San Antonio Spurs '23-'24: Hoops, Hype, Hair Dye

[Kermit 3126]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Quick little nooner today in Cleveland.

Maybe we can just have Cedi find a Cavs jersey and walk back to their locker room after the game and no one will notice. 

They’re interviewing your boy on Bally. He said thanks for the support.

[ztejas 43190]

10 minutes ago, Kermit said:

They’re interviewing your boy on Bally. He said thanks for the support.

From a hater perspective I'm kind of like his muse.

[Kermit 3126]

Fucking Devin Vassell. I love this dude. Just keep feeding him.

[Kermit 3126]

Also, Barlow? That kid is playing his ass off the last few games where he’s getting minutes. 

[ztejas 43190]

We give a ridiculous amount of minutes to guys that are barely NBA players. We're like a fuciing make-a-wish NBA franchise. And we give guys that should be playing spot minutes at best serious playtime. If the FO is serious about winning then close to half of this roster needs to be turned over going into next season. 

Blake Wesley, for his career, is 61 of 186 from 2 and 32 of 57 from the line. I mean at some point you have to pull the plug. Lord knows Branham has straddled that line all season himself - despite him showing some more flashes at least. 

Edited January 7 by ztejas

[Kermit 3126]

12 minutes ago, ztejas said:

We give a ridiculous amount of minutes to guys that are barely NBA players. We're like a fuciing make-a-wish NBA franchise. And we give guys that should be playing spot minutes at best serious playtime. If the FO is serious about winning then close to half of this roster needs to be turned over going into next season. 

Blake Wesley, for his career, is 61 of 186 from 2 and 32 of 57 from the line. I mean at some point you have to pull the plug. Lord knows Branham has straddled that line all season himself - despite him showing some more flashes at least. 

I would much rather have Wesley out there than Branham. The last thing I want is that dude taking shots away from Vic and Dev. And Blake and actually play defense. 

[ztejas 43190]

Holy fuck why is Barlow standing outside the 3 point line on offense? Two possessions in a row. Get your big ass in the paint, dude.

6 minutes ago, Kermit said:

I would much rather have Wesley out there than Branham. The last thing I want is that dude taking shots away from Vic and Dev. And Blake and actually play defense. 

I don't really care either way. They're both terrible NBA players. Which is the point I was making. 

[kingkoopa6 8300]

GSG

[ztejas 43190]

Total clownshow from the refs today. 

[ztejas 43190]

Cedi didn't make it but I thought the early shot clock pull up 3 he attempted was honestly exactly the type of shot we need in a tight game in the 4Q. We can't have Wemby accidentally taking too many field goals.

[Kermit 3126]

Domination from the dastardly duo of Levert and Merrill.

[Kermit 3126]

Malaki Branham fucking sucks and is the worst Spurs player I’ve ever had the misfortune of watching. He’s fucking stupid, doesn’t play hard, can’t shoot, can’t defend, can’t pass. He fucking sucks so bad and I will celebrate the day the Spurs cut him.

[ztejas 43190]

Malaki Branham:

2 points 💯

1/5 FGA 🔥 

0/3 3PA 🏹 

1 REB 😤

2 AST 🪄 

1 TO 🥶

0 STL 😈

-20 🤩

Edited January 7 by ztejas

[ztejas 43190]

1 minute ago, Kermit said:

Malaki Branham fucking sucks and is the worst Spurs player I’ve ever had the misfortune of watching. He’s fucking stupid, doesn’t play hard, can’t shoot, can’t defend, can’t pass. He fucking sucks so bad and I will celebrate the day the Spurs cut him.

He makes Cedi look like Dan Majerle.

[Kermit 3126]

Vic getting abused by Allen, taking stupid shots on offense. His teammates aren’t helping matters by missing him wide open in the paint.

[Kermit 3126]

And just like that, it’s a six point game. Goddamn rollercoaster games. 

[Kermit 3126]

Shoot the goddamn ball Victor. Jesus Christ, man. Stop fucking deferring. 

[Kermit 3126]

These losses are straight nut shots.

[TexEx15 17402]

 

[Mitch Cumsteen 18502]

the bonkers part of that post for those who don’t want to click:

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Amazingly, five of those lines have come in 26 minutes or fewer

That is, believe it or not, the most games of 20+ PTS and 4+ BLK in 26 minutes or fewer in NBA history for a CAREER

Wemby has played 31 games 

 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3319]

It is amazing that we are on pace for less wins than last year lol. We need to gut this roster and get a new coach who cares about winning. 

[Mitch Cumsteen 18502]

Looking toward the future a bit... the Ja Morant injury might be a good thing for the Spurs depending on the lottery gods. Spurs get Toronto's FRP this year if it's outside of the top 6.

Memphis will now join Detroit, SA, Charlotte, Washington, and Portland in the tankathon while Toronto still appears to be trying to win. That puts the Raptors solidly at 7 where the odds start to skew toward the pick going to the Spurs (ping pong balls willing). You can argue about how valuable that pick is in this particular draft, but there's a decent chance that this pick wouldn't convey otherwise. Bird in the hand, so to speak.

[closetohumping 17354]

Jared Allen don’t care

[Mitch Cumsteen 18502]

40 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Jared Allen don’t care

I don't think Wemby is as bothered about it as you are.

 

[closetohumping 17354]

1 minute ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

I don't think Wemby is as bothered about it as you are.

