Game Thread: Spurs vs Mavs — Nov 12, 2021 - 7:30pm CT

[DC23]

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[slick'81]

Spurs owe the mavs a L. Will the New Jersey's be lucky or a curse? We will find out

[NASpurs]

Hey it's this team again and again and again...

[Fireball]

Would be nice to beat them in a third attempt but Porzingis is back and he usually goes off against the Spurs ... so its once again the end of our 1 game win streak

[GAustex]

Take the L
Tank

[Larry O]

I think they are scheduled to wear those new "City Edition" white home jerseys with the fiesta colors tonight, as well. This will be, of coarse, the first time for the team wear them, so we'll get an opportunity to evaluate them. I personally liked last year's uni's, but it would have been nice if they would have kept the concept from last year & add this years shorts & made it white? Oh well... GSG!!!

[RC_Drunkford]

The Drew Eubanks & Derrick White show will get us back on the losing streak

[Dex]

Hey it's this team again and again and again...

Fortunately, we don't have to play them again until our last game of the season.

[bluebellmaniac]

They are figuring our how to keep a lead. Spurs by 14.

[Leetonidas]

Porzingis is back I think and he always rapes us. Without Poeltl I see a blowout coming. Hope I'm wrong

[spurraider21]

we'll find a good way to lose to the Mavs by less than 3 points

[spurraider21]

Porzingis is back I think and he always rapes us. Without Poeltl I see a blowout coming. Hope I'm wrong
would have been a good game for Jock if not for the safety protocols tbh


https://c.tenor.com/MIRzl8JGEXwAAAAM/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.gif

[heyheymymy]

:flag:

[slick'81]

Fck yea! Time to start a winning streak baby

[slick'81]

Those fiesta warmups are pimpN

[Dejounte]

White already with his head down during the starting line up announcements. What an emo child. Fuck

[slick'81]

Keep powell off that glass dammit

[NASpurs]

I remember bitching on this very forum that they needed to change You Ready For This song like 20 years ago :lol Them playing it tonight takes me back.

[slick'81]

I remember bitching on this very forum that they needed to change You Ready For This song like 20 years ago :lol Them playing it tonight takes me back.


yup ,looking like that alamodome floor

[slick'81]

Kristap too big for kj

[Robz4000]

:lol calling a timeout 90 seconds into the game

[ace3g]

Game streaming on yahoo sports again.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/dallas-mavericks-san-antonio-spurs-2021111224/

[emanueldavidginobili]

I love that Thad took Keldon to the side during the TO and was giving him some pointers.

[slick'81]

Get it kj

[ace3g]

Keldon 2-2 from 3.

[Neo.]

this is my first time hearing a spurs broadcast. are they always this homerish? sheesh

[slick'81]

Ewwwwbanks

[slick'81]

Thaddeus diaw in

[NASpurs]

No way Jock can be worse than Eubanks.

[Seventyniner]

I was just typing a post about how White needs to shoot the damn ball, he hesitated earlier and McD bailed him out.

Then White swishes a three. Here's hoping that sticks.

[slick'81]

Nasty luka

[slick'81]

Doncic destroying sa

[boutons_deux]

FG 40% is self-destroying

[boutons_deux]

now 37% at home, losers

[Seventyniner]

Sloppy offense, bad defense. Only the hot 3-point shooting is keeping the Spurs from a huge early deficit.

[Leetonidas]

Spurs offense is just so hard to watch this season

[NASpurs]

Why is Forbes on this team again?

[Seventyniner]

Forbes actually had a nice closeout there but then immediately got blown by per par.

[slick'81]

Man ewwbanks sucks

[slick'81]

Why is Forbes on this team again?

:pop::pop:

[LeBowen]

Well this is going as expected.

Something, something Primo needs to get over himself.

[Dex]

Why is Forbes on this team again?

