SPURS are not good against the BEST

[Brunodf]

Good point.... when players are healthy!!! So we really can't use last year as a guide against a team like the Clippers. A hobbled CP3, no Crawford, Bledsoe, Barnes or Odom, and Blake Griffin couldn't knock down a jumpshot. , the Clippers made their move in the offseason. It doesn't help matters when the Clippers D is specifically designed to stop Tony Parker. In two games vs the Clippers, he's scored 4 points and 11 points respectively. If there was ever a need to make a move at the deadline this was it.

We will see tonight, TP is playing much better and he has an elite PnR player on the team this time.

[Kidd K]

Good point.... when players are healthy!!! So we really can't use last year as a guide against a team like the Clippers. A hobbled CP3, no Crawford, Bledsoe, Barnes or Odom, and Blake Griffin couldn't knock down a jumpshot. , the Clippers made their move in the offseason. It doesn't help matters when the Clippers D is specifically designed to stop Tony Parker. In two games vs the Clippers, he's scored 4 points and 11 points respectively. If there was ever a need to make a move at the deadline this was it.

Are you referring to the postseason? Yeah, we shouldn't have swept them last year. I think we would've won anyway, but we definitely don't "have their number" exactly.

Tonight the Spurs are up big even without Leonard and Duncan not playing many minutes. Clippers are pretty healthy right now from what I can tell; at least their major guys are. I don't consider Odom a major guy anymore btw. God damn how they guy's career just tanked fast!

I realize this is after you said your comment, but the Clippers' D' has had no answer for TP tonight. Parker sucked earlier in the season (when we played our two games against Clippers), because he didn't fully recover from his eye injury yet. He was bad against everyone; remember all the "dump TP" threads by knee jerk reactionists? :P TP's playing much, much better now. Arguably top 1-3 PG in the league caliber.

[Halberto]

Spurs ting down their throats right now

[timtonymanu]

Where's the OP now?

[Embedded]

And since Mr. Leonard didn't play, the Clipper's coach didn't get to prep for our true starting lineup. Brilliant!

[Brunodf]

OP

[capek]

How can Spurs fans not all understand the concept of SPAM?

Spurs just doing it a little early this year

[ChumpDumper]

It doesn't help matters when the Clippers D is specifically designed to stop Tony Parker. In two games vs the Clippers, he's scored 4 points and 11 points respectively. If there was ever a need to make a move at the deadline this was it.

crofl

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Jesus, Spurs, we get it--y'all are good no matter WHO is on the floor. Why y'all have to depants the Clips in front of their home crowd like that tho?

[EricB]

Lmao @ Hoops Czar

[Hoops Czar]

crofl

Lmao @ Hoops Czar

So basically you waited til after the game to call me out. Yeah, that does deserve a CROFL.

[Darkwaters]

So basically you waited til after the game to call me out. Yeah, that does deserve a CROFL.

You act as though you didn't deserve to be called out.

[weeks]

i'll admit i got a little worried earlier during the season bc it seemed like we weren't performing as well against the top teams as our record and skill set would predict

[Creation88]

Where's the OP now?

i'm right here. i was going to bump this thread as soon as i woke up. don't kid yourself, i'm not going anywhere.

last night was a demolition. TP firmly put his name out there as the best PG in the league and pants CP3 all night. You can definitely tell the team was motivated last night. The key was definitely limiting the Clippers easy baskets, something we failed to do in the 1st two games. definitely a step in the right direction against the leagues best.

[Fireball]

i'll admit i got a little worried earlier during the season bc it seemed like we weren't performing as well against the top teams as our record and skill set would predict

But Manu and/or Kawhi were out in these games as well ... at least it did not have an impact that Kawhi was missing last nights game

[illusioNtEk]

screw you OP, never doubt the spurs you banwagon fan gtfo

[Mel_13]

i'm right here. i was going to bump this thread as soon as i woke up. don't kid yourself, i'm not going anywhere.

last night was a demolition. TP firmly put his name out there as the best PG in the league and pants CP3 all night. You can definitely tell the team was motivated last night. The key was definitely limiting the Clippers easy baskets, something we failed to do in the 1st two games. definitely a step in the right direction against the leagues best.

The points you tried to make in the OP have long been overcome by events. It's not a big deal. Updating the records in the OP, however, is positively Fabbs-like. Just let it go.

[Creation88]

screw you OP, never doubt the spurs you banwagon fan gtfo

you don't know what the you're talking about.

[ChumpDumper]

So basically you waited til after the game to call me out. Yeah, that does deserve a CROFL.

I didn't read your stupid post until then.

And what difference does it make? Explain.

[Horse]

That looked like the Spurs offense from last year. A dominant win against a top team. Now please go Yourself and quit whining!

[Hoops Czar]

You act as though you didn't deserve to be called out.

I thught regular season games are meaningless? I guess in Spurstalk language, it means Spurs losses are meaningless while Spurs wins mean everything. The Clippers had a bad game just like the Spurs did in their first meeting against the Lakers last season. And if you're going to call me out, you'd best be doing in the postseason because I too watched last year's western conference finals.

I didn't read your stupid post until then.

And what difference does it make? Explain.

Anyone can play monday morning quarterback. You would have been nowhere to be found had the Spurs lost by 26. I thought my point was pretty obvious.

[HarlemHeat37]

Hoops Czar is known for his terrible predictions in the NBA forum, tbh..

If he chooses one team, betting on the opposite is usually a lock, tbh..

[Darkwaters]

Hoops Czar is known for his terrible predictions in the NBA forum, tbh..

If he chooses one team, betting on the opposite is usually a lock, tbh..

The Anti-Oracle?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

This thread is a storm over nothing.

The Spurs often build good records by feasting on poor and average teams early while losing to good ones. We've seen this happen time and again over the past decade. And then sometime in January someone notices that we have a poor early record against good teams and panics. And then they start a thread about it. But actually, WHO ING CARES?

Yes, it would be nice to be dominant and beat everyone, good and bad, over the entire season, but that's simply not reality. The reality is SPAM - Pop tries to arrange things so that his team is getting nasty and beating good opponents in March and April, and then rolls into the playoffs on a high. Whether or not the Spurs beat good teams early means no more than 1 game in the W/L column.

The NBA season is all about peaking at the right time. Last year Pop was a master conductor, orchestrated the rhythm of the season perfectly, and we still lost in the WCFs to that ridiculous shooting by OKC... which just goes to show that you can plan everything perfectly and still come out a loser in the NBA, and that a few losses to good teams in Nov-Dec DOESN'T MEAN A THING.

/thread

Read, learn, remember.

SPAM starts on the RRT, and this one has been no exception with statment games against Brooklyn, Chi-town and the Clips. Hold on for the ride because it'll be even more fun from here on in.

[racm]

Read, learn, remember.

SPAM starts on the RRT, and this one has been no exception with statment games against Brooklyn, Chi-town and the Clips. Hold on for the ride because it'll be even more fun from here on in.

losing to the freaking Warriors