In-Season Tourney Game Thread: Minnesota Timberwolves San Antonio Spurs November 10th, 2023 | 7:00 PM CT

[NASpurs]

What's up with that Super Sonic theme logo for the Spurs :lol

Anyway, KAT and ANT about to run train on our team.

*edit* Oops I forgot the "at" in the subject title. This game thread is already cursed. :lmao

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[Spursmania]

Come on Spurs show us some fight tonight! LFG Wemby!
:flag::flag::flag::flag::flag:

[slick'81]

Yea,hopefully spurs dont get their heads kicked in tonight

[Russo21]

I still don't get this in season tournament. And looks like most of the players don't either and are just going with it. Silver turning the league into NBE

[John B]

I think they bounce back tonight for the home fans. It’s a tall order against the 3rd best team in the West, but Pop’s team always seem to play better against better opponents when you least expect it. GSG! :clap

[spurraider21]

*edit* Oops I forgot the "at" in the subject title. This game thread is already cursed. :lmao

im usually able to edit thread titles on threads ive made. its not through the regular "edit" feature. but go to the forum home page and double click directly next to the thread title, and sometimes it'll let you adjust the text right there

[Mugen]

Would be nice if they kept it under 20 tbh :lol

[John B]

What's up with that Super Sonic theme logo for the Spurs :lol

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Wtf? :lol

[emanueldavidginobili]

This game could get ugly as well, Minnesota with the number 1 defense so far, Spurs can't rebound worth a shit either, wouldn't be surprised with a 20 board game from Gobert. Hopefully this team just competes.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Wtf? :lol
It's the Tower of the Americas

[rjv]

ant man will dump 40 on us. gobert and KAT will swallow up Wemby. spurs will give up close to 20 threes again. wolves by 16. ST will implode.

hope i'm completely wrong.

[spurraider21]

Ant is a monster, and his shooting figures are great to start the season. if this holds up, dont know if we've seen that combination of strength + shooting ability before. talk about a true pick your poison type of player. and his passing has gotten a lot better

[Mugen]

Ant is a monster, and his shooting figures are great to start the season. if this holds up, dont know if we've seen that combination of strength + shooting ability before. talk about a true pick your poison type of player. and his passing has gotten a lot better

I'm not worried, Keldon will guard him :lol

[John B]

Spurs injuries: Charle Bediako – Out (G League,) Sidy Cissoko – Out (G League,) Sir’Jabari Rice – Out (G League)


Timberwolves injuries: Jaylen Clark – Out (right achilles,) Luka Garza – Out (G League,) Jordan McLaughlin – Out (right MCL,) Leonard Miller – Out (G League,) Wendell Moore Jr. – Out (G League)

Both clubs in full strength. Not having Devin put a toll on Spurs offense and played catching up which was easily demoralizing to a young team. With Devin back, I hope that they can start quick and the home crowd can cheer them back. I’m hoping for Keldon to carry the crowd as he always does, Wemby to bounce back from the horrid shooting from the previous game. Sochan will have a handful slowing down Anthony Edwards but I’m hoping he’s up for the challenge. Again Pop’s team has always performed well against better opponents. I’m hoping it’s the same tonight. GSG!

[spurraider21]

Gobert/Towns still seems awkward. towns has struggled on both ends playing out on the perimeter. but man, having wings like Edwards/McDaniels is fucking nice.

[TDomination]

honestly, right now it seems like the opponent doesn't really matter. We'll lose to everyone in the NBA the way we have played the last 2 games.

I'm not sure what to expect. I just hope we can find a way to execute.

[rjv]

honestly, right now it seems like the opponent doesn't really matter. We'll lose to everyone in the NBA the way we have played the last 2 games.

I'm not sure what to expect. I just hope we can find a way to execute.


it's only been eight games but from the early sample size, the spurs are struggling with bigger lineups. spurs have also lost to opponents who have a combined record of 20-13 so they have been playing some respectable teams. with the exception of phoenix, the spurs are significantly worse on the road.

[RC_Drunkford]

How many offensive boards are we gonna give up?

[z0stix]

probably gonna start like 13 - 2 early in the 1st

[Ocotillo]

it's only been eight games but from the early sample size, the spurs are struggling with bigger lineups. spurs have also lost to opponents who have a combined record of 20-13 so they have been playing some respectable teams. with the exception of phoenix, the spurs are significantly worse on the road.

Typical of young teams.

