Game Thread: Spurs @ Knicks - THURS. 5/13/21 — 6:30pm/C

[Joseph Kony]

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Let's get this L boys :flag::flag::flag:

[GAustex]

Will the thread get past two pages?

[Joseph Kony]

Will the thread get past two pages?

depends on if it's a blowout in the first quarter or not :lol

[Kurgan]

Will the thread get past two pages?

That's the Derozan era for you. Just sucks the life out of the fanbase with his Kmart Kobe style. I'm the only one in my group of friends that still watches Spurs games. Everybody else moved on after that first season with Dumbar.

[Leetonidas]

That's the Derozan era for you. Just sucks the life out of the fanbase with his Kmart Kobe style. I'm the only one in my group of friends that still watches Spurs games. Everybody else moved on after that first season with Dumbar.

Fairweather fans tbh. Real fans are here subjecting themselves to the torture of watching this garbage team regardless of how infuriating it is :lol

[Robz4000]

Fairweather fans tbh. Real fans are here subjecting themselves to the torture of watching this garbage team regardless of how infuriating it is :lol

:lol or we're just masochists

[baseline bum]

Fairweather fans tbh. Real fans are here subjecting themselves to the torture of watching this garbage team regardless of how infuriating it is :lol

LOL. This has definitely been the hardest season to watch. 96-97 wasn't bad because I knew David Robinson was coming back next year and the Cotton Fitzsimmons / Bob Weiss / first year of Larry Brown era wasn't bad since I had never seen the team win shit before. Seeing DePression and Fifty Mills out there shitting it up though, just want to strangle Pop sometimes. Should have blown it up when Uncle Dennis buttfucked the team.

[Leetonidas]

LOL. This has definitely been the hardest season to watch. 96-97 wasn't bad because I knew David Robinson was coming back next year and the Cotton Fitzsimmons / Bob Weiss / first year of Larry Brown era wasn't bad since I had never seen the team win shit before. Seeing DePression and Fifty Mills out there shitting it up though, just want to strangle Pop sometimes. Should have blown it up when Uncle Dennis buttfucked the team.

Last year was worse imo

[LeBowen]

Demar should be fined every time he passes the ball like that with 2 seconds left on the clock.

[Robz4000]

Last year was worse imo

Agreed, but this year isn't much better knowing the Spurs could be a lot better if Pop had stopped overplaying the vets.

[Dejounte]

DeMar could easily fill in for Elfrid's position. He'd improve that team.

[Trainwreck2100]

LOL. This has definitely been the hardest season to watch. 96-97 wasn't bad because I knew David Robinson was coming back next year and the Cotton Fitzsimmons / Bob Weiss / first year of Larry Brown era wasn't bad since I had never seen the team win shit before. Seeing DePression and Fifty Mills out there shitting it up though, just want to strangle Pop sometimes. Should have blown it up when Uncle Dennis buttfucked the team.

Last road game with DePression on the team though

[Dejounte]

Lonnie had an opening and Gay chose to pass it to DeMar instead. Gay is so fucking stupid.

[Robz4000]

Spurs still can't finish to save their lives.

[Robz4000]

Last road game with DePression on the team though

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[PhantomDashCam]

Didn’t the G league finish months ago?

[Leetonidas]

Agreed, but this year isn't much better knowing the Spurs could be a lot better if Pop had stopped overplaying the vets.

Very true. Or even if we sucked even worse at least we'd have hope for next year

[Leetonidas]

DeMar could easily fill in for Elfrid's position. He'd improve that team.

I have a feeling he is going there. They have the money and the need. They played great defense and can hide his shortcomings

[baseline bum]

Last road game with DePression on the team though

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[boutons_deux]

KNick's shooting 30% but still better than the Spurs

[PhantomDashCam]

Patty Mills self creation… Funny when Pop goes on record and says players are “raw and need more time”…sometimes players need to understand their limitations.

[baseline bum]

Last year was worse imo

Last year they never got your hopes up, they were just shit from the beginning of the season.

[Leetonidas]

:lmao poodle

[Robz4000]

Poeltl is a great defender in today's NBA, but if he were in the 90s or 00s he'd be eaten alive tbh.

