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This team is just soft period.
What a bunch of groupies. It's all about TP. Forget the fact that Splitter looks like a sandwich without Ginobili out there making him look good and D-league De crapo continues to prove his worthlessness on the court. That's now 6 straight losses on the road and this time, to a team playing without its starting point guard and best all around player. Somebody should tell Pop that the hack-a-Dwight only works when you can score friggin points. It doesn't help the team when you're constantly losing a point on each possession. What a sorry looking offense.
This team is just soft period.
Spurs are done unfortunately. Wouldn't be surprised if Warriors/Rockets knock us out in five/six games,
Warriors have been a below .500 team in 2013..they aren't a legit playoff team, tbh..even with their struggles, Pop/Duncan/Parker/Manu should all retire if they lose to the Warriors in a series..
Simple, it gave those guys a leader to focus on. Let's assume this was a playoff game, is CJ in there with the game on the line If he is really trying to win? TP would be in there. Spurs don't move up or down, win or lose. It's a good time to run a simulation. They play too structured at times. They miss Manu's playmaking abilities. If TP didn't attack, except for Tim, no one else attacked the rim. Even Kawhi was passive.teaching tool this late in the season. And if he didn't care about the win or loss, why did he keep Duncan in, going to him every time down the stretch late in the 4th?
This team was never the favorite going in. History is littered with teams that seem invincible but failed to win a le. For as bad as some of you BAMA cliff jumpers feel, as of Wednesday, there will be only 16 teams with a shot at the LOB. Perhaps the Spurs that were clicking earlier will return. Who knows? I want 1 for the thumb but it ain't coming unless these players execute and minimize mistakes. They do that... then they can best anybody.
What I don't get is that with a rash of injuries earlier in the season the complimentary players came in, ran the system to perfection, and we kept on winning, even pulling out improbable wins like the one in Chicago. But right now we can't even run a play without screwing it up. Peaked too early again like the 2011 I guess.
Sad, because the way we were playing in Feb and much of March, I thought we'd make it to the Finals. Right now we'll be lucky to make the 2nd rd.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm still excited for the playoffs. We should have a relatively easy matchup in Golden State, and maybe by the end of that series we will have some health and momentum back. The Spurs (especially Tim) typically step up their game when the playoffs arrive. I would've liked to see some momentum going in, but it seems like they're just coasting into the #2 seed. I don't think this will end like 2011. This team has a run left in them.
Warriors are terrible - that much is true. If there's any team I want for a first round opponent, it's them. But Spurs are scary bad right now. Everybody but Tim Duncan is playing like a D-Leaguer.
Fully agreed, but the Spurs need the easiest possible matchup at the moment, they'll need to build rhythm confidence if they are going anywhere in the playoffs, tbh..
I'm calling it now: we will lose the first game of the 1st rd like 2003 (the Stoudamire 3 to send it to OT/Marbury banked 3 in OT game - which I watched in Bozeman, Montana of all places), then that will galvaise the team into hard-arsed ballin and we'll run through the rest of the playoffs like stormsurge through an arroyo... I hope.
I agree with the first part, but maybe they lose the second game too.I'm calling it now: we will lose the first game of the 1st rd like 2003 (the Stoudamire 3 to send it to OT/Marbury banked 3 in OT game - which I watched in Bozeman, Montana of all places), then that will galvaise the team into hard-arsed ballin and we'll run through the rest of the playoffs like stormsurge through an arroyo... I hope.
j/k, ing Houston or Golden State? LOL. But Denver could very well wax that ass nasty in the second round. McGee seems to look like Bill Russell every time he sees our boys.
Splitter did a masterful job on Pau on the defensive end and had a great day on the boards. Pop should have stuck with him late.
Kawhi needed to be more assertive and ask for the ball. Without TP scoring, he should know that more of the scoring should be coming from him. He needs to drive it to the hole and pick-up fouls instead of shooting only jumpers. Eventually he needs a postup game so he can play some iso and let the offense flow from him. Being the future star of the team he needs to realize when he needs to carry the team. That's the difference with an all-star player.
