Game Thread: NBA Cup Opening Night | Spurs (6-6) vs Lakers (7-4) November 15th, 2024 630PM CST

[Pauleta14]

Just can't understand why so many of you love Chmapagnie so much

This dude is a complete moron

[Dejounte]

LeBaby

[heyheymymy]

first time in Lebrons career, 4 straight triple doubles at 40 years of age

congratulations lebron

[heyheymymy]

Wemby just busted AD

[LeBowen]

Fucking Keldon, man.

He just checked in and allows a cut like that, ffs.

[heyheymymy]

need Dev to cook rn

[CorrectCrusader]

Zollins coming in. Game over

[RC_Drunkford]

shit here come Wesley and Collins

[Chomag]

Why is Castle sitting so long.....

[skin27]

Here comes the 2nd unit shit show

[Dejounte]

Oh no, here’s the shit line up again. Wesley, Keldon, Collins, Vassell, Barnes

they need to bring in Champ for better shooting

[onechance87]

keldon forced in like always

[CorrectCrusader]

Fucking Keldon, man.

He just checked in and allows a cut like that, ffs.

I can't believe how much money that retard makes. Dumbest player on the team not named Zach Collins

[CGD]

Wonder how much longer until they put Dev in the starting line up? I’d swap him in for Julian over Steph tho

[james evans]

JJ Rediculous is running AD into the ground. That man's mouth is wide open with his hands on his knees.

[LeBowen]

I can't believe how much money that retard makes. Dumbest player on the team not named Zach Collins

Tbh, he's even more frustrating than Collins in a lot of situations.
Collins is slow-footed, undersized and has no vertical. Not his fault, just the limitations of his body and most of his defensive issues are because of his physical attributes.
On the other hand, Keldon is a negative IQ player. Six years with the same team and still has no clue what to do on the most basic defensive possessions.

[CorrectCrusader]

Wonder how much longer until they put Dev in the starting line up? I’d swap him in for Julian over Steph tho
If Vassell comes back into the starting lineup CP3 is moving to the bench

[Chomag]

Fing play your starters minutes like normal NBA teams do!

[z0sa]

Why is Keldon letting people simply run to the basket and get a dunk? As bad as Luka the other night.

[Chomag]

And the shit show line up continues through the quarter....

[CorrectCrusader]

Why is Keldon letting people simply run to the basket and get a dunk? As bad as Luka the other night.

Because he's unintelligent

[baseline bum]

Is ESPN's sound fucked up for anyone else? Fucking Spectrum. Jefferson sounds like Ned from South Park for half this game.

[LeBowen]

Like what is this lineup? Why is it so hard to stagger minutes so one of CP3 or Castle is always on the floor?

Look at this shit, fucks sake.

[scott]

Can’t wait for the usual suspects come tell us how good of seasons Keldon and Collins are having

[onechance87]

Wonder how much longer until they put Dev in the starting line up? I’d swap him in for Julian over Steph tho

this starting lineup is great....why would we change it.Dont you see how much wemby and castle playing better?

[Rosewood]

:lol and Wesley being useless. Mitch and these lineups, unbelievable

[timtonymanu]

I would even trade Keldon for nothing at this point, just put Champ in his place. It’s basically the same level of value but with a much cheaper contract.

[Spurs Brazil]

Johnson can’t play. Mistake after mistake on defense.

[CorrectCrusader]

Is ESPN's sound fucked up for anyone else? Fucking Spectrum. Jefferson sounds like Ned from South Park for half this game.

It's fucked for me too dw

[Chomag]

Mitch is dumb with rotations as Pop and he doesn't have the old man senile excuse

[z0sa]

Is ESPN's sound fucked up for anyone else? Fucking Spectrum. Jefferson sounds like Ned from South Park for half this game.

Yep

[CorrectCrusader]

Good lord the day I don't have to see Wesley Branham Zollins or Keldon on my team will be a fantastic day

[heyheymymy]

wemby needs two more triples to keep his streak alive

[Chomag]

Wemby barly played inthe 3rd.. and 2nd

[timtonymanu]

Oh my god Keldon, trade that fucking bum.

