Game Thread Spurs (27-11) @ Timberwolves (25-14) (Sun 1/11/26) [6PM CST]

[Ni-G]

Dumb losses but they're young team coached by inexperienced coach. Lessons will be learnt hopefully .We need to make sure we hiring the best money can buy shooting coach for our young guards. Without 3s they will never be able to utilise driving potential and provide space for Wemby. Also why don't we play pick and rolls? Too much ISO ball especially for a team playing "too many" PGs.

 

[Spursgenius]

Dumb losses but they're young team coached by inexperienced coach. Lessons will be learnt hopefully .We need to make sure we hiring the best money can buy shooting coach for our young guards. Without 3s they will never be able to utilise driving potential and provide space for Wemby. Also why don't we play pick and rolls? Too much ISO ball especially for a team playing "too many" PGs.

We are a 50 win plus team. No more waiting Time for the dumbfuck FO to make a trade for shooters and perimeter defenders.

 

[Limguoguolo]

Zhero ball is gaining attention on TikTok, not games. Beware of immitchment, Spurs.

Great defense from the Wolves despite Rudy's stupid fouls, well rendered by the stupidity of the Castle-Keldon duo.

Sand Castle seems to be crumbling at the first wave. Too many offensive fouls. The ram must use his head to force his way through, not his horns. Please sand the message, this message will self-destruct until the next wave.

Nice footwork for Harper, but he looks like a baby leaving Castle's potty on the beach and wanting to do like the grown-ups by forgetting to lift the toilet seat. He'll figure it out eventually.

Victor in foul trouble despite the minutes restriction didn't help. Always valuable at free throws: it's good for the future: in France, 10/10 is a very good grade in fifth grade, it's time to move on to 20/20 in high school by provoking even more fouls, it's money. Not TikTok money, championship money.

A good loss to be honest: this team has to learn. But it needs to learn to play together, not to multiply the iso and hero ball.

The most consistent player on both sides of the court for a long time now remains Champagnie, who would have believed it?.

 

[RC_Drunkford]

Castle/Harper line ups killed us in this game. Fuckin up 5 possessions in a row results in a Wolves run. Was totally expected to happen. Just dumb mistakes by our young guards.

 

[Quentin_Compson]

Kinda funny how this thread started by making fun of Jaylen Brown for complaining about the officiating - and then evolved into people here complaining about the officiating ...
The offense is really rough right now for the Spurs. Castle seems to have been figured out, Harper seems to have hit the rookie wall and lost all confidence in his scoring abilities, Fox alternates between short scoring outbursts and long droughts, the 3P shooting has been mostly bad (it was actually okayish in this game, I'd say) - that pretty much leaves only Wemby as the sole source of efficient offense.
While some of those problems will get better, I guess, the coaching staff should get more creative and active in trying to help steady the ship. Having iso possessions resulting in fadeaway jumpers as your only offense in crunch time is not a good look. Why are there no pre-screens to try and free up Wemby? Why no secondary screens when the first attempt at running a play gets thwarted? Why no P'n'R actions?

 

[tearsofmorningdew]

couldn’t watch, saw the highlights.

really need to start having serious conversations about Fox. Castle and Harper get a pass because they’re so young but Fox, again, seems to be lollygagging until it’s too late. not what he’s paid to do.

 

[BigTimeBum]

At least the rockets lost. So that's always a plus

 

[spursparker9]

Rocket is now in the play-in. 7th seed

I know everyone is saying we are above expectation at 2nd seed but this is the freaking Western Conference....a few stupid (winnable) losses and you will be in the play-in soon enough

 

[Shmurs]

really good team that cannot shoot. Everything else is pretty marginal or in our favor. This is all just about shooting. Could be worse.

 

[TBdog]

Fox isn't being used right. But I think this is more to do with Harper and Castle getting their reps. God our shooting is dreadful. I wonder if it's magic awful from last season?

 

[Ice009]

Rocket is now in the play-in. 7th seed

I know everyone is saying we are above expectation at 2nd seed but this is the freaking Western Conference....a few stupid (winnable) losses and you will be in the play-in soon enough

I believe the Spurs would have had a good grip on the second seed if they won this game (would have given them good momentum as I wasn't expecting a win against OKC), but I think they've maybe thrown it away along with this game. I guess we'll see.

Fox isn't being used right. But I think this is more to do with Harper and Castle getting their reps. God our shooting is dreadful. I wonder if it's magic awful from last season?

I haven't commented on Fox because I believe the Spurs are trying to push Castle and Harper to handle the ball more to improve their games. I don't think that is helping Fox at all. If you're going to pay Fox all that money and not use him as the lead guard, what did you get him for? Why did you pay him? I don't expect him to just turn it on when/if those two falter. It's not easy playing like that.

 

[spurs2112]

I believe the Spurs would have had a good grip on the second seed if they won this game (would have given them good momentum as I wasn't expecting a win against OKC), but I think they've maybe thrown it away along with this game. I guess we'll see.


I haven't commented on Fox because I believe the Spurs are trying to push Castle and Harper to handle the ball more to improve their games. I don't think that is helping Fox at all. If you're going to pay Fox all that money and not use him as the lead guard, what did you get him for? Why did you pay him? I don't expect him to just turn it on when/if those two falter. It's not easy playing like that.

Yup. Fox should be our primary ball handler when hes in the game with Castle. I like Castle, I think hes going to be a great player but not now. Hes shown flashes but I think he is trying/forcing things a little to much and its starting to add up. I think this on/off thing they got going on with Fox is messing with his game. Probably cant get into a rhythm and then he starts forcing things and thats no bueno also.

 

[Ice009]

Yup. Fox should be our primary ball handler when hes in the game with Castle. I like Castle, I think hes going to be a great player but not now. Hes shown flashes but I think he is trying/forcing things a little to much and its starting to add up. I think this on/off thing they got going on with Fox is messing with his game. Probably cant get into a rhythm and then he starts forcing things and thats no bueno also.

Nicely put. You said it a bit better than me. I mentioned in another thread, Fox has already shown earlier this season what he can do as the lead guard when Victor missed around a month or so. Steph and Dylan haven't shown they can do that. I don't know what the Spurs are trying to do by pushing those two when they haven't shown they can do that. Are they trying to see if they're capable of it, are they trying to force it? I really don't know. All I know is, they're looking terrible right now, and it's making Fox look bad too.