85pts...

[Spurtacular]

Biggest rimjob OP in ST history, tbh.

[skulls138]

Lol, Spurstalk wanted Parker to stop shooting...so he did and now everyone wants his production back. Lol wow.

Not me. People called Parker selfish and an ego maniac for not turning into Nash in an instant not realizing that we needed his points production. They just werent falling was the problem.

I also laugh at people thinking we could just automatically get an all-star caliber PG to replace Parker. As if every move we make would turn to gold. Also we are the second best team in the ing league, record wise. Guess thats not enough

[Ice009]

The lack of perimeter play-making from the guard position is just flat out disgusting..I'm officially open to all scenarios of playoff embarrassment for this team.

People forget that the Spurs got a decent-ish Parker in the OKC series and still got bounced..They'll have a much worse version this postseason and Mills who's been slumping for months..

Pop should ponder non- TP/Mills lineups in the playoffs so at least we can cover-up our asses on defense go all-in on that end--try to win basketball games in slugfests..

This is ridiculous. Spurs look like going into the playoffs.

I keep hearing about how much of a terrific guy Patty Mills is, but so what. When did it become about being a terrific guy? Is he a terrific player? No, he's not, so why would the Spurs want to be paying him 10-15 million to come back?

I don't know if anyone remembers, but back in the day - late 90s, early 2000s, I recall Pop cutting players and getting rid of them if they failed twice in the playoffs. He'd usually give someone two chances, and if they failed twice in a row in the playofs, they'd be gone. If Mills fails again, he should be let go (not brought back because he is a great guy).

Parker, well, he should have been gone after 2015. I was really mad at that contract extension (was it an extension?) at the end of the 2014 season. If Pop was going by his old logic, he should have waited to see how Parker performed in 2015 before any contract extension or re-signing him. That would have been two bad seasons in a row, so back in the day, Pop would have gotten rid of him or tried to trade him if he was still under contract. I understand the loyalty thing, but earlier on, Pop mostly based things on how that guy performs on the court. He didn't seem to give a about loyalty as much as he does now. They let Stephen Jackson go after helping them win a championship, they let Horry go, they cut Jarren Jackson, they traded Rasho, they just didn't mess around back then. They've really gotten soft and it sucks they don't do things like they used to. It's not helping the team out at all.

To top it off, Murray should have played a lot more minutes when he was healthier. Parker and Mills have been average for most of this season, there was no reason not to play Murray after he showed up in games against top teams such as the Cavs.

All I know is, that in the playoffs Kawhi will show up and play hard. Anyone else, for the first time in years, I have no clue about how they will perform in the playoffs. I really don't know what to expect from the rest of the guys on the team. That's not a good position for a team that just finished second in the entire NBA to be in, especially if you're looking to challenge the Warriors for the championship.

Oh, and I'll also take a shot at the resting. I think the resting has completely ed up this team's rhythm and cohesion. They look like crap, and I think the resting has really hurt them. They needed to play more regular lineups when there wasn't injuries so that they could build up as much chemistry as possible. Half of this is on Pop.

[TheDoctor]

But those things were inevitable. The former because they were both shooting unsustainable percentages and the latter needs no elaboration.

Really, they're probably somewhere in between December/January and February on, but that's not good enough.

If another elite regular season gives way to another early playoff flameout, despite the limited financial flexibility, I'm beginning to think they at the very least they look into drastic changes, both personnel and philosophically. Pop seems to have finally realized that, no matter the continuity or health, they're not good enough offensively and running it back again will only lead to a similar fate.

Good post

[Horse]

They flamed out in 2012 because Harden went God mode, and because Pop essentially took out Green and Splitter from the rotation because of a few bad games on the road in games 3 and 4. So dumb to just blow it up like that, shorting the rotation of two really solid defensive players with young legs. They had to lean heavily on old legs. Pop has made some decisions outside of 14' that have left me scratching my head.

They didn't flame out in '12 they got ed plain and simple. The nba thought Durant would be lebrons rivals for years to come. And meet in the finals over and over, you'll see when they screw us this year to ensure the tiebreaker.

[Russ]

I think you're missing the boat on Bertans. The guy can defend. He's not a Kawhi, but he's close to Kyle on the defensive end. He's probably one of the smartest when it comes to awareness on both ends, out of the young players on the team. IMO.

I never got the Bertans can't play D chorus.

It's like a Charles Barkley observation -- quick stereotype, no analysis.