Spurs Paris Games Thread

[LeBowen]

I don't think there are many effort issues on this roster.
It's their limit, they're just a bunch of low IQ, fundamentally flawed players.
Effort can't win you many games against competent teams.
Pacers are one of the most in form teams in the league and winning a game against them was unexpected, tbh.

[Pauleta14]

Why is Tre on the floor again?

Him a Sochan are such burdens that constantly help/bail out opponents... :lol

[spursparker9]

I would like to see Spurs matching physicality of Pacers, but most likely they will fold

Spurs don't have the personnel tbh...I see Pacers players are long and tall....while we have CP3 and Tre Jones sharing the court :lol

[Kawhi Duncan]

why leave Sochan in there messing up the offense bring back Barnes or Mamu

Seriously... Sochan needs to be traded while he has value

[LeBowen]

Which is why I've been saying that Wemby raising the floor of this team to a Play-In contender is the worst thing that could happen to us right now tbh. Spurs desperately need another top-5 pick this year. This roster is bottom-6 in the league outside of Wemby.

We don't need a top5 pick, we need some players who can actually play basketball right now.
What are we supposed to do? Wait for 2 more years until our 2025 pick develops? Outside top2 noone seems ready to be a legit contributor right away.

[John B]

Mitch dumb rotation. Mamu/Castle was cooking, he kept pushing Sochan/Tre in there

[spursparker9]

The full court press def can destroyed Spurs

[mikec]

He had like 12 points in 3 mins this 2nd quarter. Idk how more “nuclear” you can be. Hard to win when you’re 2nd option has 3pts at half time aside from the other issues like turnovers and rebounding.

That is semi nuclear. Nuclear for me would be a 50 point game which it looks like we'll need from him to win this game.

[itzsoweezee]

Horrific first half from Sochan. Later rotations, bad passes, silly fouls.

And this small ball shit with wemby on the bench is not working

[scott]

Expect Vassell to load up on garbage time stats but still post a -24 for the game, so the Vasselline-users can point to how he’s puts up 20 point games and is consistent

[ace3g]

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[Pauleta14]

Neither should ever dribble or make playmaking decisions... They're both ppl who finish plays... Champ shoots... Sochan gets wide open layups when his man completely ignores him to disrupt our offense

ST loves Champ bc he's cheap, but IDGAF if he's such a liability in so many areas...

We only have one tricks pony in this roster, whatever positive they bring, they cost double with their limitations smh

One good game and fans/ST forget

[Blizzardwizard]

We’re a consistently worse team with Devin on the court, but you’re supposed to ignore +/-, that’s what this website has told me

Expecting the highest-paid player to have more than one good week of basketball a month?


Sounds pretty spoiled brat to me.

[John B]

Pacers are not a bad team. Spurs better be serious on the next half or they will get blown out

[Pauleta14]

Same problem of this whole season. Game is close, Wemby to the bench and it’s downhill

Mitch's lineups don't help.

Leaving Tre that long or even Sochan who was clearly struggling isn't smart.

He's too slow to react

[onechance87]

Expect Vassell to load up on garbage time stats but still post a -24 for the game, so the Vasselline-users can point to how he’s puts up 20 point games and is consistent

yup....he will be on cruise mode...While we are down 15....Making shots here and there with weak ass d from him.

[baseline bum]

Seriously... Sochan needs to be traded while he has value

What I was saying about Keldon a year and a half ago, and now he has negative trade value. Same shit gonna happen with Sochan and Vassell.

[Larry O]

Now that the Spurs won the last game on an emotional high, and embarrassed the Pacers on the world stage, it's back down to earth, and the Pacers are looking for revenge this time. I'd be surprised if Johnson makes adjustments to get the team back into the game. I do see the Pacers keep their feet on the Spurs neck and keep it rolling in the 2nd half and put the Spurs to bed early.

[baseline bum]

ST loves Champ bc he's cheap, but IDGAF if he's such a liability in so many areas...

We only have one tricks pony in this roster, whatever positive they bring, they cost double with their limitations smh

One good game and fans/ST forget

More Champ minutes is less Vassell minutes

[LeBowen]

More Champ minutes is less Vassell minutes

Champ minutes don't matter if he won't get any shots.
0 FGA for our only actual shooter is disgusting.

