Why are ppl rooting for us to win?

[duncan2k5]

For those just joining the party and not even reading the first post... Basically I feel like Pop is content with simply being average and making the playoffs for the rest of his tenure because it keeps his streak up... I think our FO has gotten lazy (Pop included) and aren't really trying to make bold decisions that would take us into the new era of the NBA... with the trade deadline coming in a few months, the only way to change course and start to field a team that would be a more new age team would be to start losing game now so that Pop and the FO gets nervous about missing the playoffs and realize that they need to act NOW and make moves in order to be compe ive, and so that Pop can get back to actually coaching instead of coasting... If we stay as we are, NOTHING will change... That we know... We ALL complained about the FO decisions the past several years, so let's not act as if the FO has been killing it simply because I'm the one criticizing them

[SpursDynasty85]

That's what happens when you read the le alone and not the reasoning in the post... Reading is fundamental... I don't want to tank... Never advocated for it

I read it. None of it seemed logical though. Your still rooting for losses.

[RC_Drunkford]

Who are the top teams we beat? And we sound like magic fans who beat us in the past when we were good... Bad teams beat good teams... It happens... That doesn't mean we should get delusional and think we are close to competing for a championship

Lakers, Warriors and Dubs (even though not healthy, but we weren't either) were the top 3 teams that people said would make the WCF this year. We definitely need trades, but what we really need to trade for is role players. Not go into tank mode. Keep the top 3 players and top 3 prospects. Other than that, everybody is up for a trade. Spurs always won 50 cause they were a deep team, this team isn't deep at all

[duncan2k5]

Lakers, Warriors and Dubs (even though not healthy, but we weren't either) were the top 3 teams that people said would make the WCF this year. We definitely need trades, but what we really need to trade for is role players. Not go into tank mode. Keep the top 3 players and top 3 prospects. Other than that, everybody is up for a trade. Spurs always won 50 cause they were a deep team, this team isn't deep at all

Lakers are trash... And u realize warriors and dubs are the same team right?

[duncan2k5]

Lakers, Warriors and Dubs (even though not healthy, but we weren't either) were the top 3 teams that people said would make the WCF this year. We definitely need trades, but what we really need to trade for is role players. Not go into tank mode. Keep the top 3 players and top 3 prospects. Other than that, everybody is up for a trade. Spurs always won 50 cause they were a deep team, this team isn't deep at all

Dude... U are literally saying the same thing I am... I'm not saying tank... I'm saying we need trades... Why are u guys pretending as if we are debating opposite points?

[venitian navigator]

there is a simple truth that nobody seems to address...this team was builded for making a star of DJM...his injury has been devastating for all our plans...simply because the F.O. had to reconsider all the game plan choices...we passed from a supposed running team to a team that plays no up tempo at all...except when Mills and Forbes are both on the game (and when it happens may God save us).
Walker and White injury have just made the problems bigger...as is doing Gay uncertain situation phisically wise and as LMA age has done for back to back games.
The cir stances have been totally against us...and that, paired with the actual fact that all teams in the west (maybe except for Phoenix...alas, lets not forget, a team against we lost with by 20 points) are considered play offs candidates, makes us a more than possible candidate for the lottery...also if we are not tanking at all. actually we are at the 11th spot with a 50 per cent record...and a very easy schedule.
imho all decisions will be made in mid january...bacause from now on we are facing a very hard schedule and by then it could be clear that, also if we have no intention to avoid play offs, that goal would be quite impossible to reach. But till now all the signals point in the sense that this year is gonna be a lottery year for us, indipendently by our will...

[SpurOutofTownFan]

just having fan watching spurfans in full meltdown mode

[venitian navigator]

just having fan watching spurfans in full meltdown mode

its not a meltdown to see things as they actually are.
The le thread reflect an opinion that, like it or not, has some sense in the light of DJM injury...
its a fact that, considering cir stances, we could miss the play offs also if not tanking...and its just logical to consider that, if we have to miss the play offs, we better do it with a bad record (draft pick in the 10) than with a record near 50 % (aka a draft seed from 11 to 14).
The point is just decide a moment when we'll have enough clues about the possible outcomes of the season...and then behave accordingly (trades and eventually tanking).
For the thread starter the moment has already come.
For the FO it has not, as for the most of us, and probably for the main players will not come till we have a minimal chance to be in the play offs run...
inmho, considering injuries, age, strenght of the other western conference teams, the (actually bad) level of our game and the strenght of our schedule till early january, plus the fact that starting from mid january all trading restrictions will be eliminated, that time could soon come...