2-3, dead last in our division...

[racm]

Is this a cause for concern?

[hooperflash]

Not too many offensive sets on display, hoping for some suffocating defense when the season starts.

[ElNono]

coasting

[racm]

Not too many offensive sets on display, hoping for some suffocating defense when the season starts.

coasting

Gotta hope this is just CIA Pop not GAF about the preseason, tbh

[TheyCallMePro]

I am concerned. We looked flat tonight. You would think we had just won the Championship on that home floor last season, not lost it. Despite all of our starters starting and playing significant minutes, we were blown out by the Heat's B team. Disgraceful.

I don't care if it's a preseason game, I think we look worse this season. Parker has turned into a turnover machine. Duncan looks finished. Manu is Manu, and Splitter STILL can't finish two feet from the rim and Danny Green can't dribble the ball if his life depended on it.

Were taking a step back this season. Kawhi is going to be great. But were looking at a 6-7 seed come playoff time. This team is going to spend the first 3 months of the season licking their wounds from the Finals. They need to snap out of it. Right now. Or it's over. I'm serious.

[RD2191]

just getting used to some new rotations, no cause for concern imo. Guys don't seem all that motivated.

[Skull-1]

Second round exit, good preseason or bad.

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

Yeah we allowed a lot of points tonight.

Kind of nervous. We'll see. Gonna be one of a ride.

[dunkman]

preseason game, nothing to worry about.

[ElNono]

Despite all of our starters starting and playing significant minutes

Kawhi played 12 mins. Manu 13. Tony took 4 shots.

The defense isn't there yet, that much is clear. It'll take a while to get all the pieces together and in gear. That's why they play these games.

[barakz21]

For as long as I remember following the spurs in preseason, I never really remembered them dominating in preseason. I've never worried in years passed, and I'm not gonna start now.

[ElNono]

how is the next draft?

[apalisoc_9]

tanking for wiggins tbh

[Biernutz]

I'm not worried

[Juggity]

I am concerned. We looked flat tonight. You would think we had just won the Championship on that home floor last season, not lost it. Despite all of our starters starting and playing significant minutes, we were blown out by the Heat's B team. Disgraceful.

I don't care if it's a preseason game, I think we look worse this season. Parker has turned into a turnover machine. Duncan looks finished. Manu is Manu, and Splitter STILL can't finish two feet from the rim and Danny Green can't dribble the ball if his life depended on it.

Were taking a step back this season. Kawhi is going to be great. But were looking at a 6-7 seed come playoff time. This team is going to spend the first 3 months of the season licking their wounds from the Finals. They need to snap out of it. Right now. Or it's over. I'm serious.

You forgot the blue font

[wildcardX]

It's not how you start the season but how you finish it. , last year even the way they finished the season was bad. Who would've thought they would even reach the finals then? Plus it's just the preseason way to early to worry yet.

[PlayNando]

Is this a cause for concern?

It's preseason, tbh.

[HI-FI]

I always remember the Raiders going 4-0 in the preseason, looking like they turned things around, and then once again sucking ass in the regular season.

I like that Pop is liberal with the rotations, now is the time, same with regular season. It's weird seeing these coaches play their starters so much in the pre-season, even the Heat seemed to be trying to make a statement with the minutes for Bosh and Wade.

[ElNono]

Lakeshow were 0-8 in the preseason last season... now THAT will get you worried...

[HI-FI]

Lakeshow were 0-8 in the preseason last season... now THAT will get you worried...

and knowing D'Antoni, that was probably with the starters playing lots of minutes.

[racm]

I always remember the Raiders going 4-0 in the preseason, looking like they turned things around, and then once again sucking ass in the regular season.

I like that Pop is liberal with the rotations, now is the time, same with regular season. It's weird seeing these coaches play their starters so much in the pre-season, even the Heat seemed to be trying to make a statement with the minutes for Bosh and Wade.

You'd think Bud wasn't a Pop disciple the way he closed out the game with his starters against the Spurs third string.

and knowing D'Antoni, that was probably with the starters playing lots of minutes.

It was still Mike Brown as HC last preseason.

[HI-FI]

You'd think Bud wasn't a Pop disciple the way he closed out the game with his starters against the Spurs third string.



It was still Mike Brown as HC last preseason.

I already forgot about that.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Kawhi played 12 mins. Manu 13. Tony took 4 shots.

The defense isn't there yet, that much is clear. It'll take a while to get all the pieces together and in gear. That's why they play these games.

They tried that 2-3 zone for a half which was very obviously a work in progress. The Heat would flood a corner with two shooters, pass to one who would shot fake it, where that zone defender would jump at, and pass it to the other guy for an uncontested 3. Our guys had no notion of situational adjustments in the zone and the Heat were versed in flooding zones and breaking it with an outside shot.

They didn't play James but they did play their primary rotation it showed too. They used their old playbook and sets. All the while we were trotting out like Mills/Nando, Manu, Belli, Ayers, Diaw and similar permutations. Any twosome of Diaw/Ayers/Bonner is enough to make me vomit. Turd towers redux. Mills/Nando was awful and the entire team just didn't seem to value the basketball.

Popovich is tinkering with things and some things just look like . I wonder if that zone comes from Boylen because we do have the horses to make it work with quick long perimeter defenders that can collapse and recover and multiple bigs that can anchor it. We rebounded well out of it which was surprising considering how ty we have been at that in zones in the past.

[Baam]

They tried that 2-3 zone for a half which was very obviously a work in progress. The Heat would flood a corner with two shooters, pass to one who would shot fake it, where that zone defender would jump at, and pass it to the other guy for an uncontested 3. Our guys had no notion of situational adjustments in the zone and the Heat were versed in flooding zones and breaking it with an outside shot.

They didn't play James but they did play their primary rotation it showed too. They used their old playbook and sets. All the while we were trotting out like Mills/Nando, Manu, Belli, Ayers, Diaw and similar permutations. Any twosome of Diaw/Ayers/Bonner is enough to make me vomit. Turd towers redux. Mills/Nando was awful and the entire team just didn't seem to value the basketball.

Popovich is tinkering with things and some things just look like . I wonder if that zone comes from Boylen because we do have the horses to make it work with quick long perimeter defenders that can collapse and recover and multiple bigs that can anchor it. We rebounded well out of it which was surprising considering how ty we have been at that in zones in the past.

Don't talk about lineups and scrubs when TP and Duncan got some of worst plus minus...

[Monkeyboy14]

Some of you are re ed I swear. Couple bad games in the ING preseason and you are on suicide watch... Starting to see why the people downstairs hate you es so much