November 26Nov 26 Author Harper has been upgraded to questionable for tonight. Good sign. He can't get back soon enough. Same with Wemby and Castle. They could really use a W tonight. Not very optimistic about the next two at Denver and at Minnesota. They need to get at least one W on this roadie and it's also a cup game.
November 26Nov 26 1 hour ago, Mitch Cumsteen said: Harper has been upgraded to questionable for tonight. Good sign. He can't get back soon enough. Same with Wemby and Castle. They could really use a W tonight. Not very optimistic about the next two at Denver and at Minnesota. They need to get at least one W on this roadie and it's also a cup game. Mitch has to work on his halftime adjustments, anticipating the other coach's halftime adjustments, and accounting for what the other team is going to do going into the third quarter. The team is always terrible in every aspect of the game for most of the third quarter. Too many times the Spurs are completely lacking an identity or even a discernible plan of action on offense, which is when you see Dev or others chucking bad shots and making unnecessarily risky passes. Turnovers and Effective Turnovers (shots so bad you might as well just hand the ball to the other team) are what swing the momentum so quickly against the Spurs, which means that on defense you're spending too much time defending fastbreaks (even harder to do without Castle) and even when there isn't a fast break the Spurs are overhelping so much that the opponent is basically guaranteed to find wide open perimeter shots. This is why, even in a league where a 15-point lead is the new 10-point lead, when it comes to the Spurs it truly feels like no lead is ever safe. They could be up 25 points at halftime, and it's still possible for the game to go down to the wire. There are several wins where the game was much closer than the final score would indicate, because the Spurs didn't really put them away until about two minutes left, after multiple lead changes, the Spurs go on like a 9-0 or 11-0 run or something like that. Some of these things will be easier to deal with when Wemby, Harper, and Castle are back, but it will be very evident against elite opponents even if the Spurs are at full strength. This is something Mitch needs to improve, and after seeing many games this season I don't think it can be fixed by experimenting with rotations alone.
November 27Nov 27 I'm glad that we listed Harrison Ingram as a game-time-decision. Game time decision? It's a decision whether he gets any minutes every game.
November 27Nov 27 Jeremy Sochan is legitimately terrified of the basketball on offense. Dude is a shittier Ben Simmons.
November 27Nov 27 Watching Fox shoot threes I’m of the opinion that he’s not a horrible shooter, he’s just takes the shittiest quality shots. Horrible shot selection. When he’s open, dude is aces.
November 27Nov 27 4 minutes ago, hornfan785 said: Somebody please stop Avdija. Watching Keldon try to guard him reminded me of my high school days when I had to guard some prodigy from Roosevelt. Same result, probably with fewer “bitchass motherfuckers”.
November 27Nov 27 Author 4 minutes ago, hornfan785 said: Somebody please stop Avdija. He’s on fire. Fox is having a nice game as well. They don’t have have anybody who can stay in front of him.
November 27Nov 27 Author This is why Fox got a max contract. He’s basically won this game single-handedly.
November 27Nov 27 Goddamn, Dylan Harper can play. This was definitely Fox’s night, but that kid was the best defensive player when he was on the court, ran the offense to perfection when he had the ball, forced some shots (whatever, he’s rusty). Can’t believe they lucked into him again.
November 29Nov 29 Trying to monitor this game during breaks in Texas vs aggy. It's not on Fanduel or ESPN. What the fuck
November 29Nov 29 Uh, last time I looked the Spurs were only down 3. Now they're down 15 at the half? Jesus...
November 29Nov 29 41 minutes ago, hornfan785 said: Uh, last time I looked the Spurs were only down 3. Now they're down 15 at the half? Jesus... Jokic good.
November 29Nov 29 I can't watch with that court, holy shit. Pepto bismol? Edited November 29Nov 29 by miguelito Ducking autocorrect
November 29Nov 29 1 hour ago, hornfan785 said: Julian with 3 straight double-double games. Julian Cham-Wemby
November 29Nov 29 Vassell finally won a game for us. Good for him. And Champagnie continues to have a really nice season. Denver is in a rough spot with Braun and Gordon out. They kind of sold out to get that Houston win and got beat by the Kings the next night. Still a very nice W for the Spurs - we are back to T3 in the West now - 1 game behind that fraudulent Lakers record.
November 29Nov 29 Author 2 hours ago, ztejas said: Denver is in a rough spot with Braun and Gordon out. They kind of sold out to get that Houston win and got beat by the Kings the next night. I can’t really feel too sorry for I them when the Spurs are missing Wemby and Castle plus Denver was at home and hadn’t played since Monday.
November 29Nov 29 1 minute ago, Mitch Cumsteen said: I can’t really feel too sorry for I them when the Spurs are missing Wemby and Castle plus Denver was at home and hadn’t played since Monday. Of course. Just saying they may slip in the standings a bit until they get some starters back. Nice to catch that game with them undermanned while Wemby is out.
November 29Nov 29 Great win, Denver has kinda played a weak schedule, but they should still be top flight contenders. Really pleased considering it was without Wemby/Castle. Edited November 29Nov 29 by Pam Cummings
November 30Nov 30 Author 24 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said: take it easy on us tonight please, thanks Dude, we’re without Wemby and Castle, Harper is on minutes restriction, and this is still a young team that is coming off its best win in a few years. I expect a bit of a letdown tbh. Vassell had the best game of his career in Denver so I expect his chucking to be at an all time high and go 2-14 from three. He’s probably going to put up a Valentines Day stat line tonight.
November 30Nov 30 Harper is the real deal hollyfield His handles, patience, vision, finishing. Was nice to see Bryant get minutes and hit a corner 3 as well.
December 1Dec 1 All y'all need to keep talking shit about Devin. Dude is in the zone these last couple.
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