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05-03-2021, 10:01 PM
...for being even worse than we are.

We likely only finish with 0, 1,or 2 wins from here on out and those miserable suns of bitches wont sniff our jock straps.

What has the league come to?

Darius Bieber
05-03-2021, 10:05 PM
They know there’s no point in trying hard to reach the play-in just to be killed; they’re doing the right thing by getting Zion another young top pick to help him out.

unlike the stupid ass Spurs trying to keep their mediocre season alive for no reason whatsoever, besides a shittier pick.

Seventyniner
05-03-2021, 10:13 PM
Are you that desperate to have the Spurs get a 2% chance at a top 4 pick and otherwise be relegated to #13 or #14? Just enjoy the ride, man.

Darius Bieber
05-03-2021, 10:15 PM
Are you that desperate to have the Spurs get a 2% chance at a top 4 pick and otherwise be relegated to #13 or #14? Just enjoy the ride, man.

If we slide below the Pelicans and the Pacers, it becomes an 11% chance at a top 4… I’ll take those chances.

paperboy77
05-03-2021, 10:32 PM
They know there’s no point in trying hard to reach the play-in just to be killed; they’re doing the right thing by getting Zion another young top pick to help him out.

unlike the stupid ass Spurs trying to keep their mediocre season alive for no reason whatsoever, besides a shittier pick.

Who’s out there in the draft significantly better than what the Pels might get? Let’s get the young guys some playoff experience.

Darius Bieber
05-03-2021, 10:35 PM
Who’s out there in the draft significantly better than what the Pels might get? Let’s get the young guys some playoff experience.

A one-game play-in game that we’ll lose by 20+ against the Warriors in the Bay Area hardly counts as playoff experience.

timtonymanu
05-03-2021, 10:37 PM
A one-game play-in game that we’ll lose by 20+ against the Warriors in the Bay Area hardly counts as playoff experience.

Not to mention watching Patty and Rudy chuck up shots. Lol “playoff experience” at its best.

davi78239
05-03-2021, 11:31 PM
Yea. I’m hoping we don’t make it but the Pelicans keep losing. Maybe the kings jump them and contend for the 10th?? Wishful thinking

GAustex
05-03-2021, 11:47 PM
Has there ever been a more barren game thread?

KobesAchilles
05-03-2021, 11:50 PM
I Obviously didn’t see the game, but why the fuck did Lonzo shoot the ball 18 times including like 10 three point attempts. Dude only made 3 shots and is supposedly a point guard. Pass the ball

Arcadian
05-04-2021, 12:07 AM
:lol I love how this is where we're at now as a fanbase. Hating other teams for being even worse than our shitty, hopeless team.

tbdog
05-04-2021, 12:26 AM
The Pelicans are what the Spurs could have been, without Zion, if they got the AD haul for Leonard.

SpurPadre
05-04-2021, 01:00 AM
Who’s out there in the draft significantly better than what the Pels might get? Let’s get the young guys some playoff experience.

This is the point that gets me: The young guys already have playoff experience! Murray, White, and Poetl have been in the playoffs already. Sure, Walker, Keldon, and Vassell don’t but it won’t kill them to wait another year for playoff action, especially Vassell who will be relegated to towel waiving anyways. Fuck that, give me 10th pick.

timtonymanu
05-04-2021, 02:03 AM
This is the point that gets me: The young guys already have playoff experience! Murray, White, and Poetl have been in the playoffs already. Sure, Walker, Keldon, and Vassell don’t but it won’t kill them to wait another year for playoff action, especially Vassell who will be relegated to towel waiving anyways. Fuck that, give me 10th pick.

It’s a cheapened version of playoff experience right now anyways.. No full crowds at the arena (crucial for their composure at road games), only one game to play and not a 7 game series, watching low IQ players like Patty and Rudy shoot the team out of games. Really doesn’t benefit the young guys at all. I’m with you, I’d rather a high pick but the Spurs aren’t shitty enough to make it a meaningful lottery position unfortunately.

exstatic
05-04-2021, 06:36 AM
They know there’s no point in trying hard to reach the play-in just to be killed; they’re doing the right thing by getting Zion another young top pick to help him out.

unlike the stupid ass Spurs trying to keep their mediocre season alive for no reason whatsoever, besides a shittier pick.

