re Murray:
I saw several of his 2nd half possessions and to me DJ was given no choice but to shoot. The other 4 were AWOL.
" But, instead, the Spurs just continued taking turns one-on-one on one end and getting smashed on the boards on the other end." Pop D+
Wth is the current offensive strategy laid out by the Hall of Fame 5Xs had Duncan on his team coach?
To anyone hoping for a fun trade deadline day....let this be a lesson for you.
Pop... should be an F again. Three minutes for Luka. Three ing minutes. :clown
There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason to who plays when.
Maybe Pop has been in on barely missing the playoffs since the moment Kawhi ran off.
That one was on Pop for not adjusting. He should’ve put fresher legs in the 3rd and 4th quarters, especially on the 2nd night of a back to back? With the Clippers missing key players? That said, Poeltl getting bullied with offensive rebounds. I’ve mentioned before, but folks in here too convinced with Poeltl. The guy gets bullied by other bigs, and last night wasn’t the first. DJ not finding people. It was an ugly ugly game. And Luka playing 3 minutes? What happened to the youth movement? If that was any indication of the rest of the season, I’m not wasting my time watching.
Last edited by John B; 03-26-2021 at 05:00 AM.
Just a dissapointment overall.
Give Luca a chance!
#Let Luka Loose
Ya its been trending but spurs cant generate good looks anymore with Demar the only one. The offense is stalling. Hoping the coach has a response/adjustment coming
Spurs had no energy, very winnable game. Disappointing
Yeah, can't win with an unathletic center with next to zero offensive game. We have the worst bigs in the league and that's all you need to know. People need to get off the Poetl bandwagon, he's a backup center not a main guy and imo a mediocre role player. Masai Ujiri, the best GM in the NBA got us on that one. Your starting center needs to grab double digit rebounds night in and night out.
The murray white mills lineup makes me sick, really don't like it. This team needs some lineups change.
Pop will change the line up after this 9 game losing streak. The old man is always slow to catch on
Mills/Rudy are the new Forbes/Beli. What happened to the youth movement that Pop was talking about in the start of the season? “Did we make the playoffs?” he asked. Luka with 3 minutes? It was just ridiculous.
Last edited by John B; 03-26-2021 at 05:31 AM.
Derozan - lazy on D and not distributing like earlier in the season
White - just has no confidence ... no rhythm ... thought him and Murray would be game changers on the defensive side together but obviously they are not
Murray - is fine overall
Gay - everytime he is not able to pick up a loose ball I wanna throw up
Vassell - no impact, but I am fine with that currently
Luka - needs more minutes ... cannot be worse than Gay
Mills - still runs around like the Tasmanian Devil but his shooting seems to regress over the course of the season
Poeltl - is fine for what he does
Johnson - it gets more difficult for him with opponents just packing the paint because Spurs cannot shoot a lick from three
Eubanks - do not like him
Since Derrick White return Keldon and Murray are not performing well, I had a Keldon in my fantasy and dropped after DW.
Agreed with you, Keldon is suffering for the lack of 3s to open the paint and Luka is because Pop is in love with Gay, Pop hate to develop players to not ruins his record.
Just stop expecting AllStar-Numbers from a 9mill-guy. If you want that you have to put more money on the table. Spurs get what they've paid for. And don't act like the other guys - the 13+ mill guys - played better.
Well, we are 3 games from avoiding the play in....and 4.5 games from having a top 8 pick in the draft... Which do you think we have a better shot at reaching? Which are you more excited about?
Pop has refused to adapt to today’s NBA game, and it shows.
Really hope we embrace the tank. PATFO needs a catalyst to finally commit to a rebuild. Hopefully a few 10 game losing streaks to end the year puts the nail in the coffin of this experiment. Another losing season missing the playoffs means we are less likely to run it back and guys like Rudy, DDR and Mills will be less inclined so stay. Win win situation.
Last edited by KingKev; 03-26-2021 at 10:13 AM.
Obviously the later on both
The energy was crap and we need more 3 ppint shooting. Luka would have been nice. We missed Lonnie and his outside shooting. A packed paint hurts DJ, DDR, nmd Keldon
Is Derozan the only guard you’ve seen terrified to shoot a 3?
Keeping Demar was a bottom out move
I’ve watched every minute of spurs basketball this year. Every time the man sits the defensive intensity picks up. The spacing improves, the rotations are on point and those wide open 3 point shots go away. They can employ a trapping defense with the athleticism they have on the floor defensively with him out to great effect.
He’s been a crushing negative on this losing streak. He’s been out scored in every single game on this streak while on the floor and is routinely the most negative player on the team by +/-. He is -3.1 this year per 100 possessions which puts him at like #300 league wide- it’s abysmal.
All the same complaints about LA not being able to hold weight on defense outweighing his offensive contributions apply to Demar. Couple that with demar’s inability to stretch the defense, create space for his team mates and do anything other than clog the lane, and you have a losing team led by a losing player that will continue to lose ball games.
they could waive him tomorrow and this team would improve I am absolutely certain of it. If Demar is kept past this season it would be one of the most unforgivable moves by a basketball FO in the modern era.
Calling Derrick White "listless" after he got a tooth knocked out and stayed in the game...ehhh....
I thought at the time he might have a concussion or something the way he reacted, just walking around aimlessly.
My biggest discouragement in the past few weeks is seeing just how physically overwhelmed our guys look. I know size isn’t everything in basketball (go ahead with the middle school jokes) but when our guys can’t get clean passes and good shots consistently, it looks problematic. And on the defensive side, the other team just has to bulldoze our guys over and get good looks at the rim. I don’t know, am I crazy or do our guys look like a highschool team physically against the league’s best? Basketball’s about more than height and strength, but being physically imposing is a key advantage, particularly on defense.
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