Gutless Worms

[UNT Eagles 2016]

PISS **** SUCKER MOTHER ER S FART TURD AND



- Left the enemy's best 3 point shooter WIDE THE OPEN for an easy three that half of ST can make
- Can't handle the ball
- Lost to scrub Leastern team
- Leading most of the 4th and second half and still lost
- Kawhi Leonard is a choking scrub
- Ruined my ing night
- 2 games back of GSW and LAC already, 1 behind OKC and CLE, quickly falling back behind the 8 ball
- Godawful rotations leading to excruciating losses that will count big time later in the season
- this team
- 52–30 1st round fodder laughingstock
- Offseason champions just like the Miami Dolphins every year, same result
- team
- Wasted 3 hours of my life tonight I'll never get back and I'm pissed
- this planet
- I can't even take consolation in the Cowboys because they're 2–5 and injured
- sports
- the world
- everything

[Perry Mason]

PISS **** SUCKER MOTHER ER S FART TURD AND



- Left the enemy's best 3 point shooter WIDE THE OPEN for an easy three that half of ST can make
- Can't handle the ball
- Lost to scrub Leastern team
- Leading most of the 4th and second half and still lost
- Kawhi Leonard is a choking scrub
- Ruined my ing night
- 2 games back of GSW and LAC already, 1 behind OKC and CLE, quickly falling back behind the 8 ball
- Godawful rotations leading to excruciating losses that will count big time later in the season
- this team
- 52–30 1st round fodder laughingstock
- Offseason champions just like the Miami Dolphins every year, same result
- team
- Wasted 3 hours of my life tonight I'll never get back and I'm pissed
- this planet
- I can't even take consolation in the Cowboys because they're 2–5 and injured
- sports
- the world
- everything

LOL. so epic.

[From Downtown]

[ElNono]

too early for this thread, tbh... This should be locked until January at least, with all the roster changes

[UNT Eagles 2016]

too early for this thread, tbh... This should be locked until January at least, with all the roster changes

If they're sitting in 6th place at the turn of the new year, 6+ games back of the conference lead and a lousy mediocre record that's impossible to overcome, they're gutless worms no matter what... even if they win 85% of their remaining games, they don't have a snowball's chance in if they don't have HCA over at least OKC, LAC, CLE and any other team not named GSW at the end of the regular season.

[midnightpulp]

Warming it up!

[Manu-of-steel]

Lol!

[UNT Eagles 2016]

at least we're one up on OKC now... LAC and GSW are obviously a huge problem.

[SAGirl]

too early for this thread, tbh... This should be locked until January at least, with all the roster changes

This one is on of the funniest threads

[midnightpulp]

It's only been "warmed up" so far. Not an official bump yet. I think we should all be pleased with how they're playing in the face of the new lineup learning curves. They could very easily be undefeated.

[TD 21]

Considering the minutes key players had to play and the fact that it was in doubt in the final minutes, this is essentially a loss. Worse yet than the fact that this was pathetic, was that it was even more predictable.

Before the cliche excuses flood in, seven of the top eight are back and we're now going on a year and a half of them showing zero ability to blow teams out from start to finish. Merely opening up significant leads is a chore and it's an even bigger one maintaining them.

They got lucky that they were playing a D-League team that flat out ran out of time or there's no question in my mind that we were in for one of their turnover fueled, miracle three allowed at the buzzer, collapses.

[MaNu4Tres]

Considering the minutes key players had to play and the fact that it was in doubt in the final minutes, this is essentially a loss. Worse yet than the fact that this was pathetic, was that it was even more predictable.

Before the cliche excuses flood in, seven of the top eight are back and we're now going on a year and a half of them showing zero ability to blow teams out from start to finish. Merely opening up significant leads is a chore and it's an even bigger one maintaining them.

They got lucky that they were playing a D-League team that flat out ran out of time or there's no question in my mind that we were in for one of their turnover fueled, miracle three allowed at the buzzer, collapses.

They made this game a lot tougher than it should have been.

