Game Thread: Spurs @ Nuggets — Oct. 22, 2021 - 8:00pm CT

[spurraider21]

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[Dex]

2-0, let's go!!! DERRICK LOVES DENVER!

[TDomination]

Go Spurs Go! Legit Excited to see this one!

[Degoat]

I feel like we have a decent chance in this one (famous last words lol) the joker always kills us but we can limit everyone else

[Chinook]

Would rather Jamal be playing and MPJ be out, since the Spurs don't have a defensive answer for him, but the Nuggets are always a vulnerable team. The Spurs have a chance if enough guys can show up for a second game in a row.

[Mugen]

Biggest question of the night is whether Denver covers tbh :lol

[heyheymymy]

:flag::flag:

[spurraider21]

he does this to everyone, but poodle really struggles against jokic

[james evans]

I don't predict a win and I expect Poodle to get lacerated tonight, but if we do win, I'll take it.

[Seventyniner]

I have a feeling this Spurs team is going to be very volatile this year. That gives the Spurs a puncher's chance, as a solid underdog, in games like this.

I still think the Nuggets will win, but I'd give this year's team a higher chance of beating the Nugs on the road than last year's. And also a lower chance of beating lower-tier teams.

[Robz4000]

I have a feeling this Spurs team is going to be very volatile this year. That gives the Spurs a puncher's chance, as a solid underdog, in games like this.

I still think the Nuggets will win, but I'd give this year's team a higher chance of beating the Nugs on the road than last year's. And also a lower chance of beating lower-tier teams.

Considering last year they got raped by supposedly shittier teams on the regular that doesn't inspire much confidence unless you're hoping for a high lottery pick like me.

[HankChinaski]

Looking forward to tonight's game.

[Chomag]

Hopefully no Forbes

[poopbox]

50/50 chance we win this one. Should be competitive though since we got all the losers off the team

[Chomag]

I'm no a fool and I think Denver is going to take this but our young bucks aren't going to make it easy for them!

[exstatic]

Would rather Jamal be playing and MPJ be out, since the Spurs don't have a defensive answer for him, but the Nuggets are always a vulnerable team. The Spurs have a chance if enough guys can show up for a second game in a row.

MPJ is a 6’10 Lonnie. He’s got all of the gifts, but is ultimately a tease.

At the peak of the pre Durant GSW, with all of the talk of the death lineups, there were several that were better, and they all included Jokic and Murray. Not a typo. Lineups with Jokic and Murray were beater than the Death Lineup. I’m glad Murray is out.

[GAustex]

Hopefully no Forbes

[spurraider21]

MPJ is a 6’10 Lonnie. He’s got all of the gifts, but is ultimately a tease.
jesus

this is why we cant have nice things

[Sugus]

First game I'll be catching since last season, pretty much. Missed all preseason and the opener, so this'll be an actual, real-time look at the new Spurs. Let's see what y'all have been hyping about...



A poll - over/under on Primo playing 5+ minutes?

[Jsmythe]

The Knicks are beating the Magic by 30 at halftime right now, so I think the first game was more about the Magic being really bad than the Spurs being really good. We'll see which players can repeat their game 1 performances against the much stronger Nuggets.

[murpjf88]

Orlando getting smashed by the Knicks tonight in their home opener.

[BillMc]

Go Spurs!

[RC_Drunkford]

Spurs gonna get blown out and people will come back to reality

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

shit they named an arena after lamelo already?

[John B]

Let’s keep the element of surprise. Spurs by 12. Go Spurs Go!

Poeltl needs to stay with Jokic tonight. Keep him from becoming a facilitator. Pop shoukd throw different defender on him to give him different looks. Keldon will be banging with Gordon. Let’s go!

[timtonymanu]

*Looks at Knicks-Magic game.

Yikes, game 1 was really a warm up for the Spurs lol

[Maddog]

:flag:
C'mon guys make my 25 game win prediction look bad

[slick'81]

Nuggets in a world of trouble with jakob and co. Coming to town. GospursGo

[heyheymymy]

Strangely optimistic but remaining realistic

murray out helps

[bluebellmaniac]

Spurs by 20... tbh

[slick'81]

Poodle with the swipe leading to a kj bucket

[HankChinaski]

Keldon with some nice drives into the paint so far.

