Game Thread: Spurs @ Sixers - Jan. 22, 2024 - 6 PM Central 2 AM Riiga

[JeffDuncan]

What happened to Tre?


Ankle injury, don’t know how bad.

[spurraider21]

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[sananspursfan21]

Outside of the complete apathy toward guarding Embiid, it wasn’t a bad outing. Zollins is rough though, I wince every time he checks in

[CorrectCrusader]

KAT has 60 and barely looked for by his teamates (7' to go in the 4th)

Anthony Edwards inner KobMe kicked in

[james evans]

this picture of a screenshot I just got from yahoo news is exactly why we must watch games instead of reading headlines . haha. He didn't score 70 on Wemby. wtf.

https://i.ibb.co/rxG4LCp/wemby-embiid.jpg

[itzsoweezee]

Is Barlow injured, or pop just senile?

[JeffDuncan]

Is Barlow injured, or pop just senile?


Yahoo showed Barlow as inactive, G league.

I don’t know if he would have been much help against Embiid.

[onechance87]

Is Barlow injured, or pop just senile?

makes no sense...Barlow been doing good,Then he sits him...WTF

[z0sa]

Much respect to Embiid for his foul shooting. Truly legendary performance, awesome to have seen it. Good luck to the 6ers vs Boston - gonna be a matchup reminiscent of the early 80s ECF years.

[james evans]

Much respect to Embiid for his foul shooting. Truly legendary performance, awesome to have seen it. Good luck to the 6ers vs Boston - gonna be a matchup reminiscent of the early 80s ECF years.
and as usual, Embiid will disappear in the playoffs and forget He's a 7 footer that's the biggest man on the court.

[daslicer]

this picture of a screenshot I just got from yahoo news is exactly why we must watch games instead of reading headlines . haha. He didn't score 70 on Wemby. wtf.

https://i.ibb.co/rxG4LCp/wemby-embiid.jpg

He didn't score all of his 70 against Wemby but he did bully him a lot in the game when getting position in the post and scoring at will on him. It's ok because Victor will get a stronger in time that it will get harder for guys like Embiid to get easy position against him.

[daslicer]

Pop is such a senile faggot these days that he was probably hugging Embiid after the game, chumming it up with him and telling him how inspirational he is tbh.

:lol that didn't happen, but Brett Brown had that moment with Embiid after the game which was pretty funny. He was chumming it up with Embiid for a few minutes lol.

[onechance87]

Get wemby sum help ffs....Sign drummond or a real big to help protect the rim

[TD 21]

Pop is such a disgrace and would be getting blasted if he were black.

You could see this coming a mile away and yet the only adjustment was going zone for a couple of possessions.

They weren't going to win this game either way, so the goal should have been avoiding embarrassment.

[CorrectCrusader]

Pop is such a disgrace and would be getting blasted if he were black.

You could see this coming a mile away and yet the only adjustment was going zone for a couple of possessions.

They weren't going to win this game either way, so the goal should have been avoiding embarrassment.

https://media1.tenor.com/m/CEuN6Ns6QCkAAAAC/what-meme.gif

[Spurminator]

Shades of Hakeem on Drob 1995, just a terrible defensive (non)strategy on Imbiid.

[Mr. Body]

Pop is such a disgrace and would be getting blasted if he were black.

You could see this coming a mile away and yet the only adjustment was going zone for a couple of possessions.

They weren't going to win this game either way, so the goal should have been avoiding embarrassment.

The fuck is wrong with you

[CorrectCrusader]

The fuck is wrong with you

The game wasn't even out of reach lol we lost by 10 with Wemby, if Zach weren't hot garbage it's a different story

[TD 21]

https://media1.tenor.com/m/CEuN6Ns6QCkAAAAC/what-meme.gif

I wasn't talking about this board (though even on here, I'd argue people are more consumed with blaming Wright), I meant the general discourse nationally.

As ever, he'll largely come out of this unscathed, while they vacillate between nitpicking and giving little to no credit to black coaches.