[Mal]

Lets see what this team is made of and what coach Johnson is. There has to be something unordinary happening

[baseline bum]

Gotta quit doing these interviews with Sean, the time delays are annoying.

[TheBallsbreakers]

Sean should just talk for the rest of the game. Guys went on a run while he was yapping

[TheBallsbreakers]

The entire state of Indiana must have paid these zebras a ton

[Pauleta14]

WTF so it's 2 blocks they haven't count now...

[onechance87]

Which is why I've been saying that Wemby raising the floor of this team to a Play-In contender is the worst thing that could happen to us right now tbh. Spurs desperately need another top-5 pick this year. This roster is bottom-6 in the league outside of Wemby.

We need to get out of this family culture bullshit we got going.Staying with branham,wesley,kedon ect.Everybody knows they
are terrible yet we bring them back.Our coaching should recongnize what works and who fits on this team.But are ignoring
the obvious for sum reason.

[Mal]

Ok, i like the response

[100%duncan]

Thug :lol

[TheBallsbreakers]

Well that ought to fire these scrubs up!

[scott]

Castle has a lot of room to grow, but at least he’s showing some heart this half

[td4mvp2k]

hell ya get at em castle

[TheBallsbreakers]

Mathurin is as dumb as he looks, apparently.

[Spurs Brazil]

Good start. Nice to see Castle attacking instead of setting for jumpers

[Leetonidas]

Focus has picked up a lot so far, good to see. Keep it up

[baseline bum]

We need to get out of this family culture bullshit we got going.Staying with branham,wesley,kedon ect.Everybody knows they
are terrible yet we bring them back.Our coaching should recongnize what works and who fits on this team.But are ignoring
the obvious for sum reason.

I'm fine with the extensions to Branham and Wesley now since they're being properly used: as warm bodies for practice. Those contracts are short and small dollar so can be useful for helping match salary in trades. Keldon though should have been moved last year.

[baseline bum]

Castle has a lot of room to grow, but at least he’s showing some heart this half

Don't ever want to see Steph slandered with these Vassell comparisons I have read today.

[Larry O]

Johnson's adjustments: attack the rim and more ball movement.

[ace3g]

After CP3 makes the FT

7:44 - 3rd





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68

[ace3g]

Barnes with the aggressive drive to the basket, draws the foul.

[100%duncan]

Barnes has really saved these guys’ ass so far

[TheBallsbreakers]

Uncle Harry really balling out today.

[ginobilized]

I love seeing them take it hard to the bucket every time down the floor.

Castle has the much needed grit, confidence and toughness that we've lacked for some time

[BatManu20]

Wemby needs to settle the fuck down

[ace3g]

Vassell with the corner 3.

[Pauleta14]

Been waiting to see if they correct it, but these mf forgot TWO blocks for Wemby!!! :lol

[100%duncan]

Unfortunate on the ft misses

[Leetonidas]

Wtf Barnes choking at the line today

[ace3g]

Wemby needs to settle the fuck down

Sometimes he gets the case of the "turf monster."

[ace3g]

5:08 - 3rd





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75

[LeBowen]

Such a strange game, tbh.

[CorrectCrusader]

These refs are fucking horrendous

[Mal]

Spurs up 1, just in time for subs to go in

[100%duncan]

How the fuck is that not an and 1 :lol

[Leetonidas]

Finally

[ace3g]

Wemby gets the soft bounce on the runner to fall, Pacers timeout.

4:53 - 3rd





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[Spurs Brazil]

Great run. Now it’s probably time for Wemby rest. Need to survive those next 3 minutes

[TheBallsbreakers]

Indy committing manslaughter every time Wemby drives in there.
Damn kid might need to play the rest of the game for the Spurs to have a chance.

[BatManu20]

Spurs battling back to take the league after playing like shit the majority of the game is impressive tbh. Even if we lose this one.

