Game thread: Spurs @ Pelicans 12/22 7PM CET

[exstatic]

No, Spurs, No!

Also, no Zion.

[scott]

This game has JRich/McBuckets hero game written all over it.

[exstatic]

It’s the Pelicans, not the Rockets.

[scott]

Doug put up 21 last time out against these very Pels, and JRich put up 22 against the Nuggets... these are examples of the kind of performances we need to avoid.

[heyheymymy]

Everyone suiting up except KJ

:flag:

the descent for 14 percent

[heyheymymy]

Would be cool to see the Sochan PG experiment with Poeltl/Stanley front court. Put two surrounding shooters out at the 2 and the 3, Bran/Doug or JR/Doug edit: or JR/Lang Bran/Lang as well, noticed Lang playing some SF last game or so iirc

[heyheymymy]

hmm that might not work with Poeltl due to spacing issues, least not as well as it did with Zach/Stanley

[The Truth #6]

Could work perfectly!

[heyheymymy]

Anyone else Stanley stan after woefully minuscule sample size?

I liked the swing and I like what he showed last game. Def better than Alize for the late end of bench slot holder.

[The Truth #6]

Stanley was a pleasant surprise. If we’re going to suck part of me at least wants to try to strive to be a decent defensive team, so that the games are closer losses, I guess.

If Branham has turned a corner in the same way he did his freshman year after finally breaking through (I know, wishful thinking) then (since we’re just spitballing) maybe consider McB a little more available for trade.

[lefty20]

Vassell with a rough start to the game.

[PhantomDashCam]

First week of the season vibes from this one so far… :lol

[lefty20]

Tank going strong.

[heyheymymy]

woof, bad flow from the starters

[heyheymymy]

McCollum is killing SA

[SPURt]

Ick

[scott]

On track for another 40 pt loss. This is the way.

[scott]

Did Zollins just airball a layup? That's impressive.

[LeBowen]

Good L on the way, everyone looks off.

[Leetonidas]

:lmao embarrassing as usual

[heyheymymy]

Spurs get some bad gumbo last night or something?

[heyheymymy]

Tank Management

[SPURt]

We’ve endured some awful quarters this season, but that might’ve been the worst

[heyheymymy]

Dev and Doug a combined 2-12 FG

[Leetonidas]

Does anyone else get owned quite as hard and consistently against another player than Poeltl does against Valancunias :lol

[PhantomDashCam]

The 3 days off were not used on basketball related activities.

[scott]

Sochan hitting nothing but strings one-handed. It's the small victories.

[lefty20]

Sochan going to work here.

[PhantomDashCam]

Sochan going Supernova. Good lord!

[heyheymymy]

the cup shot FTs for Sochan look pretty accurate actually

[spurraider21]

probably a bad sign that sochan is by far our leading scorer

[Mr. Body]

Sochan causing some trouble when he drives. He's large and mobile. Not there yet, but he has good vision and some strength to get shots off.

Zion sits for no reason. Wasn't Silver going to fine teams for this? :lol

[Mr. Body]

Jeremy's one handed free throw doesn't look too bad. What the fuck was his off-hand doing?

The defense is catastrophic once again.

But Sochan showing over and over what a menace he could become off the bounce from the perimeter.

[PhantomDashCam]

Hyperbole watch: Herb Jones is a prime Kawhi-esque defender.

[spurraider21]

Sochan causing some trouble when he drives. He's large and mobile. Not there yet, but he has good vision and some strength to get shots off.

Zion sits for no reason. Wasn't Silver going to fine teams for this? :lol
health and safety protocols, apparently

[Leetonidas]

Sochan :tu :tu
Everyone else :td :td :td


Vassell is invisible out there. Really needs to try harder to assert himself out there

[The Truth #6]

Yak
Sochan
Romeo
Vassell
Jones

On paper that should be a good defensive starting lineup. In reality…

[spurraider21]

Yak
Sochan
Romeo
Vassell
Jones

On paper that should be a good defensive starting lineup. In reality…
yak always crumbles against valunciunas. its uncanny

[Mr. Body]

Vassell not knowing or too timid to take it against a stout defense. Tre struggling with them, too. Most of the team outright sucking against a good defense except for Sochan. If he realizes what he can do for the second half of the season, could be interesting.

[heyheymymy]

um Sochan having a career night

[Barfunk]

Sochan causing some trouble when he drives. He's large and mobile. Not there yet, but he has good vision and some strength to get shots off.

Zion sits for no reason. Wasn't Silver going to fine teams for this? :lol

Lol, he only cares if it's the Spurs.

[The Truth #6]

He just cares about ratings. I think we’re good this year.

[Ocotillo]

I hate to second guess but if we had drafted Jones instead of Primo…..

[heyheymymy]

man Stanley Johnson was a wise look from the Spurs front office

[daslicer]

I hate to second guess but if we had drafted Jones instead of Primo…..

We could have had either Jones or Tre Murphy instead of Primo.

[exstatic]

I hate to second guess but if we had drafted Jones instead of Primo…..

On a trade back for assets, sure, but 14 teams didn’t pick him in the lottery, and 30 didn’t pick him in the first round. frankly, he’s a 3&D role player.

[Ocotillo]

We could have had either Jones or Tre Murphy instead of Primo.

Yeah but the irony of Jones being a teammate of Flasher

[Barfunk]

NBA YoungBoy is supposed to be helping us tank, instead he's getting and 1's and leading us back.

[Ocotillo]

On a trade back for assets, sure, but 14 teams didn’t pick him in the lottery, and 30 didn’t pick him in the first round. frankly, he’s a 3&D role player.

Yeah on draft night he wasn’t on the radar at our pick but neither was Primo. If we had drafted Jones that night I would have been as upset as I was when we picked Primo

[scott]

Good, solid loss that doesn't look as embarrassing as it could have on paper. A+

[SPURt]

Stanley Johnson is pretty good at basketball.

[Mr. Body]

Spurs gaining momentum and starting to actually try to slow down McCollum while hammering Pels on the break, Pop pulls all the players and puts in Roby and the rest the deep bench with more than two minutes to go. Alright, I believe in the 'secret' tank at this point.

[slick'81]

Lets see if we can actually lose to orl

[Thomas82]

Lets see if we can actually lose to orl

They seem to be trying to get it together. They're 7-3 in their last 10 games.