Game Thread: Spurs (31-39) @ Pistons (40-32) 3/25/2025 6 PM CST 1 AM RIGA 1 PM HAWAII

[LeBowen]

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Questionable Cade is the last thing we need.

After the Raptors game I said it will be interesting to see if Spurs can keep this fluid offense against playoff teams.
We'll undoubtedly give up a lot of points, but offense is what I'm interested to see.

There will also undoubtedly be at least one scrap between Jeremy and Duren or Stewart. :lol

[scott]

No Spurs No!

[spurraider21]

Spurs by 20+ tbh

[baseline bum]

Shit I was going to watch this game to get a look at Cade. Hope he plays. And skullfucks the Spurs to get our team back on the losing trajectory it needs to be on.

[Splits]

finally, someone got Riga time correct.

[scott]

finally, someone got Riga time correct.

Should be easy to remember, it's just always 12 hours opposite of Hawaii, which makes sense because here in Hawaii we like to consider ourselves the Riga of the Pacific and all

[pookenstein]

Any news on Castle yet? If he sits out I'll have to do a last minute adjustment on my fantasy team.

[Robz4000]

Any news on Castle yet? If he sits out I'll have to do a last minute adjustment on my fantasy team.

He's playing

[Splits]

Should be easy to remember, it's just always 12 hours opposite of Hawaii, which makes sense because here in Hawaii we like to consider ourselves the Riga of the Pacific and all

no I don't think that's right. Riga, and the rest of Europe spring forward/fall back with daylight savings time, but not the same dates as the US, there's always a 2 week gap. So this upcoming Sunday (30 April) Europe will go forward an hour. It will be, for example, 12:00 San Antonio time, 20:00 Riga and 07:00 Hawaii, a 13 hour difference between Hawaii/Riga.

[LeBowen]

Castle is playing, Cade is out.

I need to stop opening game threads if Spurs are to lose some games.

[RC_Drunkford]

Given that we haven‘t won 5 games in a row for the past 5 and a half years we are bound to lose either this game or the next

[scott]

no I don't think that's right. Riga, and the rest of Europe spring forward/fall back with daylight savings time, but not the same dates as the US, there's always a 2 week gap. So this upcoming Sunday (30 April) Europe will go forward an hour. It will be, for example, 12:00 San Antonio time, 20:00 Riga and 07:00 Hawaii, a 13 hour difference between Hawaii/Riga.

Oh gotcha... yeah, we dont do that bullshit in HI

[LeBowen]

The corner has been turned!

[poopbox]

Hardaway Jr, Dennis, Tobias, Pistons got every other teams reject on their team

[poopbox]

Duren is about to have 20 offensive rebounds this game tbh:lol

[scott]

The corner has been turned!

It's kind of wild how Main Character Syndrome comes alive once he's allowed to be the Main Character :lol

[poopbox]

Who is this guy in Blake Wesley jersey :wow

[scott]

So... clearly the Spurs have as part of their defensive identity to double the man in the post... which seems kind of dumb, but whatever... but they also ALWAYS double off of the guy who is the easiest pass for the post man to hit for a wide open 3 attempt. This defensive philosophy is fucking stupid

[CGD]

I really enjoy the feel of DET broadcast. Reminds me of muting the TV and listening to the game calls on the radio as a kid.

[Leetonidas]

So... clearly the Spurs have as part of their defensive identity to double the man in the post... which seems kind of dumb, but whatever... but they also ALWAYS double off of the guy who is the easiest pass for the post man to hit for a wide open 3 attempt. This defensive philosophy is fucking stupid

Team is still coached like it's 2010

[LeBowen]

This is a tanking lineup if I've ever seen one.

Castle, Wesley, Keldon and Jeremy on the floor together. Every shot outside the restricted area is low percentage.

[poopbox]

Castle out here looking like hot shit

[LeBowen]

Castle's worst game of the season, tbh.
Let him play through it, a good mental challenge to see if he can bounce back from this awful start.

[BackHome]

This team is so bad it is actually painful to watch

[heyheymymy]

Agree this DET broadcast is solid class with the old school radio call style

[poopbox]

5 points and the quarter is halfway over :lmao

[rascal]

Agree this DET broadcast is solid class with the old school radio call style

Yeah, the Detroit play calling is sure old school. Lead announcer sounds like he's 80.

[BackHome]

Lol no one wanted to shoot even when wide open

[poopbox]

This is what it looks like when we play a real nba team

[BackHome]

Vassell with another low IQ turnover

[rascal]

Duren > Sochan

[LeBowen]

Am I losing it or did Jeremy change his shoes during the game?

