Game Thread: Spurs (11-43) at Mavericks (31-23) February 14, 2024 | 7:30 PM CT

[John B]

Spurs Injuries: Charles Bassey – Out (left knee,) Sidy Cissoko – Out (G League,) David Duke Jr. – Out (G League,) Mamadi Diakite – Out (G League,) Dominick Barlow – Questionable (G League,) Marcus Morris Sr. – Out (not with team)


Mavericks Injuries: Greg Brown III – Out (G League,) Luka Doncic – Probable (broken nose,) Dante Exum – Out (right knee,) Kyrie Irving – Probable (right thumb,) Maxi Kleber – Questionable (right small toe,) Dereck Lively II – Questionable (nasal fracture)

Will the Mavs break ST fans’ heart tonight? :lol GSG!

[Seventyniner]

Will the Mavs break ST fans’ heart tonight? :lol GSG!

Depends on if they want the Spurs to win or lose!

If Wemby goes god mode again the Spurs have a chance, but they are 11.5 point dogs for a reason. I will predict Mavs 121, Spurs 107.

[CorrectCrusader]

I hope Wemby gets revenge on Gafford

[tonight...you]

Lol, Marcus Morris.

[TekXX]

When can they cut Morris?

[John B]

I want the L record, but boy I hate the Mavs. GSG!

[r0drig0lac]

Wemby is scary

[thiste]

Did he activate beast mode?

[TekXX]

Wemby is on fire

[CorrectCrusader]

Holy fuck Wemby is showing stuff I've never seen before.

[Joseph Kony]

this kid is a 20 year old ROOKIE. :wow just crazy to think about sometimes. spurs franchise is so fucking lucky :lol

[CorrectCrusader]

Alright Zollins coming in, there goes the lead

[Pauleta14]

Victor's ball handling is getting better

I prefer that rather than him stop trying

[Dejounte]

Collins is so good he jumps at fakes every time and fouls.

[Dejounte]

Collins is playing like a 10 year veteran with the way he already has two fouls in two minutes.

[TheBallsbreakers]

Holy fuck Wemby is showing stuff I've never seen before.
We can say that nearly every game.

[TekXX]

Foul Baiting bitch Doncic.

[onechance87]

man wtf happend to collins 3 point shot

[Joseph Kony]

when was the last time Collins actually hit a three pointer? feels like its been ages

[CorrectCrusader]

Can Keldon not drive into the entire opposing team please

[vy65]

Zach Collins is not good at basketball

[Dex]

Can we please just stop playing Collins?

Dude is fucking useless out there. Can't shoot, can't defend, can't rebound...

[onechance87]

keldon lol

[thiste]

man wtf happend to collins 3 point shot

It basically stayed the same. He's been awful at it.

[TekXX]

I like the effort but the limitations of Keldon and Vassell show up

[CorrectCrusader]

https://i.imgur.com/p75JsjM.png
when was the last time Collins actually hit a three pointer? feels like its been ages

[onechance87]

Zach Collins is not good at basketball

yea fucking sucks...idk how he got this bad.Dude shouldint be playing...Thats how bad it is.

[vy65]

B b b but Zollins had a handful of good games in a meaningless span of a lost season when other teams weren’t trying, so he’ll likely bounce back even though the current sample size of games of pure ass is larger at this point

[CorrectCrusader]

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

Ice cold lmao

[Dex]

All my homies hate Zach Collins.

[vy65]

Crofl 13.8%

[MultiTroll]

Sochan turnover the last play of the 1st qtr.

Facepalm

[CorrectCrusader]

Sochan turnover the last play of the 1st qtr.

Facepalm

Should've been a foul tbf

[TekXX]

Has Pop woken up yet?

[onechance87]

cant believe we gave collins a ext....Him and branham kill our offense and d as well

[MultiTroll]

Is that a Spurstalk poster with the pink pussy hat?

[John B]

Fuck why do they have to show that 2006 loss? :lol

[TekXX]

cant believe we gave collins a ext....Him and branham kill our offense and d as well

If you're looking to lose, Collins is perfect.

[Kurgan]

Zollins is 2 for 27 from three in his last 15 games. Brutal extension from our dumbass front office

[CorrectCrusader]

LMAO BLAKE!

[Dejounte]

Wesley can’t finish

[John B]

Wesley!!!!

[TekXX]

Why did the crying bitch Doncic come off the bench after the dunk?

[John B]

Nice assist too prior to that dunk

[scott]

What is up with this court? Is that supposed to be a guitar in the paint? And I thought the Spurs alternatives of late were bad...

