Game Thread: Grizzlies @ Spurs 11/18/2023 7:00 Central Time

[TXstbobcat]

Spurs +3.5

Vassell Out

[LakerHater]

Grizz missing 7 players tonight & still favored by 3.5!!

[LeBowen]

Idk if Spurs will ever win again if it doesn't happen tonight.

[RC_Drunkford]

I give us a 30% chance to win if Vassell and Tre Jones play

[exstatic]

Idk if Spurs will ever win again if it doesn't happen tonight.

They have a stretch of schedule coming up that is relatively soft.

[playbonner15]

Grizz missing 7 players tonight & still favored by 3.5!!
LMAO :lol

[GB20]

Let’s get this win Spurs!!

[Splits]

a 2-9 team on the road favored by 3.5. Insanity

[GB20]

a 2-9 team on the road favored by 3.5. Insanity
Somebody should show this to Pop. He is underperforming big time in last ten games.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

It's a back to back. We are probably going to see some lineups that will spark discussion.

[poopbox]

Champagnie and Sochan starting. It's over before it started :cry

[Brazil]

Dat defense starting strong smh

[poopbox]

Sochan spun for no reason and cost himself 2 points

[poopbox]

Worst shooting team in the league 3 of 4 for 3 against us

[baseline bum]

There goes the first shot of the Spurs drinking game 2:30 in

[r0drig0lac]

ball movement

[poopbox]

Why are we in drop coverage against banes. :lol

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Branham looking to chuck off the bench.

[baseline bum]

God this team is hard to watch when Victor is on the bench

[ace3g]

Spurs about to go on a run:

4:56

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Sandro Mamukelashvili enters the game for Keldon Johnson



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[freetiago]

Is there an option to mute Michelle Beadle tbh

[AusSpur]

The Lofton jnr v Wemby rematch we've all been waiting for!

[Brazil]

This griz team is awful even by Spurs standard tbh..

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Branham demonstrating how you can pass the ball and still be a black hole on offense. Put me down for Champagnie getting his minutes.

[Brazil]

Osman :lmao

[Splits]

jfc get Bassey out of there

[Mal]

This lineup is something else

[NASpurs]

It's like a G League game

[Splits]

who is that fat fuck?

[ace3g]

Spurs about to go on a run:

4:56

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Sandro Mamukelashvili enters the game for Keldon Johnson



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[FuzzyLumpkins]

:lol up 9 and people are grumpy.

[Brazil]

who is that fat fuck?

:lol

[r0drig0lac]

magic Wemby!!

[Splits]

:lol

Apparently it is Kenneth Lofton Jr.
6'6" 275 yeah right. He's like 350. God he's fat

[ace3g]

9:59
2nd Quarter

Dominick Barlow enters the game for Sandro Mamukelashvili

Win %
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[ace3g]

https://twitter.com/BallySportsSA/status/1726053995930665014

[Splits]

fat ass blocked

[spursparker9]

McBucket!

[Raven]

team really needed an easy win

[Devi8or]

Apparently it is Kenneth Lofton Jr.
6'6" 275 yeah right. He's like 350. God he's fat

He bullied Vic years ago in an international game, so you can see so far he's trying to do it again. His strategy is to just pound his body down low to get an easy bucket, that's all he's got

[Brazil]

So far it’s a solid game for Victor, he starts to tune his efforts

[Splits]

god he is soooo fat

[NASpurs]

Grizzlies are too injured and too ass. No way they come back...

[spursparker9]

who is that fat fuck?

The one that team with Chet and beat Wemby (France) in the under 19 (i think) FIBA world cup 2 years ago.

[BackHome]

Can not get any easier then this

[thiste]

The one that team with Chet and beat Wemby (France) in the under 19 (i think) FIBA world cup 2 years ago.

Yep and everybody was saying Lofton was the answer to Wemby. I think Victor's got a chip on his shoulder tonight.

[spursparker9]

He bullied Vic years ago in an international game, so you can see so far he's trying to do it again. His strategy is to just pound his body down low to get an easy bucket, that's all he's got

Yea...Wemby was owning Chet in the 1st half of that game until USA decided to give this fat fuck a try and surprisingly Wemby could not stop him and USA escape with a narrow 2 point win over France

[poopbox]

sochan back at point :cry

[timtonymanu]

Lol dead game thread. We’re back to the traffic from last season.

[AusSpur]

Sochan playing some PF and looking comfortable.

[timtonymanu]

I know Ja is out and they lost some other players to injury but it's crazy how much the Grizzlies fell in just a matter of months.

[thiste]

And yet we're playing pretty well. Doesn't hurt that Memphis is really bad.

[GB20]

I really love the ball movement from the Spurs.

