Grades: Spurs @ Pelicans - Apr. 13, 2022

**Leetonidas** · 04-14-2022

Pop's refusal to make any in game adjustments is pretty annoying. Spurs had some success with Landale at the 4 and didn't even attempt to try it in a game they were getting crushed on the glass. Rebounding lost this game more than anything else, imo. Not gonna beat many teams getting outrebounded by ~20 boards

**MultiTroll** · 04-14-2022

Originally Posted by Leetonidas

Pop's refusal to make any in game adjustments is pretty annoying. Spurs had some success with Landale at the 4 and didn't even attempt to try it in a game they were getting crushed on the glass. Rebounding lost this game more than anything else, imo. Not gonna beat many teams getting outrebounded by ~20 boards

Absolutely zero revelation in the off season.
Pops solution was Landale.
Ok, so rather then play him for the reasons you mentioned, I know.....

"let's have Landale sit the entire game."

Also who are the two butt kissy looking assistants sitting on either side of Lord Pop?

**KingKev** · 04-14-2022

Originally Posted by Mul roll

Absolutely zero revelation in the off season.
Pops solution was Landale.
Ok, so rather then play him for the reasons you mentioned, I know.....

"let's have Landale sit the entire game."

Also who are the two butt kissy looking assistants sitting on either side of Lord Pop?

ATL Spur and John B

**tonski117** · 04-14-2022

Thanks timvp and welcome back!

**TD 21** · 04-14-2022

Originally Posted by cjw

This is one of the youngest teams in the league (scary that Minnesota and Memphis are both younger) with a ton of flexibility, cap room and draft capital going forward.

It’s going to be tough to crack the upper echelon of the west unless a ping pong ball falls the right way, and they pull off something with cap space. But the future is a lot brighter than a lot of other teams. But as last night showed, there’s a ways to go.

Such as? This team has a serious lack of talent, an aversion to giving themselves the best chance to procure it and benefitted both from an absurd amount of tanking and many teams most likely taking them lightly.

There's not anything resembling a dynamic talent and even though it was a one off and Murray was coming off illness, it again showed that in a playoff style setting, there's no one on this team who can create efficient (let alone explosive) offense for themselves/others.

They didn't even face a good defensive team yet were flat outclassed by fringe stars McCollum, Ingram and above average starter Valanciunas.

**KingKev** · 04-14-2022

Originally Posted by TD 21

Such as? This team has a serious lack of talent, an aversion to giving themselves the best chance to procure it and benefitted both from an absurd amount of tanking and many teams most likely taking them lightly.

There's not anything resembling a dynamic talent and even though it was a one off and Murray was coming off illness, it again showed that in a playoff style setting, there's no one on this team who can create efficient (let alone explosive) offense for themselves/others.

They didn't even face a good defensive team yet were flat outclassed by fringe stars McCollum, Ingram and above average starter Valanciunas.

Well said. Many teams have recent second rounders who are equivalent or better than anyone of our young core outside of DJ.

The bottom third of our team are only in the NBA because we value high character guys. Our most recent lottery pick may have gone undrafted if we didn’t reach. We spent most of last summer giving multiple fringe NBA players like Landale and KBD guaranteed money when we already had a full roster.

PATFO finally showed a pair at the trade deadline but even with a few good young players, cap flex and draft capital we are probably going to be right back at the play-in next season. I don’t think Spurstalk has a clear view just how bad this team actually is. NO, Minny and the depleted Clippers are undeniably better than us.

**TimDunkem** · 04-14-2022

Originally Posted by widowmaker

You did dumb ass lmao.

I did not click that link, fart sniffer

**widowmaker** · 04-15-2022

Originally Posted by TimDunkem

I did not click that link, fart sniffer

Oh i see gagger.

**Thomas82** · 04-15-2022

Originally Posted by KingKev

Well said. Many teams have recent second rounders who are equivalent or better than anyone of our young core outside of DJ.

The bottom third of our team are only in the NBA because we value high character guys. Our most recent lottery pick may have gone undrafted if we didn’t reach. We spent most of last summer giving multiple fringe NBA players like Landale and KBD guaranteed money when we already had a full roster.

PATFO finally showed a pair at the trade deadline but even with a few good young players, cap flex and draft capital we are probably going to be right back at the play-in next season. I don’t think Spurstalk has a clear view just how bad this team actually is. NO, Minny and the depleted Clippers are undeniably better than us.

Well said!!

**TimDunkem** · 04-15-2022

Originally Posted by widowmaker

Oh i see gagger.

You have brown on your nose.

**wildbill2u** · 04-15-2022

Johnson cannot be a starter at PF on any other team in the league. Pop was forced to use him because of his recent shooting streak, but when that single asset failed, he became a liability. With Murray also shooting poorly (5-19) the team's rally to get as close as they did in the 4th quarter is a tribute to their grit and execution down the stretch.

Pels were a better team and proved it. Finito.