[Chomag]

Big Body bullying the Denver defence!

[slick'81]

Kj straight destroying nuggs

[Mnky]

KJ having his way right now.

[widowmaker]

Them hoes calling the timeout to gameplay against Keldon.

[SpurPadre]

Being invited to Team USA could prove to have been the best motivation KJ needed.

[spurs1990]

Need our boy Forbes to hit three 3pt tonight. Do what he does best

[Chomag]

Nice D there on Poodle

[emanueldavidginobili]

Loving Keldons command of the ball tbh

[HankChinaski]

That is one of the weakest calls ever

[slick'81]

Two quick fouls on jakob

[Fusternino]

Why did they trade for Gordon . . .

[Leetonidas]

These refs are fucking trash

[Chomag]

Denver getting that home cooking

[emanueldavidginobili]

Spurs just need to pick up the pace.

[widowmaker]

Keldon needs to pop that faggit in the mouth

[MannyIsGod]

Holy shit these refs are trash so far.

[Mnky]

Refs rough start. Spurs getting threes and look hesitant to take them or make them. Here comes Forbes I bet. Pop won't like all that timidness

[HankChinaski]

KJ is going to posterize Gordon with that trash he is slinging. Just wait.

[Sugus]

the complete irony of Jokic benefiting from an offensive foul called on Jakob, then immediately complaining on a weak foul called on him the play after... smh

[GB20]

Murray needs to start making some shots.

[Chomag]

Second unit should be about to come in soon, lets see what they can do

[TDMVPDPOY]

seems like there are more shitty teams then contenders for 8 playoff spots... spurs have this

in vessel i trust

[Chomag]

Derrick going back into playoff mode against the Nuggets!

[emanueldavidginobili]

I want to see what Landale can do, over Drew

[widowmaker]

Why do all of them switch?

[HankChinaski]

White starting to wake up.

[slick'81]

White en fuego

[HankChinaski]

still loved that screen desipte being called for the offensive foul.

[onechance87]

sucks that murray cant hit outside shots...we would be a really good team

[emanueldavidginobili]

Got to push the pace man

[HankChinaski]

Nice fucking hook by Eubanks

[emanueldavidginobili]

Why do all of them switch?
Because they can for the most part

[HankChinaski]

back to back hooks by Eubanks!

[spurraider21]

Eubanks showing great touch on his hooks, but he’s much less comfortable handling and passing than Jak

[heyheymymy]

Wow some thad young mins

[Robz4000]

Nuggets pulling away now.

[HankChinaski]

Have not liked Young on those two defensive possesions.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Whoever Campazzo is on you have to make him play defense, none the less this team can't try to play a half court game. Push it!!

[onechance87]

lonnie sucks

[Chomag]

Pop has no-one out there to guard Joker...

[widowmaker]

Man should have blocked that little bitch he showed him the ball.

[Uriel]

Young checks in and Denver immediately goes on a run.

[Fireball]

we got no offense

[heyheymymy]

Damn thad letting all the steam off

[emanueldavidginobili]

It's up to DJ if he wants to break this game open or not tbh

[james evans]

I never expected to win this game, but we are a young team. If we keep this team and add pieces, we will be in the WCF in 4 seasons. I like what I'm seeing.

[HankChinaski]

Murray finally looks more under there control there with that possession.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Pop has no-one out there to guard Joker...
There isn't many people on planet earth that can guard him

[Chomag]

Damn Young is bad....

[widowmaker]

Just the look on walker’s eyes doesn’t make me feel good about him.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Man I am getting old, Thad 15 years in the NBA Millsap 14 years.

Anyways, Jock needs to get Thads minutes come on.

[slick'81]

Thaddeus carrol in the house

[MannyIsGod]

This is what I expected from this team this year. Defense is extremely good out of the gate but offense needs a lot of work.

[Chomag]

Low scoring Quarter , hopefully the fellas can't pick it up and right the ship

[poopbox]

Thad Young is not good :depressed

Please don't put Bryn Forbes in Pop :cry

[Uriel]

One way to look at is we’re only down 4. The other way to look at it is we’re on pace to lose by 16 points.