[Leetonidas]

Last year they never got your hopes up, they were just shit from the beginning of the season.

But I remember the off-season before that, everyone was so hyped, we were all so sure we were gonna see White and Murray together and Lonnie as well and all we got was tons of Byrn Forbes and Patty Mills:lol

[Robz4000]

Spurs may not crack 75 tbh. Really hope the Kings can run the table, I can't see the Spurs winning another game this season.

[YoungbuckMurray]

This team is trash

[TimDunkem]

Clyde Frazier has said the word "effervescent" at least 5 times already....Fucking unbearable. Too bad Bill and Sean are not much better.

[Robz4000]

Clyde Frazier has said the word "effervescent" at least 5 times already....Fucking unbearable. Too bad Bill and Sean are not much better.

Even they've quit on the team tbh.

[baseline bum]

Gay from deep

[Robz4000]

Crazily enough, if the Spurs wanna win this it looks like they'll need Gay and maybe Mills to play a lot of minutes. Knicks seem to be a good match up for them. Murray might need to be benched; he's been killing the team the past two games.

[Robz4000]

:lol just realized Rose isn't playing. If he were the game would be over already.

[Kurgan]

Clyde Frazier has said the word "effervescent" at least 5 times already....Fucking unbearable. Too bad Bill and Sean are not much better.

They're actually worse unfortunately.

[baseline bum]

But I remember the off-season before that, everyone was so hyped, we were all so sure we were gonna see White and Murray together and Lonnie as well and all we got was tons of Byrn Forbes and Patty Mills:lol

:pctoss

[Dejounte]

Weird lineup here

Lonnie
DeMar
Keldon
Gay
Eubanks

[Robz4000]

Needs to be said, Keldon is becoming a liability on defense.

[Kurgan]

Crazily enough, if the Spurs wanna win this it looks like they'll need Gay and maybe Mills to play a lot of minutes. Knicks seem to be a good match up for them. Murray might need to be benched; he's been killing the team the past two games.

Seems like Demar's iso midrange influence has ruined Murray. Turned him into a chucker this season.

[Kurgan]

Crazily enough, if the Spurs wanna win this it looks like they'll need Gay and maybe Mills to play a lot of minutes. Knicks seem to be a good match up for them. Murray might need to be benched; he's been killing the team the past two games.

Smart coaches like Spo and Thibs know how to neutralize our one dimensional offense.

[Robz4000]

Smart coaches like Spo and Thibs know how to neutralize our one dimensional offense.

Any competent coach and NBA team knows how to do it tbh. Spurs will get massacred in the play-in if they make it.

[PhantomDashCam]

Eubanks can be a divisive player but very productive tonight.

[spurs1990]

If anything it's a clear offensive on DeRozan

[Robz4000]

If not for Poeltl and Eubanks tonight Knicks would be rolling offensively.

[ace3g]

2nd Quarter
(https://www.espn.com/nba/playbyplay/_/gameId/401307861#gp-quarter-2)


TIME
TEAM
PLAY
SCORE


0.0
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End of the 2nd Quarter
43 - 46




1.2
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Nerlens Noel offensive rebound
43 - 46




1.2
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Julius Randle misses 17-foot jumper
43 - 46




24.6
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Julius Randle defensive rebound
43 - 46




26.9
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Dejounte Murray misses 11-foot jumper
43 - 46




35.3
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Alec Burks makes 26-foot three point jumper
43 - 46




46.3
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Frank Ntilikina defensive rebound
43 - 43




48.9
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DeMar DeRozan misses 21-foot jumper
43 - 43




1:09
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Spurs Full timeout
43 - 43




1:10
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Frank Ntilikina makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alec Burks assists)
43 - 43




1:24
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DeMar DeRozan out of bounds lost ball turnover
43 - 40




1:36
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Alec Burks makes 4-foot two point shot (Reggie Bullock assists)
43 - 40




2:00
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Keldon Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jakob Poeltl assists)
43 - 38




2:12
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Alec Burks makes driving layup
40 - 38




2:25
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DeMar DeRozan makes free throw 2 of 2
40 - 36




2:25
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DeMar DeRozan makes free throw 1 of 2
39 - 36

[Robz4000]

If someone offers a top 20 pick for Murray this offseason the Spurs need to take it and run.

