Game Thread: Celtics @ Spurs - Sat Jan 7th, 2023 - 5:00PM CT 1:00AM RIGA

[Dex]

Quick turnaround on the B2B...game wrapped up around 9:30PM last night and the boys are set to suit up again at 5PM today :sleep

Let's get this tank back on track! :downspin:

[Mr. Body]

Adam Silver doing his buds Boston a favor by not giving the lethal Spurs any time off after slaughtering the streaking Pistons.

[slick'81]

Meh

[John B]

Pop wins tonight they better give him COY.

[heyheymymy]

Brutal turn around time

Need a commish who actually understands physical exertion.

[ace3g]

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Blake Wesley and Charles Bassey will be available tonight vs the Celtics per Spurs

[heyheymymy]

oh shi

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Blake Wesley and Charles Bassey will be available tonight vs the Celtics per Spurs

oh shit

[ace3g]

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Poeltl is out tonight vs. Boston with left Achilles bursitis, according to Spurs injury report.They will also be without Keldon Johnson (left hamstring tightness).

[slick'81]

We all know were losing. The Celtics actually have a basketball team

[JPB]

Blake time.

[Degoat]

Sure hope Blake gets some opportunity today

[ace3g]

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Pop said he’ll be starting Langford, Bates-Diop and Collins along with Jones and Sochan.

[heyheymymy]

This is Lang's time to shine. Huge swath of mins opened up for him with Dev out on knee issues. Did well with the focus last night but that's DET. Will be an interesting test here but I've liked the progress with Romeo so far. Crazy to think he was just a throw in on the deal that keeps giving With JR, Blake and now Lang. Not to mention that looming 2028 first-round pick swap top-1 protected.

All for White? Hell of a deal by Spurs front office.

[spurraider21]

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Pop said he’ll be starting Langford, Bates-Diop and Collins along with Jones and Sochan.
Woof

is Collins the best shooter in the lineup? :lol

[KingKev]

This one should be over quick. Derek White is better than every player we have available lol and I’m not big on D White.

[TDomination]

This would have been a cool game to go too, its derricks white first time back to SA since the trade

[heyheymymy]

wow sweet thank you montage for White from the Spurs

[KingKev]

This would have been a cool game to go too, its derricks white first time back to SA since the trade

Most of is are keen to forget the fathead era

[heyheymymy]

Sochan went from tennis ball to spurs 50th gold

[heyheymymy]

Romeo's revenge?

he is at least being assertive but we will see

[PhantomDashCam]

Nice tribute for Derrick. Makes the Celtics tolerable tbh

[slick'81]

Poor spurs

[heyheymymy]

lol Celtics announcers Scalabrine and Perk

[heyheymymy]

man that cup shot FT is automatic for Sochan

[ace3g]

Tatum and Brown were so shocked by Sochan's one handed FTs they weren't on same page they very next play on basic pass which caused turnover.

[heyheymymy]

dude Sochan looks so legit all around

[heyheymymy]

Loving Romeos assertiveness. He is very engaged tonight.

[heyheymymy]

heady move from Stan to get Brown to bite on the fake

slows the game down, draws fouls on opposing starters, gets some free points, sees the ball go in

[heyheymymy]

zero defensive effort from SA tonight

no closeouts

[PhantomDashCam]

dude Sochan looks so legit all around

Crazy to think he doesn’t turn 20 until May.

Pop consistently gives him 1 to 1 tutelage, Jumper is improving and with the versatility he shows; there’s a lot to like here. :tu

[heyheymymy]

Spurs 11-2 run in last 2:07

[ace3g]

https://twitter.com/spurs/status/1611868829667426304

[SPURt]

I was hoping to see Wesley get some burn, but the bench is playing good… a little too good

[heyheymymy]

oh shit bones back in the building

[PhantomDashCam]

Used to love listening to Bones do commentary for 2K Hoops back in the day.

[heyheymymy]

Used to kill with Bones playing EA Sports NBA Live 07

[heyheymymy]

Bones would always be my X factor in NBA Live and once he activated he was automatic from 3

[slick'81]

Spurs only down 9. Definitely better then I expected

[slick'81]

I will say Stanley Johnson has been a little pleasant surprise

[LeBowen]

Everyone is solid today, luckily we're playing the Celtics, it would've been a W against a lot of teams.

[heyheymymy]

White was always so good at drawing offensive fouls

[slick'81]

Zollins going G on the c's

[slick'81]

Celtics taking it easy on us after that trade :lol

[Mr. Body]

The refs with two blatant blown calls. Just not even close to correct. Guess they sent the grade-C guys.

Romeo Langford is downlow a really good offensive rebounder for his position.

[mo7888]

I like what I'm seeing tonight. Guys are playing hard...

