Game Thread: Spurs at Wizards — MON. 4/26/2021 — 6:00pm/C

[DC23]

A must win given the difficulty of our remaining schedule.

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[slick'81]

And of course westbrook is out

[spurraider21]

And of course westbrook is out
hopefully demar is out too

[C-Dub]

It would nice and very beneficial if Rudy and Patty sit this one out.

[Leetonidas]

Wizards have been on a tear recently, don't take this one for granted

[cd98]

Wait, are we trying to win games or win the lottery? I get confused. I know losing gets us better odds of drafting an impact player. And winning gets us at best a play in to lose in the first round. So what is the end goal?

[Leetonidas]

Wait, are we trying to win games or win the lottery? I get confused. I know losing gets us better odds of drafting an impact player. And winning gets us at best a play in to lose in the first round. So what is the end goal?

Spurs end goal is 100% to make the play in and try to (not) get swept in the 1st round. We are way too late into the season to begin tanking now, so if the goal was to lose games they should have started by trading all the vets at the deadline.

seems like Pop and co. much prefer getting their young guys playoff seasoning versus tanking at this point

[Elementis]

the young guys are too good to go on a full tank with them. it wouldn't get you down in the rankings anyway, so why not just run with them and try to get them postseason experience.

[Spurs oman]

And of course westbrook is out

Ooh was counting on him for an easy spurs win. Now the spurs need to be on thier A game.
I feel itstime for dj to bounce with a big game

[slick'81]

Ooh was counting on him for an easy spurs win. Now the spurs need to be on thier A game.
I feel itstime for dj to bounce with a big game

:rollin

[Dex]

And of course westbrook is out

#trapgame

[Dex]

Wait, are we trying to win games or win the lottery? I get confused. I know losing gets us better odds of drafting an impact player. And winning gets us at best a play in to lose in the first round. So what is the end goal?

Both. :eyebrows

[ace3g]

via Spurs twitter account

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ez72b74X0AQRvP_?format=jpg&name=large

[ace3g]

and Westbrook is playing

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Wizards starters: Westbrook, Neto, Beal, Hachimura, Len

[Rocalcio]

Poeltl’s free throws are just amazing these days, impressive progress in such a short time.

[Dex]

Westbrook is a big fat liar

[Dex]

Poeltl’s free throws are just amazing these days, impressive progress in such a short time.

It was all in his head. He is shooting much more confidently now that he is starting to see them drop

[slick'81]

I want the wiz @100% on an 8 game winning streak when we beat dat ass today

[slick'81]

It was all in his head. He is shooting much more confidently now that he is starting to see them drop


Yup he wasnt always that bad

[John B]

Why call a mercy time-out?

[Dex]

Yup he wasnt always that bad

I mean...he's never been a good free throw shooter. But he also isn't the 30% shooter that he started with early in this season...teams will now have to think twice before going Hack-a-Jak.

He actually has his season percentage above last season's now despite the terrible start, so good development for the big man.

[poopbox]

Davis turned down a wide open dunk so westbrook could brick a 3 :rollin

[emanueldavidginobili]

Man Patty is toast, he's playing way too many minutes. Has fell off a cliff and lost his legs throughout the season.

[RC_Drunkford]

Spurs end goal is 100% to make the play in and try to (not) get swept in the 1st round. We are way too late into the season to begin tanking now, so if the goal was to lose games they should have started by trading all the vets at the deadline.

seems like Pop and co. much prefer getting their young guys playoff seasoning versus tanking at this point

I'm sure Luka and Devin will learn a lot watching Patty and Rudy play in the playoffs

[Leetonidas]

I'm sure Luka and Devin will learn a lot watching Patty and Rudy play in the playoffs

:lol

Moreso meant Lonnie and Keldon

[Leetonidas]

Random scrub going off as usual

[r0drig0lac]

Dieng...bang

[John B]

Davis!

[GB20]

I always like Bertan as a player.