[td4mvp2k]

pacers getting away with alot

[Pauleta14]

One would think playing in Paris would generate some respect from the refs... smh

Still treated like a rookie

[ace3g]

DFQifZrI9T6

[rankingtear]

Man IND full court pressure at the tip. I now see why they have the best defense lately.

[TheBallsbreakers]

Putting Wemby on Siakam has done wonders for the defense. Wemby can still reach in if the Pacers choose to go with Turner down low.

[ace3g]

Allowing a 3 out of a timeout...

[ace3g]

3:22 - 3rd





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80

[td4mvp2k]

halliburton crying all game

[ace3g]

Wemby sits at 3:22 mark of 3rd.

[Thomas82]

I see Wemby only has credit for 1 block on ESPN and 3 steals.

[ace3g]

6-0 so far for Pacers since Wemby out...

[CorrectCrusader]

Donald Trump needs a purge day but it's only allowed against referees

[Leetonidas]

Sochan completely blows a wide open layup .


Fucking right on cue. Victor goes out and shit falls apart

[Mal]

Subs in, game lost

[Pauleta14]

How is Halliburton bitching when the refs has bailed them out so much??

[Spurminator]

Here comes the sloppy

[100%duncan]

Sochan is straight up ass

[Robz4000]

Wemby really hides how bad this team is tbh.

[onechance87]

did mamu die or what

[Leetonidas]

Seriously fuck Sochan today

[td4mvp2k]

omg Barnes cant take that shot!

[Mal]

Bum, Pacers back to double digits lead

[ace3g]

11-2 run...

1:00 - 3rd





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82

[100%duncan]

This fucking bench man :lmao

[YoungbuckMurray]

Get sochon off the court

[CorrectCrusader]

can this stupid retard coach call a fucking timeout

[Spurs Brazil]

Of course, Wemby to the bench and we’re done. Johnson guarding Hali :lol

[benefactor]

When lineups like this are in the game you can really see what a bag of trash this team is from top to bottom

[Splits]

Jesus fuck Mitch call a fuckin timeout when Hali is fuckin killing us all by himself

[Mal]

Holy fucking shit

[CorrectCrusader]

LMAO fuck this team.

[benefactor]

Down by 15 :lol

[BatManu20]

Wemby goes to the bench, Spurs collapse. Rinse, repeat.

[Spurs Brazil]

Jones and Johnson are damn bad.

[td4mvp2k]

way to go mitch!

[YoungbuckMurray]

Never seen a PG with such shit finishing

[CorrectCrusader]

Leave mitch Johnson in paris

[Mal]

Sochan, Tre +/- -30

[BatManu20]

Tre Jones is unplayable. Nice guy, but not a serviceable NBA player.

[YoungbuckMurray]

They are so bad

[100%duncan]

Keldon Johnson offering absolutely nothing on offense while being burnt by Haliburton

[baseline bum]

JFC Suckhan is -30 tonight. Also great job Mitch leaving Tre on Haliburton as he goes nuclear instead of getting Champ on him.

[benefactor]

Where are all of our resident boomers to tell us any of these guys are actually good

[BatManu20]

Sochan with arguably his worst game of the season after a solid performance last game. He, Keldon, and Tre are killing us today.

[ace3g]

Barnes hits a desperation 3 to stop the bleeding.

End of 3rd





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[Mal]

36 minutes in, 22 minutes from Castle +17, 14 minutes from Tre Jones -30. Wow

[Pauleta14]

Tre is at least supposed to have a high(er) IQ but still think the midget he is can go 1vs3

What a roster of dum-dums

[Kawhi Duncan]

We are awful and trades need to be made, but won't be made because Pop doesn't want anyone traded because it will hurt their feelings

[Splits]

Sochan, Tre +/- -30

in 14 minutes each, unbelievable

[scott]

Wemby sits at 3:22 mark of 3rd.

LOL and it all goes to shit from there.

It’s literal front office malpractice to not put a half decent roster around Wemby. People get on Denver’s FO for the team around Jokic, but they’re several levels ahead of our scrubs

[100%duncan]

Idgaf, play CP and Wemby the entire 4th. Or until it’s virtually lost.

[Spursfanfromafar]

Sochan being mis-played as a center when he is clearly among the better perimeter defenders for the Spurs or the only one barring Wemby.

