Why can’t Pop make up his mind?

[playbonner15]

We tanking, or nah

[RC_Drunkford]

We were never tanking and tanking doesn't make sense. I'm cool with a pick around 15-18 should probably be enough to net a nice SF prospect. West is wide open this season. Once you make the playoffs anything is possible

[Kobe'sAchilles]

Inserting White in the starting line up with Forbes has us beasting all of a sudden. He covers up a lot of defensive weaknesses that that starters have and ensure that we are't playing from behind early on. Pop can't do it against every team but against most this is a great line up. Also we go as far as Rudy takes us tbh. When he is healthy and moving we are really good this year.

[RC_Drunkford]

Inserting White in the starting line up with Forbes has us beasting all of a sudden. He covers up a lot of defensive weaknesses that that starters have and ensure that we are't playing from behind early on. Pop can't do it against every team but against most this is a great line up. Also we go as far as Rudy takes us tbh. When he is healthy and moving we are really good this year.

we also lost plenty of games before with that same line up tbh

[XDT76]

we also lost plenty of games before with that same line up tbh

Not really the same then our PF was Cunningham, now it's Gay. Personally I think it's hell lot of differences.

[Kobe'sAchilles]

we also lost plenty of games before with that same line up tbh

I dont think we have lost that many games with this line up tbh. Idk if someone can find the stat but I'm pretty sure we are like 4 and 1

[RC_Drunkford]

Not really the same then our PF was Cunningham, now it's Gay. Personally I think it's hell lot of differences.

you're right, I just looked that up. Only lost by 40 against the T-Wolves with this line up when it was their first game starting together. I guess that's what we should roll with, makes sense.

[Dex]

Nah.

[TDMVPDPOY]

his chasing his own records man like win/loss all time record

and consecutive playoff appearances...

basically he too doesnt know wtf his doing

[TheGreatYacht]

He was never purposely tanking :lmao

Guy just sucks more than he coaches well nowadays.

[r0drig0lac]

We were never tanking and tanking doesn't make sense.

[duncan2k5]

Did this dude just say this is a great lineup? Oh how far the mighty have fallen...

[monty4329]

We were never tanking and tanking doesn't make sense. I'm cool with a pick around 15-18 should probably be enough to net a nice SF prospect. West is wide open this season. Once you make the playoffs anything is possible

Plenty, plenty of talent to draft from pick #15 on.

Draft 2018:
#26: Shamet
# 19: Huerter

Make the playoffs, absolutely: shorter rotation, defense more physical (even this year), thorough game preparation....Except the Warriors, everybody else is beatable.

[Andreas68]

Tanking is cheat!!

[jjktkk]

Its not tanking. It's just integrating several new players into the Spur's system. Doesn't happen overnight.

[TheCerebral1]

When this team settled on only bringing in Cunningham, Belinelli, and eventually Pondexter we all knew that this was a transition year. I assume that Buford is listening on anyone behind closed doors. The playoffs "might" be reachable, but this team is for sure an easy out in the first round.

[cjw]

When this team settled on only bringing in Cunningham, Belinelli, and eventually Pondexter we all knew that this was a transition year. I assume that Buford is listening on anyone behind closed doors. The playoffs "might" be reachable, but this team is for sure an easy out in the first round.

Probably a first round exit, but assuming they avoid the 8 seed (and particularly if they’re 7-6-3-2) this team could make the WCF. Extremely small chance (say 3% or less), but the parity makes it possible.

If things break wrong, they could be 12th-14th in the conference. In what other year has the range of outcomes been anywhere from 2 to 14 in the conference?

[RC_Drunkford]

When this team settled on only bringing in Cunningham, Belinelli, and eventually Pondexter we all knew that this was a transition year. I assume that Buford is listening on anyone behind closed doors. The playoffs "might" be reachable, but this team is for sure an easy out in the first round.

I just wish they would try to develop all the young guys in a transition year instead of playing over the hill vets

[jjktkk]

I just wish they would try to develop all the young guys in a transition year instead of playing over the hill vets
This never was going to be a transaction year. Barring a injury to LA, or DDR, Pop will continue to compete and try and get this current Spur's squad in the playoffs.

[tesseractive]

I just wish they would try to develop all the young guys in a transition year instead of playing over the hill vets
I don't hate that they're making guys earn minutes. White and Forbes are starting now, Bertans gets decent minutes in the rotation, Metu and Walker need D-League reps before they're ready to do anything but get eaten alive.

[duncan2k5]

I don't hate that they're making guys earn minutes. White and Forbes are starting now, Bertans gets decent minutes in the rotation, Metu and Walker need D-League reps before they're ready to do anything but get eaten alive.

Parker didn't earn his minutes... After a couple games he was thrust into the starting lineup as a rookie... That's the difference with old pop and young pop... Young pop didn't have this silly template of not playing young players until some amount of time passed...

[Brazil]

We were never tanking

agree


and tanking doesn't make sense.

disagree

[monty4329]

Parker didn't earn his minutes... After a couple games he was thrust into the starting lineup as a rookie... That's the difference with old pop and young pop... Young pop didn't have this silly template of not playing young players until some amount of time passed...

Parker had an aged Daniels, who was basically on one leg, and Porter who was at that time agile as Gasol now. Pop wasn't happy to give him minutes, but had to. Then he was happy, though.

[playbonner15]

Maybe Pop realized that tanking is now the best option after that Chicago game :lol

[Spurs Homer]

Parker didn't earn his minutes... After a couple games he was thrust into the starting lineup as a rookie... That's the difference with old pop and young pop... Young pop didn't have this silly template of not playing young players until some amount of time passed...

the difference is that parker was running by nba players as if they were standing still

add to that the fact that he was finishing at the rim on 7 footers and it was a no brainer

[playbonner15]

Looks like we're not tanking this season! Let's get that 8th seed!

[skin27]

Looks like we're not tanking this season! Let's get that 8th seed!


We we still have shot at 4th seed tbh

[SpursDynasty85]

A little exciting to see a lottery pick but Spurs have done a fine job finding the pieces they need so far in the draft. Murray, White, Walker... those are some good picks plus we get to see the playoffs every year. Let's keep it going and see two more prospects next year.

[Kobe'sAchilles]

White covers up a lot of defensive mistakes like I said earlier. And Bertans has been actually rebounding the ball. I assume we found a Latvian translator that relayed to him that it isn't bad etiquette here in the US to grab a rebound. Forbes and Marco need to keep hitting shots to justify their bad defense, but we have a pretty good team. Once (if) White gets comfortable and figures out his game offensively, we wil be a hard team to beat in the playoffs.

[offset formation]

Looks like we're not tanking this season! Let's get that 8th seed!

Lol. We have it now.

[r0drig0lac]

We we still have shot at 1st seed tbh

fixed

[MultiTroll]

Props where props are due.
Last 6 games the Poppy Spurs have looked great compared to what they were.

[superbigtime]

some people don't get Pop.