Spurs VS Houston - Sheppard Vs Castle

[BackHome]

Who you got?

[jeebus]

Branham starting over Castle :lmao

Pop needs to be executed.

[Mugen]

Branham starting over Castle :lmao

Pop needs to be executed.

:lol

[onechance87]

branham never should be starting.Rather have minix starting at sg then branham.

[Spurs Homer]

Is wemby playing?

[jeebus]

Is wemby playing?

No Wemby.
No Sochan.
No Keldon.
No Chris Paul.
And no Vassell still

[Spurs Homer]

No Wemby.
No Sochan.
No Keldon.
No Chris Paul.
And no Vassell still

fuck

pop with his bullshit china doll treatment

[baseline bum]

Branham starting over Castle :lmao

Pop needs to be executed.


No Wemby.
No Sochan.
No Keldon.
No Chris Paul.
And no Vassell still


Well that makes it an easy call whether to watch the Spurs game or the Dodgers game tonight. :lol

[Mugen]

Well that makes it an easy call whether to watch the Spurs game or the Dodgers game tonight. :lol

Game 4 of the NLCS vs a preseason game, cmon bum :lol

[heyheymymy]

Rockets players are insufferable

[Spurs Homer]

With a week to go before game 1 of the reg season…

pop rests 67 year old wemby

[NASpurs]

:lmao Branham

[jeebus]

I can't stand Branham. That faggot sucks all the joy out of watching Spurs games.

[spurs10]

Not showing on CW35..some not pro football game

[Spurs Homer]

Branham with more shots than sengun already…

[poopbox]

Rockets...a real team trying to make the playoffs playing some starters.

Spurs...one of the worst teams in the league for half a decade running...sitting all their starters.

[baseline bum]

Game 4 of the NLCS vs a preseason game, cmon bum :lol

Hardcore Spurs fan vs casual Dodger fan tbh. Spurs would have won out in the first half if Wemby was playing.

[NASpurs]

Rockets...a real team trying to make the playoffs playing some starters.

Spurs...one of the worst teams in the league for half a decade running...sitting all their starters.

Poop still thinking it's 2014

[spurraider21]

branham has the in between game but its in between a lot of nothing. nifty behind wraparound pass there tho

collins just needs to not take 3 pointers anymore

[baseline bum]

Not showing on CW35..some not pro football game

On KABB

[poopbox]

Branhim shooting every shot like he know he aint going to play much this year :lol

[onechance87]

hope collins has a good year.

[baseline bum]

Branhim shooting every shot like he know he aint going to play much this year :lol

Prob gets more minutes than Castle this year. Hell, probably gets more minutes than china doll Vassell.

[jeebus]

hope collins has a good year.

Same, at the very least to up his trade value.

[baseline bum]

hope collins has a good year.

And I hope I can fuck Angie Dickinson

[tim_duncan_fan]

Did Sengun just pass on posting up Tre Jones?

Aww hell nah, put a guard on his weak ass every time

[ace3g]

Tre Jones lob to Castle!!!

[spurraider21]

well i guess they just see Mamu as a small 5. dont think ive seen him played at the 4 all preseason

[playblair]

chris paul in 1 month of training camp has taught the rotation players what popovich couldnt do in a full season.........throw lobs......

[Dejounte]

Oh what do ya know… Mamu is playing C.

[spurraider21]

castle followed that alley oop dunk with a turnover, missed 3, and missed contested layup over adams

[jeebus]

Paint is wide open when Mamu is the only big. Free Bassey, Pop you stupid fuck.

[onechance87]

castle a slow starter

[heyheymymy]

Now you're all in big trouble

Cissoko can shoot threes

[onechance87]

weak ass foul call

[baseline bum]

Flipped to the game, saw Branham on the floor, decided I'd rather go back and watch commercials between innings in Dodgers-Mets.

[ace3g]

Nice cut / layup by Castle.

[spurraider21]

great great 3 man action there between wesley/mamu/castle

[spurraider21]

awesome drive by castle against the adams switch

[ace3g]

Castle lulls Adams to sleep with change of pace drive / layup.

