in 2 overtimes and let him score every point :lmao

[RC_Drunkford]

that's game

[BlackAndWhite]

Lost

[Mugen]

I'm fucking thrilled the Hawks are gonna win this tbh. Calling garbage Derozan isos when White and Murray are cooking :lol

[james evans]

Defrozen late in the game is so predictable

[stephen jackson]

We suck balls

[Degoat]

Spurs have no alphas

[BatManu20]

Starters played a ton of minutes too. Bench was shit tonight.

[Leetonidas]

This teams interior defense is a fucking joke. Poeltl is not a starting caliber player

[cd98]

LOL at people that thought ATL bombed by trading down and taking Young over Luka. Luka is awesome. But do is Young.

[TheGreatYacht]

White is the 5th option out there :lmao :pop:

[Robz4000]

Seriously, the best thing for this franchise going forward is Pop being as far away from it as possible.

[Blackhaus]

News flash young likes to drive right

[SpurPadre]

:lol Taking Murray out

I mean, Tim Fucking Duncan was taken out in a potentially Championship game, tbh.

[YoungbuckMurray]

Demar and mills are choke artists Jesus

[BatManu20]

Defrozen late in the game is so predictable

His legs are also clearly gone tbh.

[ace3g]

Trae 3...

[james evans]

Lottery chances improving.
There ain’t shut coming out this year. Popovich would just pick another player and bench him the whole season.

[Mugen]

Get this fucking garbage team into the lottery, get these garbage vets off the squad, and most importantly get this garbage coach away from the organization.

[spurs1990]

It's come to this. Scratching and clawing to take the Atlanta Hawks to 2OT. This franchise has derailed

[Uriel]

This team is at its worst when playing at home against bad teams.

[SpursDynasty85]

Rudy and Patty playing way too much. needed more defense when they put in Trae. And they needed to attack Trey on the other side. hindsight I suppose.

[Ice009]

I think I am done watching these clowns with clown coaching. Maybe when Dieng and Lonnie comes back I'll try again.

These fucking vets and their great chucking and ISO plays. That's the way to win games.

Can't this retarded coach draw up plays to get White open threes when he's hot like tonight?

Most overrated coach in NBA history IMO. Thank Tim Duncan every fucking day of the week for his false stature.

[AusSpur]

Maybe a little passing in OT rather than constant DeMar hero ball would've helped...

[LeBowen]

I'm fucking thrilled the Hawks are gonna win this tbh. Calling garbage Derozan isos when White and Murray are cooking :lol

Imagine if the old man got away with playing 1-10 Patty in the second OT.
Ball don't lie.

Our offense is really tough to watch this year. Got used to trash defense, but offense is even worse nowdays.

[RC_Drunkford]

Pop gonna draw up one of his legendary turnover plays for this one

[Darius Bieber]

We really about to go 1-8 on this home stand.

[Robz4000]

Another good thing is the Hawks play the Pelicans tomorrow. They'll be worn down so the Pels can get an easy win and get one game closer to overtaking the Spurs.

[Kurgan]

Trae Young has had 5 fouls since the 4th. Is Dejounte that shitty of an offensive player that he can't attack one of the worst defensive players in the nba?

[cd98]

DDR going to get robbed of that layup?

[Dennis the Menace]

Pop putting in Mills over Murray??? Hahaha. RETIRE already

[siraulo23]

Why is this team so bad on defense.

They shouldnt be this bad

[Mugen]

Trae Young has had 5 fouls since the 4th. Is Dejounte that shitty of an offensive player that he can't attack one of the worst defensive players in the nba?

What's he supposed to do when the old man is dialing up Derozan plays every time down? Not even forcing Young to switch onto demar with simple screens. That's how garbage that coach is :lol

[cd98]

We really about to go 1-8 on this home stand.

Lottery.

[Leetonidas]

Fuck man why did I buy tickets to see the Cavs game Monday. :lol spurs probably gonna blow that one too

[Robz4000]

This team is at its worst when playing at home against bad teams.

The Spurs are a bad team themselves.

[cd98]

DDR robbed.