[MultiTroll]

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.sxK9hagUfxvsmcc3TiL61gHaDt?pid=ImgDet&rs=1
:corn:

[heyheymymy]

don't really remember a lot of takes this off-season saying "I'm giving pop 8 games to turn Wemby + a tank into the Harlem Barcelona 92 Dream Team Globetrotters or else..." but here we are

[Chomag]

We are gonna get lit up ain't we....
Hopefully not.

[spurraider21]

don't really remember a lot of takes this off-season saying "I'm giving pop 8 games to turn Wemby + a tank into the Harlem Barcelona 92 Dream Team Globetrotters or else..." but here we are
nah but there were a lot of people frustrated with this team being composed of wemby + a tank

[Splits]

I still don't get this in season tournament. And looks like most of the players don't either and are just going with it. Silver turning the league into NBE

Players on teams that get out of the group stage get paid, escalating each stage they advance:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-in-season-tournament-explained-format-schedule-groups-prize-money-plus-everything-else-to-know/

[spurraider21]

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Chinook in case you were worried about the vassell bench thing being an experiment and not just a minute management thing

[Fireball]

Spurs gonna get stomped ... probably one of the worst matchups.

[heyheymymy]

nah but there were a lot of people frustrated with this team being composed of wemby + a tank

That's fair, I think we are all ready to expedite this part of the process and criticism may be appropriate depending on where the team is at towards the end of this season.

But Brian Wright probably knows how to use a phone. I mean are we saying that for example MIL called wanting to do Greek Freak for McDermott (hypothetical) and Brian was asleep and failed to call back? Denied the offer out of fairness to the rest of the league?

I feel like this management has been otherwise quite meticulous so either the deals weren't there, good enough, or the FAs weren't good fits in the eyes of a Front Office I've come to trust with moves. Bring in vets too early and now the vets are pissed the youth is holding them back and you still have issues either way.

I'm not against the general pessimistic outlook among the fanbase currently, but what magic wand did PATFO fail to wave and I want a real example not Reeves' dead horse beat or some non-existent trade path or some speculative, on-paper fit you tried in 2k.

What confirmed move did Brian miss that would've changed the start of this season for the better? And could Wemby and gang even keep up with this immediate cure all golden bullet roster move some fan knew about but an entire franchise office staff and advanced forecasting models somehow missed?

[heyheymymy]

To play the devil's advocate I'll respond to my own question by saying it probably would've been nice to go into this season with an actual PG lol

Especially since I think we're only doing this Sochan PG thing bc Pop was too scared of confrontation to tell one of KJ or Sochan to go to the bench. Hey KJ thanks for helping us tank for Wemby, as a reward you lost your start. Hey Sochan, #9 is good but #1 is better, thanks for all your hard work but you lost your start. It's damned if you do damned if you don't

So to avoid the conflict, Pop say, hey you both start, I'll just play Sochan 3 slots out of position

Genius!

To be clear, I'm actually satisfied with Sochan's progress and impressed with his resolve to try out new roles and keep a decent attitude and just focus on improving. Sochan was not a mistake draft pick. Jermey has a ton of talent and I have Sochan on my DO NOT TRADE list. Love what he brings, love his potential.

[Joseph Kony]

so what's the point of this dumb ass tournament again?

[spursparker9]

Ant dropping 40 for this game.

[spursparker9]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DmR4AiIoQA

[rankingtear]

so what's the point of this dumb ass tournament again?

ESPN had the honors of broadcasting the very first In-Season Tournament game between the Knicks and Bucks and averaged 1.644 million viewers. The Mavericks/Nuggets game in the 10:30 p.m. window averaged 1.76 million.
Compared to average NBA Friday night coverage on ESPN, viewership was up 35% in terms of the In-Season Tournament.

[baseline bum]

so what's the point of this dumb ass tournament again?

Cash money, man

[heyheymymy]

Vassell Floppy to start the game

[r0drig0lac]

wow Wemby

[SPURt]

https://media3.giphy.com/media/LRCxXWRljt4LYf6AK1/giphy.gif

that court :lol

[heyheymymy]

KAT is such a lazy player

[Russ]

so what's the point of this dumb ass tournament again?

To put people in the seats?

(Just kidding from the looks of things.)

[Dex]

Court actually looks better on TV than I was expecting, and the jerseys fit it

Not the worst kit, that's for sure

[NASpurs]

Sochan :lol

[TekXX]

This is the worst color scheme of all the tournament courts, it's bland as eff.