[YoungbuckMurray]

Can’t wait for mills to be gone

[Kurgan]

Any competent coach and NBA team knows how to do it tbh. Spurs will get massacred in the play-in if they make it.

Exactly. Utah's scrubs blew us out while resting their starters. I remember back when it was the Spurs that were the crafty intelligent team blowing out the low iq treadmill squads. We've become the teams we used to mock and laugh at.

[ace3g]

2 min drought to end the half...

[spurs1990]

I swear I saw DeRozan deliberately make sure his foot was on the line on that 3pt attempt

[daslicer]

I don't usually care about wins or losses these days but I really want to get this win. My younger brother is a hardcore Knicks fan. Knicks are still competing for the 4th seed. If they lose to the Spurs it puts a huge wrench in them getting the 4th seed. I need some trolling material for him.

[Kurgan]

If someone offers a top 20 pick for Murray this offseason the Spurs need to take it and run.

Package Murray with their current pick and try to move up into the top 5/top 10. We ruined the kid teaching him to play like a poor man's Tony Parker when every modern point guard is emulating Steph Curry. Spurs coaches are idiots.

[Kurgan]

I swear I saw DeRozan deliberately make sure his foot was on the line on that 3pt attempt

I've lost count how many times I've seen Dumbar wide open for a three only to step one foot inside for the long two instead.

[Joseph Kony]

Murray has improved a lot from the beginning of the year. He is frustrating as hell to watch sometimes but you can't question his motor, which cant be said about the vast majority of our team. I'd give him at least another year to see how he improves next season before trading him

[TimDunkem]

They're actually worse unfortunately.

Sean and Bill are whining about calls or making excuses for the team 90% of the time these days.

[Robz4000]

Package Murray with their current pick and try to move up into the top 5/top 10. We ruined the kid teaching him to play like a poor man's Tony Parker when every modern point guard is emulating Steph Curry. Spurs coaches are idiots.

Nah, he's emulating DePression. If he emulated Tony he'd be better off.

[Robz4000]

Murray has improved a lot from the beginning of the year. He is frustrating as hell to watch sometimes but you can't question his motor, which cant be said about the vast majority of our team. I'd give him at least another year to see how he improves next season before trading him

Feel like his value might be at an all-time high right now tbh, especially with that SI article that just came out. A lot of casual fans prolly read it and think he's Kawhi 2.0.

[Kurgan]

Nah, he's emulating DePression. If he emulated Tony he'd be better off.

It sucks that Manu retired just before we drafted the current crop of youngsters. They could have learned from a true pro instead of that depressed retard Demar.

Kawhi pretty much soaked up all the knowledge from the big three, they handed him the keys to the kingdom, and then he took off and ran.

[Dejounte]

Who the fuck was that screaming during DeMar's and1? :lmao

[ace3g]

9:20 - 3rd


1
2
3
4
T


SA
18
25
12

55


NY
20
26
2

48

[Fusternino]

Tom Thibodeau was as overrated than Doc Rivers for years. Just awful.

[ace3g]

Who the fuck was that screaming during DeMar's and1? :lmao

Check your avatar , lol

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/RedFlakyIberianlynx-size_restricted.gif

[ace3g]

6:34 - 3rd


1
2
3
4
T


SA
18
25
22

65


NY
20
26
8

54

[Dejounte]

Holy shit these Knicks have had some ugly misses. Like not even close

[Robz4000]

Spurs stopped missing their chippies, Knicks haven't.

[paperboy77]

Spurs red hot and Pop with the substitution. Idiot.

[Robz4000]

:wow Eubanks

[Robz4000]

Spurs have a meltdown in them.

[YoungbuckMurray]

Get mills off the f’ing court

[daslicer]

Get mills off the f’ing court

Mills playing the role of the sixth man for the Knicks.

[Robz4000]

Mills back to being hot garbage.