[heyheymymy]

Mamu hits threes and then gets caught back pedaling or out of position and scrambling to recover on D

Happened like twice already. That's going to get us burned against competent motivated teams

[poopbox]

Damn Castle went by Adams so fast. That's one of those he might be cooked moments. :lol

[jeebus]

Castle looking really good

[NASpurs]

They're abusing Adams so that's nice to see

[heyheymymy]

Castle parting the Red Sea

[poopbox]

Another game where Barnes has done nothing but run around getting cardio work...starting to get worried he might be cooked to

[lefty20]

Dont the Spurs have a decision to make regarding picking up Bran's option?

That's prolly why he's starting over Castle in a otherwise meaningless game.

[Dejounte]

These smooth drives by Castle are something I haven’t seen from a Spur in a long, long time.

[onechance87]

shoot it wesley

[Dex]

Mamu hits his third three in basically six minutes, but Pop will play Collins because "it wouldn't be fair"

[onechance87]

Another game where Barnes has done nothing but run around getting cardio work...starting to get worried he might be cooked to

him and branham

[spurraider21]

castle putting the moves on sheppard who is able to strip him after the spin. reed's defensive playmaking is uncanny.

then with shot clock winding down wesley is oblivious and not even looking to shoot. really like how he's played this preseason but his lack of scoring is a real problem

[Mr. Body]

Lmao Sengun gets to just walk around the court and carry the ball any time he wants.

[heyheymymy]

Jeez Bran straight up missed that layup

[spurraider21]

Mamu hits his third three in basically six minutes, but Pop will play Collins because "it wouldn't be fair"
i'd love to see minutes with mamu at the 4 next to a shotblocker like vic/bassey

collins trying to bank it from what, 18 feet out? he has to stop taking jumpers altogether tbh :lol

[Mr. Body]

Spurs badly need some size. Mamu can't run a 5.

[poopbox]

Collins is such a scrub

[Dex]

Meanwhile, Collins holds the ball and badly misses a bank shot

[onechance87]

why have we not seen bassey yet.

[poopbox]

:lol at how Sengun ran over Collins in super slow motion

[vy65]

Malaki Branham is not an NBA player.

[3&D_TBH]

Not sure what Mamu needs to do at this point to earn more minutes but it’s rather obvious since the end of last season that he’s a hooper.

[spurraider21]

Malaki Branham is not an NBA player.
I'm completely unconcerned about his rate of development. He's going to make a lot of people look like the dorks you are.

[vy65]

Malaki Branham is the second best Malachi on the roster

[Barfunk]

Just really hope Pop simply plays his best players this season. That's really the main thing that I'm worried about with this team. We'll see.

[Dex]

i'd love to see minutes with mamu at the 4 next to a shotblocker like vic/bassey

collins trying to bank it from what, 18 feet out? he has to stop taking jumpers altogether tbh :lol

I can't say that I find one single thing Zach Collins does well that makes him deserve NBA minutes other than being a tall person who is alive and has a loose grasp on basketball fundamentals.

I am open for discussion, so prove me wrong.

[onechance87]

castle should be posting up van fleet...Jones was to stupid to notice it.

[exstatic]

Not showing on CW35..some not pro football game

Bally.

[spurraider21]

really rough stretch for collins

[poopbox]

Collins single handily losing this game.

[NASpurs]

Collins will make a nice filler for a trade. Could trade him and add more 2nd round picks per par

[onechance87]

really rough stretch for collins

proving mamu should be playing over him.And proving wright a dumbass giving him that contract.

[Dex]

Collins will make a nice filler for a trade.

The more he plays, the lower his trade value gets.

I get the Spurs using assets to bring him in as a reclamation project...but just give it up.

He is a sunk cost, he ain't going to bring value

[exstatic]

Paint is wide open when Mamu is the only big. Free Bassey, Pop you stupid fuck.

Bassey’s still recovering from his ACL surgery. It normally takes a year, and he played the other night at a bit over 10 months. No need to rush the recovery of someone who is already injury prone.