With Manu and Kawhi out, Spurs didn't have two of the three guys that are productive from the PnR w/ the ball, yet it seems Spurs opted for too many PnR's out of the motion offense w/ guys who are below average w/ the ball in those scenarios. That led to Danny Green looking like a terrible D-League offensive player w/ his delusional drives to the basket out of the PnR, instead of just giving LMA the ball. There were so many times tonight when the wings had an easy angle to make the pass to LaMarcus, but they opted for the very tough plays instead.

There's no reason LMA should only have 13 FG attempts in 34 minutes on a night when Kawhi AND Manu sit.

[midnightpulp]

Considering the minutes key players had to play and the fact that it was in doubt in the final minutes, this is essentially a loss. Worse yet than the fact that this was pathetic, was that it was even more predictable.

Before the cliche excuses flood in, seven of the top eight are back and we're now going on a year and a half of them showing zero ability to blow teams out from start to finish. Merely opening up significant leads is a chore and it's an even bigger one maintaining them.

They got lucky that they were playing a D-League team that flat out ran out of time or there's no question in my mind that we were in for one of their turnover fueled, miracle three allowed at the buzzer, collapses.

Spurs have the second best point differential in the league. Basketball is a game of runs, and you rarely see one team blow out another from start to finish, especially in the NBA.

Spurs were without a top 10 player in the league and their best bench player tonight, and still sleptwalk to a win.

Too early to throw dirt on their graves just yet.

[TD 21]

They made this game a lot tougher than it should have been.

With Manu and Kawhi out, Spurs didn't have two of the three guys that are productive from the PnR w/ the ball, yet it seems Spurs opted for too many PnR's out of the motion offense w/ guys who are below average w/ the ball in those scenarios. That led to Danny Green looking like a terrible D-League offensive player w/ his delusional drives to the basket out of the PnR, instead of just giving LMA the ball. There were so many times tonight when the wings had an easy angle to make the pass to LaMarcus, but they opted for the very tough plays instead.

There's no reason LMA should only have 13 FG attempts in 34 minutes on a night when Kawhi AND Manu sit.

Pop was awful too. He still thinks this is 2-4 years ago, when they could have damn near any rotation against teams and still win going away.

Like the players and fan base, he either hasn't realized or accept that, until proven otherwise, they're not good enough anymore to around against anybody and presume victory.

Spurs have the second best point differential in the league. Basketball is a game of runs, and you rarely see one team blow out another from start to finish, especially in the NBA.

Spurs were without a top 10 player in the league and their best bench player tonight, and still sleptwalk to a win.

Too early to throw dirt on their graves just yet.

Thank the schedule and some late runs for their point differential. The bottom line is this: They have not firmly been in control of a single game in the 1st half and maintained it throughout and as much as you people are either unaware or want to ignorant it, this is a carryover from last season.

What the are you talking about? Superior teams jump on inferior teams all the time, particularly when said team is decimated by injury and/or played the previous night. The Suns just did it to the Nuggets tonight.

The 76ers were without damn near every legit NBA player on their roster and played the night before, so don't pretend the Spurs had a legit excuse.

No one is throwing dirt on their graves and how hypocritical of you of all people to claim as much, considering your affinity for bumping this thread.

[Robz4000]

Spurs are fine. Philly was desperate and Pop played this as a preseason game. If this were Portland or Denver, I'd be a bit more worried.

[midnightpulp]

Pop was awful too. He still thinks this is 2-4 years ago, when they could have damn near any rotation against teams and still win going away.

Like the players and fan base, he either hasn't realized or accept that, until proven otherwise, they're not good enough anymore to around against anybody and presume victory.



Thank the schedule and some late runs for their point differential. The bottom line is this: They have not firmly been in control of a single game in the 1st half and maintained it throughout and as much as you people are either unaware or want to ignorant it, this is a carryover from last season.

What the are you talking about? Superior teams jump on inferior teams all the time, particularly when said team is decimated by injury and/or played the previous night. The Suns just did it to the Nuggets tonight.

The 76ers were without damn near every legit NBA player on their roster and played the night before, so don't pretend the Spurs had a legit excuse.