[Mr. Body]

The game wasn't even out of reach lol we lost by 10 with Wemby, if Zach weren't hot garbage it's a different story

Collins is too small anyway. Bassey would have helped but he's hurt.

[CorrectCrusader]

I wasn't talking about this board (though even on here, I'd argue people are more consumed with blaming Wright), I meant the general discourse nationally.

As ever, he'll largely come out of this unscathed, while they vacillate between nitpicking and giving little to no credit to black coaches.

Must be crazy in your head

[TD 21]

Must be crazy in your head

Nah, it's amazing how clear you can see things when you're not a bigot with an agenda.

[CorrectCrusader]

Nah, it's amazing how clear you can see things when you're not a bigot with an agenda.

You are a vessel with no thoughts of your own

[TD 21]

You are a vessel with no thoughts of your own

:lmao Says the brainwashed fool.

[Jordan Jackson]

Dennis Scott went on national tv tonight and said the quiet part out loud. 90% of this roster is gone sooner rather than later. Wins and loss are not a big deal at this point the season is lost.

Wemby played well and they didn’t get blown out.

[Fizziksman]

lol at sending three white guys to guard Embiid in the paint.

[Teamduncan21]

Pop is such a disgrace and would be getting blasted if he were black.

You could see this coming a mile away and yet the only adjustment was going zone for a couple of possessions.

They weren't going to win this game either way, so the goal should have been avoiding embarrassment.

People were asking to fire pop both from this group and outside for. While now. Why bring in race card?

[Ice009]

Darn, normally I'd be happy with Victor's game as it looks like he rose to the occasion, but then I see Embiid's performance and he scored double. Wow. Who was guarding him? Was he ever double teamed? Did he get a lot of soft BS calls for those 23 free throws, or were they earned?

[slick'81]

https://youtu.be/uxNdw9uk24I?si=X2pDCJRw3z_U9oov

[Fireball]

Darn, normally I'd be happy with Victor's game as it looks like he rose to the occasion, but then I see Embiid's performance and he scored double. Wow. Who was guarding him? Was he ever double teamed? Did he get a lot of soft BS calls for those 23 free throws, or were they earned?

Victor got in foul trouble early, so no chance of guarding Embiid afterwards. Doubleteams if occuring were very soft ...

[Rocalcio]

Collins can't jump high. White man hops

Brent Barry

[Rocalcio]

People Only Thought This Guy Was Tough Because He’d Get Into Random Ass Scuffles. His Game Is Charmin Soft

You really need to fix this capital letters thing, reading you is painful

[Rocalcio]

Pop is such a disgrace and would be getting blasted if he were black.

You could see this coming a mile away and yet the only adjustment was going zone for a couple of possessions.

They weren't going to win this game either way, so the goal should have been avoiding embarrassment.

How is skin color relevant here ? Come on…

[SouthernFryd]

Pretty much highlights what so many have been saying all along...we need a big defender. More than even a PG, imho. Tho, we need both. TRE has been doing pretty well, more on the lines of Avery, the General. I've been pretty impressed lately with him.

This teams #1 and #2 goals...are defense and rebounding. Then shooting and passing and...every other f'king thing. lol

[Dejounte]

Collins And Branham Are The Two Biggest Causes For All Our Losses Tbh

A Center Is Supposed To Be Your Last Line Of Defense. If There’s No Wall There, The Offense Gets Anything It Wants. That’s What Collins Is.

Branham Is The First Line Of Defense. Everybody Goes Past Him And He Is Way Too Passive On Offense.

[dbestpro]

Watch the game. Embiid scored about 40 points pushing, charging and running over people. The refs looked they were calling a globetrotter game. This game was a gift from the NBA and nothing special.

[BatManu20]

Smh.

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[ambchang]

lol all the cliff jumping over a 10 point loss against one of the best teams in the league, all because the reigning mvp got 70 points. Who cares? The spurs lost a game we all expected them to lose and embiid had a great game. Kudos to him, love and learn, etc.

