Pounding The Rock

Spurs 10-7, Lakers 10-7, Celtics 5-9. Times are changing =/

Kevin21 - January 21, 2012 reply

True

Ayatollah - January 21, 2012 reply

2-0 in most game thread comments! I AM A MAGNIFICENT WANKER!

Josh Guyer (completely deck) - January 21, 2012 reply

this is disturbing i think

Didn’t we lose both of those games?

DrumsInTheDeep - January 21, 2012 reply

we were great in whatever other one I was in

My thoughts exactly

no we definitely won whatever other game I was in. It was whatever game Green, Leonard, and Splitter were all eerily awesome

I require proof.

look back to the Portland thread, my drunken Sunkist state makes me incapable of doing this

Can’t believe that you don’t give yourself a commemorative plaque for every gamethread comment battle you win!

did you not see my picture? I do an “I WIN” picture each time

I’m not disagreeing, I’m just saying that I considered you guilty before seeing any evidence.

Kaizer has most comments = Spurs lose. Until proven otherwise.

you’re not doing your proper investigation prosecutor, I hire Josh Guyer as my lawyer!

You’re NOT getting a court appointed atty.

It’s not happening.

then I choose:

I just noticed your new sig. Very funny.

haha I had to after that

And that happened the night of the Portland game, in the QuickCap.

And you DID have the most comments that night, which was a win.

So you’re exonerated!

T. Splitter(notes) 31:33 11-13 0-0 3-5 +9 2 10 4 2 1 0 1 3 25

only 13 shots for Tiago

That’s effectiveness.

i’m beginning to rethink my half time comment – he should simply start. fuck bonner, fuck blair.

I’m telling you he is the best Spur’s big

i wouldn’t go that far – i think duncan can still turn out sublime performances. but timmeh can also have bad nights, and on those nights splitter should see more burn.

He should see more minutes either way, reducing Blair’s and Bonner’s.

I’ll agree with that.

yep, most definitely.

That is going to happen.

I agree

Splitter with Bonner is the best 2 man big unit they have if Duncan isn’t playing.

Holy crap , he had his best game ever. Too bad we got flummoxed by the hated rockets, yet again.

Now I’m worried about the Rodeo Trip.

Manu should be back right?

That’s the problem, I think he won’t.

TJ back sooner, right?

i luv this site - January 22, 2012 reply

hoping at least one of them returns in predicted time because really hurting on the backup PG duties.

You don’t think he’ll be back for the RRT, or won’t be back at all?

For the RRT.

Hmmm. Possibly not.

please, don’t even joke of such things

I don’t care when he comes back, as long as he returns to form before the end of the season, and we make the postseason.

I mean don’t even mention him not returning at all. On such a day we’ll cry out, “save us”, and he’ll whisper, “no.”

Don’t you remember that Tony’s Rorschach?

The story, and the quote.

Ayatollah - January 21, 2012 reply

nice

Hopefully Pop will make a special practice tomorrow where all our guards do is practice entry passes to Tiago.

MiniMegaMoose - January 21, 2012 via mobile reply

now THIS is a brilliant idea.

+1

Turn it green, £ers!

Well, guys, it was close. We’ll start winning again soon. Good night!

LatinD - January 21, 2012 reply

Nighty night wanker

Good night LD!

Ayatollah - January 21, 2012 reply

later D

If Spurs shooters can regain their touch, they should be fine. Their defense has shown promise…

No comics and we still lost? Curse broken!

don’t say that!

I curse the curse and/or the dismissal of said curse…

JUST TO CLEAR THINGS UP, I WAS IN THE PORTLAND GAME THREAD WHICH WE WON SO HA! I’M NOT BAD LUCK!

That was then. This is now. ;)

your wink is disarmingly disarming

alarmingly so!

After beating us, Grizz moped the floor with the Kings.

ergo, we’ll lose by 40 to the grizz. or win by 40. its that sort of season.

we will neither win nor lose by 40 in this season. this is my prediction. we may win or lose by 4.

