Game Thread: Spurs at Suns — Apr. 17, 2021 - 9pm CT

[DC23]

Always a fun matchup! Go Spurs Go!

[Robz4000]

Suns by 30.

[ace3g]

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Paul Garcia pAulGarciaNBA
(https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaNBA) 1m (https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaNBA/status/1383533623505133571) DeMar DeRozan, Patty Mills, and Jakob Poeltl are all out tonight vs Phoenix for rest. Trey Lyles (ankle) is also out

[Dejounte]

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Paul Garcia pAulGarciaNBA
(https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaNBA) 1m (https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaNBA/status/1383533623505133571) DeMar DeRozan, Patty Mills, and Jakob Poeltl are all out tonight vs Phoenix for rest. Trey Lyles (ankle) is also out

Samanic starting, I'm assuming...

Good development game while maintaining the tank.

[mo7888]

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Paul Garcia pAulGarciaNBA
(https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaNBA) 1m (https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaNBA/status/1383533623505133571) DeMar DeRozan, Patty Mills, and Jakob Poeltl are all out tonight vs Phoenix for rest. Trey Lyles (ankle) is also out

I'm already more interested in the game.... now doesn't Rudy need some rest too??

[EasyMoney]

Luka definitely starting. Only luka can dnp then suddenly start.

[timvp]

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Paul Garcia pAulGarciaNBA
(https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaNBA) 1m (https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaNBA/status/1383533623505133571) DeMar DeRozan, Patty Mills, and Jakob Poeltl are all out tonight vs Phoenix for rest. Trey Lyles (ankle) is also out

Hmmm ... interesting. Walker starting in place of DeRozan?

Good way to get Dieng some minutes. Maybe even start him, tbh.

[PhantomDashCam]

Exciting development. Hoping the young guys stay out of foul trouble, play loose and make it competitive.

This was most likely an L with full team but don’t want any excuses.

Bring the juice Spurs!

[timtonymanu]

Go Suns!

[BatManu20]

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[GAustex]

At this point
Go Suns Go!

[KobesAchilles]

Poor Demar. Almost pulled off an epic heroic effort last night and now he is stuck Eating them stale ass nachos in Phoenix with cold ass cheese

[Joseph Kony]

Nice, maybe i'll watch this one now :tu

[GAustex]

To bad Jak is sitting. Would’ve been a good preview of next years team. Minus Gay.

[ace3g]

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Nick DePaula NickDePaula
(https://twitter.com/NickDePaula) 1h (https://twitter.com/NickDePaula/status/1383546958996918275)
Coach @BeckyHammon (https://twitter.com/BeckyHammon/) in Fiesta Air Maxes is the fit of the week. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f525.pnghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f525.png

[GB20]

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Paul Garcia (https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaNBA)pAu (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=44691)lGarciaNBA
1m (https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaNBA/status/1383533623505133571) DeMar DeRozan, Patty Mills, and Jakob Poeltl are all out tonight vs Phoenix for rest. Trey Lyles (ankle) is also out
It would be nice if Pop and Rudy are out too.

[Kurgan]

No Depression and Fatty tonight? Might be a fun game for a change without those ball hogs, even though we'll probably lose.

[PhantomDashCam]

https://twitter.com/Suns/status/1382916370023604224?s=20

:wow

[Harry Callahan]

At this point with 17 or 18 games left. The Spurs might as well roll out lineups like this. They need to see their young guys play. Team management needs to see what that have as they move forward into next year and beyond.

A meaningless "Play In" game is a fools errand now.

[mo7888]

Pop on Vassell sitting last two games:

"We played other people."

[Kurgan]

https://twitter.com/Suns/status/1382916370023604224?s=20

:wow

Sad that 35 yr old CP3 is still leagues better than anyone in our backcourt.

[RC_Drunkford]

at least Rudy is playing to keep the tank going

https://i.redd.it/0i3263h4knt61.jpg

[GAustex]

Sad that 35 yr old CP3 is still leagues better than anyone in our backcourt.
Excellent word “leagues” referring to distance.
From google “ League, any of several European units of measurement ranging from 2.4 to 4.6 statute miles (3.9 to 7.4 km). In English-speaking countries the land league is generally accepted as 3 statute miles (4.83 km), although varying lengths from 7,500 feet to 15,000 feet (2.29 to 4.57 km) were sometimes employed.”

[ace3g]

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Dan Weiss danWeissPBP
(https://twitter.com/DanWeissPBP) 2m (https://twitter.com/DanWeissPBP/status/1383594947174047744)
Spurs starters: Murray, White, Johnson, Samanic, Eubanks. DeRozan, Poeltl, Mills all out for rest #GoSpursGo (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GoSpursGo)

[timvp]

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Dan Weiss danWeissPBP
(https://twitter.com/DanWeissPBP) 2m (https://twitter.com/DanWeissPBP/status/1383594947174047744)
Spurs starters: Murray, White, Johnson, Samanic, Eubanks. DeRozan, Poeltl, Mills all out for rest #GoSpursGo (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GoSpursGo)

Nice. :tu

[paperboy77]

Ya'll can't fathom how much i love my Spurs. Hate to say this but I'm to the point where I believe a tank is best. FUCK POP!

[NASpurs]

An actual watchable game tonight. I’ll tune in.

[Trill Clinton]

Ya'll can't fathom how much i love my Spurs. Hate to say this but I'm to the point where I believe a tank is best. FUCK POP!

Damn the game hasn't even started yet.

[Ditty]

Wouldn’t it be nice if this a sign that Pop is shutting down Mills the rest of the season.

Anyways might actually check out this game now even if we are probably going to get destroyed.

Go Suns!

[RD2191]

Is Eubanks our Center tonight? Also, who the fuck is Eubanks? :lol

[spurs10]

:bobo Go Spurs and Happy Birthday Bobo!

[3&D_TBH]

Pop on Vassell sitting last two games:

"We played other people."

I wish just for once one of the reporters would have the balls to reply, "Do you think the fans that buy tickets think that answer is cute?"

