Grades: Spurs vs. Warriors - Dec. 31, 2019

[timvp]

https://www.spurstalk.com/grades-san...ember-31-2019/

tl;dr: Happy New Year, just barely.

[JeffDuncan]

Happy New Year! And thank you for taking the time and trouble with the grades.

The Spurs bench, led by our very own wombat, scored 42 points, and the Warriors bench players only scored 23. Our bench won it.

Our starters got outscored 90 - 75 by their starters. At home. On a badly crippled Warriors team with the worst record in the West.

I don't know how to grade that. O for "ouch?" Y for "yikes?" Something like that.

It's only one game. Can't take too much from it. But whenever a game implies we could trade our starters with those from the worst team in the conference, and be better, it gives a person pause.

[John B]

A win is a win. I’m glad Lonnie is ahead in totation than Beli. I also saw a line-up of Murray, White, Walker, Demar and Aldridge. That was fun. I really think they’re getting there, just getting better. Happy new year y’all.

[slick'81]

Spurs atleast beating the teams they should ,albeit some games closer then they should be.

[tbdog]

That team went to the finals and their role players had a big game. Good win

[Robz4000]

Pop should get a D at best, otherwise solid grades.

[RC_Drunkford]

thank goodness Belinelli will be back in the rotation from here on now. Another 10 games of no Lonnie Walker cause he commited a foul

[Slippy]

Thank for grades. The reaction to Lonnies mistake from pop but on others it's a non issue is so diversive. As a fan it frustrating to say the least.

Happy New year all

[duncan2150]

Pop lineup to close the 4th was bad : Mills Forbes white derozan Aldridge... I really don't understand his game plan.

[ZeusWillJudge]

The grades need some adjstments:

When Lonnie enters the game, the Spurs immediately begin to gain ground. For that he needs a one letter grade increase.
When Beli enters the game, the Spurs immediately begin to lose ground. For that he needs a one letter grade decrease.
For failing to recognize those things, Pop should lose two letter grades.

That brings it to: Lonnie B-, Beli D-, and Pop F-

[FkLA]

Pop is such a got. He gives you so much hope in the first half, even playing Walker alongside DeMar in a small line-up.

Lonnie gets beat on a drive then commits a loose ball foul in the 2nd half and gets benched in favor of an Italian POS. What a ing joke.

[Fireball]

Pop is such a got. He gives you so much hope in the first half, even playing Walker alongside DeMar in a small line-up.

Lonnie gets beat on a drive then commits a loose ball foul in the 2nd half and gets benched in favor of an Italian POS. What a ing joke.

it was right he was benched for committing a dumb third foul (or even fourth?) ... its just bad coaching not bringing back the player afterwards

[emanueldavidginobili]

Thanks for the grades.

It was Lonnie’s fourth foul so I was okay with Pop taking him out ONLY if it was because he was in foul trouble and he would come back in but the dude didn’t play the rest of the way and ended up getting less minutes than Marco, s criminal at this point.

[KobesAchilles]

I’m fine with him taking out Lonnie but he needs to chew him out and then put him back in. Also Marco shouldn’t be seeing any playing time. Unless we bench Forbes in favor of him like I want

[wildbill2u]

The team plays hard and doesn't quit. We may lose some close games but they are close because they don't give up when behind. You get some great entertainment value out of a mediocre team that plays with a pounding the rock at ude.

[Capt Bringdown]

Murray redeemed himself in OT, but the Spurs might not have needed to go to OT against a threadbare team if they had a real PG.

[DMC]

Pop trying to tank and still is 8th seed

[phxspurfan]

Spurs almost got beat by a middle of the road college team (Glenn Robinson III leading them).

[tholdren]

C NOTES:
Derozan shows he's the best spur again. Rudy GAY showing he's terrible. Lionel Walker and Murray in a footrace for dumbest and worst shooter on the team.

[Pucho]

The inconsistency in Pops discipline is maddeningly frustrating. If you've been in a position to train someone in some task, it's pretty counter-productive to treat someone learning so roughly while giving the experience staff all the leeway in the world to make mistakes. It actually makes 0 sense. Either everyone gets benched for mistakes or no one does, but only really benching the young guy and letting Belli play poorly repeatedly without any consequence is pathetic.

[Pucho]

If the excuse is "well, Pop knows Lonnie can play better but this is who Belli is", then my reply is you'd rather play with someone who is limited than let someone else excel and learn beyond the other's abilities.

[Keepin' it real]

A win is a win.

That is very profound.

[RC_Drunkford]

The inconsistency in Pops discipline is maddeningly frustrating. If you've been in a position to train someone in some task, it's pretty counter-productive to treat someone learning so roughly while giving the experience staff all the leeway in the world to make mistakes. It actually makes 0 sense. Either everyone gets benched for mistakes or no one does, but only really benching the young guy and letting Belli play poorly repeatedly without any consequence is pathetic.

Pop has always done this. It's part of his army program. Veterans can do all the dumb they want, young guys get pulled after one mistake until they don't make those mistakes anymore and have carved out a role for themselves. The thing is Walker is way to good of a player to be treated like that.

[T Park]

Pop has always done this. It's part of his army program. Veterans can do all the dumb they want, young guys get pulled after one mistake until they don't make those mistakes anymore and have carved out a role for themselves. The thing is Walker is way to good of a player to be treated like that.

No player is beneath it. Hes done it to every single young player thats come through, from Parker to Ginobili, to HIll to Jackson. They all became the better player because of it.

[ceperez]

This is the worst Spurs team in terms of players and coaching in over 2 decades. Garbage.