No one is throwing dirt on their graves and how hypocritical of you of all people to claim as much, considering your affinity for bumping this thread.

The top teams in the league will typically have a point differential of about 6-10 points at the end of the season. You're guilty of selective memory here and only remembering the blowouts (which do in fact happen less frequently than you think). And yeah, a lot of blow outs tend to happen in the 2nd half. Golden State does that quite frequently.

I bump this thread for laughs. I tend toward the pessimistic at times, sure, but this team will be fine and contend if they stay healthy. The West is insanely deep (I would ignore the early season struggles of the Clippers, injured Thunder, etc) with perhaps a historically great team residing in the conference, so they could very well lose in the 1st or 2nd round, but that won't prove anything you say as true, like you thought it did last year. The edges between the top 4 teams are marginally thin in the West.

I think you pronounced them dead in 2014, as well. What happened?

[Hoops Czar]

Thank the schedule and some late runs for their point differential. The bottom line is this: They have not firmly been in control of a single game in the 1st half and maintained it throughout and as much as you people are either unaware or want to ignorant it, this is a carryover from last season.

What the are you talking about? Superior teams jump on inferior teams all the time, particularly when said team is decimated by injury and/or played the previous night. The Suns just did it to the Nuggets tonight.

When the team is 75% ISO and 25% ball movement, it's difficult to get out to big leads while maintaining the pedal to the medal for an entire game. The Spurs also don't have reliable 3-point threats outside of DG and PM and the former can't hit the broad side of a barn. That makes it difficult to erase big leads or slam the doors early on the compe ion. The defense is decent but way too reliant on two players to be on the floor to get stops. Otherwise, it's hope and pray the opponent misses shots. This isn't 2012-14 anymore. This Spurs team has to work hard for everything.

[TD 21]

The top teams in the league will typically have a point differential of about 6-10 points at the end of the season. You're guilty of selective memory here and only remembering the blowouts (which do in fact happen less frequently than you think). And yeah, a lot of blow outs tend to happen in the 2nd half. Golden State does that quite frequently.

I bump this thread for laughs. I tend toward the pessimistic at times, sure, but this team will be fine and contend if they stay healthy. The West is insanely deep (I would ignore the early season struggles of the Clippers, injured Thunder, etc) with perhaps a historically great team residing in the conference, so they could very well lose in the 1st or 2nd round, but that won't prove anything you say as true, like you thought it did last year. The edges between the top 4 teams are marginally thin in the West.

I think you pronounced them dead in 2014, as well. What happened?

I realize that, genius. Blowouts happen all the time and plenty occur in the 1st half. Of course, they often become more full blown in the 2nd half, but teams are firmly in control of games all the time. You should know, because no one was better at it than this team up until last season. Since then, virtually everything has been difficult.

I was spot on in my assessment of last year's team. The only thing I got wrong was the amount of games they'd lose to the Clippers in, but in my defense, that was a five game series disguised as a seven gamer.

What happened was the guy who makes them their collective pants missed the first two games of the WCF's and after his inevitable adrenaline fueled return, wasn't quite right thereafter. But let's keep pretending that didn't play a factor.

[midnightpulp]

I realize that, genius. Blowouts happen all the time and plenty occur in the 1st half. Of course, they often become more full blown in the 2nd half, but teams are firmly in control of games all the time. You should know, because no one was better at it than this team up until last season. Since then, virtually everything has been difficult.

I was spot on in my assessment of last year's team. The only thing I got wrong was the amount of games they'd lose to the Clippers in, but in my defense, that was a five game series disguised as a seven gamer.

What happened was the guy who makes them their collective pants missed the first two games of the WCF's and after his inevitable adrenaline fueled return, wasn't quite right thereafter. But let's keep pretending that didn't play a factor.

Mice moving the goal posts with the Clippers series. And no, it was not a 5 game series disguised as a 7 game series. The two teams were so evenly matched that it was essentially a coinflip. The Spurs actually outscored the Clippers by a half a point over the series. The stats simply do not agree with your assessment that the Clippers "should've won," that series in 5 games.

