Halloween Game Thread: Spurs @ Jazz - Oct 31st 8PM CT on FDSN (4AM RIGA)

[Bill_Brasky]

Mamu: goes off
Pop: thats enough

[baseline bum]

Not able to catch the game but looking at the box score wemby 12 3 attempts good god lol.

He shot ten in the first half and the Spurs were getting their ass kicked by a tanking Jazz team.

[scott]

If Lauri can slide up to SG, Utah has got to be creaming their jeans...

???-Lauri-Cooper-Filipowski-Kessler

[Leetonidas]

Wemby is +40 in this game :wow

[Chinook]

Why do we play zollins more than Mamu? Can some one explain me..

Collins can actually play center minutes and despite the meming, he's actually had a pretty good year so far. Mamu is competing for the 10th spot in the rotation, which is currently what Branham and Wesley are competing for. It's hard to see where he will play when the rotation is healthy.

Paul, Jones
Vassell, Castle
Barnes, Johnson
Sochan, Mamu
Wembanyama, Collins

Is that the best rotation, or should Wesley, Branham or Champangie fill get that last spot instead?

[scott]

Wemby has passed up several open 3s in the second half... clearly someone did talk to him at halftime

[baseline bum]

Does Wemby really want more than half his shots to be from 3? I mean...shoot the 3, spread the defense, yes...but maybe don't make that your primary spot that you operate from?

He's running to the three point line way too much in the halfcourt. Same shit he was doing to begin last season until midway through when he figured out he was 7'5" and should be spending most of his time 15' and in. Frustrating seeing him revert back.

[Chinook]

If Lauri can slide up to SG, Utah has got to be creaming their jeans...

???-Lauri-Cooper-Filipowski-Kessler
??? = McConnell? Maybe trade the farm to get Reed Sheppard from Houston? Get Dragic to come out of retirement?

[100%duncan]

He's running to the three point line way too much in the halfcourt. Same shit he was doing to begin last season until midway through when he figured out he was 7'5" and should be spending most of his time 15' and in. Frustrating seeing him revert back.

Especially with cp3 in the team

[Leetonidas]

Wemby has passed up several open 3s in the second half... clearly someone did talk to him at halftime

Probably worried about his shooting percentages tbh

[scott]

Collins can actually play center minutes and despite the meming, he's actually had a pretty good year so far. Mamu is competing for the 10th spot in the rotation, which is currently what Branham and Wesley are competing for. It's hard to see where he will play when the rotation is healthy.

Paul, Jones
Vassell, Castle
Barnes, Johnson
Sochan, Mamu
Wembanyama, Collins

Is that the best rotation, or should Wesley, Branham or Champangie fill get that last spot instead?

It's fascinating how easily this sorts itself out if we could simply dump Keldon and Collins.

Paul/Jones
Vassell/Castle
Barnes/Champ
Sochan/Mamu
Wemby/Bassey

Unfortunately I have no clue how to make Keldon and Collins $35MM/yr disappear

[Leetonidas]

Victor one steal shy of a 5x5

[scott]

5x5 for Wemby

[timtonymanu]

Best player taking over

:cry but why do spurs fans not get mad at him?

[100%duncan]

5x5

[skin27]

5x5 for wemby

[TekXX]

So 5x5 is a thing, learn something new every day.

[Robz4000]

Wemby 5x5 :tu

[thiste]

FIVE BY FIVE BABY

[scott]

Steph made a 3!!! Breakthrough moment!

[skin27]

Too bad he didnt get the double double

[Thomas82]

Wemby with a 5x5 tonight!! That's an excellent way to bounce back.

[Chinook]

Unfortunately I have no clue how to make Keldon and Collins $35MM/yr disappear


https://www.nydailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24066546650995.jpg?w=525

[Uriel]

Castle's shot has looked great this quarter.

[Spurs Homer]

Wemby taking a hot wet shit on all the spurstalk pearl clutchers

[Rosewood]

Second of many more to come.

[8FOR!3]

Collins can actually play center minutes and despite the meming, he's actually had a pretty good year so far. Mamu is competing for the 10th spot in the rotation, which is currently what Branham and Wesley are competing for. It's hard to see where he will play when the rotation is healthy.

Paul, Jones
Vassell, Castle
Barnes, Johnson
Sochan, Mamu
Wembanyama, Collins

Is that the best rotation, or should Wesley, Branham or Champangie fill get that last spot instead?