[vy65]

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[spurraider21]

think wemby has to overcommit to contest at least one of these kyrie midrange shots to make him think twice

[CorrectCrusader]

LOVE THAT AGGRESSION FROM BLAKE! COOK LUKAS SLOW ASS

[spurraider21]

ill have to find a good clip of it, but ive noticed in the last few games wemby has been using one of hakeem's post techniques on the first bounce. just saw him again there on the last possession he scored.

i remember a vid of hakeem trying to tutor the move to dwight

[John B]

Wesley!!

[TekXX]

The league was dreading wemby figuring out how to score in the paint.

[vy65]

Wemby has 20. There’s over 6 left in the 2nd.

[CorrectCrusader]

Vassell the fuck are you looking at dude pick up the ball

[Joseph Kony]

Mavs on a run and Collins is about to check back in. bout to be a double digit deficit any moment :lol

[John B]

Flat-earther on a tear

[onechance87]

trade kedon

[TekXX]

Keldon looking like crap, trade his ass after he has a good game.

[thiste]

Fuck why do they have to show that 2006 loss? :lol

Because that's all they've got :lol

[onechance87]

Get wemby sum help

[MultiTroll]

Flat-earther on a tear
With 2 huge assists from Chochan.

Leaves him wide open twice in a row.

[onechance87]

Half this team needs to be gone this offseason....no heart no talent

[CorrectCrusader]

I actually fucking hate Zach Collins please get injured please

[SpursFan86]

Kyrie just absolutely shitting on us, meanwhile no one besides Victor can hit a shot

[AusSpur]

Jones, Collins and Johnson and struggling big time.

Wemby is life.

[onechance87]

tre jones ur not that guy

[Kurgan]

:lol 35 million extension for Zach
:lol Brian Wright

[spurraider21]

when luka sits, kyrie is still out there to give them offense. we didnt have that at all when wemby sat in the 2nd quarter

[CorrectCrusader]

Zach Collins might legit be the worst player in the NBA

[onechance87]

tre jones and keldon other guys that need to be traded after collins and branham....Upgrade those 4 players
and will be a MUCH better team.

[poopbox]

If someone murdered Zach Collins I would help them hide the body.

[Rubberducky]

What the fuck is this halftime show? lmao

[Mugen]

Wemby should get some MVP votes for carrying these bums tbh.

[vy65]

My proof that god doesn’t exist: there are millions starving in Africa. Meanwhile, Zach Collins is being paid millions to “play” basketball.

[TekXX]

Wemby should get some MVP votes for carrying these bums tbh.

Or a new award, the Carrying Bums award.

[thiste]

C'mon Vic I need you to score 22 points in the 2nd half.

[Russ]

Zach Collins might legit be the worst player in the NBA

Looking at the bright side, Collins has played 10 minutes and has 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Per 36 that's 14.4 rebounds and 10.8 assists.

[CorrectCrusader]

Literal dead weight outside of wemby. FUcking pathetic.

[TekXX]

Lol This is when having G league players really bites you in the arse.

[CorrectCrusader]

https://i.imgur.com/UKppfSZ.png

[emanueldavidginobili]

Julian is so bad, just a body out there my god lol

[CorrectCrusader]

I fucking hate Brian Wright for making me watch these fucking shit ass players every fucking night fuck you bitch fuck you

[TekXX]

That shot by Vassell was just so lazy, he just jacked it up

[Leetonidas]

This team is absolutely pathetic outside of Victor

[CorrectCrusader]

Need Brian Wright to leave the building in a 1961 Lincoln Continental four-door convertible

[AusSpur]

Victor looking like he back at the rookie wall this half

[SpursFan86]

From up 15 to down 18 :lmao We are terrible.

[thiste]

Victor looking like he back at the rookie wall this half

He shot his load in the first half

[spurraider21]

The league was dreading wemby figuring out how to score in the paint.
luckily for them he forgot

[CorrectCrusader]

Y'all seriously saying Wemby forgot how to post play when they're literally just not defending any of our other players at the 3 point line because they SUCK ASS

[thiste]

From up 15 to down 18 :lmao We are terrible.

They've got 2 of the best shooters in the NBA. We're probably the worst shooting team in the NBA, on an off night...

[Pauleta14]

Victor gets zero supports by those low IQ teammates

[onechance87]

feel bad for wemby....Spurs management,Coaches and ownership should be ashamed.They want wemby to go
thru this shit another few years

[spurraider21]

wesley missed a layup

drink!