Fucking loser putting his head down after that turnover too

[skin27]

Ofcourse keldon with the dumb play

[timtonymanu]

Keldon really lived off that Olympic hype :lol

The anti Derrick White

[CorrectCrusader]

Keldon fucking Johnson PLEASE kill yourself

[Spurs Brazil]

Mamu has to play all Johnson minutes.

[Jordan Jackson]

Keldon Johnson is too dumb to play meaningful basketball. Nice guy but I won’t be shocked to see him moved along if this team starts to prioritize winning.

He takes plays off and you just can’t do that in meaningful games.

[james evans]

Good lord the day I don't have to see Wesley Branham Zollins or Keldon on my team will be a fantastic day
Collins is misunderstood. He's outplaying Wemby at points in the game tonight

(guess who is thinking this.s)

[baseline bum]

Remember when no one else wanted to trade Kelon + #8 to Detroit to move up to pick #5 while I was saying it would be the heist of the century?

[Cardinal]

Please no Keldon in the 4th. Just shorten the rotation please

[baseline bum]

Collins is misunderstood. He's outplaying Wemby at points in the game tonight

(guess who is thinking this.s)

Pop?

[CorrectCrusader]

Remember when no one else wanted to trade Kelon + #8 to Detroit to move up to pick #5 while I was saying it would be the heist of the century?

That would've been a highway robbery

[Pauleta14]

Dumb players remain dumb, nothing surprising here

Dumb roster...

[Chomag]

LeBron a 40+ year old has played 28 minutes while a 20 year old Wemby has only played 22 minutes

[CorrectCrusader]

People wondered how we were so ass last year with Wemby but it's pretty easy to tell this year with the veterans that all the players on the roaster save like 3 of them are just extremely stupid basketball players

[CorrectCrusader]

LeBron a 40+ year old has played 28 minutes while a 20 year old Wemby has only played 22 minutes

Actually gross.

[onechance87]

LeBron a 40+ year old has played 28 minutes while a 20 year old Wemby has only played 22 minutes

keldon and collins need mins bro

[LeBowen]

Fuck these refs.

[CGD]

this starting lineup is great....why would we change it.Dont you see how much wemby and castle playing better?

I want to see what CP-Steph-Dev-Barnes-Wemby looks like. Feel they need to get Dev going.

[LeBowen]

Yeah, this is over.
We can't get over the hump. Every time we get close a dumb mistake happens.

[timtonymanu]

They keep hitting their 3s…

[skin27]

Cant get over the hump

[skin27]

Everytime we cut the lead to 1 lakers make a 3

[timtonymanu]

Keldon the king of 1 good play 5 bad plays

[skin27]

Keldon 3

[LeBowen]

Keldon finally makes one. Means he'll be in the closing lineup. Means we won't win this game.

[heyheymymy]

big shot KAGE

[heyheymymy]

woo this cup vibe has some spicy intensity a bit

[skin27]

Ofcours he will make a dumb mistake later

[CorrectCrusader]

FINALLY Keldon does something

[kjhip1]

Almost yelled out loud with Julian passing up the three to someone shooting in the 20s from the arc. It’s almost getting cringe watching KJ. His defense is soooo bad that it negates anything positive he does on offense.

[Pauleta14]

Keldon makes one good play and celebrates as if he was the MVP of the game... :lol

[heyheymymy]

Castle

18 pts
6-8 fg
3-3 three
3-6 ft
2 reb
4 ast : 1 to
+21
25 mins

[Kawhi Duncan]

Wemby took 12 threes... That's more than Steph averages... If half of those shots were from in the arc or the paint, we would have the lead now... No one is saying don't shoot any... We are saying don't shoot so much, and don't shoot dumb ones

[Frenchfred]

interesting how different of a game when Wemby is not shooting 50% behind the arc

[LeBowen]

Wemby took 12 threes... That's more than Steph averages... If half of those shots were from in the arc or the paint, we would have the lead now... No one is saying don't shoot any... We are saying don't shoot so much, and don't shoot dumb ones

The last time he posted up, Castle threw the ball to Christie.