[YoungbuckMurray]

As patty comes In knicks go on immediate run

[Leetonidas]

Well that didn't last long

[YoungbuckMurray]

Does pop not notice that mills’ guy cooks him every time

[Robz4000]

Spurs gonna blow a 17 point lead in a span of three minutes.

[Leetonidas]

Mills is such a worthless pile of shit

[Robz4000]

:lol Mills is such a fucking cancer

[MultiTroll]

Spurs have a meltdown in them.
A 13-0 run are you kidding me.

I'm just boxscoring.

[ace3g]

wow, crappy end to quarter...

End of 3rd


1
2
3
4
T


SA
18
25
34

77


NY
20
26
27

73

[YoungbuckMurray]

Didn’t know this was make a wish foundation for patty mills. He deserves to sit his ass on the bench he’s absolute trash out there

[MultiTroll]

Mills is such a worthless pile of shit
Even Grade Guy quit pampering him. :lol

[ace3g]

TIME
TEAM
PLAY
SCORE


0.0
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End of the 3rd Quarter
77 - 73




0.3
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Jakob Poeltl defensive rebound
77 - 73




0.3
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Julius Randle misses 6-foot two point shot
77 - 73




8.8
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Knicks defensive team rebound
77 - 73




10.6
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Patty Mills misses 25-foot three point jumper
77 - 73




32.7
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RJ Barrett makes free throw 1 of 1
77 - 73




32.7
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Jakob Poeltl shooting foul
77 - 72




32.7
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RJ Barrett makes driving layup
77 - 72




39.4
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Taj Gibson defensive rebound
77 - 70




41.5
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Dejounte Murray misses 18-foot jumper
77 - 70




45.4
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Reggie Bullock personal foul
77 - 70




1:03
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RJ Barrett makes three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
77 - 70




1:14
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Dejounte Murray makes step back jumpshot
77 - 67

[Robz4000]

Also doesn't help Murray has no clue how to run an offense against defensive pressure.

[Jordan Jackson]

Whoa. Mills pretty much ground zero for that run. He looks clueless out there lol Spurs were on the verge of blowing the Knicks out before he sub in.

[Robz4000]

:lmao Spurs blew a 17 point lead in under 4 mins

[YoungbuckMurray]

Lonnie hurt? Like wtf pop

[Richreal]

Pop cant be serious right now. Refuses to bench Mills.

[Leetonidas]

Whoa. Mills pretty much ground zero for that run. He looks clueless out there lol Spurs were on the verge of blowing the Knicks out before he sub in.

And yet he's STILL in the game:lmao

[MultiTroll]

:rollin
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/26/05/09/260509f917c3f7353b832d9c2530359a.jpg

[GB20]

When is Pop going to realize that lineup is not working?

[Leetonidas]

:lmao how many wide open threes are the Spurs going to give Barrett

[ace3g]

7:16 - 4th


1
2
3
4
T


SA
18
25
34
4
81


NY
20
26
27
11
84

[YoungbuckMurray]

You would think If you’ve given the same guy 10 wide open corner 3’s on the same play you’d start to cover him. Guess not fuck you pop and this team

[Leetonidas]

Makes you wonder what the fuck they even discuss during timeouts :lol

[GB20]

Pop is seriously toasted as a coach in the nba.

[YoungbuckMurray]

Makes you wonder what the fuck they even discuss during timeouts :lol

politics would be my guess. Pops gotta go

[ace3g]

Hate seeing end of quarters when we have a good lead and then Patty/Rudy check in.



4:09
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Rudy Gay enters the game for Keldon Johnson
72 - 57




4:09
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Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
72 - 57




4:09
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Drew Eubanks shooting foul
72 - 56




4:16
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Taj Gibson offensive rebound
72 - 56




4:18
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Reggie Bullock misses 27-foot three point jumper
72 - 56




4:36
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DeMar DeRozan makes 5-foot jumper
72 - 56




4:51
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Spurs Full timeout
70 - 56




4:56
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Julius Randle makes 6-foot two point shot
70 - 56




5:20
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DeMar DeRozan makes 16-foot jumper (Patty Mills assists)
70 - 54




