WHAT WERE WE DOING?

[@FFproducerKG]

Like the focus at the end that the sky isn't falling in these rough games. Progress isn't linear. We still need and will have many draft/FA/trade opportunities to make huge talent upgrades after that started with Wemby as 1 guy of a minimum 9 man rotation. Go Spurs Go. This is still minimum a 2026 & realistically a 2027/2028 project to really be so confident in the roster that coaching adjustments are going to be this important to analyze game to game in preparing for a deep playoffs run for example with how Pop tested so many experimental rotations over the years and not always going back to his best lineups until the playoffs

[@truckbuilt_4748]

Why Did Mitch not challenge the goal tending call on Vassell? Thats a better question.

[@FuMaPeS10]

They just started scoring 3s for fun like in the first game. Contested or wide open its the same.

[@michaelharkins7192]

So Wemby, Sochan, Vassell, Castle, Paul. Is clearly the best line up. Tre, KJ, Champ, all do a great job off the bench. We just need to stop other teams from scoring. Protecting the basket is more important than scoring. Steals, fouls at the right time, try to draw a charge. Jeremy is the only one doing it.

[@TheOpinionSports]

What is getting frustrating is that the spurs keep allowing a role player off the bench from the opposing team to go off. Aldama averages 12.9 PPG and against the spurs he put up 20 and 28.

[@victorw9869]

@@TheOpinionSports bc we gave up so many open 3s, also Aldama couldn’t miss lmao

[@TheOpinionSports]

@@victorw9869 seems to be a trend. Against Minnesota it was DiVencenzo, against the Knicks it was Bridges who went off. Against the bucks AJ Green couldn’t miss but he average 7 points a game.

[@victorw9869]

@ that bridges performance had me so mad he hasn’t play like that since 🤦‍♂️

[@Fawnswine]

@@TheOpinionSports Yup Dont get why these role players want to play like All Stars vs the Spurs.

[@izzys-travel]

Yes he did play each quarter

[@jacquesbof5726]

What you say is not correct, the Grizzlies played with the same number of players in the second game 9 against 9, over 17 minutes. In the first game, roughly the same number of players 9-on-9 over 17 minutes, and a few more at 10 minutes. The problem isn't what you're talking about, but rather a question of shooting accuracy. Where business has been disastrous, they're getting the baskets, the Spurs much less so, and from there, they're flying up the scoreboard.

[@williamjohnson7127]

In the post game press conference a reporter asked Mitch why he didn't use a timeout when the grizzlies went on that run. Mitch said he didn't have any to use and that's why he didn't use one. Maybe he didn't have any timeouts to use, but it was early enough in the 2nd half that I'm pretty sure he did have some timeouts left. I would look it up to verify it but I really couldn't be bothered beyond just the thought.

[@phoenixkane1986]

Rules say you get seven. You can only use four or less in the fourth quarter. Game log says he had some left so either I don’t understand time out rules, log is wrong or Spurs have some kind of team policy to team some for the fourth quarter. I tend to trust the coach and worry about other things in life.

[@Chrriss2000]

I would say sochan not playing hurt us, I don’t believe cp3 should start . Castle should be starting over him

[@tezerez88]

We were expected to win 35 games this season. I don’t know why everyone is acting like we are supposed to beat teams that might end up in the finals.

[@Amnesia9777]

its how we're collapsing in the 3rd quarter and struggling in the 4th recently.

[@ultimatesaiyan8506]

When you're putting up numbers and scores that it's real close to winning a game and you can't close it then yes that frustrating and pathetic. If you're close enough to have a game like that you're good enough to win so make it happen make it happen Spurs but you can't

[@andrewcassels5576]

Mitch said in postgame that he didn't have a time out

[@jacquesbof5726]

Let's face it, Spurs was taught a lesson by the Grizzlies last night, only the youngest managed, that's not good enough at all. We need two guys, at least, above 25 points on this team.