[heyheymymy]

Thad can fucking walk home wtf was that?

[twincam]

These guys look scared.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

This is what I expected from this team this year. Defense is extremely good out of the gate but offense needs a lot of work.

this spurs offense ... WOOF

[exstatic]

Time to release the hounds.

[Chomag]

Yeah I know he still might just need more time to acclimate with the Spurs but Young looks done imo

[HankChinaski]

Well Thad is moving okay for the most part. He just looks a bit lost with the players on the court.

[heyheymymy]

Probably should wait till garbage time to experiment with thad

[onechance87]

if murray or walker dont wanna step up...let vassel step up

[HankChinaski]

Nice recovery with the missed shot.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Why invest in Jock just to play Thad over him smh

[poopbox]

Forbes trash ass got his 3 blocked :lmao

[heyheymymy]

Refs got consistent on that screen call at least

[Chomag]

Forbes getting blocked by a midget lmao!

[widowmaker]

That lineup has no chemistry

[emanueldavidginobili]

Forbes over Tre or Primo is disgusting

[widowmaker]

Young looked shitty during his time on the court

[poopbox]

Forbes on defense :lmao

I really dislike this guy :lol

[HankChinaski]

Eubanks screwed up that rotation.

[spurs1990]

Carroll II will be out of the rotation soon enough

[HankChinaski]

KJ with the nice euro and the touch.

[slick'81]

Dv sighting

[Chomag]

Get trash Forbes out plz!!

[Robz4000]

The Jamychal Green revenge game.

[Rito3d30]

yeah Forbes keep up the shitty shooting touch
shoot his way off the court

[Mugen]

Bryn szn

[Fireball]

forbes and young are a desaster

[MannyIsGod]

There is zero reason to play Forbes another minute in this game.

[HankChinaski]

Thats it take forbes out.

[widowmaker]

Because forbes missed the ball and his guy. Fuck that dude get him outta there hes not even knocking down shots he looks defeated every move he makes.

[poopbox]

Forbes hasn't been in the game 5 minutes and he has...

Lost Companzo

Fucked up a switch that led to a 3

Gambled for a steal for no reason that led to an and 1

[slick'81]

Sours gonna kill youngs value in one game lol

[Uriel]

JaMychal Green. Didn’t that guy use to play for us?

[Chomag]

Forbes and Young are the ones that have been keeping the Spur from gaining any momentum

[spurs1990]

Forbes 0-6 to start the season if you're counting

[jeebus]

We live on a planet where an organization gave someone like Forbes MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to play a game he's awful at.

[Mnky]

Keldon having a game. Of course vassell is the only one not scared to shoot.

Forbes is still so horrendous at basketball defense. My goodness.

DJ has not developed to see past a double. Missed the roll man couple times already for easy buckets. Way too much tunnel vision. He's a good guard, not really a point guard still.

They need someone to run the half-court. Primo should get the chance. Atleast he will take the open threes.

[Sugus]

FVCK!!!!

[slick'81]

Primo should be getting all of forbes minutes. The pity party is over for brick forbes

[Chomag]

Forbes hasn't been in the game 5 minutes and he has...

Lost Companzo

Fucked up a switch that led to a 3

Gambled for a steal for no reason that led to an and 1 Amazing how someone can do so many fuck ups in such a limited amount of time lol

[james evans]

Eubanks screwed up that rotation.
he scored 4 quick points when he go in the game

[slick'81]

Spurs gotta have atleast one teaxjers pet and a

[emanueldavidginobili]

Get Bryn out of the fucking game my god. You cant tell me Primo is a lesser basketball player than him.

[slick'81]

Spurs gotta have atleast one teachers pet and a rotting corpse on the roster

[slick'81]

Damn denver missing alot of layins

[HankChinaski]

That was pretty decent defense by eubanks

[slick'81]

Jokic is so smooth

[Chomag]

Going right at forbes, lucky they keep missing

[jbspurs]

Pop, please bench Forbes!

[spurs1990]

Forbes is soooo slow on defense

[slick'81]

Ewwbanks with 3 fouls lol

[Chomag]

Fvck!!

[Robz4000]

:vomit: Forbes

[slick'81]

Keep hanging around sours

[HankChinaski]

I am sick of Forbes this game already.

