I love this team

[KaiRMD1]

It's amazing that a couple years ago, the biggest worry was if Duncan was out, could the Spurs win. Now, they are putting a hundred points without all three of them on a pretty consistent basis. Good win against a decent Bulls team without Rose

[Dex]

Great ing god some of you drooling, finger painting re s.

Best win of the year.

[timvp]

So result oriented....

Who is result oriented? I've been laughing at the Baynes whiners since before Day 1. Spurs fans are always obsessed with the player who isn't playing. From Pops Mensah-Bonsu to James White to Malik Harison to Viktor Sanikidze to Robertas Javtokas to Jackie Butler to Derrick Dial and the list goes on and on.

[Spur|n|Austin]

The Energizer bunny of irrational haters.

There are still haters?


I admit, I've popped into a game thread maybe three times this year, which is Ground Zero for irrationally hyperbolic Spurs angst, but I'm having a little trouble figuring out what anyone could possibly knit-pick right now.

Yes. Yes there are; it's baffling really. Sometimes I think they type just to get a rise, and it works.

[BlackSilver]

When the team needs to make an adjustment due to who is available, there's a seamless shift of roles that doesn't need to be explained. It just happens.

Resistance is futile.

[SA210]

So glad Pop realized he was wrong the past so many years and went back to defense, and now plays Tiago.

[Paranoid Pop]

Who is result oriented? I've been laughing at the Baynes whiners since before Day 1. Spurs fans are always obsessed with the player who isn't playing. From Pops Mensah-Bonsu to James White to Malik Harison to Viktor Sanikidze to Robertas Javtokas to Jackie Butler to Derrick Dial and the list goes on and on.

So the rebounding is fine?

I don't care about Baynes in particular tbh, my favorite player on the team is Boris but I'm open to trades involving him, I even came up with some myself, I just want the team to be in position to win and I don't see it as it stands.

Also Baynes doesn't have to get acclimated to anything, he can hit his FT and he can rebound, his role won't be to do much else, sure he'd be nice if he knew where to be on O and was more careful with the ball but still, Pop made an ultra conservative call for short term gain on that one imo. That said I would love nothing more than to be proven wrong by Bonbon, Pop and Blair...

[maverick1948]

Won a game where all of their flaws were exposed
pretty impressive but also a bit of fools gold win
happy they got the win without the big 3 but the disadvantage at the rebounding...

fool's gold win??? Are you serious?? None of the big 3 on the court and they won the game. Stats dont win games. Rebounds dont win games. Assists, turnovers nor fouls win games. They are just numbers. Scores win games. We won because our team made baskets at a rate of over 50% while stopping the Bulls. The TEAM played hard. Flaws?? Yes we got beat on the boards, because of not having Duncan on the court for 30 mins. Nothing fool's gold about hard play and desire to win. Kawhi, Danny, Tiago, Diaw and DeColo played as our starters and held the Bulls in check. Bonner, Gary, Patty, DaJuan all contributed to the win. Every one of them played their asses off and got a hard played win. Give the team credit when it is due.

[ChumpDumper]

Baynes doesn't have to get acclimated to anything

[HeroSquad]

A backdoor sweep is an ass kicking. You're up 2-0 and you lose 4 straight. You got your ass kicked.

Except for Game 3, every one of those games was compe ive. It's not like we were completely overwhelmed. I still think luck had more to do with losing that series than OKC's sheer talent. Just my opinion though.

[Spur|n|Austin]

So the rebounding is fine?

I don't care about Baynes in particular tbh, my favorite player on the team is Boris but I'm open to trades involving him, I even came up with some myself, I just want the team to be in position to win and I don't see it as it stands.

Also Baynes doesn't have to get acclimated to anything, he can hit his FT and he can rebound, his role won't be to do much else, sure he'd be nice if he knew where to be on O and was more careful with the ball but still, Pop made an ultra conservative call for short term gain on that one imo. That said I would love nothing more than to be proven wrong by Bonbon, Pop and Blair...

Your favorite player is Boris? Uhh that's cool man...

[capek]

Hm. Maybe it's your former avy that made me think you were bold.

It is definitely his former avy that made you think that.

[timvp]

So the rebounding is fine?

You're seriously going to get hung up on rebounding when the Spurs just beat a playoff team on the road on the second night of a back-to-back without Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Stephen Jackson? I would say get some perspective but, damn, that wouldn't even begin to solve the problem.

Hopefully you're trolling.

[mathbzh]

So proud of this team

[Drachen]

Can't say we get no respect anymore. I was just driving home from work listening to the BBC world service broadcast on NPR. They said " the San Antonio spurs beat the Chicago bulls tonight despite not having their there superstars Tony Parker tim Duncan and manu ginabeelee." I have never heard a spurs score on NPR

[Spur|n|Austin]

Can't say we get no respect anymore. I was just driving home from work listening to the BBC world service broadcast on NPR. They said " the San Antonio spurs beat the Chicago bulls tonight despite not having their there superstars Tony Parker tim Duncan and manu ginabeelee." I have never heard a spurs score on NPR

yeah that would have been a first for me too.

[polandprzem]

[PingPong]

Weren't you bolded? Like before?

It answers your question.

Also Baynes doesn't have to get acclimated to anything, he can hit his FT and he can rebound...

[Spursfanfromafar]

I've started to wonder if this might not be the year that R.C. Buford finally gets his long overdue Executive of the Year award. There aren't necessarily any overwhelming candidates elsewhere; it's not a year where some team has really come out of nowhere to compete at the top of the league. Maybe nights like this one go some distance towards convincing those who vote on that award that the success of a franchise isn't necessarily measured by the number of flashy moves that it makes in a given year to make a meteoric rise up the standings, but can sometimes be seen in the ability to make the sorts of small tweaks to find players who fit your system and culture. This is now at least the third time in the last decade and a half that Buford/Popovich have substantially retooled around the Big 3 and taken this club back among the elite of the elite. They did it after the 2001 West Finals; they did it after the 2003 le; and now they've done it after the 2009-11 lull -- and they've done that without the crutch of acquiring a superstar to replenish the roster. The brilliance of that is apparent in the standings, but games like the Miami and Chicago games show that it's not just about having 3 Hall of Famers in your stable.

Great post, timvp.

I have been following the NBA seriously only since the early-2000s.. And this is one question that boggles me. How the has RC Buford never won the executive of the year award? I mean, buffoons like Bryan Colangelo who has consistently sucked as an executive for the Raptors have won it.

I reckon it is because the award doesn't really make sense. They should have a tri-yearly award, I suppose. Because Trades, Drafts and in-season moves generally have a larger gestation period, I suppose. Folks like Colangelo, Petrie etc will never win an award if thats the case and RCB will be a regular winner.

[Sean Cagney]

I know I shouldn't be surprised, but are there really people that have complaints about winning a game without the big 3, in addition to being outrebounded by 20?..

Yeah of course, Spurs fans in here are some of the most emo nuts at times it seems.

[DrSteffo]

to the TEAM

[Bruno]

I love them too.

Great ing win.

[Horse]

I bet some of you would complain if they won the championship. Big 3 and Jack out against a good bulls team on the road we win easy, you still whine.

[jjktkk]

So glad Pop realized he was wrong the past so many years and went back to defense, and now plays Tiago.

You should post more.

[urunobili]

Couldn't be more proud of them and more ashamed of myself as it was the first match i didn't see this season taking for granted that they'd lose without first team NBA TP