[objective]

Y'all seriously saying Wemby forgot how to post play when they're literally just not defending any of our other players at the 3 point line because they SUCK ASS

It's true, no room where inside the line because every team avoids guarding Sochan at the 3, Champagnie, Jones, Collins, etc etc

There was a play in the first half where Collins and Sochan were both so wide open from 3 that they just passed the ball back and forth into a brick

[Spurs Brazil]

Johnson can’t make a 3 and keep shooting instead of go inside.

[onechance87]

keldon has turned into collins....just worthless

[thiste]

Devin 4/15
Tre 2/8
Keldon 0/6
Zach 0/3

How are you expected to be competitive with that?

[Rubberducky]

There is something so hilarious about watching Luka not get call's and lose it at the refs every play.

[Tyronn Lue]

It's funny how so many bigs want to do things they aren't good at, like shooting the 3 and playing away from the basket.

[TekXX]

Keldon will keep chucking until points improve.

[Mr. Peabody]

Keldon is not a 3 pt shooter

[Tyronn Lue]

:pop: "It's a process. Victor is matoor, he is learning where he's most comfortable"

[Devi8or]

This is brutal to watch, just absolutely nothing going on for anyone not named Victor. This team needs shooters so bad it's not even funny.

[Spurs Brazil]

This team had many pathetic performances this season. But this Johnson game may top all of them. Dumb shot after dumb shot and terrible defense.

[Kurgan]

Whoever the Spurs hired to be their shooting coach is commiting highway robbery. Seems like most of the roster is shooting WORSE than last season.

[onechance87]

Against one of our biggest rivals...Our team decides to have no heart and not show up.
Wright needs to fired.

[TekXX]

Sit Wemby, games over.

[Pauleta14]

Victor will never get any easy look with this lineup

[Pauleta14]

Against one of our biggest rivals...Our team decides to have no heart and not show up.
Wright needs to fired.

yep. Good point. They don’t seem to care at all. Just another game for them

[Monostradamus]

:lmao

[thiste]

They're showing clips of a game won in a series they lost :lol

[Spurminator]

34% shooting, what is this 1997?

[onechance87]

Whoever the Spurs hired to be their shooting coach is commiting highway robbery. Seems like most of the roster is shooting WORSE than last season.

it starts with wright,Hes the guy who hires the coaches and hires the scouts and drafts the players.
He hasint done nothing impressive the last few years ever with what he has done

[Monostradamus]

Wemby stat-padding in garbage time :lmao

[Slippy]

Worst 3 point shooting team cant even hit the open three at a decent clip.

Playing in a crowd.

Spurs story all season.

[Pauleta14]

only 27 min today...

Let the kid play ffs

[skin27]

only 27 min today...

Let the kid play ffs

This.. wemby should play atleast 35 minutes a game

[TekXX]

This.. wemby should play atleast 35 minutes a game

This team they've built can't win so might as well keep Wemby as fresh as possible his rookie year.

[Spurminator]

only 27 min today...

Let the kid play ffs

Yeah I love the idea of our franchise rookie breaking an ankle while we're down 25 with 7 minutes to go.

[Slippy]

That' 3rd quarter . Spurs displayed lazy if not dumb defense giving mavs too many open looks.

Pop killed whatever momentum spurs had in the 2nd quarter by going with his bench unit too long.

[MultiTroll]

4-16 Chucky Vassell
1-11 Chucky Johnson
5-27 (2-12 treys)

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

[skin27]

This team they've built can't win so might as well keep Wemby as fresh as possible his rookie year.

No, he's young and can play heavy minutes.. Duncan played 39 minutes a game on his rookie year.

[TekXX]

Why is pop clapping his hands and standing in garbage time? Did he just decide to start coaching the game?

[Kurgan]

Wemby stat-padding in garbage time :lmao

He had most of his points in the first half. And the Spurs aren't going to play any games for next seven days so it makes sense to get him minutes wherever they can.

[TekXX]

No, he's young and can play heavy minutes.. Duncan played 39 minutes a game on his rookie year.

Duncan was normal not some 8 ft. freak whose joints you don't want to stress out.

[Kurgan]

Why is pop clapping his hands and standing in garbage time? Did he just decide to start coaching the game?

Dementia

[Barfunk]

Wemby stat-padding in garbage time :lmao

He RARELY stat pads. Pop don't allow that ish, or at least very rarely does, even dating back to big 3 era. That's why the big 3's stats sucked compared to other superstars. It was all because they weren't ever allowed to pad-stat, and all the other stars/superstars were/did.

