Game Thread: Spurs (22-26) @ Hornets (12-36) 2-7-2025 6 PM CST 2 AM RAiGA 2 PM HAWAII

[Mal]

Worst coach in the league. Stupid starting lineup. Fox needs to play defense like crazy because the rest can't and also carry the team on offense. And then he finds a way to play Keldon Jonhson 16 minutes to put a bunch of 0 on the box score.

Mitch Johnson is bad. He may be good in the future but he's not a coach for this team.

Its starts with startng CP3 along with Fox

[LeBowen]

that Awful Coaching guy should have a field day with this one

MITCH JOHNSON IS THE REASON WHY I CAN'T BRING KIDS INTO THIS WORLD AND THE LEAGUE NEEDS TO STEP IN.

[onechance87]

Yep, without looking at the stats, I assume the Spurs were smashed on the boards.

yep hornets killed us rebounding.Pretty much won them the game.

[TE]

Devin Vassell with a game high +16

Keldon with 0/0/0/0/0 shooting 0% from everywhere

Castle was our best player tonight

Really startling and concerning going forward. This dip in production and just overall energy is very worrisome.

[timtonymanu]

We’ve heard that “this loss should sting them, comment before” and then they proceed to still make the same dumb mistakes game after game.

[Raven]

Think yall being to tough on this team and the interim coach. The game was there to be won and Fox did that just a little late . As others had said Ermby wasn’t special but he is the least of the problems ll gye and it looks like Castle can be a key piece on a contender. Future is bright. Spurs aren’t winning a chip this year so the goal is to develop and gel. Not saying don’t call out the mistakes bu players or the staff but keep some healthy perspective.

there is no justification not to blow out this team, the talent discrepancy is so wide it is hard to fathom

[RC_Drunkford]

Whats worst is castle is not first off the bench.The balls of mitch to have keldon and sochan come off the bench before him.
Dude should be blasted from the media

That’s the Pop „military pecking order“ classic. Veterans first, rookies last. Has nothing to do with basketball.

[Killakobe81]

worst loss of the season, how do u lose to 12-36 Hornets team smh

this spurs team must be the worst rebounding team in the nba, they have to be

Long road trip?

[Trainwreck2100]

mitch is single handedly sinking this team

FTFY

[timtonymanu]

Think yall being to tough on this team and the interim coach. The game was there to be won and Fox did that just a little late . As others had said Wemby wasn’t special but he is the least of the problems and it looks like Castle can be a key piece on a contender. Future is bright. Spurs aren’t winning a chip this year so the goal is to develop and gel. Not saying don’t call out the mistakes bu players or the staff but keep some healthy perspective.

I think some are just frustrated with another year of no playoffs and seeing how it’s within reach to make the play in and they keep giving away games like this. But yes this team should be better next year, granted they stop caring about the friendship circle and actually make bold moves to trade away or upgrade some of the liabilities they still have.

[Velo]

Wow, getting outplayed by Charlotte.

Best to shut Fox down and have him get surgery and get the increased odds with two top 8 teams in the lottery.

It wasn't even Charlotte. It was Charlotte's farm team that outplayed them with Wemby and Fox.

[Ice009]

I don't think Curry is the lead announcer but I could be wrong. Both the Lead announcer and the color commentator were good.

They weren't homers and were getting excited even when the Spurs made a good play.

Who are the announcers? All I know is that Dell Curry is one of them. Great, great shooter. I used to be a fan of the Hornets as a kid with Glenn Rice and Dell Curry. Rice was one of my favourite players for a short while there. I hated it when he went to the Lakers, but in the end, happy for him that he won one Championship.

[LeBowen]

Think yall being to tough on this team and the interim coach. The game was there to be won and Fox did that just a little late . As others had said Wemby wasn’t special but he is the least of the problems and it looks like Castle can be a key piece on a contender. Future is bright. Spurs aren’t winning a chip this year so the goal is to develop and gel. Not saying don’t call out the mistakes bu players or the staff but keep some healthy perspective.