[longhorn]

I wish just for once one of the reporters would have the balls to reply, "Do you think the fans that buy tickets think that answer is cute?"

seems like SA/Spurs media operates with fear of criticizing the Spurs org for anything, partially because of the team’s track record and partially because they don’t want to lose access or something. It’s odd.

[hombre]

Did someone take the keys away?

[Trill Clinton]

Smh Luka

[TimDunkem]

They don't call defensive 3 anymore, huh? Fucking Ayton. :lol

[Darius Bieber]

This might get ugly real fast. Their young core is miles better than ours.

[longhorn]

So the young inexperienced player who hasn’t gotten any consistent minutes in a month or so gets a start doesn’t look instantly comfortable? Shocking.

[J_Paco]

I understand sitting DeMar, especially when I want to see Derrick & DeJounte with the ball more, but sitting Poeltl is puzzling.

I'm expecting another L, yet I'd rather see Poeltl banging against Ayton over Eubanks or Dieng.


Not a good start to this game so far......

[J_Paco]

So the young inexperienced player who hasn’t gotten any consistent minutes in a month or so gets a start doesn’t look instantly comfortable? Shocking.

Eubanks has been the back up center since LaMarcus' "injury" and eventual buy - out.

I think it's more a talent gap than anything doing with nerves or rust for Eubanks.

[longhorn]

Eubanks has been the back up center since LaMarcus' "injury" and eventual buy - out.

I think it's more a talent gap than anything doing with nerves or rust for Eubanks.

was talking about Luka

[longhorn]

White can’t miss right now

[r0drig0lac]

nice start against the nba power ranking leader

[ace3g]

4:17 - 1st


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[Trill Clinton]

Rudy didn't want to take a night off?

[ace3g]

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[paperboy77]

Damn the game hasn't even started yet.

Ye.. I know bro. Just... at some point I feel I gotta be ok with things. Not so much about the Suns it's about the long game. Took me a while to get there.

[stephen jackson]

We look better without demar and patty

[NASpurs]

Wow, actual enjoyable team basketball. What a concept.

[ace3g]

Rudy didn't want to take a night off?

Contractually, Rudy and Patty can't have a rest game on the same night.

[mo7888]

The game just looks better without one guy pounding the air outta the ball

[tim_duncan_fan]

Devin Vassell is at 39% from 3 while never allowed to establish a rhythm because his coach likes being random and schizo.

An intelligent team would have Vassell shooting 6 threes a game already.

[RC_Drunkford]

this team is not getting worse by benching DeRozan, Mills and Poeltl. That just means there's better spacing out there with Samanic starting and Vassell/Dieng coming off the bench

[ace3g]

Tre Jones minutes

[GB20]

This is the team that I wanted to see from the beginning of the season.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Win or lose tonight the spurs are so much better without Derozan and patty.

[longhorn]

Tre Jones sighting

[paperboy77]

seems like SA/Spurs media operates with fear of criticizing the Spurs org for anything, partially because of the team’s track record and partially because they don’t want to lose access or something. It’s odd.


Not odd if they do depend on Spurs/NBA to continue their work/jobs. Eventually SA will be criticized like any other team. No fear Mr. Reporter.

[longhorn]

Amazing that we sit the overpaid dinosaurs people insist are key to winning and competing and vet leadership...yet instantly look better.

[pad300]

Is Eubanks our Center tonight? Also, who the fuck is Eubanks? :lol

Hey! Give the Drewshow some respect! He shot a perfect game last night (7/7 and 1/1 ft).

[paperboy77]

This is the team that I wanted to see from the beginning of the season.

Fucken badass if they can pull it off. This PX team has been taking everyone seriously. I wish our team would.

[ace3g]

Vassell can dunk and hit 3s.....sub him out.

[RC_Drunkford]

great pass by Lonnie

[stephen jackson]

We missed Lonnie

[RC_Drunkford]

if the old man has so much basketball knowledge he should know that he has to change the starting line up

[RD2191]

Hey! Give the Drewshow some respect! He shot a perfect game last night (7/7 and 1/1 ft).
MVEubanks tbh :lol

[hoopdreams11]

youngsters bringing the energy like it

[ace3g]

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End of the 1st Quarter
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0.0
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Spurs offensive team rebound
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0.0
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Lonnie Walker IV misses 38-foot three point pullup jump shot
28 - 19




2.9
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Cameron Payne out of bounds lost ball turnover
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10.7
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Torrey Craig defensive rebound
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13.5
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Tre Jones misses two point shot
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30.3
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Lonnie Walker IV defensive rebound
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33.3
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Devin Vassell blocks Cameron Johnson 's 14-foot pullup jump shot
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49.8
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Lonnie Walker IV turnover
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Lonnie Walker IV offensive charge
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Devin Vassell defensive rebound
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Cameron Johnson misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
28 - 19




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Rudy Gay makes 2-foot two point shot
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Devin Vassell makes 1-foot driving dunk (Lonnie Walker IV assists)
26 - 19

[R. DeMurre]

:loloh my gawd, who will score if DDR isn't on the team?? Everyone.

[J_Paco]

was talking about Luka

My bad.

Yeah, he would look bad without consistent minutes or any real role. Hopefully he picks it up in the 2nd quarter, otherwise Pop will gladly go with Keldon or Rudy instead.

Gotta keep up this level of defensive intensity, fast pace & ball movement.

This type of play is exactly why I want DeMar (and Rudy) gone after the season. It might not be fully sustainable, but better to see the young guys sink or swim over the middling results with the current (or recent past) vets.

[Kurgan]

Spacing and ball movement is much improved without Demar/Jakob. Purrtle is a decent player but it's suicide having him start alongside Demar when neither can shoot.

[RC_Drunkford]

It's pretty clear that Samanic and Vassell need minutes and Johnson has to get benched for either Walker or Vassell so the starters have more 3-point shooting

[GB20]

if the old man has so much basketball knowledge he should know that he has to change the starting line up
Pop has been blinded from the last four years. He is not looking at the big picture anymore.

[Kurgan]

:loloh my gawd, who will score if DDR isn't on the team?? Everyone.

