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Tony, Manu and Duncan could have all gone and played for other coaches brah. What free agent are you talking about?
Tony, Manu and Duncan could have all gone and played for other coaches brah. What free agent are you talking about?
Fabbs with the fail troll
ThisIt's just beautiful basketball to watch. I'm enjoying every second of this ride as well!
Great win can't believe there still some idiots on this board calling this fools good exposed just cracks me up tbh knowing how emo some fans are.
Man the guys over at Detroit must be incredible geniuses then if we're gonna draw hyperbolic conclusions from a single regular season win...Feels so good. In some ways pretty unexpected, that they're able to play so well without the big three (or two of them for multiple games). Just goes to show that Pop was right to focus on perfecting the system instead of swinging for the fences with big trades. Dude is like the Platonic ideal, a philosopher-king for the mutha ing ages!
I know I shouldn't be surprised, but are there really people that have complaints about winning a game without the big 3, in addition to being outrebounded by 20?..
Was there a paint huffing compe ion I wasn't aware of? Mind-numbing, tbh.
That was a beautiful, thorough exhibition of basketball we just witnessed tonight. Made me so damn proud!
Pop not his usual cantankerous self. He looked pretty upbeat during the interview.
Irony...unintended?
Those dudes have trained all their life for that comp. You never had a chance tbh
Anyone majoring in business, or who wants to be a manager of people or entrepreneur needs to take these Spurs as an example of how to build something lasting -- build it so that the pieces are all ultimately replaceable, build it so that your entire system doesn't crumble simply because one or two people or elements do so, build it so that the product you create is greater than the sum of the parts used to create it.
This individual Spurs team is great to watch, but this overall Spurs organization and "corporate culture" is what's truly impressive. And for that reason, it should be of no surprise to anyone that year after year the Spurs keep churning out winning team after winning team.
Go Spurs Go.
If chicago wasnt such a bad offensive team (currently 18th) and theyre that "high" because of the offensive rebounding then we would have gotten blown out
spurs had 15 rebounds in the 3rd and chicago had 15 offensive rebounds
cant rely on Tim Duncan alone to be that big of a difference maker on the rebounding side
pop also refused to go to Baynes even though we were getting killed
unless the token 3 seconds at the end of the first half to stop chicago from getting an offensive rebound on the free throw line counts as quality seconds
heroes on the team and 3 TOSB holding back the BEASTS what his really capable of...
the sooner these clowns are off the team and KL is given the keys to see whether he can carry the team is the day we call for a celebration.....
KL at this point is probably better than paul george, he has a better decision making when it comes to shot selection instead of pulling up jumpers...
I thought for sure this was a lost on a B2B w/o the big 3. This game should show what KL could do given more touches and not just the occasional corner 3's. Kawhi could be the first option when they play smallball. Great win.
Take out 4 starters and yet the methodical style, precision execution and team basketball of the Spurs remains the same - despite the obvious talent dropoff. I love the balanced scoring, team defense and how there is always at least 1 player that usually "steps up" in these moments. Tonight it was Leonard. This was the same team-oriented performance that was on display, not only tonight, but also in that unusual nationally-televised road game versus the Heat, a couple of months ago, which the Spurs very nearly won. Speaking of which, I really wish the Spurs would've won that road game too - just to stick it in Stern's craw. It was humorous watching the Heat play desparate against the Spurs reserves, as you could tell they didn't want "egg on their face" for losing to the Spurs reserves,
Wow, tbh.
So let me get this straight..... Duncan, Manu and Tony are "clowns" and the day they retire we can all celebrate because Leonard is "probably" better than Paul George?
Games like tonight show me that the Spurs are even better than they were last year. This game could have been chalked up as a loss, but the playing time the second and third units have had together is certainly paying dividends and allows the Spurs to steal a win in a tough environment.
Some random tidbits from tonight:
Although De Colo was a bit rusty, it's great to see that he ostensibly knows exactly where Splitter is at all times and feeds him the ball at the most opportune moments. Seeing as how Parker is now working well with Splitter out of necessity, it is very nice to see another point guard on the roster working well with Master Splitter.
It was also nice to see Summer League Leonard return. His confidence seems to balloon whenever Pop shortens his leash. As we all should know by now, Kawhi has the chance of being something special. He locked down Deng (4-13 on FG) and really looked comfortable with his shot on the offensive end. His dribble pull-up is something that he has seemed to work on, and might become a real asset in the playoffs for the Spurs. I also don't find myself cringing as much on his fast breaks as I used to. Although he is still attacking with his standard one-handed statue of liberty dunk, he is choosing to attack the paint when (and only when) there is no one ready to take a charge. He has had a tendency to get charging calls in the past, but Leonard has certainly improved this part of his game.
Neal looked 1000x more comfortable than I have seen from him in the last month. Although he had a dry spell in the second half, he took his shots in stride and seemed to let his offense come to him tonight. I've said it before, Gary Neal is the best pure shooter on this team. And when he picks his spots and does not force anything, he becomes the most valuable scorer off of the bench. His success tonight could be attributed to the fact that he did not do a majority of the handling in the half court sets.
If Pop stuck around, they could easily build a perennially successful regular season team, similar to the Nuggets or Pacers, but I would rather tank for a franchise player for the 3rd time, tbh
beautiful system basketball with unselfish players that care about the team tbh I love it
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