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There is no way in we are going to win in the playoffs if Ime gets the most minutes off the bench and if Matt Bonner plays 30 minutes a game. book it.
What is Pop doing????????????
He has no freaking clue with his rotations.
Why not play Gooden? Why not play Bruce more. the extra offense. What extra offense are we getting from Ime, Roger, Bonner???????
It's obvious that Tony and Tim don't have confidence to pass them the ball as all they seem to be doing the last couple of games is a two man game between themselves.
Also, did Pop even draw up a play for the game winning shot???? Awful stuff if all the Spurs could get for the game winner was just give the ball to TP to create. Did he even draw up a play to get a three cause that sure as would have been better than what we ended up with TP taking a contested three point airball.
Pop, step up your game! It's March. Find a rotation. Play your best players and stop screwing around. Also, stop telling everyone that we can't win with out Manu. Making comments like that all the time is killing the confidence of everyone else on the team.
There is no way in we are going to win in the playoffs if Ime gets the most minutes off the bench and if Matt Bonner plays 30 minutes a game. book it.
you can't put gooden in with the game on the line. he just joined the team. pop is of the opinion that you've got to earn your playing time if you're a new guy. he's got to consider the chemistry of the team, and i agree.
the last play was a broken play. obviously tp wasn't meant to shoot a three after losing the ball.
the spurs just got bullied around by a bunch of 20 somethings. they played like pussies. you can't put this on pop.
Yes you can put this one on Pop ! Fin played 39 min 39 long min to shoot 3 out of 10 !!!
Not to mention Pop going to Udoka over Bruce when Ime has been our worst productive player all damn year.
Exactly
we had 15 TOs and were 3-19 from three.
pop might have been iffy with the rotations but this loss goes squarely on the players when you play a team like OKC. Pop should chew them out big time for this one.
Yes...Pop is a good coach.
You can't put the whole loss on Pop, but you sure can question his rotations and play calling. As bad as we played we still could have won that game had Pop draw up a good play to get a 2 or a 3. With the way this game was going and all the hacking from OKC get a shooter a shot to win or tie the game would have been the right play. Even if TP did get to the rack with what the refs we allowing OKC to do then there is no guarantee they would have even called a foul.
Yep. Pop definitely deserves at least half the blame for tonight.
Now you know why the Spurs never try to get big leads early on the road.
I just realized that the thunder shot 35 % and won the game ! 35 %
The tonite numbers
Fin 39 min
Spurs 17 TOs
Thunder won shooting 35%
Bruce should have gotten more court time. The so called extra offense Pop thought he'd get from the guys out there didn't happen.
Tim and Tony don't even pass the ball to those guys. They'd rather play a 2 man game. I think that might tell you what Tony and Tim think of the players that are out there with them.
I'd say that if Bruce was out there and he had an open three Tim or Tony would get the ball the Bruce right away.
Pop should be chewing himself out for force feeding Finley minutes and allowing Mason to run the point when he clearly cannot handle pressure defense. If he is not hitting wide open 3's, he brings nothing to the table...
its 50% coach
and 50% team
nah, I have it at 50% Thunder, 40% Players, 10% Pop
And, no news flash here, Roger Mason is NOT a playoff point guard. No way in can he handle the ball well enough, pass well enough, or think well enough.
I am a bit concern why Pop seems to be shuffling guys and see if the line up gel together.
I dont care if we lost the game against the thunder. It is not half way of the season. Pop should stick to the people that get it done.
There was a long stretch that TD was on the bench. I know maybe pop is giving him rest but we need to give the guy more minutes. He missed some crucial freethrows because he was in the bench for a while. He needed to be warm up again.
In gooden situation. Man this guy needs more minute. Cut the CIA pop and just let him play. The only way you can learn a system is to keep playing more minutes. Sure you sign up a legit PF that can score but please do not make him a reliever for duncan. Make him play with TD.
In bonner situation. I dont know what to say. I have not jump in to his band wagon one bit. If he is on, he is ok. We cannot win with this guy. He sucks.
I hope we play better in this coming months. I can't wait until Ginobili comes back. It is hard to be a Spurs fan in L.A. Bunch of people here are
ignorant.
GO SPURS GO!!!
Cia pop
No way you only put 10% on Pop. He has the team screwed up with all his stupid rotation patterns and lack of defined roles.
Why is Bonner out there instead of KT or Gooden? Why is Mason still running back up PG?
This game should probably end the Mason experiment at back up PG.
Fire Pop, hire Scotty Brooks.
Pop is the best coach in the NBA, sorry..every coach has flaws..Laker fans always criticize PJ, Jazz fans with Sloan..you aren't going to agree with everything the coach thinks..
how is he supposed to set a rotation with all the injuries we've had all year? when the 3rd option on the team isn't currently playing and nobody has an idea when he'll return, how can he set a rotation? when Gooden was just added to the team, how is he supposed to have a rotation set?..
he's also had to try out Tolliver, Hairston, and Bonsu..
so obviously he's still ing with the rotations..he has no other choice..
We're all used to seeing this now
Bowen should have played more- much more than Ime. No doubt about that.
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