:lol.Their top young player will be picked at most, one place higher than our pick. Not likely anyone overtakes them, not when indy or Sacto look at the standings. Anyway, you act like we’re winning. We’ve lost 4 in a row.

Dejounte
05-04-2021, 07:17 AM
Lol @ the notion that the Pelicans are purposely losing. Nah, they suck, same as the Spurs. People are quicker to give excuses for other teams with nothing beyond surface level understanding of how their team is being run :lmao

PrimeMinister
05-04-2021, 09:27 AM
The Pelicans are what the Spurs could have been, without Zion, if they got the AD haul for Leonard.

Pellies minus Zion would be one of the most directionless, hopeless franchises in basketball to be fair.

kht
05-04-2021, 09:30 AM
How are the Pels this bad? Zion+Ingram+Zo and good role players.

exstatic
05-04-2021, 09:54 AM
How are the Pels this bad? Zion+Ingram+Zo and good role players.

They’re...the Pelicans.

They’ll pick in front of us, fuck it up, and we’ll get the best guy after #10.

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05-04-2021, 10:00 AM
Has there ever been a more barren game thread?

Newb.

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05-04-2021, 10:05 AM
:lol.Their top young player will be picked at most, one place higher than our pick. Not likely anyone overtakes them, not when indy or Sacto look at the standings. Anyway, you act like we’re winning. We’ve lost 4 in a row.

Our shot at a top 4 is greater than 10% with just a slight change in the rankings. Theres a difference between picking 11th or 12th and picking 6th and up. The odds only increase with each step down the rankings we go.

Otherwise, this team, as currently comprised, is in the fruitless purgatory of abject mediocrity.

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05-04-2021, 10:05 AM
Lol @ the notion that the Pelicans are purposely losing. Nah, they suck, same as the Spurs. People are quicker to give excuses for other teams with nothing beyond surface level understanding of how their team is being run :lmao

Whose notion was that?

GAustex
05-04-2021, 10:06 AM
Newb.
Hardly

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05-04-2021, 10:09 AM
Hardly

Yes, youre either a newb or oblivious. If youve been around for any length of time youd see the threads started here and realize that not only did this thread make it to 2 pages, or will soon, it has nothing to do with fucking your aunt.

Plus my thread is aspirational. Im hoping to get a better draft pick. Whats less barren than that?

GAustex
05-04-2021, 10:10 AM
Lol

John B
05-04-2021, 10:26 AM
How are the Pels this bad? Zion+Ingram+Zo and good role players.
They had Davis for years.. come on. Spurs are better off getting the extra experience playing the play-in, and even in the playoffs if ever they're lucky. And whoever we pick at 11th or 12th will be better. Enjoy the ride.

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05-04-2021, 10:51 AM
They had Davis for years.. come on. Spurs are better off getting the extra experience playing the play-in, and even in the playoffs if ever they're lucky. And whoever we pick at 11th or 12th will be better. Enjoy the ride.

I normally agree with your takes but a single one game play in without fully stacked arenas isnt likely to do much of anything for these guys. Especially the ones that really need the seasoning like Luka and Devin.

I'm just a proponent of getting the highest pick to improve the trajectory of this team, a team that is clearly on a straight path to being mediocre as far out as the eye can see.

Our best player (scoring wise) is about to be gone. And while that may be addition by subtraction defensively, we are not likely to be markedly better next year with another bench-riding rookie like Devin and Luka.

We need a game changer. The best odds for that occurring is getting into that top 6 or so, or especially, top 4. Those odds are better with the Pels passing us. Thats the point of my post.

exstatic
05-04-2021, 11:03 AM
Our shot at a top 4 is greater than 10% with just a slight change in the rankings. Theres a difference between picking 11th or 12th and picking 6th and up. The odds only increase with each step down the rankings we go.

Otherwise, this team, as currently comprised, is in the fruitless purgatory of abject mediocrity.

We’re not going to drop out of the play in. We’re losing big, but so is everyone else. We’re going to be slotted #13. You really need to wrap your head around that, and stop living in Disney dream land.

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05-04-2021, 11:38 AM
We’re not going to drop out of the play in. We’re losing big, but so is everyone else. We’re going to be slotted #13. You really need to wrap your head around that, and stop living in Disney dream land.