Tank Commander Forbes reporting for duty

[slick'81]

Definitely cant get much worse then how the sours closed that quarter

[Arcadian]

:lol Every time this forum gains a bit of optimism about the team, it gets swiftly crushed again

[slick'81]

Lol +\-

[RC_Drunkford]

Spurs are finally playing the type of basketball that I expected to see from them

[slick'81]

No luka ,sours need to take advantage

[NASpurs]

3rd turnover for Forbes

[Dex]

Time for Pop to get the hook for Forbes

[slick'81]

Rixk brunsons son continues to impress

[NASpurs]

It's like you give yourself a handicap with Forbes and Eubanks but Pop can't help himself.

[LeBowen]

Brunson is what we expected Derrick to be.

Oh well, the road to top5 pick continues.

[objective]

This might be the worst passing game of Forbes' career

[slick'81]

Wheres the fucking foul ref

[NASpurs]

#tankforChet

[Dex]

Jones in for Forbes.

[ace3g]

lol White doesn't get the call and then Luka slips and gets a call, lol

[slick'81]

Kj on fire

[Neo.]

lol White doesn't get the call and then Luka slips and gets a call, lol

he pretty clearly fouled him before the slip

[ace3g]

Keldon 3-3 from 3!!!

[objective]

Tre Jones is another guy who probably shouldn't get minutes over Primo

[slick'81]

Sours bout to make a push

[slick'81]

Poor thaddeus

[slick'81]

Timeout mavs

[ace3g]

jeez Spurs caught a break there after allowing 2 consecutive offReb...

[ace3g]

Change of pace/hesitation helped Lonnie draw that foul.

[r0drig0lac]

Young is a very good player

[ace3g]

Thaddeus 50/50 ball magnet!!!

[slick'81]

Arena is soo empty you can hear the mavs fans:)

[slick'81]

Lonnie attacking at will

[slick'81]

Pop teaching ewwbanks how to play d

[slick'81]

Mavs just having fun out there

[objective]

White's been sitting a long time, only on pace for 26 minutes. Wonder if he's hurt again

[ace3g]

closing out quarters...

[slick'81]

Only down 11

[SpurSpike]

Porzingis is eating tonight...

[SPURt]

Porzingod has arrived. Ugh.

[jeebus]

:lmao Spurs gonna be 0-3 against these fuckin scrubs. Pathetic

[emanueldavidginobili]

KP is soft as baby shit but at the end of the day he's 7'3. Missing Jakob a lot right now.

[slick'81]

KP is soft as baby shit but at the end of the day he's 7'3. Missing Jakob a lot right now.

covid must be taking alot out of poodle power

[slick'81]

Lonzo balls a bitch

[boutons_deux]

KP and Doncic, shooting 58%, 39 of 68 points

[slick'81]

The entire upper deck is empty

[slick'81]

No need for boban the destroyer tonight

[slick'81]

Nasty doncic oooop

[slick'81]

Destroying us inside

[mo7888]

Are we officially the Mav's bitch yet?

[NASpurs]

Scrub team playing with their food.

Oh well, sick jerseys though.

[slick'81]

Are we officially the Mav's bitch yet?


1 more quarter

[slick'81]

Lol here comes forbes

[slick'81]

Pop benching all the starters

[NASpurs]

Teaching moments in the beginning of the third quarter.

[slick'81]

Lmfao,forbes

[SPURt]

This rotation sucks

[objective]

Another game with BS minutes for Tre Jones over Primo. What does he even do?

Dribble into towards the rim, covered up, pass out. Dribble towards the rim, covered up, weak miss.

Not cut in time for Young to hit him with a pass.

Get him out of here already.

[NASpurs]

4 turnovers with 0 points ... guess the Spurs player

He'll make a 3 and get a C+ from timvp

[slick'81]

Another game with BS minutes for Tre Jones over Primo. What does he even do?

Dribble into towards the rim, covered up, pass out. Dribble towards the rim, covered up, weak miss.

Not cut in time for Young to hit him with a pass.

