San Antonio Spurs 2021-22 Season Thread - Let's get this play-in shitshiw rolling

[Mitch Cumsteen 18549]

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GSG - all the way to the lottery. 

Edited April 11, 2022 by Mitch Cumsteen
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[hornfan785 556]

Looking forward to the new HEB commercials. Primo has to be in a Primo Pick one, right?

Go Spurs Go!

[Radical Larry 28618]

[ztejas 43448]

Shitshiw*

[Mitch Cumsteen 18549]

18 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Shitshiw*

Done. 

[Lerka Lerka 1087]

In before classics. 

[ztejas 43448]

Seeing some good stuff.

This Magic team is going to be really bad though. 

[kingkoopa6 8350]

GSG!

[ztejas 43448]

Beadle looking good. Does she still work for ESPN?

[ztejas 43448]

Keldon with some shake in the mid range game. Turning into a really good player. 

[Braff Zacklin 13573]

Forbes 0-for-4 from the floor and 0-for-3 from BTA. Thank god he's a defensive specialist.

[ztejas 43448]

3 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Forbes 0-for-4 from the floor and 0-for-3 from BTA. Thank god he's a defensive specialist.

His main contribution so far to my eye has been taking minutes from Primo. 

[kingkoopa6 8350]

41 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Beadle looking good. Does she still work for ESPN?

 

[ztejas 43448]

Shitshiw looking good at the moment. 

Let's see if they're still good at blowing 20 point leads.

[Amos Moses 795]

Well - 3/4 of the first game and they’re kinda fun.  Shiw me a loss!

[Mitch Cumsteen 18549]

I didn't have Beadle on my bingo card. 

I don't think the spurs had the charter level being 75% empty on their bingo card either. Yikes. 

82-0 still in play. 

Orlando was probably the worst team in the league even before missing six guys tonight. 

[Patrick Bateman 3913]

98-0, here we come!!!!

 

[Kermit 3156]

Well that was fun.

[ztejas 43448]

They're obviously shitty - but we kicked their ass and looked good doing it and the garbage time crew held serve and even increased the lead a bit I think. 

I think the line was Spurs -7ish - so still a good result. 

But my God - you aren't good when you're giving Robin Lopez 13 minutes. 

[hornfan785 556]

Undefeated season and 16-0 in the playoffs still a possibility! Let's go!

[Horny Bull 2759]

In for 82-0.

[Kermit 3156]

I know it’s Orlando but there are a couple of things that I liked about the win:

1. The ball didn’t stick. There isn’t a Rudy Gay, Demar Derozan, or Lamarcus Aldridge to play isolation. The team passed the ball, cut hard, and sprinkled in some back door passing.
 

2. Defensively, they play the extremely hard. You can tell where the weak-links are, but he didn’t get much playing time and there’s nothing you can do about the size advantage Bamba had over Keldon.

3. Where the fuck is Thaddeus Young?

4. We need more Primo. That kid plays exceptionally hard and smart for an eighteen year old kid. No fear. I’m going to be watching a lot of Austin Spurs games, although I still believe we should just package Lonnie with Young in a trade and let Primo play is role in the rotation. 
 

[BurdineBandit 815]

11 hours ago, ztejas said:

But my God - you aren't good when you're giving Robin Lopez 13 minutes. 

It was because Poetl had a stretch early where he had 4 or 5 rebounds and a couple tip ins within a couple minutes just from hustling and being a big body. Hope he continues to play hard because he looked good again. 

What a balanced box score too. Gotta love that. 

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

1st in the west.  Imma go head and order me a western conference champs shirt 

[C-Man 27227]

Pop is 23-2 all-time on Opening Night, best in NBA history.

[Tigersnake 670]

They still might not be very good but this Fast Breakin' Fiesta shit is fun to watch. Nombre chuddup to those putos who say the Spurs are the most boring to watch.

[Patrick Bateman 3913]

Feels great on opening night to play so well and demolish a team.  Undefeated!  Walk around with your chest out.  Could be awhile until we get another one our way.  Next up?

@ Den

Milwaukee

LAL

@ DAL

@ MIL

At least we get the Bucks out of the way early!!!!  Let's go young los Spurs!!!

 

[Kermit 3156]

6 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Feels great on opening night to play so well and demolish a team.  Undefeated!  Walk around with your chest out.  Could be awhile until we get another one our way.  Next up?

@ Den

Milwaukee

LAL

@ DAL

@ MIL

At least we get the Bucks out of the way early!!!!  Let's go young los Spurs!!!

 

Nah, fuck those bitches. 

[jeevsie 3734]

25 minutes ago, Tigersnake said:

Nombre chuddup

I'll see yours and raise you a No Pos Wow!

[ztejas 43448]

28 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Feels great on opening night to play so well and demolish a team.  Undefeated!  Walk around with your chest out.  Could be awhile until we get another one our way.  Next up?

@ Den

Milwaukee

LAL

@ DAL

@ MIL

At least we get the Bucks out of the way early!!!!  Let's go young los Spurs!!!

 

I think we steal at least one of those. LA might be a mess early on and @DAL isn't a nightmare. 

[Patrick Bateman 3913]

Just now, ztejas said:

I think we steal at least one of those. LA might be a mess early on and @DAL isn't a nightmare. 