[Bill_Brasky]

Embiid dropping 70 was nice. Enjoyed the show.

[Russo21]

Smh.

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Wow! This sort of stuff has happened a lot already this season. I love to see the fire in Wemby and the desire to be out there and mix it with the best. And yes I really hope Pop doesn't stay here too many years or we may lose Wemby when he's a FA. I know no player says negative about Pop in press conferences cause Pop is the so called greatest and it's a cardinal sin to say anything negative about him but actions speak louder than words. And barely half way through his rookie season his on court actions are suggesting he's a bit over Pop already, despite what he says

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

Wow! This sort of stuff has happened a lot already this season. I love to see the fire in Wemby and the desire to be out there and mix it with the best. And yes I really hope Pop doesn't stay here too many years or we may lose Wemby when he's a FA. I know no player says negative about Pop in press conferences cause Pop is the so called greatest and it's a cardinal sin to say anything negative about him but actions speak louder than words. And barely half way through his rookie season his on court actions are suggesting he's a bit over Pop already, despite what he says

:pop: You're welcome for Wemby still having 2 legs.

[Dex]

Wow! This sort of stuff has happened a lot already this season. I love to see the fire in Wemby and the desire to be out there and mix it with the best. And yes I really hope Pop doesn't stay here too many years or we may lose Wemby when he's a FA. I know no player says negative about Pop in press conferences cause Pop is the so called greatest and it's a cardinal sin to say anything negative about him but actions speak louder than words. And barely half way through his rookie season his on court actions are suggesting he's a bit over Pop already, despite what he says

I know we all want to see Wemby play and I appreciate his fire, but Pop's job as a coach is to have authority over the team and protect Wemby from himself.

If Wemby is still on his minutes restriction (we haven't heard otherwise), then he still went past it last night playing 28 minutes. Pop is letting him stretch it, but no coach is going to let a rookie player come in and start calling the shots in his first year...even Wemby. If Victor has a problem about that, its not a good look for him.

Whether you agree with him or not, Pop still has to maintain control of the entire bench. Tim Duncan was lauded because he let Pop coach him. Wemby needs to let him do the same thing.

[Pauleta14]

As much as I'm annoyed by a lot of Pop's decisons, I beleive him when he says that he feels a responsability towards Victor.

Intent matters, Wemby won't hold any grudge even if he disagrees

[barakz21]

As much as I'm annoyed by a lot of Pop's decisons, I beleive him when he says that he feels a responsability towards Victor.

Intent matters, Wemby won't hold any grudge even if he disagrees

Lmao I remember when Timmy tried to check himself back into the game and Pop pushed him back down on the bench. Man, I miss seeing Timmy play.

[Raven]

Darn, normally I'd be happy with Victor's game as it looks like he rose to the occasion, but then I see Embiid's performance and he scored double. Wow. Who was guarding him? Was he ever double teamed? Did he get a lot of soft BS calls for those 23 free throws, or were they earned?

he just made like twenty long jumpers, mostly guarded.. think he missed like 3. i don't think he got a fouled hard even once and he was often pulling wemby early on. Good on him for not missing, but it was not on us.. exception are some rebounds .

[Raven]

As much as I'm annoyed by a lot of Pop's decisons, I beleive him when he says that he feels a responsability towards Victor.

Intent matters, Wemby won't hold any grudge even if he disagrees
honestly not buying it.

[SouthernFryd]

I'm surprised after years of suck, people are still on Pop's Bandwagon. We all knew what needed to be done at the beginning of the season. It
took POP half a season of criticism to see what we all saw from the beginning. I have never liked Pop, no secret. But, there are too many that suck up to him. Way too many.

You can't play defense anymore in the NBA. And you can't criticize Pop in the NBA either. This game ain't what it was...

[Russo21]

I know we all want to see Wemby play and I appreciate his fire, but Pop's job as a coach is to have authority over the team and protect Wemby from himself.