Lol. Have you read anything I wrote, including this post? I'm well aware we arent dropping further. That's why I'm saying fuck the Pelicans. Even with us going 0-10, I said above, we are not going to make it below them. It is pathetic we can not drop even going winless.

I'm now merely debating with ppl that think there's wisdom for trying to hold onto the 10th seed.

There isn't any. Actual dreamlanders think there will be benefit to next season with some magical lift to our psyche. I'll settle in reality that the only thing that is going to improve us is better players borne from picking earlier in the draft.

John B
05-04-2021, 11:45 AM
I normally agree with your takes but a single one game play in without fully stacked arenas isnt likely to do much of anything for these guys. Especially the ones that really need the seasoning like Luka and Devin.

I'm just a proponent of getting the highest pick to improve the trajectory of this team, a team that is clearly on a straight path to being mediocre as far out as the eye can see.

Our best player (scoring wise) is about to be gone. And while that may be addition by subtraction defensively, we are not likely to be markedly better next year with another bench-riding rookie like Devin and Luka.

We need a game changer. The best odds for that occurring is getting into that top 6 or so, or especially, top 4. Those odds are better with the Pels passing us. Thats the point of my post.

Call me crazy, but I think Pop is just giving Rudy and Patty some run for now to earn their next contract. But once we're in the play-in, Pop gets in the playoff mode and will give his youngsters some valuable experience like the bubble to get them ready for next season. This team is much better than it's showing. Rudy/Mills will be gone next year. I'm not sure about Demar. But whoever we pick, will be better than who Pelicans pick so it wouldn't matter.

slick'81
05-04-2021, 12:38 PM
This is what weve become? Hating teams that are shittier then us

GreekSpursfan
05-04-2021, 01:52 PM
This is what happens when your best player has a low bball IQ defensively and doesn't even try half the time because that's what Zion is doing and the other lesser players see that and the whole thing collapses.

SpurPadre
05-04-2021, 03:37 PM
We’re not going to drop out of the play in. We’re losing big, but so is everyone else. We’re going to be slotted #13. You really need to wrap your head around that, and stop living in Disney dream land.

We're only 1.5 games back from the 11th pick and the team that currently has that pick has been winning lately.

DeRozan m8
05-04-2021, 05:28 PM
On paper, they're so much better than us.

Not sure how they're so shit

Ocotillo
05-04-2021, 06:01 PM
It's really ironic when you think about it. I find myself wanting better draft position but the Pels found themselves with the first pick in the draft, a true Tanker's dream. They get Zion and look at them, they can't even make the play-offs. The last time they had the first pick in the draft, they got AD and underperformed as well.

Getting the first pick doesn't guarantee you're on the road to the LOB. Kobe, Lebron and Timmy don't come around every draft.

timtonymanu
05-04-2021, 06:55 PM
It's really ironic when you think about it. I find myself wanting better draft position but the Pels found themselves with the first pick in the draft, a true Tanker's dream. They get Zion and look at them, they can't even make the play-offs. The last time they had the first pick in the draft, they got AD and underperformed as well.

Getting the first pick doesn't guarantee you're on the road to the LOB. Kobe, Lebron and Timmy don't come around every draft.

Kobe wasn’t the first pick though.

exstatic
05-04-2021, 07:03 PM
On paper, they're so much better than us.

Not sure how they're so shit

Because the game isn’t played on paper. A collection of good players won’t necessarily beat a team of players.

playbonner15
05-04-2021, 07:47 PM
Even Silver can't get a Zion appearance in the playoffs :lmao.... or could he...:spin

RC_Drunkford
05-04-2021, 09:13 PM
On paper, they're so much better than us.

Not sure how they're so shit

they don't have enough 3-point shooters on the floor just like our team

Ocotillo
05-04-2021, 09:15 PM
Kobe wasn’t the first pick though.

Yeah, I was just rattling off some "franchise" players. KD, Giannis and Dirk were others who were not selected first either. Just sayin' tanking doesn't guarantee there will be franchise direction changing player will be in the draft.

DAF86
05-04-2021, 09:57 PM
On paper, they're so much better than us.