[Splits]

welp, it's about time for another one of our signature -13 half closeouts

[exstatic]

Sochan playing some PF and looking comfortable.

He’s handling the ball, and dishing dimes, but if you need to see that as playing PF, knock yourself out.

[poopbox]

Has their ever been an nba player who didn't see doug guarding him and instantly try to score?

[Raven]

sorry guys, but i really don't see why jones is on the team

[poopbox]

How you get a hook shot blocked zach :lol

[AusSpur]

He’s handling the ball, and dishing dimes, but if you need to see that as playing PF, knock yourself out.

:lol wow I hit a butt nerve here.

He was handling the ball and dishing dimes from the PF position while Tre Jones handled the point, but you can twist it however makes you happy.

[freetiago]

Every big torching Collins as usual.

[Brazil]

This fat ass is funny as hell tbh…

[poopbox]

Has Collins made a 3 all season

[Splits]

This fat ass is funny as hell tbh…

he is so fucking fat

[Splits]

https://cdn.nba.com/headshots/nba/latest/1040x760/1631254.png?imwidth=1040&imheight=760

[NASpurs]

he is so fucking fat

Did he eat Kenny Lofton, Sr?

[Raven]

solid first half, nothing to write home about.

[Brazil]

Griz is a g league team right now..

[RC_Drunkford]

Gotta thank the refs for helping us build this lead

[Splits]

Did he eat Kenny Lofton, Sr?

His 4 gold gloves were made of chocolate apparently

[ace3g]

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/scoreboard/sa.png&scale=crop&cquality=40&location=origin&w=40&h=405:21
3rd Quarter

Sandro Mamukelashvili enters the game for Zach Collins

Win %
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[poopbox]

Mamu needs to be the big out there with Bassy and we can stop playing these doug and osman lineups. Dude just always makes the correct play and plays good enough defense to not embarrass himself like doug

[objective]

In the first half, Am I imagining things or did Biyombo take Collins down low and score on him?

[Raven]

mamu playing centre right now

[lonrot]

Why are playing small ball?

[objective]

Mamu as the lone big is bad news on defense. He's probably even worse than Collins with his stubby arms

Really the only difference between Collins and Mamu on defense is a lack of Baltic prison tattoos.

I'd rather see Barlow

[poopbox]

Jackson literally jumped over how whole team including victor for that rebound

[poopbox]

Implosion incoming

[Mikeanaro]

Lol those passes sucks ass, mmm the worst is coming.

[spursparker9]

Branham hesitated between shooting and passing to Wemby. He need to just shoot if he got the step

[ace3g]

Terrible end to the 3rd quarter.

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[Raven]

why is tre still in the game ffs

[NASpurs]

Embarrassing loss tbh.

[Thomas82]

Looks like another blown lead incoming.

[poopbox]

getting worked by jaren jackson :lol

[spursparker9]

JJJ who was a bum in the world cup is becoming 2nd coming of Wilt

[poopbox]

This team is fucking terrible. Grizzlies about to take the lead and they are missing literally their top 7 players outside of bane and jaren

[objective]

Mamu at the 5 feels like a bad idea

[Splits]

what a disaster

[AusSpur]

Interesting lineup Pop has cobbled together to stop the Memphis run

[Mikeanaro]

Damn this is so lame MEM will end the game 15 points up.

[Thomas82]

We went from being up by 19 to being down by 1.......SMH

[CGD]

Jesus this is painful to watch

[baseline bum]

This is so disgraceful. Gotten to where I just stop watching the game whenever Victor checks out since I know shit's about to fall apart.

[objective]

Biyombo dumping his ass all over Spurs 'centers'

[Barfunk]

Sochan missed Wemby completely wide open

[NASpurs]

:lmao I was rooting for this implosion honestly.

[Barfunk]

Let's win this mfer

[Blizzardwizard]

Tired of the constant infantilization of these guys over the nightly blown leads.

They're elite-level professional athletes and only one of them getting any real minutes is an actual NBA rookie. Show some pride and get one of these games over the line.

[Mikeanaro]

Why the hell Wemby plays so far the rim? fuck those crappy 3´s attempts.

[AusSpur]

Johnson got this.....

[baseline bum]

JFC a double digit loss to the previously worst team in the NBA?

[$pursDynasty]

ESPN gamecast has it looking like Sochan crapping the bed

[poopbox]

they really out here loosing to a gleauge team. Only Jaren and Bane would get minutes for the grizzlies if they were healthy

[Leetonidas]

Well I picked the worst time to tune into this game :lol what a shit show

[Degoat]

Sheesh, this team blows minus wemby lol

[NASpurs]

Such a shit front office and coach :lol

[$pursDynasty]

Why the hell Wemby plays so far the rim? fuck those crappy 3´s attempts.