Get him out of here already.

him and forbes over primo is a joke. Jones clearly isnt ready

[boutons_deux]

bryn 4 TO, 0 pts

[td4mvp2k]

good job poop :tu

[slick'81]

Starters back down 19

[The Truth #6]

Pop is really showing patience with all these mistakes. I didn’t think he had that in him. Also, the refs suck. And our players are not taking their opportunity. Tre Jones seems overwhelmed by the moment. Still not sure how McB can’t be more involved in the offense. Game feels over. Ugh.

[slick'81]

Lol murray

[GB20]

What pissed me of is that primo not getting playing time.

[slick'81]

Mavs playing like this is a practice

[boutons_deux]

spurs may not score 10 in 3rd

[slick'81]

Timeout mavs up 20

[objective]

:lmao Spurs best offense is a Screwbanks post-up

Sad.

[LeBowen]

This is actually horrible.

Every single player on this roster has some kind of fundamental flaw, all of them are damaged goods.

[paperboy77]

Primo soooooooooo much not ready that he cant help? Complete bullshit. Pop is rivaling Biden and Cackle girl levels. Need to boo this mutha out!

[SPURt]

If they keep playing like this, I’m gonna start worrying they might not win the championship this year

[twincam]

Have they not yet realize that Three-point shooting are practically turnovers in positions?

[slick'81]

Sours defense is broken af. Mavs getting anything they want

[GB20]

Is primo available tonight?

[slick'81]

Ewwbanks taking the reigns

[slick'81]

Mcdermoot getting those garbage stats

[paperboy77]

Why the fuck aint pop shitting on forbes for that? Better to school Vassel? I guess.

[slick'81]

75-99

[Monostradamus]

We have Luka, you don’t :lol enjoy being little brother for the next decade.

[PhantomDashCam]

Over/under on the “soft” label being used tonight?

[sananspursfan21]

I just read an article titled something like “Are the Spurs Turning A Corner?”…..lol

[slick'81]

Thank god we dont see this team again until march?!

lol lakeers next

[slick'81]

Over/under on the “soft” label being used tonight?

sure if we play sacto and orlando

[slick'81]

Pop assembled this fucking team

[Monostradamus]

:lol thinking you guys were ahead of the curve and smarter than everybody else for 20 years, when really you just hit the Duncan lottery and reaped the benefits.

Your franchise is just as dumb as the rest of us. Except now, we have Luka. And you don’t :lmao

[LeBowen]

Pop assembled this fucking team


He's not even a tank commander, he's a submarine captain.
We're sinking down the bottomless trenches.

[Robz4000]

:lol Spurms
:lol Poop

[slick'81]

Well clippers dont have kawhi and Minnesota blows. Spurs might have a shot on this road trip

[Gibbz]

Derrick now with 7 points across the last three games. Age 27 season btw.

[paperboy77]

Shoulda traded Kelden while people thought he was 6-9 or something like a PF.

[slick'81]

Pad those stats dejounte

[paperboy77]

Ok so we may get a top 5 pick. We'll still suck as long as Pop is around. Probably even after he's gone cuz our ass-coaches will try to continue the Pop-way. We are fucked. Unless we get Chett.

[slick'81]

That girl in the silver top just had an orgasm

[objective]

There are so many lazy or careless passes that you usually only see in tanking teams that have quit in the last 3 weeks of a season

Is Primo even there?

[Barfunk]

Damn, I forgot about the game. Looks like we just can't get a W against the good teams.

[slick'81]

There are so many lazy or careless passes that you usually only see in tanking teams that have quit in the last 3 weeks of a season

Is Primo even there?

who cares? Pop aint playing primo

[paperboy77]

By the way .... who the fuck are we trying to look like? Damn "companion app" of the Miami Dolphins? WE ARE A NATIONAL JOKE! Even Spurs homer Antonio Daniels dissed on SA today! Timmy, Tony and Manu were it guys.