[poopbox]

17 - 0 run :lol

[onechance87]

wesley lol

[NASpurs]

So what the hell are these guys working on during the off season and training camp.

I see the same shit from last year.

[poopbox]

HOLY SHIT THIS SCRUB WESLEY :lmao

[onechance87]

wesley should not be extended either.Dude is to bad on offense

[Dex]

Castle gets a three, good sign

[Fizziksman]

Need that bulls pick to convey. Got to get rid of all these fucktards on the team.

[poopbox]

Between Barnes, Collins, Branhim, and Wesley...we probably got 4 of the bottom 40 players in the league right now

[onechance87]

Man that went bad fast.

[spurraider21]

wesley saving his worst for last this preseason

and looks like yet another disappointing game from barnes. he's just getting some cardio in. at this point im starting to see the light in having a Paul-Castle-Vassell-Sochan-Wemby starting unit

[vy65]

Zach Collins putting in that work for a team leading -19. Solid effort by the young vet.

[Dex]

Another solid jumper from Castle.

[spurraider21]

castle and mamu have been the only net positive offensive players today

[td4mvp2k]

playoffs my *** :lol

[Dex]

Still waiting for someone to tell me why Collins should be getting minutes on an NBA team. Is this like a Make A Wish situation?

[Frenchfred]

Between Barnes, Collins, Branhim, and Wesley...we probably got 4 of the bottom 40 players in the league right now

I don't think that they are part of the future. Collins's contract will be used for a trade. Barnes only has two years so could be traded as well. I think that Branham option won't be exercised. Not sure about Wesley, good D but he is a negative in offense. The Spurs have multiple pick in the following drafts so could try different players

[Barfunk]

playoffs my *** :lol

Hear this, but eh, we are missing Keldon, Wemby, Paul, Vassell, and Sochan. The best player on the floor for our team tonight is a 19 year old rookie who at least wants the ball when the team goes cold.

[playblair]

wesley saving his worst for last this preseason

and looks like yet another disappointing game from barnes. he's just getting some cardio in. at this point im starting to see the light in having a Paul-Castle-Vassell-Sochan-Wemby starting unit
its preseason plz stop.........barnes turns it on for the season plz watch kings game from last szn..........

[spurraider21]

Still waiting for someone to tell me why Collins should be getting minutes on an NBA team. Is this like a Make A Wish situation?
for all his flaws he's usually at least a reliable interior scorer. 1-6 on his 2 point shots today though... if he doesnt at least have those little jump hooks going for him, yeah its ugly

[onechance87]

its preseason plz stop.........barnes turns it on for the season plz watch kings game from last szn..........

hope so man.

[td4mvp2k]

Hear this, but eh, we are missing Keldon, Wemby, Paul, Vassell, and Sochan. The best player on the floor is a 19 year old rookie who wants the ball when the team goes cold.
still not enuff for the loaded west.. most the guys playing are bench players and have shown zero improvement in development over the last couple seasons

[Dex]

for all his flaws he's usually at least a reliable interior scorer. 1-6 on his 2 point shots today though... if he doesnt at least have those little jump hooks going for him, yeah its ugly

He flashed some moments in the Miami game.

But that's part of the problem. Dude has one DECENT game, then disappears for 5 games but still gets rotational minutes.

I'm not asking for him to put up 20 every game...but he gets downright embarrassed out there more than he excels

[Barfunk]

still not enuff for the loaded west.. most the guys playing are bench players and have shown zero improvement in development over the last couple seasons

Lol, I want to see 50 wins so bad but honestly your take is probably more than likely the correct one.

[onechance87]

Mamu and castle have a good connection going on.But pop is to stupid to notice it and keep with
stupid lineups and rotations

[Barfunk]

Zack Morris Collins

[playblair]

some poster in this thread was condemning barnes :lol

[spurraider21]

signs of life from barnes

[Rosewood]

Just imagine if we picked Sengun and Edey..

[jeebus]

Let's see some Minix Minutes.