THIS, not sure if it is the euro softness in him but it needs to stop

[Splits]

lmao

[Mikeanaro]

I dont buy Wemby´s supposed 32 inch vert, thats BS.

[Splits]

i've seen better at the local ymca. jfc

[freetiago]

No skill clowns just trying to bait fouls throwing hands up on every shot

[Degoat]

How has Graham not gotten any run? Not saying he’s the answer but the lack of a guy on the floor that can take control and relax the guys is so GD alarming

[$pursDynasty]

The narrative was Wemby has great 4th quarters but now the Spurs have great first quarters but lack a closer for the 4th.

[baseline bum]

This would be more embarrassing than all the 40 point losses

[SpursWoman]

SMDH

[Thomas82]

This is a serious train wreck!!

[NASpurs]

Down double digits to a G league team after being up by like 20 :lol

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol how is this team worse than last year ��

[baseline bum]

Can they keep this loss under 20?

[ace3g]

Welp I'm completely lost for words now.

[scott]

Left the office with an 11 point lead, got home and it was a 12 point deficit. CROFL.

[Leetonidas]

Yeah, imma head out

[baseline bum]

Spurs look like the fucking Cavs the year after LeBron left

[Barfunk]

This team is the Little Engine that can't.

[stephen jackson]

I don’t even watch anymore I was so excited for this season

[objective]

This is the kind of game that shows how frustrating Pop is when he finally decides to coach

Collins is defensive trash and Bassey just isn't playing well this year.

So instead of first trying Barlow and then Mamu, he goes with Mamu who is arguably worse on defense than anyone

Pop mindset: if Forbes can't defend anyone, play Marco instead. If the defense is still bad, blame Derrick White

[baseline bum]

Left the office with an 11 point lead, got home and it was a 12 point deficit. CROFL.

Think I need to change my projection from 4-6 to 0-10.

[Budkin]

We’re going to break the all time losing streak this season! With Wemby!

[playbonner15]

:lol this team

[SpursFan86]

Wow. This team is just hard to root for man…not sure I’ve ever seen such consistent collapses like this. I expect growing pains but how many double digit leads are we going to blow? Fucks sake

[playbonner15]

Think I need to change my projection from 4-6 to 0-10.
had them at 1-10, thinking they might win vs grizz smh

[Mikeanaro]

At first I was happy Spurs will get an easy win vs a shitty team having a very bad night, but these kids never cease to amaze me.
:pctoss

[Barfunk]

Pop has no shame

[Budkin]

26-9 so far in the 4th!

[scott]

Who need vets? Just let the young guys learn via debilitating loss after debilitating loss

[NASpurs]

Think I need to change my projection from 4-6 to 0-10.

This team has been complete trash for a while now. Don't know where you got 4-6 from :lol

[baseline bum]

Wow. This team is just hard to root for man…not sure I’ve ever seen such consistent collapses like this. I expect growing pains but how many double digit leads are we going to blow? Fucks sake

I can live with blowing leads to title contenders like Minnesota and Sacramento but fucking 2-9 Memphis minus Marcus Smart JFC

[boutons_deux]

Spurs suck so badly ������

[NASpurs]

Who need vets? Just let the young guys learn via debilitating loss after debilitating loss

Part of the process in getting over yourself :lol

[scott]

Sochan getting his pocket picked bringing the ball past the half court about sums up the Point Sochan experiment.

[Leetonidas]

:lol the sniffers that kept saying this team could win 40 games

[boutons_deux]

Sochan :lol

[baseline bum]

Can we just trade everyone but Victor and Devin for draft picks?

[Budkin]

It’s mental now. They expect to collapse in the second half and they let it happen when it starts.

[Splits]

lmao Sochan has such shitty handles.

[aissagholi7981]

Every game watching y’all have a meltdown is hilarious. Can’t wait for this top 3 pick we’re getting.

[objective]

Sochan gets his pocket poked and picked more than a Midwestern tourist in Paris

[scott]

I don't know who the fuck this Aldama guy, but his rec league at home is probably pumped to see him make it on the big stage

[bbarry]

good thing is these losses only count for 1 loss each day. as bad as these losses feel.

[objective]

Wouldn't be a Spurs loss without an unforced Collins turnover in crunch time

[Barfunk]

:lol the sniffers that kept saying this team could win 40 games

I thought 45-50. Horrible prediction on my part. I'll admit when I'm wrong.

[cd98]

Spurs are just too young and too inexperienced. I'm okay with letting guys grow, but they are going to want to get some experienced players in here ASAP to teach these young guys how to play and execute when it matters. They aren't getting better if they make the same mistakes game after game.

[NASpurs]

Every game watching y’all have a meltdown is hilarious. Can’t wait for this top 3 pick we’re getting.