[Chomag]

Can we talk about firing coach Pop yet? I know any other coach in the NBA would be in the hot seat right now. Pop just isn't the right coach for this team and its future right now.
I really wish he would gracefully bow out with dignity rather then forced out with a fire because I would rather see him keep his integrity and it getting ugly would not be good for him or the team.

[slick'81]

How many lob dunks is that? 10?!

[slick'81]

Spurs cut the lead to 20

[slick'81]

Can we talk about firing coach Pop yet? I know any other coach in the NBA would be in the hot seat right now. Pop just isn't the right coach for this team and its future right now.
I really wish he would gracefully bow out with dignity rather then forced out with a fire because I would rather see him keep his integrity and it getting ugly would not be good for him or the team.

holts kids dont have the balls to fire him

[Chomag]

Ok so we may get a top 5 pick. We'll still suck as long as Pop is around. Probably even after he's gone cuz our ass-coaches will try to continue the Pop-way. We are fucked. Unless we get Chett. What are you talking about, that top 5 pick will get the Spurs a championship! An Austin Spurs championship that is...

[GB20]

who cares? Pop aint playing primo
Yes, it is more important to play Forbes than primo. Come on pop give me a fucking break.

[Monostradamus]

:lmao

We have Luka.

You don’t.

That’s it and that’s all. We are going to beat you into submission for the foreseeable future. Enjoy!

[Chomag]

It just makes no sense playing vets over the younger players right now...we are losing games playing the vets anyway so...

[timtonymanu]

We have Luka, you don’t :lol enjoy being little brother for the next decade.

Shit we couldn’t even keep the discount version of Luka

[slick'81]

Kristap looking like an mvp

[slick'81]

Pop emptying the bench

[objective]

Crappy lotto teams shouldn't be paying over 30, one-way, low impact players on long deals with decent money.

What good does McDermott do the Spurs? 14 points of ho-hum

[slick'81]

Spurs getting completely shit on

[slick'81]

Crappy lotto teams shouldn't be paying over 30, one-way, low impact players on long deals with decent money.

What good does McDermott do the Spurs? 14 points of ho-hum

amen

[tim_duncan_fan]

I don't understand why Primo can't play with the big club. He's not that much worse than any other player on this roster and unlike the other guys, he's not too scared to shoot the ball.

[Barfunk]

Man, this is going to be a terrible season, lol.

[slick'81]

Lol ewwbanks on luka

[PhantomDashCam]

That KJ head knock may cost him a couple of games in concussion protocols. Hope he’s doing OK.

[Monostradamus]

We are going to hold you down and spit in your mouths for the next decade :lmao

We have Luka, you don’t :lmao

We got Porzingis, you didn’t :lmao

[GB20]

Pop emptying the bench
And Primo stuck in the G-league and they have not played more than two weeks

[Chomag]

Lol @ Pop having Forbes guard Donic

[slick'81]

Lmao forbes

[slick'81]

Pop should be interesting in the post game presser

[LeBowen]

Devin is too good not to start considering the way starting lineup has been playing.

Move White to the bench.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

We are going to hold you down and spit in your mouths for the next decade :lmao

We have Luka, you don’t :lmao

We got Porzingis, you didn’t :lmao

Bad troll…bad

[slick'81]

Down to 16

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Spurs would have benefitted from having Poeltl tonight.

[slick'81]

Spurs would have benefitted from having Poeltl tonight.

poodle powa is always welcome

[objective]

Every game the Spurs play for the rest of the season has significant blow-out potential. Primo not being there ready to go is shameful.

Send Tre Jones to the damn g-league.

[slick'81]

Bring on the lakers

[Barfunk]

There's more to life than fancy record players. :pop:

[twincam]

Losers…

[objective]

I don't understand why Primo can't play with the big club. He's not that much worse than any other player on this roster and unlike the other guys, he's not too scared to shoot the ball.

Because Pop is a bottom-3 coach in the NBA?