[Sugus]

PURTLE JAM!!!

[Mnky]

Forbes literally makes his teammates worse. Gives them the ball in trap situations.. get this clown off the team man. It's ridiculous.

[HankChinaski]

I would let gordon take those all game.

[james evans]

holy fuck. Poodle attempted to slam on the defender and succeded

[slick'81]

Poodle powA

[emanueldavidginobili]

here we are again helping out on every Bryn defensive possession. what a travesty of a signing my god.

[widowmaker]

Thats why that dude is scared of going to the rim

[james evans]

Forbes literally makes his teammates worse. Gives them the ball in trap situations.. get this clown off the team man. It's ridiculous.
this is popovich's guy..

[Robz4000]

Eleven fucking turnovers already.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Lmao at Sean blaming turn overs on altitude

[HankChinaski]

nice help defense by White then turnover on the other end.

[slick'81]

Thaddeus carrol and forbes need to be banished forever

[Fireball]

god this is frustrating

[BatManu20]

Lmao at Sean blaming turn overs on altitude

:lol

[Chomag]

Forbes should not be in the NBA, at least Milwaukee figured that out pretty quick.

[Leetonidas]

Lmao at Sean blaming turn overs on altitude

Sean's go to any time they're in Denver :lol

[HankChinaski]

A feather drops they blow the whistle

[emanueldavidginobili]

Can't believe Pop put in Thad over KBD cmon man

[slick'81]

Spurs keeping it close

[widowmaker]

Murry needs to come in and back up Keldon.

[twincam]

Kelvin is a BEAST! All heart.

[slick'81]

Jokic destroying us inside

[Uriel]

It’s strange watching Jokic play. It’s like he’s going at half speed, as if he were playing with kids at the playground. Yet you look at his numbers, and he’s already dominating the game.

[widowmaker]

They need to get the shooter open.

[slick'81]

Only down 4. Just hang around till we can throw a run at em

[widowmaker]

Jokic destroying us inside

That usually happens hes a really good center right now.

[spurs1990]

Pop is just using the first set of games to see who can play. Carroll and Forbes are just auditioning

[Mnky]

Primo and Tre are probably the Two only actual PGs on the team. The team needs a PG...and pop strolls out Forbes for an entire quarter with multiple horrible defensive lapses and bad passes.

I hope the young guys start tearing into Forbes. I saw them yell at him a few times in preseason upset...

Give me more of that.

[XDT76]

We need length man, Poeltl and KJ box out and still unable to secure the rebounds

[Sugus]

Eleven fucking turnovers already.

It's not as big a worry as it sounds like, tbh. Second game of the season, at least 2-3 of those turnovers were just misreadings of teammates, like the last one by White where he expected Keldon to go to the corner instead of the wing. Not many have been due to particularly aggressive Nuggets defense, most have been careless passes (still bad, but much more easily fixable)

[Chomag]

Can't believe Pop put in Thad over KBD cmon man
It was that moment when Spurs lost any momentum, and then Forbes came in for the iceing on the cake

[GB20]

Why can’t Pop play primo over Forbes?

[Sugus]

We need length man, Poeltl and KJ box out and still unable to secure the rebounds

I've been saying it for years and will say it again, Keldon Johnson is not a PF and will never play like one, no matter how "small" the NBA goes

[Uriel]

If we didn’t sign Forbes, Luka might still be on the roster today.

[HankChinaski]

Despite all the turnovers Spurs are within single digits / two posessions. Definitely can turn this around if they clean up the turnovers.

[poopbox]

:lol at Jokic arguing that call

[widowmaker]

Forbes better get a F-

[HankChinaski]

If we didn’t sign Forbes, Luka might still be on the roster today.

Forget Luka. He is not worth the roster spot.

[Sugus]

Keldon with the automatic Euro-Step, that Manu influence showing tbh

[slick'81]

That usually happens hes a really good center right now.

Oh its definitely expected

[HankChinaski]

KJ posting up but doesn't know what to do with it yet.

[slick'81]

Pop literally coaching his ass off

[HankChinaski]

Nice cut by White.

[Chomag]

Our Fellas are hanging around!

[HankChinaski]

Poeltl with the soft touch at the rim.