If Wemby is still on his minutes restriction (we haven't heard otherwise), then he still went past it last night playing 28 minutes. Pop is letting him stretch it, but no coach is going to let a rookie player come in and start calling the shots in his first year...even Wemby. If Victor has a problem about that, its not a good look for him.

Whether you agree with him or not, Pop still has to maintain control of the entire bench. Tim Duncan was lauded because he let Pop coach him. Wemby needs to let him do the same thing.

Man if only Timmy bitch slapped old man Pop late in game 6 2013 finals we just may have got that defensive stop or defensive rebound and won the championship. Maybe, maybe not. Yes ill never forgive Pop for his abysmal coaching display late in those finals. He literally thought the LBJ, DWade, Bosh, Allen, Battier, Spoelstra defending champion Heat were just gonna throw in the towel in a close out finals game. And yes most of you do forgive him because we won in 2014 but trust me if there was a major injury or two before the 2014 play-offs which would have rendered our championship hopes futile not even the biggest popsucker would be forgiving him. One of the biggest coaching blunders of all time which doesn't get documented often often. What was he doing? Resting TD for the off-season?

You're all aware we have something like a pathetic 300 win and 350 loss record in Pops coaching seasons without Duncan masking his coaching deficiencies. I love to see young Wembanyama showing the fire and passion needed to be an all timer.

And yes i know there's people in here saying 'wow you're lucky Wemby still has 2 legs or you're lucky Wemby isn't injured' thats just bullshit Popsucker talk. Injuries are part of sport which may or may not happen. You can't wrap a player in bandages and cotton wool all his career.

Would be interesting if Wemby had the balls to talk to ownership and say he doesn't agree with the coaching style. Would ownership side with the 80 year old overrated declining coach with early stages of dementia or the young guy who has true historic potential?

[RC_Drunkford]

Collins And Branham Are The Two Biggest Causes For All Our Losses Tbh

A Center Is Supposed To Be Your Last Line Of Defense. If There’s No Wall There, The Offense Gets Anything It Wants. That’s What Collins Is.

Branham Is The First Line Of Defense. Everybody Goes Past Him And He Is Way Too Passive On Offense.

that's why the team immediately looked better once both got injured and were replaced by Barlow and Wesley

[CGD]

I'm surprised after 10 years of suck, people are still on Pop's Bandwagon. We all knew what needed to be done at the beginning of the season. It
took POP half a season of criticism to see what we all saw from the beginning. I have never liked Pop, no secret. But, there are too many that suck up to him. Way too many.

You can't play defense anymore in the NBA. And you can't criticize Pop in the NBA either. This game ain't what it was...

10 years? lol. Spurs were a playoff team in 2019. Hell they made the play-in the year after. They were in the WCF in 2017 when they were Zaza’d.

[D-Robinson 50 fan]

10 years? lol. Spurs were a playoff team in 2019. Hell they made the play-in the year after. They were in the WCF in 2017 when they were Zaza’d.


Chill, you’re fucking up his narrative. Lmao.

[ambchang]

I'm surprised after 10 years of suck, people are still on Pop's Bandwagon. We all knew what needed to be done at the beginning of the season. It
took POP half a season of criticism to see what we all saw from the beginning. I have never liked Pop, no secret. But, there are too many that suck up to him. Way too many.

You can't play defense anymore in the NBA. And you can't criticize Pop in the NBA either. This game ain't what it was...

10 years?

[TD 21]

The genius literally stood by while his string bean bigs mostly played behind Embiid and had little to no help. Wembanyama took it upon himself to front once, but there was no backside help.

They never brought a third defender from the weakside to rotate and disrupt Embiid's patented short-roll mid-range pull-up off the p-n-r, etc.

This was the easiest high scoring performance I've ever seen, yet I haven't heard a peep about it.

Meanwhile, virtually every (with one notable exception) black executive/coach is incessantly raked over the coals.


People were asking to fire pop both from this group and outside for. While now. Why bring in race card?


I wasn't talking about this board, I meant the general discourse nationally.