[itzsoweezee]

The turd triad strikes again. Great lineup rotations going on here.

[TheBallsbreakers]

Still not getting any championship with Haliburton as your number 1.
But not saying the Spurs are going somewhere with this team of stinking scrubs

[YoungbuckMurray]

Honestly play branham or Wesley over jones he’s so fucking bad. Sochan shouldn’t see another minute tonight he’s been embarrassingly bad, give me bassey or hell even zollins would be better than him today. Fucking useless

[Spurs Brazil]

Castle was doing a fine job on Haliburton. He went to the bench and because of the stupid small ball we can’t put Sochan on him. And in 3 minutes he destroyed Jones/johnson. This is on Mitch Johnson stupid small ball. Sochan should be Haliburton.

[Mal]

Sochan is not you backup C, Mitch

[Spurminator]

Tre Jones is unplayable. Nice guy, but not a serviceable NBA player.

Well, he certainly shouldn't be on the floor against the other team's elite PG.

[onechance87]

Wemby really hides how bad this team is tbh.

yup and it shows how bad vassell and sochan are without wemby.

[Leetonidas]

Yeah Mitch Johnson fucking sucks. Half the posters here could run the team better

[td4mvp2k]

We are awful and trades need to be made, but won't be made because Pop doesn't want anyone traded because it will hurt their feelings
true

[BatManu20]

Immediate turnover out of the timeout :lol

[YoungbuckMurray]

Another god awful turnover

[Pauleta14]

yup and it shows how bad vassell and sochan are without wemby.

Sochan particularly

Vassell is just an idiot but he's highly talented and just need a proper PG and focus on his job rather than act like he's Kobe

[td4mvp2k]

fk u mitch

[100%duncan]

Castle was doing a fine job on Haliburton. He went to the bench and because of the stupid small ball we can’t put Sochan on him. And in 3 minutes he destroyed Jones/johnson. This is on Mitch Johnson stupid small ball. Sochan should be Haliburton.
The 20 yr old needs his rest. Fucking Mitch

[Leetonidas]

I'm done

[CorrectCrusader]

The best thing for this team would be for the entire front office to spontaneously combust

[Spurs Brazil]

Champagnie playing terrible.

[100%duncan]

Good thing they won the first game. Imagine going 0-2 in France

[YoungbuckMurray]

This teams inbounding is ridiculously bad holy hell

[BatManu20]

This many turnovers is both embarrassing and pathetic. Players and coaches both need belt to ass for this performance tbh.

[spursfan 73]

It’s embarrassing how often these pros turn the ball over in the backcourt or OOB plays. How Mitch doesn’t pull their ass is beyond me.

[Dex]

Champagnie should never inbound the ball again for the rest of his career.

[BatManu20]

Champagnie should never inbound the ball again for the rest of his career.

Agreed. Dude is terrible in that role and Mitch just keeps going to him. Make it makes sense.

[Spurs Brazil]

At least Jones can go in the offseason. Johnson will still have 2 more years in that terrible contract

[YoungbuckMurray]

Champagnie should never inbound the ball again for the rest of his career.
I’ve seen this comment how many times over the last couple games and yet here we still are having this bum inbound the ball and fuck up continuously.

[Splits]

As bad as Castle was in the first half, he's had a helluva 2nd half so far

[CorrectCrusader]

Castle is absolutely this teams second best player.

[BatManu20]

At least Jones can go in the offseason. Johnson will still have 2 more years in that terrible contract

He's getting made soon tbh. Either this offseason or next. Just a matter of time imo.

[rankingtear]

They trying to solve the bench lineup huge ass this game.

[CorrectCrusader]

This is just not Champagnies day lmao

[BatManu20]

Yet another fucking turnover out of the timeout :lmao

[100%duncan]

Oh fuck you Champ

[Mal]

Time for Champagne to hit the shower

[Spurminator]

Good thing they won the first game. Imagine going 0-2 in France

Did anyone really expect anything other than a split?

This loss isn't a failure, it's an indication of where this team is at. It's a 500-ish roster.