[RC_Drunkford]

down 6

:pop: "DeMar score these 2 points for us"

[SpurPadre]

I think I am done watching these clowns with clown coaching. Maybe when Dieng and Lonnie comes back I'll try again.

These fucking vets and their great chucking and ISO plays. That's the way to win games.

Can't this retarded coach draw up plays to get White open threes when he's hot like tonight?

Most overrated coach in NBA history IMO. Thank Tim Duncan every fucking day of the week for his false stature.

Manu and TP say hi, tbh.

[Mugen]

Let's call up this garbage Rudy or Patty play for a 3 and get it over with

[ace3g]

Lineup should have been Dejounte, White, Vassell, Keldon, and Poeltl

[Ice009]

DeSTar derozan.

LA would be feeling amazing right now when he wakes up. What a shitshow the Spurs have become.

[cd98]

That was Gay!!!

[Sugus]

It's disgusting that the team can manage to play some semblance of offense for 3.5 quarters, then turns into... this...

[Leetonidas]

Of fucking course

[siraulo23]

what the f of course gallinari :lol

[cd98]

Gallinari solid player for a guy that’s played on half the teams in the league.

[Mugen]

Bwahahahahha giving up a 3 there, what a fucking retarded team

[Robz4000]

Good. Get the tank back on track.

[Mugen]

Garbage ass lottery team and a garbage ass organization :lol

[MultiTroll]

Who the fuck was guarding Galinanairi

[RC_Drunkford]

bad defense from Murray there. You don't jump to stop a pass. You have to close out the shooter

[ace3g]

...

11.8 - 2OT


1
2
3
4
OT
T


ATL
32
22
30
26
23
133


SA
22
26
32
30
19
129




Make a 3 then allow a 3...



TIME
TEAM
PLAY
SCORE


11.8
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Solomon Hill enters the game for Danilo Gallinari
133 - 129




11.8
https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/atl.png&h=100&w=100
Kevin Huerter enters the game for Trae Young
133 - 129




11.8
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Spurs Full timeout
133 - 129




11.8
https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/atl.png&h=100&w=100
Danilo Gallinari makes three point jumper (Trae Young assists)
133 - 129




33.8
https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&w=100
Rudy Gay makes 30-foot three point jumper (Dejounte Murray assists)
130 - 129




42.5
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Spurs defensive team rebound
130 - 126




45.1
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Trae Young misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
130 - 126




1:07
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DeMar DeRozan makes free throw 2 of 2
130 - 126

[Dex]

Another defensive mistake by Murray gonna cost us a game. Dude just can't help from ball hawking.

[cd98]

Lottery.

[Ice009]

Manu and TP say hi, tbh.

Look, those guys were huge and helped, but how good would the team be if you took off TD and just had Manu and TP?

TD was taking scrubs to the playoffs before they arrived and battling Shaq and Kobe by himself almost. I doubt TP and Manu could have done the same. As great and Manu and TP were, they weren't the magnitude of TD. Manu was closer than TP to TD, but neither were the magnitude of prime TD IMO. I shouldn't disrespect Manu like that as I loved him just as much as TD, but I don't think he could have taken the Spurs as far as TD did with lesser players before he himself arrived.

[siraulo23]

perfect way to end the night

[Degoat]

Man if the spurs sit on their hands this off-season and don’t make any major changes it’s gonna be hard to keep rooting for them

[TheGreatYacht]

Fatty Mills guarding Young cause that wide open Gallonari 3...

[Darius Bieber]

:lmao :lmao

[RC_Drunkford]

Derrick White: "Hey maybe I should just jump and then start dribbling"

[212094ever]

Luck runs out eventually

[Kurgan]

What's he supposed to do when the old man is dialing up Derozan plays every time down? Not even forcing Young to switch onto demar with simple screens. That's how garbage that coach is :lol

Either the coaching is terrible on this team or our guys have some of the lowest bball IQs in the nba where they can't even execute a simple switch. Probably both. Its always the same shit every time on offense. Spurs are the easiest team in the league to game plan against. Pop's a fraud who built his reputation on the backs of HOF talent and smart assistants.