Later, guys. Karl Pilkington is calling.

DrumsInTheDeep - January 21, 2012 reply

So, what did I miss?

I won the comments, the Spurs lost the game

Congrats, you win the “Rear-end award”.

the irony that I presented that to someone in a thread

same old spurs…unfortunately.

Denver-NY in 2nd OT

NY is turrible

go NY

dallas-new orleans is a 3 point game….

its over MAVs win

I expect even the younger guys are getting tired legs with so many games crowded in and with no rest the defense drops and their shot don’t. I’d think it would really help to be using Anderson and even Malcolm some.

surely pop can see this. if guys are getting tired, play deeper into the bench. anderson isn’t going to get back on track without court time.

Pop sees how good Tiago is and his decision is to play him less. SMH.

UI was hoping that with Blair’s foul trouble we might see malcolm, but we did not. Anderson should get time, but who knows.

FREE ANDERSON

This!

FIRE POP!

HIRE TRESSEL!

Josh Guyer (completely deck) - January 21, 2012 reply

We need to suck even moar..? I is kornfused.

Trade’em!

Mavs, Spurs, Lakers, all 10-7

and Rockets

sorry rockets are 9-7

yep

but they have Kevin Martin and Goran Dragic, thereby making them the best of all of those teams

rim shot

Rockets and Memphis the two hottest teams with W6 streaks

I got cleaning to do. Peace out.

Queness - January 21, 2012 reply

Is that a euphemism?

Not even a little.

Queness - January 21, 2012 reply

Night folks, look for me randomly appear in another game thread!

Spurs and Lakers are 10-7, both teams are 1-6 on the road and 9-1 at home. Pretty weird.Difference is we are missing our best player.

And a very important backup.

they’re missing Chris Paul for “basketball reasons”

David Stern has made it clear we are not allowed to have a point guard.

lazNirv - January 21, 2012 reply

We all feel very sorry for you, especially after the Gasol heist.

ha!

Thanks ’bro thanks. Means even more coming from you.

lazNirv - January 21, 2012 reply

=]

at least headcase Odom is gone

Wasnt he kind of instrumental to those two titles?

post-Kardashian he is meh to me

He wouldn’t be a headcase if it weren’t for the broken trade.

lazNirv - January 21, 2012 reply

Tiago and Duncan need to play together, they need to learn to play together.

The same way Duncan and Robinson learned to play together.

but then we have Blair and Bonner

This.

Should maybe give a try to Bonner with Malcolm Thomas.

Blair with anyone but Bonner.

with as bad as Blair is, I wouldn’t mind it. I really dislike him

Prizbilla still available i think

smart free agent acquisition? GTFO!

Exactly! I cant handle Blair anymore. Im sorry but the guy hogs the ball on offense. And dont even get me started on his defense..

Er, yea, but that was apples to oranges. Duncan was 10 years younger, and Drob had an outside jumper. Not to mention he was also Drob.

Duncan outside jumper is looking pretty good this year

Yea, but that would mean Splitter would have to emulate Duncan in this twin tower recreation.

They have Blair playing along side Duncan right now.

exactly. I hate when people try and say Tiago and Timmy can’t play together because they are similar offensively when Blair and Timmy start together. It’s clear as day Timmy and Tiago need more playing time together on the court and we need another big guy like many of us have been saying before the season started

But I don’t think they should start. Closing the game is one thing, but seeing very little of Bonner/Blair is vital.

I’d rather have Tiago abuse the second unit. Only want them to play together at the close, though.

I agree, just that he needs to play more minutes. Have them and Duncan overlap at times.

yup, they need to learn to play together because if they doesnt then you are cutting Tiago’s minutes

Even if the team is behind by 10 or so by the time he comes in?