The issue is that people who don't watch this every game think Pop is still the prime version of himself and that his staff is full of future NBA coaches.
Right now it's one of the worst staffs in the league and they're actively hurting the team's development.

Kind of how Lakers fans hated Ham despite not having a contending roster.
Yeah, Spurs won't win a playoff series this year, but we could've easily made the damn play-in with a competent coaching staff that wouldn't have been held hostage by CP3's guaranteed minutes and didn't have emotional attachment to scrubs like Keldon.

[Killakobe81]

there is no justification not to blow out this team, the talent discrepancy is so wide it is hard to fathom

Are you saying the prime Duncan Spurs never shut the bed to a far lessor opponent?

[spurs10]

Boards, over and over killed us. Haven't read the boxscore, but they got offensive rebounds and scored 'over and over,'

[Trainwreck2100]

That’s the Pop „military pecking order“ classic. Veterans first, rookies last. Has nothing to do with basketball.

It's not "military pecking order" they signed Paul and probably promised him he would start. You won't like it but, if word gets out you lie to your FAs they become more expensive.

[Killakobe81]

The issue is that people who don't watch this every game think Pop is still the prime version of himself and that his staff is full of future NBA coaches.
Right now it's one of the worst staffs in the league and they're actively hurting the team's development.

Kind of how Lakers fans hated Ham despite not having a contending roster.
Yeah, Spurs won't win a playoff series this year, but we could've easily made the damn play-in with a competent coaching staff that wouldn't have been held hostage by CP3's guaranteed minutes and didn't have emotional attachment to scrubs like Keldon.

I’m grateful for Luka but yall have the best future asset in the whole NBA a nice young rook and a all star level PG
Your future is brighter than ours and we are the Lakers!

[RC_Drunkford]

Sure that the mold of "close heartbreaking loss that lights a fire under the team's ass" doesn't ring you any bells?

The 2013 NBA Finals come to mind.

@ comparing these losers who never been to the playoffs in a regular
season game against the Hornets bench to the 2013 finals with the original Big 3

[onechance87]

Boards, over and over killed us. Haven't read the boxscore, but they got offensive rebounds and scored 'over and over,'

yup 15 more rebounds for them

[RC_Drunkford]

It's not "military pecking order" they signed Paul and probably promised him he would start. You won't like it but, if word gets out you lie to your FAs they become more expensive.

I was talking about Castle not being the first guy off the bench

[Mal]

It wasn't even Charlotte. It was Charlotte's farm team that outplayed them with Wemby and Fox.

Who was missing outside Miller, who was shutdown for season like month ago ?

[LeBowen]

I’m grateful for Luka but yall have the best future asset in the whole NBA a nice young rook and a all star level PG
Your future is brighter than ours and we are the Lakers!

Our future is bright if we get a coaching staff overhaul this summer.
I'm scared to even think about what happens if Pop is still here.

Remember last summer when everyone thought Spida/Garland and Mobley/Allen can't play together? Then they brought the right man in and are dominating the league.

[rascal]

It's not "military pecking order" they signed Paul and probably promised him he would start. You won't like it but, if word gets out you lie to your FAs they become more expensive.

Just hope they don't bring Paul back because they will be obligated to keep starting him next year too.

[RC_Drunkford]

Boards, over and over killed us. Haven't read the boxscore, but they got offensive rebounds and scored 'over and over,'

We are last in the NBA in box outs. Nobody boxes out on our team

[Ice009]

Really startling and concerning going forward. This dip in production and just overall energy is very worrisome.

I can tell Keldon is deflated. It's not that he doesn't want to be here, it looks like he's lost complete belief in his game after nearly being traded IMO, and also, he probably doesn't love being here after the Spurs tried trading him. He never seemed mentally tough to me, and if he's checked out, sit him out the rest of the season. I don't see the point in playing him at all if this is all he can do.