[Leetonidas]

Who was the poster arguing with me that one time about how Beal wasn't really a good player and wouldn't make the Spurs better :lol

[r0drig0lac]

Who was the poster arguing with me that one time about how Beal wasn't really a good player and wouldn't make the Spurs better :lol

man, this is the spurstalk standard for evaluating any non-spur player in the league (including proven superstars)

[Mugen]

Beal is terrific man. I really hope he doesnt go to the Lakers or Cilppers in the near future.

[BatManu20]

Beal is terrific man. I really hope he doesnt go to the Lakers or Cilppers in the near future.

If he goes to the Lakers, we riot.

[RC_Drunkford]

Poeltl just got killed :lmao

[poopbox]

RIP derrick ankle :cry

[Leetonidas]

Fuck man. White is made of glass

[RC_Drunkford]

White out for the season

[timtonymanu]

Beal is terrific man. I really hope he doesnt go to the Lakers or Cilppers in the near future.

In this current league with that faggot Adam Silver running the show, it will happen.

[PhantomDashCam]

:pctoss:bang

[Cardinal]

That might be a season ender for White...

[r0drig0lac]

this nigga is fragile

[SPURt]

RIP derrick ankle :cry
Seriously... White is cursed

[timtonymanu]

SMH White makes Manu look like Lebron when it comes to injuries

[Leetonidas]

I guess Vassell is about to get all of those minutes

[EasyMoney]

I guess Vassell is about to get all of those minutes


You mean more minutes for patty .

[poopbox]

instead of going with vassell or lonnie we got with patty to replace derrick :lmao

[Robz4000]

God damnit White

[Leetonidas]

Wiz already in the bonus. Gonna be an ugly quarter

[Mugen]

Welp, Derrick probably out for the season with that ankle injury. Let's get that lottery pick, sons!

[boutons_deux]

Spurs +8 on FT points

[ace3g]

https://twitter.com/TheTyJager/status/1386840188136136709

[poopbox]

Poeltl might be the most be the most pussy offensive player in the league

[timtonymanu]

Welp, Derrick probably out for the season with that ankle injury. Let's get that lottery pick, sons!

Unfortunately I’m already expecting the worst case scenario of them making the play in and losing cause of Patty and his chucking and getting a 12th pick that Pop won’t bother playing next year

[RC_Drunkford]

Len is raping Poeltl tonight :lol

[Leetonidas]

Double digit deficit incoming

[Mugen]

Unfortunately I’m already expecting the worst case scenario of them making the play in and losing cause of Patty and his chucking and getting a 12th pick that Pop won’t bother playing next year

:lol I'm holding out a glimmer of hope that this is the last few weeks of seeing the old man on the bench.

[RC_Drunkford]

Wiz about to blow this game wide open

[Leetonidas]

Mills is such a worthless pile of shit. Wtf is he even doing out there

[TimDunkem]

:lmao Poeltl. How many times can one man be embarrassed in the same game?!

[RC_Drunkford]

:lmao Poeltl. How many times can one man be embarrassed in the same game?!

every minute tbh

[Leetonidas]

Walker has also been invisible out there

[TimDunkem]

Games like this show me that Lonnie is nothing special, tbh.

[RC_Drunkford]

tank commander Rudy doing work

[slick'81]

Dammit ,hate not having fssw. What happend to mr.glass did he literally break that ankle? And fuck patty overrated mills, pops now gonna over rely the fck outta that clown

[Leetonidas]

Dammit ,hate not having fssw. What happend to mr.glass did he literally break that ankle? And fuck patty overrated mills, pops now gonna over rely the fck outta that clown

He sprained it pretty bad but he was hobbling on his own in the tunnel.

BTW this game is on Cw35

[slick'81]

Unfortunately I’m already expecting the worst case scenario of them making the play in and losing cause of Patty and his chucking and getting a 12th pick that Pop won’t bother playing next year


Spurs are playin bound baby

[poopbox]

Patty is doing nothing out there but getting a cardio exercise :lmao

[poopbox]

Walker has also been invisible out there


Yeah this was a game I was expecting a big night out of Lonnie since the wizards are full of little guards who don't play defense

[Degoat]

Its okay Lonnie Walker will step up while Dwhite is out.... OR NOT! Lonnie hasnt done shit tonight

[GB20]

Games like this show me that Lonnie is nothing special, tbh.
Lonnie is in the wrong team, this system is not for him.