"but but we gotta extend DeStar. He's our only scorer"

[J_Paco]

Rudy moves like he's in cement on defense. Pretty sad to see Carter just sprint past him with almost no resistance from Rudy.

[RC_Drunkford]

Spacing and ball movement is much improved without Demar/Jakob. Purrtle is a decent player but it's suicide having him start alongside Demar when neither can shoot.

that's not as much of an issue as Johnson being a bad 3-point shooter and White not hitting enough 3s either. Keldon has to be replaced by either Vassell or Walker. They are not getting enough shots with the bench and would improve the starters spacing big time

[longhorn]

Vassell making Pop look like a clown

[r0drig0lac]

wow

[J_Paco]

that's not as much of an issue as Johnson being a bad 3-point shooter and White not hitting enough 3s either. Keldon has to be replaced by either Vassell or Walker. They are not getting enough shots with the bench and would improve the starters spacing big time

Lonnie is too small to be a starting SF & I'm not sure if DeMar can play PF over the rest of the season.

Vassell should definitely be an option, but again DeMar is occupying minutes and a position that would go to him.

[Kurgan]

Vassell making Pop look like a clown

imagine sending your first lottery pick since Tim Duncan to the doghouse because you want to give more minutes to over the hill vets that won't be here next year.

[GB20]

Rudy moves like he's in cement on defense. Pretty sad to see Carter just sprint past him with almost no resistance from Rudy.
Every single NBA players are reading the scouting report on Rudy Gay playing defense.

[RC_Drunkford]

oh look we are shooting 3s and playing defense and all of a sudden we get easy buckets. SPACING. Somebody tell the old man that that's the most important thing when it comes to running a modern NBA offense

[ace3g]

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[timvp]

Watching basketball that doesn't feature DeRozan or Mills is a fun hobby, tbh . . .

[Uriel]

Spurs playing up to the level of good teams, per par. Same way they play down to the level of bad ones.

[PhantomDashCam]

Beware post game Vassell if Pop gives you “I need to find him more minutes” quote...

[mo7888]

It was really a poor decision not to trade ddr and Patty at the deadline.

[paperboy77]

I our team one of those teams than on a good day can beat anyone? Damn they are a unpredictable!

[Kurgan]

I understand this level of play is unsustainable over the course of an entire season but the team just looks so much more enjoyable to watch without one guy dominating the ball in the starting lineup(Dumbar) and the other taking all the shots off the bench(Fatty). Ball movement, spacing, defense all much improved without those two.

[ace3g]

Who knows if our 3 point defense will hold up but at least having another 3 point shooter getting 20-25 minutes in Vassell helps.

[r0drig0lac]

Jesus

[RC_Drunkford]

Walker as a 1st option on offense is way better than DeRozan. Just off his 3-point shooting alone

[NASpurs]

I still fully expect to lose this game even up almost 20 but games like these are promising.

[ace3g]

5:42 - 2nd


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[boutons_deux]

shooting over 50% and still aren't behind? weird

[TheGreatYacht]

Walker should be the 1st option anytime he’s on the floor. Highest ceiling on the team by far. An atrocity that he’s a spot up shooter for Rudy and Fatty

[NASpurs]

Even the Suns announcers say how unpredictable the Spurs are without DeRozan.

[RC_Drunkford]

Don't forget that this team was playing well when Walker started and started losing when he had to sit out and White was starting for him

[Kurgan]

Murray has so much more room to operate without Demar's lack of gravity cramping all the space inside the arc.

[ace3g]

Walker as a 1st option on offense is way better than DeRozan. Just off his 3-point shooting alone

The threat of 3 point shooting is everything.

DeRozan with a 3 point shot, even with his defensive inefficiencies, would be so much better.

Another wrinkle teams have to worry about when defending us.

[paperboy77]

Are they what good teams don't want to face?

[timtonymanu]

Lol the “bring Demar back” faggots. Let him walk

[J_Paco]

Watching basketball that doesn't feature DeRozan or Mills is a fun hobby, tbh . . .

Right, those two not jacking up shots and the ball moving around is actually fun. Who would've thought?

[NASpurs]

Lol the “bring Demar back” faggots. Let him walk

:cry but how are we going to replace 20/5/5

[GB20]

Pop already bench Luka

[Kurgan]

:lol "DeStar"
:lol extend Demar crew wanting to give someone that can't shoot or play defense $30 mil a year

[RC_Drunkford]

:cry but how are we going to replace 20/5/5

3 3s, 2 2s and 2 less 3s given up on D. Voila

[ace3g]

3:24 - 2nd


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[RC_Drunkford]

on another note White is hot garbage without a dominating big man

[J_Paco]

Yes, use Eubanks as a lob threat for goodness sake!

The guy needs to mold his game after Birdman and he'll easily have a 10 year career.

[ace3g]

2:12 - 2nd


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[NASpurs]

3 3s, 2 2s and 2 less 3s given up on D. Voila

Anyone you put in DeMar’s position and puts up a 0.1 net positive is already better no matter their stats :lol

[timtonymanu]

:cry but how are we going to replace 20/5/5

I get no star is coming here willingly but doesn’t mean we should settle on a fake star with an antiquated and momentum killing game.

[ace3g]

Please don't relax to end quarter....

[duncan2k5]

i love watching this team without demar and patty

[james evans]

In other news, the league is trying to keep the lakers as a top seed in the playoffs. The Jazz shot 8 fucking freethrows the whole game today against the lakers. How the fuck does that happen in 48 minutes? That's an average of 2 freethrows a quarter!!!!!!!!

[ace3g]

Halftime


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[J_Paco]

Pop already bench Luka

Maybe he'll be back after halftime?!

:lol:lol:lol

Poor kid might not see real minutes until his 4th season if Pop is still the coach next year.

[james evans]

i love watching this team without demar and patty
This season was strictly Demar's contract year show.. Popovich is just allowing him to showcase his skills in unlimited isos to get the max this summer. I dont know how anyone in their right mind wants this mf on the team next year.