5:23
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Taj Gibson enters the game for Nerlens Noel
68 - 54




5:25
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Spurs offensive team rebound
68 - 54




5:25
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Nerlens Noel blocks Drew Eubanks's driving layup
68 - 54




5:39
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DeMar DeRozan defensive rebound
68 - 54




5:41
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RJ Barrett misses layup
68 - 54




5:43
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Drew Eubanks bad pass (RJ Barrett steals)
68 - 54




5:46
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Drew Eubanks defensive rebound
68 - 54




5:48
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Drew Eubanks blocks Alec Burks's driving layup
68 - 54




5:54
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Drew Eubanks enters the game for Jakob Poeltl
68 - 54




5:54
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Patty Mills enters the game for Dejounte Murray
68 - 54

[GB20]

Makes you wonder what the fuck they even discuss during timeouts :lol
To put the ball in Mill’s hand and defend the opposite best player.

[Robz4000]

Fucking Kings gonna allow the Spurs to lose out and still make the play-in.

[Trill Clinton]

Gotta give the Knicks credit. They turned up the defensive identity and got hot on offense.

[Leetonidas]

DePression killing us out there

[Robz4000]

Don't care what stats say, Murray is an awful defender.

[spurs1990]

DeRozan balling can't deny

[Slippy]

Spurs are within striking distance of winning. 2m47 left spurs down 96 92

[Manong Ginobili]

DeMar auditioning for the knicks

[Leetonidas]

:lmao this low iq team full of dumbasses. How many players have had their season high against the Spurs? I bet its a decent percentage

[ace3g]

1:08 - 4th


1
2
3
4
T


SA
18
25
34
17
94


NY
20
26
27
23
96

[Robz4000]

Looks like Randle might've broke his hand now.

[ace3g]

welp...

1:04

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

Keldon Johnson personal foul

94 - 96



1:08

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

RJ Barrett steps out of bounds turnover

94 - 96

[Robz4000]

Spurs have blown the most double digit leads in the NBA this season and it isn't close.

[spurs1990]

You let DeRozan shoot every shot here. He's been on down the stretch

[Trill Clinton]

KJ

[ace3g]

10.0 - 4th


1
2
3
4
T


SA
18
25
34
20
97


NY
20
26
27
25
98

[ace3g]

lol
7.7

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

Rudy Gay enters the game for Devin Vassell

97 - 99



7.7

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

Patty Mills enters the game for Keldon Johnson

97 - 99

[Robz4000]

Thibs fouling up three like any competent coach should.

[Kurgan]

:lol choking a 14 point lead. No lead is ever safe with this group

[Robz4000]

Kings came back on the Grizz. Would be glorious if they manage to win out.

[spurraider21]

you think this will convince pop to ever foul when up 3?

[emanueldavidginobili]

LMAO, what? There was plenty of time to make it and foul.

[Uriel]

*sigh*

[spurs1990]

Sean needs to have that missed FT talk with DeRozan. That was inept

[cjw]

Thibs fouling up three like any competent coach should.

This x100

[Leetonidas]

Hopefully kings win out. I want this season to be over already

[paperboy77]

Dumbest Spurs team ever.

[ace3g]

#numb ...

[Jordan Jackson]

And yet he's STILL in the game:lmao

It makes sense if they are trying to tank but I think they’re actually trying to win doing this shit lol

This team is bad and poorly coached at times. And for all the losing and blown leads all they have to look forward to is a middling pick.

[Degoat]

I stopped watching when the Knicks got the lead early in the fourth, and as much as I hate losing honestly it’s the best thing right now I know we’re locked into the 10th seed most likely but if we can improve our draft spot at all that would be a big win in my book

[spurs1990]

Mills passed it to Walker so he could get the TO. Nice

[Kurgan]

Hopefully kings win out. I want this season to be over already

Yup. Best way to get back at PATFO for the mess they created by choking a play-in spot in the last week of the season. The old man and his army of puppets deserve the humiliation. Also, gives us a better pick too.

[ace3g]

The amount of energy Spurs have had to exert the past 2 seasons is mind-boggling. They either have large leads that evaporate. Or fight their way back to almost come back and win a game.

