SPURS GAME DAY! GAME 68: SPURS VS. MAGIC, 14-3-2023, 7PM (CT)

[imagump1313]

Here we go.......

I've seen this soo many times before in Detroit.

"HEY!! LETS WIN SOME MEANINGLESS FEEL GOOD GAMES AGAINST CRAPS TEAMS DOWN THE STRETCH!!!!"

"OH THE BOYS ARE GETTING SOO MUCH CONFIDENCE"

"WOAH! HOW COME ARE WE DRAFTING #7 AND NOT #1??"

Team stuck being losers for 10 years

FML and this team.......

[G R E Y]

Here we go.......

I've seen this soo many times before in Detroit.

"HEY!! LETS WIN SOME MEANINGLESS FEEL GOOD GAMES AGAINST CRAPS TEAMS DOWN THE STRETCH!!!!"

OH THE BOYS ARE GETTING SOO MUCH CONFIDENCE"

"WOAH! HOW COME ARE WE DRAFTING #7 AND NOT #1??"

FML and this team.......

I mean, we set a record with 3s made, and would have won even without Doug's five. They're missing layups. Pop put out lineups of Doug, a rookie and three guys we claimed off waivers. There's only so much we can do. We caught fire and it didn't let up.

[G R E Y]

This will make the team 3-7 without Johnson I believe.

A better record without him than with him.

Phreak, you're welcome to contribute, but you're going to have to find other ways to do it besides playing this one note, and out of tune. Keeping on **** on a single player you don't like with the smallest of sample sizes is borderline trolling. Give it a rest.

[G R E Y]

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Welcome back, Sprinkles!

Put on a great show for those three Polish players who traveled to watch him play.

[imagump1313]

Here we go.......

I've seen this soo many times before in Detroit.

"HEY!! LETS WIN SOME MEANINGLESS FEEL GOOD GAMES AGAINST CRAPS TEAMS DOWN THE STRETCH!!!!"

OH THE BOYS ARE GETTING SOO MUCH CONFIDENCE"

"WOAH! HOW COME ARE WE DRAFTING #7 AND NOT #1??"

FML and this team.......

I mean, we set a record with 3s made, and would have won even without Doug's five. They're missing layups. Pop put out lineups of Doug, a rookie and three guys we claimed off waivers. There's only so much we can do. We caught fire and it didn't let up.

It doesn't matter. DO MORE! I dont give a flying you know what about these players "feelings".

WE NEED TO STOP WINNING GAMES!

[G R E Y]

Here we go.......

I've seen this soo many times before in Detroit.

"HEY!! LETS WIN SOME MEANINGLESS FEEL GOOD GAMES AGAINST CRAPS TEAMS DOWN THE STRETCH!!!!"

OH THE BOYS ARE GETTING SOO MUCH CONFIDENCE"

"WOAH! HOW COME ARE WE DRAFTING #7 AND NOT #1??"

FML and this team.......

I mean, we set a record with 3s made, and would have won even without Doug's five. They're missing layups. Pop put out lineups of Doug, a rookie and three guys we claimed off waivers. There's only so much we can do. We caught fire and it didn't let up.

It doesn't matter. I dont give a flying you know what about these players "feelings".

WE NEED TO STOP WINNING GAMES!

But I'm not talking about feelings. I'm talking about those line-ups Pop put out with Doug that STILL kept up our lead. A rookie, three guys off waivers, and Doug. A few times!

Our opponent even had 12 more FGAs. And we still won by 18! All but two Spurs hit a 3. And those two didn't attempt one. So every Spur who attempted a 3 made at least one. Just a rare super efficient night. It didn't matter who we had out there.

[G R E Y]

Oh my goodness, Pop just said he "thinks* Bassey cracked his patella. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF...

Read on Twitter

[G R E Y]

So that's our backup C out for the season, surely. Then we have Mamu, Dieng... ok...

[imagump1313]

I mean, we set a record with 3s made, and would have won even without Doug's five. They're missing layups. Pop put out lineups of Doug, a rookie and three guys we claimed off waivers. There's only so much we can do. We caught fire and it didn't let up.

It doesn't matter. I dont give a flying you know what about these players "feelings".

WE NEED TO STOP WINNING GAMES!

But I'm not talking about feelings. I'm talking about those line-ups Pop put out with Doug that STILL kept up our lead. A rookie, three guys off waivers, and Doug. A few times!

Our opponent even had 12 more FGAs. And we still won by 18! All but two Spurs hit a 3. And those two didn't attempt one. So every Spur who attempted a 3 made at least one. Just a rare super efficient night. It didn't matter who we had out there.

It doesn't help that most of the teams we play are better at losing than we are. We need to get creative.....

We only have a 2.5 game lead on Charlotte now and they aren't going to win another game I bet. That means the worst we can do is 3-11 the rest of the way.

[Phreak50]

We need to get creative...

[Phreak50]

This will make the team 3-7 without Johnson I believe.

A better record without him than with him.

Phreak, you're welcome to contribute, but you're going to have to find other ways to do it besides playing this one note, and out of tune. Keeping on **** on a single player you don't like with the smallest of sample sizes is borderline trolling. Give it a rest.

So you're allowed to post useless stats during games but I'm not?

All of your Sohan and the like stats are as worthless as my KJ stat.

Wiseman is putting up borderline star numbers on one of the worst teams in the league.

Stop posting stats for our guys because you, me and Gump would get 20 on this pathetic team.

[G R E Y]

This will make the team 3-7 without Johnson I believe.

A better record without him than with him.

Phreak, you're welcome to contribute, but you're going to have to find other ways to do it besides playing this one note, and out of tune. Keeping on **** on a single player you don't like with the smallest of sample sizes is borderline trolling. Give it a rest.

