Why on Earth did they not play Bassey when Wemby was out? They got beat by all those offensive rebound put backs. Killed them! I was livid the whole time. Keldon didn’t do crap. Vessel needs to be averaging 20 a game and Paul needs to take more midrange attempts.
Mitch made mistakes in the choice of lineup against the sixers two days ago and the defeat is definitely on him. I would say that this one could be put on him too. He chose a small lineup to finish the Q3. The Spurs were 5 or 7 ahead when Wemby joined the bench and they finished the quarter at -5 because Precious and Josh took tons of offensive rebounds. Precious (very good offensive rebounder) is entering and your reaction is to play small ball ? Really ?? And even if Castle has not done a great game today, he stays very clutch and should definitely be in the money time lineup (especially when Vassel is struggling like that in the Q4). Q4 in Philly, no Castle. Q4 in New York, no Castle. Look at the advanced stats of Mamu. He should have stolen the wallet of Mitch, not to get any minutes in a game where you need a taller player to replace Sochan. I oftently said good words on Mitch but he SUCKED on these two games and need to come back with better solutions to avoid another 3 point defeat in the next game on road. Wemby is performing crazily and you get defeats... very frustrating !!
More stupid coaching from Mitch Johnson proving ONCE AGAIN Brett Brown should have been named acting coach. But PATSFO wants to tank so they put a horribly inexperienced coach at the helm.
Did you see what VW said? "I don't think it was a game about momentum. I think it was a game about being dogs," Wembanyama said. "When the clock starts going down -- five minutes, three minutes -- we let them get some rebounds on us. We let them move us a little too much. This is what it was about. They didn't win against us because they played better basketball. Not at all. Tonight, just proved we are not ready yet. We are right there. It's just a [switch] we've got to [flip] because I'm sure we're going to see that it works and we're going to get addicted to playing this way. It's high effort to play like that, but also high reward." I love it. Victor is going to start calling out his teammates for their poor performance. He probably already does in practices, but you can see the frustration is growing for incompetence around him during games. Amazing that he is mature enough at 20yo to keep a lid on it when talking to the media.
I just look at some knicks play to understand who are not doing the job defensively. What happens to Vassel's defense ? Devin sends his twin brother to play for the Spurs ?? And Devin is again the worst +/- of the Spurs tonight : -13 in a -3 loss This was for his defense but offensively, he just doesn't exist when it matters. The stats of Devin Vassel in Q4 tonight : 0/0 at 2, 0/0 at 3, 0/0 at FT, 0 rebound, 1 assist (wow !!!), 1 TO, O steal, 0 block for 8:17 minutes. Against the Sixers in Q4 : 0/1 at 2, 0/1 at 3, 2/2 at FT, 2 rebounds, 0 assist, 0 TO, 0 steal, 0 block for 8:02 minutes. Against Portland : not played in Q4. Against Atlanta in OT : 0/1 at 2, 0/0 at 3, 1 rebound, 0 assist, 0 TO, 0 steal, 0 block for 5 minutes. ... I can continue... 5 years in NBA, 29M$ per season (first salary of the team) !!! Getting some money from his team freezes him ?? So please put Castle again in the money time. He is already clutch !!
I'm under the impression that Vassell is purposely tanking his trade value in a salty effort to be traded to another team. So he can attempt to become a asset for another organization. He takes fade away jumpers nearly all the time. His spot up shooting without a fade incorporated is non existent. He really thinks he's MJ/Kobe while being a Temu version of Anthony Edwards. I refuse to believe he's this bad purposely. He just doesn't feel at home with the Spurs and thinks of himself as a star. We should really start accepting offers for him ASAP. Imho.
*VICTOR WEMBANYAMA’S DECEMBER STATS* 29 PPG 11 RPG 5 APG 5 BPG 1 SPG 90% FT 39% 3pt (off 10 attempts) 49% FG Currently #8 on the MVP Ladder 2% off from being in the 50/40/90 club
They're losing at rebounds and didn't even put in bassey? Bassey is even better in rebounds than collins. And why blame Vassell? He played as bad as sochan. Everyone other than wemby and cp3 didn't step up. Specially, MITCH.
