Game 56: Spurs (34-21) at Suns (18-37), Wednesday, Feb 7th, 8:30PM MST

[jredsaz]

How many games in a row can we lose and still be 5th on tankathon?

Seriously! Strong tank year!

[jredsaz]

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Omg he is basically begging to be a Sun!

[Funky Tut]

I think the Spurs G league team could beat us .

[RunDogGun]

Well that was embarrassing. Many things bothered me watching that game. First, can three of the Spurs stop the fake head move to sell any touch foul they may receive? Second, can our guys stop watching their shot from the corners? Third, so many of our players stand behind their defenders, so they are never in the right spot for a rebound or catch a pass.

Ugly game. Hope all the injured players from both teams heal quickly.

[Saberestar]

Embarrassing.

The game was over in 10 minutes. You need to put a decent show, that is not worth any money. Pay to watch this ****?

Every player was terrible....so bad.

[Saberestar]

Aldridge and 4 random guys from the street can win this game for the Spurs tonight.

I see you like our players.

It's what it's.

[RunDogGun]

It was good to see Reed get some minutes on the court, even though he shot poorly. It’s crazy how much he reminds me of Wesley Person. The way he runs and moves, is so similar.

[Revived]

Thanks for the info.

Lol not trying to be a smart ass, just thought I should mention it since you were talking about players they were missing.

Difference tonight is Pop not the players as the Spurs players besides Alridge are all system players who would look worse than the Suns players any place else.

We are missing our best player too. Murray is far better than any PG we have. Green is better than any SG we have our there as is Mills. Kyle Anderson is a good smart player. They are mostly more experienced. Murray doesn't have a lot of experience, but is surrounded by mostly vets, but is still way better than any PG we have. They are playing Gasol, Ginobili, Parker and many vets with tons of experience...championship experience. Not sure what you expect.

I expected a big loss.

We were missing Booker but with the Spurs having to travel and play on the 2nd night of a back to back (like us but we were at home), I didn’t expect a 48 pt loss. Did you?

TJ Warren and Josh Jackson are more talented than Murray, Green and Anderson. Gasol and Parker have both been pretty bad and Spurs fans on SpursTalk kill these guys every single day. Ginobili still got it but he’s like 38 years old.

I expected a loss but not like this.

[Revived]

Also, is it weird that I sort of have a thing for Doris Burke?

You and Drake both

http://amp.timeinc.net/time/4575157/drake-doris-burke

[gaspar]

Lol not trying to be a smart ass, just thought I should mention it since you were talking about players they were missing.

Difference tonight is Pop not the players as the Spurs players besides Alridge are all system players who would look worse than the Suns players any place else.

We are missing our best player too. Murray is far better than any PG we have. Green is better than any SG we have our there as is Mills. Kyle Anderson is a good smart player. They are mostly more experienced. Murray doesn't have a lot of experience, but is surrounded by mostly vets, but is still way better than any PG we have. They are playing Gasol, Ginobili, Parker and many vets with tons of experience...championship experience. Not sure what you expect.

I expected a big loss.

We were missing Booker but with the Spurs having to travel and play on the 2nd night of a back to back (like us but we were at home), I didn’t expect a 48 pt loss. Did you?

TJ Warren and Josh Jackson are more talented than Murray, Green and Anderson. Gasol and Parker have both been pretty bad and Spurs fans on SpursTalk kill these guys every single day. Ginobili still got it but he’s like 38 years old.

I expected a loss but not like this.

The Spurs weren't on a back-to-back. They didn't play since Saturday. The Suns did't play at home yesterday. Our game finished late last night, on the road. We started a bunch of 20-year-olds. We played 8 1st or 2nd year players. We have 3 starting caliber players on the roster and 2 of them were out tonight. Our only healthy PG (who is pretty bad himself) got injured early in the game and we had play a rookie on a 10-day contract for 30+ minutes and with no PG at all for some stretches.

What did you expect?

[thamadkant]

If anyone still thinks the sun's are actually coached properly... Well here's the result.


Players are STILL improvising and others watching
In the 1st quarter when Josh and Danuel clashed because they don't know who will move where... That was a sign of a team that is playing ad hoc.



Players taking turns on driving, shooting... And the only play making around is basic perimeter passing..



Triano is not the long term coach... Suns need a coach that will teach these youngsters x and o while young.

[Saberestar]

We are missing our best player too. Murray is far better than any PG we have. Green is better than any SG we have our there as is Mills. Kyle Anderson is a good smart player. They are mostly more experienced. Murray doesn't have a lot of experience, but is surrounded by mostly vets, but is still way better than any PG we have. They are playing Gasol, Ginobili, Parker and many vets with tons of experience...championship experience. Not sure what you expect.