Not sure how they're so shit

The shitty overrated crap that the Lakers' drafted and that folks like Bynumite and LkrFan wanted to make us believe were good.

timtonymanu
05-04-2021, 09:58 PM
Yeah, I was just rattling off some "franchise" players. KD, Giannis and Dirk were others who were not selected first either. Just sayin' tanking doesn't guarantee there will be franchise direction changing player will be in the draft.

True but I still feel like this team does better than most franchises at finding talent in the draft. The only thing that will worry me is the entitlement of star players now who will just leave to bigger markets like we experienced with Nephew. Pelicans for sure are like the Timberwolves. They are horrible no matter what player they get. I feel like the Spurs would do a better job with high lottery picks but I guess we will see when it comes to that.

Darius Bieber
05-05-2021, 09:25 AM
True but I still feel like this team does better than most franchises at finding talent in the draft. The only thing that will worry me is the entitlement of star players now who will just leave to bigger markets like we experienced with Nephew. Pelicans for sure are like the Timberwolves. They are horrible no matter what player they get. I feel like the Spurs would do a better job with high lottery picks but I guess we will see when it comes to that.

Yeah, unfortunately I don't see another Duncan/Kobe/Dirk player anytime soon who will stick with their team the entire length of their career.

TD 21
05-05-2021, 05:11 PM
:lmao At the "play-in experience". If they hold off the Pelicans, it's going to be one game vs the Warriors, they'll inevitably lose it (even if it's close throughout, the league won't want their TV partners to miss out on the opportunity for one of their glamour franchises/players to make the playoffs, which means so called 50/50 and phantom calls will be heavily weighted in their favor) and be saddled with a late lottery pick, where they'll pick another role player to add to the collection.

This franchise is in arguably the worst position in the league going forward and the amazing thing is, there's a sizable portion of this board who doesn't see it through their myopic, role colored glasses view.

Maddog
05-05-2021, 05:27 PM
Yeah, unfortunately I don't see another Duncan/Kobe/Dirk player anytime soon who will stick with their team the entire length of their career.

Kobe was in LA, so he didn't need to leave for a big market.
Also he dropped in the draft because it was known he wouldn't sign with certain teams.
Of course the other reason was the uneven starts of previous straight to pro players.

spurraider21
05-07-2021, 05:51 PM
now Zion out :lol

R. DeMurre
05-07-2021, 05:54 PM
Damn, Zion with a broken finger...


https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/pelicans-zion-williamson-finger-brandon-ingram-ankle-out-indefinitely-team-announces/

slick'81
05-07-2021, 06:03 PM
No team has the means to take 10th from us:lol

cd98
05-07-2021, 07:17 PM
No team wants that 10 seed play in. Except Chicago. Man if they miss out after the trade deadline.

tbdog
05-07-2021, 08:06 PM
Coaching staff now can finalise rotation, get players rested and healthy, scout only 4 teams for the play ins.

SpurPadre
05-07-2021, 08:15 PM
Damn, Zion with a broken finger...


https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/pelicans-zion-williamson-finger-brandon-ingram-ankle-out-indefinitely-team-announces/

FUCK!!!!!!!

RC_Drunkford
05-07-2021, 08:21 PM
Spurs can't catch a break smh. No reason for this garbage team to be in a play-in just to lose anyway

baseline bum
05-07-2021, 08:27 PM
Damn, Zion with a broken finger...


https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/pelicans-zion-williamson-finger-brandon-ingram-ankle-out-indefinitely-team-announces/

:pctoss

SpurPadre
05-07-2021, 08:29 PM
Spurs can't catch a break smh. No reason for this garbage team to be in a play-in just to lose anyway

The Kings can still pass us if they beat us tonight but this injury takes us out of the running for 9th pick. 10th pick is still within reach though.

exstatic
05-07-2021, 08:32 PM
The Kings can still pass us if they beat us tonight but this injury takes us out of the running for 9th pick. 10th pick is still within reach though.

Sacto just lost Haliburton for the year with his hyperextended knee.

SpurPadre
05-07-2021, 09:04 PM
Sacto just lost Haliburton for the year with his hyperextended knee.

Ugh. Really can’t catch a break. It’s very frustrating.

tbdog
05-07-2021, 09:27 PM
These comments are just disgusting. Such weak mindset.

timtonymanu
05-07-2021, 10:03 PM
These comments are just disgusting. Such weak mindset.