[slick'81]

Pew pew

[tim_duncan_fan]

Derrick.

Derrick, please.

Why do you do this.

[slick'81]

The fuck foul was that

[slick'81]

Westrbrook swats dejounte

[Leetonidas]

Spurs collapsing to start the 4th

[slick'81]

Spurs collapsing to start the 4th


Offense is falling apart

[Leetonidas]

Stop fucking fouling!!! Fuck :pctoss

[Robz4000]

This one's over.

[slick'81]

Spurs down 9 gotta settle down and get some shots to fall

[slick'81]

Ewwww banks!

[Leetonidas]

How much longer is pop going to keep this shitty lineup out here

[slick'81]

Eww banks get no respect

[slick'81]

Jr reid in

[slick'81]

Why is dejounte our pg

[Leetonidas]

The old man is going to ride Rudy the entire way :lmao

[Robz4000]

Alex Len absolutely destroying the Spurs.

[BatManu20]

Really dumb foul by Poeltl there

[Leetonidas]

Jesus christ poeltl has been a fucking train wreck tonight. Getting raped by Alex len is fuckin embarrassing

[BatManu20]

Spurs have momentum. Feel like we’re gonna win this one despite all the mistakes.

[Robz4000]

:lmao Alex Len hitting three pointers

[John B]

What a good game. Max contract Demar going head to head with the Wiz

[slick'81]

Spurs have momentum. Feel like we’re gonna win this one despite all the mistakes.


Yup spurs hanging around

[slick'81]

What a good game. Max contract Demar going head to head with the Wiz


Carrying the offensive load per usual. Max extension incoming

[John B]

Poeltl shooting 2

[John B]

and made them both

[Robz4000]

:lol Spurs somehow came back

[John B]

What Mills didn't get that stop against Westbrook?

[Robz4000]

Spurs have momentum. Feel like we’re gonna win this one despite all the mistakes.

Nah, this feels like another close loss.

[EasyMoney]

Take patty mills out the fucking game. For fuck sake.

[BatManu20]

Take patty mills out the fucking game. For fuck sake.

He sinks back-to-back 3’s as soon as you post that lol

[John B]

Why is Patty guarding Beal???

[Robz4000]

Mills coming alive late.

[BatManu20]

Man this game is entertaining as fuck tbh.

[BatManu20]

DeMar DeGoat

[Robz4000]

Man this game is entertaining as fuck tbh.

White's injury sucked a lot of the fun out of it for me.

[John B]

Max-contract Demar!!

[Leetonidas]

DeStar

[cd98]

If you do a true measure of clutch, which is shooting percentage and scoring ability in the last two minutes, I think DDR is legit. People say he's not clutch because he doesn't make the very last shot of some games, but he makes big shots down the stretch. In my world, that's clutch.

[EasyMoney]

He sinks back-to-back 3’s as soon as you post that lol


Making me eat my words. Lol

[John B]

Get Patty out of there. Big stop!

[slick'81]

Max-contract Demar!!


And worth every penny...kawahi who!?

[timtonymanu]

God we’re the gonna be the team that maxes out DeRozan for another 4 years just so he can mail it in the final year and ask for a buyout.

[RC_Drunkford]

If you do a true measure of clutch, which is shooting percentage and scoring ability in the last two minutes, I think DDR is legit. People say he's not clutch because he doesn't make the very last shot of some games, but he makes big shots down the stretch. In my world, that's clutch.

he is clutch, but not in the playoffs or against elite SFs

[PhantomDashCam]

White's injury sucked a lot of the fun out of it for me.

Yeah it sucked but the team is playing hard. DDR has been terrific.

[slick'81]

God we’re the gonna be the team that maxes out DeRozan for another 4 years just so he can mail it in the final year and ask for a buyout.


:rollin Spurs arent letting him walk

[Leetonidas]

Demar for the win?

[Robz4000]

Without White the Spurs can't generate stops consistently.

[BatManu20]

Tie game. Shot clock is dead. We all know what’s comin’. DeMar iso. END IT DEMAR.