[timtonymanu]

That win against the Kings was so damn pointless.

Lol @ "We can beat the Lakers in the play-in" crew.

[Kurgan]

Remember, they(Pop/Buford/Wright) chose to trade Kawhi for Derozan because they wanted to "compete". Would love to ask Pop how that's working out for 'em.

[Kurgan]

That win against the Kings was so damn pointless.

Lol @ "We can beat the Lakers in the play-in" crew.

Peak delusion from morons that still believe the Spurs/Lakers competition is a thing. That rivalry died when Duncan retired and the rapist erupted into a ball of flames.

[timtonymanu]

Remember, they(Pop/Buford/Wright) chose to trade Kawhi for Derozan because they wanted to "compete". Would love to ask Pop how that's working out for 'em.

You should read the thread where timvp tried to spin the Derozan trade at the time to make it look like it was a good move trading Nephew and Danny :lol

[MultiTroll]

welp...

1:04

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

Keldon Johnson personal foul

94 - 96



1:08

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

RJ Barrett steps out of bounds turnover 94 - 96

What happened next? How does it go from Barrett turnover to
Play by Play reads:

"Julius Randle makes 21-foot jumper"

[Kurgan]

You should read the thread where timvp tried to spin the Derozan trade at the time to make it look like it was a good move trading Nephew and Danny :lol

I remember him trying to sell the fanbase on Derozan - "He's a top 15 player!" :rollin

[Degoat]

Idk why y’all still be bringing up Kawhi lmao any trade where a star player wants out of town is gonna get fleeced, we’re just lucky we got Keldon out of it

[Robz4000]

Idk why y’all still be bringing up Kawhi lmao any trade where a star player wants out of town is gonna get fleeced, we’re just lucky we got Keldon out of it

I mean have you seen the trades for star players since? Shit, the Pelicans got three first round picks for Jrue fucking Holiday.

[Kurgan]

Idk why y’all still be bringing up Kawhi lmao any trade where a star player wants out of town is gonna get fleeced, we’re just lucky we got Keldon out of it

The issue is trying to "compete" when they should have went for a rebuild. What did the three years of the Derozan era accomplish besides treadmill finishes and drafting middle of the road talent with those picks?

[Degoat]

The issue is trying to "compete" when they should have went for a rebuild. What did the three years of the Derozan era accomplish besides treadmill finishes and drafting middle of the road talent with those picks?

I wouldn’t say they drafted middle of the road talent, people are over the moon for Lonnie around here, Devin looks solid, and Keldon would go top 7 in a redraft for his draft class imo.

[Robz4000]

I wouldn’t say they drafted middle of the road talent, people are over the moon for Lonnie around here, Devin looks solid, and Keldon would go top 7 in a redraft for his draft class imo.

They'd of had Lonnie regardless of the trade.

[Degoat]

They'd of had Lonnie regardless of the trade.

The year we got Lonnie was the year kawhi sat out tho, he might as well have been gone

[MultiTroll]

IT WAS OVER TURNED ON CHALLENGE YOU PIECE OF HUMAN GARBAGE
Overturned in the Spurs favor.

(01:08) [Spurs] COACH'S CHALLENGE (CALL OVERTURNED) [Spurs] retain their timeout

Get some therapy for your fentanyl use before it's too late.

[PhantomDashCam]

Watched the 2nd half delayed.

- During that 3rd quarter run, Eubanks made a slow rotation over to double Randle. Pop calls timeout.
He seemingly throws these things away when he wants.
Vassell had to utilise one because couldn’t get the ball inbounds. Not surprisingly, we didn’t have them when it counted.

- Why do the Spurs run players into the ground when it’s a 15ish lead, (eg. Toronto road game), yet down 2 with 5 seconds to go allow 3-4 seconds of clock to run before fouling, just waiting to get out of the arena?
This team…just confounding at times.

- Hopefully DDR iso-balled his way into the hearts of NY fans and brass in the 4th and out of the SA coaching staffs (and the fans he has left here).
He, coincidentally was involved little scoring wise in what should of been the game changing run in the 3rd.

