Why are ppl rooting for us to win?

[Play Boban]

I bet there's way more traffic on here when the Spurs are losing and everyone starts ing. But when the team is winning, every quiet.. Or is it the other way around actually?

People were coming on here and saying to tank mid-season during our le winning years tbh. Spurfans are terrible.

[Othyus Lalanne]

With a good chance that KD leaves the Warriors, they automatically become beatable. They can also lose Klay Thompson this summer and that will be the end of the Golden State dominating ERA. The Lakers have a declining LeBron James with too many young flawed players, so that leaves the west wide open. The Rockets have a declining Chris Paul as well. The Nuggets and Jazz are good but are not scary. Tanking this year might be the best option at this point because as early as next year, the west could be wide open once again.

Is the Lakers even the second team to mention this year? Why would anyone assume they would keep anything closed out West?

[Mirrornick]

Is the Lakers even the second team to mention this year? Why would anyone assume they would keep anything closed out West?

You have a good point. The reason why I mentioned LeBron and the Lakers is because of the hype they are receiving and because they have LeBron James. So far they're not contenders this year. I personally hope they don't land Durant next season. If they do then they become a le contender.

[baseline bum]

Because they’re Spurs fans and not Kawhitter fans like the OP tbh.

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[JPB]

Just looked at standings there is only one team with less wins then us in the West “Suns” and compared to entire league we are 7 worst with wins. Come on baby I feel number one draft pick.

Win tonight and you get back to 8th, in front of Houston, LA (if they lose in Miami) Utah and Sacto, 0.5 and 1 game back behind NO and Denver, and 2 games away from the second seed. Every ingbody should tank.

[Othyus Lalanne]

You have a good point. The reason why I mentioned LeBron and the Lakers is because of the hype they are receiving and because they have LeBron James. So far they're not contenders this year. I personally hope they don't land Durant next season. If they do then they become a le contender.

Those 2 emos on the team might blow that team up which would be ing epic.

[SpurSpike]

I swear Durant has his in everyones mouth, if he was so good he wouldn't have had to join the warriors for a championship.

[Mirrornick]

Those 2 emos on the team might blow that team up which would be ing epic.

From a basketball standpoint, LeBron James and Kevin Durant would be insane. But at the end of the day, KD is a punk who left a good team to join a team he lost to in the WCF. Betrayed OKC to the max.

[Payote75]

Call me crazy but I still think if this team was able to add a third star we would be very good the earlier the better for cohesiveness but with that being said if we want to go the other way and hope to recreate the Timmy moment and get our hands on Zion which there is no guarantee we would but derozan and Aldridge have to go. I think we have some young good athletes for next year so adding some more and some picks plus our own we could be quick about retooling on the fly almost but pop won't do that it's not his style and he to close to the end. I love pop but if we can see it he certainly can but my point is I just wish they would pick a direction and go with it. Ending up middle of the pack will only keep us in mediocre land.

[spurs10]

Seriously? I'm a massive spurs fan... But what's the point? To stat pad Pop's legacy just to get smashed in the first round and live in mediocrity for decades?

Hear me out... I'm not necessarily saying tank (even though that did bring us Duncan, and the best twenty year run in sports history arguably), but I think losing will FORCE Pop and the front office to make moves...

We all know that historically they get comfy if they are at least in the playoff hunt, regardless if we are contending or not... Currently we KNOW we can't win a championship with Aldridge as the alpha and DDR as the beta (and if DDR became the alpha, LMA would pout and struggle). We need to make huge mid-season trades before these guys hit the playoffs and their value plummets even more when they inevitably choke... I think mid-season trades only happen if we are losing badly on a consistent basis

Even if for a silly reason like Pop wanting to save his legacy, losing will bring well needed changes... Winning will have us become the Jazz

Why bother to wake up? You aren't going to find a cure for cancer or likely do anything very significant. Meaning it's pretty ridiculous to not root for your team because after 20 years of being 'the most winning in all team sports' we are no longer that dominant. Winning 5 out of 20 championships against 30 other teams is the anomaly, not being middle of the road.

It's fun to watch games and this season is more fun than last season because Kawhi is no longer here collecting paychecks and offering no support to his teammates.

[sasaint]

Why bother to wake up? You aren't going to find a cure for cancer or likely do anything very significant. Meaning it's pretty ridiculous to not root for your team because after 20 years of being 'the most winning in all team sports' we are no longer that dominant. Winning 5 out of 20 championships against 30 other teams is the anomaly, not being middle of the road.

It's fun to watch games and this season is more fun than last season because Kawhi is no longer here collecting paychecks and offering no support to his teammates.

Yep. Basically I don't know how to be a fan of a team and NOT root for it.