Reasons we lost. Simple. Kawhi choked. It happens. I won't even place too much blame on Parker. We knew what we were getting with him, but Kawhi can't let himself get outplayed by Matt in' Barnes in a crucial game 7.

As for your Ibaka excuse, please. He averaged about 12 points per on over 50% shooting, was jumping around and blocking shots like he always does, with his defensive metrics at their usual. No, the Thunder lost, because the Spurs did a fantastic job defending Westbrook and Durant. They held Westbrook to 40% shooting, and Durant to 7 points below his season average and .28 percentage points below his season shooting percentage. We also held them to 30% shooting from 3. Give some credit where it's due instead of trying to find excuses for why your failed predictions didn't materialize.

You're basically the guy who predicts the same outcome every year (a playoff loss, which the odds are in favor of for every team going against the field) and pats himself on the back when the odds stay true. Way to go out on a limb

[ChumpDumper]

Considering the minutes key players had to play and the fact that it was in doubt in the final minutes, this is essentially a loss. Worse yet than the fact that this was pathetic, was that it was even more predictable.

Before the cliche excuses flood in, seven of the top eight are back and we're now going on a year and a half of them showing zero ability to blow teams out from start to finish. Merely opening up significant leads is a chore and it's an even bigger one maintaining them.

They got lucky that they were playing a D-League team that flat out ran out of time or there's no question in my mind that we were in for one of their turnover fueled, miracle three allowed at the buzzer, collapses.

It was a win.

[TXstbobcat]

Why is this thread bumped after a Spurs win??????????

[ChumpDumper]

Why is this thread bumped after a Spurs win??????????

spurfan

[Silver&Black]

Why is this thread bumped after a Spurs win??????????

We weren't up by 20+ the entire game....

[benefactor]

Why is this thread bumped after a Spurs win??????????

Because OP is a glorious, winged got

[TD 21]

Mice moving the goal posts with the Clippers series. And no, it was not a 5 game series disguised as a 7 game series. The two teams were so evenly matched that it was essentially a coinflip. The Spurs actually outscored the Clippers by a half a point over the series. The stats simply do not agree with your assessment that the Clippers "should've won," that series in 5 games.

Reasons we lost. Simple. Kawhi choked. It happens. I won't even place too much blame on Parker. We knew what we were getting with him, but Kawhi can't let himself get outplayed by Matt in' Barnes in a crucial game 7.

As for your Ibaka excuse, please. He averaged about 12 points per on over 50% shooting, was jumping around and blocking shots like he always does, with his defensive metrics at their usual. No, the Thunder lost, because the Spurs did a fantastic job defending Westbrook and Durant. They held Westbrook to 40% shooting, and Durant to 7 points below his season average and .28 percentage points below his season shooting percentage. We also held them to 30% shooting from 3. Give some credit where it's due instead of trying to find excuses for why your failed predictions didn't materialize.

You're basically the guy who predicts the same outcome every year (a playoff loss, which the odds are in favor of for every team going against the field) and pats himself on the back when the odds stay true. Way to go out on a limb

I didn't move . If you care to go back and look at some of my posts last year, you'll realize I had them pegged relatively early. All the issues I harped on throughout bit them in the end.

It was absolutely a five gamer disguised as a seven gamer, as any astute fan would know. The numbers are skewed because of the Spurs' game 3 blowout. In a series that lack another clear one (at least in terms of the final score) and considering any series is obviously a small sample size, that made a huge difference. Aside from that, they didn't deserve to win another game and wouldn't have, if not for two fluke finishes.

What excuse? He really did miss the first two games of the series, no matter your opinion of his play thereafter. When two teams are so evenly matched, things like having your third best player miss a third of the series kind of matters.

I've never discredited the Spurs for it, all I've said is, let's not pretend it didn't play a factor and couldn't have potentially swung the series.

So let me get this straight: If I make observations about the team that come off as unflattering, it automatically means I've lost faith in them and am predicting their demise?

It was a win.

It was beneath the standards of a team with championship aspirations. If it were a one off, I'd chock it up to them clearly taking the opposition lightly, not giving a , etc.