Jim Boylen apologized to Kawhi for not playing him more in 2nd half of Portland game

[Baseline]

How do you "forget" a guy when he is sitting like three seats down from you on the bench?

That's like bringing some bimbo home one night, doing the deed with her, yet forgetting that you're married and your wife is in the next room.

[Kyuui-Musikq]

Spurs went from Budenholzer/Brett Brown to Boylen/Udoka/Sean Marks. Massive downgrade.

Yeah should've brought back Carleisimo who is such a coaching savant....

I highly doubt Pop had actually believed that his second and third most trusted and experienced assistants would of both left during last years offseason, so when it happened, we were scrambling at the last second to find a vet coach who could help up on the bench. So now what were left with is two ex players with no more then two years of coaching experience and a lead assistant with no prior intimate knowledge of the Spurs system.

And you can hardly blame them for being in the positions their in all honesty, but I do think the FO could of prepared themselves more and had a list of better suited potential candidates to come and fill in the vacancies if the both Brett Brown and Mike Budenholzer did leave.

[UZER]

Kawhi should be a lock for 30+ mins in every non-blowout game, regardless of how he's playing tbh.

I've been pretty unhappy with how his role has been handled thus far this season by Pop the assistants, and even the Big 3 tbh. Still a lot of time in the season so I hope he's able to expand his impact moving forward.

But but but Pop can never...ever...be questioned.

The man has 4 rings you ungrateful, unintelligent, sorry excuse for a spurs fan. As a matter of fact, your questioning of Pop discredits all other basketball opinions you may have, no matter how valid they may be. Those opinions will be scoffed at, railed against, and belittled until one of the big name posters on the board makes the same point, at which time your takes will just be ignored as if they never existed. Furthermore, shame on you for celebrating the previous championships, as you are not, nor have ever been, a real Spurs fan.

[ElNono]

Actually this is even more embarrassing for Boylen considering he has a LOT more experience than Bud. Boylen's been an NBA assistant since '92. If you count college, Boylen's assistant coaching career goes back to 1987. Bud didn't become a coaching assistant until '96.

Experience coaching teams not named the Spurs... which is exactly what I was saying. Especially this season where the rotations have been anything but smooth.

He ed up, and admitted as much. That's being honest. Hopefully it won't happen again.

[Mugen]

TPark quittin' on the team every year / telling people to drink Drain-O + posters responding w/ fat jokes is one of the best things about Spurstalk tbh.

[Ice009]

More mind blowing is that Manu had to put himself back in the game. He scored like 18 points in a row, and had to put himself back in the game. Let that marinate.

Yeah, if this is true, I'm amazed at how bad Boylen was.

With Kawhi not being put back in, I just thought that he was riding with Beli because of his offense and willingness to take open shots, but at about the 7 minute mark of the 4th quarter I'm thinking "when is he going to put Manu back in?". I kind of overlooked Kawhi because I was more focused on when the Boylen was going to put Manu back into the game.

[Prime Time]

I'm confused. When Spurs win, it's because Tim Duncan and crew are just that amazing.
When Spurs lose, it's because Boylen sucks and the sole reason for any loss San Antonio has faced this year.

[wildchild]

Agree with Leonard need more minutes, and other comments about he’s being underused by the coach, but I don't believe a word of "forget a player on the bench".

They preferred to opt for Marco and his offense instead of the defense that Leonard provides, in a crucial moment of game -and it wasn't the first game Spurs going with Marco over Leonard or Green in last minutes-.

That's the real mistake and they don't want to admit it.

Just a joke, but really the coaching staff didn't forget Leonard.

[wildchild]

The other thing that bothers me, Boylen and the other assistant coaches didn't want the apology became public, they didn't speak to the media, and maybe Leonard shouldn't talk about that.
IMO this incident should have never seen the light of day.

Granted, Leonard's D out in last minutes of that game should have never happend, but his comments could be a problem.
Kawhi isn't to be know as a disruptive guy. He's just young and inexperienced and he certainly doesn't want to generate criticism on the coaches but this incident could create ripples.

Or could be nothing if the assistant coaches haven't big egos and can understand the context and cir stances.

[wildchild]

I'm confused. When Spurs win, it's because Tim Duncan and crew are just that amazing.
When Spurs lose, it's because Boylen sucks and the sole reason for any loss San Antonio has faced this year.

Well I'm not sure if saying "the assistant coaches aren't the best staff of the league" of something like that, it means "our salvation passes through to change the staff" or "it's coach's fault for any loss of Spurs".

However, I've said before, it's a process of transition into the coaching job for Ime and Sean, but I'd have preferred veteran coaches for last years of Tim Era.