 

Come on. Allen’s block was 10x better than that goaltend

[ztejas 43190]

Jared Allen played for the Vikings.

And Sochan cleaned that up pretty quickly.

JA was great the other night, though.

[ztejas 43190]

1 hour ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Looking toward the future a bit... the Ja Morant injury might be a good thing for the Spurs depending on the lottery gods. Spurs get Toronto's FRP this year if it's outside of the top 6.

Memphis will now join Detroit, SA, Charlotte, Washington, and Portland in the tankathon while Toronto still appears to be trying to win. That puts the Raptors solidly at 7 where the odds start to skew toward the pick going to the Spurs (ping pong balls willing). You can argue about how valuable that pick is in this particular draft, but there's a decent chance that this pick wouldn't convey otherwise. Bird in the hand, so to speak.

TOR was already a couple games above MEM for 7th worst record. They could potentially ship Siakam and say fuck it this season but even then, Memphis had been awful without Ja. 

I like the odds of that pick conveying.

[BurdineBandit 805]

Rumos of Spurs' interest in DJM coming back? I'm surprised at how much I wouldn't mind it, as long as we're giving up less than we got for him. I don't think we'll match other teams' interest, but I imagine Atlanta has to be feeling a rebound and might need picks. 

[chainsaw 9810]

7 minutes ago, BurdineBandit said:

Rumos of Spurs' interest in DJM coming back? I'm surprised at how much I wouldn't mind it, as long as we're giving up less than we got for him. I don't think we'll match other teams' interest, but I imagine Atlanta has to be feeling a rebound and might need picks. 

Unreal to think of him as a "veteran" but on this Spurs team he would be.

[ztejas 43190]

Oh man I'd take him in a fucking heartbeat. He can both run offense and play defense something that literally no one on our current team is even remotely capable of. I mean Tre Jones is the closest thing and he's undersized and can't shoot. 

[kingkoopa6 8300]

Count me in as a hell yes. 
 

bring back white too. And patty and Danny 

[Kermit 3126]

I love Dejounte, but there ain’t no way the Hawks are getting fleeced twice.

[Fastbreak 3935]

Toronto is going to push for a play-in spot. The OG trade made them better. I could see them shipping Siakim to somewhere like GS and improving still (Wigs, Kum, Moody). I dint think we need to worry about that pick conveying.

[Kermit 3126]

6 hours ago, Fastbreak said:

Toronto is going to push for a play-in spot. The OG trade made them better. I could see them shipping Siakim to somewhere like GS and improving still (Wigs, Kum, Moody). I dint think we need to worry about that pick conveying.

 

Their coach legit scares me. Nothing more terrifying than an angry Serbian. Maybe a positive pregnancy test. 

[ztejas 43190]

Holy fuck the Pistons are bad.

[hornfan785 549]

Pistons are bad, but I'm not marking this down as a win just yet. The Spurs could always have another 3rd quarter collapse.

[ztejas 43190]

Wemby with 14/11/6 in 13 mins....

[Pam Cummings 9530]

Victor has great vision, awesome passing tonight

[ztejas 43190]

Wemby with his first trip dub. He's abusing this shitty Pistons team like he's 2018 LeBron. I've never seen a 19 year old so easily fuck up a team's defensive gameplan. And he was like 6/16 shooting. 

[Mitch Cumsteen 18502]

The twenty one minute triple double. Too bad they only get Detroit twice per season. 

[gofuckyourself 8099]

So, based on goat coach retirement trends...

Pop announces tomorrow?

[ztejas 43190]

10 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said:

So, based on goat coach retirement trends...

Pop announces tomorrow?

[ztejas 43190]

I just realized we drafted Branham one spot ahead of Christain Braun and two spots ahead of Walker Kessler. 

[Kermit 3126]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

I just realized we drafted Branham one spot ahead of Christain Braun and two spots ahead of Walker Kessler. 

Don’t look at the Primo and Luka drafts. 

[Michael Knight 12852]

3 hours ago, Kermit said:

Don’t look at the Primo and Luka drafts. 

I mean we drafted Devin Vassell one spot ahead of Tyrese Haliburton

[ztejas 43190]

45 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

I mean we drafted Devin Vassell one spot ahead of Tyrese Haliburton

That isn't terrible though. DV is a good player and not the worst guy that went before Hali.

[Kermit 3126]

53 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

I mean we drafted Devin Vassell one spot ahead of Tyrese Haliburton

We had White and Murray on the team, but you are still correct. Very, very correct. And I love Devin Vassell. 

[Kermit 3126]

I’m just floating this based off a fucking tweet (Matt Moore) but would you guys be cool trading for Trae Young?

[Braff Zacklin 13361]

As if the defense isn't bad enough already ...

[Mitch Cumsteen 18502]

25 minutes ago, Kermit said:

I’m just floating this based off a fucking tweet (Matt Moore) but would you guys be cool trading for Trae Young?

Jesus god holy fuck no. I saw something about it too and had a visceral reaction. The last thing Wemby needs is a ball dominant heliocentric chucker taking low percentage shots early in the clock all the while playing zero defense. And he’s a bad entitled guy, too, who plays losing basketball. Complete anti-spur on every level.

I would rather Sochan run point than have that bitchass with his shitty lettuce and worlds most punchable face on my squad.  Why don’t you just go after Chris Paul or get Karl Malone out of retirement while you’re at it?