[heyheymymy]

bron chokes both fts

[timtonymanu]

Can’t get over the damn hump

[onechance87]

how did castle miss that

[heyheymymy]

god damnt AD is such a huge pile of shit

[CorrectCrusader]

Please be hurt davis please be hurt you soft ass bitch

[heyheymymy]

fucking shit pile AD led with his knee right into Wemby

Wemby going to the locker room now

[timtonymanu]

Wemby out, yeah this is done.

[LeBowen]

Well, that's also a L for tomorrow, no way Wemby plays against the Mavs.

[skin27]

Wemby going the to locker

[heyheymymy]

AD with shades of Zaza against Wemby

scum bag piece of shit

[td4mvp2k]

collins wtf :lmao

[CorrectCrusader]

LMAO ref kill yourself

[LeBowen]

We need Collins to do one thing he's good at, make a scumbag move on AD.

[heyheymymy]

AD I hope your pussy eye ROTS out of your skull you fucking rat

[itzsoweezee]

Collins is a walking disaster

[heyheymymy]

lol coward lakers bleeding clock with 5 to go

[onechance87]

vassell decided not to show up today huh

[rascal]

Likely just knee on knee for Wemby. Painful but not serious

[Pauleta14]

AD feasting when Wemby is out

[heyheymymy]

WEMBY IS BACK

[scott]

Wemby coming back for vengeance. LFG

[skin27]

Vassell 3

[timtonymanu]

Wemby’s good, thank god!

[heyheymymy]

WASUP NOW BUSTER

[LeBowen]

vassell decided not to show up today huh

Say what?

[scott]

Dev making sure no one forgotten about him.

This can be a statement game. Let’s get this bag.

[heyheymymy]

LAL FT: 21

SAS FT: 14

[skin27]

Fckn AD:bang

[LeBowen]

I don't understand why is Keldon closing the game out.

[timtonymanu]

When did Davis develop such obnoxious flexing?

:lol needing to ride Lebrons coattails to win one measly ring

[heyheymymy]

all LAL momentum comes off bullshit FTs

[heyheymymy]

refs got LAL carcass on life support

[Tyronn Lue]

Can't do anything about 7 footers hitting from there. You want them shooting from out there. You don't want to give them all those FTs.

[Pauleta14]

Just 4 straight 3s and you're back at 50%, come on Vic!!

[scott]

I’d like to see CP3-Castle-Dev-Barnes-Wemby to close this one out.

This game has no room for Keldon to make some boneheaded game losing play

[rankingtear]

AD is killing it this year.

[scott]

(but if Keldon is in the game at the end… hope he makes the above post look stupid)

[timtonymanu]

Wemby back on the bench, guess they’re prioritizing his health more but I wanted this win.

[kjhip1]

Out of a timeout and that’s what we get.

[timtonymanu]

I’d like to see CP3-Castle-Dev-Barnes-Wemby to close this one out.

This game has no room for Keldon to make some boneheaded game losing play

Welp no Wemby, and Zollins Keldon

[LeBowen]

Tbh, our biggest issue is that we got no paint penetration.
Castle is the most reliable at it, which says a lot.
CP3's legs are gone, Devin isn't back into required shape yet and Keldon is just a tunnel vision player who makes bad decisions.

[onechance87]

vassell should of drove it in

[timtonymanu]

Castle better get more ROY hype after this. The competition is terrible.

[LeBowen]

Fucks sake can they miss one?

[skin27]

Castle

[tim_duncan_fan]

There is nothing more obvious than this game ending on an attempted game-winner from Castle.

[skin27]

Wemby forced it

[LeBowen]

LOOK AT THAT SHIT? How's that an offensive foul?

[heyheymymy]

what the fuck AD flopped off of tiny CP3?

[timtonymanu]

Wemby doesn’t have his legs on him after that collision

[baseline bum]

Piece of shit refs giving Davis that flop

[james evans]

when you're center is taking charges from a 40 year old pg and the refs give it to him, that's a goddamn shame

[Tyronn Lue]

LOOK AT THAT SHIT? How's that an offensive foul?
CP3 finds a way during crunch time to turn it over. Solid fundamentals, not good in crunch time.