[slick'81]

Lol pop waiting on kidd who left him hanging

[Barfunk]

D-White with a ho-hum 5, 5, and 1.

[SPURt]

We are going to hold you down and spit in your mouths for the next decade :lmao

We have Luka, you don’t :lmao

We got Porzingis, you didn’t :lmao
Why would the Mavs reward the Spurs for 25 yrs of trauma?

[BackHome]

Pop should be interesting in the post game presser

He will probably start talking about how Thanksgiving is racist - He usually goes all woke after terrible games

[Gibbz]

Really needs to be DJ-Vassell-Keldon-McD-Jak going forward.

[siraulo23]

got damn another bad game from White, is time to bench or limit his minutes until he gets his shit together?

i hope Jakob comes back soon and Young keeps getting minutes

not sure if Keldon at the 4 will work long term

[siraulo23]

it's starting to look like none of White, DJ or Lonnie are going to be what we hoped there's still time but its leaning towards that direction

we gotta hope Vassell or Primo can work out

[GAustex]

Embarrassing for Pop

[GAustex]

Luka is so smart and so good. The rest of the team feeds of his excellence. Brunson is really smart too.
Spurs are the opposite of that.

[itzsoweezee]

Games like this are why I think Poetl might be the Spurs’ most important/best player this year.

[JeffDuncan]

The uniforms looked perfect… for the Miami Dolphins.

Time to start Vassell in place of White.

[slick'81]

Games like this are why I think Poetl might be the Spurs’ most important/best player this year.

its the only hope spurs have of not gettng raped when they will play teams with size

[GAustex]

Or Semi Pro unis

[slick'81]

Spurs all alone at 12th in the west. Play in still in sights. Only rockets,wolves&pels have worse records

[tim_duncan_fan]

He will probably start talking about how Thanksgiving is racist - He usually goes all woke after terrible games

Thanksgiving is racist though.

[Gibbz]

it's starting to look like none of White, DJ or Lonnie are going to be what we hoped there's still time but its leaning towards that direction

we gotta hope Vassell or Primo can work out

Na it's wrong to include DJ with White and Lonnie this season. Vassell/DJ/hopefully Primo with Keldon as a glue guy and whoever they draft next is a solid core, IMO. We're damn-near reaching ship has sailed territory on Lonnie and I think we're already there with DW. Advanced stats aren't everything, but bball ref's VORP has Dejounte as the #8 player age 25 or younger, and the TPA metric the Twitter nerds love so much has him as the #6 player age 25 or younger.

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Porzingis is back I think and he always rapes us. Without Poeltl I see a blowout coming. Hope I'm wrong

You nailed it. What's most amazing to me is we managed to lose by double digits (were down by 20 plus most of the second half), at home no less, despite shooting like 43% from 3 ON 30 ATTEMPTS, WITH 30 ASSISTS and shooting 49% from the field overall. Both of which were better than the Mavs. And we got our shit pushed in, despite those statistics, at home.

Those are signs of a shitty team gentlemen....

Oh how I miss Timmy, Manu, and that little Frenchman.

[horseshue]

Mavs had a 16 more fga, 8 less turnovers, 7 more orb. That is the difference.

[DeRozan m8]

Can this team tank properly?

Losers can't even lose right

Let the Pelicans and Houston reap more rewards

This team is so fucking useless and pointless

[John B]

With Poeltl and hopefully Zollins, this is a much better team.
Eubanks ahould only be a 4th or 3rd C at best
DW concerns me. Is he injured? He’s averaging like 3 the last 3 games. He can’t be a starter with that production.
Lonnie is okay as a backup. But Devin, now he should be starting over White imo

Remember this is a rebuilding team.

[Dejounte]

Judging from the rotations in this game (Vassell had more time on the court with the starters replacing White) and Pop’s post game comments, change is coming to the starting line-up. Vassell will take White’s spot. You heard it here first.

