Random Thoughts after rebound win against OKC

[capek]

Only thing better than watching a great Spurs win is reading timvp's random thoughts after watching a great Spurs win.

Gotta agree on Kawhi, he might have had one pedestrian made basket, but like 7 of his 8 baskets ranged from "wow" to "jaw dropping." I remember after the Chicago game w/o the Big 3, I like everyone else was excited at the prospect that Kawhi might have earned a larger role on offense. Well, the last few games it's been clear that Pop has given the green light there, but holy some of the stuff Kawhi has shown, I wouldn't have expected in my wildest dreams, that he'd be able to do some of that stuff so soon. Those face up iso jumpers, and turn around jumpers of his are definitely superstar potential. So excited to see where he'll be in his development by the end of the season.

[polandprzem]

Too bad OKC were in 2nd b2b game. It does not give us precise measure of the matchup esp when OKC rely on athleticism that much.

Pop really wanted this game bad as he was coaching from the sidelines as crazy Pop of young

Those whistles were strange as and it does not have anything to do with the speed of a players. Because it happened all of frickin sudden just when the spurs gained that big of a lead. I believe in such sick refereeing to keep teams in compe ive state that is causes me to wave my hand and says it's not worth watching that bull .
Come on - at one stage of the game it was all FT, GMAFB! will ya NBA?


All in all good game but if not for Green I don't know if spurs would get a spark from anybody else

[temujin]

For reference, that's what Bennett emailed to Stern during the SonicsGate (I already posted it in another thread a couple of days ago):

If Timvp and Bruno bring up conspiracy (which I call business) "theories" after a win,
I know it is time to "worry".
Not sure about Bennet/Stern or Presti, though.

All I know is that Durant is a very marketable superstar and he will get his ring(s), sooner or later.

[polandprzem]

And btw Kawhi was not satisfied with this game. YOu could see him going into the locker room shaking his head

[hater]

I don't understand spursfan bringin up the refs after this game. Refs were surprisingly calling lot of fauls against Durant/perk/african officer/chimp. I don't think they called that many fouls against them in any game in the entire series last year.

[shazork]

Um, I don't know which is more disturbing -- the fact that this bag "spursmartyr" is tossing around blatantly hateful jew-baiting language, or the fact that no one bats an eye. Can everyone on this message board really be comfortable with it? I mean, it's sickening.

[Pop]

Everyone shouldn't forget that the Thunder were playing their 4th in 5 nights with all but one being an away game. I think Pop should start developing Baynes for the possibility of TD or Splitter getting in foul trouble in the playoffs. I have zero confidence in Blair/Bonner being able to help for even a few minutes in a crucial playoff game.

Exactly, everyone is getting too excited, same people that says that Spurs losses on b2b vs elite teams mean nothing when it's a 4 game in 5 night for the Thunder lol. If that was the Spurs, thread ing about the schedule with conspiracy theories would have been started.

[NASpurs]

Um, I don't know which is more disturbing -- the fact that this bag "spursmartyr" is tossing around blatantly hateful jew-baiting language, or the fact that no one bats an eye. Can everyone on this message board really be comfortable with it? I mean, it's sickening.

Your join date is of 2005 and THAT which you mentioned is bothering you? Make sure to never set foot in the NBA forum then.

[shazork]

so your reaction is that i don't post enough

[callo1]

1- Pop Should have played CoJo 40 minutes(Lilard was just 4-10 in 22 minutes vs CoJo).
2- Took Tiago out (just 3 fouls) with 7 minutes left in the 3rd, scoreboard was 64-63(7-6 in the quarter), Blazers scored 26 points to end the quarter.
3- Started the 4th with Bonner/Diaw(Spurs was down by 8), Blazers scored 7-0 in 54 seconds and the game was over.

Thanks for the "random thoughts"

That is the way I saw it as well.

[silverblk mystix]

Um, I don't know which is more disturbing -- the fact that this bag "spursmartyr" is tossing around blatantly hateful jew-baiting language, or the fact that no one bats an eye. Can everyone on this message board really be comfortable with it? I mean, it's sickening.

Every group is hated on here. No one bats an eye.

[exstatic]

The Harden trade probably deserved a mention. I thought that was a terrible trade for the Thunder when it happened. Now it looks even more ridiculous. They ended up trading away Harden for like twenty cents on dollar. Mindboggling.

I thought since the day it went down that the Thunder traded the wrong guard.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Miami is 18th in the NBA in FTAs and they are 10th in FTAs allowed..

Denver gets a ton of calls and Indiana is known to get away with murder on the defensive end due to reputation, similar to the Bulls of the past few years..

Poor argument, tbh..

