D. Green: Hard to play basketball when we’re not the happy fun team we were last year

[lefty]

Enrique destroying the locker room


No surprise TBH

[look_at_g_shred]

This. It really is that simple, especially for a team that relies so heavily on chemistry and rhythm.

And a team who is not used to losing this much. It's probably frustration and that's where the quote is coming from. It's not one player who is destroying a locker room. When you when it's easy to be friendly and have fun. They're human. Losing is not fun.

[pgardn]

So you never played ball in your life?

Ok so you have no idea what happens in team room..

Go be fat somewhere else mainstream cliche fan.

I am pretty sure I could romp all over your ass in basketball.
Almost assured. But we will never know, will we..

And You want me to go be fat? I'm slouching and puffing my cheeks out while proclaiming I'm mainstream, will that do it for Ya?

[dabom]

hard to go out there and make 300k a game LOL GREEN

That's more like tony parker money than danny green tbh. And we all know tony ain't worth it at all this year.

[pgardn]

Why are you typing then?

Because someone said it was known Nationally Ya dumb fck?
Im not on the floor or on the team, so I admit I don't know.

[look_at_g_shred]

Because you said it was known Nationally Ya dumb fck?
Im not on the floor or on the team, so I admit I don't know.

Your never going to get your point across to the teenagers of the forum.

[pgardn]

Your never going to get your point across to the teenagers of the forum.

I have now figured this out.
I don't keep up much.

[SupremeGuy]

Those are some pretty ominous words from Green, tbh. Sounds like the locker room is well aware of how ty TP is playing and is upset that Pop doesn't give CoJo a chance.

[MI21]

I don't see how it's so difficult to understand this.

Danny Green makes mistake. Pop pulls him, visibly goes at him verbally and with expressive hand gestures etc.

Belinelli comes in, plays awful defense the entire game, this is not arguable. The same treatment is not given.

When you are losing that would be completely annoying for Danny. I wouldn't put up with it tbh, when all is smooth and the team is winning, no problems - but when they are playing like and this double standard exists, that.

, even in locker room celebrations last season it was acknowledged than Danny is Pop's whipping boy.

[HI-FI]

And it’s not just off court that he seems to be a little different. Green occasionally does some genuinely frustrating things when he’s on the court, but Popovich always seems to have a special doghouse with Green’s name on it, responding to his mistakes with a sort of vitriol I’m starting to think he reserves for players who are chatty yet incapable of recommending decent wine pairings:

It probably doesn’t help that he’s lived his whole Spurs life in Kawhi Leonard’s shadow. Green is older and has been in the league longer than Leonard, but their careers with the Spurs both started in 2011. Popovich is rarely more effusive than when heaping praise on Leonard, but he almost never takes the opportunity to do so with Green. A reporter recently prefaced a question to the coach with “I know Danny’s not as good a defender as Kawhi…” only to have Popovich interject unnecessarily, “He’s not.”

http://hardwoodparoxysm.com/2015/01/...n-weird-spurs/



Jon Barry was talking about it when the Spurs were on ESPN not too long ago. It's also not hard for the average person to notice how short of a leash Pop has him on.

yeah I don't like the treatment either. wouldn't be shocked if LDN is gone after this year. I like Belinelli, would still take him over Neal (well at least last year's version) but I don't get how he gets more leeway than Green. I always thought Pop made too many excuses for Parker despite everyone saying "he's been hardest on him."
Who knows if a certain player is making things toxic or if its just something else. Pop or Duncan needs to get things sorted out imo.

[FkLA]

I have seen Pop spit on every player on the team for missing rotations on D.

Im sorry I just don't see a national consensus. If that's your view based on some articles, fine. I do notice Pop getting super mad at Danny. But the times I have seen this it's almost always for not carrying out a plan, usually rotations. This is what it appears to be. Not for lack of hustle or because Pop hates him. It could be Pop hates him, but how the would I know? Or you?

Did you miss the ESPN broadcast where Jon Barry mentioned it? Do you think it takes a lot for an average fan to notice the double standard and short leash?

[apalisoc_9]

I don't see how it's so difficult to understand this.

Danny Green makes mistake. Pop pulls him, visibly goes at him verbally and with expressive hand gestures etc.