[tbdog]

Judging from the rotations in this game (Vassell had more time on the court with the starters replacing White) and Pop’s post game comments, change is coming to the starting line-up. Vassell will take White’s spot. You heard it here first.

Finally. Vassell deserves it. I also wonder if walker will join the starting too instead of McDermott.

[KingKev]

Judging from the rotations in this game (Vassell had more time on the court with the starters replacing White) and Pop’s post game comments, change is coming to the starting line-up. Vassell will take White’s spot. You heard it here first.

I’m loving every minute of these losses. Delusional Spurs fans and PATFO finally getting a reality check. Coach Pop can only make things worse with his usual (mal)adjustments. Vassell will be the new starting PF, White will get promoted to the starting PG and DJ will be told to take a back seat as Maestro Pop continues to show how irrelevant he actually is.

[LeBowen]

Finally. Vassell deserves it. I also wonder if walker will join the starting too instead of McDermott.

Spurs #1 priority this season should be developing Devin into the best possible player he can be.

Perfect player for modern NBA.

Everyone else has some kind of fundamental flaw.

[TDomination]

With Poeltl and hopefully Zollins, this is a much better team.
Eubanks ahould only be a 4th or 3rd C at best
DW concerns me. Is he injured? He’s averaging like 3 the last 3 games. He can’t be a starter with that production.
Lonnie is okay as a backup. But Devin, now he should be starting over White imo

Remember this is a rebuilding team.

This needs to happen.

[TDomination]

Spurs #1 priority this season should be developing Devin into the best possible player he can be.

Perfect player for modern NBA.

Everyone else has some kind of fundamental flaw.

Based on this season so far, he's the one that i can see being the one that blossoms into semi-star, or star player.

[Dejounte]

I’m loving every minute of these losses. Delusional Spurs fans and PATFO finally getting a reality check. Coach Pop can only make things worse with his usual (mal)adjustments. Vassell will be the new starting PF, White will get promoted to the starting PG and DJ will be told to take a back seat as Maestro Pop continues to show how irrelevant he actually is.

I don’t know how anyone could “love every minute” of losing tbh. Would love to meet folks like this in real life and see if they really talk this way or if it’s just an internet thing cause I never met folks like this. To be so focused on a group of fans and coach who should have no impact on you and your life is a terrible investment of your time. Don’t know when or how this became “cool”.

[TDomination]

Judging from the rotations in this game (Vassell had more time on the court with the starters replacing White) and Pop’s post game comments, change is coming to the starting line-up. Vassell will take White’s spot. You heard it here first.

what did pop say?

sorry i can't stand watching his press conferences anymore.

[TDomination]

I don’t know how anyone could “love every minute” of losing tbh. Would love to meet folks like this in real life and see if they really talk this way or if it’s just an internet thing cause I never met folks like this. To be so focused on a group of fans and coach who should have no impact on you and your life is a terrible investment of your time. Don’t know when or how this became “cool”.

simple.
its just the kind of people who get pleasure out of others misery.

[TDomination]

You nailed it. What's most amazing to me is we managed to lose by double digits (were down by 20 plus most of the second half), at home no less, despite shooting like 43% from 3 ON 30 ATTEMPTS, WITH 30 ASSISTS and shooting 49% from the field overall. Both of which were better than the Mavs. And we got our shit pushed in, despite those statistics, at home.

Those are signs of a shitty team gentlemen....

Oh how I miss Timmy, Manu, and that little Frenchman.

you and me both. time to get out the old tapes! lol

our 3pt % was better but the Mavs still made 5 more 3's than us. They shot 15 more than us lol geez i can't believe how many 3's teams shoot now a days. crazy

[TDomination]

Luka is so smart and so good. The rest of the team feeds of his excellence. Brunson is really smart too.
Spurs are the opposite of that.

Brunson is the new Devin Harris/JJ Barrea
That one role player that will likely always give us fits every time we play them.

[Dirks_Finale]

what did pop say?

sorry i can't stand watching his press conferences anymore.