[Leetonidas]

Best half the Spurs have played all year is without DeRozan and Mills :lol

[Trill Clinton]

Pop already bench Luka

Team went on a tear once he went out

[r0drig0lac]

This season was strictly Demar's contract year show.. Popovich is just allowing him to showcase his skills in unlimited isos to get the max this summer. I dont know how anyone in their right mind wants this mf on the team next year.
Pop? yep, is weird

[RC_Drunkford]

Lonnie Walker with a team high +24

[NASpurs]

I get no star is coming here willingly but doesn’t mean we should settle on a fake star with an antiquated and momentum killing game.

Shouldn’t be a #1 option and get paid as such. I have no problem with DeMar the person or even the basketball player but like I said, shouldn’t be the #1 option and orchestrator of the offense.

[tbdog]

Lol the “bring Demar back” faggots. Let him walk

What? With DDR, they would be up a further 10. His replacement has done nothing this game. If anything, the Vassell instead of Mills is significant.

[james evans]

Shouldn’t be a #1 option and get paid as such. I have no problem with DeMar the person or even the basketball player but like I said, shouldn’t be the #1 option and orchestrator of the offense.
I don't want him on the team period. As a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th option. He's a proven certified playoff choker

[BatManu20]

The tank taking a big hit tonight boys.

[ace3g]

https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&w=100 Spurs



Starters
MIN
FG
3PT
FT
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DREB
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
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D. Eubanks (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3914285/drew-eubanks) PF
15
3-3
0-0
1-2
2
6
8
2
1
0
0
2
+3
7


L. Samanic (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4423309/luka-samanic) PF
7
0-2
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
-1
0


K. Johnson (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395723/keldon-johnson) SF
16
4-7
1-1
0-0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
+2
9


D. White (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3078576/derrick-white) PG
14
3-10
2-5
1-1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
+2
9


D. Murray (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3907497/dejounte-murray) PG
15
4-5
1-1
1-2
0
4
4
2
0
0
1
1
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10


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REB
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R. Gay (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3005/rudy-gay) SF
13
3-5
1-2
0-0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
+21
7


G. Dieng (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2534781/gorgui-dieng) C
8
2-3
0-1
1-1
2
4
6
2
0
0
0
1
+16
5


T. Jones (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395626/tre-jones) PG
3
0-1
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
+4
0


L. Walker IV (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277890/lonnie-walker-iv) SG
16
3-6
1-3
2-2
0
3
3
2
0
0
2
1
+24
9


D. Vassell (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395630/devin-vassell) SG
12
3-4
2-3
0-0
0
1
1
1
0
2
0
0
+14
8


D. DeRozan (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3978/demar-derozan) SF
Has not entered game


K. Bates-Diop (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136779/keita-bates-diop) SF
Has not entered game


J. Poeltl (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3134908/jakob-poeltl) C
Has not entered game


P. Mills (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4004/patty-mills) PG
Has not entered game


Q. Weatherspoon (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3907358/quinndary-weatherspoon) SG
Has not entered game


TEAM

25-46
8-16
6-8
4
20
24
11
1
3
4
7

64




54.3%
50.0%
75.0%

[james evans]

What? With DDR, they would be up a further 10. His replacement has done nothing this game. If anything, the Vassell instead of Mills is significant.
it aint about 1 person filling his shoes, it's about how the ball moves and doesn't stick with him out of the lineup.

[mo7888]

What? With DDR, they would be up a further 10. His replacement has done nothing this game. If anything, the Vassell instead of Mills is significant.

I assume that's sarcasm?

[NASpurs]

I assume that's sarcasm?

Has to be, no one can be that retarded.

[RD2191]

Probably get blown out in the 2nd half but still exciting to see the potential the young players have playing together.

[tbdog]

it aint about 1 person filling his shoes, it's about how the ball moves and doesn't stick with him out of the lineup.

The ball isn't moving. The offense is the same. Eubanks is doing hand offs and Murray/White are just running off the pick. It's no different. The difference is the defense and spurs hitting their 3's. Spurs have 11 ast off 25 makes. That's not moving the ball.

[Kurgan]

What? With DDR, they would be up a further 10. His replacement has done nothing this game. If anything, the Vassell instead of Mills is significant.

:lol the delusion with the Demar crew

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

spurs record if you replaced ddr with chris paul?

:stirpot:

[hoopdreams11]

rudy has a flat shot when missed leads to automatic fast break playing him with ddr and patty leads to bad transtion d

[RC_Drunkford]

Probably get blown out in the 2nd half but still exciting to see the potential the young players have playing together.

they are winning this one without the 2 chuckers

[Arcadian]

Is Phoenix a legit contender?

[GB20]

Team went on a tear once he went out
Yes, but he deserved another chance before halftime. Luka probably was nervous which is understandable because he hardly gets minutes.

[Kurgan]

Is Phoenix a legit contender?

Neither Phoenix or the Jazz are true contenders. Both of those teams have a conference finals ceiling at best.

[hoopdreams11]

got to control cp3 in the second half will see how many fouls they call on our guards to start the 3rd

[RD2191]

Is Phoenix a legit contender?
:lol No, I could maybe possibly see them upsetting the Clippers but no way in hell they get past a healthy Lakers squad.

[pad300]

Is Phoenix a legit contender?

No, they don't have anyone good enough to be a #1 option on a champion (ie. an MVP contender). (CP3 is too old and Booker ain't good enough.)

[RC_Drunkford]

Honestly I would trade Derrick White in a heartbeat. Just doesn't fit with this team

[AusSpur]

I like Drew Eubanks!

[mo7888]

When did Eubanks develop this mid rang jumper? I mean I know he's 100% from 3 for his career but I haven't seen this before..

[Leetonidas]

I wish Poeltl had Drew's motor

[Trill Clinton]

Eubanks

[ace3g]

6:56 - 3rd


1
2
3
4
T


SA
28
36
8

72


PHX
19
26
4

49

[RC_Drunkford]

Drew out there doing work

[RC_Drunkford]

Eubanks is outplaying Ayton tonight

[Leetonidas]

Eubanks is a terror out there :wow

[NASpurs]

Suns would be up 10 if Fatty and DeFrozen were playing.

