Game Thread - Spurs @ Wizards - 6PM Central / 2AM Riga

[Pauleta14]

GSG!!!

[r0drig0lac]

Magic Wemby

[LeBowen]

Two really bad, but entertaining teams.
Will be interesting to see which one gets cold first.

[Pauleta14]

Vassel up for a big shooting game

Wemby missing gimmies

[Tyronn Lue]

Pop going to pull a Scrooge move and sit Victor when his friend comes into the game :lol

[Pauleta14]

Pop going to pull a Scrooge move and sit Victor when his friend comes into the game :lol

U called it :lol

[kace]

there are really some bad shots that Victor takes and some stupid turnovers he commits that seem rather easy to avoid for him.... still, he keeps on doing these here and then, even if less frequently than during his first games.

part of being a rookie and a first option at the same time i guess......

[InRareForm]

I'm tired of this Wemby 24 minutes , let the man play 35 minutes one game

[LeBowen]

Branham...idk what to say anymore.

[Leetonidas]

Branham needs to be removed from the rotation

[Spurs Brazil]

Why Branham still gets minutes. He get worst and worst and keep playing

[Dejounte]

Crazy How One Defensive Player (Wesley) Can Carry Three Non-Defensive Players (Branham, Collins, Keldon) And Change The Outlook Of That Line-up.

We Need More Defensive-Able Players.

[kxs783kms]

there are really some bad shots that Victor takes and some stupid turnovers he commits that seem rather easy to avoid for him.... still, he keeps on doing these here and then, even if less frequently than during his first games.

part of being a rookie and a first option at the same time i guess......

Trying to get in all he can before he gets yanked. That air ball 3 was a "I'm about to come out of the game, so I'm just going to take a shot just because." Lol. The minutes restriction sucks.

[Spurs Brazil]

Johnson with 3 or 4 really poor defense possessions

[Fizziksman]

Why Branham still gets minutes. He get worst and worst and keep playing


Stealth tank piece

[LeBowen]

Losing to a Poole, Kuzma and Bagley team, smh.

[Dejounte]

Branham Started For 21 Out Of 40 Games So Far. Put That Into Perspective When Looking At Our Record. Branham Is Having One Of The Worst Second Years In A Long Time.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

chuck chuck chuck

[Mal]

This team is ass

[BatManu20]

Our defense continues to be impressively bad. Drafting Topic or Dillingham will not help this problem tbh :lol

[BatManu20]

Branham needs to be removed from the rotation

Can't believe he was one of my pet cats coming into the draft :lol. Dude looks like a shell of the player he was in college. He could really fill up at OSU. He looks like G-League fodder at this level.

[Pauleta14]

How many of Wemby's TOs are just terrible passes to him?

Vassel just got rid of the ball

[Dejounte]

Branham’s Problem Is Half Mental And Half Lack Of Physical Ability. He Is Obviously A Talented Scorer But He Has Failed To Mentally Put Together An Offensive Rhythm That Works For Him From Game To Game. On Defense He Just Does Not Have The Lateral Agility To Keep Up With His Man.

[BatManu20]

Champagnie calling his own number and jacking a contested 3 (which be bricked, of course) early in the shot-clock instead of feeding Wemby inside who had a huge mismatch is peak 2023 Spurs :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Wesley impacting the game once again.

[Pauleta14]

This roster is A LOT more comfortable with Collins's profile than Wemby's

[emanueldavidginobili]

Can't wait until Wemby gets calls down low, they're beating him up down low when he's trying to get the ball.

[SPURt]

Bagley is ballin tonight, wasn’t expecting that. The Spurs have looked better with Wemby on the bench than they usually do. But Wemby is special, it’s good to be a Spur fan.

[Cardinal]

Wemby is struggling with the physicality of these smaller defenders and not getting a friendly whistle. I’m hopeful he’ll adjust in the second half

[CorrectCrusader]

Love Blake Wesley, he actually shows insane upside, unlike another player drafted in that draft

[CorrectCrusader]

Don't look now but Jeremy Sochan has played solid basketball for about 2 weeks now

[LeBowen]

How can we always be so disjointed after the half?

[CorrectCrusader]

Kuzma has the most disgusting tattoos i've ever seen. Looks like your average white girl with that shit

[kxs783kms]

Don't look now but Jeremy Sochan has played solid basketball for about 2 weeks now

The Sochan haters won't admit it lol. But as soon as he plays a bad game, they'll be back on here crying.

[Spurs Brazil]

Jones playing very well.

[Uriel]

Blake should’ve shot that instead of passing it.