[widowmaker]

Get nasty murry fuckem

[emanueldavidginobili]

Can we get some fucking minutes for Devin my god.

[HankChinaski]

What the fuck Murray. That was dumb foul.

[slick'81]

White is soo good

[BatManu20]

Big body! Timmy would be proud.

[Robz4000]

Big Body tbh.

[widowmaker]

I hope that bruises

[Chomag]

BIG Body doing Big Body things!!

[Dejounte]

They said Keldon didn’t improve much over last season :lmao :lmao

[jbspurs]

Forbes lone hightlight.. Blocked by Campazzo!

[Uriel]

Man, I love Keldon.

[HankChinaski]

KJ with the turnaround. That was a bit wild with a little bit of Duncan shade off the glass.

[poopbox]

If we were playing Primo over Forbes in this game we might actually have a better chance to win it than not since Primo has other basketball skills than making wide open 3's and isn't an absolute nothing on defense

[boutons_deux]

down 3, I'll take it

losing it with 3-11 3Gs

[exstatic]

Keldon raping Gordon. Isn’t he supposed to be a defender?

[widowmaker]

Keldon is out there alone for the most part.

[boutons_deux]

shooting 55% and can't get over the hump

12 TOs

[Fireball]

What the fuck Murray. That was dumb foul. it was unsportsmanlike … my nose was broken too often and this was totally unnecessary

[Uriel]

Forget Luka. He is not worth the roster spot.
Maybe. But the guy already had a guaranteed contract. We were paying him regardless.

[BillMc]

Man my stream is so bad, all our guys look like block characters. I think Keldon is doing well, can't tell much anything else.

[Leetonidas]

Keldon on a mission tonight

[onechance87]

if murray could be a decent pg and shoot decent,We would be winning....Dude just dont improve

[Chomag]

If we didn’t sign Forbes, Luka might still be on the roster today.
Not sure, but Primo and maybe Tre would be getting some minutes

[spurs1990]

Man Johnson really has 18 pts at the half. He's as good as Forbes is bad

[Sugus]

What a promising first half! Anyone's game right now. Hope we get to see some Primo in the second half, though I'm personally bracing for another Lonnie-Marco/Forbes situation of him riding the bench for half the season to "learn from the vets"

[Fireball]

if the nuggets three point shooting cools down there is a chance …

[Sugus]

Man my stream is so bad, all our guys look like block characters. I think Keldon is doing well, can't tell much anything else.

I gotchu My Guy: http://1stream .top/game/NzY5ODA4MDY=?sport=basketball

[Mnky]

KJ carrying.

Dj finished thr half with more bad decisions. He doesn't know how to beat a half court setup. He can beat them one on one, and if his first read makes a good cut. But if he gets stopped, he has no idea where he's going next and if his first read is covered he doesn't see anyone else.

Just a bad game PG wise for someone dominating the ball. Really hold he spurs offense back. Lots of points left on the board. This team really needs a true PG for the half court offense.

[Rito3d30]

Gordan was giving Keldon the look in 1st q after drawing the and1 on Keldon
Works out well for him:lol

[spurraider21]

“Thad is the best player on the team” posters :lol

[Seventyniner]

Here's to another Forbes second-half benching. He doesn't deserve a long leash at all.

[FkLA]

Brent is so awful.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Man, Bryn really fucked this all up I was so excited for this team this year and then they resign this guy. 8 minutes so far when those minutes could have went to Lonnie, Devin, Tre, or Primo. I don't get it.

[PhantomDashCam]

Keldon used to be an automatic charge going against this type of D. In-between game has come leaps and bounds from last season.
Need more Vassell Pop

[jeebus]

Spurs gotta have atleast one teachers pet and a rotting corpse on the roster

They really do. I'm convinced that dirt on Pop has been passed down from year to year. Bonner found something nasty on him way back in the day.

[slick'81]

Aaron gordon absolutely sucks

[HankChinaski]

Maybe. But the guy already had a guaranteed contract. We were paying him regardless.

Have you ever worked with a guy that just has shitty body language and brings you down all the time. That is Luka with his lazy takes and half and half cream effort. It is bad moral overall. I really had high hopes for the guy but he wasn't going to put the effort in at San Antonio.