[GB20]

Luka needs to play smart out there if he wants to earn minutes next year.

[mo7888]

Eubanks is a terror out there :wow

The game is slowing down for him...he's not pressing like he's scared of getting pulled..

[Robz4000]

Eubanks, future superstar folks.

[itzsoweezee]

Pleasantly surprised to it see detrash playing today. Oh what this season could have been ...

[RC_Drunkford]

Having Eubanks locked up for 2 more years under 2 million is starting to look like a great deal

[ace3g]

3:55 - 3rd


1
2
3
4
T


SA
28
36
16

80


PHX
19
26
11

56

[hoopdreams11]

we need to get lonie off of booker

[JeffDuncan]

Everybody seems to be playing better without Mills underfoot.

[RC_Drunkford]

see now the Suns want to run us of the 3-point line and boom, lanes are open and we get paint points

[hombre]

I am loving this uptempo, assist-friendly bubble-style of play I was promised.

[Kurgan]

Having Eubanks locked up for 2 more years under 2 million is starting to look like a great deal


He also has the potential to be a shooting threat if he continues to work on his jumper unlike Jakob who won't ever be able to hit anything outside of 3 feet.

[ace3g]

2:38 - 3rd


1
2
3
4
T


SA
28
36
21

85


PHX
19
26
13

58

[cd98]

Suns are gutless worms. They are supposed to be helping us improve our lottery odds.

[mo7888]

KJ has a mid range game...who knew?

[RC_Drunkford]

He also has the potential to be a shooting threat if he continues to work on his jumper unlike Jakob who won't ever be able to hit anything outside of 3 feet.

he has been working on it. He can actually hit 3s. Not sure how good his % would be if he'd take them consistently, but he's absolutely able to hit them. I'm not sure if he can ever be a starter, but if he keeps playing like this he's a good back up center at least

[Kurgan]

Pleasantly surprised to it see detrash playing today. Oh what this season could have been ...

3 wasted years because Pop thought Dumbar would help the Spurs stay "competitive". Trading for Demar has proven to be the worst possible option in the Kawhi saga. It guaranteed we would stay a treadmill team for the three years following. Also, resulted in the ugliest basketball the Spurs have ever produced since the '97 lottery season.

[GB20]

KJ has a mid range game...who knew?
He had that since college

[Dejounte]

Keldon can score so many points in so little time. When he's not the 4th or 5th option anymore, watch out.

[ace3g]

Not a good close to quarter...

End of 3rd


1
2
3
4
T


SA
28
36
23

87


PHX
19
26
23

68

[NASpurs]

Lonnie missed a few shots and started getting passive as fuck.

[mo7888]

He had that since college

He hasn't shown it (or been allowed to show it) this year until tonight...

[GB20]

The Spurs has to be really careful in the fourth quarter.

[mo7888]

Keldon can score so many points in so little time. When he's not the 4th or 5th option anymore, watch out.

Yep... I'm totally good with him replacing DDR...

[GB20]

He hasn't shown it (or been allowed to show it) this year until tonight...
Because he was in attacking mode the whole year

[timtonymanu]

Astounds me that people were calling Vassell a bust because he was struggling recently but dude just needs playing time

[Dejounte]

Sweet pass by Vassell

[ace3g]

7:31 - 4th


1
2
3
4
T


SA
28
36
23
9
96


PHX
19
26
23
8
76

[itzsoweezee]

Astounds me that people were calling Vassell a bust because he was struggling recently but dude just needs playing time

Anyone calling vassell a bust on this dysfunctional team should never be heard from again

[Kurgan]

What needs to happen in the offseason: Do not resign Demar and tell Patty to fuck off and take his precious Spurs culture with him.

[NASpurs]

Astounds me that people were calling Vassell a bust because he was struggling recently but dude just needs playing time

Incoming DNP for him by the genius coach.

[mo7888]

Because he was in attacking mode the whole year

I'd say it was because of 1) poor spacing and 2) he was the 4th option when he was on the court (at best).

[Degoat]

FUCK I THOUGHT THE GAME WAS TOMORROW!!! Lmao looks like Vassell is having a solid game!!!

[ace3g]

6:03 - 4th


1
2
3
4
T


SA
28
36
23
14
101


PHX
19
26
23
8
76

[Dejounte]

Don't leave Vassell open!!

[Trill Clinton]

Might be time to put in the human victory cigar, Luka.

[RC_Drunkford]

Vassell with 18 points and good defense. That's already better production than DeRozan will give you

[NASpurs]

Always nice to fuck the Suns over. They’ll always have little brother syndrome.

[Ditty]

Holy crap Vassell is a fucking baller!

[cd98]

Gulp. Lottery odds. We could have bettered our position in the draft. But Suns no showed tonight.

[NASpurs]

Vassell with 18 points and good defense. That's already better production than DeRozan will give you

And without the empty calories.

[duncan2k5]

And to think we bench this guy in favor of DeMar and patty... Smfh

[duncan2k5]

Luka needs to play smart out there if he wants to earn minutes next year.
He was playing smart earlier in the year and benched for Rudy...it doesn't matter...stop blaming the player

[cd98]

Will Luka score?

[ace3g]

Based on this lineup what would your guess be for the score, lol

https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&w=100 Spurs






On the Court
FG
3PT
REB
AST
PF
PTS


Q. Weatherspoon (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3907358/quinndary-weatherspoon) SG
1-1
0-0
0
0
0
2


G. Dieng (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2534781/gorgui-dieng) C
2-3
0-1
8
3
1
5


K. Bates-Diop (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136779/keita-bates-diop) SF
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
0


L. Samanic (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4423309/luka-samanic) PF
0-4
0-2
0
1
2
0


T. Jones (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395626/tre-jones) PG
0-2
0-0
1
0
1
0

[Dejounte]

KBD is so nice. Smooth game out there.

My favorite garbage bin player since Danny Green.

[Uriel]

If you had told me before the game we would've been in garbage time by the 4th quarter, I would have said I expected it... but not like this.