[jeebus]

Fucking Amen just laying there lmao

[onechance87]

Let's see some Minix Minutes.

yup

[BackHome]

Almost 20 point difference at this point go ahead and put in the G League guys as they can’t be any worse?

[jeebus]

What Lonnie was on offense is Blake on defense. He'll show up and ball out for a couple games then fall off a cliff.

[onechance87]

man castle needs to work on that 3

[onechance87]

forget about duke jr.Rather have him over branham

[SPURt]

These Rockets announcers are firehose jizzing over Starter Rockets beating The Spurs C team. Damn.

[spursparker9]

Sengun is the next Joker

[SPURt]

Cissoko is fun to watch. He can’t shoot, but he looks hella athletic

[scott]

Box score looks solid for Bassey. How did he look live? I was unable to tune in tonight.

Also looks like a solid game from Sidi?

[onechance87]

branham and wesley should not be extended.Time to move on from these worthless players.

[BackHome]

No minutes for Minix - Pop is such a Dick

[onechance87]

No minutes for Minix - Pop is such a Dick

yea....just plain odd.Dude thinks hes sum type of genius.What a moron.

[Russ]

Let's see some Minix Minutes.

Could they be hiding Minix?

[exstatic]

branham and wesley should not be extended.Time to move on from these worthless players.

It’s the difference between high draft picks, and late first rounders. The latter look fine when surrounded by the starters, but are lost when asked to carry the load. A high pick like Castle produces with or without the stars on the floor.

[timtonymanu]

Malaki Branham is not an NBA player.

Was obvious to everyone but Mrs body

[timtonymanu]

So what the hell are these guys working on during the off season and training camp.

I see the same shit from last year.

They just get history lessons from Pop. No real coaching anymore.

[timtonymanu]

Between Zollins and Branham, I don’t know who I’m gonna hate watching more of this season.

[DAF86]

Was obvious to everyone but Mrs body

Wesley not being an NBA player is even more obvious, yet many folks here project him to be a rotation player.

[Dverde]

Between Zollins and Branham, I don’t know who I’m gonna hate watching more of this season.
Zollins is fine if he isn’t bricking threes every game.

[NASpurs]

Zollins is fine if he isn’t bricking threes every game.

That's his game in a nutshell and also providing no defense. But at least we love his fake tough guy attitude, don't we folks.

[timtonymanu]

Wesley not being an NBA player is even more obvious, yet many folks here project him to be a rotation player.

I like Wes but yeah he’s nothing more than a garbage time player. No one cares about defense if you can’t do shit on offense. We have a good amount of offensively challenged players as is. The Thunder were fine moving on from Josh Giddy. The Spurs should easily do the same with Wesley. But knowing them he will play more than Castle this year. :pctoss

[spurraider21]

Between Zollins and Branham, I don’t know who I’m gonna hate watching more of this season.
If they just tell Zollins he’s not allowed to shoot 3’s he’s usually a reliable enough interior scorer and solid passer to justify being out there. With Branham I’m not sure what the redeeming characteristic is if his main offensive game is pull up 2 point jumpers. He did show nice off ball movement today but i don’t think it’s enough to warrant minutes

[baseline bum]

Was obvious to everyone but Mrs body

And Pop

[baseline bum]

Between Zollins and Branham, I don’t know who I’m gonna hate watching more of this season.

Branham easily since he'll be eating minutes that should go to Castle. Also Branham is a way worse player. He's Forbes if you took away the three point shot.

[spurraider21]

Oh nice we did get some Bassey-Mamu minutes. Bassey looks pretty healthy

[gospursgojas]

Why didn’t YouTubeTV record this game?

[spurs1990]

Wondering if Knecht would've been a reach at #8 based on his numbers tonight

[itzsoweezee]

Between Zollins and Branham, I don’t know who I’m gonna hate watching more of this season.

Easily Collins. The guy is by far the worst defensive big in the NBA. Just a fucking traffic cone on defense.

[Ice009]

Man, Spurs have too many mediocre players on the team.