[John B]

Bad defense Poeltl

[slick'81]

Destar or pattys time to shine

[GB20]

Beal is a beast!!

[John B]

Go attack the rim and get the foul

[Robz4000]

Spurs will turn it over and Beal will win it.

[cd98]

Tie game. Shot clock is dead. We all know what’s comin’. DeMar iso. END IT DEMAR.

YEs, but he's won 2 games in a row that way.

[John B]

Patty was wide open!! Demar

[BatManu20]

This site is lagging like a MFer right now.

[cd98]

Man that was in and out.

[slick'81]

Destar max extension doing work

[Leetonidas]

Fuuuuuck that was close :pctoss

[Robz4000]

Spurs get to lose in OT.

[timtonymanu]

:rollin Spurs arent letting him walk

Fucking loser refuses to work on his 3s and some cuck fans think that’s a successful recipe to build around cause he’s clutch half the time lol

[John B]

There was a time to shoot if you're the franchise, but if Patty is wide open, that's a pass

[cd98]

Spurs get to lose in OT.

But if that happens, they win in getting closer in the lottery odds.

[slick'81]

Spurs get to lose in OT.


Nope.destar and patty Aint finished yet

[BatManu20]

Damn that was in-and-out. Reminds me of Horry’s 3-pt attempt in the 2003 WCF that rimmed out

[Uriel]

Even if we win this game, this was a loss long term, because of the Derrick White injury and the fact that DeRozan just increased his chances of being re-signed to a big contract.

[BatManu20]

Man we just can’t get stops

[Robz4000]

Nope.destar and patty Aint finished yet

Maybe not DePression, but Mills is.

[slick'81]

Maybe not DePression, but Mills is.


Not in pops eyes

[slick'81]

Even if we win this game, this was a loss long term, because of the Derrick White injury and the fact that DeRozan just increased his chances of being re-signed to a big contract.


He was getting paid by sa before this game.spurs arent going to let their entire offense just up and leave

[Robz4000]

Not in pops eyes

All Pop sees when he looks at Mills is det culture.

[EasyMoney]

Dejounte 23pts 16reb

[slick'81]

Dejounte 23pts 16reb


Fcker boards like a forward

[R. DeMurre]

The Unbeautiful Game, from both teams.

[BatManu20]

Refs taking over.

[slick'81]

First to 150 wins

[John B]

last shot

[Robz4000]

Mills flopping and not getting back up is gonna be the difference in this game.

[slick'81]

Mills flopping and not getting back up is gonna be the difference in this game.


All he does is flop,chuck aimlessly and runinto people...oh and gamble on defense

[slick'81]

Gospursgo

[PhantomDashCam]

The Unbeautiful Game, from both teams.
:lol

[slick'81]

Spurs got this

[BatManu20]

Knock em down, Patty.

[Robz4000]

Mills gonna miss both freebies imo.

[John B]

Fiba Patty

[slick'81]

Mills gonna miss both freebies imo.


Patty ice baaaby

[BatManu20]

Patty clutch. 91% from the line this season. One of the best percentages in the league.

[Darius Bieber]

Foul them here tbh. They have no time outs left, pressure them with Free throws. Too bad our stubborn coach won’t do it.

[Robz4000]

Smart thing to do would be to foul here, but we know Pop won't do it.

[slick'81]

Told yall destar and patty aint finished

[heyheymymy]

What a game so far

[GB20]

By the time this game end, White will be healed up.

[slick'81]

Patty clutch. 91% from the line this season. One of the best percentages in the league.

pop knows wtf hes doing,tbh

[BatManu20]

Spurs dub baby. What a game. I’m team-tank but I wanted this one. Good shit Spurs.

[heyheymymy]

What was the word on White, sorry if it was already mentioned

[Robz4000]

Solid win, but losing White makes this a loss tbh.

[slick'81]

Never any doubt,tbh

[Uriel]

Still can’t believe we essentially traded Bertans for Lyles.

[BillMc]

Victory!

I missed most of the game where was White?

[slick'81]

Still can’t believe we essentially traded Bertans for Lyles.


Or carrol,tbh

[heyheymymy]

Still can’t believe we essentially traded Bertans for Lyles.

