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[LegendofDragoonLives]

rip in peace spurs in g1

 

[Hyperactivity]

Dedmon still hasn't played. #WTFPop

 

[Tom Penny]

They really planned to have Aldridge being the next Tim Duncan and Timmy being David Robinson
Im sure of it.

Aldridge is just garbage, Aldridge for Amir now

Why on earth would you waste cap space on LMA? He doesn't even defend either.

 

[Mory Dunz]

LA's head is in LA

 

[Matrix]

HARGOD

 

[Cooter]

This is embarrassing. Did not see this coming.

 

[Starphoenix]

This is straight up embarassing. Spurs don't even look like they're competing... People need to retire and be traded this offseason.

 

[rokkerkory]

Keep this up pls

 

[Hyperactivity]

I don't care what happens this series.

The Spurs get 5 max against the Warriors, more likely to get swept than I thought.

 

[TTG]

Alright, let's be reasonable:

Patty
Green
Kawhi
Lee/Simmons/Anderson mash unit idk lol
Aldridge

Parker, Ginobili, Pau off the bench. Das it.

 

[Hyperactivity]

Roberson > Kawhi on defense

Spoiler

on Harden

Actually, should cool down with the hot takes, still just the first half

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

I don't care what happens this series.

The Spurs get 5 max against the Warriors, more likely to get swept than I thought.

I agree, but please don't act like the same scenario won't most likely happen to Houston too.

6 would be miraculous.

 

[renegade_dewitt]

Could this be the opposite of what happened to the GSW against the Jazz? In other words, just like how in Game 4, the Warriors had their best night of the postseason (possibly), is it possible the Spurs are just having their worst possible night?

 

[obijkenobi]

Bill Simmons‏Verified account @BillSimmons 1m1 minute ago
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If Aldridge can't post up Ryan Anderson then it might be time for him to play in China.


I mean, I was trying to be nice to LA as a fellow Texan, but fuck.

 

[Peter Ian Staker]

Spurs right now

Kawhi isn't enough to make up for LMA and the corpses of Parker and Ginobili.

 

[Hyperactivity]

Alright, let's be reasonable:

Patty
Green
Kawhi
Lee/Simmons/Anderson mash unit idk lol
Aldridge

Parker, Ginobili, Pau off the bench. Das it.

You're not playing their most athletic player and big man...

Patty (Parker off bench)
Green (Manu LIMITED minutes off the bench)
Kawhi
Aldridge (with Lee getting ALOT of minutes)
Dedmond (Pau off the bench)

I agree, but please don't act like the same scenario won't most likely happen to Houston too.

6 would be miraculous.

Oh yeah, I agree, but my schtick was always that the Spurs wouldn't get humiliated against the Warriors like the Rockets could be

 

[Line_HTX]

This scoreboard can't be real... Against the Spurs???

:O

*Waves hello at Xia

 

[Tommy DJ]

Bill Simmons‏Verified account @BillSimmons 1m1 minute ago
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If Aldridge can't post up Ryan Anderson then it might be time for him to play in China.

I mean, I was trying to be nice to LA as a fellow Texan, but fuck.

If LMA's shot isn't falling within the first few, he's completely useless offensively and becomes one of the softest big man ever.

This is the dude who got blocked by Vince Carter like 3 times in a row because he's too soft to just dunk it on him.

 

[friskykillface]

lol green

 

[slightconfuse]

Not the Spurs night

 

[Tom Penny]

People have tried to convince me Danny Green is a good player that could start on any team.

 

[Bread]

Whoa Aldridge

Dudes a corpse out there

 

[Barrage]

Pops' press conference is gonna be great.

 

[Cooter]

Is LMA always this bad? Talk to me Spurs fans.

 

[Peter Ian Staker]

Spurs transition defense is pure trash.

 

[Chase17]

Rockets may win too convincingly

Spurs in 6

 

[obijkenobi]

Is LMA always this bad? Talk to me Spurs fans.

This is a new level of bad, even for him. He's normally good for a 17 and 9.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

Is LMA always this bad? Talk to me Spurs fans.