[Blackhaus]

This team needs shooting not named Patty or Rudy

[testies]

Trae making fun of coach Poop for calling up Derrick White ahead of him for Team USA lmao

[Leetonidas]

Pop is a fuckin tard also for constantly having terrible defensive players like Mills on end game defensive possessions

[212094ever]

lol Young with 5 fouls since the 4th qtr and still out there

[Dex]

Fatty Mills guarding Young cause that wide open Gallonari 3...

Yeah, it's Mills' fault that Murray didn't close out on the one shot that loses the game for you.

Brilliant take here.

[RC_Drunkford]

This is definitely the dumbest Spurs team of the last 25 years

[Robz4000]

:lol still can't believe that old retard kept DePression at the deadline only to lose him for nothing this offseason
:lol or worse they plan on resigning him

[Blackhaus]

Why weren’t the Spurs picking on tre young when he’s been in foul trouble forever. I mean they been picking on our whole team all game, it’s only fair.

[LeBowen]

Road to top10 pick continues.

[BatManu20]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/92/53/f1/9253f1be103cfd70c79bf6011cf67cb9.gif

[Kurgan]

It's games like this that remind you of Murray's limitations as a player

[cd98]

Perfect game. Spurs play hard. Game is close. But Spurs one game closer to lottery. I want competitive losses.

[Mugen]

Pop depressed AF that he can scuttle over to Nate to slurp him off after a loss per usual :lol

[duncan2k5]

Manu and TP say hi, tbh.
Duncan made Manu, Parker, And Pop great...tbh...not vice versa

[RD2191]

Getting taken to double OT by an undermanned Hawks team just to lose. Fucking embarrassing. :lol

[SpurPadre]

Look, those guys were huge and helped, but how good would the team be if you took off TD and just had Manu and TP?

TD was taking scrubs to the playoffs before they arrived and battling Shaq and Kobe by himself almost. I doubt TP and Manu could have done the same. As great and Manu and TP were, they weren't the magnitude of TD. Manu was closer than TP to TD, but neither were the magnitude of prime TD IMO.

True but it necessitates The Big 3 for TD to get those rings after '99. But yeah, we'd have 6 rings and have won the elusive back to back if Pop didn't take out TD in Game 6, after Leonard's punk bitch ass fucking choked at the free throw line.

[spurs1990]

Fire Gregg. Buyout DeRozan. Amnesty Poetle

[Mugen]

It's games like this that remind you of Murray's limitations as a player

He has a trash coach which is a pretty big limitation so I agree

[RC_Drunkford]

Why weren’t the Spurs picking on tre young when he’s been in foul trouble forever. I mean they been picking on our whole team all game, it’s only fair.

:pop: "It won't be fair to the other team. We lose with class here"

[LeBowen]

Yeah, it's Mills' fault that Murray didn't close out on the one shot that loses the game for you.

Brilliant take here.

It's his fault that he keeps chucking whenever he gets the ball.

Same goes for Rudy

Shameless chuckers that are detriment to the team unless they're scorching hot, which happens once a month.

[TheGreatYacht]

Yeah, it's Mills' fault that Murray didn't close out on the one shot that loses the game for you.

Brilliant take here.
Sean said it as well you absolute moron. Everything started with Young

[Robz4000]

Hopefully they have to sit a bunch of players on Saturday after all the minutes they've played today. Samanic still won't see the floor, unfortunately.

[Kurgan]

This is definitely the dumbest Spurs team of the last 25 years

Last year's group featuring Beli and Bryn in the lineup was worse but this year's team is not far behind.

[Spurs Homer]

Look at the bright side: spurs will be back on the road soon- and

sammanich is getting some good rest!

[cd98]

It's games like this that remind you of Murray's limitations as a player

Eh Atlanta made mistakes and missed shots too. I think the Spurs played well. It’s a game of who makes less mistakes, but Atlanta had lead at end of reg and OT and made mistakes that allowed Spurs to extend game.