Well, Spurs without a PG, need someone to run the offense. With just parker, you don’t have much else. With Splitts in the 2nd unit, you can use him as the go to guy in that unit.
Spurs need to balance out their strength. Obviously, if Blair is in foul trouble..

it’s not a matter of if he’s in foul trouble, but when

True, good point.

I’d think a more experienced pg from the dleague like Dentmon or Ahearn might get you by till Ford is back, similar to when they brought up Temple. Antonio Daniels is back playing in the dleague again, seems like he wouldn’t be a bad fill-in.

oh, yeah, what have happened to Temple? I used to like the guy.

He looked to have potential.

Playing in Italy this year. Probably signed during the lockout?

If I recall, he was doing decent with the Bucks pre-lockout.

At this rate, I’d send Anderson and Joseph back to Austin. If we wanted another wing, bring up Butler and Ahearn. I wouldn’t mind Daniels, since he has seen it all.

cryoscourge - January 21, 2012 reply

wow, the knicks really do suck.

Yep, looks like Denver will win this one

And thanks them for the Melo trade.

bout to be 6-10

People, please realize that this was the dreaded FIGASENI.

Dead tired legs=bad long distance shots.

We have been shooting pretty bad from 3 though the past couple of games havent we?

Yup, I’m just saying it’s tired on top of tired, on top of shorthanded, on top of giving rookies lots of PT because of the injuries.

And they STILL barely beat us.

That’s all.

DEPTH!

Yes this makes me feel better.

Which is why it makes no sense that Pop didn’t use the entire bench.

Are you into “Question Pop first, ask questions later!” now too?

but questioning Pop is like treason, and he’ll make sure you know it

=]

Well, I do have to say, he should be utilizing Anderson and Malcolm. If they work well in their first minutes, you play them more. Otherwise, the experiment ends quickly.

In a game like tonight, just putting Anderson & Thomas out there for a minute to give others a breather would make sense. Wouldn’t it have been wiser to play splots more minutes last year? Just because I respect Pop as a helluva a coach, doesn’t mean I can’t ask questions.

wasn’t splots banged up almost all of last year, as in just about never 100%

he wasn’t banged up so much as not in the best shape due to the injury before training camp, and that injury meaning not getting much practice time and thus not knowing the system. still…pop should’ve rolled the dice.

But by the end of the year, he was healthy.

But he didn’t have the system down and pop didn’t trust him enough, until Blair just completely fell apart after being really out of shape.

Some bad timing with injuries, he’d start to get a bit of time and get a rhythm, get reinjured and be out of shape again

A breather and also if they work, and spark something, they get more minutes. Otherwise, You pull them quickly. Can’t be that bad.

You can ask all the questions you want.

Thing is, you didn’t ask a question, you said that what he did “makes no sense” and that might be the case from OUR point of view, but my guess is that from the inside, things appear far different.

That’s all.

I can’t see a good reason though. There aren’t any practices to make a guy really stand out or gain or lose ground. I mean Kings game was a good example where a lot of players didn’t have it and Pop just experimented and went with what worked.

That said, he should have went to Tiago more the night before.

Anderson was playing over 20 mpg until Manu was hurt, started one game, and has barely played since. Seems like some non-basketball reason must have him in Pop’s doghouse. Hopefully changes soon.

I bet we should forget &erson. Not gonna happen.

If they don’t play him, all they could ever do with a trade is make him a throw in and get nothing for the 20th overall pick in the draft. He’s not looked that bad. If he winds up with some other team I expect it may haunt the Spurs for years.

I think you are right, it’s not a good situation, but it seems to be the situation we are in.

I think without practice and everything else, everyone just has to ride through it. Without Manu and TJ, the stability in the lineups is very odd. Even though Green has the trust of Pop, the dynamics might change a bit once TJ and Manu are back. Then Pop has some stability where he can manage the youngins a tad different.

They he should be in Austin, if he ws struggling and there is another issue. No point in him just sitting. It’s not like there is a lot he can do during practice.

