Game Thread Spurs (25-10) @ Grizzlies (15-20) (Tue 01/06/2026) [7:00 PM CST]

[spursparker9]

Tony Parker has previously said he wanted to be a NBA coach someday right?

Maybe its time to consider TP, Monty Williams or who else? Maybe Steve Kerr (he has clearly overstayed his tenure at GSW)

 

[spurs10]

Good thing we had that 4 minutes with Carter Bryant. That helped.

 

[heyheymymy]

He should’ve came in during that 1:40 timeout when we were up 4. We easily take this home and nobody with more than 2 brain cells can claim that could’ve been dangerous for injury management lol

100%. It's 90 seconds! Tell Vic not to max out and just his mid effort presence alone probably secures that game.

 

[Itzsoweezee]

Holy shit 9 points on 17 shots is crazy. I’m surprised Mr B is not all over this thread

 

[100%Duncan]

Wemby isn't happy with this coddling bullshit either. We're gonna get to watch him win multiple titles on another team with a legit FO and coaching staff tbh.

Yup. Wemby has a massive ego, deservedly so. If this continues, he’s leaving within 5 years.

 

[FiestaSpurs]

He should’ve came in during that 1:40 timeout when we were up 4. We easily take this home and nobody with more than 2 brain cells can claim that could’ve been dangerous for injury management lol

I thought for sure Mitch was putting back in when he called that timeout. Boy, was I wrong!

 

[e78]

The league is playing off our guards now. They are daring us to beat them with the 3 pointer and our team has been horrible at shooting for 3 weeks now.

Barnes is unplayable if hes not hitting wide open 3s.

Vassel being out is actually hurting the team quite a bit right now as he's been one of the more consistent shooters.

Harper and Castle rely on getting into the lane and kicking out to shooters if you crash or abusing you at the rim if you don't. Teams aren't afraid of crashing when we are shooting like this.

Next step for both will be developing a 3 or a middy game but for this season we really need more consistent shooting from the cast around them.

 

[LeBowen]

Tony Parker has previously said he wanted to be a NBA coach someday right?

Maybe its time to consider TP, Monty Williams or who else? Maybe Steve Kerr (he has clearly overstayed his tenure at GSW)

Thibs is available, tbh.
He'd have Wemby on 40mpg.

 

[k....]

i guess we just wait for steve kerr to become available?

 

[Spurs Homer]

Mitch got too fuckin cute with wemby and worse- he should have played kornet/wemby together to keep landale off the boards or at least olynck/kornet…

Castle just shit the bed, rolled over and shit the bed again then fell asleep and woke up and immediately shit the bed again and rolled in it for kicks


Finally, the last play you call a fuckin timeout, call a play for fox and wemby and win the fuckin game.

Disgusting.

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Wemby isn't happy with this coddling bullshit either. We're gonna get to watch him win multiple titles on another team with a legit FO and coaching staff tbh.

The flipside is he still keeps getting hurt. So it’s not like it’s all on the organization.

 

[Arguendo]

honestly a heavy losing streak and fall down to the play in in the next 2-3 weeks would probably be what makes B Wright realise there’s too many flaws in the team. And too reliant on Wembys defense and role player 3 point shooting.

HAHAHA, the overreactions are simply incredible.
We have the 3rd best record in the NBA after this loss, playing in the West. We are WAY ahead of schedule and we are legit but inexperienced. Fox, Castle, Barnes, Keldon and Harper couldn't hit a shot. Vic played 21 minutes. Devin is out. We shoot 37% as a team, lose by 1
If Fox goes 6-18 instead of 4-18 we win. You really think this is a "flawed team" loss?

Really? I see a team that had 2 guys you expect 20+ pts from, 2 more who can and do go off for 20+ any given night, and 4 more that can give you 20 any night, with the 8th best D in the league even with Vic missing all those games.
We could be better a the 4 but Barnes, KJ, Champ and French/Vanilla have been doing pretty damn good. We are just below league avg in 3pt%, and a little above league avg in OREB%. I think those are our 2 biggest flaws. Can you please name those other "too many flaws"? How many of them have to do with injury and being very young?
What non-role player do you suggest we trade so we are not sooooo reliant on role player 3pt shooting?
How many teams would trade their roster for this flawed team, this yr? Is it 24, 25, 28? HAHAHAHAHA. B Wright needs to blow this up, we lost 1 of 82, 4 of the last 10, 7 of the last 20...BLOW THIS SHIT UP, WE NEED "STAR" 3PT SHOOTING!!!!