My point was that it's a given that there is star treatment. I was curious as to whether or not that extended to teams as a whole. Do you not think that star treatment is a reality?

[exstatic]

Um, I don't know which is more disturbing -- the fact that this bag "spursmartyr" is tossing around blatantly hateful jew-baiting language, or the fact that no one bats an eye. Can everyone on this message board really be comfortable with it? I mean, it's sickening.

tbh, he's such a d-bag, a lot of people have him on ignore, and a lot of the rest scroll right past his hourly excrescences.

[Chinook]

Um, I don't know which is more disturbing -- the fact that this bag "spursmartyr" is tossing around blatantly hateful jew-baiting language, or the fact that no one bats an eye. Can everyone on this message board really be comfortable with it? I mean, it's sickening.

Some of us actually believe in free speech. We just ignore things we don't like, because really, many of us can appreciate that this forum has really lax rules.

[jag]

Couldn't even get through the first page without TD 21's obligatory wall of text that no one wants to read.

[Strategic]

While I'm also not a believer in NBA conspiracies, the whole OKC situation is troubling.

Stern and Clay Bennett are great friends. To me, that's a conflict of interest. I don't think a single second that Stern is giving some kind of instructions to help Thunder but the human nature pushes NBA employees to please their boss even without realizing it.

When Abaka punches Griffin in the nuts and isn't suspended, I can't rule out that the NBA discipline committee had in their mind "let's not be too harsh with Abaka because he is a member of the Thunder, a franchise our boss likes".

It's the same thing with some NBA refs, they know they are being constantly evaluated and that if they make an error in favor of OKC, it would be less a problem that an error in favor of Spurs because Stern likes OKC.

I'm sure you know that Clay Bennett is the son-in-law/grandson-in-law of the Edward Gaylord media "dynasty". The Gaylords have attempted to buy teams, the Texas Rangers for one(this sale was blocked due to no small part by Jerry Reinsdorf), over the years. I think the web becomes very tangled among these players. Or it could just be that Gaylord is handing out Grand Ole Opry tickets to these "red neck" refs. Maybe Holt should be countering the Gaylord/Bennett types with a treat of his own, say catepillar operator for a day. That should be more appealing to a real man.

As for Cory Joseph I think he has become a nice #2 candidate. He is the "anti" Neal. He doesn't jack hero balls, he doesn't turn it over much and he plays solid defense. Between Gary Neal and Cory Joseph, maybe De Colo and Mills have been pushed toward the end of the bench?

[therealtruth]

The Spurs were missing their best player.

If TP played that would have likely taken touches from KL and Tiago who were our best players.

[thispego]

For reference, that's what Bennett emailed to Stern during the SonicsGate (I already posted it in another thread a couple of days ago):

are we sure they're just 'friends'?

[Homeland Security]

Um, I don't know which is more disturbing -- the fact that this bag "spursmartyr" is tossing around blatantly hateful jew-baiting language, or the fact that no one bats an eye. Can everyone on this message board really be comfortable with it? I mean, it's sickening.

Well, somebody could refer to Stern as a "smarmy, megalomaniacal, corrupt, media-savvy money-grubbing power broker who despite running a cabal holds himself up as an ethical exemplar," but "jew" is much more concise.

[Brunodf]

I don't understand spursfan bringin up the refs after this game. Refs were surprisingly calling lot of fauls against Durant/perk/african officer/chimp. I don't think they called that many fouls against them in any game in the entire series last year.

Refs called 3-4 straight bs fouls in the end of the game

[Bruno]

Bruno, u think it could be that stern really the bed by moving a team out of Seattle to a smaller market, therefore he wants to justify his decision? That or he wants to make Durant into next household figure. But something is clearly going on with the officiating.

I highly doubt Stern is doing some kind of behind the scene work to help OKC. I just don't believe in these conspiracy theories.

I'm convinced NBA referees aren't crooked but they are humans. While their first goal is to call the game fair, they surely want to keep their job. They also know that Stern, their boss, likes Thunder. Is it possible that referees think, even if it's only at the back of their minds, that making a mistake helping Thunder is less problematic for them that making a mistake helping another team because Stern will be less upset by it?
I don't have the answer but it's possible like it's possible that it was also true few seasons ago for the Lakers.

[K-State Spur]

Too bad OKC were in 2nd b2b game. It does not give us precise measure of the matchup esp when OKC rely on athleticism that much.

Not about a measuring stick - any game without TP serves no purpose in previewing playoff match-up. It's about gaining a little bit of breathing room for home court over them until Tony gets back.

[Southwest Texas Fan]

are we sure they're just 'friends'?

I was thinking the same thing.

[urunobili]

Refs called 3-4 straight bs fouls in the end of the game

Point differential gambling issues?