[tim_duncan_fan]

Spurs looked like the makings of a fun team tonight.

But it's back to lots of Patty and Demar with no Vassell next game lol. You love to see it.

[ace3g]

Luka is smart, he realizes you can go 0-6 and still get 20-25 minutes. #spurs (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23spurs)

[NASpurs]

Can’t wait to not watch the next game when Fatty and DeMar come back.

[RC_Drunkford]

Gotta hope Pop rests Rudy for the next game. I'm not too confident about it tho

[duncan2k5]

What? With DDR, they would be up a further 10. His replacement has done nothing this game. If anything, the Vassell instead of Mills is significant.
Lmfao! U can't be serious...the spacing was MUCH better...not to mention we held the sun's to under 90 points

[NASpurs]

Dieng is such a rebel.

[Dejounte]

Wtf just happened? Why did Dieng get ejected?

[ace3g]

Final


1
2
3
4
T


SA
28
36
23
24
111


PHX
19
26
23
17
85



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. Eubanks (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3914285/drew-eubanks)PF
28
6-6
0-0
1-2
3
10
13
2
2
1
0
2
+16
13


L. Samanic (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4423309/luka-samanic)PF
17
0-6
0-3
0-0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
4
+3
0


K. Johnson (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395723/keldon-johnson)SF
29
7-11
1-1
2-3
0
1
1
1
1
0
2
0
+18
17


D. White (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3078576/derrick-white)PG
26
4-13
3-7
1-1
0
2
2
6
0
0
1
3
+15
12


D. Murray (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3907497/dejounte-murray)PG
28
6-9
1-1
1-2
0
7
7
3
1
1
1
1
+15
14


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


R. Gay (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3005/rudy-gay)SF
23
8-14
2-5
1-1
0
5
5
1
0
2
0
1
+21
19


K. Bates-Diop (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136779/keita-bates-diop)SF
4
0-2
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
-1
0


G. Dieng (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2534781/gorgui-dieng)C
20
2-3
0-1
1-1
2
7
9
3
0
1
0
1
+10
5


T. Jones (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395626/tre-jones)PG
11
1-4
0-0
0-0
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
1
-3
2


Q. Weatherspoon (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3907358/quinndary-weatherspoon)SG
4
1-1
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
-1
2


L. Walker IV (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277890/lonnie-walker-iv)SG
26
3-11
1-5
2-2
0
4
4
3
1
0
3
1
+20
9


D. Vassell (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395630/devin-vassell)SG
25
7-9
4-6
0-0
0
3
3
2
0
2
1
2
+17
18


D. DeRozan (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3978/demar-derozan)SF
DNP-REST


J. Poeltl (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3134908/jakob-poeltl)C
DNP-REST


P. Mills (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4004/patty-mills)PG
DNP-REST


TEAM

45-89
12-29
9-12
5
40
45
23
11
8
12
17

111




50.6%
41.4%
75.0%

[J_Paco]

That was a ridiculous ejection by the refs.

Anyway, good win against a quality team. More of the young guys and less of the veterans, Pop.

[heyheymymy]

Trash move tossing Dieng what could he have possibly said or done

[Trill Clinton]

Okay Luka stans. What's the excuse for your boy tonight?

[heyheymymy]

Double double Drewbanks

[Barfunk]

Incoming DNP for him by the genius coach.

This this this

[Dejounte]

Great game. Vassell went ham. Our guards were solid. Dieng is impressive going after weakside blocks. I expect Luka to keep starting whenever a player is out, hopefully performs better but glad he's being coached.

[Ditty]

Okay Luka stans. What's the excuse for your boy tonight?

I thought he was really solid defensively help side. Thought his on ball defense wasn't very good which was unusual. On offense he had about three good looks he has to knock at least one of those down to be a NBA player I will give you that. He looks like a still developing raw 21 year old player who hasn't played much of the 20 something games he has had the chance to play this season.

[Barfunk]

This game by Vassell probably won't sit well with Pop unfortunately...

[rankingtear]

Luka looked summer leagish again.

[GAustex]

Poor Demar. Almost pulled off an epic heroic effort last night and now he is stuck Eating them stale ass nachos in Phoenix with cold ass cheese
He sure looked good eating them nachos-highest paid nacho eater in the league. Might want to let him try the nachos in Indy. Or maybe permanently

[NASpurs]

Luka looked summer leagish again.

Can you blame him? When he looks good, he gets a run of DNP - Coach’s Decision.

[siraulo23]

that was a fun win

Vassell and Eubanks :tu

[GAustex]

We look better without demar and patty
I been saying that for two years or more

[GAustex]

if the old man has so much basketball knowledge he should know that he has to change the starting line up
Pop aint all that-we've seen it for years. W/O Duncan he aint shit

[Chomag]

This team is really fun to watch when the vets aren't playing much

[longhorn]

Okay Luka stans. What's the excuse for your boy tonight?

he didn’t look good tonight, but hadn’t played consistent minutes since before the all star break. Rudy has looked like dog shit several times recently despite playing every single game.

The point is that he needs to have opportunities to make mistakes and learn from them, rather than playing rotational minutes once a month with zero practice reps and expecting anything other than him being inconsistent.

Weird how the guy who eats up the majority of Luka’s minutes is consistently awful, yet Luka gets absolutely zero slack from some of y’all.

[hoopdreams11]

wtf happened between dieng and kaminsky

[GAustex]

Sammich was ok in all aspects except scoring. Defending was good when the game mattered. Had a real good block on Ayton. MLK dont like whity, but mlk is right that Luka needs to up his offense game.

[PhantomDashCam]

https://twitter.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1383637519716081667?s=20

"Ahead" and "Better" need to be interchanged with Spurs philosophy moving forward tbh

[GAustex]

You know pop will roll out that tired old lineup featuring DDR next game.

[Darius Bieber]

The tank stops to fuck the Suns. I can live with that.

[SpurPadre]

I feel dirty rooting for the team to lose and being mad AF when they win, especially against a good team. I'm just rooting for the greater good and future of this team. This does us no favors. I don't care about getting butt-fucked in round 1 and landing in another mid to late 1st round pick that won't move the needle. I can't help it.