[Chomag]

Fuck this lakerref rigged shit!

[heyheymymy]

disgusting refs acting like CP3 could topple AD

[Spurs Brazil]

Game on the line and Johnson is on the court guarding James :lol

[scott]

Biggest game of the early season and we’ve got Keldon Johnson guarding Lebron in the clutch and Wemby taking ill advised threes.

[CorrectCrusader]

Refs plan

[itzsoweezee]

This crowd is trash, by the way. Shame on you San Antonio

[z0sa]

Great game, refs

[Kawhi Duncan]

Wemby is a dumbass... They need to coach the bad shots out of him... It's getting out of hand

[Mr. Body]

ha ha LakersRefs

[heyheymymy]

total rigjob

AD just dropped like a turd

[CorrectCrusader]

CP3 finds a way during crunch time to turn it over. Solid fundamentals, not good in crunch time.

honestly shut the fuck up

[kjhip1]

KJ -13 on the floor. For goodness sakes his Def is such a liability

[Pauleta14]

Refs don't wanna leave any chances smh

[Mr. Body]

That's not a call you make this late... except against the Lakers.

[CorrectCrusader]

This crowd is trash, by the way. Shame on you San Antonio

It's always like this when Lebron plays. Too many mexicans love him

[Tyronn Lue]

overall good outing, no serious injuries and somewhat competitive. Castle looks good.

[timtonymanu]

Welp good game. Too bad we have to play Dallas next

[skin27]

Castle clank

[Raven]

that ad charge call was some next level bs

[z0sa]

Fucking dumb faggot refs calling that bullshit in the guts of the game. We know who they bet

[Chomag]

REFS won this

[Rosewood]

Good learning experience for the young team. Fun game. Coulda won it pretty easily.

[timtonymanu]

This crowd is trash, by the way. Shame on you San Antonio

This has always been the case with Laker games, tbh.

[Pauleta14]

Wemby forced it

That was horrible, rhythm, positioning, motion... ugliest 3 ever seen

[scott]

There is nothing more obvious than this game ending on an attempted game-winner from Castle.

Well it was a game tying attempt, but not the one we wanted

[baseline bum]

Would have been nice to have Barnes on the floor down 3 instead of shithead Kelon

[Tyronn Lue]

honestly shut the fuck up
Chill. It's November.

[spursparker9]

Spurs playing Mavs tomorrow...back to back losses.

[td4mvp2k]

god mitch sucks

[itzsoweezee]

Not a good play coming out of the time out

[Uriel]

Because when you need a 3 to tie, Castle is exactly the player you want to shoot.

[z0sa]

Trash play

[onechance87]

keldon is a terrible defender....Terrible choice having him close it out

[timtonymanu]

Vassell is still such a terrible chucker. I definitely prefer Castle handling the ball late.

[Fireball]

another fun game ...

[spursparker9]

Wow Lebron took a min to talk to Castle.

[Pauleta14]

Wemby should've taken the shot, not give it away to his rookie

[itzsoweezee]

Wemby grimacing. He’s not playing tomorrow

[SPURt]

Very winnable game. Loved what Castle brought. Way more competitive than the first match.

[Mr. Body]

Worst shot ever from Wemby.

Then LakersRef.

Ruined a bit of a great game.

[spursparker9]

keldon is a terrible defender....Terrible choice having him close it out

Mitch has been using Keldon for late game close out since he took over from Pop.

[MannyIsGod]

lol, these game threads are ridiculous. There's almost nothing to be upset about after that game.

[z0sa]

Refs 100% cost the Spurs this game. Wemby didn't even shoot a FT, but AD gets double digit FTAs

Typical Laker bullshit. Never change NBA

[timtonymanu]

That castle miss at the rim, a shot he usually makes, was the point where I knew we were destined to lose. Oh well, this was a big game for Castle and I still liked what I saw from him.

[Dejounte]

Wow Lebron took a min to talk to Castle.