League should've voided the trade imo

[PhantomDashCam]

Gutsy win. DDR, DJ and KJ were really strong tonight. Hopefully White’s injury only a Grade 1 but looked worse than that.
Fingers crossed though.

[slick'81]

Victory!

I missed most of the game where was White?
Hurt

[DAF86]

Let's go Denver now.

[heyheymymy]

Victory!

I missed most of the game where was White?

Rolled his ankle in regulation

[BillMc]

Still can’t believe we essentially traded Bertans for Lyles.

Knicks and Morris screwed us over big time.

[BillMc]

Rolled his ankle in regulation

Thanks. How bad did it look?

[slick'81]

I hope we all appreciate the mastery that is destar.His offensive game is magical and spurs are lucky to have an unstopable monster in destar

[justinandimcool]

that game was a defensive disgrace for both teams. that said i really liked the effort against Beal for most of crunch time, their shots were luckier than ours tbh


i almost forgot the pain of losing White

[heyheymymy]

Ngl, Whites injury looked pretty bad.

Tried to get up and couldn't

[BillMc]

Hurt

Thanks.

[TDomination]

Wow Spurs pulled it off. High scoring affair.

[spurs10]

Victory!

I missed most of the game where was White? White has an ankle injury he picked up in the 3rd quarter. Great win!

[BillMc]

Ngl, Whites injury looked pretty bad.

Tried to get up and couldn't

Man. Hope its not serious. Everytime White gets back in rhythm he seems to get hurt again. He's like late career Manu.

[BillMc]

White has an ankle injury he picked up in the 3rd quarter. Great win!

Thanks bro

[slick'81]

Dare we dream of that 8th spot baaaby!?

[heyheymymy]

Really terrible timing for White's injury.

He was just finding his legs from the last one.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Never would have thought Lonnie would be more durable than Derrick, sad stuff.

[8sy21vd]

Ballsy win with Demar playing like a legit AS as of late. Liked DJ and Keldon bouncing back with great games but White's injury was nasty and cripples the team moving forward if serious. Not looking forward to G-League Patty play 30mins a night. Walker looks like he's given up and has horrible body language. Might be time to move him out of the rotation for Vassell/Luka. If he's not contributing on the offensive end, he's a big negative.

[slick'81]

Really terrible timing for White's injury.

He was just finding his legs from the last one.


Your telling me,dude was playing out of his fucking mind

[heyheymymy]

Trying to find a silver lining here but maybe we get some development from tré jones or something.

[slick'81]

Trying to find a silver lining here but maybe we get some development from tré jones or something.


Def more fatty patty but devin has got to get some minutes now right?

[Dennis the Menace]

Derrick was having the best month of his career. Get well soon

[ace3g]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzXm5DJDJAY

[Uriel]

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[Seventyniner]

So the game ends 146-143 in OT with each team only making 6 threes. Feels wrong for this day and age, almost like a throwback to the early 80s comparatively.

[slick'81]

1386860627491180547


As long as nothing is broken or torn well take it.although a severe sprain could keep him out a month

[Blackhaus]

Fuuuck

[Robz4000]

1386860627491180547

:pctoss

[Blackhaus]

Hopefully nothing is torn. Thing is if it is just a sprain, it’s a pretty nasty sprain and can take a long time to recover from. No feeling optimistic about seeing White anytime soon.

[RD2191]

:flag:

[DAF86]

Our best player is made of glass :(

[RD2191]

Trade White. He'll never be healthy.

[boutons_deux]

Beale could have jumped to intercept that backcourt pass to Patty from Rudy. so dangerous

[Degoat]

Lonnie Walker gets way to many passes around here, the guy shows up once every 10 games

[TimDunkem]

Lonnie Walker gets way to many passes around here, the guy shows up once every 10 games

And finishes one out every ten dunk attempts.