[Pauleta14]

I don't care he's cheap and a decent shooter, Champagnie is too stupid and limited to be on the roster

Let's develop someone else with a higher ceiling. Plenty of prospects like MEM has shown

We just need to convince Vassell to play Champ's role and he'd be perfect

[itzsoweezee]

Champagnie and dribbling do not mix

[Kawhi Duncan]

Every single time Champ dribbles, it's a turnover... Every single time!

[td4mvp2k]

champ u gotta be fkn kidding me

[YoungbuckMurray]

Get that clown off the god damn floor

[Larry O]

Champoopie with the TOs! SMH...

[Dex]

I could accept giving up the lead when Haliburton went nuclear.

The start of this 4th quarter is just embarrassing

[CorrectCrusader]

We're literally screening wemby on defense I can't... the fuck man

[BatManu20]

Make Castle walk home with Mitch, Jeremy, and Keldon. Dude is playing like a complete fucking dumbass today. Some of the worst tunnel vision I've ever seen.

[Pauleta14]

Only ONE bucket the whole 2nd half is just not acceptable for Wemby

[YoungbuckMurray]

Ya this one’s over, just an awful performance. A lot of these players need to fucking go

[TheBallsbreakers]

Castle is the most blocked player his size I have ever seen.

[CorrectCrusader]

Make Castle walk home with Mitch. Dude is playing like a complete fucking dumbass today. Some of the worst tunnel vision I've ever seen.

Lmao how the fuck is that his fault when not a single spur other than him went inside half court

[spursfan 73]

When TJ McConnell finishes better vs Wemby than Steph does vs bums you’re just completely cooked.

[Larry O]

The Pacers are late, but BIG blowout incoming... Gotta feeling that after the TO, Johnson will throw in the towel and send out the scrubs...

[Splits]

Oh now, NOW Bitch starts calling timeouts when the game is already out of reach but not when Hali was going hiroshima in a close game

[Duncan2177]

Dog shit team.

[BatManu20]

Lmao how the fuck is that his fault when not a single spur other than him went inside half court

How the fuck is it not..? He literally chose to drive into 3 defenders. It was a predictable block the minute he put the ball down and lowered his head. He has a tendency of doing this. He's done 3 times this game already. Nobody is forcing him. He had an entire shot-clock, bring the ball back out.

[Larry O]

I just don't know why Mitch still has the starters in the game. The Spurs aren't scoring, while the Pacers keep adding to the score. SMH..

[LeBowen]

He has a tendency of doing this.

Rookies always look up to older players.
That's why everyone except him and Wemby needs to go before he's completely infected with negative IQ basketball.

There's nothing to write about this one, we just don't have a roster worthy of play-in spots.
Jokic would've maybe carried them there, but that's about it. They're that bad.

And Wright still can't get over himself and we don't have a backup big less than 2 weeks before the deadline.

[Pauleta14]

Wemby just quit (again)

I know he has plenty of excuses with the dumbasses he plays with but only 1 basket the whole 2nd half just can't happen.

[Splits]

why da fuck is Wemby still out there?

[Pauleta14]

We need Pop to come back asap

[twincam]

These guys will continue to think they are a promising club. They completely went G-League mode and forgot how to make layups, free throws, dribble, and on yeah……defend.

[BatManu20]

This game can't end soon enough. Getting absolutely dog-walked on national television.

[BackHome]

Vassell I guess didn’t show up?

[Splits]

get our scrub lineup out there: Sochan, Jones, Cissoko, Keldumb, Zollins

[itzsoweezee]

Gotdamn, Mitch must really hate Bassey.

[Mal]

get our scrub lineup out there: Sochan, Jones, Cissoko, Keldumb, Zollins

This is not even worst it could get

[baseline bum]

Sochan with arguably his worst game of the season after a solid performance last game. He, Keldon, and Tre are killing us today.

Don't worry, we'll see plenty more Suckhan games like this

[onechance87]

Wemby just quit (again)

I know he has plenty of excuses with the dumbasses he plays with but only 1 basket the whole 2nd half just can't happen.

its getting old real fast that he has to deal with dumbass team mates or coaching.He goes to the bench to rest.Coaches and teammates fck
everything up and goes to shit right away.I dont blame him.

