Game Thread Spurs (55-18) @ Bucks (29-43) (Sat 3/28/2026) [2:00PM CDT]

[wEmBoY]

Lol people here bashing doc. Ya’ll should be thankful to doc. If not because of him duncan signed with the magic and spurs didnt have 5 championships.

 

[BatManu20]

Lol people here bashing doc. Ya’ll should be thankful to doc. If not because of him duncan signed with the magic and spurs didnt have 5 championships.

Two things can be true at once. We're grateful Doc Rivers is retarded enough that he blew Timmy's recruitment, and he's also the most overrated HC in the league whose entire legacy has been carried by one super-team ring that he won nearly 20 years ago.

 

[Russ]

Fuck Doc Rivers. He’s a guy who legit shouldn’t have been hired for his last two jobs.

Every time a new young coach gets hired an angel gets their wings. Every time Doc gets hired, a devil gets their horns. Stop with the retread coaches. Doc has lived off that 2008 chip more than Yoko lived off John’s royalties.

Just to push back a little . ..

During the '99 lockout, Doc ran the Spurs through unofficial workouts and we all know how that ended up.

After that nada, but that still counts for something.

 

[timtonymanu]

Hating on Doc is racist, tbh. Just ask @scott .

 

[OK Computer]

Feels like Giannis is the type of player who would come to the Spurs when he’s an old vet who can’t secure the bag anymore a la CP3.

 

[Itzsoweezee]

The basketball gods were not amused @ that shameless chucking by Vic in a 30+ blowout and promptly put a lid on the rim for him. Luckily it wasn’t worse.

Doc seemed a little serious with Mitch as the game ended too. I wonder if he had some thoughts about Castle coming back in for a rebound or Vic doing whatever the hell he was doing.

Sorry, but I don’t feel bad about embarrassing a team that is doing everything it can to lose. There were a lot of guys in street clothes on the Milwaukee bench. Play them if you don’t want to get stomped. You can’t have it both ways.

 

[Robz4000]

Hating on Doc is racist, tbh. Just ask @scott .

That was TD21 iirc.

 

[timtonymanu]

That was TD21 iirc.

I think scott said doc was a bad coach and it caused that other poster to “retire” iirc.

 

[Seventyniner]

Doc Rivers seems genius level as a self promoter. As a coach ... not so much.

Unfortunately, in many cases being a genius level self promoter can get you at least as far in life as actual competence.

 

[spursparker9]

Feels like Giannis is the type of player who would come to the Spurs when he’s an old vet who can’t secure the bag anymore a la CP3.

Don't mind signing him for the vet min when he is in late 30s for backup Center role

 

[spursistan]

Wemby's failed statpadding attempt and Castle getting brought in to hunt for the triple double in 30-point was a disgrace that is so unbecoming of this organization.

Mitch needs to be more in control of stuff like that..You don't need to completely bottle it up like Pop, but you also can't allow such inherently noxious habits to pollute a team-first culture

 

[DTW]

Say what you will about Rivers, but he's easily one of the most criticized people and definitely coach in the league for years, so he damn sure isn't "overrated".

Wemby's failed statpadding attempt and Castle getting brought in to hunt for the triple double in 30-point was a disgrace that is so unbecoming of this organization.

Mitch needs to be more in control of stuff like that..You don't need to completely bottle it up like Pop, but you also can't allow such inherently noxious habits to pollute a team-first culture

No disrespect, but that's an outdated sense of the power of coaches, especially on a team like this.

 

[dn0774]

Fuck Doc Rivers. He’s a guy who legit shouldn’t have been hired for his last two jobs.

Every time a new young coach gets hired an angel gets their wings. Every time Doc gets hired, a devil gets their horns. Stop with the retread coaches. Doc has lived off that 2008 chip more than Yoko lived off John’s royalties.

I don't give 2 shits about Doc, I found it curious because sometimes there is more going on behind the scenes to help explain things. Some front offices/gm's/even ownership groups (Suns & Cavs for example) have bad blood for a variety of reasons and it felt very un-Spurs-like to chase a triple double or give Vic 5 extra mins of run in which he clearly was chasing buckets. I don't even necessarily have a problem with stomping a team when they're down (until a guy gets injured), just not used to seeing it from our side.