I expected a big loss.

We were missing Booker but with the Spurs having to travel and play on the 2nd night of a back to back (like us but we were at home), I didn’t expect a 48 pt loss. Did you?

TJ Warren and Josh Jackson are more talented than Murray, Green and Anderson. Gasol and Parker have both been pretty bad and Spurs fans on SpursTalk kill these guys every single day. Ginobili still got it but he’s like 38 years old.

I expected a loss but not like this.

The Spurs weren't on a back-to-back. They didn't play since Saturday. The Suns did't play at home yesterday. Our game finished late last night, on the road. We started a bunch of 20-year-olds. We played 8 1st or 2nd year players. We have 3 starting caliber players on the roster and 2 of them were out tonight. Our only healthy PG (who is pretty bad himself) got injured early in the game and we had play a rookie on a 10-day contract for 30+ minutes and with no PG at all for some stretches.

What did you expect?

Excuses, excuses and more excuses...

You never expect to lose at home for 48 points. Period.

It is a tough pill to swallow, but McDonough is not putting a good team on the court, and I do not think this team is gonna improve suddenly if we do not make adjustments.

You stay pat if you watch constant improvements and a bright future, but that is not the case.
And every team has injuries, we are not special in that regard.

McDonough is waiting for....I do not know for what. He does not add talent to this roster with a lot of assets available.

We are gonna add a Top 5 pick, and that is OK and I am happy about it, but it is really hard to think that only a rookie is gonna change EVERYTHING for this team. Good FAs do not want to play for rebuilding teams.

I would love to be more positive about it, but this is how I feel about it.

Hopefully we make some move, even an small one, before the deadline to show us that WE ARE TRYING to improve our team for now and for the future.

[thamadkant]

Popovic yells at his 16 year veteran player when HE MAKES a dumb mistake. Absolutely no biased.. He will make you regret making a stupid mistake... So you learn.



That's what the Suns need. I just want a coach to yank Chriss out and tell him to shut the hell up and sit on the bench until he learns not to do dumb sht again.

Everyone... Even Booker, Jackson, Warren... Heck even Chandler and Dudley. I want the coach telling them to learn or sit down and scold them so they are afraid to make the same mistakes.


Too many nice guy coaches that these young millionaires don't respect.... Not good.

[Revived]

We are missing our best player too. Murray is far better than any PG we have. Green is better than any SG we have our there as is Mills. Kyle Anderson is a good smart player. They are mostly more experienced. Murray doesn't have a lot of experience, but is surrounded by mostly vets, but is still way better than any PG we have. They are playing Gasol, Ginobili, Parker and many vets with tons of experience...championship experience. Not sure what you expect.

I expected a big loss.

We were missing Booker but with the Spurs having to travel and play on the 2nd night of a back to back (like us but we were at home), I didn’t expect a 48 pt loss. Did you?

TJ Warren and Josh Jackson are more talented than Murray, Green and Anderson. Gasol and Parker have both been pretty bad and Spurs fans on SpursTalk kill these guys every single day. Ginobili still got it but he’s like 38 years old.

I expected a loss but not like this.

The Spurs weren't on a back-to-back. They didn't play since Saturday. The Suns did't play at home yesterday. Our game finished late last night, on the road. We started a bunch of 20-year-olds. We played 8 1st or 2nd year players. We have 3 starting caliber players on the roster and 2 of them were out tonight. Our only healthy PG (who is pretty bad himself) got injured early in the game and we had play a rookie on a 10-day contract for 30+ minutes and with no PG at all for some stretches.

What did you expect?

A loss but not a 48 pt loss. You expected that?

I don't think any professional basketball team should get beat that bad. I get losing by that much in grade school or high school or even college but not in the professional league when your getting paid to show up and perform.

We could play the Warriors having them on our schedule for our 3rd game in 4 nights and the Warriors had the whole week off and we could even be playing AT ORACLE, and no, I still would not expect a 48 pt loss neither should anyone else.

10 pt loss sure, 20 pt loss fine but 48??!!

Even in a tanking season, us fans should not be content with 48 pt beatdowns and "expect" that. It doesn't send the right message to the awful ownership this franchise has to get it turned around.

[hollywood6964]

We were missing Booker but with the Spurs having to travel and play on the 2nd night of a back to back (like us but we were at home), I didn’t expect a 48 pt loss. Did you?

