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Mitch Cumsteen

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This team could suck a coconut through a fuckin cocktail straw right now.

I think I said it a few games ago - the FO needs to quit dicking around and come out with a statement on the head coaching spot. 

2 hours ago, chainsaw said:

It's coaching.

A lot of it is. Our roster still has issues but we shouldn't be this bad. We should be scrapping and finding ways to stay in games.

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On 1/8/2025 at 11:03 PM, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Rough night. I think this team is due for a market correction on their record. I hope I’m wrong but they’ve had a home heavy schedule and a negative overall point differential. I think they’re a bit due to rack up some L’s. Ending up in the lottery again wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. 

I hate it when I'm right sometimes, but the signs have been there for a few weeks.

The schedule has gotten tougher and not so coincidentally, their defense has gotten worse. 1-6 in the last 7, and they've given up 122 (in OT), 114, 121, 129, 140 and 128. They can't play at a fast pace and win. They don't shoot it well enough. They are also getting killed in transition off long threes. They need to grind it out on defense and run clock on offense and take efficient shots to win, and they aren't playing like that. Honestly and disappointingly, they look a lot like last year's team.

Maybe a few days in Paris will fix them, playing against Indiana who plays as fast or faster than anyone else in the league. Yeah, good luck with that.

If this shit continues through the rodeo, Victor may have to come down with a sprained armpit or gluteal stiffness for a few weeks and just hop into the tank. I hate to be that guy but...

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8 minutes ago, hornfan785 said:

Castle is going to compete on the all star duck contest. I can't remember a Spurs player ever participating before.

What? You don't remember Edgar Jones? The Wild Helicopter? He was one of my all time favorite Spurs. He had like four teeth. He would smile and it would look like he was certifiably insane, which was also exactly the way he played. He would try to dunk everything and block everything, consequences be damned. 

 

Or Cadillac Anderson? He was one of my least favorite Spurs. He had maybe the worst hands of anyone who ever wore the black and silver.

 

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Johnny Dawkins, too.

I'll never forget the day Johnny Dawkins got drafted. He wanted to go so badly to the Bulls and play with MJ, and they picked Brad Sellers in the slot directly before the Spurs were up. Right after the Sellers pick, you could see him shake his head and mouth, "Oh shit. San Antonio is next." He knew what was about to go down. Of course, that moutherfucker's career got sideswiped with the freakiest injury ever -- nerve damage after icing down his leg too long that made him lose control of his foot. I still think he was faking it to get the hell out SA. 

 

 

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On 1/20/2025 at 11:50 AM, Mitch Cumsteen said:

1-6 in the last 7, and they've given up 122 (in OT), 114, 121, 129, 140 and 128.

No Sochan really hurts there.

Not sure he is fixing the current shitshow, though. 

Keldon is just fucking horrific on D. DV and Mimosa-ingredient aren't much better. Collins is unplayable he's so bad on that end. CP has chops obviously but is 6 foot nothing and 40 years old. 

I mean without Sochan, Castle is our 2nd best defender and being a rookie he still has his moments. 

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Some of those guys have tools, though. On top of it we aren't coached well right now on either end of the floor. 

The intention this season was not to tank. If that's what it turns into then fine but it has to be the last season. FO needs to show that they give a shit about winning (and they did that in part with the CP and Barnes adds but that isn't enough).

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44 minutes ago, ztejas said:

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Yep, he's got the Tom Herman 1000 yard stare part down pat.

Don't worry we'll soon have a stroked out 75 year old Pop back to run experiments like Sochan PG and lineups that we'll never see again as we "learn what Wemby is comfortable with."  Our defense will improve marginally and we'll fight for that 10th playin spot and wait for those draft picks to pay off.  Sometime around Wemby's 8th or 9th season, barring injury, we'll think about contending again.

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10 minutes ago, Horn of Gabriel said:

Yep, he's got the Tom Herman 1000 yard stare part down pat.

Don't worry we'll soon have a stroked out 75 year old Pop back to run experiments like Sochan PG and lineups that we'll never see again as we "learn what Wemby is comfortable with."  Our defense will improve marginally and we'll fight for that 10th playin spot and wait for those draft picks to pay off.  Sometime around Wemby's 8th or 9th season, barring injury, we'll think about contending again.

This FO needs to die in a fire and Pop needs to retire. This shit is embarassing. 

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Sac can have anyone but Castle as far as I'm concerned. I imagine Vasell and picks gets it done. Unless Houston comes in with a godfather offer, who else is chasing him? Orlando maybe? Fox is an upgrade over Suggs but he seems integral to their core. Unless I'm missing something, the other likely destinations either already have a pg or don't have assets. 

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31 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Sac can have anyone but Castle as far as I'm concerned.

If they trade Sochan I'm lighting myself on fire in front of the Alamodome. 

(Your general take I agree with and I agree that Castle should be untouchable - send them DV if we have to plus picks - optimally I think it's something like Keldon + Collins for salary match + picks)

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14 hours ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Sac can have anyone but Castle as far as I'm concerned. I imagine Vasell and picks gets it done. Unless Houston comes in with a godfather offer, who else is chasing him? Orlando maybe? Fox is an upgrade over Suggs but he seems integral to their core. Unless I'm missing something, the other likely destinations either already have a pg or don't have assets. 

Vassell in his 5th year seems like he won't reach the player Fox is now, and Fox only just turned 27. I'm on board. I've been hoping he would become a true #2 option for Wemby, but fuck 5 years is a long sample size to prove it and he just isn't there. Honestly I wouldn't even be too mad to see Castle go either. The chances he develops into an all-star and/or NBA leader in steals? Can't be that high. I know he has tons of potential, but it's going to take more than that for him to become the #2 that Fox can be for us right now. If they still leave us room to build with our picks, go get him FO. 

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