[Joseph Kony]

Lonnie Walker gets way to many passes around here, the guy shows up once every 10 games

Did he even do shit tonight? Only thing I can remember is that one pass he made where his feet almost hit the ground but that was pretty much it. dude was just out there doing cardio

[Arcadian]

Didn't watch, but from looking at the box score, looks like Westbrick helped us with his signature 34% shooting and 6 turnovers :lol

[slick'81]

3straight iwns and counting baaby

[Blackhaus]

Walkers play was very uninspiring but to his credit, it’s not like he’s getting feature much or very many plays run for him. I mean hell Patty and Rudy get way more offense called their way than Walker. It’s gotta be frustrating and demoralizing as a young player playing under the white wizard.

[GAustex]

Another good game from DDR and Murray was stout too.
Too bad about White.
Beal is a handful

[GAustex]

Our best player is made of glass :(
Not positive but i think Murray has missed more time to injury than White. That Murray made of glass.

[GAustex]

Wiz played really good. Kind of herky jerky that kept the Spura defense off balance all game. They cannot defend though

[DAF86]

Not positive but i think Murray has missed more time to injury than White. That Murray made of glass.

Mmmh, if that's the case it is because of that big injury he had one time. White gets hurt every other week, it seems like.

[BackHome]

Well if White is out extended time I would not be surprised if we loose the remaining games hell we might even loose to a team that is tanking for a top 5 pick.

[Fusternino]

Glad the Spurs won, but this game represented everything wrong with the league.

[buttsR4rebounding]

Not positive but i think Murray has missed more time to injury than White. That Murray made of glass.

Next Spurs Promo: Matching Spurs glasses.

[NASpurs]

Well if White is out extended time I would not be surprised if we loose the remaining games hell we might even loose to a team that is tanking for a top 5 pick.

Loose...

[MannyIsGod]

Mmmh, if that's the case it is because of that big injury he had one time. White gets hurt every other week, it seems like.

Dude played 68 out of 71 games last year. Played 67 out of 82 the year before and not all of those were because of injury. This year, he's missed a lot more games (24), but considering the short offseason and that a good amount of those games were COVID related, and now that the schedule is absolutely brutal I don't think you're being fair to the dude tbh. He's had a bad year, but you tried to compare him to Manu in that other thread and Manu had seasons where he missed 38 and 32 games without having the troubles of this season soooooooooooooooooooo...

[MultiTroll]

Mills flopping and not getting back up is gonna be the difference in this game.
Is flopping how Patty got the game clinching FTAs?
Then drama queen lying on the floor for effect?

Boxscore claims Berti fouled Patty with 6 seconds left.

[duncan2k5]

Well if White is out extended time I would not be surprised if we loose the remaining games hell we might even loose to a team that is tanking for a top 5 pick.

We were winning when White was out

[DAF86]

Dude played 68 out of 71 games last year. Played 67 out of 82 the year before and not all of those were because of injury. This year, he's missed a lot more games (24), but considering the short offseason and that a good amount of those games were COVID related, and now that the schedule is absolutely brutal I don't think you're being fair to the dude tbh. He's had a bad year, but you tried to compare him to Manu in that other thread and Manu had seasons where he missed 38 and 32 games without having the troubles of this season soooooooooooooooooooo...

So white has missed considerable time because of injuries in 2 out of 3 seasons (not counting his rookie one because he barely played) and you are telling me that's somewhat good? Manu didn't miss anywhere near that many games in his first 3 seasons. In fact, he didn't miss any relevant portion of time untill his 7th season.

I love White. I'm one of his biggest fans, even to the point of thinking he's our best player, but, so far, he has proven to be very injury prone, specially for such a short career. Hopefully that changes.

[duncan2k5]

I hope we all appreciate the mastery that is destar.His offensive game is magical and spurs are lucky to have an unstopable monster in destar

Lol

[MannyIsGod]

So white has missed considerable time because of injuries in 2 out of 3 seasons (not counting his rookie one because he barely played) and you are telling me that's somewhat good? Manu didn't miss anywhere near that many games in his first 3 seasons. In fact, he didn't miss any relevant portion of time untill his 7th season.

I love White. I'm one of his biggest fans, even to the point of thinking he's our best player, but, so far, he has proven to be very injury prone, specially for such a short career. Hopefully that changes.