[ace3g]

https://media.tenor.com/images/b3a48842b35e9beb95272feaf6a18013/tenor.gif

Final/2OT


1
2
3
4
OT
T


ATL
32
22
30
26
24
134


SA
22
26
32
30
19
129




https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&w=100Spurs



Starters
MIN
FG
3PT
FT
OREB
DREB
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
+/-
PTS


D. DeRozan (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3978/demar-derozan)SF
47
14-27
0-1
8-10
1
4
5
9
0
0
1
4
-6
36


K. Johnson (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395723/keldon-johnson)SF
27
2-8
1-5
0-0
1
6
7
1
0
0
0
0
+3
5


J. Poeltl (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3134908/jakob-poeltl)C
44
6-8
0-0
2-3
4
6
10
3
2
1
1
3
-10
14


D. White (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3078576/derrick-white)PG
45
10-20
7-13
2-3
0
1
1
3
1
2
2
1
+2
29


D. Murray (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3907497/dejounte-murray)PG
41
7-13
0-2
2-3
2
7
9
2
2
0
1
5
+2
16


Bench
MIN
FG
3PT
FT
OREB
DREB
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
+/-
PTS


D. Eubanks (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3914285/drew-eubanks)PF
12
1-2
0-0
0-0
1
4
5
0
0
0
1
2
+0
2


R. Gay (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3005/rudy-gay)SF
31
6-16
3-8
3-4
0
6
6
4
2
2
0
2
-4
18


P. Mills (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4004/patty-mills)PG
32
1-10
1-8
0-0
2
0
2
3
0
0
0
2
-1
3


D. Vassell (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395630/devin-vassell)SG
12
2-6
1-3
1-1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
3
-11
6


L. Samanic (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4423309/luka-samanic)PF
DNP-COACH'S DECISION


T. Jones (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395626/tre-jones)PG
DNP-COACH'S DECISION


Q. Weatherspoon (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3907358/quinndary-weatherspoon)SG
DNP-COACH'S DECISION


C. Reynolds (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3057240/cameron-reynolds)G
DNP-COACH'S DECISION


TEAM

49-110
13-40
18-24
11
35
46
25
8
6
6
22

129




44.5%
32.5%
75.0%

[Mugen]

A bunch of lowIQ players coached by a senile old man, this is what you get tbh :lol

[KobesAchilles]

Just ran into a better team. That’s all there is to it.

I feel bad for Demar though. Imagine if he had actual teammates instead of scrubs like Patty, Jak, KJ, and Murray. If we ever truly built around Demar we would be a top team in the league.

[LeBowen]

Lost at home against a team starting Snell and Solomon Hill. In 2021.
Come the next game, people will talk about playoff picture. :lmao

[SpurPadre]

Duncan made Manu, Parker, And Pop great...tbh...not vice versa

A Big 3 was required for TD to get multiple rings, tbh.

[Blackhaus]

Fatty mills 1 for 10 playing 32 min. Classic

[TheGreatYacht]

If there’s ever gonna be an F grade for the senile old bastard, it’s definitely tonight timvp

[Leetonidas]

:lol DeRozan a -4 in a three point loss where he played 47 minutes

[RC_Drunkford]

2-5 record for the 9 game home stand so far :lol

[LeBowen]

Just ran into a better team. That’s all there is to it.

I feel bad for Demar though. Imagine if he had actual teammates instead of scrubs like Patty, Jak, KJ, and Murray. If we ever truly built around Demar we would be a top team in the league.


Yeah, I also feel sorry for a guy who's one of the worst defenders and 3pt shooters in the league. And is making 27 million.

[PhantomDashCam]

https://twitter.com/317lindquist/status/482221673220169729?s=20

Gloria talking smack. Hate losing no matter the circumstances:lol

[SpurPadre]

The other night, Murray and White combined for 9-28 and win in a blowout. Tonight, they combine for 18-34 and lose. Today's NBA, smh.

[Gibbz]

Can't win with 28 from Capela and 1/10 from Patty in 32 minutes.

[Ice009]

True but it necessitates The Big 3 for TD to get those rings after '99. But yeah, we'd have 6 rings and have won the elusive back to back if Pop didn't take out TD in Game 6, after Leonard's punk bitch ass fucking choked at the free throw line.