Mitch Johnson proves ONCE AGAIN Brett Brown should have been named acting coach. But PATSFO wants to tank so they put a horribly inexperienced coach at the helm.
Rebounds matter. Spurs could have had 6 rings but coaches can make bonehead decisions and not play their best rebounders at crucial moments. Lesson learned again.
Kelvin Johnson messing up again. Two turnovers in two possessions. Zero points, zero rebounds, zero assist. The Spurs pulled him out of there fast. What is going on? I thought he was chosen on the Olympic team at one point.
What kind of a defensive lineup was out there needing a stop with Jones out on the floor instead of Castle at clutch time. More stupid coaching from Mitch Johnson proving the Spurs want to tank. If they did not, then they would have put Brett Brown as acting coach.
@@TheMilitiaGuy Jones is good but Don't put him next to Cp3. I think they still want to tank and let wemby do his stats. They're going for at least 11th so they can have a lottery while wemby still having the DPOY. We Won games against the thunders without wemby.
josh hart with 5 offensive rebounds 😹🤦♂️ the worst way we could have possibly lost this game
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Why on Earth did they not play Bassey when Wemby was out? They got beat by all those offensive rebound put backs. Killed them! I was livid the whole time. Keldon didn’t do crap. Vessel needs to be averaging 20 a game and Paul needs to take more midrange attempts.
Merry Christmas TSR Sports and Community. Invaluable experience gained in a competative loss against a very good team. On to the next.
Mitch made mistakes in the choice of lineup against the sixers two days ago and the defeat is definitely on him.
I would say that this one could be put on him too. He chose a small lineup to finish the Q3. The Spurs were 5 or 7 ahead when Wemby joined the bench and they finished the quarter at -5 because Precious and Josh took tons of offensive rebounds. Precious (very good offensive rebounder) is entering and your reaction is to play small ball ? Really ??
And even if Castle has not done a great game today, he stays very clutch and should definitely be in the money time lineup (especially when Vassel is struggling like that in the Q4). Q4 in Philly, no Castle. Q4 in New York, no Castle.
Look at the advanced stats of Mamu. He should have stolen the wallet of Mitch, not to get any minutes in a game where you need a taller player to replace Sochan.
I oftently said good words on Mitch but he SUCKED on these two games and need to come back with better solutions to avoid another 3 point defeat in the next game on road. Wemby is performing crazily and you get defeats... very frustrating !!
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More stupid coaching from Mitch Johnson proving ONCE AGAIN Brett Brown should have been named acting coach. But PATSFO wants to tank so they put a horribly inexperienced coach at the helm.
All Spurs needs is a Shai, Edward and Doncic type with a role player. Spurs will be unstoppable and close up games.
Man a better shooting night from vassell wouldn’t have gutted.I know every game is different and we were in possession to win and the end but man.
Did you see what VW said? "I don't think it was a game about momentum. I think it was a game about being dogs," Wembanyama said. "When the clock starts going down -- five minutes, three minutes -- we let them get some rebounds on us. We let them move us a little too much. This is what it was about. They didn't win against us because they played better basketball. Not at all. Tonight, just proved we are not ready yet. We are right there. It's just a [switch] we've got to [flip] because I'm sure we're going to see that it works and we're going to get addicted to playing this way. It's high effort to play like that, but also high reward."
I love it. Victor is going to start calling out his teammates for their poor performance. He probably already does in practices, but you can see the frustration is growing for incompetence around him during games. Amazing that he is mature enough at 20yo to keep a lid on it when talking to the media.
When he says things like "Tonight, just proved we are not ready yet" he is saying his other teammates are not ready.
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Wemby is so special
Devin Vassell, what happened to u man 😭. Only good thing about this game is Wemby and Sochan. Disappointing game but Go Spurs Go.