Some people just don't care for an extra game that the team will lose anyway. Good on you for being a supportive fan though.

Kurgan
05-07-2021, 10:20 PM
Some people just don't care for an extra game that the team will lose anyway. Good on you for being a supportive fan though.

That guy is Demar's #1 fan on Spurstalk, so it's not surprising he'd rather see an extra play in game instead of a better pick. The rational fans gave up on this team after that embarrassing 30 pt comeback loss to the Celts. I refuse to support any of the players that took part in that fiasco, especially Demar who's supposed to be the team's leader

tbdog
05-07-2021, 10:33 PM
That guy is Demar's #1 fan on Spurstalk, so it's not surprising he'd rather see an extra play in game instead of a better pick. The rational fans gave up on this team after that embarrassing 30 pt comeback loss to the Celts. I refuse to support any of the players that took part in that fiasco, especially Demar who's supposed to be the team's leader

Rational fans and giving up on the team don't go together.

FutureMan
05-07-2021, 11:12 PM
Rational fans and giving up on the team don't go together.

Seems like a lot of people haven’t lost faith in the “Spurs” but they have lost faith in “this” team. As constructed, it would be impossible for a rational person to approve of what this team has become.

They seem to know the Spurs draft well and since 85% of the top 25 players in the NBA are pick 15 and up they know the better the pick the more likely we’ll have a player worth... anything.

tbdog
05-07-2021, 11:25 PM
Seems like a lot of people haven’t lost faith in the “Spurs” but they have lost faith in “this” team. As constructed, it would be impossible for a rational person to approve of what this team has become.

They seem to know the Spurs draft well and since 85% of the top 25 players in the NBA are pick 15 and up they know the better the pick the more likely we’ll have a player worth... anything.

They got all off season to forget about this team. In the meantime, this is still out team. You can't ask for your young players to play well but also wish loses. Losing mentality sucks.

FutureMan
05-08-2021, 12:01 AM
They got all off season to forget about this team. In the meantime, this is still out team. You can't ask for your young players to play well but also wish loses. Losing mentality sucks.

I see what you’re trying to say however the young players who will be here next year aren’t playing enough. We’re over playing DeRozan, Gay, & Mills who should not be on this team next year.

Since the top NBA players are conveniently in the top 15 of the draft that leaves the Spurs with only a few options.
1. Vassell - who was only allowed 5 shots tonight in 15 minutes of play (insulting for an 11th pick)
2. Next years lottery pick
3. Following years lottery pick (this could go on for years)
4. Free agency

Vassell could certainly be a great asset to the team and I think it is possible but very unlikely that he leads this team.
I’d prefer to avoid option 3 altogether.
4 is tough since there are only a few players that can lift us. Kinda leaves me thinking option 2 is the best bet.

A lot of pressure going into this off-season for the Spurs. That’s for sure :rollin

SpurPadre
05-08-2021, 01:01 AM
The real weak mindset is preferring your team stay stuck in neutral and one and dones despite being in obvious need of revamping...all for one extra game that will undoubtedly result in an L. But if there are those who want to label fans that want their team to have a better long term future as being weak minded, fine. I just want this team to aspire to higher than mediocrity.

tbdog
05-08-2021, 01:30 AM
The real weak mindset is preferring your team stay stuck in neutral and one and dones despite being in obvious need of revamping...all for one extra game that will undoubtedly result in an L. But if there are those who want to label fans that want their team to have a better long term future as being weak minded, fine. I just want this team to aspire to higher than mediocrity.

Give me a shot one one gaming LeBron out of the playoffs would be the most satisfying thing in the last few years. Our team lost LMA. We are going into the off season with significant cap space.

rankingtear
05-08-2021, 01:36 AM
The real weak mindset is preferring your team stay stuck in neutral and one and dones despite being in obvious need of revamping...all for one extra game that will undoubtedly result in an L. But if there are those who want to label fans that want their team to have a better long term future as being weak minded, fine. I just want this team to aspire to higher than mediocrity.

Not really just an extra game. All the games leading up to the play in are quality games that are good for development. OKC for instance stopped playing meaningful games since March.

timtonymanu
05-08-2021, 02:41 AM
Lol yeah all that cap space so we can get burned by every quality free agent like usual. We couldn’t even get much players in free agency during the Big 3 era. A team so desperate for star talent that some people actually want to bring Demar back.