[Pauleta14]

Bad time to hit the rookie wall for Victor

Next 2 games Embiid and Chet

[CorrectCrusader]

These wizards commentators are really good

[Tyronn Lue]

Bad time to hit the rookie wall for Victor

Next 2 games Embiid and Chet
They all go through it.

[Pauleta14]

Vic :lol

[thiste]

Come on Victor... He's not himself tonight

[onechance87]

gut the team,Everybody gotta go

[itzsoweezee]

Two straight subpar games for victor

[Mal]

Boom, Wizards up by 10 just like that

[r0drig0lac]

lol Spurs getting emasculated by Ashton Kutcher

[Ditty]

This team is awful.

[itzsoweezee]

Two straight losses to terrible teams with Zach Collins back in the lineup—not a coincidence

[BackHome]

Two straight subpar games for victor

The rookie wall that is why I am cool with them managing his minutes his body is not used to so many games it will take a toll

[CorrectCrusader]

They let him travel and still gave him the foul call lmao wtf

[thiste]

What a BS call smh

[Mal]

Vassell heroballing

[Spurs Brazil]

Vassell second half is pathetic, terrible on both ends

[CorrectCrusader]

sorry spursraider you got to see the worst game of wembys career

[sananspursfan21]

This is more embarrassing than the first half of the Hawks game. Wizards are not having a great night and our guys still can’t capitalize

[Pauleta14]

None of our guards can pass on pick and roll

[CorrectCrusader]

I'm fine with us losing this game for tank purposes

[Kurgan]

Vassell so badly wants to be a closer like his rapist idol Kirby

[Pauleta14]

sorry spursraider you got to see the worst game of wembys career

not as bad as at MSG

[Mal]

Sochan is playing good

[MultiTroll]

Left handed jump hook by Wama was sweet. Another piece in his arsenal.

Jones psssh. Little weasel pass it back to the trailing Wama.

[MultiTroll]

Wemby forcing the last 2 shots.

[r0drig0lac]

Wemby!!!

[MultiTroll]

:lol Wemby is gonna have 50 point games and many triple doubles.

[CorrectCrusader]

It's crazy how Wemby just turns into a superstar randomly

[MultiTroll]

Grampa got a hemorrhoid? What was that outburst all about?

[Mal]

Wemby forcing the last 2 shots.

As he should

[r0drig0lac]

Sochan...wow

[CorrectCrusader]

Sochan being able to shoot threes is massive. Big add to his game

[MultiTroll]

:lol That Sochan trey was so ugly. But it went in.

[MultiTroll]

Got distracted on the replay.
Did Wemby really foul on the 2nd block?

Was Sochan really fouled. WA announcer makes good point, why not use their challenge?

[cd98]

Sochan isn't a shooter, he is a scorer. It isn't always by the book, but it's working.

[r0drig0lac]

clutch rebound for Wemby

[Mal]

Got distracted on the replay.
Did Wemby really foul on the 2nd block?

Was Sochan really fouled. WA announcer makes good point, why not use their challenge?

If there was slight contact anywhere before clean block, they are not going to overturn. And timeouts are more valueable in close game as this.

[CorrectCrusader]

Got distracted on the replay.
Did Wemby really foul on the 2nd block?

Was Sochan really fouled. WA announcer makes good point, why not use their challenge?

https://i.imgur.com/6ndxWqy.png

[BatManu20]

Sochan's jumper is so busted but so long as it goes in, that's all that matters. Keep making those at a decent clip and Jeremy is an entirely different player.

[BatManu20]

Spurs win. Bust out the bubbly

[MultiTroll]

Kuz

What a Kobme jackass.

[sananspursfan21]

Thank goodness for Kuzma’s bball iq

[Mal]

Kuzma :lol

[CorrectCrusader]

Kuzma knew about the Tank

[Dejounte]

Sochan's jumper is so busted but so long as it goes in, that's all that matters. Keep making those at a decent clip and Jeremy is an entirely different player.

Haliburton Has A Busted Looking Jumper Tbh It Doesn’t Matter. People Are Way Too Fixated On His Slow Release

[Mal]

I cannot believe they won this one. Good stuff regardless

[james evans]

sochan was fuckin stupid. He should have never contested that 3. Just dumb

[barakz21]

Spurs win!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Wemby came up big in the last 5 minutes’

Sochan played fantastic.

[Mal]

Sochan with +/- +27

[cd98]

Wemby effect in clutch of that 4th quarter. He either blocked shots or affected the shots at the rim.

[Pauleta14]

Stupid risk by Sochan on the last play...