I just look at some knicks play to understand who are not doing the job defensively. What happens to Vassel's defense ? Devin sends his twin brother to play for the Spurs ??
And Devin is again the worst +/- of the Spurs tonight : -13 in a -3 loss
This was for his defense but offensively, he just doesn't exist when it matters.
The stats of Devin Vassel in Q4 tonight : 0/0 at 2, 0/0 at 3, 0/0 at FT, 0 rebound, 1 assist (wow !!!), 1 TO, O steal, 0 block for 8:17 minutes.
Against the Sixers in Q4 : 0/1 at 2, 0/1 at 3, 2/2 at FT, 2 rebounds, 0 assist, 0 TO, 0 steal, 0 block for 8:02 minutes.
Against Portland : not played in Q4.
Against Atlanta in OT : 0/1 at 2, 0/0 at 3, 1 rebound, 0 assist, 0 TO, 0 steal, 0 block for 5 minutes.
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5 years in NBA, 29M$ per season (first salary of the team) !!! Getting some money from his team freezes him ??
So please put Castle again in the money time. He is already clutch !!
@@YopYop-o3o / More stupid coaching from Mitch Johnson in clutch time not having Castle out there.
I'm under the impression that Vassell is purposely tanking his trade value in a salty effort to be traded to another team. So he can attempt to become a asset for another organization. He takes fade away jumpers nearly all the time. His spot up shooting without a fade incorporated is non existent. He really thinks he's MJ/Kobe while being a Temu version of Anthony Edwards. I refuse to believe he's this bad purposely. He just doesn't feel at home with the Spurs and thinks of himself as a star. We should really start accepting offers for him ASAP. Imho.
*VICTOR WEMBANYAMA’S DECEMBER STATS*
29 PPG
11 RPG
5 APG
5 BPG
1 SPG
90% FT
39% 3pt (off 10 attempts)
49% FG
Currently #8 on the MVP Ladder
2% off from being in the 50/40/90 club
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They're losing at rebounds and didn't even put in bassey? Bassey is even better in rebounds than collins. And why blame Vassell? He played as bad as sochan. Everyone other than wemby and cp3 didn't step up. Specially, MITCH.
Mitch Johnson proves ONCE AGAIN Brett Brown should have been named acting coach. But PATSFO wants to tank so they put a horribly inexperienced coach at the helm.
Last 2 games have had questionable lineups.
Rebounds matter. Spurs could have had 6 rings but coaches can make bonehead decisions and not play their best rebounders at crucial moments. Lesson learned again.
Did you know Victor Wembanyama is number 8 on the MVP leaderboard right now?
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@ could you imagine Victor MVP and DPOY and MIP and all NBA and All-Star and all defensive team second year
@@studentofthesaviors.o.s that would be great!
Not sure why Mamu doesn’t get mins even if it’s 5-10 mins per game. He always does something positive. Also Bassey didn’t play this game.
No backup centers 2 games in a row.
Makes you wonder WTF Mitch Johnson is acting coach, doesn't it? That is b/c they are tanking. He only played 9 guys today.
@@TSRSports50 every time Mamu plays the spurs win. Seems like at first Mitch Johnson was making the right moves but now I can’t figure it out.
Kelvin Johnson messing up again. Two turnovers in two possessions. Zero points, zero rebounds, zero assist. The Spurs pulled him out of there fast. What is going on? I thought he was chosen on the Olympic team at one point.
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@@TSRSports50TSR don’t like Keldon
What kind of a defensive lineup was out there needing a stop with Jones out on the floor instead of Castle at clutch time. More stupid coaching from Mitch Johnson proving the Spurs want to tank. If they did not, then they would have put Brett Brown as acting coach.
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@@TheMilitiaGuy Jones is good but Don't put him next to Cp3. I think they still want to tank and let wemby do his stats. They're going for at least 11th so they can have a lottery while wemby still having the DPOY. We Won games against the thunders without wemby.