I actually agree with you.  Holy shit!  I think we get one, maybe two if fortunate.

[ztejas 43448]

4 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

I actually agree with you.  Holy shit!  I think we get one, maybe two if fortunate.

Early season can be a bit chaotic. I'd like that stretch a lot less in March than I do now. It usually takes a month or so for teams to settle and the standings to begin to reflect who's legit or not. 

Even if you think this is a 28-29 win team - odds-wise I don't think it's likely we drop all 5 of these. It's certainly possible, though.

[Michael Knight 12977]

At least we didn't hire Jason Kidd

[C-Man 27227]

12 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

At least we didn't hire Jason Kidd

It's early but, man, he seems like a terrible fit for them. He's just not ever distinguished himself as a very good coach at all. I think it was definitely time to move on from Carlisle (and maybe even Donnie) but wow, this could be a disaster. All I've heard on The Ticket for the last few weeks is that the vibe is totally different with the team, that everybody is in a better mood than they were under the old regime. That may be the case but let's see how everybody is after a few more 20+ point shellackings.

[ztejas 43448]

Why did we reisgn Forbes again?

[XYZ 2154]

When I see a spurs HEB commercial without Tony, Manu, and the old gang, it gives me the sads.

[ztejas 43448]

Big Body 18 at half. Nice spin fadeaway off the glass to end the half. 

[Kermit 3156]

This team is giving me a boner. NTTAWWT.

[Mitch Cumsteen 18549]

5 minutes ago, Kermit said:

This team is giving me a boner. NTTAWWT.

Don't worry. Bryn Forbes will take care of that for you. 

[ztejas 43448]

This team plays D but we aren't good enough to win shooting 4/20 from 3 and committing 20 turnovers. 

Good effort so far tonight though. We don't totally suck and will at least be a tough out most nights - esp if we shoot well (remains to be seen how often we can actually do that).

[ztejas 43448]

Making this interesting to close. 

That out of bounds call off of DJM was complete trash. Not sure how you even call that Denver ball live. 

Edited October 23, 2021 by ztejas

[Kermit 3156]

49 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Don't worry. Bryn Forbes will take care of that for you. 

Dude barely plays. Must’ve lost those compromising pictures of Pop.

[kingkoopa6 8350]

We attack the paint hardcore. Just need to knock down the long ball better 

[Radical Larry 28618]

81-1 is still really good. 

[Mitch Cumsteen 18549]

These guys are going to play hard every night and they have good depth but they just don't have enough firepower to compete with the better teams in the league. It's going to be a struggle on offense especially in light of their limited three point shooting. 

Keldon bullying his way to the rim is probably the closest thing they have to anyone being able to create his own shot, and he's too small to finish consistently. Dejounte has that little crossover midrange pull up and White is a decent pick and roll player. Other than that? Yikes. They may have to take the training wheels off of Primo just to have somebody who can threaten a defense. And we know Pop isn't letting that happen. 

Still, there's something to be said for a team that competes, plays unselfishly and is comprised of likable dudes. I'm going to enjoy this season regardless of the wins and losses. And it's mostly gonna be losses. 

[Kermit 3156]

Fucking Jokic, man. I keep trying to make myself hate this guy and I can’t. Dude is all kinds of awesome, adorable, and terrifying rolled into a doughy center filled with crème. 

[Patrick Bateman 3913]

2 hours ago, Kermit said:

Fucking Jokic, man. I keep trying to make myself hate this guy and I can’t. Dude is all kinds of awesome, adorable, and terrifying rolled into a doughy center filled with crème. 

That was the difference IMO.  One team has a superstar, the other didn't...... One guy could make things happen when his team needed him to, the other has to manufacture it or hope someone gets really hot.  Spurs played really hard just a tough loss.  Staying on Denver, I don't see how they can win a championship.  I question if they have a real #2.

 

[Braff Zacklin 13573]

18 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

That was the difference IMO.  One team has a superstar, the other didn't...... One guy could make things happen when his team needed him to, the other has to manufacture it or hope someone gets really hot.  Spurs played really hard just a tough loss.  Staying on Denver, I don't see how they can win a championship.  I question if they have a real #2.

What's the timeline on Murray's recovery?

If I were Denver, I wouldn't rush Jamal. Make sure he comes back as close to 100 percent as possible. He's a decent No.2, in my opinion, with Michael Porter Jr. a solid third option and Gordon, et al. further down the list.

[Kermit 3156]

Watching the game, Porter Jr looks shitty? Am I missing something here?

[Patrick Bateman 3913]

1 hour ago, Braff Zacklin said:

What's the timeline on Murray's recovery?

If I were Denver, I wouldn't rush Jamal. Make sure he comes back as close to 100 percent as possible. He's a decent No.2, in my opinion, with Michael Porter Jr. a solid third option and Gordon, et al. further down the list.

Murray's not a 2 IMO.  Maybe a 3.  He's capable of a big time game but the consistency isn't there and it shows up in his reg season numbers as well.  He's a nice player, but not a top 2 player on a championship team.  It has to be MPJ and I'm not sure he's there yet.  He flashes, but can't put it together consistently.