SpurPadre
05-08-2021, 03:12 AM
Lol yeah all that cap space so we can get burned by every quality free agent like usual. We couldn’t even get much players in free agency during the Big 3 era. A team so desperate for star talent that some people actually want to bring Demar back.

The free agent class is also not that great to begin with and even if we do get Markkanen, that still won't be enough for us when you combine that with a middling draft slot that this team seems hell bent on landing. 9th pick was probably a pipe dream but to get a worse pick than we had last year is very disappointing.

timtonymanu
05-08-2021, 03:27 AM
The free agent class is also not that great to begin with and even if we do get Markkanen, that still won't be enough for us when you combine that with a middling draft slot that this team seems hell bent on landing. 9th pick was probably a pipe dream but to get a worse pick than we had last year is very disappointing.

Yep some fans think the Spurs are immune to doing a hard rebuild and act like the “culture” that died with the Big 3 is still around. You know that cap space is going to be wasted on signing Derozan to the max while we essentially bring back the same roster and a low lottery pick that Pop won’t play again. Treadmill team status.

Spurtacular
05-08-2021, 05:30 AM
They know there’s no point in trying hard to reach the play-in just to be killed; they’re doing the right thing by getting Zion another young top pick to help him out.

unlike the stupid ass Spurs trying to keep their mediocre season alive for no reason whatsoever, besides a shittier pick.

ST'ers over rate a spot or two in the draft way too damn much.

Getting these players playoff experience is a really good thing.

Dejounte
05-08-2021, 08:41 AM
I see what you’re trying to say however the young players who will be here next year aren’t playing enough. We’re over playing DeRozan, Gay, & Mills who should not be on this team next year.

Since the top NBA players are conveniently in the top 15 of the draft that leaves the Spurs with only a few options.
1. Vassell - who was only allowed 5 shots tonight in 15 minutes of play (insulting for an 11th pick)
2. Next years lottery pick
3. Following years lottery pick (this could go on for years)
4. Free agency

Vassell could certainly be a great asset to the team and I think it is possible but very unlikely that he leads this team.
I’d prefer to avoid option 3 altogether.
4 is tough since there are only a few players that can lift us. Kinda leaves me thinking option 2 is the best bet.

A lot of pressure going into this off-season for the Spurs. That’s for sure :rollin

The Spurs are likely to land anywhere between 11-15 this year so you can count this year too.

TimDunkem
05-08-2021, 09:51 AM
I see what you’re trying to say however the young players who will be here next year aren’t playing enough. We’re over playing DeRozan, Gay, & Mills who should not be on this team next year.

Since the top NBA players are conveniently in the top 15 of the draft that leaves the Spurs with only a few options.
1. Vassell - who was only allowed 5 shots tonight in 15 minutes of play (insulting for an 11th pick)
2. Next years lottery pick
3. Following years lottery pick (this could go on for years)
4. Free agency

Vassell could certainly be a great asset to the team and I think it is possible but very unlikely that he leads this team.
I’d prefer to avoid option 3 altogether.
4 is tough since there are only a few players that can lift us. Kinda leaves me thinking option 2 is the best bet.

A lot of pressure going into this off-season for the Spurs. That’s for sure :rollin

Mills is retiring here for sure. Wouldn't be surprised to see Gay retire here too.

SpurPadre
05-08-2021, 02:54 PM
ST'ers over rate a spot or two in the draft way too damn much.

Getting these players playoff experience is a really good thing.

I'd flip it around and say you're overrating a playoff curbstomping way too damn much. Murray and Poetl already have playoff experience in a REAL, pre-pandemic playoff atmosphere. One and Done won't do jack shit for Keldon, Lonnie, and especially Vassell, who'll be on towel-waiving duty. Getting this team a top 10 draft pick is a really good thing. Unfortunately, that hope is gone so we're stuck on neutral as has been the case for the past 3 years.