[Mal]

What a lineup on the floor

[TheBallsbreakers]

Why must we subject ourselves to such agony, almost constantly?

[LeBowen]

What a lineup on the floor

Replace Devin, Jeremy and Keldon with Wesley, Branham, Mamu and Sidy for an entire season and we'd still win about the same number of games. Maybe 3 to 5 less.
We've already seen it happen at the end of last season when supposed key players sat and we went 4-4 against good teams.

[Dex]

That's a bullshit flagrant foul when you are up 32 in the final minutes.

[Mal]

Mamu with retalilation foul

[Dex]

Love Mamu giving them a taste of their own medicine

[td4mvp2k]

end this **** already

[manufor3]

The last few weeks that the team will go through large periods where they're using Victor as a decoy and not running plays for him at all And then when all the sudden the team is losing they'll just throw the ball to him and be like okay bro. We just blew a lead. And we know that you were really hot 2 quarters ago and we haven't run a single play for you in 15 minutes but.. please save us! And then just have Vic chunking up shots completely out of the flow of the offense.

Insanity. Just absolute Insanity. I don't want Victor taking 40 shots a game. But why the hell are we having periods of time where we're genuinely running the offense through guys like Johnson, Jones, even freaking Castle who's hit some shots at the end of this game to salvage what has been honestly a disaster, but should all be playing off of Victor

This team just feels like they still have absolutely no clue what they want to do with him and at times it really does feel like a huge misuse of his talents to have him fade into the background for this supporting cast. They're just simply not good enough to justify it

[ace3g]

Mamu with an ejection for that , lol

[Mal]

It would end up badly, if they did not sent him off

[td4mvp2k]

yet walker stays in the game :lol

[TheBallsbreakers]

The last few weeks that the team will go through large periods where they're using Victor as a decoy and not running plays for him at all And then when all the sudden the team is losing they'll just throw the ball to him and be like okay bro. We just blew a lead. And we know that you were really hot 2 quarters ago and we haven't run a single play for you in 15 minutes but.. please save us! And then just have Vic chunking up shots completely out of the flow of the offense.

Insanity. Just absolute Insanity. I don't want Victor taking 40 shots a game. But why the hell are we having periods of time where we're genuinely running the offense through guys like Johnson, Jones, even freaking Castle who's hit some shots at the end of this game to salvage what has been honestly a disaster, but should all be playing off of Victor

This team just feels like they still have absolutely no clue what they want to do with him and at times it really does feel like a huge misuse of his talents to have him fade into the background for this supporting cast. They're just simply not good enough to justify it
This is spot on.
Hope this absolute shellacking in front of Wemby's people and most of the team's dignitaries will force the coaching staff and FO to open their fucking eyes.

[rascal]

They just take the ball away from Wesley.

[Dex]

Wesley and Branham are both jokes

[spursparker9]

After seeing their sightseeing pics in France. I hope they treasure the remaining time. majority of them will not be in the NBA after their contract ends

[rascal]

Spurs have the worst bench in the league.

[Pauleta14]

its getting old real fast that he has to deal with dumbass team mates or coaching.He goes to the bench to rest.Coaches and teammates fck
everything up and goes to shit right away.I dont blame him.

I wish/hope he lets his frustration known to the FO behind the doors tbh

He seems too nice and agreeable for his own good

[LeBowen]

Devin, Jeremy and Tre with -30 each, ffs.
Castle has a lot of things to work on, but he was the only one who didn't give up.

As I said before the game, we had no chance in this one, but it really didn't have to be this ugly.

[TheBallsbreakers]

I wish/hope he lets his frustration known to the FO behind the doors tbh

He seems too nice and agreeable for his own good
Fat chance he does that. Kid is the quintessential Popovichian "bigger-than-basketball" prodigy.

[onechance87]

Devin, Jeremy and Tre with -30 each, ffs.
Castle has a lot of things to work on, but he was the only one who didn't give up.

As I said before the game, we had no chance in this one, but it really didn't have to be this ugly.

castle is turning into keldon lately....Guy needs to be better at getting better shots for himself

[ginobilized]

That is going to be one long ass plane ride back home.