[Barfunk]

All the empty seats :lol

Austin, here we come :flag::lobt2:

[r0drig0lac]

nice start, great effort

[heyheymymy]

yeah I gotta admit I mocked all the alt unis

but since I've been watching they have all grown on me. That IND alt uniform/special court combo is kinda sick.

Spurs Hemisfair unit are pretty sleek actually

[spursparker9]

KAT literally has no jump in his jump shot. :lol

[Leetonidas]

Much better start than the last two games. Nothing forced on offense so far

[heyheymymy]

Dev back and Spurs look more in rhythm

[NASpurs]

In before the bench comes in and the Spurs are down 20 before halftime :lol

[SpursFan86]

That’s like 5 or 6 dunks already :lol

Defense has looked much more respectable thus far.

[poopbox]

Everyone knew Devin was taking that 3 and they ran under the rim ready for the offensive rebound. Ends in a put back dunk.

Like...legit maybe only the 5th time i have seen that in 3 years tbh...usually they all just run to the 3 point line like all of them can shoot the 3 at the same time :lol

[heyheymymy]

lol put a little money on the line and Spurs start playing like a team unit all the sudden lol

[paperboy77]

That is a badass court and some sweet ass jerseys. Spurs did a good job with the commercial repping the jerseys.

[TekXX]

Ewing to Sochan: "Do you even practice these shots"

[wildbill2u]

I guess the plan for the game is for Sochan to try to shoot every time he gets the ball.

[PhantomDashCam]

Sochan really active tonight on the boards. Love that.
Starting to see the team utilise his height advantage in the post to score and play make more and more going forward.
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[spursparker9]

Oh Slomo!

[poopbox]

Oh Boy here comes Bassey and Osman aka turd towers 2.0:cry

[TekXX]

Slomo looking like a grown ass man now.

[objective]

Bassey needs to dump those extension. Ever since he got them he hasn't been as good

[poopbox]

Clearly a block

[heyheymymy]

ball was still going up clean block

[spursparker9]

Bassey needs to dump those extension. Ever since he got them he hasn't been as good

I thought he was Dwight Howard from some angle :lol

[poopbox]

Its so dumb we have to waste a challenge on an obvious call. Refs have to face some form of punishment for fucking up calls like that.

[poopbox]

Oh shit a Bassey and Victor lineup. Pop heard us talking shit :wow

[NASpurs]

Bassey has been impressive in the inside defensively

[Proxy]

Is the team just really stupid about getting the ball to Wemby at a spot he can score from

[TekXX]

I actually think it was slomo's goggles

[poopbox]

We have a long way to go for Victor to learn how to play within the offense. It's either run offense and he is not involved or play Victor ball and he is the only one involved.

I liked that Bassey Victor lineup defensively though. Really spooked the wolves at the end of the quarter. If our offense didn't die on the vine we'd be on the verge of blowing this open.

I really hope that is the primary second big rotation in the lineup. Bassey in for someone then some Victor and Bassey minutes. Need to at least throw Bassey some lobs or something.

[John B]

Good start minus the TO’s

[TekXX]

Thankfully Minnesota seems like a trash three-point shooting team.

[Spurs Homer]

Sure glad blackhole Branham is out of the game now…

[r0drig0lac]

Wemby blocks Rudy

[poopbox]

I seems like Devin makes literally every catch and shoot 3. Dude is becoming a deadeye shooter

[Leetonidas]

Wemby having a rough shooting night again but he is shutting down the other side of the court

[heyheymymy]

Vassell is such a cornerstone for this team

His injury was devastating and im glad he's back

[poopbox]

Sure glad blackhole Branham is out of the game now…

Somebody has to score off the bench. I don't know who I would put over wanting to shoot than Branham.

[TekXX]

Gobert stepped like a foot out of bounds, did anyone else see that?

[Spurs Homer]

Somebody has to score off the bench. I don't know who I would put over wanting to shoot than Branham.

agree

so please NEVER put branham on the floor with vw- but allow brannham to come in AFTER vw sits

since branham will shoot every time he touches it

[poopbox]

Collins out here getting shit on again

[emanueldavidginobili]

You can tell Devin loves basketball and is in the gym in the offseason. he's going to be around for a very long time.

[r0drig0lac]

Vassell in the zone

[Russ]

Wemby needs to get better as a rebounder.

He's getting his hands on the ball first but not able to secure it.

[Russ]

Collins out here getting shit on again

That's pure insanity.