Why? Is that top 3 guy better than Wemby? :lol

[scott]

Can we just trade everyone but Victor and Devin for draft picks?

For real, at some point the value of "letting the young guys grow" rapidly diminished since all they've grown into is career losers.

[TekXX]

LOL some of y'all thought we would get an easy win.

[scott]

:lol the sniffers that kept saying this team could win 40 games

Guilty as charged

[cd98]

Well I thought 30-35 possible wins and now that is not looking achievable. Spurs may make some moves at the trade deadline for a point guard with some experience. I mean, Chris Paul would've been perfect, but there have to be a few guys out there that can just help them when the lows get this low.

[NASpurs]

Grizzlies missing half of the team still scored 120 on the road and beat the Spurs by double digits :lol

[TekXX]

Did i just hear some boos from the very polite but hefty Spurs crowd?

[Raven]

very bad loss

[TDomination]

Man we’re bad :(

[baseline bum]

This team makes last year's Rockets look like the 72 Lakers

[NASpurs]

How ass are the Suns though :lol If it wasn't for them, the Spurs would probably have 1 win

[scott]

Admire this FO's commitment to choking all excitement and hope out of the fans early

[ace3g]

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[boutons_deux]

Spurs lose second half 40-69

:lol

[timtonymanu]

:lmao

[baseline bum]

LOL some of y'all thought we would get an easy win.

I did, Memphis is that bad. Worst loss of the season by far.

[Pauleta14]

Pop almost look satisfied...

surreal

[AusSpur]

Man, the only rock we pounding at the moment is rock bottom.

[RC_Drunkford]

Keep pounding the rock baby!!! :lmao

[timtonymanu]

Other teams just don’t take us seriously tbh.even if we had a 50 point lead, chances are this loser team would choke it in an instance. Even shit teams like the grizzlies can just coast against us all game and still win. So pathetic.

[SouthernFryd]

Putting Sochan as point...pretty much guaranteed a Lottery Pick.

CIA Pop.

F him. I'm done

[thiste]

Couldn't buy a bucket when it counts...

[NASpurs]

Can't wait to hear Poop's excuse for this one

[Barfunk]

Home loss against a bottom feeder is unacceptable. Coaching staff is doing a piss poor job.

[NASpurs]

Man, the only rock we pounding at the moment is rock bottom.

While getting their own collective bottoms pounded

[Splits]

man, this went from ugly to decimated. there's no way this season is anything but a disaster. total clusterfuck.

[SPURt]

This is pretty awful, horrid embarrassing loss.

[BackHome]

Well this was on a back to back - But to be honest thought we would at least get the win against Grizz.

[Blizzardwizard]

Again how do you preach accountability to players making the same mistakes every single night when they see a guy who presided over 22 wins last season immediately get made the highest-paid coach in the league?

They know there are zero consequences for poor performances within the organisation no matter how many games they lost last year, lose this year or lose next year.

Nobody will get fired. Nobody will lose minutes. Nobody will get traded.

Guess that's 'Spurs culture' now.

[Mikeanaro]

Also that thing most guys have on our team during the 4th quarters, losing the ball, making stupid passes to nowhere, getting pounded.
Its becoming a trademark.

[JeffDuncan]

The Spurs don’t look like a basketball team, they look like a product of senile dementia.

Coincidence? You decide.

[TekXX]

The Spurs should have spent less time planning their private country club and more time building a decent team.

[Mugen]

:lmao

Realistically, if they lose like 3-5 games, there has to be a real conversation about canning that old fuck or at least forcing him to step away.

You'll hear the same old shit from the Sniff Crew that we're tanking, this was a b2b, young team, etc. But what you've been seeing with tonight as an absolute exclamation mark is the young guys saying collective: we have no desire to play for this old man and we want him gone.

Let's make this happen and finally get some new blood into this coaching staff/front office.

[poopbox]

The Spurs don’t look like a basketball team, they look like a product of senile dementia.

Coincidence? You decide.

I was thinking the same thing. This team plays the same way you would expect a Gregg Poppovich cat scan to look.

[$pursDynasty]

Putting Sochan as point...pretty much guaranteed a Lottery Pick.

CIA Pop.


Hopefully only thing that explains not adding some vet experience

[poopbox]

Well I thought 30-35 possible wins and now that is not looking achievable. Spurs may make some moves at the trade deadline for a point guard with some experience. I mean, Chris Paul would've been perfect, but there have to be a few guys out there that can just help them when the lows get this low.

We got like 3 guards just setting on your bench doing nothing and you think Pop is going to trade for one :lmao

[cd98]

Well not sure why the Spurs panicked when they gave up that 18-0 run to allow the Grizzlies to take control of the game. They were forcing it and it lead to missed shots and turnovers.