Yeah, it’s kind of weird they didn’t send him to Austin. May be they keep him and Malcolm for blow outs, which did not happen for last three games.

Too true. There are teams that have won 3 in a row, but its still a doozie.

This is a season where just getting to the playoffs is enough.

Then you roll the dice for a good first round matchup.

And you hope you’re healthy by then.

Dallas barely beatin New Orleans

and the hornets had a chance to force overtime…

Theyre without Dirk, right?

ah good point, yep he wasn’t playing. though he’s been a bit off so far this season.

but without Dirk

LWM is not cheerful

TX2NC - January 21, 2012 via Android app reply

It could certainly be better

LWF is still the bigger issue. No backup point is killing us and TP

That also.

TX2NC - January 21, 2012 via Android app reply

So can one of you PtR players who attends the next home game ask Pop Y HE NO PLAY ANDERSON?

I dunno, theres that thing where he has SUCKED BIG TIME so far.

So has Bonner but Pop still plays him.

Anderson has probably sucked worse than Bonner.

Unpossible.

Depth at the bigs is lousy. The wings have more depth and Pop is in love with green now.

He actually was decent in the preseason and his first couple games. Then Green came out of no where and Anderson’s shot wasn’t falling.

but green right now is not playing well

He isn’t, and that is why the team is having issues. Same with leonard (although he did rebound well this game).

Neal had his first good scoring game in a while, but his 3pt shot isn’t that hot. Neither is his D.

I was appalled when Drexler said Neal was shooting something like 29% on threes. Hard to get wins when our shooters are in playoff mode.

And his defense hasn’t gotten any better. Hopefully, he and Green start playing better.

Sadly, it’s worth than last year since he seems gassed after long runs. I was shocked how much time Pop gives him right after coming back.

Maybe because Pop has no choice and needs scoring?

That’s what it seems like. That’s probably why he put Neal in for Bonner against the kings, which was actually a bad move.

I think earlier in that game Pop also called a timeout when Tiago was about to score. I thought it was a bad move. We used to have some nice plays after timeouts, but now we often have pretty bad plays when we need a good one.

I think I remember that play. He wanted the time out earlier on, but no one noticed him, until the play developed and was a good shot.

Yeah, it looked like that timeout costed us two points that we could really use in that game.

He’s just getting worked on D and has no legs to hit th elong range shots…

I would give Anderson a chance to play the point (if they dont sign a backup), he ran the point well in preseason

Seems like he wasn’t just decent but called the surprise of the camp, unless they were saying they were surprised by how bad he was. Seemed like his shots in the first games were just barely missing and were about to start falling if he kept taking them.

I don’t think anyone wants verbally and psychologically bitch slapped

Gonna check out the Rubio show!!

Well, I just watched how the Bulls managed to get a decent PG in old man Mike James. We could’ve snapped him up.

what will jazzy snapping do?

Magic, I tell ya.

I feel like swingin’ now

clyde frazier sounded a bit depressed at the end of the nuggets/knicks game…

Probably saw himself in the mirror and realized what he was wearing.

you’re just jealous you can’t pull off the same look…

Nobody can pull off this look. Mike Breen just walks away out of pure jealousy.

it’s like wearing a Rorshack test

Clyde is the man. Whenever I feel like poo I just listen to a Knick game Clyde is doing and wait to see the crazy stuff he wears.

He should be. His team sucks and is relying on Baron Davis to save them.

Realizing that the knicks are doomed with Isiah Thomas back calling the shots behind the scenes.

only just now he realizes this?

I think he finally hit his point and is sobering up.