[Arcadian]

How come the Mavs don't have a tournament court design?

[Joseph Kony]

i hate to say it but i wish we had Patrick Beverly on this roster

[Spurs Homer]

Branham cannot make 3’s

[Joseph Kony]

am i trippin or is that a different PA guy?

[r0drig0lac]

superstar Ant

[Barfunk]

Well ish

[poopbox]

Damn Edwards is so good

[TekXX]

When does Keldon get traded? It's coming.

[SpursFan86]

This team is sorely lacking rebounding and shooting. Lot of other things too but those two specifically :lol

[NASpurs]

When does Keldon get traded? It's coming.

Would be a great sixth man even here. Pop's too spineless to make the move.

[spurraider21]

collins has played really good, physical D. wemby's defense has been good too, but Gobert is consistently muscling him for position on rebounds on that end.

want to see a lot more of wemby FGAs while going toward the rim. im glad the jumper is a weapon but that cant be 75% of his offense

[cd98]

Like most young teams, they play a lot better at home than on the road. They have more energy tonight than they have any of the last several road games.

[weebo]

if kjohnson gets the ball you might as well get back on defense

[NASpurs]

At least the fight is there tonight. That's all we can ask for.

[Mugen]

Why TF was Vassell on the bench? Why isn't Sochan guarding Ant when Keldon has been shit most of the game?

Terrible, terrible coaching there in the 2nd.

[Mugen]

Trading Keldon for a competent PG and slotting Sochan to the 3 and not having him initiate the offense would do so much for this team's development. At some point, this experiment bullshit is doing more harm than good tbh.

[Mugen]

Victor's defense clearly feeds off his offense yet gets very little plays called for him. Some of that is him making mistakes still but jesus christ, run one f'n play for the 7'4" guy on your team you f'n moron.

[sickdsm]

Wemby having a rough shooting night again but he is shutting down the other side of the court

Idk. Ant cooked him twice in the last couple minutes. One for 3 one at the rim. He's a little sloppier on D than I expected this far into the season.

[John B]

When does Keldon get traded? It's coming.

possible Keldon and future picks for an AS PG, and should slide Sochan back to PF.

[baseline bum]

Idk. Ant cooked him twice in the last couple minutes. One for 3 one at the rim. He's a little sloppier on D than I expected this far into the season.

Meh Ant's going to do that to anyone in the league. That layup he put on Victor was unreal.

[baseline bum]

Trading Keldon for a competent PG and slotting Sochan to the 3 and not having him initiate the offense would do so much for this team's development. At some point, this experiment bullshit is doing more harm than good tbh.

Think you're greatly overrating Keldon's trade value tbh

[Leetonidas]

Idk. Ant cooked him twice in the last couple minutes. One for 3 one at the rim. He's a little sloppier on D than I expected this far into the season.

Tbf I posted that during the first quarter:lol

[Russo21]

Players on teams that get out of the group stage get paid, escalating each stage they advance:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-in-season-tournament-explained-format-schedule-groups-prize-money-plus-everything-else-to-know/

Thanks Splits :toast I suppose $500,000 each and a shiny new trophy is fair enough. Especially for young ones or others not good enough to sign one of those crazy contracts. For stars on 50 million a year though the money incentives seem like a drop in the ocean. I wonder if it'll be here for the long haul

Addit: who chooses the groups and why are they chosen the way they are?

[spurraider21]

Branham's lack of a 3 ball is such a killer tbh, especially since his midrange junk game is a hell of a counter to have against aggressive closeouts. its something Danny never had. the problem is the midrange stuff is basically all branham has. he's not explosive at the rim, and the 3 point shot is nonexistent.

[Kawhi Duncan]

collins has played really good, physical D. wemby's defense has been good too, but Gobert is consistently muscling him for position on rebounds on that end.

want to see a lot more of wemby FGAs while going toward the rim. im glad the jumper is a weapon but that cant be 75% of his offense

Agreed... He needs to attack the basket more... If in an iso, we need to clear out so he has space... Right now it seems like he isn't confident in his handle, and doesn't like contact, so he settles for jumpers since they're so easy to shoot... But he needs to me more of a scorer and less if a shooter

[sickdsm]

Meh Ant's going to do that to anyone in the league. That layup he put on Victor was unreal.

Before he hit that 3 I figured that was going to happen. I'm surprised he was sagging that far off and still relying on his length. Shooters in the league have quick release.