 

[scott]

Honestly I would love to hear about a players only meeting where dudes try to put some accountability in place.

Mitch deserves a lot of criticism here, but so do the players.

 

[spurraider21]

Tell Vic not to max out

Fuck this. Let him max out. He just turned 22 years old. He says he’s fine and not hurt.

 

[LakerHater]

Im booooing the fuck outta mitch tomorrow nite!!

 

[spurs2112]

It’s insanity. I’m old enough to remember a time when somebody was either ready to go or they weren’t ready to go. It wasn’t 20 minutes a night for two weeks followed by 25 minutes a night for another two weeks or whatever bullshit. It drives you out of your skull.

Yup. And I get the whole "you have to save the player from himself" rhetoric but you also have to trust your players too. You know Vic wanted to finish this game. I think he's smart enough to understand if his knee is starting to act up again he shouldn't play to avoid injury but if he played 20 minutes or whatever it was and felt fine let him play.

 

[Floyd Pac]

He’s just too overconfident which makes him think he can do more beyond his skill set and it’s becoming uglier by the second

The book is out on him, and we don’t have the shooting coaches to fix his shot or brain

 

[JBAllDay]

You’re banned from watch any more Spurs games

Been happening a lot lately, may be taking a break. Probably better for my health anyways

 

[Trainwreck2100]

Also he benched Champanie for too long in the second,

 

[Mugen]

Fun tribute to Pop at least tbh

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Yup. And I get the whole "you have to save the player from himself" rhetoric but you also have to trust your players too. You know Vic wanted to finish this game. I think he's smart enough to understand if his knee is starting to act up again he shouldn't play to avoid injury but if he played 20 minutes or whatever it was and felt fine let him play.

He’s on fire, carrying the team, and guess what he’s supposed to be the franchise player. I can’t remember a single time in the career of Tim Duncan, even if he was coming back from something when he had it going Pop told him to sit down in the last 3 minutes of the fucking game.

 

[scott]

And also… the fact that we got dominated on the boards by Jock Landale, JJJ and Cam Spencer should be yet another red flag in a giant pile of red flags that we need another big.

Bismarck is obviously not playable. His spot on the team is just charity at this point. If we’re going to be this cautious with Wemby all the damn time, we can not continue on with literally zero viable centers behind Luke.

 

[heyheymymy]

At the end of the day, hats off to Spencer. That guy cooked us with his excellent shooting. Jock had a revenge game. Vince Williams Jr. also shot incredibly well. Memphis played with good energy and generated good looks. This one hurts because DEN and OKC have been mediocre or injured and Spurs have not taken advantage of the opportunity to seize the standings.

 

[LeBowen]

HAHAHA, the overreactions are simply incredible.
We have the 3rd best record in the NBA after this loss, playing in the West. We are WAY ahead of schedule and we are legit but inexperienced. Fox, Castle, Barnes, Keldon and Harper couldn't hit a shot. Vic played 21 minutes. Devin is out. We shoot 37% as a team, lose by 1
If Fox goes 6-18 instead of 4-18 we win. You really think this is a "flawed team" loss?

Really? I see a team that had 2 guys you expect 20+ pts from, 2 more who can and do go off for 20+ any given night, and 4 more that can give you 20 any night, with the 8th best D in the league even with Vic missing all those games.
We could be better a the 4 but Barnes, KJ, Champ and French/Vanilla have been doing pretty damn good. We are just below league avg in 3pt%, and a little above league avg in OREB%. I think those are our 2 biggest flaws. Can you please name those other "too many flaws"? How many of them have to do with injury and being very young?
What non-role player do you suggest we trade so we are not sooooo reliant on role player 3pt shooting?
How many teams would trade their roster for this flawed team, this yr? Is it 24, 25, 28? HAHAHAHAHA. B Wright needs to blow this up, we lost 1 of 82, 4 of the last 10, 7 of the last 20...BLOW THIS SHIT UP, WE NEED "STAR" 3PT SHOOTING!!!!

Your issue is that you're looking at the record and not our level of play against sub-.500 teams.
Even when we won games against bad teams, we were mostly bailed out by them being terrible and Fox looking like an MVP candidate.
Since he came back down to his usual 3pt shooting level, our offense has been awful.

The less said about the defense and rebounding, the better.

 

[1kangaroo]

Once again we let teams shot 37% from 3pt shot you can not tell me the team does not need to make trades around the margins need to add some more 3pt shooting to the roster