Pop/Spurs take some notes from the Celtics

[DMC]

we differ in our mindsets my mindset is i fight until i die with everything i have, which can be correlated to a sporting event.
but by your logic even if kawhi plays we can still easily say kawhi wasn't the same so that would excuse us for losing. Also tony's obese ass would have been of help another thing to fall back. I feel a 80% Kawhi is good enough to beat this warriors team, a compromised Kawhi we were up by 40 at oracle

And I'm in Warrior terroritory I live 20 mintues from oracle arena and can't stand all these ign annoying ass warrior fans around me. I have to go all incognito and and just suck it up at work/socially or else i'll get ganged up on and . I already do by my friends and family. So I'm having it pretty bad right now cuz i talk mad and still am talking mad spurs in 7

[E20]

poor choice of words on my behalf....... it let me clarify

i give it all i got in enemy territory but after a while it's 10 on 1 and i eventually die (figuratively) arguing with everybody and that's when i suck it up.

[BillMc]

Pop plays the long game, right or wrong, he's not risking Kawhi's health down 0-3. 3rd (or 4th) sprained ankle of the postseason.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

The talent disparity between the Warriors and the Spurs without Kawhi and Parker is enormous, far greater than the disparity between LeBrons and Celtics without their 40% shooting midget.

[313]

I disagree tbh. There's some stupid GM's out there. The Celtics, Cavs & Rockets got Isaiah Thomas, JR Smith, Shumpert, Korver and Lou Williams for peanuts.

The guards are there. Unfortunately we have the most conservative GM in the league. His big deadline acquisition was literally Joel Anthony.

Most conservative coach in the league as well tbh what other playoff coach concedes playoff games?

[21209]

Brad Stevens is the best coach in the league by far, Poop is average

I'm still surprised that he wasn't even one of the three finalists for NBA COY

[testies]

Poop and Danny Green prefer to joke about it "we have them right where we want them"

That's not the feisty serious at ude Celtics had tonight

[TheGreatYacht]

Most conservative coach in the league as well tbh what other playoff coach concedes playoff games?

None of them. Spurs win G3 if Kawhi suits up. Durcant is as beta as they come... he's playing without pressure right now that Kawhi is out. G1 was the perfect example. The 3rd quarter he had doesn't happen if Klaw is there.

[ElNono]

Pop plays the long game, right or wrong, he's not risking Kawhi's health down 0-3. 3rd (or 4th) sprained ankle of the postseason.

aka Poop gave up, and all that rest micromanaging throughout the season was for naught...

[BillMc]

aka Poop gave up, and all that rest micromanaging throughout the season was for naught...

Who knows? We might have had more injuries is Pop hadn't done that. Might never have made the WCF. Impossible to say.

[ElNono]

Who knows? We might have had more injuries is Pop hadn't done that. Might never have made the WCF. Impossible to say.

If there's no demonstrable benefit, then we enter the realm of faith and it's worthless. Actually, it's worse than worthless, since it can certainly cost your team wins, which bring disadvantages both at the compe ion and business level, like losing HCA, diminished stamina, diminished product quality, etc.

I love Manu playing until he's 40, but realistically, if the option was to win 2 more rings with him playing heavier minutes in his prime and only playing until he was 35, then I'll take the rings...

[polandprzem]

I rarely post but this whole debacle has me pissed off. The Spurs have the backbone of some sorry as mother fudgers. They come out looking all deflated and with sad looks on their faces. BOO ING HOO Kawhi's ankle isn't 100% let's all give up and roll over and die. On top of that Pop is making some dumbass decision by sitting out Kawhi. If Kawhi is 80% which it sounds like he is you play his ass. If he rolls his ankle again you have 3-4 ing months for rehab. Not just any 3-4 months, 3-4 months of the best damn doctors and rehab techniques that even money can't buy. You're telling me Bruce Lee can come back from a Spinal injury and do back flips and but Kawhi won't come back if he sprains his ankle one more time GTFOH and if anything Pop you should have taken him out them moment he rolled on David Lee's ankle, yet you let him stay in the game.........WTF

Brad Stevens and the Celtics just shook up the world and beat the Cavs on THEIR OWN floor without their best player. Proving all other fans and the media wrong with a big YOU to everyone's face. Don't get me wrong I love Lebron and worship him as the next Jordan, but I see this and then I see my Spurs and I can't help but notice that some players are playing like some ass s and I know the only ass s in this series are the warriors. On top of that Pop is acting like a shrewd old man by conservatively saving Kawhi.....saving him for what? Your season is on the line you gear up to win now.

The logic of we only play Kawhi at 100% or not at all is ing stupid. I greatly admire and respect Pop but a 100% Kawhi is at risk of injuring his ankle just as much as a 90 or 80% Kawhi is, it's a risk that comes with playing the game it may or may not happen no matter the health of the person. So I hope to God pop quits being a right now and plays Kawhi which will hopefully snap this scared ass Spurs team into some sense and we win the next 4. Take some notes from the Celtics on how to beat superior talented team, put some war paint on and come out like some lions and up. I'm done with myrant and will probably never post again unless if something of this sort happens again.

You need to give it a try IMO.
Send your resume to RC and I bet you will get a coaching job in which you gonna take notes from Stevens to win the series vs warriors

[Spurtacular]

An injured Kawhi was only going to help the Spurs win a game or two. Pop did the right thing by not jeopardizing the future of the franchise.

[dabom]

If there's no demonstrable benefit, then we enter the realm of faith and it's worthless. Actually, it's worse than worthless, since it can certainly cost your team wins, which bring disadvantages both at the compe ion and business level, like losing HCA, diminished stamina, diminished product quality, etc.