He probably said that black Friday is racist and he is disgusted and ashamed to live in this country.

[offset formation]

you and me both. time to get out the old tapes! lol

our 3pt % was better but the Mavs still made 5 more 3's than us. They shot 15 more than us lol geez i can't believe how many 3's teams shoot now a days. crazy

Right, I get why we lost. I just think it's insane to lose that badly while having those stats, remembering we didn't just lose by 14, we were down big for most of the game.

What does that say? It says out team D is atrocious. In fact, even with Jacob as our starting C, we are still tied for the 23rd ranked defense. We're only giving up like 1.5 pts fewer than we did last year even with that horrible defensive roster.

Had we still had the Big 3 and put up those stats, we win by 20 plus. So I'm saying that what pop always gets credit for and why I'm souring on him to the extent I have, is that he's known as a defensive minded coach. Our defense has been flat out awful for three, now going on four years.

That's why we lose close ballgames. That's why we lose games where we shoot ~50%, 43% from 3 (on 30 attempts, no less), share the ball with 30 assists. Those are winning stats in this league 90% of the time, yet we lost by double digits, after being down by 27 at one point, at home.

There are signs of a shitty team, and those are right up there.

Just tragic stuff.

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He probably said that black Friday is racist and he is disgusted and ashamed to live in this country.

I'm ashamed to live in this country as should you be.

We have ppl dying under bridges without healthcare in the world's wealthiest country. If that is OK or in any way righteous, then you're part of the reason our country blows ass. There are lots of other reasons we suck, but that is numero uno. A close second is that we spend 778 BILLION per year on our military. That's 17 BILLION more than all of the following countries spend on their militaries (in descending order): China, India, Russia, UK, Saudia Arabia, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Italy, and Australia.

You should note that only 2 of those countries are our enemies.

We coddle the wealthy at the expense of the poor and working classes all while thumping our chest at how virtuous we are. The US is a shithole country.

[TDomination]

Right, I get why we lost. I just think it's insane to lose that badly while having those stats, remembering we didn't just lose by 14, we were down big for most of the game.

What does that say? It says out team D is atrocious. In fact, even with Jacob as our starting C, we are still tied for the 23rd ranked defense. We're only giving up like 1.5 pts fewer than we did last year even with that horrible defensive roster.

Had we still had the Big 3 and put up those stats, we win by 20 plus. So I'm saying that what pop always gets credit for and why I'm souring on him to the extent I have, is that he's known as a defensive minded coach. Our defense has been flat out awful for three, now going on four years.

That's why we lose close ballgames. That's why we lose games where we shoot ~50%, 43% from 3 (on 30 attempts, no less), share the ball with 30 assists. Those are winning stats in this league 90% of the time, yet we lost by double digits, after being down by 27 at one point, at home.

There are signs of a shitty team, and those are right up there.

Just tragic stuff.

that was always my #1 thing why i loved the early 2000 spurs. their D was killer. bring on the boring label. yeah the offense was stagnant but you knew that at the very least if we only scored 80, our D was only going to give up 78.
if we could focus on 1 thing it should be D and rebounding. defense defense defense defense. so when you draft you think of defense, when you trade you think of defense.

once you have the defensive players you like in order to be a top 3 defensive team, then you start focusing on how to get more pts.

with this current roster, we have the potential to be very good defensively on the perimeter. we have a lot of players that can switch between 1-3 positions and even the 4 position depending on who we are playing.
in the post, Poeltl is very good but he needs help. we need more size.

seeing eubanks in the starting lineup is so depressing but i know its just pops way of trying to keep the rotation of the bench the same. so he'd rather eubanks start than Young. or God forbid Landale actually play some minutes too.

[Biggems]

I'm ashamed to live in this country as should you be.

We have ppl dying under bridges without healthcare in the world's wealthiest country. If that is OK or in any way righteous, then you're part of the reason our country blows ass. There are lots of other reasons we suck, but that is numero uno. A close second is that we spend 778 BILLION per year on our military. That's 17 BILLION more than all of the following countries spend on their militaries (in descending order): China, India, Russia, UK, Saudia Arabia, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Italy, and Australia.