[spurraider21]

Idk. Ant cooked him twice in the last couple minutes. One for 3 one at the rim. He's a little sloppier on D than I expected this far into the season.
Ant cooks everybody. this version of Ant who is nailing 3's is basically unguardable. we've never seen this combination of strength/athleticism + outside shooting. i dno how to even comp him, like a bigger, stronger Vince

[Joseph Kony]

Branham's lack of a 3 ball is such a killer tbh, especially since his midrange junk game is a hell of a counter to have against aggressive closeouts. its something Danny never had. the problem is the midrange stuff is basically all branham has. he's not explosive at the rim, and the 3 point shot is nonexistent.
the arc on his shot is pretty flat, feels like he'll never be able to shoot threes consistently with that flat jumper

[Joseph Kony]

Ant cooks everybody. this version of Ant who is nailing 3's is basically unguardable. we've never seen this combination of strength/athleticism + outside shooting. i dno how to even comp him, like a bigger, stronger Vince
https://i.ibb.co/HqQ17Ft/ant.png

[spurraider21]

Agreed... He needs to attack the basket more... If in an iso, we need to clear out so he has space... Right now it seems like he isn't confident in his handle, and doesn't like contact, so he settles for jumpers since they're so easy to shoot... But he needs to me more of a scorer and less if a shooter
i mean he definitely doesnt have the ability to dance on people with fancy dribbles in the half court game. not consistently anyway. but that doesnt have to be his only mode of attack.

[spursparker9]

Branham's lack of a 3 ball is such a killer tbh, especially since his midrange junk game is a hell of a counter to have against aggressive closeouts. its something Danny never had. the problem is the midrange stuff is basically all branham has. he's not explosive at the rim, and the 3 point shot is nonexistent.

He has different shooting mechanic when he shoot 3 vs mid-range.

He does not jump for 3 and hence the flatter arc. But he jump for mid-range which is beautiful and resemble KD's jumpshot.

[spurraider21]

https://i.ibb.co/HqQ17Ft/ant.png
i mean yeah, i didnt want to go there. he doesnt play the same midrange/post game, but yeah. edwards is bigger than MJ was. not taller, just stronger

[baseline bum]

Ant cooks everybody. this version of Ant who is nailing 3's is basically unguardable. we've never seen this combination of strength/athleticism + outside shooting. i dno how to even comp him, like a bigger, stronger Vince

Yeah Wade with a three point shot is pretty nasty. Hope they don't get anything good for KAT in trade as the West is going to be enough of a bloodbath with Denver and OKC the next few years.

[Leetonidas]

Wemby on the break gets missed under the bucket again by multiple guys :lmao

[spurraider21]

devin passing up an open 3 for a keldon open 3 is sad

[emanueldavidginobili]

Sprint back on D if you throw the ball away, wtf was that Sochan?

[sickdsm]

Yeah Wade with a three point shot is pretty nasty. Hope they don't get anything good for KAT in trade as the West is going to be enough of a bloodbath with Denver and OKC the next few years.

Doesn't matter. Even if Kat was traded for a bag of ice putting Naz in the starting lineup would be a huge W.
The killer thing ant needs to add to his game is a floater. No one would know if he would be shooting a floater, a lob, or a poster.

[TekXX]

Wemby is our best passer i guess.

[spursparker9]

Is there at least 1 female ref at every game now?

[Russ]

Despite all the hype, Victor not gonna get the superstar calls for quite a while.

He'll have to fight through it.

[tim_duncan_fan]

That move from Keldon just now, with just a pinch of shiftiness to it; I need more of that, constantly, all game every game.

[NASpurs]

4 TOs for Sochan ...

[SpursFan86]

And here comes the double digit deficit!

[poopbox]

Spurs offense turn into utter trash

[r0drig0lac]

lol

[NASpurs]

I like how the Spurs have 40 yes men... I mean coaches on the bench and it's all translated to nothing :lol

[NASpurs]

Low IQ team making low IQ plays

[baseline bum]

That's a dumb challenge when Keldon was grabbing the jersey

[TekXX]

lol the Spurs bench is in disarray too, why are you challenging that?

[Spurs Homer]

Why tf was keldon arguing the call if he knew he grabbed the jersey?

[PhantomDashCam]

Minnesota made the small adjustment of putting Ant Man on to Sochan and the Offense capitulated as a result.
If the Spurs aren’t going to put Conley into switches, what is the point of going tall with Sochan being a non-shooter?