But hey, the Spurs have to be one of the worst teams in the NBA and when they are bottom dwellers, they get pretty good luck in the lottery. They can add the best player they can get in this draft and then go hunting for an experienced point guard, if one is available, in free agency.

[SpursFan86]

I can live with blowing leads to title contenders like Minnesota and Sacramento but fucking 2-9 Memphis minus Marcus Smart JFC

It’s just the same shit over and over. Basketball is a game of runs and this shit happens…but how many double digit leads have we blown already in the span of 13 games? Think we’re at like 5 or 6 already. The frequency of it is just maddening, and then yeah to your point blowing these types of leads to bad teams (not that we’re good by any stretch of the imagination) is just the icing on the cake.

[Frenchfred]

this is really a bad team and Victor is really not ready offensively. So much work for this team. Let's hope for a high pick this year with an elite PG and some good vets over the summer.

[Budkin]

Looking forward to Pop yelling at reporters in the post game.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

I am going to choose to believe we are tanking again

[Mugen]

Losses like tonight have absolutely no positive impact on this team. The guys look absolutely demoralized.

Sochan has actually been shooting great from 3 and he looks absolutely fucking done because he's being forced to play some bullshit experiment that only fucks him and the other guys over.

These guys aren't that talented but their careers/development is actively being sabotaged by the worst coaching staff in the league. I'm happy some of them have gotten paid but they could be getting paid on a real team with an actual real developmental staff.

I love Vic and he's going to be awesome some day but he needs to do some soul searching for the next year and decide if this clown show of a franchise is the best place for him. He can give up some money after this rookie deal and go to a real team with real direction without a soul sucking selfish and senile old man that stopped giving a fuck years ago.

My biggest regret is that Pop doesn't take a helicopter to the games tbh

[cd98]

We got like 3 guards just setting on your bench doing nothing and you think Pop is going to trade for one :lmao

They don't have an experienced point guard. If you think Wesley is going to make a difference, you are kidding yourself. Jones is solid and I'm guessing the way teams are starting to hound Sochan's ball handling, Jones will be back in the starting lineup.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

Looking forward to Pop yelling at reporters in the post game.

Waiting for him to bring up Israel-Palestine to distract everyone from the shit team we have

[Robz4000]

:lmao they lost to this Grizz team?!

[Splits]

Well not sure why the Spurs panicked when they gave up that 18-0 run to allow the Grizzlies to take control of the game. They were forcing it and it lead to missed shots and turnovers.

But hey, the Spurs have to be one of the worst teams in the NBA and when they are bottom dwellers, they get pretty good luck in the lottery. They can add the best player they can get in this draft and then go hunting for an experienced point guard, if one is available, in free agency.

yeah because we have such a good history in free agency :lmao

[TekXX]

Looking forward to Pop yelling at reporters in the post game.

He has no expectations of this team, he built it, he knows it's shit. He hasn't really been yelling at anyone lately that i've seen.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

Losses like tonight have absolutely no positive impact on this team. The guys look absolutely demoralized.

Sochan has actually been shooting great from 3 and he looks absolutely fucking done because he's being forced to play some bullshit experiment that only fucks him and the other guys over.

These guys aren't that talented but their careers/development is actively being sabotaged by the worst coaching staff in the league. I'm happy some of them have gotten paid but they could be getting paid on a real team with an actual real developmental staff.

I love Vic and he's going to be awesome some day but he needs to do some soul searching for the next year and decide if this clown show of a franchise is the best place for him. He can give up some money after this rookie deal and go to a real team with real direction without a soul sucking selfish and senile old man that stopped giving a fuck years ago.

My biggest regret is that Pop doesn't take a helicopter to the games tbh

Back away from the shower curtain rod sir

[Barfunk]

The losing is probably not good to keep the Spurs in San Antonio. San Antonio is a fairweather fanbase and won't be showing up to the games of a losing team. We aren't Golden State, Sacramento, etc. where the fans support the team through thick and thin. This might be good though for an eventual move to Austin, though. Time tells.

[jeebus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nysb-m49Ol0

[jeebus]

Take a wrecking ball to that half a billion dollar waste of money by Six Flags and truck the team off to Seattle.

[Mugen]

The losing is probably not good to keep the Spurs in San Antonio. San Antonio is a fairweather fanbase and won't be showing up to the games of a losing team. We aren't Golden State, Sacramento, etc. where the fans support the team through thick and thin. This might be good though for an eventual move to Austin, though. Time tells.

That'd be a step in the right direction at least. Hopefully they can move to a real city where the media can put some pressure on PATFO :lol

[poopbox]

They don't have an experienced point guard. If you think Wesley is going to make a difference, you are kidding yourself. Jones is solid and I'm guessing the way teams are starting to hound Sochan's ball handling, Jones will be back in the starting lineup.