So you're allowed to post useless stats during games but I'm not?

All of your Sohan and the like stats are as worthless as my KJ stat.

Wiseman is putting up borderline star numbers on one of the worst teams in the league.

Stop posting stats for our guys because you, me and Gump would get 20 on this pathetic team.

This isn't a 'you're allowed, I'm allowed' debate. Cosider it a fair first step that you now know where the line of good faith posting is.

First, stats I or others post are not useless. Stats posted about a single game acknowledge said game whether good or bad. Stats showing improved play over a period of time also have a place. Saying 'all' stats posted is useless means you used a stat about Keldon - who wasn't even playing - to **** on him. Again.

The comparison to Wiseman does not stand for obvious reasons.

Understand that **** posting about players you dislike continuously and about a team without some semblance of balance of presenting at least an argument for your position constitutes a breach of forum rules. Constant negative posting does as well. So does posting the same type of posts even when presented with counterpoints.

If you are confused about the rules of good faith posting you can review them here:

https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=191&t=1267696

You don't come on here and acknowledge good play. And now when a guy isn't even playing and the team wins you still **** on it.

It's draining, doesn't facilitate constructive discussion, and it has to stop. Your choice.

[G R E Y]

It doesn't matter. I dont give a flying you know what about these players "feelings".

WE NEED TO STOP WINNING GAMES!

But I'm not talking about feelings. I'm talking about those line-ups Pop put out with Doug that STILL kept up our lead. A rookie, three guys off waivers, and Doug. A few times!

Our opponent even had 12 more FGAs. And we still won by 18! All but two Spurs hit a 3. And those two didn't attempt one. So every Spur who attempted a 3 made at least one. Just a rare super efficient night. It didn't matter who we had out there.

It doesn't help that most of the teams we play are better at losing than we are. We need to get creative.....

We only have a 2.5 game lead on Charlotte now and they aren't going to win another game I bet. That means the worst we can do is 3-11 the rest of the way.

Yeah I get it.

I guess I was pointing out that we literally had no other guys to put out there when we went with a bench guy, a rookie, and the end of bench G-League call ups. It doesn't get more deep development than that. Pop went all in. And they STILL outplayed Magic!

That said, I have been checking the schedule. We have one at most two teams that are not in the playoff race left. Hornets have a softer schedule, including Rockets.

We just lost a couple of players to injury again; I doubt Sochan, Keldon, and Devin will play B2Bs (we have three more including tonight's) given they're either returning from injury or playing through pain.

I expect our rotations to reflect these challenges.

[imagump1313]

We just lost a couple of players to injury again; I doubt Sochan, Keldon, and Devin will play B2Bs (we have three more including tonight's) given they're either returning from injury or playing through pain.

I expect our rotations to reflect these challenges.

Honestly, there shouldn't be one player on this team playing through any pain at this point no matter how minor they think it is.

If the team is letting them, someone should be fired. Im not talking about losing games with this, Im talking about playing them in meaningless games. There is no reason for it whatsoever.

I almost had a heart attack when I saw Branham come back into the game the other night I was soo surprised.

[G R E Y]

We just lost a couple of players to injury again; I doubt Sochan, Keldon, and Devin will play B2Bs (we have three more including tonight's) given they're either returning from injury or playing through pain.

I expect our rotations to reflect these challenges.

Honestly, there shouldn't be one player on this team playing through any pain at this point no matter how minor they think it is.

If the team is letting them, someone should be fired. Im not talking about losing games with this, Im talking about playing them in meaningless games. There is no reason for it whatsoever.

I almost had a heart attack when I saw Branham come back into the game the other night I was soo surprised.

Not sure which part you're referring to with Malaki, but he's back tonight after skipping yesterday and whatever it was of the game prior. My sense from interviews with Pop is that the primary decision is with the medical team. Then, based on their interviews, players have a say, sometimes stating that there are regular bumps and bruises (in which case there's a general rest implemented now and again) or they sit out based on medical advice out of an abundance of caution, which is something we've always done. And this season some have accused us of sitting healthy players on social media which Tre responded to and directly contradicted it.

I think we've done very well this season managing the various injuries, tweaks, and roster changes. Look at how Collins has grown and stayed healthy (knock on wood!). Other guys were either outright injured and missed time or had to deal with bigger minutes and roles.

Agree that there's no reason to play anyone that isn't physically ready.

[imagump1313]

We just lost a couple of players to injury again; I doubt Sochan, Keldon, and Devin will play B2Bs (we have three more including tonight's) given they're either returning from injury or playing through pain.

I expect our rotations to reflect these challenges.

Honestly, there shouldn't be one player on this team playing through any pain at this point no matter how minor they think it is.

If the team is letting them, someone should be fired. Im not talking about losing games with this, Im talking about playing them in meaningless games. There is no reason for it whatsoever.

I almost had a heart attack when I saw Branham come back into the game the other night I was soo surprised.

Not sure which part you're referring to with Malaki, but he's back tonight after skipping yesterday and whatever it was of the game prior. My sense from interviews with Pop is that the primary decision is with the medical team. Then, based on their interviews, players have a say, sometimes stating that there are regular bumps and bruises (in which case there's a general rest implemented now and again) or they sit out based on medical advice out of an abundance of caution, which is something we've always done. And this season some have accused us of sitting healthy players on social media which Tre responded to and directly contradicted it.

I think we've done very well this season managing the various injuries, tweaks, and roster changes. Look at how Collins has grown and stayed healthy (knock on wood!). Other guys were either outright injured and missed time or had to deal with bigger minutes and roles.

Agree that there's no reason to play anyone that isn't physically ready.

Agreed we have done soo well up to this point. Thats why I hope we dont ruin it.....

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Posted in wrong thread also