[thiste]

Wemby put it right in the fourth, thank god. A win is a win, very happy

[The Truth #6]

37.3% at 2.7 attempts per game it looks like. 77.5% for free throws. Lost in the chaos of he playing point guard horribly, there are signs for progress for Jeremy this year.

[thiste]

Spurs win. Bust out the bubbly

:jekka:danceclub

[Kurgan]

That was a fun game. I'd much prefer we don't play much of Zollins going forward tho

[Dejounte]

37.3% at 2.7 attempts per game it looks like. 77.5% for free throws. Lost in the chaos of he playing point guard horribly, there are signs for progress for Jeremy this year.

People Have Debated With Me That His Attempts Are Too Low For What’s Needed From A Starter But Herb Jones Shoots A Similar Volume And It Does Not Handicap The Pels At All. There’s A Place And Role For Lower Volume Shooters Like Herb And Sochan, Especially If They Provide Value In Other Areas On The Court.

[Slippy]

Good effort considering all the turnovers.


Seen a few games now particularly in the 4th . The spurs dont give up and get back into games. When they excute, they look like a winning team .

Growing pains i guess.

[LongtimeSpursFan]

Spurs outscored Wizards 25-10 in last six minutes.

[sananspursfan21]

Once again torn between ‘where was this all game’ and ‘gutsy play down the stretch’

[baseline bum]

Glad to see Victor bounce back from a kind of crap first three quarters to have a big fourth. And super encouraged to see Sochan looking like when he had us all excited last year these last 10 games or so. Huge game from Tre too.

[CorrectCrusader]

Stupid risk by Sochan on the last play...

wtf lmao if he wouldn't have contested y'all woulda said the opposite.

[vy65]

Glad to see Victor bounce back from a kind of crap first three quarters to have a big fourth. And super encouraged to see Sochan looking like when he had us all excited last year these last 10 games or so. Huge game from Tre too.

Sochan has been trending in the right direction all year long. End of the game 3 and FTs were clutch. I’m really happy with the way he’s looked.

Unsung hero was Blake. He’s showed some improvement finishing this game — that jump stop of his is nice.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

We back baby

[CGD]

Sochan was sublime tonight. Carried the team until Wemby decided to show in the 4th (which is kinda his MO).

[Das Texan]

It really is amazing how much better this team has looked since Tre Jones was inserted into the starting lineup. While we can debate the Sochan at Point debate, what was insanely mornoic and should be the more glaring discussion point of this aloof coaching staff is having Branham as the starting point guard immediately after.

That was beyond stupid tbh.

[Tyronn Lue]

Glad some ST folks got to see a rare Spurs road win live.

[Tyronn Lue]

It really is amazing how much better this team has looked since Tre Jones was inserted into the starting lineup. While we can debate the Sochan at Point debate, what was insanely mornoic and should be the more glaring discussion point of this aloof coaching staff is having Branham as the starting point guard immediately after.

That was beyond stupid tbh.
Could you imagine Ron Artest as a PG while Fisher was riding pine, then when that failed insert instead Lamar Odom? That's like having Jose Canseco pitching.

[Pauleta14]

wtf lmao if he wouldn't have contested y'all woulda said the opposite.

Bro we weren’t 3 but FOUR points ahead, why jump and give opportunity of and 1??

[CorrectCrusader]

It really is amazing how much better this team has looked since Tre Jones was inserted into the starting lineup. While we can debate the Sochan at Point debate, what was insanely mornoic and should be the more glaring discussion point of this aloof coaching staff is having Branham as the starting point guard immediately after.

That was beyond stupid tbh.

Also much better than Blake is taking Malakis minutes.

[Spurs Homer]

The less minutes branham plays- the better the odds of winning

same for vassell

[Slippy]

The less minutes branham plays- the better the odds of winning

same for vassell

Did you watch game? If Vasell plays less spurs lose this game

Good things happened with Vassell on the court.

8of14 for 57% 4of 6 on threes 5 boatds 5 assists. Plus minus of 23. His man on man d was good enough.

[Mr. Body]

I don't care if Vassell playing wins the game. I want him playing in order to learn how to win these games.

[CGD]

I got a chance to sit with a lot of French mafia at the game tonight, and you can tell it was special night for them with both Bilal and Vic playing (it was cool to see the players exchange jerseys at the end too). Happy for the French fans who really are poised to have a special bball generation coming up here soon.

[CGD]

Did you watch game? If Vasell plays less spurs lose this game

Good things happened with Vassell on the court.

8of14 for 57% 4of 6 on threes 5 boatds 5 assists. Plus minus of 23. His man on man d was good enough.