Branham, I hate seeing this guy take 15 shots a game.
Wesley is completely impotent on offense. He can't/won't shoot and doesn't have the ability to score near the rim. I really do appreciate his defensive effort, but man, he's a non-factor on offense. He tries to pass the ball and make the right plays, but that's really not enough. Can't be a complete zero on offense.
Collins provides no resistance on defense and isn't a great shooter. Gets wide open looks and clangs them - really a momentum killer.
Mamu, Exstatic is right, pretty poor on the defensive end. Decent on offense, but gives it all back on defense.

[venitian navigator]

Man, Spurs have too many mediocre players on the team.

Branham, I hate seeing this guy take 15 shots a game.
Wesley is completely impotent on offense. He can't/won't shoot and doesn't have the ability to score near the rim. I really do appreciate his defensive effort, but man, he's a non-factor on offense. He tries to pass the ball and make the right plays, but that's really no enough. Can't be a complete zero on offense.
Collins provides no resistance on defense and isn't a great shooter. Gets wide open looks and clangs them.
Mamu, Exstatic is right, pretty poor on the defensive end. Decent on offense, but gives it all back on defense.

Unfortunately I agree with all you just wrote... At least this game rightfully make obvious to take these conclusions...

[Ice009]

Yeah, I'll also say Julian Champagnie also isn't impressing. He's hit some shots in preseason which is great, but if he's not hitting those shots, doesn't really bring much else to the table.

The only player that showed me much of anything today was Steph.

[Atl Spur]

Man, Spurs have too many mediocre players on the team.

Branham, I hate seeing this guy take 15 shots a game.
Wesley is completely impotent on offense. He can't/won't shoot and doesn't have the ability to score near the rim. I really do appreciate his defensive effort, but man, he's a non-factor on offense. He tries to pass the ball and make the right plays, but that's really not enough. Can't be a complete zero on offense.
Collins provides no resistance on defense and isn't a great shooter. Gets wide open looks and clangs them - really a momentum killer.
Mamu, Exstatic is right, pretty poor on the defensive end. Decent on offense, but gives it all back on defense.

Nice post

[cutewizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuSp6zLewaQ

[spurraider21]

Wondering if Knecht would've been a reach at #8 based on his numbers tonight
he wouldnt have been a reach at 8. there are guys i would have taken over him at 8 who were still on the board, but he would have been a viable target

[onechance87]

Wondering if Knecht would've been a reach at #8 based on his numbers tonight

We should of got knect at 8.Hes is something we need.A guy who can score.I said drafting castle with a guy who
can score should be the goal.Instead we traded the pick like this team didnt need no upgrade.Dumbass front office.

[z0sa]

Sheppard didn't look that great - Castle looks like a much more complete player (right now) with better natural tools. Obviously very early but Sheppard seems like he's a lot more raw than advertised. Only caught him in this game thus far, admittedly.

[z0sa]

Wondering if Knecht would've been a reach at #8 based on his numbers tonight

If we didn't get Dilly, Knecht was high on my list at #8. Not a draft aficionado by any means but he was another scorer who could be reasonably expected to do work, at least in the regular season. 20131 pick obviously more important to PATFO.

[Leetonidas]

Hopefully none of the bums that played tonight are on the roster in 2 years sans Castle. As someone else pointed out this team just has too many scrubs in the rotation and none of them are well rounded at all. Branham is god awful. Collins is a traffic cone on D and has no shot. Wesley is one of the worst offensive players I've ever seen in my life. Champagnie does absolutely nothing else if he isn't making his 3s, and even then he can really only hit wide open catch and shoot 3s. Just completely devoid of any semblance of a legit bench right now.

[rascal]

Hopefully none of the bums that played tonight are on the roster in 2 years sans Castle. As someone else pointed out this team just has too many scrubs in the rotation and none of them are well rounded at all. Branham is god awful. Collins is a traffic cone on D and has no shot. Wesley is one of the worst offensive players I've ever seen in my life. Champagnie does absolutely nothing else if he isn't making his 3s, and even then he can really only hit wide open catch and shoot 3s. Just completely devoid of any semblance of a legit bench right now.

