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Manu still out... and GAsol with the right wrist still in pain...
This game is going to be tough to watch.
Manu still out... and GAsol with the right wrist still in pain...
This game is going to be tough to watch.
Battle of 2 of the leagues tiest teams currently
If Pau is still having pain in wrist, why the did he play against the Pacers? The NBA needs to step in and hire their own doctors, assign them to clubs and they should be the one's taking the lead in determing the health status of players. To with the team doctors.
If the Spurs can't score 100 points or have a 30 point quarter against the Cavs, then might as well start tanking.
Forbes likely replaces Gasol in the starting lineup, with Aldridge, Anderson and Green, all sliding up a position. By default, Lauvergne will be in the rotation and Paul probably will be too.
Cavs obviously are pathetic defensively, yet at some point are due for an "enough is enough" game (it won't last though) and Spurs' putrid offense should be just the tonic. Expect the now usual colossal struggle to break 80.
This team is done for mentally. They fattened up on weak early schedule and got by on the back of a resurgent Aldridge. The latest batch of injuries, most notable the Leonard "regrouping", has clearly demoralized them. Aldridge has come back down to earth, the league is now making a concerted effort to gum up their hi-lo game and without that, they have nowhere to go offensively. The roof has caved in and they're arguably the worst team in the league at the moment.
Joffrey is going to give up so many baskets at the rim.
Part of why Aldridge is fading I think I've brought up on different occasions: he's worn out because of the Joffrey effect.
Joffrey being brought in to replace both Dedmon and Lee and being so terrible that Pop went with the LMA-Pau stagger to keep Joffrey off the court is a huge problem, at least in the regular season.
If Joffrey was Ayres this the team would be better off.
Hopefully Costello is active and gets time.
I have thought Lamarcus is worn out too. He's playing heavy minutes and asked to post up almost every possession. He started the season with determination but once this Kawhi thing takes a life of its own, Rudy is out, Manu is out, the guards rotations have been all over the place, he's getting doubled and tripled at times and he's a bad passer... so he's out of his element. I am sure he'd be happy to welcome some help at this point.
And I brought up the Joffrey thing in the trade deadline bc I thought Spurs needed a better big. Someone said it wasn't worth it bc said big would not be a factor in the postseason, but the regular season matters. Joffrey is getting a gifted his salary this year.
Over/Under on point blank misses at the rim for Joff?
Over/Under on blocks by Joffrey: 0
It might seem impossible with current counting stats, but I'll take the under.
Keeps getting worse. Now their best passer/facilitator on the team in Gasol is out.
Also why is manu still out. A contusion whether you are 40 or 20 should heal the same.. spurs need their best playmaker back.
and Fatty Turds diahrrea is still healthy
ing burger
I think the observation about being demoralized is accurate. In interviews none of the players talks about "next man up" or "everybody just has to step up his game." Everybody - even Manu - focuses on how the offense was designed to revolve around Kawhi and it very disconcerting to have to shift gears into a different style offense in his absence, and it is very difficult to have to adjust for Kawhi's presence on the rare occasions he does play.
It takes a while but when it happens it's a sad sight -- when the bumble bee finally realizes that it's not supposed to be able to fly.
Lebron is gonna us up the ass tomorrow, tbh.
If the Cavs lose tomorrow it will say something about them more so then the Spurs losing to them. I predict a Cavs meltdown if they lose tomorrow. This is a game they should win.
Why is Joff still on the team. Hes utterly useless.
This game screams of the Cavs "turning their season around" type narrative from the media. Lebron will probably have season-high numbers, tbh.
Seems like it whenever a struggling team beats the Spurs and then the next game, said struggling team take a steaming wet fart and fizzles out.
Maybe he was the only big willing to sign here for next to nothing. Clearly, their big priorites were Mills and Gasol, so perhaps not much was left for anyone else.
It's his player option and the money.
I think if it was a one year deal he would have been cut and replaced by now. There's bigs all over the world, , remember when they brought in Baynes midseason?
They still have all their Euro buyout money, they could get someone tomorrow better than Lolffrey if they wanted to.
But eating a year of his salary + the euro buyout money + the new player (even Costello promoted) = a lot of money when nobody is showing up to games in the lower bowl to buy expensive concessions.
There are better bigs out there that will play for the min. Our national basketball leaguue has bigs better than Joff.
Ok Thanks. that makes the most sense . This last spurs offeseason of signings & contracts would have to be one of their worst ever.
Khem Birch is on a cheaper deal than Joffrey, has only played 73 minutes, and still has 7 blocks.
I'd take him in a second over Joffrey.
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