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This isn't on Duncan asshole he has nothing left to give. A little respect please.
This is on Duncan. This is on Manu. This is on Parker. This is on Jefferson, on Dice. This is on our bench. This is on all the players on this squad that layed down and took a beating from the thugs of Memphis. This is on the players that gave up in the face of adversity.
We were their es this series. Doesn't matter what Pop did, we were never gonna win like this with this type of play. This is an embarrassment to the spurs. It's an embarrassment to the city, to the fans. This is an embarrassment to basketball.
Spurs don't even look like kids out there, they look like ing pansies being slapped around by a bully. No heart, no effort, no fight. I'm ashamed of this team honestly. I'm a die hard fan and I'm not throwing the towel until the 48th minute of one team's 4th win, but the series might as well be over if we come out at home like this.
Will the real San Antonio Spurs please stand up?
This isn't on Duncan asshole he has nothing left to give. A little respect please.
Yeah, it looks bad on everyone from top to bottom. But tell me this:
- When was the last time a 3-point happy team won it all?
- When was the last time a team played a bunch of midgets in their big man rotation and won anything?
- Why did the Spurs, who won 4 les on the strength of their defense, decide to try and emulate a Suns-type offense and sacrificed interior D?
I know they are getting owned top to bottom by the Grizz, but this matchup was primarily decided by the team structure and coaching philosophy of the 2 teams.
If you have nothing left to give, retire. There's no room for sympathy in the NBA. Respect is for the retired. If you're lacing up, you better ing come hard. And give me a break, has nothing left to give? 6 and 7? Really? Stop being such a blind homer.
This is all on Bonner and Pop. Everyone knows this.
Nah, it's all on Pop.
If Duncan doesn't have anything to give he shouldn't be playing. We both have seen Duncan nutt up a number of times, even this season. They just haven't been able to turn it on. But the start of the half was a disgrace. Everyone is to blame.
This was a team that relied on the 3 way too much. And matched up against a HUGE memphis team that we weren't able to get post scoring against to open up the shots. And any shots we are getting we aren't hitting. Tough to watch, but shocked at what I just witnessed.
If Duncan doesn't have anything to give he shouldn't be playing. We both have seen Duncan nutt up a number of times, even this season. They just haven't been able to turn it on. But the start of the half was a disgrace. Everyone is to blame.
This was a team that relied on the 3 way too much. And matched up against a HUGE memphis team that we weren't able to get post scoring against to open up the shots. And any shots we are getting we aren't hitting. Tough to watch, but shocked at what I just witnessed.
Sad but true... nothing left give how bout a prideful effort holy it has been beyond sub par!
Pop isn't making the Spurs play like absolute .
The team has p*ssy written all over it. Don't stress it because you can't control sh*t like that.
I disagree. This is on Popovich and Parker. Here's why:
Ginobili has one freaking arm. ONE FREAKING ARM. He still has scored well and made fantastic plays.
Duncan played as well as he has all season. If you thought he could play better and was holding back, you were the fool.
Parker has sucked this entire season - if he had played anything like his normal self, we'd be up in this series. It is sad that a one-armed Manu has outplayed Parker.
Pop has been absolutely terrible... as in he needs to resign. And I'm not a sensationalist: Pop needs to resign. He let a terrific asset in Splitter waste away all season and then finally inserts him in a good lineup today with fantastic results. He fails to return to the court in a sensible lineup the rest of the time. The Bonner/Blair combo is ridiculously stupid. It's assenine. Pop regularly has been taking players out the lineup when they get hot only because it's "time." Manu and Duncan sitting on the bench at the beginning of the fourth, when Manu has been the only thing going the entire game... that's fire worthy.
And then people want to talk about Manu not guarding with five minutes left, down by twenty? I'm sorry... I don't know how he sat on the bench without throwing the towel down and walking in the locker room. Any average person could manage a game better than Popovich.
Points well taken, but our big Three have given us a ride for the ages. they've gotten old, at least Tim and Manu, never gonna be ashamed of these guys, our supporting group just couldn't help out and our top three were just to worn out to carry them..Plus it ain't over till it's over. So I still have hope.
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Of course it is.
It doesn't matter how good players are, if there isn't a good play being drawn up by the coach, you just have a bunch of street ballers out there.
Greg Popovich should recognize his atrocious coaching and step down himself. Save some grace.
I will not even bother with this team if they bring that sorry ass coach back next year.
They are a bunch of pussies. That is all
This is actually mostly on Pop. For several reasons.
He played with rotations the entire year
He wanted to rest people for playoff time and coming playoff time he continued doing the same thing he had done during the year
He also had bad calls at particular sensitive times during most games
This isn't a coach like Spoelstra where his players do whatever they want - this is Pop and his players respect him all the time. So if you as a coach demand absolute respect and compliance then you have to know that most of the responsibility is on you.
You can blame the team and players on some turnovers and stuff like that but this is mostly on Pop. Plenty of examples IMO.
Pop started Splitter. Amazing.
We still got beat.
And quit.
This is on the players. Not Pop.
Pop has the biggest ego in the organization. Guy isn't gonna step down or even admit he has done as poor a job coaching as the players have playing.
Parker's been the worst Spur. The Grizz do play physical defense but his decision making and basic stuff like holding on to the ball has gone out the window. 7 turnovers and 1 assist tonight compared to Conley's 7 assists and 1 turnover.
Ginobili's playing with one arm and he's a streaky shooter even without an injury.
Duncan's playing with a bad ankle from that injury near the season's end, tweaked it earlier in the game, and he's going up against a bigger, physical and younger guy in Gasol.
Dice is on the verge of retirement and has endured several tweaks to his knee as the season closed plus that stinger in game 3.
Spurs need to be healthy and they almost got away with it until all that happened...not sure wtf is wrong with Tony though.
The lesson that this coach and franchise will hopefully learn from all this is to never get too comfortable and complacent based on past glory. Stashing draft picks in Europe, letting Scola slip through their fingers, signing washed-up veterans, favoring corporate knowledge over potential - these were all mistakes that we forgave because of the 4 rings. But they were definitely mistakes.
Today was just an exclamation point to the gradual decline. As you said, the horses are now too old to carry the load. But Pop was exposed for trying the same old and hoping for results. He needs to drop the smug act and introspect on the way he runs this team.
Bingo. I'm gutted but not surprised. What we're doing doesn't work - why we went down this route expecting different results is what pains me.
What a pity.
Actually as bad as Parker has played this postseason I can't put the blame squarely on him... this is also Pop's responsibility if one of your main players can't play . I'm starting to think that he screwed with TP's head when he started believing that Hill is a PG.
The new Spurs suck, and that starts at the top.
Fix the system, and get the right type of players to form a balanced team that resembles the championship teams. Yeah, that means size and defense. Parker has sucked, but he's still very good. Manu and Tim just can't carry the load like before. Get players who can help them. This is up to the front office and Pop, and they have failed up to this point.
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