[heyheymymy]

Spurs: 0 FG in 10:45

[rascal]

Am I losing it or did Jeremy change his shoes during the game?

I thought he had pink on.

[heyheymymy]

Spurs: 2-19 in the second quarter wow

ALMOST ELEVEN MINS without a FG for San Antonio

[LeBowen]

2-19 FG quarter. :lmao

Even CP3 is making awful decisions.

[rascal]

Worst half of the year.

[Dex]

2 made field goals in the 2nd quarter. 12 points total :lmao

[heyheymymy]

Yeah, the Detroit play calling is sure old school. Lead announcer sounds like he's 80.

100%

it's refreshing to hear and sounds smooth

[John B]

This is hurting my eyes

[poopbox]

Thompson stuck literally behind the basket and Sochan wonders toward him leaving Harris wide open for a corner 3.

This team is legit retarded. I have never seen such idiotic basketball in my life.

[heyheymymy]

yeesh what a waste of jet fuel tbh

[heyheymymy]

Return of the Tank

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[LeBowen]

yeesh what a waste of jet fuel tbh

They want you to save the planet by turning off AC while these scrubs are flying private. :lol

[BackHome]

Tank for Boozer 2026

[heyheymymy]

They want you to save the planet by turning off AC while these scrubs are flying private. :lol

SAVE THE PLANET

Leave Branham in San Antonio

[Joseph Kony]

so much for that #1 offense :lol

[baseline bum]

There's the Evin and Kelon I don't love

[scott]

Thompson stuck literally behind the basket and Sochan wonders toward him leaving Harris wide open for a corner 3.

This team is legit retarded. I have never seen such idiotic basketball in my life.

The kind of basketball brilliance that other teams will certainly be lining up to make a huge offer to

[Jordan Jackson]

Am I surprised by this beatdown. Nope.

They played the same way against the Raptors. It’s just the Raptors were shamelessly tanking.

The talent (this includes BBIQ) just isn’t there with some of these guys.

[scott]

Continue to think Tobias Harris would be a nice fit on our team. Guess we're stuck with Devin at the 3 instead.

[LeBowen]

Good to see Castle bouncing back from awful first half.

[TXstbobcat]

Castle starting to heat up this quarter

[TXstbobcat]

Castle trying to stop the Ike Turner beatdown

[TXstbobcat]

Well FanDuel just lost the feed. Only audio on the broadcast now lol

[Sec24Row7]

It’s probably for the best.

[rascal]

Well FanDuel just lost the feed. Only audio on the broadcast now lol

You can watch it on The.streameast.app

[TekXX]

I cancelled the last month of the season on fanduel, maybe there's a couple of local channel broadcasts

[Raven]

good lord, that was hard to watch.. missing wide open triples happens, but the point blank range missed layups were hard to justify.. especially when barnes had a few to just lay in and started to pass to the open man on the three instead.. Please don't stop playing the sochan pick and roll, yes i know it looks dreadful, but you need it regardless.

[spurraider21]

Evan thought our defense was fine when giving up 56% from the field and 48% from 3

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[ginobilized]

The horror........

[poopbox]

Evan thought our defense was fine when giving up 56% from the field and 48% from 3

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All hope is lost of these dudes really think that :lmao

[scott]

Evan thought our defense was fine when giving up 56% from the field and 48% from 3

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Main Character Dev had 26 points and put up 21 shots tonight. Shit, he probably thinks we won.

[Seventyniner]

"ok defense" my ass. Zero rim protection this game and a ton of silly and-1s given up.

I can't believe I watched this whole game.

[Dod01]

Dang, 3 pages! Spurstalk moving on up in the world!

[Dex]

Main Character Dev had 26 points and put up 21 shots tonight. Shit, he probably thinks we won.

I think Devin probably feels like he tried hard...The problem is, he sucks at defense so effort only goes so far.

[mystargtr34]

Yeah I can’t believe people are actually surprised that Evan Assell thinks the defense was ok. Does anyone think Evan knows what good defense looks like? His idea of good defense is just staying within 5 feet of your man regardless of whether you contest the shot, and then acting disappointed when the open shot goes in, and then sprinting back up court calling for the ball to get a shot up. Evan thinks this is ok, and his play shows it.

