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wtf. Ducks, dude, Conley is outplaying TP and you are still that insanely blind?
Dude, it's mike conley we're talking about.
Mike ing Conley.
<<<Original "Angry Poster".
Thank you, thank you.
Except that Dice has been far from the most effective of the San Antonio defenders against Randolph and Gasol. How quickly we forget #21.
wtf. Ducks, dude, Conley is outplaying TP and you are still that insanely blind?
Dude, it's mike conley we're talking about.
Mike ing Conley.
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The Spurs are playing the game they've played all season, and now it's failing, just like it failed for the Mavs and Suns for years. I'm disappointed, but not completely surprised to see them struggle against a bigger, more physical opponent.
That f'king old stupid man needs to play Splitter or this frickin series is over! At least give it a frickin shot.
crofl @ "in the first half"
i remember my first time playing playing basketball
these ers are pussies, just face it. the spurs have vaginas. OKC salivating at the chance to continue the 2nd round broom-job tradition.
Just imagine, we're down 3-1 back in SA for game five. Pop decides to put Splitter on Gasol during the third or fourth quarter after Bonner or Blair have suffered some sort of injury, and Splitter somehow neutralizes Gasol...
crofl. wake up scro. Pop <333333333 hairy red beard rubbing & grinding up on his scrotum.Just imagine, we're down 3-1 back in SA for game five. Pop decides to put Splitter on Gasol during the third or fourth quarter after Bonner or Blair have suffered some sort of injury, and Splitter somehow neutralizes Gasol...
TP playing like crap is not helping! TP needs to get his head out of his ass! Sick of this ! He's younger than Manu and Timmy and he's playing like crap! TP we need you! Bonner sucks still and Hill just not playing to his potential and key turnovers costing the Spurs this game! Why not play Splitter instead of Bonner! Play Danny Green or any of our other shooters who might just give a spark to this team when Bonner is back to his losing performance in the playoffs!
I was yelling timeout when Hill got the rebound instead Manu gets trapped and time runs out! Wow, that one is on Pop and other ridiculous coaching decisions! Hollins is outcoaching Pop! Slow rotations allowing open 3's that end up costing us the game! Hopefully Pop wakes up and allows Spllitter to play! Why not try it, and if it doesn't work then go back to Dice but at least try!
Bonner & Blair = best front court ever, will recommend to Spurs as options vs. Grizzles frontcourtTP playing like crap is not helping! TP needs to get his head out of his ass! Sick of this ! He's younger than Manu and Timmy and he's playing like crap! TP we need you! Bonner sucks still and Hill just not playing to his potential and key turnovers costing the Spurs this game! Why not play Splitter instead of Bonner! Play Danny Green or any of our other shooters who might just give a spark to this team when Bonner is back to his losing performance in the playoffs!
I was yelling timeout when Hill got the rebound instead Manu gets trapped and time runs out! Wow, that one is on Pop and other ridiculous coaching decisions! Hollins is outcoaching Pop! Slow rotations allowing open 3's that end up costing us the game! Hopefully Pop wakes up and allows Spllitter to play! Why not try it, and if it doesn't work then go back to Dice but at least try!
Pop, you are a ing got piece of re .
TP lost it big time.
I'm frickingwhen he has the ball and damn to be sincere I'd rather see Memphis hit second FT so I would not get pissed cause spurs gave up a rebound and turn the ball over again.
TP plays like a rookie. He plays like Tony shut down by Phil Jackson. Close the lane and be quicker back in transition. Spurs offense fails.
Also what Memphis doing right is they are not over committing with help and has great spacing on their D. So the spurs have no long range shots. They only had one quality 3 pointer from G Hill. All game long!
The sky has fallen. We have no inside presents what so ever. Spurs thought they will put Grizz into the foul trouble. Wrong.
TP won't get FT's not trying to finish the play.
TP still the y one?
That's not respecting your opponent. That's what's worst in spurs team. Then you losing concentration.
Pop said grind it out.
Well spurs cannot do this - the Grizz are ultimate grinders - spurs are system guys.
I wonder if Pop will try to risk putting Splitt against Mem.
Even if he will bring him in the 1st half he will absolutely won't do it when the game is on the line at the end.
Pop in playoffs always want to have experience guys and well into the system guys on the floor.
On the other hand - the timeout situation. Where's the experience?
Haven't posted for a while, I try to do it before the season ends (or threats to end.)
The team is still built around the Big-3, so the Savior may not be Splitter, but improved play by those 3, especially TP. You probably cannot ask to much out of Duncan and Manu. Of course, breakout performance by any bench player is warmly welcomed and helps tremendously.
Don't know why he struggles so much. If it's not due to injury, at least we can hope he turns it around before it's too late.
As for Pop, what should be said about him? Isn't he considered a candidate for COY after a successful regular season? He's still a good coach definitely. We can only hypothesize how things would turn out if Splitter were inserted into the rotation early on. I remember Pop once saying something like "we don't give him playing time just for the sake of playing him." As he missed most of the preseason, it is difficult to argue with that. Probably Splitter's injury has already determined our fate this season.
even though the spurs weren't very good to begin with, i still think they can be a better team than the grizzlies. i still expect them to beat the grizzlies now that they are down 2-1. this should be a serious wake up call. they thought they were better than they really were and could cruise past the grizzlies. this is definitely not the case. the spurs need to win the next one to regain homecourt advantage in a best of 3.
and this collapse was a team effort. no one is stepping up this series except for ginobili and jefferson a few times. everyone else is just performing subpar, including duncan. if everyone plays adequate, then the spurs can actually beat the grizzlies.
