GSW @ Spurs Wed 3-29 8:30 PM CDT sponsored by Kawhi for MVP

[DMC]

Spurs don't have the firepower to keep up. Dubs can get a layup drill. Spurs also gave up a ton of open 3's to Cleveland, Cleveland just managed to shoot the worst downtown percentage of the season.

This game is as disheartening as when the Spurs lost 87-92 last year. Warriors can beat us at our own game. They have role players who can go off, we don't. It is just way too easy to take the Spurs out of their offense. It's a game of runs, but the Warriors were on one big run the second quarter onward.

If you add Durant, it'll be Warriors in 5, assuming Spurs can get that far.

They picked up David Lee and Pau Gasol, two of the worst defenders in the league. Then they have a bunch of scrubs and old ass Manu and Tony. Of course there's Kawhi but he can't do everything for them. Danny Green can't be everywhere either. There are too many defensive liabilities on the Spurs roster, but that's how Pop built it. Pop was mailing it in this year, just playing the "we made a run" card to get by. The "50 games" and "playoffs again" card will be repeated around the media circles and the Spurs will bow out in the 1st or 2nd.

[G-Dawgg]

kawhi and lamarcus ought to be ashamed of their play tonight.

that. Lamarcus, Pau and Danny showed up to play today. Kawhi did not....

[sasaint]

No ing way Green would follow the money out of GS to go anywhere. He's merely a contributor on any other team. You can't overestimate how much his game is lifted by all the firepower that surrounds him. A fact that he is well aware of.

Plus,
he himself is made better by playing with HoF level talent. That's just the truth.

Truth. But he is a perfect complement to the Dubs' big guns.

[james evans]

Glorified practice for the guys... film to look at. Stuff to improve.

I did want Kawhi to play a great game. He wasn't favored for the MVP anyways, but a good game here could have improved his chances.

the mvp award is now bas ized and weill be from here on out. As I've said hundreds of times. The NFL sells a product of football, the NBA sells players. A superbowl of Chicago vs the NY Jets next year would still sell out and have the highest ratings on tv. An NBA finals of Washington vs San Antonio not so much. That's why calls are made to keep games close and extend series. It's about money with the NBA. The league shot themselves in the foot by making Jordan this so called invincible player. When he retired, they've been searching for the next one building up guys undeservingly every year since 98. They wanted Kobe, after the rape , they built up Lebron. the past 2 years they've been hyping Curry. During all of this time, from 99 until 2007, Shaq and Duncan played in every NBA finals. But the NBA never tried to go thru them. They wanted someone to replace the great michael jordan. So I don't give a about an mvp because it's all bullshti anyway

[Darius Bieber]

Pretty neat photo of the starting line up from this game tbh

https://goo.gl/TG0MbB

[DMC]

Truth. But he is a perfect complement to the Dubs' big guns.

You could put Dejuan Blair there and he would be as well. In fact, we could pick someone from this forum to play 5th position while KD, Curry and Klay are on the floor and that person would probably average 20 a game.

[sasaint]

They picked up David Lee and Pau Gasol, two of the worst defenders in the league. Then they have a bunch of scrubs and old ass Manu and Tony. Of course there's Kawhi but he can't do everything for them. Danny Green can't be everywhere either. There are too many defensive liabilities on the Spurs roster, but that's how Pop built it. Pop was mailing it in this year, just playing the "we made a run" card to get by. The "50 games" and "playoffs again" card will be repeated around the media circles and the Spurs will bow out in the 1st or 2nd.

Any more Pop is a great RS coach. I fear you are right.

[DMC]

Pretty neat photo of the starting line up from this game tbh

https://goo.gl/TG0MbB

[Ice009]

Beat em by 30 with Durant. Not sure how this game somehow is an indication how a playoff series would go.

Durant takes shots away from Iggy/West who are having better than normal games.

Spurs lost confidence last season after the Warriors beat them in their last meeting of the season to take the number 1 seed from them. The Warriors just did the exact same thing again, this time, without their best player while they were also on a back to back. Dismal loss by the Spurs.

[sasaint]

You could put Dejuan Blair there and he would be as well. In fact, we could pick someone from this forum to play 5th position while KD, Curry and Klay are on the floor and that person would probably average 20 a game.

No.