If I can put on my conspiracy hat for a moment, it makes me wonder if perhaps there were Giannis discussions last summer and it became contentious (ie "we want 2/Castle/all the picks or go fuck yourself"). Or maybe it was nothing and the Spurs are just getting their "get back" after the lean years we've had where we were on the receiving end of a lot of ugly blowouts.

 

[Tom-Tom82]

IIRC, Giannis did some training with both Dylan and Ace ahead of the draft last year?

Don't forget how he hung out with the Spurs a lot during All-Star Weekend and how his kids gravitated towards Wemby and CB that weekend.

 

[Millennial_Messiah]

don't agree. an open mid range is still a good shot. and if Wemby is able to shoot it at a good percentage, man, he would be unstoppable offensively cause he can get them easily.

much better for him than a reckless drive or an hesitant 3 pts.....

unless he's like peak Kobe, Kawhi, MJ etc, midrange shots are last resort unless they're wide open, and he wasn't wide open.

Don't forget how he hung out with the Spurs a lot during All-Star Weekend and how his kids gravitated towards Wemby and CB that weekend.

Castle, Vassell, Harper, Bryant and a 1st for Giannis this summer? You'd have Wemby and Giannis together.

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Concerned with that outside shot right now

He’ll find it. I don’t love him taking a ton of three-point shots, especially if he does that in a big playoff game. I want him moving without the ball, trying to get mid range shots up. But he’ll figure out the outside shot.

 

[spursistan]

Say what you will about Rivers, but he's easily one of the most criticized people and definitely coach in the league for years, so he damn sure isn't "overrated".



No disrespect, but that's an outdated sense of the power of coaches, especially on a team like this.

Why? Weren't you worried about him being "too nice" that in rough and trying times-- not when things are dandy like these days-- he could get walked all over by players? (ie. Brad Stevens) I am not advocating for him to be a rigid overseer like Pop, but trying to statpad on a downtrodden team when a game is decidedly out of reach should be beneath this franchise or any self-respecting one. So the onus here is on Mitch to be the mature leader who knows the norms and the unwritten rules of this league.

 

[Spurminator]

Wemby's failed statpadding attempt and Castle getting brought in to hunt for the triple double in 30-point was a disgrace that is so unbecoming of this organization.

Mitch needs to be more in control of stuff like that..You don't need to completely bottle it up like Pop, but you also can't allow such inherently noxious habits to pollute a team-first culture

I guess with only two losses in the past 2 months you guys are desperate for something to bitch about, but this is rock bottom.

 

[Paramore]

Yihaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[Paramore]

 

[Paramore]

 

[scott]

I think scott said doc was a bad coach and it caused that other poster to “retire” iirc.

Doc Rivers is the Jeff Fisher of Dick Mottas

That poster retired when I called him out on his weird obsession with Golden State and Toronto in addition. He did love playing the race card when you pointed out how Doc sucks…

 

[Ni-G]

AC gives his flowers to Doc

 

[DTW]

Why? Weren't you worried about him being "too nice" that in rough and trying times-- not when things are dandy like these days-- he could get walked all over by players? (ie. Brad Stevens) I am not advocating for him to be a rigid overseer like Pop, but trying to statpad on a downtrodden team when a game is decidedly out of reach should be beneath this franchise or any self-respecting one. So the onus here is on Mitch to be the mature leader who knows the norms and the unwritten rules of this league.

That was different because it was more so related to on court performance (suffice it say, that concern has been allayed) than comportment or decorum. The reality is, this is just how the majority of this generation conducts themselves and fighting it is a losing battle.

Especially for a young, basically rookie head coach, presiding over a possible dynasty and future GOAT candidate. The vibes are "immaculate", no need to risk altering them over something so trivial.

 

[spurs10]

Anyone saying it was poor sportsmanship putting Castle back in the game is ridiculous. Just because you're getting killed doesn't mean you have to get people from the stands to finish the game. So what if he was 1 board away of a triple double. Bench him by all means /s. Castle has worked his ass off getting to this point and needs to apologize for nothing.