The FO made 3 good moves last offseason: Castle, CP3 and Barnes. Can we expect them to make 3 more good moves this offseason? We need some addition by subtraction and addition by addition. Feels like 6 good moves would get us to a solid .500+ team with Play-In potential. Good lord this roster is bad.

[scott]

Where are all of our resident boomers to tell us any of these guys are actually good

Zach Collins: Having an objectively good season

Devin Vassell: Darn good, consistently

#ThingsSpursTalkSays

[Larry O]

Well... after today, it's all tanking from here due to the difficulty of scheduling and the RRT. But man, the Spurs just couldn't hit their FT, chip shots at the rim, dunks, middies or 3 pointers! Credit the Pacers defense, they made it difficult for the Spurs. Also, better talent and coaching by Carlisle as well.

[LeBowen]

castle is turning into keldon lately....Guy needs to be better at getting better shots for himself

Obviously.
The issue is that even with his current skillset he's contributing on a more consistent basis than Devin or Jeremy.

Damn, I was looking forward to today's games, they just killed me with this garbage.
Time for Jokic to heal me from low bball IQ trauma I just witnessed.

[Sugus]

Ouch.

Funny to watch the game play out like this after Chris Paul's interview after the past game, of the team never having won both games of these "mini-series" and speaking of not getting too comfortable because of a first win.


To be fair, they didn't look too comfortable out there today... :lol

[ace3g]

Would have been funny to have identical scores.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GiKfHRfXIAAieuI?format=png&name=240x240

[John B]

The guys probably stayed too late last night… undermining a good team who was embarrassed the last game. It’s so predictable… compounded by a dumb coach who cannot make correct adjustments

[Sugus]

Devin, Jeremy and Tre with -30 each, ffs.
Castle has a lot of things to work on, but he was the only one who didn't give up.

As I said before the game, we had no chance in this one, but it really didn't have to be this ugly.

I'm really glad that it was, actually. A close game and heartbreak loss would've been much tougher to bear.

It's good in the long run that the team's deficiencies get exposed like this, on a bigger stage. Chris Paul talked a lot in his interview after last game about how the team has to get better and not be complacent, and I believe he's taking a very close look at the roster, and speaking with the staff about it (one of the many ways in which he's an amazing signing for the Spurs).

He has two great qualities in that he's an insane competitor, and is old enough to see things with clarity and perspective. He'll push for change in ways that the FO might not be accustomed to, and that's a great thing.

I see moving parts coming in the off-season.

[Blizzardwizard]

Hey man let's just stand pat at the trade deadline one more time man I promise these guys are gonna show their All-Star potential soon man just be patient man


:cry

[Robz4000]

Would have been funny to have identical scores.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GiKfHRfXIAAieuI?format=png&name=240x240

Surprised they didn't run the lead up to 50 after how their commentators complained last game that the Spurs were running up the score tbh.

[polandprzem]

Good game

[scott]

I'm not sure if it's better that we won the first game to break up a potential 10 game losing streak going into the trade deadline, or worse. Maybe a 10-game losing streak would be enough to Spur the FO into action, though maybe that would have even been a bridge too far and cause us just to give up until the offseason. Who am I kidding, they've already done that.

We spent the entire first half of the season talking about how this team is exceeding expectations... but tbh with this gauntlet coming up in February (no games in San Antonio from Feb 2 - Mar 1), we might be right on track for 28-32 wins, which would be below expectations (in my opinion, anyway).

[LeBowen]

I'm really glad that it was, actually. A close game and heartbreak loss would've been much tougher to bear.

I disagree.
Tough losses are tougher to bear when you're supporting a good team and bad losses aren't much to worry about because an off night happens to everyone. Like it did to the Pacers who are now 11-2 in their last 13 games.

These horrible blowouts show that the roster is just garbage and hopeless.


It's good in the long run that the team's deficiencies get exposed like this, on a bigger stage.

