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The Spurs have problems. Terrible offense and defense from the starters.
A good read on PtR by J. Gomez. Helpful for anxious Spurs Talkers like myself tbh...
The regular season is too long. No team or player will remain at peak level for the whole 82 games, which means there will be times along the way when even elite squads look terrible. Those losses along the way don't mean much unless they reveal a fatal flaw. After all, the idea is to survive the marathonic march without injuries, find a rhythm and the ideal rotations for the playoffs and patch up weaknesses. I think we all know that.
But we are also fans, so we can't be expected to be rational about our team. So of course after a meaningless loss there will be those hitting the panic button. Don't get me wrong, there are lessons to learn in the regular season and if a team is not improving, that's a legitimate cause for concern. But more often than not, that pessimistic, panicky voice in our head will try to make us freak out for no reason at all.
Here is how I counter that creeping feeling of doom every time the Spurs don't play to their standards and all hope seems lost:
http://www.poundingtherock.com/2014/...regular-season
The Spurs have problems. Terrible offense and defense from the starters.
We started the season on a mission and now look like we are gassed and disinterested. Our defense looks like crap for 3 quarters and our starters can't outscore our bench
This kind of articles are just so y.
I can't stand project spurs and pounding the . It's as if the websites are run by the worst gnsfs available.
The Spurs looked horrible at the end of the regular season last year then proceeded to play much better in the playoffs.
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Great read.
Fully expect it to be shat upon in this forum
I agree with the logic in the guy's basic premise, but the fact is that losses hurt. Some (the Knicks one being one) sting more than others. This is a basic tenet of sports fandom. No amount of rationalization will change that.
Fans = Fanatics
Not a whole lot of wiggle room for rationalization.
Kinda of a "duh".
"losses don't mean much unless they reveal a fatal flaw" or don't worry about it unless you need to worry about it.
So you're supposed to only worry about it in hindsight.
So that will happen every year now?
Haven't seen it brought up before, but what's STs opinion on 48moh?
Tynan from 48moh is the biggest Tiago nuthugger on the face of Earth tbh, it's hilarious how pro Pop and pro FO this guy is. Baynes has a good game : "how the FO allowed Baynes to succeed" article or some crap along these lines in between articles like "Splitter for DPOY" or "Ayres steal of summer". It's hilarious, there's zero Pop or FO criticism, it's just not allowed
Haven't seen it brought up before, but what's STs opinion on 48moh?
PtR is decent at times but overall it's walls of text from homers.
Tynan is a homer for the most part but McNeil and the other dude can be fairly critical at times. Keep in mind they are sponsored by ESPN and given a somewhat official labeling as the Spurs' blog; if they outright call out the Spurs they'll lose money and whatever perks they have.Tynan from 48moh is the biggest Tiago nuthugger on the face of Earth tbh, it's hilarious how pro Pop and pro FO this guy is. Baynes has a good game : "how the FO allowed Baynes to succeed" article or some crap along these lines in between articles like "Splitter for DPOY" or "Ayres steal of summer". It's hilarious, there's zero Pop or FO criticism, it's just not allowed
PtR is decent at times but overall it's walls of text from homers.
Eh, I just look at their grades and even those are terrible most of the time. I liked this bit about Ayres from their grades from last night:
Haven't seen it brought up before, but what's STs opinion on 48moh?
"He’s been playing solid defense and rebounding very well, which are the two things he’s truly asked to do."
Then this fool gives Boner a B and freaking Nando an A+. I know it was playful and cute but go yourself.
with all due respect, this piece of article, what I know is the fact that the Spurs had a slight improvement of the cast and their real opponents VERY well, the rest does not matter
it doesnt mean their articles dont suck balls though. I've read the trash on 48moh and its literally like i transported back 30 years and walked into my sisters bedroom when she had a sleepover; all I heard was girls giggling about how great this guy was... PTR/48moh = teenage girls fantasizing about banging guys using equal amounts of logic in their "grading" systems/analysis.
You have to be a fan in order to start a site dedicated to reporting on one team only. With that comes confirmation bias and slanted reporting. It is what it is. You almost have to take national media over your team's nut huggers, however even national media has nut huggers for larger market teams since that's where they pick up their "talent".
There's a guy who posts videos with game analysis and I've seen his stuff on here posted by someone. He calls himself coach something, young guy. I like his analysis and he doesn't come across as a rah rah type. He doesn't do every game though.
I think if we could sit in on the film sessions, we could know more... probably not going to happen.
You are 100% right in your first paragraph... it is what it is.
The fans expect the Spurs to go 82-0
loss to good team= cliff jump / we can't beat elites
Loss to bad team= melt down
Win= no one cares
Fans = Fanatics
Not a whole lot of wiggle room for rationalization.
BBallBreakdown is his YouTube name. While he slightly bias, he's way better than ESPN analyst.
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