Hoping for a bottom five or six finish and lottery luck to land two top 2025 draft picks(Spurs and Atlanta) to replace some of these guys on the roster.

[Mr. Body]

Sheppard didn't look that great - Castle looks like a much more complete player (right now) with better natural tools. Obviously very early but Sheppard seems like he's a lot more raw than advertised. Only caught him in this game thus far, admittedly.

I don't know why people exalted Sheppard like some basketball god. I guess people didn't watch him in college? There were long stretches and many games where it felt like he wasn't on the court. He did blow up one or two games. In the NCAA tournament he was useless. He was super efficient and is a smart player. His hands are terrific. But he's small and slow, can't stay in front of anybody, doesn't have the handles or the moves to break defenses down or set players up.

The player who made things happen on Kentucky was Dillingham. I said this over and over in the draft threads. Sheppard is on the right team where others can get him the ball in the right spots and his defensive shortcomings can be covered while his defensive strengths are accentuated. But the Rockets are paying him a #4 pick salary and to me he's not going to be that player.

Reed Sheppard is an expensive TJ McConnell from the Pacers with less PG ability and better shooting ability.

There was only one guy in the draft I thought was worth a high end draft slot and salary and that's the one we got.

[Vince Carter's ankle]

We should of got knect at 8.Hes is something we need.A guy who can score.I said drafting castle with a guy who
can score should be the goal.Instead we traded the pick like this team didnt need no upgrade.Dumbass front office.
Mr. Expert, do you think it's possible to sign Paul and trade for Barnes while still keeping the rookie on a 6.3 mln contract?

[Mr. Body]

We should of got knect at 8.Hes is something we need.A guy who can score.I said drafting castle with a guy who
can score should be the goal.Instead we traded the pick like this team didnt need no upgrade.Dumbass front office.

Scoring off the bench is a concern if Branham isn't going to hit his shots. As others have said, not taking the #8 cleared the way to go for Chris Paul, which imo was a team priority.

The problem with Knecht is that he might solve scoring concerns for one or two seasons, but that's where imo he tops out and he doesn't seem to do much else. So we'd just spent a mid-lottery pick on a player we didn't really need. Instead we cleared space for a veteran (turns out, two), and wound up with two swaps (with Sacto) and a fat pick later on.

It's the marshmallow test. Team decided to eat more marshmallows later. And still got their target (Paul).

[wildbill2u]

we know Castle is going to be more valuable than Branham going forward. I suspect Pop is trying to give Branham one last chance to show what he's got --which isn't much.

[Mr. Body]

And, oh, right, Julian will go back to the bench when Devin is healthy. I don't honestly think Knecht would provide so serious an upgrade over Champagnie at this point to account for the cost difference. Note: not saying JC is better, saying the differential isn't that significant. They're both good shooters who can cut to the hoop but don't do much else.

[Mr. Body]

we know Castle is going to be more valuable than Branham going forward. I suspect Pop is trying to give Branham one last chance to show what he's got --which isn't much.

Branham will get more than one more chance. If he gets his shot online he's a weapon. If he doesn't, he's not. But there's no big catastrophic YES/NO choice being made right now.

[exstatic]

We should of got knect at 8.Hes is something we need.A guy who can score.I said drafting castle with a guy who
can score should be the goal.Instead we traded the pick like this team didnt need no upgrade.Dumbass front office.

Wait, I thought we ‘should have’ got Edey! Could you make up your mind on one line of bitching? K thanks.

[onechance87]

Wait, I thought we ‘should have’ got Edey! Could you make up your mind on one line of bitching? K thanks.

I wanted dilly,edy,williams,kncht you moron.I wanted any of them who were there.Instead we traded the pick.

[Rocalcio]

branham and wesley should not be extended.Time to move on from these worthless players.

Too bad for you, they just got their extension

[ambchang]

I wanted dilly,edy,williams,kncht you moron.I wanted any of them who were there.Instead we traded the pick.

Bronny just got 17. We should’ve drafted him at 8