Absolutely. He did the work early, Wemby finished, while Sochan, Keldon, and Jones paced the team throughout. Was really impressed with Jeremy tonight.

[SPURt]

Just woke up after I orgasmed unconscious when Jeremy iced that win. I heart Sochan.

[Pauleta14]

I got a chance to sit with a lot of French mafia at the game tonight, and you can tell it was special night for them with both Bilal and Vic playing (it was cool to see the players exchange jerseys at the end too). Happy for the French fans who really are poised to have a special bball generation coming up here soon.

You mean diaspora not mafia … :lol

[CGD]

You mean diaspora not mafia … :lol

Semantics

This was cute: https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1748904328792854666?s=20

[SouthernFryd]

sochan was fuckin stupid. He should have never contested that 3. Just dumb

I couldn't believe it. I am sure everyone in the huddle said...don't contest a shot...let them shoot. Don't foul anyone.

And there was Sochan leaving his feet so the shooter could jump into him. I was like...WTF? Are you kidding me?

Jeremy can do some good things. But, watching him on the court, game after game...he really needs to work on his BBIQ ;)

[Dejounte]

https://x.com/brickmuse/status/1748900946497642945?s=46

[rascal]

They have played the softest part of their schedule the last couple of weeks. The weakest teams in the league. Wash, Portland twice. Charlotte twice, Chicago, Memphis, Atlanta and Detroit.
I expected some wins from that stretch of games. They won four of these games.

[tmtcsc]

It really is amazing how much better this team has looked since Tre Jones was inserted into the starting lineup. While we can debate the Sochan at Point debate, what was insanely mornoic and should be the more glaring discussion point of this aloof coaching staff is having Branham as the starting point guard immediately after.

That was beyond stupid tbh.

Agreed. Branham doesn't even belong in the NBA.

[buttsR4rebounding]

It really is amazing how much better this team has looked since Tre Jones was inserted into the starting lineup. While we can debate the Sochan at Point debate, what was insanely mornoic and should be the more glaring discussion point of this aloof coaching staff is having Branham as the starting point guard immediately after.

That was beyond stupid tbh.

It was Tre’s first win against his brother. Was 0-8 going into this game. That has to feel good.

[hater]

Jones is a good player

LMAO Douchan had a fluke ass game. Nigley looked like prime Gilbert Arenas in DC :lol

[polandprzem]

More and more two man game Sochan-Wemby looks better.

[ace3g]

https://twitter.com/spurs/status/1749136382499467434

[Spurs Homer]

Did you watch game? If Vasell plays less spurs lose this game

Good things happened with Vassell on the court.

8of14 for 57% 4of 6 on threes 5 boatds 5 assists. Plus minus of 23. His man on man d was good enough.

I have watched every game this season and vassell is garbage.

[MannyIsGod]

https://x.com/brickmuse/status/1748900946497642945?s=46

I don't think it was visible on TV but he also talked shit to Sochan right before those late free throws. After Jeremy hit them he said something to Poole.

[NASpurs]

https://x.com/brickmuse/status/1748900946497642945?s=46

Maybe Draymond was right after all...

[jjspur]

A few things I've noticed since putting Tre in the starting lineup:

The ball moves around more and a bit faster with Tre handling the ball and passing the ball to players that need it. Must be because Tre has played PG most of his life.
Sochan sucked as a point forward, point guard whatever. Leave him at forward where his strengths are.
Wemby is getting the ball more in close proximity to the basket for an easy shot or a dunk. Must be because we have an actual pg playing not a pretend one.

It seems we are moving towards what we were last year. Nothing close to good, but we can steal a game here and there. At least we wont set a record for the most losses in a season. I really think that some owners or investors have mentioned to Pop that he needed to play our players that could help us win rather than experimenting or sitting them on the bench when healthy. No progress or even trending bacwards means less confidence in Pop so maybe he got the message.

We've seen a bit of progress in the last 10 games or so, but now its time to end the experimenting at pg. It didn't help much if at all. I can honestly say we are better than Washington, Detroit, Charlotte and possibly Portland. They were trying to win, we weren't. When we stop this experimenting crap we can finally start looking forward to real improvement (like the last 10 games ) and with that some wins.

[sananspursfan21]

Poole is a joke and we’re seeing what he’s made of now that he doesn’t have his big brothers around to carry him.

[RC_Drunkford]

I don't think it was visible on TV but he also talked shit to Sochan right before those late free throws. After Jeremy hit them he said something to Poole.

after Sochan hit them he slapped Poole's ass and said something to him :lol

[Seventyniner]

https://twitter.com/spurs/status/1749136382499467434

Nice stat but the Spurs are 24-76 in that stretch.