I mean we literally had a 19 point lead in this game with branham playing point. We don't need any type of point guard with some sort of great skillset. We just need a guard who is not sochan who is literally the worst "point guard" in the nba right now by a wide margin. Like if you just don't play him at point tonight and just play branham and tre, we win this game by 20 or more.

[baseline bum]

:lmao they lost to this Grizz team?!

At this point I wonder if they'd win in Overtime Elite

[Mugen]

I mean we literally had a 19 point lead in this game with branham playing point. We don't need any type of point guard with some sort of great skillset. We just need a guard who is not sochan who is literally the worst "point guard" in the nba right now by a wide margin. Like if you just don't play him at point tonight and just play branham and tre, we win this game by 20 or more.

What we need is mother nature to do its thing and cull every mf'er above 70 associated with the franchise :lol

[HemisfairArena]

Spurs fans want to have this vision of building through the draft but I have news for ya,,,,Wemby aint waitin' for that. Straight from his mouth,,,,he wants to win now. He is as good as gone if this season is any indication because Pop just flat out sucks,,,,and no way there is a player coming out in the next draft that transitions the Spurs into a playoff team and possible title team over night. Should have traded For Liiliard,,,,didnt,,,,now wait for the disgruntled Wemby to start showing himself,,,,,. This idea of tanking for the draft is gonna cost you Wemby in the near future,,,,

[Mugen]

Spurs fans want to have this vision of building through the draft but I have news for ya,,,,Wemby aint waitin' for that. Straight from his mouth,,,,he wants to win now. He is as good as gone if this season is any indication because Pop just flat out sucks,,,,and no way there is a player coming out in the next draft that transitions the Spurs into a playoff team and possible title team over night. Should have traded For Liiliard,,,,didnt,,,,now wait for the disgruntled Wemby to start showing himself,,,,,. This idea of tanking for the draft is gonna cost you Wemby in the near future,,,,

And nobody should blame him one bit.

[ace3g]

Paul Garcia pAulGarciaNBA · 2h

The Spurs have led by double digits in 54% of their games this season. SA enters 1-5 when leading by 10.

Now 1-6...

[Mikeanaro]

Spurs fans want to have this vision of building through the draft but I have news for ya,,,,Wemby aint waitin' for that. Straight from his mouth,,,,he wants to win now. He is as good as gone if this season is any indication because Pop just flat out sucks,,,,and no way there is a player coming out in the next draft that transitions the Spurs into a playoff team and possible title team over night. Should have traded For Liiliard,,,,didnt,,,,now wait for the disgruntled Wemby to start showing himself,,,,,. This idea of tanking for the draft is gonna cost you Wemby in the near future,,,,
That sounds nice, but Wemby is not ready anyway and needs to improve his game a lot.
So he is not ready and Pop is a diaper full of shit hemorrhoids vomit and wet farts.
Bad combination for everyone.

[RC_Drunkford]

Well not sure why the Spurs panicked when they gave up that 18-0 run to allow the Grizzlies to take control of the game. They were forcing it and it lead to missed shots and turnovers.

But hey, the Spurs have to be one of the worst teams in the NBA and when they are bottom dwellers, they get pretty good luck in the lottery. They can add the best player they can get in this draft and then go hunting for an experienced point guard, if one is available, in free agency.

or they can draft that guy, sign nobody and just let him do what he wants for a season so we can "see what we have" :pop: rinse and repeat

[spursparker9]

Losses like tonight have absolutely no positive impact on this team. The guys look absolutely demoralized.

Sochan has actually been shooting great from 3 and he looks absolutely fucking done because he's being forced to play some bullshit experiment that only fucks him and the other guys over.

These guys aren't that talented but their careers/development is actively being sabotaged by the worst coaching staff in the league. I'm happy some of them have gotten paid but they could be getting paid on a real team with an actual real developmental staff.

I love Vic and he's going to be awesome some day but he needs to do some soul searching for the next year and decide if this clown show of a franchise is the best place for him. He can give up some money after this rookie deal and go to a real team with real direction without a soul sucking selfish and senile old man that stopped giving a fuck years ago.