[RC_Drunkford]

Overreacting tbh. LA/DeRozan/Gay is a good big 3. They won't get you a le but they are good. Add to that young talent with significant upside like Murray/Walker/White and depending on how fast they develop you do have a solid playoff team for sure. Give this team an elite 3-and-D wing and they can make noise in the post season. Not to mention we have 2 first round draft picks

[8FOR!3]

OP suffers from "Pop Derangement Syndrome". I'm not saying Pop is infallible but the constant ing about him and the FO gets old after a while. This is not a good team but like you said but what can we do as a fans. ing 24/7 about how Mills and the rest of this team suck is now just tiresome. The team is what it is. For me as a fan I will just enjoy when the team plays good basketball regardless of whether they win or lose. For anybody else I would say just enjoy it when Demar goes of for 30 plus or when it happens for some other Spur.

Pretty much agreed. Pop teams tend to overachieve in general imo for the level of talent they have. And when they're really good it typically speaks for itself. I'm not going to say we've never had a season where we underachieved (like losing to the Clippers in round 1) but still...

[r0drig0lac]

Overreacting tbh. LA/DeRozan/Gay is a good big 3. They won't get you a le but they are good. Add to that young talent with significant upside like Murray/Walker/White and depending on how fast they develop you do have a solid playoff team for sure. Give this team an elite 3-and-D wing and they can make noise in the post season. Not to mention we have 2 first round draft picks

Carroll would be enough this season, he is already playing again, if we could catch him without losing something important, it would be good for me

[marinoman]

“We” are spurs fans, you are a kawhi cuck

[DMC]

We can either lose and have our FO be forced to make mid-season trades... Or be a mediocre team that loses in the first round for the next ten years

What we root for doesn't affect the outcome. Why go to a team fan website if you're not rooting for the team? You could get a 1st overall pick for 5 straight seasons and still miss the playoffs.

Spurs fans who came along after 1998 =

[R. DeMurre]

From a basketball standpoint, LeBron James and Kevin Durant would be insane. But at the end of the day, KD is a punk who left a good team to join a team he lost to in the WCF. Betrayed OKC to the max.

He left a PG with a higher usage rate than Michael Jordan, a career FG% lower than Steph Curry's career 3ptFG%, and an endless history of taking bad shots, making bad decisions, and getting the least out of the players around him. Oladipo, Sabonis, Harden, Kanter-- all showed instant improvement after leaving Westbrook's shadow. Kanter had the highest FG% of his career after leaving OKC-- with a bad Knicks team. Victor Oladipo's FG% went up despite becoming the #1 option on a new team. Sorry, KD made the right basketball choice. Westbrook puts up gaudy stats but he's his own worst enemy. You're not going to win rings with a guy like Westbrook.

[Dex]

It is only November and the Spurs are still only 2.5 games out of first in the West, despite all of their issues.

I don't care if the Big 3 are gone. I don't care if Aldridge and Demar have antiquated games. I don't care if the Warriors are still overwhelming favorites.

Laying down right now would be a complete move. And rooting for it is also a complete move tbh.

[Mirrornick]

He left a PG with a higher usage rate than Michael Jordan, a career FG% lower than Steph Curry's career 3ptFG%, and an endless history of taking bad shots, making bad decisions, and getting the least out of the players around him. Oladipo, Sabonis, Harden, Kanter-- all showed instant improvement after leaving Westbrook's shadow. Kanter had the highest FG% of his career after leaving OKC-- with a bad Knicks team. Victor Oladipo's FG% went up despite becoming the #1 option on a new team. Sorry, KD made the right basketball choice. Westbrook puts up gaudy stats but he's his own worst enemy. You're not going to win rings with a guy like Westbrook.

I'm not going to get into a debate about Russell Westbrook with you. He did win an MVP and averaged a triple double and carried the team to the playoffs. KD's OKC were leading the Warriors 3-1 in the WCF and KD did not close it out. He joined the team that beat him. Yeah it's good for his career, but it's still a move on his part. I'm not the only one who thinks that.

[RC_Drunkford]

It is only November and the Spurs are still only 2.5 games out of first in the West, despite all of their issues.

I don't care if the Big 3 are gone. I don't care if Aldridge and Demar have antiquated games. I don't care if the Warriors are still overwhelming favorites.

Laying down right now would be a complete move. And rooting for it is also a complete move tbh.

team hasn't been healthy all season and had to change line ups and rotations constantly. And we still beat the top teams

[Dhbsr555]

If we lose gay to injuries we’re gonna start losing we can’t just win with Aldridge and dd not enough bench players

[bklynspursfan]

It is only November and the Spurs are still only 2.5 games out of first in the West, despite all of their issues.

I don't care if the Big 3 are gone. I don't care if Aldridge and Demar have antiquated games. I don't care if the Warriors are still overwhelming favorites.

Laying down right now would be a complete move. And rooting for it is also a complete move tbh.

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[phxspurfan]

Get on op. From someone who cheered his ass off at the game and watched his undermanned team win a game they weren’t supposed to win against overwhelming odds. Keep sucking Kawhis .

[Mugen]

“We” are spurs fans, you are a kawhi cuck

[Kobe'sAchilles]

Bc nobody likes it when their team loses. I'm a 49er fan and I rather see them win next week than care about them getting the #1 pick.