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Spurs are exploring new dimensions of suck right now.
It's not there.
It's been there in previous le runs.
Championship teams don't lose this game tonight. No matter if it's the 4th game in 5th nights.
Ugh.
Spurs are exploring new dimensions of suck right now.
I've said it before but I usually get responses like it's only january.
Richard Jefferson is earning his 14 million in droves.
A resplendent 0-6 tonight.
Front office rocks!
We're losing because our PG decided it's more important to play for France than to do his paid job. He's ing broken, and he'll likely be broken for the rest of the year, and until he stops playing NT ball.
We obviously can play hard, suffocating defense as seen in the last 4 mins or so of the game.
The question is wheter this team can be bothered to do it for 48 minutes.
If this is even remotely the case, they need to cut the cord pronto.
I don't believe TP is the type of guy who'd ignore his NT role no matter how loud RC and Pop protest.
It wasn't there in January/February 2007 - I came to SA at the end of January that year and we were all worried about where the team was going. We lost 7/13 in that stretch before turning it around near the end of the RRT.
I don't say that as an excuse, but simply to point out that we have looked like this in a championship year before.
My main worry is TP - his PF was obviously hampering him tonight, and without his penetration the team finds it a lot harder to score.
got his ass for peanuts
Spurs get up and go, got up and went...
Double post.
It's tough to play small ball when your Top 2 guards suck offensively.
At their peak the Spurs were getting almost 40 points a game from the combo of Manu/TP. This season they're getting less than 30 a game, and against the Grizz they got 13.
The rest of the guards aren't capable of taking on such a heavy load at this point in their careers. George Hill is a great complementary guard, but still struggles offensively. Roger Mason is a great shooter off the bench, but we saw what happened last year when he's thrust into being a primary scorer. Keith Bogans...
Finley would have been a help (again in the Steve Kerr mold) tonight, I think. Come in for 5-10 minutes, spread the floor, run some curls, make a few jumpers and sit back down.
There are so many excuses, like It is only January, rotations are not set, they are tired, get paid the same win or lose, Blair is a Grizzlie, etc...
Tony and Manu weren't much better. I think it's time to see what the Spurs can get in exchange for Manu's expiring contract.
No, actually they aren't. 4 games in 5 nights against potential playoff teams, 2 losses to very solid teams with good recent home records, one of them very close.
It hurts, but it's not "new dimensions of suck".
Whatever they could get still wouldn't equal what Manu can potentially bring on any given night. I doubt it's even worth looking into a trade. Might as well just hope he finds his form sometime in the next couple of months.
Tony and RJ -- combined for 7. I can't believe that...it's just ridiculous.
Parker, Ginobili, Jefferson and McDyess have played significantly bellow their level this year. When there is only one player (Duncan) of your best lineup playing at his true level, it's not a surprise at all to see Spurs struggling.
These 4 players will have to seriously raise the bar.
First I want to say that I undestand players choices to play for their countries but it is killing the Spurs in the past 3 seasons
True. It starts at the top.
Manu's not aging like a fine wine. His game is falling off a cliff fast and that's even assuming he doesn't get hurt again. I love Manu and what he's done for this team, but that Manu isn't walking back on the court and it's time to move on.
+a bajillion
the difference between parker last year and this year makes me sick. He even got hurt twice last year and was still better than this.
NATIONAL BALL
First of all, regardless of how well Manu plays, he's not going to prevent us getting murdered on the board.
Second, what are you gonna get for 10 million though? Look the dud that 15 million got us...
I believe that if the FO knew of a 'no brainer' type of deal involving him they would have pulled the trigger already.
To be honest, the team already thought we wouldn't get the same production from him and they gambled by picking up RJ and hoping he would make up for some of the scoring. The gamble just hasn't paid off.
I agree that his all-star days are over, and I agree that the Spurs and their fans need to move on from the idea of what Manu used to be. But I'm not being nostalgic, i'm being realistic. He still has a sporadic high level of game left, and at those times he's better than anything else the Spurs could get for him in a trade. The Spurs need to prepare for a future without Manu, but i dont think they should make a deal at the deadline just to spite his broken down body.
It's just frustrating for all of us because it finally looked like we turned a corner and now we're right back to sucking again. This season has been such a letdown after our offseason acquisitions it's tough to fathom how we are in this position.
But hopefully with the upcoming homestand the team can get the confidence going again. This was a brutal back to back and clearly fatigue was going to be an issue
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