My biggest regret is that Pop doesn't take a helicopter to the games tbh

:lol The helicopter thing is funny. I think Nephew is still taking helicopter

[Frenchfred]

Spurs fans want to have this vision of building through the draft but I have news for ya,,,,Wemby aint waitin' for that. Straight from his mouth,,,,he wants to win now. He is as good as gone if this season is any indication because Pop just flat out sucks,,,,and no way there is a player coming out in the next draft that transitions the Spurs into a playoff team and possible title team over night. Should have traded For Liiliard,,,,didnt,,,,now wait for the disgruntled Wemby to start showing himself,,,,,. This idea of tanking for the draft is gonna cost you Wemby in the near future,,,,

at the same time, they cannot do much now. They can try to get a PG but he is not going to be an all star so that won't move the needle by much. Regarding Wemby leaving, they have two years to create a team around him AND develop him because right now he is not an all star. So that means get a high pick next summer and hopefully find an elite PG or use that pick to attract an all star, hopefully Toronto pick will be high as well and get a couple of veterans to calm the team when it is losing its double digits lead

[Mugen]

Literally any other coach would have been fired by now for the terrorism this dementia patient has been doing to start the year. Somebody needs to physically take the keys away from grandpa before he drives it off the canyon. It might have already happened tbh :lol

[spursparker9]

Literally any other coach would have been fired by now for the terrorism this dementia patient has been doing to start the year. Somebody needs to physically take the keys away from grandpa before he drives it off the canyon. It might have already happened tbh :lol

:lol No other coach would dare to even suggest the Sochan experiment in the 1st place.

[NASpurs]

Even the sniffers are turning on Pop and each other on reddit. :lol The thread will probably get closed soon

https://www.reddit.com/r/NBASpurs/comments/17yo97z/this_season_is_embarrassing_these_lineups_are/

[RC_Drunkford]

Literally any other coach would have been fired by now for the terrorism this dementia patient has been doing to start the year. Somebody needs to physically take the keys away from grandpa before he drives it off the canyon. It might have already happened tbh :lol

I totally expect him to be here again next year. He's not done pounding that rock :lol

[boutons_deux]

Spurs lose the second half 40-69

[Mugen]

I totally expect him to be here again next year. He's not done pounding that rock :lol

Nah, I saw a crack in the old fuck's armor tonight. He knows this team has absolutely tuned him out.

Give Wemby another 20-30 games and somebody will be in his ear that maybe grandpa isn't the best coach for him. He'll have enough clout by next offseason to kick Pop to the curb if he wants by August.

If Wembdy does nothing else besides Jerry Sloan that mf'er, they should build a statue for him by '25.

[RC_Drunkford]

Nah, I saw a crack in the old fuck's armor tonight. He knows this team has absolutely tuned him out.

Give Wemby another 20-30 games and somebody will be in his ear that maybe grandpa isn't the best coach for him. He'll have enough clout by next offseason to kick Pop to the curb if he wants by August.

If Wembdy does nothing else besides Jerry Sloan that mf'er, they should build a statue for him by '25.

one can only dream that this happens...

[Robz4000]

Literally any other coach would have been fired by now for the terrorism this dementia patient has been doing to start the year. Somebody needs to physically take the keys away from grandpa before he drives it off the canyon. It might have already happened tbh :lol

Not this early, but they'd definitely be on the hot seat after tonight. Sucks that Pop has ultimate job security tbh.

[Mugen]

Not this early, but they'd definitely be on the hot seat after tonight. Sucks that Pop has ultimate job security tbh.

Nah, Robz. Everybody can be got, even the old man. They'll shit can Belichick this offseason and he's been a far superior coach these last 25 years.

Wemby is the chosen one and he knows that if he knifes the old man in the back, he can pick any coach he wants. Pop, RC, Wright...any of those clowns should be shown the door if Wemby decides it.

[z0sa]

Paul Garcia pAulGarciaNBA · 2h

The Spurs have led by double digits in 54% of their games this season. SA enters 1-5 when leading by 10.

Now 1-6...

And that's 100% a coaching problem. No if's, and's, hypotheticals - that's the coaching staff not getting through at all, failure on a major, unforgiveable scale. The Spurs should NOT be this bad.

[Mugen]

And that's 100% a coaching problem. No if's, and's, hypotheticals - that's the coaching staff not getting through at all, failure on a major, unforgiveable scale. The Spurs should NOT be this bad.

This. It's not rocket science. It's literally an effort problem and these guys just don't want to play hard for somebody they have no faith in. I don't blame them one bit tbh.

[tbdog]

Sochan had a good game, other than that pick pocket he got down the stretch.

[Kawhi Duncan]

Wemby will NOT like losing ROY to Chet... He will feel like the lack of coaching caused him good development and didn't put him in positions to maximize his potential... We can run so much things where wem y gets great shots in his spots... We can play him with actual point guards

[Kawhi Duncan]

this is really a bad team and Victor is really not ready offensively. So much work for this team. Let's hope for a high pick this year with an elite PG and some good vets over the summer.

He actually is... But he isn't being put in great positions to win... The offense isn't built around him... He is basically running around

[Barfunk]

That'd be a step in the right direction at least. Hopefully they can move to a real city where the media can put some pressure on PATFO :lol

Yeah, I don't think the Austin media would be as lenient.