Castle earned his respect tonight

[Chomag]

Was awesome to see our guys being competitive, but yeah fuck these laker refs

[LeBowen]

It's honestly so frustrating that even we on this forum can see the biggest issues with the roster and the coaching staff persists with the same shit.

1. We can charity case hype Branham and Wesley all we want against bad teams, but against serious opposition they're completely useless. Third stringers that should play only when there are too many injuries.
2. If we're trying to create a high IQ team full of versatile players Keldon needs to be the first one who goes. Just fucking ridiculous that he's closing out every game.
3. While Tre is out, one of CP3/Castle always has to be on the floor. Those bench minutes with Wesley at PG killed us.
4. Wemby went back to low quality 3pts and lost us the game in the clutch. Hopefully a valuable lesson.
5. Fuck these refs.

[spursparker9]

Wemby grimacing. He’s not playing tomorrow

I don't think we are winning even if he plays. So might as well give him a rest day. He has played all games thus far. Time for a load management day.

[RC_Drunkford]

with non-biased refs this would've been a win, but Laker refs showing up is always the case. Good game from the young guys. Castle showed out

[kjhip1]

Well, better than getting clobbered like last year but still KJ has to get off the court in crunch time. Barnes should have out there instead.

[onechance87]

Would have been nice to have Barnes on the floor down 3 instead of shithead Kelon

or champ..The coaching once again forcing keldon to get min.

[tim_duncan_fan]

Well it was a game tying attempt, but not the one we wanted

He'll hit the next one.

[weeks]

entertaining game, not upset about the loss.

[skin27]

Welp

[CorrectCrusader]

We win this game if :

The refs weren't paid off
Wesley, Branham, Zollins, Keldon had lethal heart attacks before the game
Wemby got actual minutes and wasn't treated as if he's older than Lebron James

[baseline bum]

That castle miss at the rim, a shot he usually makes, was the point where I knew we were destined to lose. Oh well, this was a big game for Castle and I still liked what I saw from him.

When Keldon was on the floor the last three minutes it looked to be a sure loss.

[scott]

Winnable game… awesome to see Castle step up like he did. Just needed smarter play from our superstar in the clutch, and it didn’t help the Lakers were draining all of those wide open 3s.

Also, Austin Reeves shoving it down ST.com’s throats :lol

[Chomag]

I'm sorry guys but Mitch sux. Hopefully he is there just as a stopgap between someone that we really want to get as head coach

[tim_duncan_fan]

Refs 100% cost the Spurs this game. Wemby didn't even shoot a FT, but AD gets double digit FTAs

Typical Laker bullshit. Never change NBA

I don't believe in blaming or even mentioning refs, but that last foul where Davis just bounces his own self off Chris Paul was a load of bullshit.

[Dejounte]

It's honestly so frustrating that even we on this forum can see the biggest issues with the roster and the coaching staff persists with the same shit.

1. We can charity case hype Branham and Wesley all we want against bad teams, but against serious opposition they're completely useless. Third stringers that should play only when there are too many injuries.
2. If we're trying to create a high IQ team full of versatile players Keldon needs to be the first one who goes. Just fucking ridiculous that he's closing out every game.
3. While Tre is out, one of CP3/Castle always has to be on the floor. Those bench minutes with Wesley at PG killed us.
4. Wemby went back to low quality 3pts and lost us the game in the clutch. Hopefully a valuable lesson.
5. Fuck these refs.

David Duke should be playing over Wesley and Branham tbh. He’s better than both.

[baseline bum]

or champ..The coaching once again forcing keldon to get min.

Keldon should be a minutes eater, that's it. Not the motherfucker you close with.

[TheBallsbreakers]

Wemby took 12 threes... That's more than Steph averages... If half of those shots were from in the arc or the paint, we would have the lead now... No one is saying don't shoot any... We are saying don't shoot so much, and don't shoot dumb ones
There's only one or two bad ones that he took. He's literally almost always open. Let him take those. Last shot he missed was just him being gassed methinks.

[lefty20]

Pretty good game. We would've been blown out by 20 last year, tbh.

[Duncan2177]

God I hate the Lakers. A team of phonies.