[@Arekkusu420]

Ima be the one to say it , ever since tre jones came back from injury we’ve been ass . He’s jsut taking minutes from wesly or castle at this point and he has no type of offensive scoring ability

[@210_WestSide_Loco]

Exactly. I've been saying this since he came back

[@YopYop-o3o]

The more important moment of the game is at the end of Q2. The Spurs are dominating the game and lead by 10 but Wemby is sent to the bench. Mitch decides to put a smallball lineup with Tre, Vassel, Champagnie, Johnson and Bassey. Memphis puts both JJr and Aldama on the court. Nobody manages to defend on both of them and they are both scoring to finish with only -2. Everytime Mitch uses this smallball lineup, Jenkins answered by putting both JJr and Aldama on the court in both games. The result is definitely in favor of Memphis and Mitch just stayed without any solution. The Spurs cannot play with no PF on the court against these teams with a very strong frontcourt. If Sochan is absent, just put Mamu on the court !!! (as he is the only other PF in the roster !!) And if the advanced stats of Mamu would be terrible, I would understand that Mitch hesitates to use him but look at those stats !! You will see that Mamu is doing a very good year. But, in general, this season, the Spurs frontcourt is not deep enough. If Sochan is injured, Barnes is obliged to play PF (even if he is by far better as SF) and the second unit should play smallball (with a 6.5 player to defend on JJr or Aldama !).

[@sea1themall]

I agree, mamu is the only muscle we got. They ran through the spurs

[@recognizelife8397]

every time.. NO DEFENSE and the coach doesn’t know what to do to get them to play.. something is wrong. Timeouts have nothing to do with this mentality

[@TheOpinionSports]

Why has Champagne mins significantly reduced??

[@flight_mikee04]

Cause he's been on a bad shooting slump

[@delphes5984]

Mitch is not stupid. I feel like he might act the way he did because he wants us to lose for a first rounder in the 2025 draft >

[@ngs3989]

This is a young team with a young Coach. They will make mistakes. I can understand why Branham and Collins are not in the Rotation anymore. I don't trust them too. Cissoko and Ingram are still not ready for NBA Minutes. Maybe you can give Wesley or Mamu some Minutes here and there. But the reason why we just play a small Rotation is because we don't have a deep team.

[@slyFoxx365]

Mitch was killing me last night. No challengs, some line ups were terrible. Why are they not playing our bench? Wemby played lazy AF. Turn overs keep killin us. Thats what I saw.

[@kokushibo6823]

How was wemby playing lazy

[@jamesg4230]

Spurs got beaten at their own game. Griz out ran them

[@recognizelife8397]

The Spurs appear to be trying to lose games

[@christianadorza2530]

Mitch has no concept of momentum. Didn't challenge the goal tending block by Vassell, didn't call time out when Grizz went on a run. Bassey was playing good and made an impact late but he took him out to insert Wemby. He's a 1 trick pony with 1 game plan and can't make adjustments. 😢

[@daddychill6396]

honestly mitch is overachieving especially with the hero ball we got on our team

[@izzys-travel]

Definitely players trying to be the star and forgetting to pass not just shoot up 3’s. Wemby needs to be aggressive and take it to rim.

[@mtj3314]

Unless they’re trying to squeeze some trade value out of Tre Jones, I really don’t get why Mitch is so insistent on taking away Castle’s minutes to play him. Just unserious coaching in general

[@andrewcassels5576]

Tre does a great job pushing the pace and facilitates well. I like him alongside Castle but they gotta get better at shooting.

[@mtj3314]

@@andrewcassels5576no he doesn’t. He’s the weakest link and teams know that

[@AtsyKlr]

​@@andrewcassels5576that dude cant shoot to save his life 😂 tf u saying

[@andrewcassels5576]

@@mtj3314 I disagree. Coaching staff evidently do too.

[@keebleroberts4800]

The team is not good they need players it's only wemby he alone can't do it by himself. the rest all needs to go.

[@barcelonadgreates]

U overreacting now lol

[@benjaminlim3921]

U know what i think they're semi tanking because its not possible they can play so well then the next game they're playing like crap..saving for the 2025 draft

[@TheFrenchMan666]

what were we doing ? easy, Give me a T, Give me an A, Give me a N, Give me a K, Give me an I, Give me a N, Give me a G Mich is not trash but he is not ready to be HC.

[@recognizelife8397]

Branham and Collins should be abandoned . Jones should be too.

[@zeljkosudic]

New coach,this guy is teriblle,and trade half team,give wemby the ball,and stay the f out