[Robz4000]

Nah, Robz. Everybody can be got, even the old man. They'll shit can Belichick this offseason and he's been a far superior coach these last 25 years.

Wemby is the chosen one and he knows that if he knifes the old man in the back, he can pick any coach he wants. Pop, RC, Wright...any of those clowns should be shown the door if Wemby decides it.

Pop has done more for the Spurs than Belichick for the Pats imo. Both were carried by GOATs but Pop's coaching tree speaks volumes.

[Chomag]

I Hope most season ticket holders start asking for refunds.... it's the only way to send this FO a message.

[ElNono]

Did they at least put up a fight tonight? :rolleyes

[Splits]

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

[cd98]

Did they at least put up a fight tonight? :rolleyes

Yes, I think that is why folks are upset. Most teams in the league would not let an 18 point run in the 3/4th quarter erase the lead the Spurs had and then it just became trying to make up points at the end and the Spurs just couldn't get back in it after that. But it was a competitive game and the Spurs looked good until Collins picked up his 5th foul and then it all went to absolute hell.

[z0sa]

Comin' along just fine - man, like if the NBA was a thing in 1984. The biggest losers talk like they're doing fine and the biggest winners are doin so, so poorly

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Pops a dumb, old, out to pasture coach. Just need someone to go out there and put him down.

[poopbox]

Nah, I saw a crack in the old fuck's armor tonight. He knows this team has absolutely tuned him out.

Give Wemby another 20-30 games and somebody will be in his ear that maybe grandpa isn't the best coach for him. He'll have enough clout by next offseason to kick Pop to the curb if he wants by August.

If Wembdy does nothing else besides Jerry Sloan that mf'er, they should build a statue for him by '25.

I do think the players have tuned him out. Even the assistant coaches are just in their seats looking like npc's in an indie game doing nothing.

Imagine working for a person who makes themselves one of the highest paid at his position, and then flat out says he is just going to "observe" for X amount of games and not do his job:lmao

And this is what, 2 years of Pop pushing this "development" shit? Imagine another coach doing that. Imagine another nba coach like nah we not going to win we going to develop this year :lmao

Entire organization is a train wreck.

Victor talking about how he always wanted to be a Spur. Wonder what he thinks of it now.:lmao

[Jordan Jackson]

Spurs front office always insists on trying to be the smartest fcking kid in the room. It’s not that complicated- the NBA gifted you a generational talent after the nephew debacle. Yet some how you still can’t get your act together and at least look like a functioning basketball team.

Why they thought it was a good idea to field a g-league team when you have Wemby coming in is beyond me. This is not good for his development. And let’s be real - his development is the most important thing.

[ElNono]

Yes, I think that is why folks are upset. Most teams in the league would not let an 18 point run in the 3/4th quarter erase the lead the Spurs had and then it just became trying to make up points at the end and the Spurs just couldn't get back in it after that. But it was a competitive game and the Spurs looked good until Collins picked up his 5th foul and then it all went to absolute hell.

Are you talking about the Kings game or this game? :lol

Sounds like deja vu... blow big lead, don't have the D to play catchup, rinse and repeat...

[Brazil]

What a fucking joke :lol

[Vince Carter's ankle]

I do think the players have tuned him out. Even the assistant coaches are just in their seats looking like npc's in an indie game doing nothing.

Imagine working for a person who makes themselves one of the highest paid at his position, and then flat out says he is just going to "observe" for X amount of games and not do his job:lmao

And this is what, 2 years of Pop pushing this "development" shit? Imagine another coach doing that. Imagine another nba coach like nah we not going to win we going to develop this year :lmao

Entire organization is a train wreck.

Victor talking about how he always wanted to be a Spur. Wonder what he thinks of it now.:lmao
when everyone here was begging the team to tank, did you seriously think they would play like the Adelman's Kings?
tank teams play disgustingly
how unexpected wow

[ismael-robert]

How many years were the sixers n thunder bad? Bottom 3 ftw!

[Mal]

Who are they tanking for ?

[TD 21]

Who are they tanking for ?

Exactly and on top of that, they were naturally going to be a bottom feeder anyway.

They've just chosen to inexplicably be one that can't function offensively.

[Barfunk]

Pop has done more for the Spurs than Belichick for the Pats imo. Both were carried by GOATs but Pop's coaching tree speaks volumes.

100% Agree on all of this. And the tree is not by accident at all.

[mudd]

Spurs front office always insists on trying to be the smartest fcking kid in the room. It’s not that complicated- the NBA gifted you a generational talent after the nephew debacle. Yet some how you still can’t get your act together and at least look like a functioning basketball team.

Why they thought it was a good idea to field a g-league team when you have Wemby coming in is beyond me. This is not good for his development. And let’s be real - his development is the most important thing.