[SPURt]

That was rough. But an L isn’t all that bad

[exstatic]

That was rough. But an L isn’t all that bad

Yeah, I think we need to keep our eye on the ball. Improving draft position involves losing. Watching sausage being made is never pretty.

[poopbox]

Yeah, I think we need to keep our eye on the ball. Improving draft position involves losing. Watching sausage being made is never pretty.

On the one hand this is true, the more we tank the more likely we are to get a good player in the draft, on the other hand, it's pretty mind blowing that we are still in the tank phase of a rebuild that started when...Derrick and Dejounte got traded? That was so long ago Dejounte isn't on the team he was traded to and Derrick has a whole other contract now. This front office hasn't signed an impact veteran I think ever (Rudy and Pau were signed when RC was the GM). Chris Paul is completely washed and Barnes is a JAG. Neither have impacted much of anything this year, especially after Wemby has been out.

We did get Fox though. Not sure how much credit the front office gets for that, since Fox is only here cause of Wemby, who is only here cause of luck. If the Rockets had drafted Wemby I think Fox would be in Houston right now.

There is only so many times adding 19 to 22 year olds who have never played in the nba to your team should actually improve your team. I think the Spurs are hitting the limit right now.

[exstatic]

On the one hand this is true, the more we tank the more likely we are to get a good player in the draft, on the other hand, it's pretty mind blowing that we are still in the tank phase of a rebuild that started when...Derrick and Dejounte got traded? That was so long ago Dejounte isn't on the team he was traded to and Derrick has a whole other contract now. This front office hasn't signed an impact veteran I think ever (Rudy and Pau were signed when RC was the GM). Chris Paul is completely washed and Barnes is a JAG. Neither have impacted much of anything this year, especially after Wemby has been out.

We did get Fox though. Not sure how much credit the front office gets for that, since Fox is only here cause of Wemby, who is only here cause of luck. If the Rockets had drafted Wemby I think Fox would be in Houston right now.

There is only so many times adding 19 to 22 year olds who have never played in the nba to your team should actually improve your team. I think the Spurs are hitting the limit right now.

If Fox and Wemby weren’t sidelined, I think with all of the drama in Dallas and Phoenix, we had a real shot at the play in. Gotta make the lemonade, at this point, though. Even LeBron didn’t make the playoffs his first two years.

[Ice009]

I'm absolutely certain the Spurs would have made a huge run for the play-in if Victor and Fox were both playing. I didn't know if they'd make it, but I thought they'd come close. That was before Dallas and Phoenix started faltering as I didn't expect that stuff to happen.

[scott]

I think we're sitting comfortably in the 9th seed, probably even within striking distance of MIN and LAC for a 7/8 seed (maybe like 3 games back) if not for the Wemby injury (in which case Fox would not have been shut down)

[Ice009]

I think we're sitting comfortably in the 9th seed, probably even within striking distance of MIN and LAC for a 7/8 seed (maybe like 3 games back) if not for the Wemby injury (in which case Fox would not have been shut down)

Yeah, I agree 100%. I certainly didn't expect Dallas to completely falter at the time Victor went out and I also didn't expect Phoenix to be this poor either (I thought the Spurs would have to make a furious run to make it when I looked at their closing schedule). Fox definitely would have still been playing for the push IMO. Maybe the Spurs still would have shut down Fox and tried to tank if Victor was still struggling with his health and playing like he was just before the diagnosis (if he didn't have the blood clot), but I doubt it if Victor hadn't gone out.

I could be wrong, and maybe they would have started resting Victor for back to backs/giving him games off too if he was still struggling with the breathing/fatigue. I still would like to know what was going on there as I could tell he was trying to push through it (again, definitely not laziness like some people said), but his body just wasn't responding and he couldn't play the way he wanted to. I still wonder if that was from the cedar and if it would have come back to normal (his breathing and fatigue) in time if not for the blood clot. I just want him to be OK going forward.

[poopbox]

If Fox and Wemby weren’t sidelined, I think with all of the drama in Dallas and Phoenix, we had a real shot at the play in. Gotta make the lemonade, at this point, though. Even LeBron didn’t make the playoffs his first two years.

Well that's a problem, because if you have 2 all nba caliber players in Fox and Wemby and you have to have to other teams completely implode just for you to get to the games that might get you to the playoffs, you still got a LONG way to go.

Next season should be a make or break year for this front office and this coaching staff, assuming Victor and Fox start the season healthy. Anything less than a playoff birth should be getting virtually everybody wearing a suit and holding a clipboard or sheet of paper on the sidelines or in an office fired.