This Team Is Done

[benefactor]

Your self-loathing is always so adorable.

[benefactor]

Seriously though OP, most women I know don't cry as much you do. You are the biggest got on this site by a country mile.

[r0drig0lac]

Worst Post Duncan game ever.

until now

[Brazil]

I better get MODDED (kinda like bolded but given mod abilities) when we win this year.

I would campaign hard for you tbh... that's ballsy

[cd021]

Bad shooting night; Mills, Kawhi, Lee and Green kept us in the game after getting down 16. I am more encouraged than discouraged.

[coachmac87]

Done is a bit harsh tbh..

Are they the Warriors?? No but even as bad as they've looked they're still #2 record in the league..

Worst start at home maybe ever? But best start on the road ever sooo it kind of cancels out..

7 new players and injuries haven't helped the process but still are on top of the standings.

I think biggest issues is that people are comparing this team to last years team which isn't fair tbh and on top of that they see what the Warriors are doing and it gets everyone down lol

Not sure what people's expectations where this year?? But I always had my mind set on the WCF..just get there and see what happens..

R-E-L-A-X

[Spurtacular]

Player fan thread, tbh.

[Splits]

On pace for 64 wins with a SOS 13th in the league and the team is "done"

Seriously though OP, most women I know don't cry as much you do. You are the biggest got on this site by a country mile.

[HarlemHeat37]

OP has a valid point, despite being a little too dramatic..

Spurs aren't as good as their record, so far..4th best SRS in the West and 6th in the league, far behind the Warriors, Clippers and Cavs..they're closer to Houston, OKC and Utah than they are to the Warriors and Clippers..

The loss to the Bulls was meaningless, though..

[Yuixafun]

The defense has to get better... from an effort standpoint and chemistry as well. At least 5 easy buckets chalked up to miscommunication. Dedmon still raw to veteran tricks sigh.

[DMC]

They're more than a fourth of the way through the season and there's been zero improvement/chemistry built with the SL. At some point they need to come to terms with the fact Gasol is a bad fit.

They will. We aren't a championship quality squad on paper, and outside of LMA and KL, are pretty much scrubs. Danny Green has struggled all last year with some signs of recovery but nothing solid that I recall. Manu can't carry them forever. Tony Parker isn't fit to be a starting PG on a championship team, and there is no real backup that is.

We are lucky to see wins.

[UZER]

a-Don't tell this to TD21

b-That's Spurs' biggest issue.

Kawhi locked down Buttler and old Wade got the win for them. Sadly, the Spurs don't have other consistent options on offense and can't rely on other players on defense.

Bertans can get buckets. Is he a savior? No, but he can score. We haven't even seen his ability to get to put the ball on the floor and drive yet, he can. That will come as his guys start closing out harder on him at the three point line.

But none of that is gonna happen if pop won't stop being stupid and just play him.

[TDomination]

Define done

[Dre_7]

Sounds like a thread full of bandwagon fans and cliff jumpers. We are not even half way through a season in which the Spurs are completely different than they have been for 19 years, I mean you could basically say the off season was spend re-tooling. The fact that the Spurs are 18-5 and second place in WC in their first post Duncan season, despite their struggles, should give people hope. They will get things figured out. It is a long season and guys like Bertans, Simmons, Dedmon, and even Kawhi are getting better and better. Aldridge will get out of his shooting slump. Spurs will go deep into the playoffs and in my book are one of the favorites to win it all. Come playoff time, if there are no major injuries, I will fully expect the Spurs to win a le!

[Horse]

The Spurs going 0-82 would be better than listening to you crying gots after loss and most wins.

[bklynspursfan]

Sounds like a thread full of bandwagon fans and cliff jumpers. We are not even half way through a season in which the Spurs are completely different than they have been for 19 years, I mean you could basically say the off season was spend re-tooling. The fact that the Spurs are 18-5 and second place in WC in their first post Duncan season, despite their struggles, should give people hope. They will get things figured out. It is a long season and guys like Bertans, Simmons, Dedmon, and even Kawhi are getting better and better. Aldridge will get out of his shooting slump. Spurs will go deep into the playoffs and in my book are one of the favorites to win it all. Come playoff time, if there are no major injuries, I will fully expect the Spurs to win a le!