Personally I would trade Keldon and have Champagnie be the backup 3. The problem is Malaki is more of a scorer and we need that off the bench. We badly need a guy who can get buckets off the bench like a Jordan Clarkson type. Champagnie/Branham are the closest things we have to a quick trigger shooter though so one of them has to be playing. I prefer Champagnie bc he's a little bigger and maybe slightly more athletic and slightly better at defense. Barnes kind of does that but Barnes is more of a spot up shooter than the other two. They can move around off ball more and get their shot up.

[SPURt]

Wemby with a +43? +/- is a not very useful stat, but that’s wild

[Pauleta14]

5X5 and +43 !!

[scott]

https://www.nydailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24066546650995.jpg?w=525

Haha, that was my first thought... but how many FRPs would we have to attach? Certainly BKY sees the light at the end of the tunnel finally.

[Rosewood]

Wemby with a +43? +/- is a not very useful stat, but that’s wild The Bench was truly awful. Starting unit kept Spurs in it the first half.

[Brazil]

Wemby with a +43? +/- is a not very useful stat, but that’s wild

:lol I just saw that and zolins -21 spread of 64 :lol

[scott]

5x5 for Wemby... but let's be honest he still kind of played like ass. 12 threes. lol.

[Brazil]

7 assists but but :cry Victor does not do anything well :cry… so hard to build around

[thiste]

Important to note that tonight's 5x5 was on the road with the opponent's score keeper! LEGIT.

[Kuvai]

Our awefulest player was Keldon.

He isn’t doing anything against scrub teams as well

[Brazil]

5x5 for Wemby... but let's be honest he still kind of played like ass. 12 threes. lol.

that’s what is awesome with wemby, played like shit but still put a 25 9 7 5 5

[ginobilized]

CP3 and Wemby 2 man game is starting to click.

2nd 5x5 and he's already 23rd All-Time.

Castle made a 3!!!

Nice rebound from the OKC debacle. We might win 30 or so this season if the bench doesn't prove t be our downfall.

[scott]

that’s what is awesome with wemby, played like shit but still put a 25 9 7 5 5

Agree!

[timtonymanu]

7 assists but but :cry Victor does not do anything well :cry… so hard to build around

:cry why are we blaming the other players for terrible spacing and not being able to shoot? It’s victors fault.

[timtonymanu]

5x5 for Wemby... but let's be honest he still kind of played like ass. 12 threes. lol.

Dudes one of the best 3 point shooters on the team. I think he chucks them a lot cause he knows most of the other guys are absolutely worthless on that end.

[8FOR!3]

Castle's shot has looked great this quarter.

He plays great team basketball. Veteran level decision maker he looks like he's been in the league as long as Harrison Barnes. I hope that UCONN didn't coach him out of being a dog though I want to see him get that SGA/Anthony Edwards mentality as he improves the next few years. I guess he is still really young it's crazy to think that he plays like that at 19 years old. I'm not saying he's the best rookie I've ever seen (he's definitely not) but he might look the most comfortable. Cody Williams looked like a deer in the headlights I thought. Castle's floor is jack of all trades on offense but below average shooter and above average defender. Impressed with how savvy he is on offense.

[skin27]

Good Win

[Thomas82]

Wemby just became the 3rd player to get a 5x5 multiple times. The other 2 are Hakeem Olajuwon (6) and Andrei Kirilenko (3).

[Kuvai]

WEMBY is fine.
He developed nice rhythm with CP3. CP3 and him always talking on the bench and figuring out them selves.
Yes he was not pushing the envelope near the rim more, but he is setting up excellent shots for other shooters. Too bad we dont have someone that can shoot better.

Plus he is a force defensively…

Can we ship Keldon + Zollins for a 3 & D guy… That should fix lot of problems..

[baseline bum]

Haha, that was my first thought... but how many FRPs would we have to attach? Certainly BKY sees the light at the end of the tunnel finally.

You have way more faith in Pop than I do if you'd be willing to put Simmons on his roster.

[Robz4000]

Haha, that was my first thought... but how many FRPs would we have to attach? Certainly BKY sees the light at the end of the tunnel finally.

If anything BKN would have to attach 1sts tbh.

[Kuvai]

Stephon Castle shot is not there but he looks silkyyyyyyy smooth on the floor.

Hope he would be great friends with Wemby then we will have something special to build for years to come..

