I went last night. I was having a fit every time they closed out on Cidy Sissoko. Did they not have a scouting report on him after watching him lay bricks every day for two and a half years? Also, Iām not sure why Blake Wesley got a tribute video and Sidy didnāt. Actually Iām clueless why Wesley got a tribute video at all and shocked that they had enough clips to make one. Hopefully when Sochan comes bank to visit playing for another team the tribute video will be of him riding the exercise bike in the tunnel because he spent a lot of time on that sumbitch last night. We can dissect whatever part of the game you want, but the truth about this team is the same as it was before the season: it doesnāt have enough guys who can knock down an open three. They were out scored by 27 from three last night. They were out scored from three by 27 against Utah when they lost and by 18 when they lost to Cleveland. Itās not a mystery although it would help if they defended the three a lot better too. Barnes is in a massive slump. Vassell is out and even when heās in, heās streaky as hell. Vic is out. They needed Champagnie to have the game of his life to beat the Knicks. Fox has been better from three than advertised but still⦠You canāt be this incompetent from three in todayās NBA and expect to win.
Anybody else have the spurs down for having the second best record in the entire league after New Years with Wemby missing 12 games and on a minutes restriction in about 10 more?
I'd love to have Coleman, but it feels like we lose most of these very public portal battles. The WR from Pitt who went to USC, the end from TCU who went to OU, etc. We've done the most damage with guys who we blatantly poach seem to appear in the portal out of the blue and immediately sign.
He won't be eligible for it if he doesn't play 65 games this year (which is a virtual lock) or next year before the extension kicks in. The most they can pay him is 25% of the cap if that happens. The last thing I'm rooting for is him to get hurt and there's a zero percent chance the Spurs try to fuck with him... but they are rightfully being extremely careful and likely overcautious with any sort of injury that he gets. And I don't think he really cares. He's playing the long game.
Easiest one ever. Fuck Betty Boop -- I mean, "boop" is right there in the name. Marry Blondie as the prototypical housewife wife plus you get to inherit Dagwood's fortune. And kill Nancy Drew so that bitch can't solve her own murder.
Also likely the nail for him getting the supermax extension. I don't really have a problem with it as long as he's healthy for the playoffs. Of course, he would have to play fewer than 65 games next year too, but there's a pretty big difference between 25% and 30% of the cap as it relates to building out the rest of the roster.
Back in the day I had a friend in the gym business who gave me one of their treadmills that was getting replaced with a newer model. I didn't want it but my wife insisted, "Oh, I'm going to use it every day, I promise." In our prior house, there was this narrow as hell stairway that led up to a small room that had been converted from the attic. That was really the only place for it. That sumbitch was so heavy it took 4 adult males to haul it up there. She didn't use it once. Not fucking once. Yeah... fuck treadmills.
Cleveland now healthy is one of the best teams in the league but you just arenāt going to win games in the NBA today shooting as poorly from three as the spurs have the past two games. Itās not like they had bad looks.
Best win of the session followed by its worst loss. Not having Fox to settle things down when things went sideways didnāt help but youāre going to lose every time you shoot 23% from three and Utah hits 46%. I suppose this is a teachable moment for a young team but thatās a bad team playing on the road in a back to back while youāve a day off. Woof.
I think if we get the opportunity to send Sochan in, the message is that itās fucking garbage time and youāre officially our bitch.
This is also so much better than watching Tre Jones and Zach Collins.
Itās one extra hour and a short flight. Itās not like they flew from Portland to Miami or even across one time zone. Plus they rested Holmgren, Hartenstein and Caruso against Memphis. SGA played big minutes but it really didnāt seem to hurt his production last night.
What I think is weird is that theyāve seemingly played worse since Williams came back. Maybe itās just the schedule got more difficult or maybe something else?
Dillon Brooks is one of my most hated players in the league but losing him makes a big difference in chemistry and attitude. I never thought Iād say anything good about that dude, but say what you will, he does set a tone.