Belinelli comes in, plays awful defense the entire game, this is not arguable. The same treatment is not given.

When you are losing that would be completely annoying for Danny. I wouldn't put up with it tbh, when all is smooth and the team is winning, no problems - but when they are playing like and this double standard exists, that.

, even in locker room celebrations last season it was acknowledged than Danny is Pop's whipping boy.

[pgardn]

Belli is physically incapable of playing the kind of D Danny is able to.
So you can't ream Belli out when you put him in a situation where you know he is physically not capable of carrying a duty out. You won't see Pop put Danny in for Manu and have him run a play and then ream him out. Danny can't dribble or see the floor like Manu.

I will stick to, if the coach gets mad at you he knows you are capable of better. But it could be Pop hates Green for something other than not being able to follow a plan.

[hater]

Enrique destroying the locker room


No surprise TBH

After 15 years of trying to destroy it and 4 rings later he finally gets his wish. Brilliant conclusion shortbus

[MI21]

For people who have never played a team sport, maybe think about it in another way.

You are doing your work well, getting your job done really well most of the time, but you miss one deadline and your boss goes HAM on you and gives you low grade jobs, maybe cleaning the toilets etc

Your colleague is consistently making the same mistakes you made just the once, yet your boss rewards him with a little payrise and perhaps a blowjob from the hot secretary.

Tell me you wouldn't be pissed?

[UZER]

I don't see how it's so difficult to understand this.

Danny Green makes mistake. Pop pulls him, visibly goes at him verbally and with expressive hand gestures etc.

Belinelli comes in, plays awful defense the entire game, this is not arguable. The same treatment is not given.

When you are losing that would be completely annoying for Danny. I wouldn't put up with it tbh, when all is smooth and the team is winning, no problems - but when they are playing like and this double standard exists, that.

, even in locker room celebrations last season it was acknowledged than Danny is Pop's whipping boy.

Belli is actually somewhat ok one on one, but he has no idea how to play the team d scheme and it leaves teammates out to dry. He's always over rotating, under rotating, leaving a man he should stay with, staying with a man he should leave, and these are Pops cardinal sins. Yet, belli pays no consequences.

[pgardn]

Did you miss the ESPN broadcast where Jon Barry mentioned it? Do you think it takes a lot for an average fan to notice the double standard and short leash?

You have no idea what the problem was in the first place so how can you call it a double standard? Is it possible the same player keeps making the same mistakes? I don't know the history of the problem or what was said during the pulling a player out? What has Barry got on this?

[dabom]

After 15 years of trying to destroy it and 4 rings later he finally gets his wish. Brilliant conclusion shortbus

So you actually admit Enrique is destroying the spurs. ....O look you edited and added "Brilliant conclusion shortbus"

[pgardn]

For people who have never played a team sport, maybe think about it in another way.

You are doing your work well, getting your job done really well most of the time, but you miss one deadline and your boss goes HAM on you and gives you low grade jobs, maybe cleaning the toilets etc

Your colleague is consistently making the same mistakes you made just the once, yet your boss rewards him with a little payrise and perhaps a blowjob from the hot secretary.

Tell me you wouldn't be pissed?

I would be absolutely pissed.
But I'm not with that boss and company everyday so I really don't conjecture about the conflict.

[hater]

So you actually admit Enrique is destroying the spurs. ....O look you edited and added "Brilliant conclusion shortbus"

And shortbus misses the sarcasm

[HI-FI]

Green needs to work on his accent, falsify his passport to say he's from Portugal or some . Pop will treat him better.

[MI21]

I would be absolutely pissed.
But I'm not with that boss and company everyday so I really don't conjecture about the conflict.

Fair call, all we ever do on here is conjecture though tbh

[MI21]

Green needs to work on his accent, fake his passport to say he's from Portugal or some . Pop will treat him better.

Danilo Verde

[apalisoc_9]

Green needs to work on his accent, falsify his passport to say he's from Portugal or some . Pop will treat him better.

[SupremeGuy]

meh... I don't see Beli as the problem. Pop's rotations are just ed this year. Beli usually goes in when we need offense cause he can create his own shot better than Danny, but it usually ends up being a net negative because of his defense. lol I don't even know how to hide TP and Beli anymore. We desperately need Tiago to find his balls and play elite defense again.