[baseline bum]

I'm sorry guys but Mitch sux. Hopefully he is there just as a stopgap between someone that we really want to get as head coach

Hopefully we can get Hurley to come this summer. Otherwise I don't know who with Bud just signing a five year deal and then Ty Lue signing one too.

[timtonymanu]

Yeah they should have finished with Barnes over Keldon. Didn’t they bring in Barnes for IQ and vet play? Keldon does neither of that.

[TheBallsbreakers]

Lakers are desperate to win this one, being the greatest NBA Cup team of all time.
But the Spurs hung in there. Great, fun game.


Next up is a struggling Dallas team. Might take that one to again stay on .500.

[timtonymanu]

God I hate the Lakers. A team of phonies.

A real playoff team will expose them. As usual, they’re dogshit outside of their 2 stars and Reaves. Knect is still an unproven rookie.

[jesterbobman]

Devin isn't all the way back, and Tre can't come back soon enough so that we have 48 minutes solid PG play.

Stephon Castle was good again. Great transition hit ahead passes to Collins in particular.

[RC_Drunkford]

Chicago lost, ATL won. Not our night

[LeBowen]

Yeah they should have finished with Barnes over Keldon. Didn’t they bring in Barnes for IQ and vet play? Keldon does neither of that.

Barnes needs to be more assertive.
At the beginning of the game he had one drive on Lebron and then he just faded away.
We need to get him more shots.
Barnes played 27 minutes, 3 FGA and 4 FTs.
Wesley and Branham combined for 15 minutes, 8 FGA.
Sorry, but that just isn't right.

[rankingtear]

Castle breakout performance makes this our night.

[itzsoweezee]

That stretch with Blake, Zach, and Mamu destroyed any chance of winning.

And more than anyone, Collins is killing this team’s chances of winning. Something has to be done. Mitch has him on a short leash,but they’ve got to get more drastic. Time to move Bassey to Wemby’s backup. Even coming off an ACL, Charles is more athletic than Zach.

[Jordan Jackson]

I’d probably play Barnes instead of Keldon. But I understand it. You kind of want to use these games to evaluate players in these scenarios.

It was a serious game and the rotation in the 2nd half got trimmed down pretty quick in terms of who is actually playable in this environment.

Anyway - good game and they didn’t get embarrassed on national tv like last season. Yeah they got dicked over by the refs but that happens to everyone that plays the Lakers.

wesley/Branham/Collins/Johnson - can’t trust them and probably replaced next offseason via draft picks etc.

[Donald Sterling.]

.

[skin27]

Wemby’s inability to get to the line is insane

[CorrectCrusader]

Wemby’s inability to get to the line is insane

Unfortunately Wemby doesn't blow the whistle or blow the refs like AD

[TheBallsbreakers]

Wemby’s inability to get to the line is insane
He's mostly playing outside.

[TheBallsbreakers]

Unfortunately Wemby doesn't blow the whistle or blow the refs like AD
Whut?

[Donald Sterling.]

...and back below .500 they go :lol

Anthony Davis outplaying Wembustyama, as he usually tends to do. Davis has yet to lose a game to the spurs since they drafted Wembolbol.

Imagine being 7'4 and going 4-13 from 3 and shooting 0 ft's all game because you refuse to get in the paint :lol

[tim_duncan_fan]

Wemby’s inability to get to the line is insane

Too slight to be near the basket, I am told. Needs to get stronger.

[Dejounte]

...and back below .500 they go :lol

Anthony Davis outplaying Wembustyama, as he usually tends to do. Davis has yet to lose a game to the spurs since they drafted Wembolbol.

Imagine being 7'4 and going 4-13 from 3 and shooting 0 ft's all game because you refuse to get in the paint :lol

Imagine having an account on another team’s fan forum for a decade made exclusively to antagonize other people. What a pathetic life, right?

[skin27]

Too slight to be near the basket, I am told. Needs to get stronger.

he cant even post up christie and fckn austin reeves

[timtonymanu]

Imagine having an account on another team’s fan forum for a decade made exclusively to antagonize other people. What a pathetic life, right?