[Barfunk]

Son of a beech man

[spursparker9]

Let's hope Spurs get a high draft pick next year

[Proxy]

Man… Malaki and Sochan out there together hurts

[SpursFan86]

Holy shit we look so bad :lol

[KaiRMD1]

The good thing is with another tanking season, Spurs should be able to get a good player in the draft.

[spurraider21]

wemby so weak in the paint :lol

[Leetonidas]

This team is painful to watch. Absolutely disgusting offense. Get a real PG

[KDKSpurs24]

I’m sick of Keldon at this point

[Mugen]

Man, that fucking extension is going to be so bad for this org :lol

[poopbox]

So when we talk about really dumb coaching. This is a perfect example. Why the fuck is Pop not doing something about them hunting Keldon down to guard Towns, so he can just run him over to score? Pop is just asleep at the wheel while Keldon is on his way to becoming the first basketball player to get CTE.

[Fizziksman]

The good thing is with another tanking season, Spurs should be able to get a good player in the draft.

probably waste it on a project like Sochan instead of just getting Duren

[Proxy]

Glad Anderson ain’t on the team anymore, he’s such a tool

[Mugen]

Soft, stupid, and poorly coached tbh.

[timtonymanu]

We might be really bad to get a high draft pick again. :tu

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Worst coached team in the nba :lol Sochan is bryn Forbes level bad

[Leetonidas]

Branham has been such a massive disappointment this season

[poopbox]

We down 13 and Pop puts in our worst defensive lineup of Bassey Osman and McDermott :lol

[Barfunk]

Holy shit we look so bad :lol

Yupp we do

[spursparker9]

We down 13 and Pop puts in our worst defensive lineup of Bassey Osman and McDermott :lol

We are at the trust the process phase :lol

Let's get the first pick again in the next draft

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Horrific ball IQ on this team

Pop is finished

[BackHome]

Number 1 draft pick coming soon.....

[TekXX]

Jones showing what a natural point guard can do.

[Proxy]

We down 13 and Pop puts in our worst defensive lineup of Bassey Osman and McDermott :lol
Who on this team is playing good defense?

[Barfunk]

Ridiculous. And we continue to be bad at shooting.

[NASpurs]

At least they play better at home :lol

[TekXX]

lol it's so bad

[Proxy]

Malaki looks like an old man

[timtonymanu]

Houston would have done better with Wemby than us tbh. At least ime has a plan lol

[spurraider21]

Who on this team is playing good defense?
just remember that this team is actually full of good defenders, and only reason they were bad on defense is that pop intentionally told them to play bad defense for the tank

[poopbox]

Spurs played one of the worst 3rd quarters I have ever seen in human history. You can hear the disgust in Sean and Bill voice calling this game.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Wemby might bounce in 3 years

[Mugen]

https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/urnpublicidap.org9d34c17dafff1eb411c390b78b3bee9aG ermany_Patriots_Football_72937.jpg?d=780x527

[Spurs Homer]

Suddenly, osman refuses to shoot…fuck..

[BackHome]

On a side note our little brother G League are playing and loosing right now 71 to 109

[TDomination]

wow, the spurs are up in the early second, i leave to do some work. come back latter part of the third and their down by double digits.

of course they are. goodness

[Mugen]

We might be really bad to get a high draft pick again. :tu

It won't even matter tbh. They lucked into a generational talent in the summer and they're going to be worse than last year :lol

[Barfunk]

Hopefully Wemby realizes that many of the greats were on terrible teams out of the gate with terrible/bad records. Steph, Jordan, Lebron, Kobe without Shaq (ok, Kobe's teams not out of the gate, but you know).

[poopbox]

Who on this team is playing good defense?

Almost no one but you would think a coach with 5 rings would be smart enough to not go to his worst defenisve lineup but I guess not.

My house is on fire so I know how I will fix it let me poor more fire on it.

[SpursFan86]

It won't even matter tbh. They lucked into a generational talent in the summer and they're going to be worse than last year :lol

This is the embarrassing thing tbh. I know it’s early but what does that say about this group if we add Victor Wembanyama and are still the worst team in the league?

[tim_duncan_fan]

Now would be a fun time for a flash of greatness from a future rival to Lebron.

[Proxy]

Is Collins our first option now

[sickdsm]

Glad Anderson ain’t on the team anymore, he’s such a tool

Anderson has been such a valuable guy I'm glad the wolves signed him.

