Lack of urgency..

[Mugen]

So soft. So, so soft.

You miss Manu because of the compe iveness he brings to big games. But these heartless pieces of can't even take care of business against non-playoff teams.

Such a ing joke of a team/organization.

[kaji157]

Guys cool off, this is a very upgradeable roster.
It's a roster with 7 new guys, 4 new starters from last season (White, Forbes, Gay, DeRozan).
It's not the end of the world, very few teams do better than what we did in those cir stances.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Thats what happens when you put all your marbles on 2 soft all stars like derozan and Aldridge

[spursistan]

I would blow this up in the summer just for their lack of heart.

[timtonymanu]

Was expected tbh when Tim and Manu retired. The culture was never the same even though PATFO thinks we're all too stupid to think it was still there with Patty .

That's why I laugh at the "Spurs can beat Denver" crew, this team just looks content to be there. They don't care to go far otherwise they would have taken this light schedule more seriously.

[DarrinS]

Was expected tbh when Tim and Manu retired. The culture was never the same even though PATFO thinks we're all too stupid to think it was still there with Patty .

That's why I laugh at the "Spurs can beat Denver" crew, this team just looks content to be there. They don't care to go far otherwise they would have taken this light schedule more seriously.

Truth bomb

[TD 21]

I don't think it's lack of urgency so much as just mediocrity. Their supposed stars have by far the lowest impact out of any other West playoff team. Throw in a low variance offensive style (which generally prevents them from pulling games they don't deserve out of their ass), pathetic defensive personnel and zero deep bench depth and you get a team that has to be firing near or on all cylinders to win. It doesn't matter the opponent or situation.

I think people think they should be able to will it against mediocre or worse teams because they should be more desperate and "have 2 All-Stars". But take the Kings for example. Statistically, Fox and Hield are the 2 biggest impact offensive players between the two teams (close between Fox and Aldridge, but still).

In what's now a perimeter oriented league, almost every game the opposition has at least one better perimeter player. That's not easy to overcome.

[ZeusWillJudge]

Guys cool off, this is a very upgradeable roster.

Every roster is upgradeable. In fact, the worse the roster, the easier it is to upgrade. This show has silver lining written on it everywhere.

[monty4329]

By now we know it is more of a lack of balls than urgency

[weeks]

I honestly expected more personal investment from the players in the team. I hope that makes sense. I know we lost talent but it seems as though the "team" plays like a collection of talented individuals. Pop has given many of the players a "pass" this year because they are relatively new to the system and still learning to play with each other but I don't think that stuff flies anymore. 72 games in to the season and all that stuff should be settled. Plus, they don't seem to have compe ive fire. They kind of go out there with "its just a job" body language. I'll do what I do & if we win great, if we don't - whatever. The check should clear.

Part of what made Tim & Manu great was their desire to WIN. They played to win every time they stepped on the court. That had nothing to do with their talent.

what do you expect, with pop and his constant 'it's just a game, who cares' at ude? nasa discovered planets, etc

[tmtcsc]

what do you expect, with pop and his constant 'it's just a game, who cares' at ude? nasa discovered planets, etc

Somewhere along the line Pop realized he has a bunch of ing pansies that don't respond well to criticism or being challenged. He doesn't have the same fire he used to and doesn't seem to get pissed off anymore. At least not in front of the cameras. He showed more emotion for two horrible calls in last night's game than he has for the lack of effort we've seen on defense. Where's that Pop? Lots of blame to go around for this debacle of a team.

[ZeusWillJudge]

It was 1 statement. Just multiple articles written about that 1 statement. There's a difference

That's true. But it was one public statement about multiple private statements. He said so himself:

"… I keep telling him (Lillard) I’m going to come back and finish there. That’s something him and I have talked about — playing together again.”

I wouldn't blame the players for this when Pop has been preaching for years that basketball is their job. Maybe that ain't the right approach?

"These guys are professionals. I don't need to motivate them."

Sometimes a GOAT is just an old goat.

[Maddog]

This is a flawed roster. They are pretty mediocre and don't have a lot of flexibility defensively. Outside of D White, there is not a single 1,2 or 3 who is at least average defensively.

[GreekSpursfan]

This is a flawed roster. They are pretty mediocre and don't have a lot of flexibility defensively. Outside of D White, there is not a single 1,2 or 3 who is at least average defensively.

Spot on. Not to mention that White is non existent offensively.
I still can't believe how Pop managed to have this team in the playoffs, probably the biggest achievement of his career.