I'm not being pessimistic about Spurs' chance in this series. In fact, no surprise about this situation because of the team's decline after the All-Star break. Deficiency in the frontcourt, untimely injuries, attention by other teams who want to beat the top team all play a role.
TP's house effort has two-fold effect on the spur's offense. Foul trouble meant relying on Hill earlier and more-so when Manu was out. The life of the offense was sucked out right
there. Too much stagnation and not much ball movement with Hill trying to be fancy with the pass. The team's offense suffered as result. Player movement was of the un-certain kind , shooters became hesitent or shot out of ryhthm. George Hill is a weapon for this offense but when he's directing it, it goes to the pits.
Second, Tony's continous nervous play and butter fingered offense
made it very hard for the team to get on a roll. Through-out the season they thrived on runs and momentum which have pretty much dried up this series. Our starting PG has alot to do with it. Top that off with an iffy jumpshot. you've got the Spurs playing from behind .
Thought it was a thing of the past but Tony did more harm than good in this game.
Positives. When they went into grind out mode in the second half. The Spurs looked the better team and memphis played like the young team that they are. Despite Tone's careless play , the Spurs almost pulled out the win. They gotta build on that in game 4.
Come ready to play 4 full quarters.
The downfall of the Spurs started when Pop changed the lineup
1) Parker needs to play better. His poor play is the main reason why Spurs are down 2-1. There nothign more to say about it.
2) Pop has no only be bad yesterday but he has been bad the whole year. He has been passive and has just look at Spurs great regular season record. This record was fools gold and was only great because Spurs were great against bad teams (35-2 against below .500 teams). Putting back McDyess i the starting lineup instead of Blair was also a bad idea. I don't even talk about Splitter...
3) Baring a miracle Spurs season is done. I still think Spurs can beat Memphis because they are a bad team but Spurs won't reach the WCF. If Spurs beat Memphis, a well resting Thunder team will crush a tired old Spurs team.
4) In the likely case of Spurs being crushed by Thunder or losing against Memphis, off-season will be headache for Spurs FO. Should Spurs do a desperate move just to get a slim chance at #5 or should they just let this team die? Does Pop still really wants to coach?
theres a few players that also needs to be called out
RJ - passive piece of just another player on the court making up the numbers while doing all, yeh sure he has glimpses in each game where his contributing like rebounding and blocking shots on AND1 plays continuation, but other then that his doing all and those sort of contribution is just not enough for a player who just robbed Holt for an extention.
Bonner - lol he hustles you can see it when his on the court, but he has too much negative the longer he stays in the game which costs us chasing back into the game when the other team will just exploit the mixmatch.
blair - wtf ever happen to him, his game nowhere to be seen, whether its rebounding or defense, dont get me started with his offense....
dice - there are parts in the game he wants to get his offensive game going with clank shots, but when it gets going we can afford it, but not during situations where we are making a run to get back into the game, cant afford to have players pulling shots.
Neal - all of a sudden this clown hit the rookie wall or a clone of roger mason, his not afraid to shoot the ball or us out of the game, but i rather have him pulling the trigger then any of the shooters on the court not name manu.
Sadly it's become apparent Tony is not interested in competing in this series.
George Hill should be the team's starting point for game 4 and Parker should see spot minutes ( i.e no more than 20) if the Spurs want to tie the series. Benching Parker entirely may not be a bad move and would send a message that quitting on your teammates is not acceptable.
Gregg Popovich also needs to be held accountable for the predicament we find ourselves in. His defensive schemes against Randolph and Gasol have been laughable at best and there is no logical reason why Tiago Splitter hasn't seen a minute in this series. Popovich said a few years ago that "what Memphis is doing is inconceivable"- well his coaching in this series trumps the Gasol trade in terms of pure stupidity.
Pop's inability to call a timeout and set up a play in the final 6 seconds last night ranks up there with the biggest coaching blunders of his career (in the same category as taking Duncan and Bowen out against the Lakers at the same time in the 2009 WCF).
You could say that of someone who's playing in one arm, you could say that of someone who's 35 and have been banging in the post for too long, but you definitely cannot say it from someone who is not even in his 30s, has the easiest matchup, and was always the most regular player of the Spurs' big 3...
We don't go as TP goes, Timvp said we need him at 90%, if he plays at 75% we won game 3 by more than 2 possessions. I mean, 3 awful dribbling mistakes? That's just not TP. It's like saying Manu was 1-12 on FTs, It just can't happen unless something is happening.
This sucking from TP came so out of nowhere, I really expect him to turn it upside down.
"are the Spurs playing the worst basketball right now"
yes, unwatchably bad, the uncompe ive worst of all the playoffs teams.
Then in his post season exit interview, he'll say "Splitter will play next year in the playoffs" and pop has got a new favorite playerJust imagine, we're down 3-1 back in SA for game five. Pop decides to put Splitter on Gasol during the third or fourth quarter after Bonner or Blair have suffered some sort of injury, and Splitter somehow neutralizes Gasol...
Just like G Hill vs the Mavs in 09
Pop riding Timmy's coattails. This clown needs to go out to pasture. Rj has the balls of a neutered dog.
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