[SPURt]

Spurs playing uglier than ugly and still only trail by 11. That Robert Williams block/dunk and J Rich fast break was not great, ick. Sean was talking about who Branham reminds him of, that’s a tough one. I tend to think he looks like a smaller Rudy Gay to me.

[Mr. Body]

Spurs playing uglier than ugly and still only trail by 11. That Robert Williams block/dunk and J Rich fast break was not great, ick. Sean was talking about who Branham reminds him of, that’s a tough one. I tend to think he looks like a smaller Rudy Gay to me.

The Celtics are kind of mailing it in. Shouldn't have even bothered scheduling this one, plus the refs are pushing them along to help.

Branham has some Richard Hamilton to him, from the old Pistons, although their builds are different. Some of the same curls and way they attack the middle.

[Mr. Body]

I want Branham to become a volume threat from 3 and a guy who can nail threes from the bounce, but don't think that's who he is.

[ace3g]

Sean Elliott I get what you were saying but Sochan's jumper better not look like Horford's after the restructuring.

That goes up there with Elliott comparing Ayton's game to Robinson.

[heyheymymy]

BOS largest lead of 15

Spurs cut it to a 3 point lead

11-3 Spurs run in 1:43

[heyheymymy]

70-71 BOS lead 3rd Q

[Russ]

I want Branham to become a volume threat from 3 and a guy who can nail threes from the bounce, but don't think that's who he is.

He's only 19 so who knows . . .

[ace3g]

while they called the offensive foul on the screen, that Sochan midrange jumper was good stuff.

[heyheymymy]

Damn man Smart died from that Zollins screen

[slick'81]

Way to compete for that L boys

[Mr. Body]

He's only 19 so who knows . . .

Yeah definitely. Just seems more of a spot shooter from range.

[Mr. Body]

while they called the offensive foul on the screen, that Sochan midrange jumper was good stuff.

Third just absurdly bad call tonight. Not even a h.s. ref would call that.

[SPURt]

The Celtics are kind of mailing it in. Shouldn't have even bothered scheduling this one, plus the refs are pushing them along to help.

Branham has some Richard Hamilton to him, from the old Pistons, although their builds are different. Some of the same curls and way they attack the middle.
Rip is a good comp!

[Thomas82]

Looks like the Celtics are playing down to us.

[ace3g]

Rip is a good comp!

Yeah he will need to come off screens more because his jumper is flat, tough to get over contests with no arc.

[slick'81]

Looks like the Celtics are playing down to us.


duh,tbh

[heyheymymy]

Celtics 9-2 run

[Russ]

Yeah definitely. Just seems more of a spot shooter from range.

I have a feeling this Branham guy can be just about anything we want him to be.

He's kind of cautious which may lead him to reveal himself slowly.

But that same quality will make him consistent, possibly even great, in the end and it will also be the quality that causes him to stay here once he gets good.

[slick'81]

NoSpursNo:nope

[lefty20]

Tre needs to calm the fuck down, bro.

[heyheymymy]

Spurss ball

3 point game 1. min to go

[lefty20]

Langford with the CP3-esque flop at midcourt :lol

[heyheymymy]

Spurs 12-2 run over 2:47

[heyheymymy]

3 separate Spurs scoring runs in this game

[heyheymymy]

Huge 3 incoming

[lefty20]

motherfucker!

[heyheymymy]

JRs revenge!

[spurraider21]

Lol that White trade was such a fleece

[slick'81]

Im convinced the spurs are really good at tanking:lmao:rollin:rollin

tie game

[Mr. Body]

Starting to think we won't see Blake Wesley tonight.

[lefty20]

At least we found the right guy to take that 3, tbh.

[LeBowen]

Best L possible.
Now trade JRich and Doug.

[heyheymymy]

Perfect loss for SA if this holds what an entertaining game!

[KingKev]

Quality L!!!

[slick'81]

We already blew an opportunity to move into the top3 . No need to keep messing up

[heyheymymy]

Spurs running a tank orchestra

masterfully pushing the limit and then tossing the game right at the end.

[Mr. Body]

I'm not sure I'd put Sochan out there when you need a basket.

[Leetonidas]

Excellent loss :tu very entertaining

[heyheymymy]

Really think Spurs just hung with a pretty good team tonight.

[slick'81]

Spurs have no idea how to tank

[heyheymymy]

pretty juicy box score for SA tonight

[slick'81]

Tre jones is like our new version of avery Johnson

[exstatic]

Loved JRich and Romeo crossing in front of Tatum at the FT line, and then JRich walking behind him, and shit talking.