[Robz4000]

The year we got Lonnie was the year kawhi sat out tho, he might as well have been gone

Your point was the Kawhi trade netted them Lonnie, which it didn't.

[The Truth #6]

For me it's not even about a win or a loss. Watching these players is sort of tortuous. Such an ugly style of basketball. My god, it *almost* makes me miss Marco and his off-ball cutting, leaning 3 pointers, and other goofy stylistic flourishes. Our players have such little feel for the game. None of our expiring vets should return. Unfortunately, I'm trying to figure out how many it will be.

[Robz4000]

For me it's not even about a win or a loss. Watching these players is sort of tortuous. Such an ugly style of basketball. My god, it *almost* makes me miss Marco and his off-ball cutting, leaning 3 pointers, and other goofy stylistic flourishes. Our players have such little feel for the game. None of our expiring vets should return. Unfortunately, I'm trying to figure out how many it will be.

I wouldn't hate having Gay back tbh.

[MultiTroll]

THERE ARNT JUST COACHES CHALLENGE
The play by play read "COACH'S CHALLENGE".

Lots of good opiate and alcohol rehabs out there.

[spurs1990]

Rank of who should be gone -
1) popvich
1b) DeRozan
3) Mills
3b) Gay

Either of the first two will be a road to more entertaining basketball night to night

[daslicer]

I wouldn’t say they drafted middle of the road talent, people are over the moon for Lonnie around here, Devin looks solid, and Keldon would go top 7 in a redraft for his draft class imo.

Unless one of them becomes an all-star then them being a treadmill team was a waste of time. Highly unlikely one of those 3 guys becomes an all-star.

[daslicer]

I stopped watching when the Knicks got the lead early in the fourth, and as much as I hate losing honestly it’s the best thing right now I know we’re locked into the 10th seed most likely but if we can improve our draft spot at all that would be a big win in my book

Spurs are stuck in 10th even with them losing all of their games. It really feels like preseason watching these games because win or lose the spurs status is set.

[The Truth #6]

I wouldn't hate having Gay back tbh.

I see no big reason to, but I admit he plays a position of need.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Makes absolutely no sense why Dieng logged 0 minutes.

[Spurs Homer]

Spurs had a 14 point lead - could not miss a shot...


then i saw pop insert mills...


i knew then it was another loss.

[Degoat]

Your point was the Kawhi trade netted them Lonnie, which it didn't.

That wasn’t my point lol kawhi missing the entire season resulted in the spurs getting the 18th pick and selecting Lonnie

[Degoat]

Unless one of them becomes an all-star then them being a treadmill team was a waste of time. Highly unlikely one of those 3 guys becomes an all-star.

I get what your saying, the likely hood of those guys becoming stars isn’t very likely, but bottoming out doesn’t guarantee you a star either. There’s been plenty of stars taken mid lottery in recent years

[daslicer]

I get what your saying, the likely hood of those guys becoming stars isn’t very likely, but bottoming out doesn’t guarantee you a star either. There’s been plenty of stars taken mid lottery in recent years

It doesn't guarantee you a star but your chances increase. It's all about increasing your odds. Being a treadmill team to me is the worst. I saw it for years with my home team the Hornets during the Kemba Walker era. They would either at best be a 7th or 8th seed and then the next year miss the playoffs and then rinse and repeat every other year. They are now making progress with getting rid of Kemba a few years ago. It's netted them into getting some good players and now they have a future star in Melo. If Melo doesn't get hurt he's going to have a high chance of being a superstar.

[Killakobe81]

Randle was a bust, Raven said ...

[timtonymanu]

It doesn't guarantee you a star but your chances increase. It's all about increasing your odds. Being a treadmill team to me is the worst. I saw it for years with my home team the Hornets during the Kemba Walker era. They would either at best be a 7th or 8th seed and then the next year miss the playoffs and then rinse and repeat every other year. They are now making progress with getting rid of Kemba a few years ago. It's netted them into getting some good players and now they have a future star in Melo. If Melo doesn't get hurt he's going to have a high chance of being a superstar.