I felt bad typing that as I loved Manu just as much as TD - 100% just as much. Manu was easily pretty much my favourite player along with TD (the only time I was ever really down on Manu a little bit was the 2013 NBA finals game 6 and 7). He was an amazing player. I actually would have liked to have seen him go to another team to win another ring or two as he was still great after TD retired IMO. He could have put nearly any Championship contender team over the hump that needed just one more piece to win the ring. I just feel the big three was built off of TD and then Manu and then TP. Manu was closer to TD than TP IMO. I feel like I am disrespecting Manu and TP by saying all this, but all I have to go off of is how TD played and carried the team, and where he took them before either of those guys got there.

[Kurgan]

Can't win with 28 from Capela and 1/10 from Patty in 32 minutes.

The old man is at fault for choosing guys who obviously had dead legs all night

[Mugen]

Just ran into a better team. That’s all there is to it.

I feel bad for Demar though. Imagine if he had actual teammates instead of scrubs like Patty, Jak, KJ, and Murray. If we ever truly built around Demar we would be a top team in the league.

:lmao

[spurs1990]

Thank god for this message board tbh. Never be able to watch these games without interacting with you fellow masochists.

[Mugen]

CHA w/o LaMelo
Clippers w/o Kawhi
Kings w/o Bagley :lol
ATL w/o Collins

0-4 :lmao

[Degoat]

Hot take maybe? Last years spurs team was better... I said it... lol

[TheGreatYacht]

The Popovich of shooting coaches, Chip Engelland, better make these scrubs practice their free throws. A great FT shooter like DeRozan is out there missing back-to-back free throws that eventually cost us.

Time to prove that he ain’t a product of Parker and Kawhi’s greatness

[Sugus]

Hot take maybe? Last years spurs team was better... I said it... lol

Didn't last year's team get beaten down by 30+ by ATL? Tonight it took them 2 OTs... Baby steps :lmao

[RC_Drunkford]

CHA w/o LaMelo
Clippers w/o Kawhi
Kings w/o Bagley :lol
ATL w/o Collins

0-4 :lmao

you forgot the Rockets without half of their roster

[SpurPadre]

I felt bad typing that as I loved Manu just as much as TD - 100% just as much. Manu was easily pretty much my favourite player along with TD (the only time I was ever really down on Manu a little bit was the 2013 NBA finals game 6 and 7). He was an amazing player. I actually would have liked to have seen him go to another team to win another ring or two as he was still great after TD retired IMO. He could have put nearly any Championship contender team over the hump that needed just one more piece to win the ring. I just feel the big three was built off of TD and then Manu and then TP. Manu was closer to TD than TP IMO. I feel like I am disrespecting Manu and TP by saying all this, but all I have to go off of is how TD played and carried the team and where he took them before either of those guys got there.

It was a cyclical thing, IMO. Admiral set the tone for TD, TD set the tone for Manu and TP, The Big 3 set the tone for Judas and Judas fucked the franchise over and now look at us. That being said, TD is the greatest Spurs player of all-time.

[212094ever]

There's always at least one shitty vet getting undeserved minutes and touches. Old man has to go.

[Mugen]

you forgot the Rockets without half of their roster

:lol I'm just talking about this homestand tbh. If we started counting the whole season, it'd go 5+ pages.

[Ice009]

It was a cyclical thing, IMO. Admiral set the tone for TD, TD set the tone for Manu and TP, The Big 3 set the tone for Judas and Judas fucked the franchise over and now look at us. That being said, TD is the greatest Spurs player of all-time.

I can agree with all that. I still think Manu shouldn't have retired and went to another contender for another year or two to help get them over the hump. He still had a lot of game left.

[SpurPadre]

I can agree with all that. I still think Manu shouldn't have retired and went to another contender for another year or two to help get them over the hump. He still had a lot of game left.

I wish Manu would be interested in coaching and taking over from Pop but that's a pipe dream.