[Brazil]

Agree!

most casual 5x5 ever

[scott]

If anything BKN would have to attach 1sts tbh.

Nah. Simmons is on an expiring. Keldon has two more years after this one and Collins has one more year. It's the one in a million scenario where BKY could actually get paid for Ben Simmons.

[baseline bum]

Spurs going to end up winning this game by 20 and the horror show we saw in the first half will just be swept under the rug by the Sniff Crew, the Sniff Media, and the team.

You know, Quasimodo predicted all this

[tim_duncan_fan]

Well it is the awful Jazz, but dub is a dub.

Maybe shooters will warm up throughout the season.

[Manu20]

Castle plays better when he is on the court with Paul and Wemby. He just seems to make the right plays out there.

[Robz4000]

Nah. Simmons is on an expiring. Keldon has two more years after this one and Collins has one more year. It's the one in a million scenario where BKY could actually get paid for Ben Simmons.

Damn, didn't realize he was already expiring tbh.

[Blizzardwizard]

Wemby +43

Collins -21 (in 11 minutes)



If that isn't a microcosm of the Wemby Spurs era so far I don't know what is :lol

[J_Paco]

He’s 20 years old you fucking retard. His coaching staff is supposed to put him in better positions to succeed.

Guarantee you don’t know more about ball than Sean. Shut the fuck up.

Awwww...see another idiot that can't take someone being even a little critical of Wemby.

I'll add you and your over the top defense of people that don't know you to my ignore list.

And I'm quite aware that a former 1st round pick knows more about ball than me, you and anyone else in Spurs Nation. Doesn't mean he can't spread the criticism and we can do without coddling Victor.

Have a nice night, lunatic.

[8FOR!3]

Dudes one of the best 3 point shooters on the team. I think he chucks them a lot cause he knows most of the other guys are absolutely worthless on that end.

He is. And maybe he feels like a 7'5 Kevin Durant is pretty much unstoppable. He makes enough of them where I could see him becoming a knockdown shooter.

[Robz4000]

Had the Spurs at 2-3 after the first five games so they're where I expected tbh. Fwiw I predicted them to win 35 games this year.

[sananspursfan21]

They fell out of love with the three, things turned around. A win’s a win, but this was more our guys finally taking what the Jazz have been giving them all night. A few fun plays sure. But man, the first half was just fighting over who wanted the L more.

[8FOR!3]

I'm pretty impressed with Chris Paul. You can tell when the Spurs get aging players and they look washed and Chris Paul just doesn't look washed up at all. I'm not saying he's as good as he was 10 years ago, but he doesn't look old. Best playmaker we've had in years, still can get to his shots and has a smooth jumper on nights they are falling, handles are still sharp. Usually a 40 year old PG looks every bit of 40 years old.

[DAF86]

Nah. Simmons is on an expiring. Keldon has two more years after this one and Collins has one more year. It's the one in a million scenario where BKY could actually get paid for Ben Simmons.

Wait, people are really entertaining the idea of adding Simmons to this roster? Not only that, but givinf out first rounders to do it? :lmao

Sure, adding the king of non-shooters is exactly what this team needs. :lol

[z0sa]

Wemby 5 x 5 and a ridiculous stat line overall. Obviously launching 13 3's and only hitting 4 of them is bad, but whatever, a W is a W.

Minnesota on Saturday :cry

[z0sa]

Shoutout to Mamu. More Mamu can only be good for this team, at least at the moment.

[ginobilized]

You know, Quasimodo predicted all this

Or was it Nosferatu?

[Russ]

These FanDuel broadcasts appear to be a real shoestring operation.

[J_Paco]

People on here have called out Wemby. But hard to stay focused on his bad play when the spurs have other terrible players on the roster. You can’t just put all the blame on Victor.

Not doing that at all, but if he gave the team average or better than average play they'd be 4 - 1 or 3 - 2.

We've seen great big men drag bad/poor rosters to the playoffs. I don't think the Spurs are close to that, yet I do think they should win 8 - 10 games more games than last season.

If this is the version of Wembanyama we see all season (minus this good game) than that definitely won't happen.

[baseline bum]

Or was it Nosferatu?

I always thought, ok, hunchback of Notre Dame, you also got your quarterback and your halfback of Notre Dame

[CGD]

Did not know Champ knew how to shoot a layup.