Outside of a few nice games against okc and some timely shots against trash teams, dude has been a disaster of a signing.

 

[mjp2417]

I wonder if Pop even sends the starters out after halftime at this rate

 

[cubicle47b]

This is crazy. Reminds me of the 2014 finals.

 

[Hyperactivity]

Is LMA always this bad? Talk to me Spurs fans.

Asides from the odd game every once in a while, yeah. Kawhi was a one-man army, along with the Spurs bench and Coach Pop I guess.

That being said, if this ends up being a blow-out, it sort of bothers me, because you can take blow-outs off of your mind as outlives. I want the Spurs to go on a run and THEN get crushed again.

 

[TTG]

You're not playing their most athletic player and big man...

Patty (Parker off bench)
Green (Manu LIMITED minutes off the bench)
Kawhi
Aldridge (with Lee getting ALOT of minutes)
Dedmond (Pau off the bench)

Aldridge isn't viable at the 4. how many times have we seen him isod on Harden and Beverly in the first half, I would venture to say that was 12 points off that. Then the Andersen pick and roll is another 6 at least. Can't do it. He has to be on Capella.

 

[friskykillface]

Why didn't you save it for the last shot
lol green

 

[metalslimer]

I think it's a testament to Kawhi's greatness that this team won 60 games

 

[Tommy DJ]

Is LMA always this bad? Talk to me Spurs fans.

He's either hot or cold. Unlike Curry, he doesn't shoot himself out of coldness so you know what you're getting after the first half. When he's cold, he's the softest big man in the NBA.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Pop may want to consider surrendering this game and playing scrubs in the 2nd half. Therefor, he should play his starters the rest of the game

 

[teepo]

lma did have that beast of a 2nd half last year

things were looking very promising then with the signing

 

[notoriousKTR]

Shit wouldn't happen if Duncan was playing.

 

[Peter Ian Staker]

Patty (Parker off bench)
Green (Manu LIMITED minutes off the bench)
Kawhi
Aldridge (with Lee getting ALOT of minutes)
Dedmond (Pau off the bench)

What a fucking suicide squad.

I want to be a fly on that locker room right now.

 

[Starphoenix]

Man, this is what OKC must have felt like after that Game 1 last season. Except the Spurs don't have the talent to turn it around like they did.

 

[Hyperactivity]

Quin Snyder or Pop should be COTY, honestly

 

[Blablurn]

The Rockets going to win the Western Conference. Mark my words.

 

[LyleLanley]

Still anyone's game.

 

[Slizeezyc]

Aldridge isn't viable at the 4. how many times have we seen him isod on Harden and Beverly in the first half, I would venture to say that was 12 points off that. Then the Andersen pick and roll is another 6 at least. Can't do it. He has to be on Capella.

Yes, and any lineup any of y'all keep hyping up with two bigs in it is not viable. The Spurs do not have two bigs that can play together on this team.

 

[Messi]

Pop may want to consider surrendering this game and playing scrubs in the 2nd half. Therefor, he should play his starters the rest of the game

Ruthless

 

[Lionel Richie]

RIP Spurs.

 

[Servbot24]

Jus tuned in

Holy shit

 

[Cooter]

The Rockets going to win the Western Conference. Mark my words.

Marked. What do they do better than the Warriors but get to the line? Curious.

 

[Hyperactivity]

Yes, and any lineup any of y'all keep hyping up with two bigs in it is not viable. The Spurs do not have two bigs that can play together on this team.

Lee and Dedmon. I could see it. If Lee had a rim protecting big behind him, he would be far better in this match-up

The Spurs shooting 3s and letting long rebounds be the name of the game for defensive rebounds (something Beverley is amazing at) is a terrible idea

 

[BatiGOOOOOOL]

Aldridge continuous his descent into irrelevance. What a mentally weak player. At this rate he will make the Richard Jefferson deal from a few years back look like a steal.

Outside of that, Houston playing fantastic basketball. Kawhi can't do everything unfortunately.