[tbdog]

Lmfao! U can't be serious...the spacing was MUCH better...not to mention we held the sun's to under 90 points

They didn't have Poeltl, so automatically the spacing is better. This isn't at all about spacing. The offense was still below average. White had another poor offense game again, same as walker. This was all about defense and nothing about offense. And also Sun's layed an egg, namely Eubanks destroyed their number 1 pick

[Degoat]

Drew Eubanks kinda gives me some David Lee vibes, he’s been really impressive as of late

[Ditty]

I feel dirty rooting for the team to lose and being mad AF when they win, especially against a good team. I'm just rooting for the greater good and future of this team. This does us no favors. I don't care about getting butt-fucked in round 1 and landing in another mid to late 1st round pick that won't move the needle. I can't help it.

I don't think this win tonight changes anything at all. Spurs schedule is still pretty brutal. GS is also starting to play pretty good basketball, and Memphis and Dallas have been good enough to not lose enough ground. In the East I would not be surprised if Washington makes the playoffs from the play in tournament. They are playing really well right now. Might need to keep our eye out on Charlotte though if that happens. I think there's still a shot we can get pick ten even winning a few more games. My money is still on that we get the 11th or 12th pick though :lol.

[PhantomDashCam]

I feel dirty rooting for the team to lose and being mad AF when they win, especially against a good team. I'm just rooting for the greater good and future of this team. This does us no favors. I don't care about getting butt-fucked in round 1 and landing in another mid to late 1st round pick that won't move the needle. I can't help it.


I think you underestimate how important wins are like this to young personal.
When you play where there's, to a great extent, an unflinching hierarchical rotation, respect has to be earned through in game NBA experience, training and scrimmages.

With this season though, you really only have the former ie. In game play - to make your case and point to why you should be on the floor.

Now you have just beaten one of the top teams on the road, in the same conference, on the second night of a b2b.

Team was as competitive for 48 minutes as I've seen all year.
That will pay dividends in the long run, even if it is as simple as suggesting that DDR should not be on the team next year and Patty does not have to feature as a key cog going forward.

A win like this, regardless of positional Draft advantage, can only mean good things to a core who rarely have been given these chances.
We saw the exact same thing happen last year a week or so before the shutdown...then fully embraced in the bubble and the better part of this season.

I still think we're a play-in team at best now, but if we are going to win some, youth best be served and I can happily live with the outcome.

[R. DeMurre]

We should start betting now on how many minutes Vassell will play in the next game. It's almost guaranteed to be under 20.

[SpurPadre]

I think you underestimate how important wins are like this to young personal.
When you play where there's, to a great extent, an unflinching hierarchical rotation, respect has to be earned through in game NBA experience, training and scrimmages.

With this season though, you really only have the former ie. In game play - to make your case and point to why you should be on the floor.

Now you have just beaten one of the top teams on the road, in the same conference, on the second night of a b2b.

Team was as competitive for 48 minutes as I've seen all year.
That will pay dividends in the long run, even if it is as simple as suggesting that DDR should not be on the team next year and Patty does not have to feature as a key cog going forward.

A win like this, regardless of positional Draft advantage, can only mean good things to a core who rarely have been given these chances.
We saw the exact same thing happen last year a week or so before the shutdown...then fully embraced in the bubble and the better part of this season.

I still think we're a play-in team at best now, but if we are going to win some, youth best be served and I can happily live with the outcome.

Respectfully, I think you overestimate what this win does for a young player when most of our young players have already had a taste of the playoffs. Dejounte Murray, Derrick White and Jakob Poetl all have playoff experience. Is it really more important to get a chance to get murked in the 1st round just so Keldon and Vassell can get the experience? Or wouldn't it be more important to position ourselves for our best chance to be formidable playoff participants in the years to come instead? We have to remind ourselves with the harsh reality that free agents, particularly SUPERSTARS or just stars in general, do NOT want to play in San Antonio. The last star who did just retired last week and just so happened to be a Texan with a son living nearby. Unassuming Stars with character like the Big 3 and Da Admiral don't grow on trees. Stars now are all about the glamour and "clout" and the mainstream exposure and they know they won't get that playing in San Antonio. The only way we can convince one to be a long term Spurs player is to get him through the draft and the more we keep winning these types of fruitless games, the less likely we are to get a player of real positive consequence moving forward. It's just a shitty situation.

[tim_duncan_fan]

I feel dirty rooting for the team to lose and being mad AF when they win, especially against a good team. I'm just rooting for the greater good and future of this team. This does us no favors. I don't care about getting butt-fucked in round 1 and landing in another mid to late 1st round pick that won't move the needle. I can't help it.

You're 100% right.

It was still fun seeing ball movement and youth and victory tonight though.

[SpurPadre]

I don't think this win tonight changes anything at all. Spurs schedule is still pretty brutal. GS is also starting to play pretty good basketball, and Memphis and Dallas have been good enough to not lose enough ground. In the East I would not be surprised if Washington makes the playoffs from the play in tournament. They are playing really well right now. Might need to keep our eye out on Charlotte though if that happens. I think there's still a shot we can get pick ten even winning a few more games. My money is still on that we get the 11th or 12th pick though :lol.

We just tied the Dubs, who lost today and won't be having Wiseman coming back the rest of the season. 11th or 12th is our best case scenario but had we rolled over tonight, we still would've had an outside shot at 9th pick. Now, we have to hope players are snubbed in the draft and we get a steal. We just beat a good Suns team though so I'm really worried we'll end up with a late 1st round pick now.

