Mitch Cumsteen

They weren't franchise worst bad. They were history of the NBA worst bad. Literally, last year's Spurs had the worst defensive rating in the history of the NBA. Of course, the five worst team defensive ratings in NBA history were last season (not to mention the majority of the 15 worst ever) and probably speaks more to the era we're in, but still.... this would have never happened if Gregg Popovich were still alive.

I don't think this team is making the playoffs. There won't be a single team in the west that's tanking, with the possible exception of Portland. And I'm not really sure about them. Don't get me wrong, I don't think the west is great by any means, but find me some easy wins in this conference: Championship tier: Nuggets - defending champs with a core in their prime. They aren't going anywhere. Window closing tier: Lakers, Clippers, Suns and Warriors are pot committed with aging rosters. Also, of those four, only the Warriors own their own first round pick in 2024 and that's only if it falls in the top 4. So even injuries won't push any of them into tank mode. The time is now, maybe, tier: Grizz, Kings, Mavs, Wolves and Pelicans all have some sort of urgency to win now, too. The Pels and Grizz are close to being at tipping points with Zion and Ja. The Mavs went all in on fucking Kyrie and need to win to keep Doncic around. The Wolves mortgaged their future and have a budding star in Edwards on the clock. The Kings just made the playoffs for the first time in 100 years and decided to run it back and commit long term to their core. They gotta keep that beam lit. Not rebuilding anymore tier: Thunder have a really young talented team hoping to take the next step. The Jazz are probably a notch behind the Thunder, but likewise have some talent. Maybe if things head south for them, they start to punt on the season? That leaves the Rockets, who don't own their pick either, so they have zero incentive to tank. Likely to suck no matter what tier: Portland. They finally embraced the rebuild, but they aren't completely devoid of talent. There are some dogs on that team, too. Not dawgs, dogs. Like the kind with fleas. Portland is likely to be terrible unless Scoot is the real deal right away and they compete from day 1. I'm not seeing it. And then you have the Spurs. They are going to be better than last year for the simple reason that they won't be actively tanking, but it may not show up as much in the win column. They still have some major holes in the roster (ahem... point guard). They are going to have to stay healthy themselves, and then hope for a lot of weird shit to happen to the other teams to even make the play-in. Should Wemby greatly exceed year one expectations, this is still an extraordinarily young roster that doesn't know how to win and close out games. Some of those lessons just have to be learned the hard way. This is going to be a season for growing pains, I'm afraid. But it should be fun as hell to watch them grow up.

It's like you guys completely ignored Hudson Card dropping 44 on Bert Bielema Saturday. It was borderline erotic.

@Longboard Horn I vaguely remember making that one. Nice throwback.

This kid is a treasure.

I'll have you know that I'm a natural rainbow. And before you even ask, yes the carpet matches the drapes.

Yes, apologies @Hate. Meant @Kermit.

Also we can't let hate start the thread in case we need to change it mid stream.

I have zero intention of keeping my penis in my pants this season. Some ideas: San Antonio Spurs 2023-2024 Season Thread: Don't care got Wemby San Antonio Spurs 2023-2024 Season Thread: Put the word out there that we back up San Antonio Spurs 2023-2024 Season Thread: Can you take our length? San Antonio Spurs 2023-2024 Season Thread: Hoops, hype and hair dye San Antonio Spurs 2023-2024 Season Thread: how a resurrection really feels

First Payne and now Bullock. I’m beginning to think they are embracing this youth movement thing.

It will be like OJ looking for the real killers.

I absolutely hate it that they don't have fountain drinks anymore. Mixing a shitty bourbon and RC at 11:00 am is as much a part of the game as the teams coming out of the tunnel for me.

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I find myself in both camps. Like CTJ, I'm a little bit fascinated by him. His commitment is laudable, if it is a bit. But there's such a genuine-ness to his horrible takes that makes me think, "This motherfucker just might be this dumb." Perhaps it's a higher form of trolling, like an evolutionary futureman. Or perhaps someone needs to hide the paste from him before he eats it.

Just so we're clear - you do know who the fuck you are talking to, right?

You can probably just go with the "they" pronoun to cover all the bases.

It sure as shit wasn't my favorite part. I had Western Mich +28.5. Brutal, brutal beat.

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He got thrown out of a window of Nakatomi Tower.

I will be disappointed if Sweat, Murphy along with all the depth at DT don't blow up the middle of that offensive line and choke out Kansas the way they did Baylor. Daniels is obviously better and more elusive than the Baylor QB, but I expect him to be running for his life and seeing ghosts. Even though Texas has won every game so far by double digits, it feels like they've left a lot of meat on the bone. The scores have been closer than the actual games. They are sort of due for some shit to break right and light up the scoreboard. I'd for sure trade a workmanlike win this week for that to happen next week in Dallas. Whatever. Just win, baby.

Not only can you quote him, but you can probably get some idiot to pay you $9.95 for it.