[timtonymanu]

It won't even matter tbh. They lucked into a generational talent in the summer and they're going to be worse than last year :lol

Doesn’t matter too when our head coach is checked out and just collecting checks. That goes for Brian Wrong too. Lol suddenly being a great GM just because you lucked into Victor. Their other big off-season move was extending that overrated ass Zollins lol.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Pop’s defeatist attitude is already infecting team. Wemby hated losing when the season started now he doesn’t seem to care

[spurraider21]

wemby throws a nice high-love pass to collins to draw the easy foul

wonder why we can never do the opposite

[paperboy77]

Wemby showing them a few times today how and when to throw it down low!

[baseline bum]

First play of the quarter is let's dump it to Shaquille O'Collins down low

[poopbox]

The one time they try to throw to Wemby on the break is when Naz Reid is running with him step for step :lol

[Death In June]

Nope. 20 to 40 point losses every night isn’t worth watching. Not even for Wemby.

[spurraider21]

First play of the quarter is let's dump it to Shaquille O'Collins down low
wemby feeding somebody else the ball down low :lol

[TekXX]

Our best passer to the paint is Wemby....Ironic...don't ya think?

[paperboy77]

LOL... they even listening to Pop? This is so frustrating.

[wildbill2u]

Minnesota announcers just said the Spurs uniforms look retro Western like the old Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns. Anyone else feel like that? Somehow I can't like a Spurs uniform that has no silver or black on it.

[baseline bum]

wemby throws a nice high-love pass to collins to draw the easy foul

wonder why we can never do the opposite

Finally :lol

[spurraider21]

Our best passer to the paint is Wemby....Ironic...don't ya think?
again!

[Leetonidas]

Collins is garbage

[slick'81]

So spurs are just as bad as last season? Just now are actually trying to win :lol

[timtonymanu]

Imagine having a generational player actually wanting to play for your team and you reward him by looking like you have no plan out there.

[baseline bum]

God if we had another Victor to pass the ball to Victor

[poopbox]

This is the embarrassing thing tbh. I know it’s early but what does that say about this group if we add Victor Wembanyama and are still the worst team in the league?

That most of these players are not as good as people think and our head coach is one of the 5 worst in the entire nba. Something some of us already knew. We are legit not going to be a "good" team until we get another coach. Pop is toast and has been routinely outcoached and outsmarted by the other team coach virtuall 100% of the games we have played since Kawhi left.

As I type this we stupidly go into a zone...for what I don't know...and Towns just runs right into the middle, catches it, layup:lol

[timtonymanu]

Game plan: just give to Keldon and Zollins and move out of the way. Pound the rock! It’s only November.

[spurraider21]

God if we had another Victor to pass the ball to Victor
they could just volleyball tap the ball to each other all the way down the court

[Frenchfred]

If they had one good PG, things would be different. Sochan could go back to his natural position, Johnson would come off the bench, Wemby would get more easy looks...

[Proxy]

Anderson has been such a valuable guy I'm glad the wolves signed him.
Yeah I get it, but like KAT and CP3… just unlikeable
personalities

[Spurs Homer]

Only a 14 pt deficit…

you would never know it from all the crybabies in the game threads

[SpursFan86]

I just can’t get over how different this offense has looked the past few games vs. that 2nd game against Phoenix. I’m beating a dead horse here but it’s just staggering. All of the easy looks we were able to get for Victor…and then now there’s just none of that??? How? Why? Not saying I expect him to get 35+ every night but we can’t get him any easy looks?

[Blizzardwizard]

Finding a way to get even worse defensively after drafting Basketball Godzilla who's averaging nearly 2.5 BPG out of the gate is a genuinely impressive achievement.

Great effort by all involved.

[r0drig0lac]

silent 20 point game for Victor

[Proxy]

Minnesota announcers just said the Spurs uniforms look retro Western like the old Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns. Anyone else feel like that? Somehow I can't like a Spurs uniform that has no silver or black on it.
Looks like an H‑E‑B shopping bag

[sickdsm]

Imagine having a generational player actually wanting to play for your team and you reward him by looking like you have no plan out there.