[PhantomDashCam]

Respectfully, I think you overestimate what this win does for a young player when most of our young players have already had a taste of the playoffs. Dejounte Murray, Derrick White and Jakob Poetl all have playoff experience. Is it really more important to get a chance to get murked in the 1st round just so Keldon and Vassell can get the experience? Or wouldn't it be more important to position ourselves for our best chance to be formidable playoff participants in the years to come instead? We have to remind ourselves with the harsh reality that free agents, particularly SUPERSTARS or just stars in general, do NOT want to play in San Antonio. The last star who did just retired last week and just so happened to be a Texan with a son living nearby. Unassuming Stars with character like the Big 3 and Da Admiral don't grow on trees. Stars now are all about the glamour and "clout" and the mainstream exposure and they know they won't get that playing in San Antonio. The only way we can convince one to be a long term Spurs player is to get him through the draft and the more we keep winning these types of fruitless games, the less likely we are to get a player of real positive consequence moving forward. It's just a shitty situation.

I agree with every point you made Padre. I wasn’t talking about getting playoff experience fwiw, as unfortunately think the seeds have been sown as far as that and draft positioning is concerned this season. After the disastrous home stand, think we will finish at best 10-11th in the conference and then you’re looking at 1-2 draft position spots +/- at best either way come July. Don’t think we can realistically lose more than that.

What I really mean is, this is one of the first times we have had a Pseudo Socialist Offense and the results were encouraging.
The ball moved, players shot when open (and w/o hesitation), they played with moxy, gusto. They were given reward for effort on both ends.

Younger Players showed they may be ready to take on more responsibility than the coaching staff thought or at least sooner.

If we win going forward with young players predominantly at the helm, doesn’t it suggest they’re better than we thought and we may have some stars already? If we’re winning and found this out, can’t see a downside to this.

If we lose, it just proves your point even further which may put us in the position to do a proper tank job next year.

I know it seems ugly atm but games like this could very well be the beginning of something special going forward...

At worst, it’s a flash in the pan game. But goodness knows, we should celebrate a little as we’ve seen some mediocre basketball over the last month or so :tu

[TDMVPDPOY]

wont get minutes if he doesnt buy into cuck culture

[daslicer]

I feel dirty rooting for the team to lose and being mad AF when they win, especially against a good team. I'm just rooting for the greater good and future of this team. This does us no favors. I don't care about getting butt-fucked in round 1 and landing in another mid to late 1st round pick that won't move the needle. I can't help it.

The only positive I take out of wins is that the more wins the Spurs get the closer Pop gets to the all-time coaching record. The sooner he passes the record the higher the chance he finally goes away.

[spurs1990]

Watching basketball that doesn't feature DeRozan or Mills is a fun hobby, tbh . . .

This has post of the year written all over it.

(Love ya Patty for 2014 though)

[duncan2k5]

They didn't have Poeltl, so automatically the spacing is better. This isn't at all about spacing. The offense was still below average. White had another poor offense game again, same as walker. This was all about defense and nothing about offense. And also Sun's layed an egg, namely Eubanks destroyed their number 1 pick

I agree about the defense...I mentioned that...it's the most important factor...but let's stop acting like Jacob is the reason the spacing was bad before...Drew isn't a spacer...all the teams in the league with great spacing the past few years have a center that couldn't shoot for shit...our spacing was bad because of Demar

[tbdog]

I agree about the defense...I mentioned that...it's the most important factor...but let's stop acting like Jacob is the reason the spacing was bad before...Drew isn't a spacer...all the teams in the league with great spacing the past few years have a center that couldn't shoot for shit...our spacing was bad because of Demar

It's easy to point to Demar, but our backcourt aren't spacers and our starting PF isn't either.

[mo7888]

Drew Eubanks kinda gives me some David Lee vibes, he’s been really impressive as of late

I can see that...

[C-Dub]

Must be referencing the David Lee that came in late in his career to play for the Spurs, because the David Lee that I knew was much better than Eubanks in his prime years playing for the Knicks and the Warriors.

[Dejounte]

It's easy to point to Demar, but our backcourt aren't spacers and our starting PF isn't either.

"Aren't spacers"

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Stop looking at percentages for the season when over time they're getting better at shooting. The team has had no practices as they would during a regular season, barely any time to stabilize their shooting.

[R. DeMurre]

What I really mean is, this is one of the first times we have had a Pseudo Socialist Offense and the results were encouraging.
The ball moved, players shot when open (and w/o hesitation), they played with moxy, gusto. They were given reward for effort on both ends.

Younger Players showed they may be ready to take on more responsibility than the coaching staff thought or at least sooner.

If we win going forward with young players predominantly at the helm, doesn’t it suggest they’re better than we thought and we may have some stars already? If we’re winning and found this out, can’t see a downside to this.

If we lose, it just proves your point even further which may put us in the position to do a proper tank job next year.

I know it seems ugly atm but games like this could very well be the beginning of something special going forward...

At worst, it’s a flash in the pan game. But goodness knows, we should celebrate a little as we’ve seen some mediocre basketball over the last month or so :tu

I read the "Pseudo Socialist Offense" and laughed-- it's a very apt description, and there are probably times when everyone should go on the pseudo socialist offensive in their lives, scattering good efforts all over the place!

It was just so refreshing to see legitimate ball movement, no hesitancy shooting threes, and six guys in double figures.

[R. DeMurre]

One other thing that I think is important to note: the shooting in this game wasn't all that great or outlandishly out of the ordinary. Sure, you can't expect Eubanks to shoot 100% from the field regularly, but Walker was 3 for 11, Samanic was 0 for 6, and White was 4 for 13. But Phoenix's All Star back court shot poorly with no DeRozan or Mills to focus their attack on.

[stephen jackson]

Drew Eubanks kinda gives me some David Lee vibes, he’s been really impressive as of late
Lee had a nice jumper , but I agree the energy is similar . I always like David when he came to us played super hard and wasn’t a pussy and could actually rebound

[Dejounte]

One other thing that I think is important to note: the shooting in this game wasn't all that great or outlandishly out of the ordinary. Sure, you can't expect Eubanks to shoot 100% from the field regularly, but Walker was 3 for 11, Samanic was 0 for 6, and White was 4 for 13. But Phoenix's All Star back court shot poorly with no DeRozan or Mills to focus their attack on.

Not sure you should include field goals near the rim and classify that as shooting. Shots made near the rim have more to do with the player's response to physicality, while actual shooting has to do with aim and skill.