D-Robinson 50 fan
05-08-2021, 03:27 PM
My thing is Pop should play the young guys a bit more. I’m not even saying bench the veteran players but if they aren’t playing well or getting roasted on defense, sub them out and give the young players a few minutes to see what they can provide.

the rotation is down to nine players at best and a decent amount of the veterans look sluggish as hell. At least If we lose we see what we have with the young players instead of going through what we already know. We have damn near no shot in hell to win a playoff series and we most likely will not come close to winning a play in game. So what’s really the point of sticking with such a tight rotation, especially when the veterans are most likely leaving next season?!

Mr. Body
05-08-2021, 04:06 PM
You can tell by threads like these who has actually played basketball in competitive team environments and how has played video games.

Dejounte
05-08-2021, 05:11 PM
I'd flip it around and say you're overrating a playoff curbstomping way too damn much. Murray and Poetl already have playoff experience in a REAL, pre-pandemic playoff atmosphere. One and Done won't do jack shit for Keldon, Lonnie, and especially Vassell, who'll be on towel-waiving duty. Getting this team a top 10 draft pick is a really good thing. Unfortunately, that hope is gone so we're stuck on neutral as has been the case for the past 3 years.

If the Spurs get the guy they want anyway, then dropping 3-4 spots isn't a big deal. There is that possibility, too.

exstatic
05-08-2021, 06:34 PM
My thing is Pop should play the young guys a bit more. I’m not even saying bench the veteran players but if they aren’t playing well or getting roasted on defense, sub them out and give the young players a few minutes to see what they can provide.

the rotation is down to nine players at best and a decent amount of the veterans look sluggish as hell. At least If we lose we see what we have with the young players instead of going through what we already know. We have damn near no shot in hell to win a playoff series and we most likely will not come close to winning a play in game. So what’s really the point of sticking with such a tight rotation, especially when the veterans are most likely leaving next season?!

Patty needs to go to Pop and ask him to bench him. He’s a terrible ball handler, and at best an average, scrappy defender. He’s fucking refusing to shoot the 3 ball, and Pop would absolutely bench a young player for that offense.

Kurgan
05-08-2021, 07:42 PM
Patty needs to go to Pop and ask him to bench him. He’s a terrible ball handler, and at best an average, scrappy defender. He’s fucking refusing to shoot the 3 ball, and Pop would absolutely bench a young player for that offense.

He's trying to protect his percentages. He shot under 30% from three in April and it's resulted in his total 2021 percentage to fall to 37%. Patty desperately wants one last big contract but he knows if he continues to shoot the way he has, he's going to have to settle for Bryn Forbes money(which is looking like the most likely outcome for him)

If he wasn't a vet, he'd be in the doghouse already for the way he's played the past two months. Pop giving him leeway because of "Spurs culture"

SpurPadre
05-09-2021, 02:06 AM
You can tell by threads like these who has actually played basketball in competitive team environments and how has played video games.

I'm honest enough to say I've done neither but that doesn't make my opinion any less valid. That's falling on deaf ears with you since all you know how to do is insult anyone here you don't agree with.

SpurPadre
05-09-2021, 02:10 AM
If the Spurs get the guy they want anyway, then dropping 3-4 spots isn't a big deal. There is that possibility, too.

There is but that's relying on some luck which hasn't been granted to us ever since Kawhi fucked us over. We're due for a break, though.

davi78239
05-09-2021, 11:18 PM
Hey, they won tonight!!

duncan2k5
05-09-2021, 11:51 PM
There is but that's relying on some luck which hasn't been granted to us ever since Kawhi fucked us over. We're due for a break, though.

We have been doing everything wrong for years, but ppl still can't accept we also fucked Kawhi over...uncanny

Mr. Body
05-10-2021, 12:20 AM
We have been doing everything wrong for years, but ppl still can't accept we also fucked Kawhi over...uncanny

Lol.

horseshue
05-10-2021, 01:31 AM
Who owns a tiebraker between spurs and pelicans?

keithington1
05-10-2021, 01:53 AM
I could see the kings losing only 1 more game putting them at 39 losses. I could see the spurs losing all 5 of their games putting them at 40 losses

BG_Spurs_Fan
05-10-2021, 02:15 AM
I could see the kings losing only 1 more game putting them at 39 losses. I could see the spurs losing all 5 of their games putting them at 40 losses

With Phoenix likely being locked in 2nd they'll probably rest their starters in the last 2 games in SA. I can see Spurs winning both.