Pops been washed for a bit now. Shocked the Spurs didn't move on prior to this. He's old AF and he's just like one of those old dinosaurs in Congress

[baseline bum]

Sochan and Keldon coming in, whelp there goes the offense

[TekXX]

Sochan for the tank

[Mugen]

what a retarded substitution there

[baseline bum]

God if Sochan gets anything greater than an F- in the grades tonight after three unforced turnovers

[Joseph Kony]

this sochan at PG shit needs to end. dude was one of my favorite players last season. Pop forcing a square peg into a round hole is making me really dislike him

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Gregg Jason Garrett Popovich

[Mugen]

God I hope Vic has that Deron Williams in him tbh

[PhantomDashCam]

Pop continuing with the 3-2 zone w/o Wemby certainly is a choice…

[BackHome]

Pops been washed for a bit now. Shocked the Spurs didn't move on prior to this. He's old AF and he's just like one of those old dinosaurs in Congress

Don't be bad mouthing our President....

[timtonymanu]

Pops been washed for a bit now. Shocked the Spurs didn't move on prior to this. He's old AF and he's just like one of those old dinosaurs in Congress

It’s embarrassing and any other coach would have been fired. Amazing how much pop can mail it in and still have a job because he rode the coattails of Tim Duncan.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Houston would have done better with Wemby than us tbh. At least ime has a plan lol

100%

[timtonymanu]

God I hope Vic has that Deron Williams in him tbh

[poopbox]

We let Rudy fucking Gobert get a steal in the open court. A low point in the spurs franchise.

[r0drig0lac]

good sequence

[scott]

I don’t understand what Jeremy’s plan is when he tries to drive. It’s like he is expecting to blow past his man and when he doesn’t he has no clue what to do.

[MultiTroll]

What would Victors #s be with a real coach?

[scott]

Tre Jones has had enough of this nonsense

[Spurs Homer]

3 possesion game…

git some of dat tournament cash fellas…

[TekXX]

Sochan not calling his own number and passing to an open shooter, he's improving!

[Joseph Kony]

Nephew's new look Clippers are getting absolutely bent over by Luka :lmao 42 points halfway through the 3Qs, my goodness

[Mugen]

what a great run to make sure we only lose by 16 :lol

[SPURt]

Vassell + Wemby = Spursgasm

[TekXX]

Vinny del negro always catching strays from Sean.

[vander]

This team going nowhere with Pop. He needs 3 HOFers to be "great coach"

[spurraider21]

wemby with the entry pass to sochan

he's legit the best entry passer we have :lol

[spurraider21]

:lmao sochan manages to commit an offensive foul while running from the paint to the three point line

[MultiTroll]

Sochan idiotic offensive foul.

This guys BBIQ is very low.

[Joseph Kony]

god dammit Sochan :pctoss fucking trash

[baseline bum]

Nephew's new look Clippers are getting absolutely bent over by Luka :lmao 42 points halfway through the 3Qs, my goodness

ROFL trading your defense for James fucking Harden

[timtonymanu]

Nephew's new look Clippers are getting absolutely bent over by Luka :lmao 42 points halfway through the 3Qs, my goodness

James Harden killing another team. Glad it’s that group of losers tbh

[MultiTroll]

Obvious foul.

Why is Sean sucking off Conley?

[baseline bum]

Victor got bailed out like hell on the call :lol

[sickdsm]

Sochan is so bad on offense.

[poopbox]

I feel bad for Sochan. His coach has legit put him in a position to fail and there is no payoff for it. He got the whole world coming down on him calling him trash meanwhile his coach who made this incredibly stupid decision takes no heat for it.

[scott]

Sochan is honestly probably the weakest link of our rotation right now, which is unfortunate

[Mugen]

Man Vic needs to get stronger, hopefully in a few years.

[spurraider21]

ROFL trading your defense for James fucking Harden
to be fair, Luka is immune to defense

[ace3g]

careless turnover...

[spurraider21]

Sochan is honestly probably the weakest link of our rotation right now, which is unfortunate
:lmao

[baseline bum]

to be fair, Luka is immune to defense

Still, that team is circling the drain since that trade. Now they have to dump Westbrook for nothing since he is unplayable with Harden.

[Spurs Homer]

Man
after that last minny ft would have been a great time for pop to call timeout

settle the youngsters - call a play for vw

And vassell is a sloppy player …

[Mugen]

Jeremy has been rough tonight but his coaching staff has literally not done him any favors this entire season. The experiment at this point is doing nothing but causing long term harm for him and the rest of the team tbh.

[Arcadian]

wemby with the entry pass to sochan

he's legit the best entry passer we have :lol

If only he could entry pass to himself :lol

[Splits]

why foul?

[baseline bum]

If only he could entry pass to himself :lol


God if we had another Victor to pass the ball to Victor