I'd agree if we had a proactive front office.
But what are the odds of their M.O. changing?
Every single game I'm in disbelief that we're playing Jeremy as a backup big. There's not a single valid excuse for it.
We have close to 20 SRPs on our disposal and we should've had a reliable backup by now. But Wright obviously doesn't feel the same.
There's not a single person in the world who can explain the logic behind not having a backup big yet. It's just sheer incompetence.

[Spurs Homer]

What could the spurs realistically get for…

chump-penny
vassell
keldon

?

[Bruno]

I hope Sidy will be ok.

And Walker is incredibly stupid...

[Pauleta14]

Fat chance he does that. Kid is the quintessential Popovichian "bigger-than-basketball" prodigy.

I hope you're right but I doubt it, or at best passive aggressively...

Wemby is too attached at how he does things and how he's perceived, he wants to be a goos teammates and please everyone, he doesn't realize yet that he's surrounded by wolves in his roster who aren't his friends.

[Pauleta14]

I hope Sidy will be ok.

And Walker is incredibly stupid...

Not one teammate to go at Walker's face smh.

[BatManu20]

CFpMc4DpB6o

[Raven]

i am not paying league pass to watch sochan as a center and castle shooting 20 a game most of which it's him getting triple blocked ...

[Kawhi Duncan]

I disagree.
Tough losses are tougher to bear when you're supporting a good team and bad losses aren't much to worry about because an off night happens to everyone. Like it did to the Pacers who are now 11-2 in their last 13 games.

These horrible blowouts show that the roster is just garbage and hopeless.



I'd agree if we had a proactive front office.
But what are the odds of their M.O. changing?
Every single game I'm in disbelief that we're playing Jeremy as a backup big. There's not a single valid excuse for it.
We have close to 20 SRPs on our disposal and we should've had a reliable backup by now. But Wright obviously doesn't feel the same.
There's not a single person in the world who can explain the logic behind not having a backup big yet. It's just sheer incompetence.

Yep... No matter how bad we are, and how obvious we need to make a move, we never do... Once u come to terms with that, it will save u the disappointment... We always wait for ppl to either leave or come... It's like Pop wants to keep the narrative going that the Spurs are above making moves because we have a master plan that everyone else is too stupid to get

[RC_Drunkford]

Cory Alexander says that Pop told him pre-Victor that the core of Vassell-Keldon-Tre was just one superstar away.

Get well soon Pop, but he clearly lost it a few years ago :lol

:pop: "if we could add a Steph Curry like player to that core...like Bryn Forbes, we'd be back in the title race"

[siraulo23]

im not sure what type of coverage are the spurs playing on the pick and roll? laughable

good god Vassell on defense :vomit

how many more inbound passes need to be stolen before they make an adjustment

i'll take the split tho at this point

[heyheymymy]

Devin Vassell

33 min
2-8 fg
6 pts
-30

downright HWSNBN RJ "dicky Jefferson" level territory in the expectations to production ratio

[rascal]

I hope Sidy will be ok.

And Walker is incredibly stupid...

He should have let Sidy go ahead and get that dunk for the fans. The game was over anyways.

[z0sa]

Mitch Johnson is a fucking moron. Get rid of him as soon as possible.

[BatManu20]

1883263575361499145

[rascal]

The guys probably stayed too late last night… undermining a good team who was embarrassed the last game. It’s so predictable… compounded by a dumb coach who cannot make correct adjustments

No lame excuses, the Spurs just aren't as good as Indiana.

First game was a fluke with Wemby playing inspired and Indiana having a bad 2nd half.

[Jordan Jackson]

Pop thinking Vassell/Johnson/Jones/Sochan are a core for anything meaningful should scare the shit out of you.

Hope they get some fresh eyes on this roster when “evaluating”.

These players are showing you who they are …have been for a few seasons. You might want to believe them.

[Splits]

he thinks that wallpaper are real people :lol

He doubled-down on yesterday Pod :lol: what a fool:

11:45 mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kkFY_7_7dw

[wildbill2u]

It was hard to watch all the fumbled passes and horrible dribbling in the 4th quarter. no one played like they were capable NBA professionals. i guess they were hungover.

[John B]

Not one teammate to go at Walker's face smh.

Mamu took it on Bryant tbh

[ace3g]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7vxBTbDqnI