You would think with the Spurs ability to draft good players too that fans would give them the benefit of the doubt with a high lottery pick. Yet some fans keep comparing them to shitty franchises like the Pelicans and Twolves, acting like it’s horrible to tank. I would rather take my chances on that than to keep wasting free agency money on signing shitty vets and end of bench players to fill out their roster and take playing time over the younger guys. This is no longer the Big 3 era where culture and continuity are the priority. The Spurs are in desperate need of star talent. Otherwise they are stuck as a treadmill team like the hornets were.

[daslicer]

You would think with the Spurs ability to draft good players too that fans would give them the benefit of the doubt with a high lottery pick. Yet some fans keep comparing them to shitty franchises like the Pelicans and Twolves, acting like it’s horrible to tank. I would rather take my chances on that than to keep wasting free agency money on signing shitty vets and end of bench players to fill out their roster and take playing time over the younger guys. This is no longer the Big 3 era where culture and continuity are the priority. The Spurs are in desperate need of star talent. Otherwise they are stuck as a treadmill team like the hornets were.

1. I felt Kemba held the hornets back for so many years. He was very much like Derozan in the sense of being a borderline all-star player but not capable of being a franchise player. He got over hyped a lot in Charlotte because he was a hardworking little guy and a lot of people identified with it. I give MJ a lot of credit for realizing towards the end of Kemba's contract that he wasn't worth building around. That's why MJ wanted to swipe him for even a one year rental of Kawhi because he knew in the long run the team wasn't going anywhere with Kemba. MJ took a lot of heat for allowing Kemba to walk but it was the best decision ever. You can't waste time pretending a guy is a franchise player when he's not.

2. Like you said Pelicans and Wolves are just shitty franchise that are not focused on basketball. Their front offices are in disarray. They are both run by idiots that have no vision of how to build a team properly. I look at the Sixers and Suns who are now benefiting from their tank efforts. Sixers were heavily criticized but they now have an MVP caliber player in Embiid, and a legit all-star player in Simmons. The Suns formula is a little different but once they got Ayton-Booker they eventually ended up bringing in a savvy all-star vet in Chris Paul who is now grooming and teaching them how to win games. Even when he leaves they will have knowledge on how to win games.

3. Hell look at the Mavs quick transition after losing Dirk to having Doncic. They got that through tanking during Dirks second to last year in the NBA. The Mavs were able to find a quick successor to Dirk while the Spurs are nowhere close to finding their successor for Duncan. This is why I get upset with Pop because you can't become an elite team outside of Lakers,Heat,Brooklyn without tanking. Pop has delayed this process by being an egotistical maniac hell bent on trying to win as many games a possible with a mediocre team to get his all-time coaching wins record. It's rare a successful rebuild happens without tanking. The '04 Pistons are the only team where I have seen it happen through making successful trades over time in acquiring Billups,Hamilton, Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace. I don't see the Spurs being able to pull off an '04 Pistons.

4. Treadmill teams are boring as hell. They are not more entertaining than having a garbage 20 win team. It's on the same level of entertainment. That's why I prefer the 20 win team because if we are going to have a boring team then lets have one that has a better chance of getting a legit franchise player. This current incarnation of the Spurs the last 2 year outside of a few brief moments hasn't been fun to watch. I just look at the current Hornets with Ball and this is the first time in 20 years that they have actually had an exciting product on the floor. Out of the top 10 teams in the West the Spurs are the least exciting to watch.

5. Spurs got their 2 best players in franchise history through tanking with Robinson and Duncan. There is really no way to shortcut the painful process of being garbage. I think Kawhi's fluke rise makes people believe it's possible to do it again. Kawhi really was a once in lifetime deal in the sense we drafted outside of the lottery a player talent wise that was a late bloomer as a superstar. That's very rare in this league.

[KingKev]

Clyde Frazier has said the word "effervescent" at least 5 times already....Fucking unbearable. Too bad Bill and Sean are not much better.

Clyde Frazier is one of the worst announcers ever. He studies the Thesaurus daily; one word at a time and uses that word 10-15 times a game. Absolute MORON. Hardly understand basketball.

[TimDunkem]

Randle was a bust, Raven said ...

Haven't heard that name in years. :lol