1 out of 3. Manu missed 13 games his first season which is pretty much the same as White's 15. Manu missed 17 games in his fourth year which is pretty comparable to this year when you take out COVID.

[Trainwreck2100]

Glad the Spurs won, but this game represented everything wrong with the league.

Only 12 3s made in this game, nothing like modern nba

[Robz4000]

Is flopping how Patty got the game clinching FTAs?
Then drama queen lying on the floor for effect?

Boxscore claims Berti fouled Patty with 6 seconds left.

Nah, he flopped when guarding Beal who shot and missed, but got the uncontested rebound off his miss and got an and-1.

[DAF86]

1 out of 3. Manu missed 13 games his first season which is pretty much the same as White's 15. Manu missed 17 games in his fourth year which is pretty comparable to this year when you take out COVID.

How can it be comparable when he missed more games in less games scheduled? :lol

Anyways, I hope you are right and I'm overreacting, but the dude seems to get hurt every other week for such a short career. I will grant you that if you didn't bring the numbers I thought he had missed a lot more time.

[DAF86]

I think I know why I thought White had missed more time. Didn't he get injured at the end of last season when we were fighting for a playoffs spot? Not only did he get injured at a crucial time, he probably would have missed a lot more time if not for the season ending right there. He ended last season with an injury, and started this one the same way, and now he gets hurt again.

[Rocalcio]

So white has missed considerable time because of injuries in 2 out of 3 seasons (not counting his rookie one because he barely played) and you are telling me that's somewhat good? Manu didn't miss anywhere near that many games in his first 3 seasons. In fact, he didn't miss any relevant portion of time untill his 7th season.

I love White. I'm one of his biggest fans, even to the point of thinking he's our best player, but, so far, he has proven to be very injury prone, specially for such a short career. Hopefully that changes.

He’s not injury prone in this game, anyone landing on a foot like this gets an ankle sprain, that’s just bad luck.

[tbdog]

Glad the Spurs won, but this game represented everything wrong with the league.

Weirdly, only 12 threes were made despite the score. But essentially, a good player goes where he wants.

[MannyIsGod]

How can it be comparable when he missed more games in less games scheduled? :lol

Anyways, I hope you are right and I'm overreacting, but the dude seems to get hurt every other week for such a short career. I will grant you that if you didn't bring the numbers I thought he had missed a lot more time.

Its comparable because this season is like no other. Manu didn't have to worry about COVID, and he didn't have to play a condensed season with little to no offseason for rest/repair.

I do think that if this happens again next year, then yeah, we have to really worry. I mean its probably OK to really worry right now, but a lot of players have shit seasons where they miss a ton of games in the span of their career.

[Dejounte]

Wasn't Joel Embiid pretty much injured for the first two years of his career? Looks like he hasn't had too many problems since.

[ragas]

Wasn't Joel Embiid pretty much injured for the first two years of his career? Looks like he hasn't had too many problems since.

After his injury Embiid missed: 51, 18, 19, 21 games. This season he has already missed 19 games.

[Dejounte]

After his injury Embiid missed: 51, 18, 19, 21 games. This season he has already missed 19 games.

So Embiid is the definition of a true glass cannon. White will be fine. If anything, it shows how important it is to have depth and how disappointing Lonnie has been. If Lonnie met half his potential, White being out for awhile wouldn't be as worrisome (for playoff hopes).

[R. DeMurre]

It's kinda hard to believe Derrick White is less than 100 days away from his 27th birthday... He's thought of as one of the "young guys," but he's really about to enter his peak time as an athlete. I hope he can get in a couple games before the play in game(s).

[DAF86]

He’s not injury prone in this game, anyone landing on a foot like this gets an ankle sprain, that’s just bad luck.

Some players just have a bigger tendency of falling into these kind of plays more often.

[Mugen]

Really no spinning the fact that DWhite is injury prone tbh.

[Rocalcio]

Some players just have a bigger tendency of falling into these kind of plays more often.

That’s what I’m saying, bad luck.

[DAF86]

That’s what I’m saying, bad luck.

That's also part of being injury prone, tbh.

[Rocalcio]

That's also part of being injury prone, tbh.

Not sure about that, being injury prone is mostly having a fragile body.