I don’t think your theory on Isaiah running the team behind the scenes is true. He was reported to be blasting the Knicks for getting Tyson Chandler instead of a real point guard

But he was big on doing the Melo deal, in all its forms. Dolan gave him a lot of money to “consult.” That said, I feel like he has a lot of influence since a lot of his deals mirror Isiah’s thinking. Whether Dolan was the one to overule him in the case of Chandler, I don’t know, though.

hoping this becomes Danny Green’d

Never noticed Rambo was rocking a choker. Leave it to him to still look tough while wearing girly jewelery.

they killed his girl! (she was tiny)…

Yea, but still. A man should never rock a choker. I am telling you, they need to spin this universal truth into the next most interesting man in the world commercial.

ha!
but, I just couldn’t find a pic of Rocky yellin’, so I had to use Rambo… Better that Marion Cobretti…

Cobra was the man.

the Merc!

LOL

It hurts to lose such a close game, but lets face it. No Duncan and Manu= Throw away game. Still, they shot FIFTY SIX percent. Effin appalling.

defense? what’s defense?

More that the usual share came with a hand in the face.

Just dumb luck.

I only tuned in for the waning minutes, when Lowry and Dragic got straight to the cup like they were picking up a fuddruckers burger.

But you missed out on most of the 4th where the D did tighten up. There were a lot of contested plays in that quarter that the Rockets made. They also had their share of bad defense, but Rockets did hit some tough shots. The Dragic last second (on shot clock) play was a good example of that.

night for reals, time for Friends on NickatNite

friends?

wait, we had this conversation already didn’t we?

Give the kid a break, maybe those are the only “friends” he has.

Does anyone support Pop throwing the game away tonight? Or even see it that way?

I dont think he had a choice, the spurs best player is in a splint, and Duncan is 50 years old. So its ridiculous to infer he threw the game away.

Why he didnt play Duncan in 4th last night if he was not going to play today?

exactly. most of us assumed it was to rest him for today’s game.

The starters had been losing the game, the bench got them back in and got them the lead. He stayed with the bench that was playing well together.

My thoughts exactly.

Pops ways are higher than yours and mine. Or something.

Duncan had team-low -15 yesterday. He was pretty awful. So Pop decided to bench him for the 4th yesterday and full game today.

Of course he had a choice, Tim Duncan was also not happy about not playing today. And despite being regarded as the best coach in the NBA, if Tim Duncan is said to not be in good spirits at missing tonight’s game, you’re not exactly free of scrutiny.

Pop is the best coach and Duncan is not MVP of the league anymore. Pop has more power now.

Even then, sometimes Duncan or even Manu isn’t happy about not playing, but the coach is right sometimes. I’m sure in the long run, Duncan not playing is a good thing. Now, for other decisions by Pop, that’s where he’s probably more at fault.

True. Pop would truly be throwing this game out the window if Splitter doesn’t get more minutes after this game. Splitter has already earned them, heck, he earned them after the Memphis series, but he’s still not getting the minutes he deserves.

There have been times where Pop went small ball with Kawhi/Green/Duncan, so i’m not going to fault Pop on those occasions. There have been times where Blair has played well and Pop didn’t give Tiago as much time. I don’t ncessairly agree though, when he could have played Duncan less. But I do see some areas where it made it tougher. There were also a few games where Tiago just picked up fouls really quickly.

I feel like you’re trying to justify Pop’s line ups by tippy toeing through different scenarios where it would appear adequate to not play Splitter. The fact is that it has almost been a season and a half and Pop is still reluctant to give significant minutes to Splitter, who is our second best big.

the little o - January 22, 2012 reply

The small ball without Blair was effective though. I wouldn’t take Blair over Splitter most of the time, but Pop does.

Eh, I guess Duncan could have played. I dont know what to make of last nights game. Best to just forget it. It was lost cause from the start.

alamobro - January 22, 2012 reply

Yeah, I’m glad I didn’t watch the game, I would’ve been pissed throughout out it. Best to just forget it is right. I’m confident I’ll find oblivion at the end of this bottle tonight.

the little o - January 22, 2012 reply

Actually , it would have been unprecedented for Duncan to spell Tiago off the bench. Imagine if the Spurs would have won by starting Tiago and subbing Duncan. It could have opened up an interesting possibility.

alamobro - January 22, 2012 reply

it was amazing we were in at at the end.. makes losing tougher to take.