I love Manu playing until he's 40, but realistically, if the option was to win 2 more rings with him playing heavier minutes in his prime and only playing until he was 35, then I'll take the rings...

Dont be a dumb dude. We can and possibly could be worse with more injuries. Injuries happen because something is weak in the legs. A "regular" basketball hit can be dangerous if you are worn out. I can't believe how much I have to explain this . even after Tim, Manu, Tony were able to play great to good for a long time. It wasn't by chance.

[Ice009]

aka Poop gave up, and all that rest micromanaging throughout the season was for naught...

LOL. , I should have bought the resting up. I can't believe that I didn't even bring it up this past week. I'm a humongous proponent against it. What a waste of time that resting was/is.

[playbonner15]

I rarely post but this whole debacle has me pissed off. The Spurs have the backbone of some sorry as mother fudgers. They come out looking all deflated and with sad looks on their faces. BOO ING HOO Kawhi's ankle isn't 100% let's all give up and roll over and die. On top of that Pop is making some dumbass decision by sitting out Kawhi. If Kawhi is 80% which it sounds like he is you play his ass. If he rolls his ankle again you have 3-4 ing months for rehab. Not just any 3-4 months, 3-4 months of the best damn doctors and rehab techniques that even money can't buy. You're telling me Bruce Lee can come back from a Spinal injury and do back flips and but Kawhi won't come back if he sprains his ankle one more time GTFOH and if anything Pop you should have taken him out them moment he rolled on David Lee's ankle, yet you let him stay in the game.........WTF

Brad Stevens and the Celtics just shook up the world and beat the Cavs on THEIR OWN floor without their best player. Proving all other fans and the media wrong with a big YOU to everyone's face. Don't get me wrong I love Lebron and worship him as the next Jordan, but I see this and then I see my Spurs and I can't help but notice that some players are playing like some ass s and I know the only ass s in this series are the warriors. On top of that Pop is acting like a shrewd old man by conservatively saving Kawhi.....saving him for what? Your season is on the line you gear up to win now.

The logic of we only play Kawhi at 100% or not at all is ing stupid. I greatly admire and respect Pop but a 100% Kawhi is at risk of injuring his ankle just as much as a 90 or 80% Kawhi is, it's a risk that comes with playing the game it may or may not happen no matter the health of the person. So I hope to God pop quits being a right now and plays Kawhi which will hopefully snap this scared ass Spurs team into some sense and we win the next 4. Take some notes from the Celtics on how to beat superior talented team, put some war paint on and come out like some lions and up. I'm done with myrant and will probably never post again unless if something of this sort happens again.

I think I found Skip Bayless on ST

[r0drig0lac]

It should send a message to Buford. All the contenders have great backcourt depth while our most consistent guards are 15+ year vets that can't bring it like they used to every night. It's been a glaring weakness for 3-4 years now and we continue to ignore it while searching for soft bigs instead.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

It should send a message to Buford. All the contenders have great backcourt depth while our most consistent guards are 15+ year vets that can't bring it like they used to every night. It's been a glaring weakness for 3-4 years now and we continue to ignore it while searching for soft bigs instead.

Easily fixed - Spurs just need 4 or 5 lottery picks like the other contenders.

[TheGreatYacht]

Spurs just need 4 or 5 lottery picks like the other contenders.

I disagree tbh. There's some stupid GM's out there. The Celtics, Cavs & Rockets got Isaiah Thomas, JR Smith, Shumpert, Korver and Lou Williams for peanuts.

The guards are there. Unfortunately we have the most conservative GM in the league. His big deadline acquisition was literally Joel Anthony.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

^ Sure, ac ulating assets helps to trade for players, like the Cavs for example, who traded their 4th overall pick Waiters for Shumpert and JR Smith

Boston's Thomas trade was amazing, though, that's true. They made out like bandits that trade deadline where they also got a useful player in Jerebko for the corpse of Tayshaun Prince.

[rjv]

no offense to thomas, but he is nowhere near the same player as leonard, especially on the defensive side of the ball. in fact, his loss for the celtics is far more equal to the spurs losing parker than it is losing kawhi.

[cd98]

The systems are also not comparable. Spurs defensive schemes rely on Kawhi. Thomas is a defensive liability for Boston. And the Spurs two best creators of offense are injured (Parker and Kawhi). The role players got their offense from those guys. But without Parker's penetration and Kawhi's demand for doubles, its harder for the role players to manufacture good shots. And they have to manufacture shots for 48 minutes to keep up with the league's best offense.

[E20]

One last point I'd like to make, usually when a team is down 0-3, 1-3, 2-3 or whatever, a team that shows some dignity and compe ive spirit usually says the following lines to the media or along similar lines:

"If anyone can come back from this deficit, I believe we can do it, I have faith in our team and our guys and we're going to do everything we can to win"

Some like that they always say if anybody can do it we can or like that not backing down. But nope after the third quarter of Game 1 the Spurs were basically conveying the following to the media when they were asked if they had a chance to win:



Pop and danny green laughing and making fun of the fact that we're gonna lose and other players just keep on saying how great of a team the warriors are. WTF quit being some boot licking mother effing trustees

[DMC]

poor choice of words on my behalf....... it let me clarify

i give it all i got in enemy territory but after a while it's 10 on 1 and i eventually die (figuratively) arguing with everybody and that's when i suck it up.

I knew what you meant bro, just thought it was funny.

[8FOR!3]

Celtics scored 111 points and LeBron played a really bad game. I don't think 111 points beats Golden State.