They’re definitely not an actual Clippers fan, I’ll tell you that. :lol

[tim_duncan_fan]

he cant even post up christie and fckn austin reeves

Cause they are into his legs even when they are standing straight up lolol

[Obstructed_View]

Castle continues to look like the real deal. Too bad there were no NBA-quality players available at 8 in the draft.

[skin27]

Cause they are into his legs even when they are standing straight up lolol


He cant back down austin reeves? Lmao

[Mr. Body]

Sochan would have meant a couple of these might have been wins. Really could have used him tonight.

[Mugen]

Damn good game from Castle tbh. Probably the best loss we've had all season :lol

[CorrectCrusader]

Sochan would have meant a couple of these might have been wins. Really could have used him tonight.

Sochan over Keldon and we blown out the fakers

[Spurs Homer]

It was expected….

you dont get 50 points and then play too great your next game…there was bound to be a little letdown…

[ace3g]

Still leaving 3 point shooters open...

Hope the league reviews that flop by Davis.

[siraulo23]

gg but i wanted them to beat the Lakers so bad on national tv

[baseline bum]

Very encouraged by what I saw out of Castle; very discouraged by what I saw out of Mitch.

[skin27]

It was expected….

you dont get 50 points and then play too great your next game…there was bound to be a little letdown…

actually he played decent with 28/14/5/1/2 stats its just he had too many turnovers and the forced 3 at crunch time.

[Mugen]

Very encouraged by what I saw out of Castle; very discouraged by what I saw out of Mitch.

Mitch was fine ...

Wemby with some dumb TOs and not being able to position himself to get the ball when being guarded by Max Christie and Austin Reaves hurt more than the coaching tbh :lol

[Mugen]

The defense has definitely started to slide. Some of it is missing Sochan but a lot is just being careless. They're not good enough to be average on that side of the ball and still win games tbh.

[jesterbobman]

Wemby took 13 3's but most of them were decent shots in the flow of the offense. Generally didn't mind. Eventually, he'll be more inside / balanced in where he attacks from, seems clear that he's not strong enough yet and is a year away from having the strength on offense to establish himself.

[TheBallsbreakers]

actually he played decent with 28/14/5/1/2 stats its just he had too many turnovers and the forced 3 at crunch time.
Pretty amazing that a 28-pt, 14-reb night by a 20-year-old sophomore is considered merely "decent."
There can't be any more lofty expectations than the one placed on this kid.

[skin27]

Pretty amazing that a 28-pt, 14-reb night by a 20-year-old sophomore is considered merely "decent."
There can't be any more lofty expectations than the one placed on this kid.

i said decent because of his turnovers and bad decision making during crunch time.

[Kuvai]

Wemby was generally amazing during crunch time.

yeah he took one bad shot today in crunch time.

[Ni-G]

Can't win playing 5 vs 8. Refs should be dressed white tonight.

Castle getting recognised on national TV. Good for potential ROTY exposure.

Wemby with silly TOs. Looks like he has tried to hard sometimes.


Second unit lead by dumb tank commander KJ as usual sucks against better teams.

Still fun game to watch.

With Jeremy and Tre we would have killed them.

[baseline bum]

Mitch was fine ...

Wemby with some dumb TOs and not being able to position himself to get the ball when being guarded by Max Christie and Austin Reaves hurt more than the coaching tbh :lol

Mitch having Keldon close out the game was awful.

[Kawhi Duncan]

Too slight to be near the basket, I am told. Needs to get stronger.

KD is shorter and thinner than Wemby and never shot as many threes and has never had issues getting to the line... Let's be real... Wemby is soft on offense

[Kawhi Duncan]

Can't win playing 5 vs 8. Refs should be dressed white tonight.

Castle getting recognised on national TV. Good for potential ROTY exposure.

Wemby with silly TOs. Looks like he has tried to hard sometimes.


Second unit lead by dumb tank commander KJ as usual sucks against better teams.

Still fun game to watch.

With Jeremy and Tre we would have killed them.