I think we need to see how well it works in the next game to have given this game off. He’s not been playing well when he doesn’t have at least a day off.

Is this what it’s come to? Saving up Tim Duncan for a very important game against the NOOCH on Monday?

4th game in 5 nights. Pop is thinking that game the Atlanta game. Houston is a semi-home game, so it made sense.

I think even playing Duncan just 12 minutes, 6 to start each half, would’ve helped. Considering we lost by 3, it would’ve helped a lot.

But when you think in the way of giving the guy a night off, you don’t think, “oh i can stick him in at this time.”

Not if Duncan had another game like yesterday. He may be somewhat hurting.

I think you’re right, Duncan has been looking a lot older this year, the compacted schedule is brutal.

We are 7th in the West

losing 3 of 4

It’s the FIGASENI – and the injuries.

not looking good :-/

Nope, but it’s all about the end result.

The standings are so close, that it doesn’t really matter at the moment.

our 3 point percentages the last few games:

31.8
20
11.8
40
26.3

of course, the 40% was against miami….

Sure. Lose the 40% game, and win the 11.8!

thats how we roll

play_splitter - January 21, 2012 reply

How long do y’all think D’antoni lasts in NY?..

As long as it takes to ink Isiah Thomas to a new contract to replace him!

“Isiah Thompson isn’t walking through those doors”

He’s been running the team since Walsh was kicked out. He’s an “advisor” now. The moves seen by the team scream a lot of Isiah influence.

The moves seen by the team scream a lot of Isiah influence.

Meaning they are idiotic, right?

Exactly.

Didn’t he have to give up that title because he is coaching NCAA ball? I remember the media talking about this because it is seen as a conflict of interest having a guy who has actual clear NBA ties and an official job title coaching in the NCAA

Yes, he is in a pickle. The loophole is that he is a consultant. So he is not officially making decisions. Yet, in a lot of the stuff I read about Walsh, I saw that Isiah was a key pusher in the decisions. That and the Melo stuff. I feel like Dolan still gets the final say, but it sounds like he sides with Isiah a lot. Dolan does seem like one of those more sleezey type of owners though.

am I wrong or was that either a) back court violation or b) travel ?

Joe deLarios - January 21, 2012 reply

yeah

i am wrong…i just looked it up

EXCEPTION: During the last two minutes of the fourth period and/or any overtime period, the ball may be passed anywhere (frontcourt or backcourt) on the court.

Joe deLarios - January 21, 2012 reply

Weird. I never knew that!

C’mon, bossman, you are supposed to know these things. I think, it’s rather new change of the rules though (~3-5 years old).

I REFUSE to know everything.

That’s why I have you guys, to let me know what I should already.

J.R. Wilco - January 22, 2012 reply

HI!!

WE SUCK

Chilai - January 21, 2012 reply

“We take all kinds of pills to give us all kinds of thrills…”

“‘Cause I like feelin’ like I do and I see in your eyes you’re liking it, I’m liking it toooooo….”

“And the operator says ‘forty cents more, for the next…three… minutes… pleeeeeaaaassseee’…”

“Woman to woman…(woman to woman)..
Heartache to heartache… (heartache to heartache)”…

“Look at me now, look at me now…. I’m gettin’ pay-purr. Look at me now, fresh ;an a mu’fuckuh…”…

'runk

haha!

Iullaby - January 22, 2012 reply

Good evening all… do I even wanna know what happened? Nobody got injured, did they?

Ed (dfjmed) - January 22, 2012 reply

Timmy’s old, Splitter is good, and Tony is getting Gasol’d.

the little o - January 22, 2012 reply

only pride was hurt…

Also, minor detail, the Spurs best player is in a Calvin Klein suit.

alamobro - January 22, 2012 reply

that boy looks good!