You should note that only 2 of those countries are our enemies.

We coddle the wealthy at the expense of the poor and working classes all while thumping our chest at how virtuous we are. The US is a shithole country.

every country on the planet coddles the wealthy at the expense of the poor....who do you think pays for most of what we have and most of the advances in society, the poor? NO.

private healthcare should not be the responsibility of the government, unless you are an employee of the government.

hell, while you are at it, the government should pay for my house, car, food, clothes, education, retirement, etc......seriously, how ridiculous. Don't be a socialist.

if you do not have a government job, it should be your responsibility to solve your healthcare situation, either paying out of pocket, buying insurance, or simply ignoring your healthcare altogether. It should be a personal choice that the government has no say so in. You should be able to shop around and pick your insurance company, plan, doctor, and hospital.

leaving healthcare in the hands of the government is basically asking millions to get into a cattle line and wait for death. The government doesn't care about your health, just your vote and control over your every move. So no thank you.

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every country on the planet coddles the wealthy at the expense of the poor....who do you think pays for most of what we have and most of the advances in society, the poor? NO.

private healthcare should not be the responsibility of the government, unless you are an employee of the government.

hell, while you are at it, the government should pay for my house, car, food, clothes, education, retirement, etc......seriously, how ridiculous. Don't be a socialist.

if you do not have a government job, it should be your responsibility to solve your healthcare situation, either paying out of pocket, buying insurance, or simply ignoring your healthcare altogether. It should be a personal choice that the government has no say so in. You should be able to shop around and pick your insurance company, plan, doctor, and hospital.

leaving healthcare in the hands of the government is basically asking millions to get into a cattle line and wait for death. The government doesn't care about your health, just your vote and control over your every move. So no thank you.

Lol. Found the bootlicking capitalist. I pity you and your subservience to the system that allows poor ppl to die, because they're poor.

Btw, I am a socialist. And proudly so. Why aren't you?

[KingKev]

I don’t know how anyone could “love every minute” of losing tbh. Would love to meet folks like this in real life and see if they really talk this way or if it’s just an internet thing cause I never met folks like this. To be so focused on a group of fans and coach who should have no impact on you and your life is a terrible investment of your time. Don’t know when or how this became “cool”.

Well truthfully this organization is a massive part of my life from the age of 5 onwards, growing up in Toronto where basketball was hardly a sport Spurs basketball was a large part of my life. I have lived through the ups and downs of this organization. I simply disagree with the current strategy of what is collectively our end goal: championship contention. It took rostering 10 borderline NBA players to hopefully give us a chance at prospering again. We both are hardcore Spurs fans and you are a great contributor to this community but from a strategic standpoint, watching us stubbornly fail knowing we have a few years of decent draft picks ahead of us is comforting.

[KingKev]

Lol. Found the bootlicking capitalist. I pity you and your subservience to the system that allows poor ppl to die, because they're poor.

Btw, I am a socialist. And proudly so. Why aren't you?

curious what you do for a living?

[Dennis the Menace]

10638092 (tel:10638092)[/URL]]curious what you do for a living?

We’re probably looking at it. Posting on online NBA forums. Isn’t it obvious? lol

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curious what you do for a living?

Make 6 figs doing consulting work.

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We’re probably looking at it. Posting on online NBA forums. Isn’t it obvious? lol

One doesn't have to be living in their mommy's basement to be a socialist. You just have to have love your fellow man which I gather is hard for greedy folks like yourself that like to look down their nose at others. Now go back to your crypto trades, bruh.

[Fireball]

Would be nice to beat them in a third attempt but Porzingis is back and he usually goes off against the Spurs ... so its once again the end of our 1 game win streak :pctoss reverse jinx did not work here

[james evans]

wrong thread