Pop is an absolute idiot with the hack a Simmons

[Raven]

yeah it was dumb.. Only hack when the other team has an offensive momentum that seems impossible to stop.
Good on Simmons to show up though.

[NameLess Scrub]

Don't you ever read?



No.

Keeping momentum means they could have been better than 104 -104 at that point. Of course it's speculation, but I would be very hesitant of hacking if my team is in a playing rythm that's producing a good run.

It sounds more convenient to start hacking in order to interrupt the opponents run.

[ElNono]

Like I said ...

That's actually a pretty ty list, tbh... there's a grand total of 1 championship in the top 3. What's the point you're trying to make? A long tenured coach with the best player of his generation can win a lot? Ok...

[raybies]

Shaq's career FT% is only slightly worse than BS's.

I agree it was stupid because it broke the Spurs flow, it was at a time the Spurs were on a 13-4 run or something like that, but it wasn't what lost them the game. The hacking stopped at 104 a piece, 2 minutes left to play and Spurs ball. They failed to execute down the stretch.

What I seen was we lost cause of inexperience. The youth shot us in the foot. Countless turnovers, bad rotations, fouls on shooters, etc. There's more to the game than the last two minutes. We played like ass. We put ourself in position to lose. The youth made a lot of mistakes. As Pop says it's a game of mistakes and I agree. We can't just string a good quarter and expect to win. Everyone wants to get younger, but younger doesn't necessarily mean more dubs. Young players make tons of mistakes. I understand why Pop goes to the vets. You can trust them more with more pressure.

As for the hack a Simmons, questionable but like you said the game was tied. We still didn't execute.

[NameLess Scrub]

That's just not true tbh. There's a lot of verbal fluffing but today's divas don't really want to play for someone like Pop...

Good or bad Pop, I have to agree with this.

Playing in the Spurs means risking less credit, income, biased reffing, etc. All that for rings? Nahh

[FkLA]

Like I said ...

Pop is the GOAT imo but with that he's also grown quite the ego. He does stupid that no other coach would do. Hockey line subs in a playoff games bc he wants to teach the starters a lesson, micromanaging the minutes of a star player in his prime, hacking when his team has momentum. Nobody else would do that except him bc he's trying to exert his "genius" on games.

[Seventyniner]

Simmons is a 50% free throw shooter. That game could have gone either way. Simmons misses those free throws when we're ahead and everyone is singing Pop's praises over what a genius he is.

Relax.

[DMC]

Pop knows that making up ground between 3rd and 1st means not a damn thing come playoff time. Seeding isn't why we lost in the WCF last year. It's not why we won against Houston either.

[DMC]

Pop is the GOAT imo but with that he's also grown quite the ego. He does stupid that no other coach would do. Hockey line subs in a playoff games bc he wants to teach the starters a lesson, micromanaging the minutes of a star player in his prime, hacking when his team has momentum. Nobody else would do that except him bc he's trying to exert his "genius" on games.

He's not trying to teach the starters a lesson. He's giving his bench a booster shot by saying "you guys are about as good as these guys, get in there and let it show". His starters are what they are. It's the bench that's going to make or break us.

[spurraider21]

i dont hate hacking, it just should be done right. the purpose of hacking should be to throw a wrench into the other team's momentum if they have a player getting hot, or if they keep scoring in transition.

but when the spurs get back into a game and even take a lead, to hack then just seems counterproductive.

[SpursforSix]

Tim allowed his system to work. He's been living off residuals. I give him credit for the template because it takes something to sustain that kind of success. Talent first, but he did something with it. I don't think he did the most he could have with it, but many have done less.

Tim's shadow has had him trying to create his own. He's failed - and it's tactics like tonight that prove the point, imo.

Tbh, I really don't know what to do without the best power forward of all time.

[TD 21]

Agree with virtually everything Blackjack said.

Also, I'm sick and tired of this half pregnant approach to game throwing. Either play to win or be all the way committed to resting, sit the entire top 8 and call up both Hilliard and Costello. They're going to lose either way, so they might as well lose with every important player getting rest instead of running some into the ground in a lost cause.

Shaq's career FT% is only slightly worse than BS's.

I agree it was stupid because it broke the Spurs flow, it was at a time the Spurs were on a 13-4 run or something like that, but it wasn't what lost them the game. The hacking stopped at 104 a piece, 2 minutes left to play and Spurs ball. They failed to execute down the stretch.

Always an apologist. Without a single viable play maker, they were never going to win that game based on execution. They needed them to essentially beat themselves. Young team, spiraling out of control, you have to hope to ride the wave of momentum and get out of their with a win before they have time to regroup and recover. Instead, he provided a vehicle for them to do just that.

[Kool Bob Love]

Like I said ...

Tim Duncan

Keep it real, K'Ir.

[sasaint]

Always an apologist. Without a single viable play maker, they were never going to win that game based on execution. They needed them to essentially beat themselves. Young team, spiraling out of control, you have to hope to ride the wave of momentum and get out of their with a win before they have time to regroup and recover. Instead, he provided a vehicle for them to do just that.

That is an outstanding take.

[UZER]

Agree with virtually everything Blackjack said.

Also, I'm sick and tired of this half pregnant approach to game throwing. Either play to win or be all the way committed to resting, sit the entire top 8 and call up both Hilliard and Costello. They're going to lose either way, so they might as well lose with every important player getting rest instead of running some into the ground in a lost cause.




Always an apologist. Without a single viable play maker, they were never going to win that game based on execution. They needed them to essentially beat themselves. Young team, spiraling out of control, you have to hope to ride the wave of momentum and get out of their with a win before they have time to regroup and recover. Instead, he provided a vehicle for them to do just that.

I don't believe in momentum...at all.

[TheGreatYacht]

not only was he a to reporters who questioned his senile ass, he made the players watch tape to see what they did wrong lmfao.

[TimDunkem]

not only was he a to reporters who questioned his senile ass, he made the players watch tape to see what they did wrong lmfao.

No wonder Pop loves guys without an ego. There's not enough room in the entire franchise to fit another ego alongside his own.

[TheGreatYacht]

No wonder Pop loves guys without an ego. There's not enough room in the entire franchise to fit another ego alongside his own.

ing truth bomb

[bklynspursfan]

Smh @ Pop being upset at his players for going down big yet again early on, & for turning the ball over and not playing well.

But sure, Hack a Simmons

[Brazil]

ST going full re after a failed hack a x player costing one RS game

[TheGreatYacht]

Smh @ Pop being upset at his players for going down big yet again early on, & for turning the ball over and not playing well.

But sure, Hack a Simmons

Playing an above .500 team, on the road, minus 6 players, AND STILL managed to have the lead at the end of the game.... all that so Poop's ego can take over the game by trying to be the tallest midget.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

not only was he a to reporters who questioned his senile ass, he made the players watch tape to see what they did wrong lmfao.

Pop will never be man enough to take blame for a loss ever, and you'll never see him admit to a mistake.

[TheGreatYacht]

ST going full re after a failed hack a x player costing one RS game

You'd have a point if Poop didn't have a track record of costing playoff series because of this

[Brazil]

You'd have a point if Poop didn't have a track record of costing playoff series because of this

because of what ? hacking a x player ? what playoffs series you have in mind ?

[TheGreatYacht]

because of what ? hacking a x player ? what playoffs series you have in mind ?

You serious? Not even worth debating

All I gotta say is