[skin27]

Duncan was normal not some 8 ft. freak whose joints you don't want to stress out.

Still young player, dont treat him like a baby.. he need to play 35 minutes a game..fuck pop

[Slippy]

4-16 Chucky Vassell
1-11 Chucky Johnson
5-27 (2-12 treys)

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

Vasseell just like wemby is playing against a crowd especially when going into the keyway Lost count how many times he passed it out to open shooters resulting in missed threes and even layups.

Worst 3 point shooting team in the league that just traded away their best shooter. Not surprised tbh

[Fizziksman]

No, he's young and can play heavy minutes.. Duncan played 39 minutes a game on his rookie year.

on a team that was a contender.

[Brazil]

He had most of his points in the first half. And the Spurs aren't going to play any games for next seven days so it makes sense to get him minutes wherever they can.

not sure why you bother engage mono :lol

[skin27]

on a team that was a contender.

Spurs suck prior duncan's arrival

[Pauleta14]

Yeah I love the idea of our franchise rookie breaking an ankle while we're down 25 with 7 minutes to go.

27min overall. I wasn’t talking garbage time

let him play 30+ min from time to time for his body to get used to

[Pauleta14]

Why is pop clapping his hands and standing in garbage time? Did he just decide to start coaching the game?

Development time with the bench players. His favourite time

[timtonymanu]

lol as usual our 2nd and 3rd guy can’t be consistent
4-16
1-11

Jesus Christ.

[itzsoweezee]

Quite a collection of bricklayers this team has put together. I’m super confident this front office will mess up that stash of draft picks.

[baseline bum]

No, he's young and can play heavy minutes.. Duncan played 39 minutes a game on his rookie year.

No one plays 39 minutes a game anymore. This isn't the 1990s where teams are running slow halfcourt sets every possession and there are only 21 players in the league that even play 35 minutes a night, with the league leaders being Derozan and Doncic at 37.6 minutes a night.

[z0sa]

lol as usual our 2nd and 3rd guy can’t be consistent
4-16
1-11

Jesus Christ.

I'm honestly upset with Vassell. There's a lot of fingers to be pointed but at the end of the day, this is the man who just signed a gigantic contract. He's been too inconsistent, and injured, too, early on. I want him to succeed - what spurfan doesn't? - but not at the cost of multiple seasons of growth. Not at this price. Wemby would grow better with a two year rental of trae young, IMHO.

[Fireball]

I hate it that Wemby sonehow is not able to block Kyrie. I hate that little fucker who lights us up every time ...

[spurraider21]

he doesnt go full unhinged scream mode anymore, so the videos are watchable again


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozfLukRoQ-w

[RC_Drunkford]

he doesnt go full unhinged scream mode anymore, so the videos are watchable again


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozfLukRoQ-w

I'm actually cool with our schemes now. We're not playing drop coverage and our players help in the gaps. The defense is much better. What hurts us more than anything is Collins subbing in for Wemby.

[JeffDuncan]

he doesnt go full unhinged scream mode anymore, so the videos are watchable again


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozfLukRoQ-w


At the 5:00 mark of that video, the reason Wemby is not guarding Gafford at the arc is because Gafford has never made a 3pt shot in his entire career. Gafford has only attempted one 3pt shot. A couple years ago, he for some reason tried a corner 3 in a late season game against the Bulls. Missed it.

The Spurs coaching is apparently good enough - yay - that they included that info about Gafford in the game plan. If Gafford goes beyond the arc, do not go with him. His only reason for going there would be to draw Wemby away from the middle.

The rest of the action is open to criticism, but it was correct for Wemby not to follow Gafford out to the arc.

[skin27]

No one plays 39 minutes a game anymore. This isn't the 1990s where teams are running slow halfcourt sets every possession and there are only 21 players in the league that even play 35 minutes a night, with the league leaders being Derozan and Doncic at 37.6 minutes a night.

Still he needs to play 35+ minutes a game. 28 minutes a game is very low will affect hishis stats and legacy later on.

[baseline bum]

Still he needs to play 35+ minutes a game. 28 minutes a game is very low will affect hishis stats and legacy later on.

Does playing 33-34 minutes a game affect Jokic's legacy?

[skin27]

Does playing 33-34 minutes a game affect Jokic's legacy?

Jokic is playing more than 30 miutes a game close to 35.. while wemby played just 28 miuest a game