Collins can actually play center minutes and despite the meming, he's actually had a pretty good year so far. Mamu is competing for the 10th spot in the rotation, which is currently what Branham and Wesley are competing for. It's hard to see where he will play when the rotation is healthy.

Paul, Jones
Vassell, Castle
Barnes, Johnson
Sochan, Mamu
Wembanyama, Collins

Is that the best rotation, or should Wesley, Branham or Champangie fill get that last spot instead?

Agree on Collins. People like to dunk on him but he’s had a good season so far.

With Johnson’s shooting problems right now, my preferred Top 10 are:

Paul, Jones
Vassell, Champagne
Barnes, Castle
Sochan, Mamu
Wembs, Collins

Notes:
- Malaki can overtake Champagne if he can show better offense and decision making.
- In no way should Castles minutes be cut.
- The “defensive upside” Blake brings to the bench will get undercut once Champ becomes an option off the bench

[Fireball]

when a team does not gameplan against Wemby, he can elevate his circus play and fill the stat sheet ... that 3 point chucking is just horrible to watch

[scott]

Wait, people are really entertaining the idea of adding Simmons to this roster? Not only that, but givinf out first rounders to do it? :lmao

Sure, adding the king of non-shooters is exactly what this team needs. :lol

No... no one is actually entertaining this bro, put down the shotgun.

[Ice009]

Wait, people are really entertaining the idea of adding Simmons to this roster? Not only that, but givinf out first rounders to do it? :lmao

Sure, adding the king of non-shooters is exactly what this team needs. :lol

Yeah, I don't like seeing this posted, or saying this, but I've mentioned once or twice before that I had a dream a few years back where Ben Simmons was in a Spurs uniform (if I am remembering right, I think it was after Kawhi was traded, so it didn't make sense). Hopefully that dream does not come true. I do recall, though, the Spurs were playing deep into the Western Conference finals in it, so hopefully that part is right ;).

[cutewizard]

A better game

[Ice009]

Dudes one of the best 3 point shooters on the team. I think he chucks them a lot cause he knows most of the other guys are absolutely worthless on that end.

You got a good point there. I mentioned (when I first started watching the game) it felt to me like Kobe Bryant like defiance coming out gunning, but what you've said is also something Kobe would do (Take the shots himself as most of the guys on the team suck shooting the 3 ball). I guess I can't fault him for that if that is what he's thinking. At least he's confident taking the shots (unlike some of the other players on the team that seem to be lacking confidence).

[John B]

This 3pt chucking is horrible to watch but is it by design? Surely if Wemby can get his 3pt percentage to close to 40% like Curry, he will be unstoppable. That will mean no shot blocker inside and open lane for the like of Sochan to drive to the basket. As bad as it looks, Wemby is an anomaly that no one has seen before for a guy his size. So does the style of basketball with him in it could change. Pop, while many here might dispute, is a genius at adopting with his personnel, was able to win 5 rings with different styles of play (just try to think of another coach who did that). It’s ugly basketball but it’s a stone that’s not left unturned if it would work.

[Bill_Brasky]

Wemby is our best shooter and it's a 3pt chucking league so do the math

[ginobilized]

I always thought, ok, hunchback of Notre Dame, you also got your quarterback and your halfback of Notre Dame

I guess I thought that German expressionism and archaic Roman linguistics were what we needed, here.

Your logic is hard to argue with, however.

[exstatic]

I’m not lying, I genuinely thought the last couple games would leave a bad taste in their mouth and they were gonna run the Jazz out of the gym. Silly me.

Back to back, and they got in very late. Sean said he got to bed at 3AM, and that’s 4AM Central, where they started the day.

[exstatic]

I always thought, ok, hunchback of Notre Dame, you also got your quarterback and your halfback of Notre Dame

Have you ever seen a YouTube where a college team runs a play called ‘hide the midget’? If Notre Dame ran it, he would absolutely be the hunchback.

[baseline bum]

I guess I thought that German expressionism and archaic Roman linguistics were what we needed, here.

Your logic is hard to argue with, however.

What? You're gonna tell me you never pondered that? The back thing with Notre Dame?

[SPURt]

:lol I just saw that and zolins -21 spread of 64 :lol
Seriously, Collins is tough to stomach. Easily my least favorite Spur in terms of on the court value.

[ginobilized]

What? You're gonna tell me you never pondered that? The back thing with Notre Dame?

I quasi pondered it

[baseline bum]

I quasi pondered it

Mom really went downhill after the World Trade Center