He gets nervous with the ball in his hands... From my experience the only way to stop that is to give him the ball more... He will settle down eventually once he gets used to initiating offense like Jokic... And he will stop those quick hot potato passes

[ismael-robert]

Lakers had guys out too. Tre is healthy so no excuse. Just he alone could've been difference in 5pt game.

[Russ]

Remember when no one else wanted to trade Kelon + #8 to Detroit to move up to pick #5 while I was saying it would be the heist of the century?

Who would you pick at #5?

It can only be Ron Holland, Tidjane Salaun or Donovan Clingan.

They passed on everyone else at #8.

[PhantomDashCam]

Fun game for the most part. Frustrating at times, sure.

Think both teams drop their games tomorrow on the road.

Hope Wemby and Castle are OK. Both seemed to take their lumps, noticeably wincing and may sit tomorrow.

[baseline bum]

Who would you pick at #5?

It can only be Ron Holland, Tidjane Salaun or Donovan Clingan.

They passed on everyone else at #8.

Holland as a long term project

[tbdog]

Fun game. Shame we had some questionable shot selection towards the end. Lakers were so hot from down town too.

[Ice009]

I think we needed Stephon to play more. The game was lost in the minutes that guys like Wesley, Collins and to a lesser extent, Maliki were out there. In games against good opponents, these guys seem useless. KJ also makes some stupid plays at time.
Victor still needs to be better with his shot selection and more diligent on the turnovers. Can't be air balling threes at the end of the game, either.

Also, Davis flopped on that last one. Refs were definitely for the Lakers.

[RC_Drunkford]

Wemby's shooting numbers were fine if he hadn't taken those 2 dumb 3s in crunch time

[rankingtear]

Sochan has a good team around him when he comes back.

[Bruno]

Spurs and their shooting coach got trashed here for being an atrocious shooting team a couple of weeks ago...

Right now:
League average: 13.3 3PM per game, .356 3P%, .780 FT%
Spurs: 14.0 3PM per game, .358 3P%, .815 FT%

[exstatic]

If most people think we will hit the Vegas line and be around 35 wins, this kind of game will happen more often. 35 wins is 12 games below .500. We’re currently ONE game under .500. Buckle up, buttercup.

[exstatic]

Spurs and their shooting coach got trashed here for being an atrocious shooting team a couple of weeks ago...

Right now:
League average: 13.3 3PM per game, .356 3P%, .780 FT%
Spurs: 14.0 3PM per game, .358 3P%, .815 FT%

Sochan is out.

[LeBowen]

Sochan is out.

Tbf, he's at 1.7 attempts, it's not like he'd affect those percentages.


If most people think we will hit the Vegas line and be around 35 wins, this kind of game will happen more often. 35 wins is 12 games below .500. We’re currently ONE game under .500. Buckle up, buttercup.

7 out of 10 upcoming games are against playoff teams, we'll see how it goes.
So far we've beaten 3 good teams, 2 of those being on the second night of b2b.

[Bruno]

Sochan is out.

Vassell was out before that to offset it.

[quentin_compson]

AD took 22 shots inside the arc, Wemby 12. Looking at their respective shot charts, it shouldn't come as a big surprise that AD went to the line much more often than Wemby did. Zero FTs for Wemby is a bit low, though, one has to say.

[Mugen]

Mitch having Keldon close out the game was awful.

Yeah can't argue that. I'm not sure how much of that is up to him and how much some of it is some FO stuff behind the scenes.

Hopefully Keldon never closes once Sochan is healthy tbh. Such a losing player.

[heyheymymy]

What national channel was the game on last night, NBA TV?

[exstatic]

What national channel was the game on last night, NBA TV?

ESPN, I believe.

[heyheymymy]

ESPN, I believe.

thanks

[Strategic]

What national channel was the game on last night, NBA TV?espn

[heyheymymy]

thanks all

[Arcadian]

...and back below .500 they go :lol

Anthony Davis outplaying Wembustyama, as he usually tends to do. Davis has yet to lose a game to the spurs since they drafted Wembolbol.

Imagine being 7'4 and going 4-13 from 3 and shooting 0 ft's all game because you refuse to get in the paint :lol

You'd suck 3 cocks to have Victor on your team, and you know it.