TJ Warren and Josh Jackson are more talented than Murray, Green and Anderson. Gasol and Parker have both been pretty bad and Spurs fans on SpursTalk kill these guys every single day. Ginobili still got it but he’s like 38 years old.

I expected a loss but not like this.

The Spurs weren't on a back-to-back. They didn't play since Saturday. The Suns did't play at home yesterday. Our game finished late last night, on the road. We started a bunch of 20-year-olds. We played 8 1st or 2nd year players. We have 3 starting caliber players on the roster and 2 of them were out tonight. Our only healthy PG (who is pretty bad himself) got injured early in the game and we had play a rookie on a 10-day contract for 30+ minutes and with no PG at all for some stretches.

What did you expect?

Excuses, excuses and more excuses...

You never expect to lose at home for 48 points. Period.

It is a tough pill to swallow, but McDonough is not putting a good team on the court, and I do not think this team is gonna improve suddenly if we do not make adjustments.

You stay pat if you watch constant improvements and a bright future, but that is not the case.
And every team has injuries, we are not special in that regard.

McDonough is waiting for....I do not know for what. He does not add talent to this roster with a lot of assets available.

We are gonna add a Top 5 pick, and that is OK and I am happy about it, but it is really hard to think that only a rookie is gonna change EVERYTHING for this team. Good FAs do not want to play for rebuilding teams.

I would love to be more positive about it, but this is how I feel about it.

Hopefully we make some move, even an small one, before the deadline to show us that WE ARE TRYING to improve our team for now and for the future.

I agree this organization is a joke n has been for the better part of the last decade, but nows not the time to make moves that will win games this year.

We need to ride it out n get our top 5, maybe even top 3, n see how the cards lay out. This summer is the time to make moves, unless something to good to pass up falls into your lap at the last second today.

Outside of that, the unfortunate business of watching this crap every other night is what we got to hold is over til next season. Hopefully we make some splashes one way or the other n there's some buzz of anticipation.

[thamadkant]

A hard azz coach would do wonders to this team.

Make them discipline.

Really really hate the ad hoc offense.

[oddity]

I am simply stunned. That was quite possibly the worst display of basketball I've seen from a team in years. Absolute stagnancy on offense; there was not an ounce of playmaking that entire game outside of an inefficient night from JJ. It was perhaps even worse on the defensive end, where I saw zero effort past the first 5 minutes of the game. Honestly, I've never been more ashamed to be a Suns fan, and I've lost all patience with the team, and perhaps even the NBA in general.
**** this.

[handsome salary]

Another showcase game from what is now a bottom of the barrel organization.

Why should any player give one **** about playing for the Suns other than a paycheck? They know management wants them to lose. Not even the all star break and all the talk is how of a draft pick can they get.
If they don't like it and really want to be competitive they can complain and get traded to a an organization giving a damn.

[bigfoot]

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Omg he is basically begging to be a Sun!

[bigfoot]

We were missing Booker but with the Spurs having to travel and play on the 2nd night of a back to back (like us but we were at home), I didn’t expect a 48 pt loss. Did you?

TJ Warren and Josh Jackson are more talented than Murray, Green and Anderson. Gasol and Parker have both been pretty bad and Spurs fans on SpursTalk kill these guys every single day. Ginobili still got it but he’s like 38 years old.

I expected a loss but not like this.

The Spurs weren't on a back-to-back. They didn't play since Saturday. The Suns did't play at home yesterday. Our game finished late last night, on the road. We started a bunch of 20-year-olds. We played 8 1st or 2nd year players. We have 3 starting caliber players on the roster and 2 of them were out tonight. Our only healthy PG (who is pretty bad himself) got injured early in the game and we had play a rookie on a 10-day contract for 30+ minutes and with no PG at all for some stretches.

What did you expect?

A loss but not a 48 pt loss. You expected that?

I don't think any professional basketball team should get beat that bad. I get losing by that much in grade school or high school or even college but not in the professional league when your getting paid to show up and perform.

We could play the Warriors having them on our schedule for our 3rd game in 4 nights and the Warriors had the whole week off and we could even be playing AT ORACLE, and no, I still would not expect a 48 pt loss neither should anyone else.

10 pt loss sure, 20 pt loss fine but 48??!!

Even in a tanking season, us fans should not be content with 48 pt beatdowns and "expect" that. It doesn't send the right message to the awful ownership this franchise has to get it turned around.

Agree ... last year we watched them sit Chandler and Bledsoe. They played Warren, Ulis, Williams, Booker, Chriss, DJJ, and Bender a lot of minutes with just Duds. Never had a loss like this and competed against some good teams.