If we didn't sign Forbes they would have kept Aminu and he is more of a corpse than Young.

[spurraider21]

DJ making a lot of bad decisions. I know he likes the midrange pull-up but he can get that shot anytime. So dumb to settle for that with 15 on the shot clock

[slick'81]

“Thad is the best player on the team” posters :lol
Bb but hes coming off a career year

[playbonner15]

“Thad is the best player on the team” posters :lol


:lol

[Dejounte]

“Thad is the best player on the team” posters :lol

top 3 player on the team :lmao :lmao

geeeeeet the fuck out of here with that shit, dude

[raybies]

Been pretty busy, but just got home...

how we looked tonight man? cause denver had an impressive win over phx

we sniffing or jumping right now?

[playbonner15]

Denver has some good defense so it's a given Spurs gonna have trouble

[FkLA]

:lol at the "Brent is good in a 15 mpg role" posters

[TrueSpursFan]

“Thad is the best player on the team” posters :lol
You mean timvp?

[spurs1990]

The three oldest players contributed exactly 0 points in 30 total minutes. Just play the young guys

[Chomag]

KJ carrying.

Dj finished thr half with more bad decisions. He doesn't know how to beat a half court setup. He can beat them one on one, and if his first read makes a good cut. But if he gets stopped, he has no idea where he's going next and if his first read is covered he doesn't see anyone else.

Just a bad game PG wise for someone dominating the ball. Really hold he spurs offense back. Lots of points left on the board. This team really needs a true PG for the half court offense. He is just not a natural PG, anything he does is mechanical in that area

[RD2191]

Is Brent Formes the worst player in the NBA?

[Dejounte]

Christian and Scooby are the best halftime show always and forever

[RD2191]

Nuggs probably gonna blow it open in the 3rd, good effort so far though. tbh

[XDT76]

I've been saying it for years and will say it again, Keldon Johnson is not a PF and will never play like one, no matter how "small" the NBA goes


This I agree since day 1, that is why I am disappointed that Luka does not turns out well. I hope to see Pop throws Landale in to see how he perform, Eubanks cannot guard Jokic anyway

[slick'81]

You mean timvp?

:lol

[Chomag]

Is Brent Formes the worst player in the NBA? Well he shouldn't be in the NBA, does that count? Lol

[GB20]

I can guarantee that primo can produce more than Forbes.

[HankChinaski]

Been pretty busy, but just got home...

how we looked tonight man? cause denver had an impressive win over phx

we sniffing or jumping right now?

Spurs have looked a bit timid here and there. Keldon is having a good game inside.

Key issue has been turnovers and our front court getting into foul trouble

and final....Forbes not getting the cane off stage after a couple straight minutes of clanks against the rim and poor defense.

[Chomag]

I can guarantee that primo can produce more than Forbes.
Even on a bad day tbh

[RD2191]

Well he shouldn't be in the NBA, does that count? Lol
I guess so:lol

[slick'81]

Primo>brick forbes in any reality

[Chomag]

Its not just about Forbes defense being so bad but how much he makes his teammates have to work much harder to help him leaving their man open.

[XDT76]

down 3, I'll take it

losing it with 3-11 3Gs


Our supposed 2 3pts specialist contributed with 0-4, the rest shot respectable at 3-7

[HankChinaski]

This I agree since day 1, that is why I am disappointed that Luka does not turns out well. I hope to see Pop throws Landale in to see how he perform, Eubanks cannot guard Jokic anyway

To his credit Eubanks was doing a decent enough job, Jokic hit some well contested shots on Eubanks.

[Fireball]

Nuggs probably gonna blow it open in the 3rd, good effort so far though. tbh

thats the spirit …

[raybies]

Spurs have looked a bit timid here and there. Keldon is having a good game inside.

Key issue has been turnovers and our front court getting into foul trouble

and final....Forbes not getting the cane off stage after a couple straight minutes of clanks against the rim and poor defense.

hmm looking at the stats there is a lot of turnovers for each team.. off paper it looks like a very scrappy game. maybe playing more solid and stop gambling should help with turnovers. just settle down I guess. as far as Forbes this ain't a game for im. Denver has really good guard play.