[james evans]

Spurstalk (after 2014 championship): "Parker needs to shoot less."

...Parker shoots less every season thereafter, Spurs don't make it past the second round.

Are you insinuating that Parker needs to be the focal point of the offense again? Did you see the game tonight? he couldn't even hit open layups.

[DMC]

Any more Pop is a great RS coach. I fear you are right.

Pop is a great coach regardless. You cannot create a younger Tim Duncan from an older Gasol and Lee combo. J Simmons and Dedmon don't equate to younger Manu Ginobili, and Patty Mills is no prime Tony.

[sasaint]

Spurs lost confidence last season after the Warriors beat them in their last meeting of the season to take the number 1 seed from them. The Warriors just did the exact same thing again, this time, without their best player while they were also on a back to back. Dismal loss by the Spurs.

Basically the Dubs curbstomped us for the last 3 quarters after the Spurs played the first quarter at an unsustainable level of intensity.

[Ice009]

Honestly hard to pull any positives from this one.

You don't go up 22 points on that team with everything in your favor, and lose the game.

Big time gut check and we can only hope this will fuel them for the WCF matchup.

lol, how is it going to fuel them? This team is full of soft players that fold in these types of situations. There's no healthy Tim Duncan to drag them anywhere. There's no Tim Duncan with his supreme confidence to push them anywhere.

[FkLA]

How's that asshole feeling?

You're the one game fat boy, tbh.

[Budkin]

Pretty neat photo of the starting line up from this game tbh

https://goo.gl/TG0MbB

ok that got me

[davemaniscool]

SF is the only position Spurs have an advantage. They need to play great team ball to have any chance against GS.

[SASdynasty!]

Are you insinuating that Parker needs to be the focal point of the offense again? Did you see the game tonight? he couldn't even hit open layups.

If we would have kept Parker's usage higher, defenses would have to scramble and rotate, which is what led to the Beautiful Game. He can still do that pretty well, but we just want to go ISO with Kawhi and Lamarcus. They're good ISO players, but coaches won't have a hard time shutting them down in the playoffs. Teams really couldn't do that with Parker because he could score at will or distribute. Those guys can't really get the ball moving.

[sasaint]

lol, how is it going to fuel them? This team is full of soft players that fold in these types of situations. There's no healthy Tim Duncan to drag them anywhere. There's no Tim Duncan with his supreme confidence to push them anywhere.

Even if they get to the WCF, this Spurs team needs more than "fuel".

[james evans]

horrible game from him. One of those that makes one think he needs to retire unfortunately.
spurs still need production from him.

he has 4 years left. Remember?

[james evans]

If we would have kept Parker's usage higher, defenses would have to scramble and rotate, which is what led to the Beautiful Game. He can still do that pretty well, but we just want to go ISO with Kawhi and Lamarcus. They're good ISO players, but coaches won't have a hard time shutting them down in the playoffs. Teams really couldn't do that with Parker because he could score at will or distribute. Those guys can't really get the ball moving.

Exactly what does parker still do well in 2017?

[DMC]

You're the one game fat boy, tbh.

That doesn't make any sense, pedro.

[SAGirl]

Can't restructure. Parker simply has to go. We should have rolled the dice with Murray before the ASG. Really tragic that he has missed so many games.

I admit you saw this coming way back then.

[SAGirl]

the mvp award is now bas ized and weill be from here on out. As I've said hundreds of times. The NFL sells a product of football, the NBA sells players. A superbowl of Chicago vs the NY Jets next year would still sell out and have the highest ratings on tv. An NBA finals of Washington vs San Antonio not so much. That's why calls are made to keep games close and extend series. It's about money with the NBA. The league shot themselves in the foot by making Jordan this so called invincible player. When he retired, they've been searching for the next one building up guys undeservingly every year since 98. They wanted Kobe, after the rape , they built up Lebron. the past 2 years they've been hyping Curry. During all of this time, from 99 until 2007, Shaq and Duncan played in every NBA finals. But the NBA never tried to go thru them. They wanted someone to replace the great michael jordan. So I don't give a about an mvp because it's all bullshti anyway

Yea...it's a good point. the conspiracy theory has some foothold lol

[sasaint]

I admit you saw this coming way back then.

Thanks. But I am very sad that the Tony/Dijon narrative has come to this end - for the sake of the team.