CIA Pop, tbh...use the Lakers to wear down OKC and take an easier path to the WCF. We're locked into the 2 seed, anyway.
Parker's play last night was all a ploy; the latest C.I.A. Pop tactic.
He surely instructed Parker to run at half speed, jump at half strength, and purposefully miss all of his shots.
This will help to put the Spurs back under the radar and lull the other Western teams into a false sense of security, then BAM....first round, Parker shows up full strength and in his final form (with a power level over 9000), along with a cybernetically-enhanced Ginobili.
Perfect plan, Pop. Perfect.
You couldn't possibly blame Leonard perforance last night on Pop? He looked timid with the basketball and
Totally agree.
At this point, I've moved on from any potential playoff matchups because the reality is this team isn't going very far as presently cons uted. As a matter of fact, I'm already looking to the offseason as to just HOW this team can get better. There's no doubt that this organization needs to rethink their player evaluation process. Their is a significant lack aggression, a lack toughness and of course a significant lack of athleticism with this roster. It's a fact that older players get injured more often, which means the Spurs have not done enough to get younger. I'm all for having smart players, but the Spurs are being routinely being dusted by the top contenders in the league because they have better players. There's no doubt that a semi-overhaul needs to take place. It should be an interesting summer.
This team honestly needed no overhaul, just better coaching and player management.Totally agree.
At this point, I've moved on from any potential playoff matchups because the reality is this team isn't going very far as presently cons uted. As a matter of fact, I'm already looking to the offseason as to just HOW this team can get better. There's no doubt that this organization needs to rethink their player evaluation process. Their is a significant lack aggression, a lack toughness and of course a significant lack of athleticism with this roster. It's a fact that older players get injured more often, which means the Spurs have not done enough to getdd younger. I'm all for having smart players, but the Spurs are being routinely being dusted by the top contenders in the league because they have better players. There's no doubt that a semi-overhaul needs to take place. It should be an interesting summer.
Such as adding Baynes to the rotation 50+games ago and removing the turds from the rotation and/or removing them from the team altogether would have helped shore up most of the size/athleticism issues. Along with playing Leonard more minutes and Jack less (which is finally happening). Settling on a backup point earlier in the season rather than dragging this point guard by commitee circus into the final week of the season would have also settled the rotation and probably helped cir vent the injuries somewhat.
You know, things that any sensible coach would do.
no, I think you need the lakers to make the POs as opposed to embarrassing them into not making it. You want a banged up OKC, before they meet the grizz/clipps, and then the 3rd round. And if the lakers can play like this in a 7 game series against okc then all the better. The biggest concern that has been echoed here is parker's health. I didnt see the game against the kings but his numbers returned but from what I'm reading he didn't exactly look good.
I dont really care about the final two games other than preferring to:
1. retain the 2 seed, and
2. meeting the warriors in the 1st round
There's the need to get guys back into rhythm by playing them but after what we saw last night I'd choose the rest.
Rest is good. Splitter especially. If I was Pop the last 2 games would feature alot of Aron Baynes... obviously its too late to get him properly adjusted but he could still contribute spot minutes once the spurs have Diaw back and have gutted their way through the 1st round.
Spurs may need to go in a different direction this summer. I honestly think the Bucks can push them to 7 games right now let alone the Rockets/Warriors.
Never has there been a time where as a Spurs fan you dread the playoffs but outside of Duncan there is not one silver lining I can find about this team right now. Everyone is crapping the bed at the same time.
I also remember that a 20 game win streak into the POs doesn't guarantee anything either.
Just play hard enough to ensure GSW stays at 7, and the final game against the wolves doesnt mean anything.
I'd rather they tank against GSW and guarantee that Lakers don't climb to that #7 spot. HOU at #7 is better than LAL.
You beat me to it! if GSW loses their remaining 2 games, and LAL wins their final game they tie, but LAL owns the tie breaker which pushes them to 7.
I guess that means it's shut down mode for the spurs until saturday or sunday.
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