I've expressed similar sentiments. I also think as we get deeper into the season, Pop will make the necessary adjustments needed. If Dedmon can get his fouling in order, there's a good chance his minutes go up or he could be starting.

[Leetonidas]

Tbh op made valid points but at the same time last night was no reason to cliff jump, spurs had an uncharacteristically bad shooting night(even for them) and still came close to winning. Looking at the whole season there is some cause for concern regarding disturbing trends emerging for our team but imo last nights game wasn't a big deal

[Raven]

I'd like to see more passing and less david lee.

[Kawhitstorm]

Spurs aren't as good as their record, so far..4th best SRS in the West and 6th in the league, far behind the Warriors, Clippers and Cavs..they're closer to Houston, OKC and Utah than they are to the Warriors and Clippers..

Only the Grizz have been better during crunch-time thanks to Fatsol being more than just empty-stats unlike Softridge.

[Kawhitstorm]

But is the problem that Kawhi's not a very good playmaker? Nope, just like it's not that Green is just a shooter. The problem is that they don't have the right players to compliment them. In the Medium Three era, they and Tiago were able to fill the cracks to bolster the Big Three. But there's no longer a Medium Three, and the three or four best players on the team are nowhere near as good as the Big Three were.

The starting backcourt is only consistently better than the Sixers & the frontline of Pau/Softridge is a net negative combo.

Basically, Pau/Softridge shouldn't play together & PATFO need to get a LEGIT starting PG. The most logical thing to do is move Pau since he's the one w/ the least "corporate knowledge". If PATFO aren't contemplating that move then they need to resign.

[TD 21]

Hottest thread of the night. 4 pages in one hour.

I still got it.

And why he should? We don't have PGs or guards to do it? Kawhi is our main scorer, the main defender, why he should also be the primary playmaker? WHY?

No, "we" don't. Parker and Ginobili, are basically 40 and 45, respectively, in basketball years and Mills is a shooting guard in a point guards body.

Leonard is the one who has the ball in his hands the most, therefore he bears the greatest responsibility when it comes to creating for others.

OP has a valid point, despite being a little too dramatic..

Spurs aren't as good as their record, so far..4th best SRS in the West and 6th in the league, far behind the Warriors, Clippers and Cavs..they're closer to Houston, OKC and Utah than they are to the Warriors and Clippers..

The loss to the Bulls was meaningless, though..

Again, this wasn't about this specific game, even though it just so happened to be posted during it.

I don't see how it was dramatic and I won't sugar coat my thoughts to appease the ignorant, cliche, vanilla masses, who contribute nothing of substance. If those idiots want to cry, whine and delude themselves, so be it.

Define done

Done: No longer even close to contention. They might (I'm not even certain of that: the Raptors, Rockets and Jazz, are all making cases) be the 4th best team in the league, but with how far off of the top 2-3 they are, they might as well be 24th.

It's over for this group. Might as well not delay the inevitable and hope to contend again while they still have a top 5-10 player, rather than waste his prime.

[benefactor]

[dabom]

Sounds like a thread full of bandwagon fans and cliff jumpers. We are not even half way through a season in which the Spurs are completely different than they have been for 19 years, I mean you could basically say the off season was spend re-tooling. The fact that the Spurs are 18-5 and second place in WC in their first post Duncan season, despite their struggles, should give people hope. They will get things figured out. It is a long season and guys like Bertans, Simmons, Dedmon, and even Kawhi are getting better and better. Aldridge will get out of his shooting slump. Spurs will go deep into the playoffs and in my book are one of the favorites to win it all. Come playoff time, if there are no major injuries, I will fully expect the Spurs to win a le!

Dap.

[Splits]

[YGWHI]

No, "we" don't. Parker and Ginobili, are basically 40 and 45, respectively, in basketball years and Mills is a shooting guard in a point guards body.

Was Kawhi who opted to build a roster with the two primary playmakers being that old and inconsistent, and the point guard back up not being a true point guard?

Leonard is the one who has the ball in his hands the most, therefore he bears the greatest responsibility when it comes to creating for others.

LMA USG% shows he has the ball in his hands too, just .1% less than last season, and a lot more than other players on the team. Is he creating for others? Is he great at it?

This team is unbalanced af...But obviously, "that's on Kawhi"