[DPG21920]

This is pretty amazing stuff from Sa without their only offensive engines and Jak. Spurs youth & build > almost all other bad teams outside of DET & ORL I’d say

[John B]

Great game for everyone. Importantly it’s an L. I enjoyed that :bobo

[Mal]

All things leading to that loss are fixable going forward

[spurraider21]

Close losses where JRich plays big are ideal tbh :tu

[slick'81]

Close losses where JRich plays big are ideal tbh :tu


he was definitely gunning vs his former team

[pgardn]

Cool numbers:

We are 13 games back

Nuggets 26-13 Spurs 13-26 2:1 and 1:2 w v loss ratio

Thats all I got.

[ace3g]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sr4qXVCakc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMgO7sCdwbA

[Mr. Body]

Richardson looked great. People here like to shit on him, but a playoff team could really use him.

[MultiTroll]

Excellent loss and 4th qtr.

Loved JRich and Romeo crossing in front of Tatum at the FT line, and then JRich walking behind him, and shit talking.
He's reaching Kirby Bryant levels of whining and pining for undeserved FTs.
Tatums idol you know.

Agree great to see someone in the association talk up to these whiny divas.
Say what one will about Pat Bev, but buy that guy a beer for getting in Currys face in the past Clippers - Warrior playoff series.
I cannot believe the pussified players put up with his 'put you to sleep' gesture.

The princess would be eating the floor if any of the current teams had balls.

[JPB]

Blake time.

... on the bench.

[slick'81]

Richardson looked great. People here like to shit on him, but a playoff team could really use him.


we aren't getting a first for him

[Mr. Body]

we aren't getting a first for him

Did i say we were? What did I say?

[Degoat]

We got a first for Thad young last year, why not JRich lol

[offset formation]

way too close. imma laugh my ass off if we finish like 6th. Draft some JAG and maintain the mediocrity.

[scott]

Heard during the broadcast that Sunday's game versus Memphis will be the first time since November Spurs have had a rest advantage over their opponent? That's some absurd scheduling by the NBA.

This was a good, entertaining loss.

[Mr. Body]

Heard during the broadcast that Sunday's game versus Memphis will be the first time since November Spurs have had a rest advantage over their opponent? That's some absurd scheduling by the NBA.

This was a good, entertaining loss.

Adam Silver absolutely despises the Spurs for not shuttling Kawhi over to the Lakers.

[Mr. Body]

We got a first for Thad young last year, why not JRich lol

We traded a 2nd plus Thad to move up in the draft, not a 1st straightaway. It was a swap of about 13 slots or whatever.

[Degoat]

We traded a 2nd plus Thad to move up in the draft, not a 1st straightaway. It was a swap of about 13 slots or whatever.

Well do it again! Trade our 2nd plus JRich for a 1st.

[scott]

We traded a 2nd plus Thad to move up in the draft, not a 1st straightaway. It was a swap of about 13 slots or whatever.

And it did entail some element of risk. The TOR pick was protected, meaning it could have ended up being Thad + a high 2nd for a couple of future seconds (though it did eventually convey). I recall there were periods where it wasn't completely a shoe-in that TOR would escape the play-in (they ended up 4 games ahead of the play-in, and only 5 games back of the 1 seed. Tight eastern conference last year).

[Mr. Body]

Well do it again! Trade our 2nd plus JRich for a 1st.

https://www.tankathon.com/full_draft

Huh, hadn't really looked at the teams in the 20-30 range. Basically, all the top teams have traded away their first round picks this year. Everyone who would do such a thing (this year) are pretty tapped out. I still think there's a market for Bojan Bogdanovic, Eric Gordon, and maybe our two Richardson and McDougie, but future picks might have to be the thing.

[Mr. Body]

And it did entail some element of risk. The TOR pick was protected, meaning it could have ended up being Thad + a high 2nd for a couple of future seconds (though it did eventually convey). I recall there were periods where it wasn't completely a shoe-in that TOR would escape the play-in (they ended up 4 games ahead of the play-in, and only 5 games back of the 1 seed. Tight eastern conference last year).

Good point. Toronto kept Thad for this year. They drafted Koloko, who looks promising, although more down the line. I think the Spurs certainly 'won' the trade since, well, I like Wesley, although...

Wait, it was for Branham. Yeah, I'd say that was a good positive for the Spurs. Branham is already contributing and showing a couple superior skills, though he has a ways to go.

[exstatic]

And it did entail some element of risk. The TOR pick was protected, meaning it could have ended up being Thad + a high 2nd for a couple of future seconds (though it did eventually convey). I recall there were periods where it wasn't completely a shoe-in that TOR would escape the play-in (they ended up 4 games ahead of the play-in, and only 5 games back of the 1 seed. Tight eastern conference last year).

Glad we got it last year, or, with their crash and burn this year, it would have become two seconds. Usually, you get three cracks at a FRP.