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Playing Adams and Anus Cancer together is a no-brainer when the opposing dumb ass coach had the audacity to stubbornly trot out stupidly undersized frontlines that offer no resistance on the boards.
The simple fact he may have tried something different says alot. Not only his big lineup, he's playing Morrow an that other guard. But Pop sticks to Fathead... He needs to be forced to retire with health reasons so he can leave with some kinda pride.
I just seriously can't believe these turd towers are getting rolled out together at such an important time.
How many times does it have to fail?
Im sure Mark Cuban would've came down to the sideline an told him cut that out if he was the Spurs owner.
I don't doubt this.
It will keep failing until one of them leaves the team. Otherwise, Pop will keep on pounding that rock with his thick skull.
You wanna roll that ty lineup? Do it early in the 2nd quarter, not in the ing end of the 3rd/start of the 4th giving up whatever lead and momentum. At least we have time to make up for it.
Pairing Diaw/West and giving Anderson minutes is essentially costing the Spurs this series and ruining Tim Duncan's final games in a Spurs jersey.
You are great with the long game Pop, but god damn your adjustments have been below par for some time.
Blame the Refs
Blame Pop
and if you are not sure blame Parker
rinse and repeat
They aren't wrong in doing that, though. If that's what you're suggestingBlame the Refs
Blame Pop
and if you are not sure blame Parker
rinse and repeat
it's not that simple tbh...
The refs have nothing to do with where we are right now... we wasted so many opportunities... excecution in the 4th is not refs fault.
Pop is not doing a great job obviously but nobody was expecting Tim to be such a liability out there... there is not much option to counter that
Parker is doing enough to give us a shot
True, but the 24 second violation miss-call, Green being tripped and called for a foul and Kawhi fouling Westbrook in the end gave OKC 5 additional crucial points at the very end in a 1-possesion game. Not easy to overcome this, despite LMA missing a wide open shot and Parker missing 2 being Spurs fault. Still though, talk about not being put in a position to execute and perform. I can only assume players were seething.
How is West no more of a liability than Duncan though? Timmy at least can contest and block some shots at the rim. He's basically first in the team in rebounds per 36 these playoffs (Boban is 1st, but way small sample in his case).
Sorry, but West clanking everything and committing stupid fouls isn't superior in any way, shape or form. I can't believe he's getting dominated against that scrub Kanter, smh.
The refs were absolutely terrible, and should get blame for yesterday's loss, as "vanilla" and "crybaby" as it may sound. That trip on Green giving Durant free throws and the uncalled Kawhi foul ended the game. They were responsible for stopping the Spurs from blowing the roof off the building, they were on the verge of blowing them out by 20 until the Thunderef intervened in the 4th.
Pop is a senile old . From sticking with his suicide lineup, going away from Kawhi in crunch time, to taking out Duncan after his block on Chimpbrook. All these Spurs collapses over the years are HIS fault, one of the worst late game coaches I've ever seen. I put that on anything.
Parker had to ISO after Poop's play went to shambles, per par. He missed a late game free throw so I guess they can blame him for that.? I agree though, he did enough to help us in the game
Assuming Tim and Manu retire this off-season, it is not unreasonable to believe that Pop would retire, too. While I don't expect that to happen, he has said (in jest?) that when Timmy went, he would, too. If that were to occur, I don't know who the Spurs would turn to. Spo is Riley's appendage, so he wouldn't be in the running if we wanted him. Joerger kind of intrigued me, and I was surprised to see him jump so quickly into the Sactown trash heap. Would Blatt be in the running? Would Bud? Would the team promote Ime or Messina? Having to replace Pop would make for an even bigger watershed this off-season than we already face.
How come every single play that is set for Leonard is not executed ? I feel like he has nothing rolling for him and he has to work extremely hard for his points.
I wonder if Pop says I'm done and Messina takes over? I mean probably Tim and Manu are gone as well
Doesn't OKC get some credit for exposing this Spurs team? Not sure if some of you Spur fans ready to string Pop up to the nearest tree, were saying the same thing, when this team was rolling along winning 67 wins. I sure didn't see this coming, especially after game 1 of this series. I thought the Spur's overall depth would smother the Thunder. Also thought Westbrook would lose control and do his customary 1 on 5 schtick in crunch time. But OKC instead, has exposed this Spurs teams overall lack of athleticism. You hate Pop's ty lineups, I get that, but isn't part of Pop's ty lineup changes on OKC winning seemingly every matchup? Name one matchup that favors the Spurs: Kawhi maybe?, LMA?, etc... Why does LMA disappear in inopportune times, like the 4th quarter? Why hasn't Pop played Duncan more? Is Tim hurt? TP, at this stage in career, can only take over in spurts. Green has been solid overall imo, but where has Manu, Patty, Diaw, West, and the rest of the Spur's bench gone to? Going back to OKC, their two MVP candidates, have taking turns, taking over games in this series, while the Spurs have not been able to match their intensity. Its too easy to only blame Pop for this mess imo.
don't get me wrong I'm not saying refs were not upper but you blame them when you played good bb and you get screwed... we played bb, we were up entering the fourth. There is nothing you can do about refs but you can certainly do better than a 16 pts first quarter when you are at home in a decisive game in POs.
Pop has to be blamed but not more or less than rest of the team... one thing is for sure, dude is lost withou his Timmy
Parker had boneheads play in the fourth but after 2 20 pts games on the road and tonight a solid 5 assists, 1 stl, 1 tov and a pretty decent effort on defense even tho his shot were not falling should have been enough. The starters did overall their job imo.
Bench sucked ass big time which is mind blowing at home and don't get me started on Kyle ing empty stat lines Anderson... dude is ing horrible
It's not only Pop to blame /if we wanna blame somebody .../
I bet he takes responsibility for it as well, but the players were unable to match intensity of OKC. Plus this last game it was not looking like they were fighting for their lives. That was the game to win. And not at the end but in the 2nd or 3rd. Constant playing, constant playing. With 20 turnover by OKC we with better D and so so offense are ahead at least 10 pts
Luck seems to follow Donovan around. Two NCAA les at a football school.
Best player he ever had -- Joakim Noah. A nice player, but look who Rick Barnes had at a football school. Kevin Durant, LaMarcus Aldridge, Avery Bradley, Tristan Thompson, TJ Ford, no les. . .
Luck just seems to follow that Billy Donovan around . . .
What do you expect - "Donovan" is an Irish surname.
This. I'm still so ing pissed. Get West and Anderson off the damn floor!
I`m not saying he is lucky and ty as coach. He is killing the Spurs with lineup, he didn`t use in RS and it`s working.
Of course there's a lot of blame to go around, tbh. But it makes complete sense to point your finger at the guy that's responsible to figure out what's working and what isn't and ultimately making the decisions to go down with the ship as-is, or not.
As mid pointed out in the other thread, Billy eventually figured out he couldn't play his backup PG even though he played all regular season long. The Anderson/West/Patty trio hasn't worked outside that fluke game 1, but Pop seems intent to go down with that ship. He signed up KMart and Miller, give them a shot. Even Boban, at this point, should have been something to try out there when we're getting murdered in the glass. He might not be ready for the bright lights, but it's patently clear that neither is Kyle, and he has no qualms of giving him minutes, as little as they are.
I agree tbh... pop is not the one who shot 5/18 from the bench
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