[Dirks_Finale]

I feel bad for Demar though. Imagine if he had actual teammates instead of scrubs like Patty, Jak, KJ, and Murray. If we ever truly built around Demar we would be a top team in the league.

Maybe if this were 1995 that would be true.

[objective]

That Popovich of shooting coaches, Chip Engelland, better make these scrubs practice their free throws. A great FT shooter like DeRozan is out there missing back-to-back free throws that eventually cost us.

Time to prove that he ain’t a product of Parker and Kawhi’s greatness

If he was truly great he would've been paid more and hired somewhere else.

Braindrain has destroyed the Spurs infrastructure and the real culture.

Everyone with a pulse was hired and sometimes fired elsewhere. What else could explain how Brian Wright, an intern with a lotto Magic team and briefly a scout with crappy Detroit was able to get next in line as GM? Because everyone else was gone.

Same with the assistant coaches. The only reason Becky is still there is the glass ceiling. The other coaches are kids with no other experience.

[Ice009]

Who are you referring to in regard to "braindrain"?

[LakerHater]

Dunno what it is with Pop & Patty!?

[PhantomDashCam]

The silver linings are getting harder to find in these games tbh. (D White’s career high 7 3s?)

I know the Tank Crew has valid points about lottery (perhaps franchise altering) talent being available in the draft but still, I hate playing like this and rooting for Ls when some small adjustments and suitable personnel are trapped on the bench...

[SpurPadre]

The silver linings are getting harder to find in these games tbh. (D White’s career high 7 3s?)

I know the Tank Crew has valid points about lottery (perhaps franchise altering) talent being available in the draft but still, I hate playing like this and rooting for Ls when some small adjustments and suitable personnel are trapped on the bench...

I'm in the Tank Crew but I take no joy in seeing this team struggle. It's just a necessary evil after what the retard and his uncle did.

[BackHome]

I am all Tank last two times we had terrible records we drafted Timmy and David we need better talent plain and simple.

The schedule is going to get brutal so many games in a short time and most are against teams that are in the playoff hunt.

[timtonymanu]

Welp just about the same as last year. Good enough to barely miss the playoffs.

[Kurgan]

Who are you referring to in regard to "braindrain"?

Spurs losing talented front office/coaching personnel to other teams.

[KobesAchilles]

Devin Vassell 2.0 here we come :lol

[SpurPadre]

Welp just about the same as last year. Good enough to barely miss the playoffs.

And not bad enough to draft a player that will really move the needle, not at this rate.

[Jordan Jackson]

This might be the dumbest Spurs team EVER. Even Sean and Bill seemed annoyed with it.

There’ve been times when the talent on this team wasn’t so great but you knew they would out smart the other team. come up with a high iq play to swing the game. I think the Spurs are one of those dumb teams now. Yikes.

[tbdog]

This might be the dumbest Spurs team EVER. Even Sean and Bill seemed annoyed with it.

There’ve been times when the talent on this team wasn’t so great but you knew they would out smart the other team. come up with a high iq play to swing the game. I think the Spurs are one of those dumb teams now. Yikes.

I think we were just spoilt that Parker ran the team for 18 years.

[boutons_deux]

I think we were just spoilt that Parker ran the team for 18 years.

Spurs had talent in the BigThree and also had decent role players, but overall, there was always smart BB with a common chorus from the other teams "Spurs take care of the little things" that make a big difference when added up.

Now, the smartness had been replaced with low BB IQ and reliable mediocrity.

[RC_Drunkford]

the funny thing is most of these players have been on the team for almost 3 years and still can't execute a play :lol

[3&D_TBH]

The silver linings are getting harder to find in these games tbh. (D White’s career high 7 3s?)

I know the Tank Crew has valid points about lottery (perhaps franchise altering) talent being available in the draft but still, I hate playing like this and rooting for Ls when some small adjustments and suitable personnel are trapped on the bench...
This, tbh. This is pretty much how I feel. We are not a contender so we need more talent, but at the same time we barely lost and Vassell only got 12 minutes and Luka none at all. Frustrating, and I don't have the answers.

