In-Season Tourney Game Thread: Minnesota Timberwolves San Antonio Spurs November 10th, 2023 | 7:00 PM CT

[Dex]

And you thought we were going to go from one of the worst teams to a NBA champion in a year or two?

I don't think anybody reasonably thought the Spurs would become contenders overnight, but it would be nice to NOT get blown out by 30 from some of the worst teams in the league.

Even last year's tank squad at least managed to appear compe ive.

At this point, I'm only watching to see what Wemby does...and to a lesser extent, Vassell. Everything else is pretty disappointing so far

[spurraider21]

Fwiw I’m ok with losing games like this one. Obviously prefer wins but expectations have to be reasonable given the roster and starting point guard situation.

[daslicer]

Any game where Victor has a good game is a good loss. This season is all about Victor learning to play at a high level.

[JeffDuncan]

It might be interesting that the Twolves starters and the Spurs starters played to a tie, with 89 points each. The difference in the final score was entirely due to bench scoring. Their bench scored 28, ours 21.

[Chomag]

I don't care if they lose right now as long as the are putting effort out there and competing. That's why this loss wasn't to bad to warch.

[spursparker9]

[boutons_deux]

I don't care if they lose right now as long as the are putting effort out there and competing. That's why this loss wasn't to bad to warch.

The effort isn't there

The hustle isn't there

No hustle means getting out rebounded, not crashing. The boards, not blocking out

No hustle means poor defense, individual defense, and team defense

[paperboy77]

The issue is that Wemby just isn't strong enough to play C that many mins. He was getting bullied by Gobert on the offensive glass all night. I'm honestly not against Zach going to the bench but I'd start Bassey instead of him if I was doing that tbh.

The move is Keldon to the bench and Tre starting at point tbh but I don't think we'll see it for another 10-15 games at the minimum.

I don't think with what i said Wemby needs to play any center at all. At least not the super physical action. I say let Jeremy or Kelden play Dramon Green type center. Let them put a body on their bigs and have Wemby be Wemby. The issue with Zack and Bassey is that there are slow footed. Physical yes but usually is slow and in the way.

[spurs10]

The game was compe ive. On to the next....GSG

[LakerHater]

Tre controlled the offense much better than Sochan.