[ragas]

Spurs had talent in the BigThree and also had decent role players, but overall, there was always smart BB with a common chorus from the other teams "Spurs take care of the little things" that make a big difference when added up.

Now, the smartness had been replaced with low BB IQ and reliable mediocrity.

Who would have thought? Five generational talents (+ Robinson & Kawhi) were better players than Derozan, Murray, White & Co.

Spurs fans should get over it and understand that they got lucky with drafting such unique talent and that it's not replicable. Be happy and thankful for the successful years, but stop living in the past and look forward to the future. To be constantly compared to the Big3 doesn't make things easier for the current and future players.

[Chomag]

And Pop just keeps on rolling on with the vets, it really is maddening.

[Jordan Jackson]

Who would have thought? Five generational talents (+ Robinson & Kawhi) were better players than Derozan, Murray, White & Co.

Spurs fans should get over it and understand that they got lucky with drafting such unique talent and that it's not replicable. Be happy and thankful for the successful years, but stop living in the past and look forward to the future. To be constantly compared to the Big3 doesn't make things easier for the current and future players.

This has nothing to do with talent. Like mentioned above - some of the guys been together 3 years and can’t execute a simple play. They can’t even run a fast-break for crying out loud.

I sat through that entire Tank for Timmy season - I get it. But you can’t excuse some of the low iq shit happening on the court. Trae Young had 5 fouls like come on.

[stephen jackson]

Buy out patty and Rudy please

[BackHome]

They both should have been traded but Pop is burning the house down for short term gain vs. long term gain in trading and getting draft picks as his sorry ass won't be hear in a few years.

[SpursDynasty85]

They both should have been traded but Pop is burning the house down for short term gain vs. long term gain in trading and getting draft picks as his sorry ass won't be hear in a few years.


Going from bottom 5 in league to contending is very hard. You risk a losing culture, higher profile rookies coming into a losing culture and small market, you will get more divas and fighting. Rudy and Patty are great ambassadors and they are here to mentor and showcase themselves for free agency in return giving SA a good reputation for free agents by doing right by their current and previous ones.

[Ice009]

This has nothing to do with talent. Like mentioned above - some of the guys been together 3 years and can’t execute a simple play. They can’t even run a fast-break for crying out loud.

I sat through that entire Tank for Timmy season - I get it. But you can’t excuse some of the low iq shit happening on the court. Trae Young had 5 fouls like come on.

What did you think about that '96-'97 team? I was very young back then, but I actually liked them. I thought they played hard. The had a lot of players out due to injury that season and at one point of the season when D-Rob was due back, I read no-one really wanted to play them in the first round of the playoffs if they got healthy and made the playoffs. I thought Dominique Wilkins played hard for us too. Sucks that he didn't get a chance to be on a contending Spurs team.

Anyway, are you putting the low bbiq down to the players mostly, or do you think coaching is also playing a big part in that?

Edit : Not sure if the score is correct, Warriors are down 53 to the Raptors at the end of the 3rd quarter. Ouch.


Going from bottom 5 in league to contending is very hard. You risk a losing culture, higher profile rookies coming into a losing culture and small market, you will get more divas and fighting. Rudy and Patty are great ambassadors and they are here to mentor and showcase themselves for free agency in return giving SA a good reputation for free agents by doing right by their current and previous ones.

EricB, who seems to be clued via someone/people in the Spurs organization constantly says they were not looking to trade Mills at all unless the offer blew them away (they were never going to get such an offer, so no trade was ever likely to happen). Anyway, it sounds like they really want to keep him and I really, really want to let him go. I wanted him to leave the year he got the 50M contract). He'd fit much better on a Championship contender type of team as the 7th or 8th man in an off the bench role. He's detrimental on this team as a closing 5 player with a Steph Curry like green light that he seems to have been given by Pop. I'm really worried the Spurs are going to do something stupid like re-signing him for an exorbitant amount of money again.

[Darius Bieber]

And of course the Pelicans are gonna blow out the Hawks tonight.

[ace3g]

And of course the Pelicans are gonna blow out the Hawks tonight.

10:11 - 4th


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