The San Antonio Spurs lost to the Phoenix Suns last night and secured the 8th spot in the lottery. Did the Spurs tank?
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Thoughts on last night? Thanks for watching and GO SPURS GO!
100% on both Brobroe
Tanking maybe but it's doesn't really matter now and I think giving young player more time to play is good.
More so in the game against the Blazers
Last 2 games of the season. We know we aren’t getting into the playoffs-in. Vets’ bodies are sore. Let the young guys get some minutes. It was the right thing to do. And geez, I love Blake, but dude needs to work on his shots and not throw the ball away (I.e. make good passes).
3 unit was not ready to go either
Call it; is very important
Yeah this was 100% the right move. Definitely not worth losing 2 or 3 spots for no reason. Now they can go for the win without having to mind about draft odds for the last game!
Spurs will be cursed by the lottery gods like the pistons
Thank you, Phoenix, for kicking our asses last night w/o KD. I figure the Spurs were going to win vs Toronto in SA so I was concerned we'd end up with the same record as Portland.
We could have had EVEN BETTER lottery seeding if once Wemby went down Wesley and Ingram were been given more PT.
They had to because Portland is gonna lose their last two games and if we won both of our last ones we would have moved to 9th
There should be a $5-$10 million dollar locker for those who play all 82 games… maybe even more!
Now they can ball out for fan appreciation night, last game of the season.
Rich: Once I saw the PT of CP3 and Barnes I knew they tanked. In fact, it looks like G-League "coach" Mitch was told to lose. PATSFO did not want to leave it to chance the Spurs would win their last two games. Good job, Mitch…you finally did something right this season. Otherwise, you sucked and were WAY OVER YOUR HEAD. But that was the plan, right? Tank by putting in an inept not ready for prime time coach to replace Pop for a year instead of Brett Brown.
It was more believable to lose on the road to the Suns than lose at home to the Raptors so we'd end up with better seeding than the Blazers.
Rich it's about time that you embrace the art of tanking without tanking. I hope this the last season for the act of tankingGO SPURS GO
I feel he would be a good pick for us and hope we do get him ! Go Spurs Go!
They stink
Oh it’s the right move when it suits your team?
Bassey is probably a goner and possibly some other under performers! IMO
I’m glad that Castle got good minutes as a rookie and will be ever more effective next year!
Definite a tank. Who sits down their 20 year old incoming star after such a hot start
We ain't tank we just lose with a better team I guess but tanking ? Heck no
Already Looking Forward To 2025-26 Season! Go Spurs! Go
…and a comment for the algorithm !
Winning in Phoenix would have been a profesionnal mistake because we could have lost some percentages at the lotery (depending on the results of Portland and Phoenix in their last game). So tanking against the Suns was the right move.
One comment : If Wemby would have won the DPOY this season if…, it was NOT the case last year. The DPOY is not a trophy to reward the best defender of the months of March and April. On the complete season, Gobert definitely deserves to win the trophy. Just have a look to the advanced stats (not +/- or NetRating [which have no meaning as individual stats] but lost percentage at the rim for the opponents for example) and you should be convinced that Wemby is not the last year DPOY !!
No!!! Spurs never tank!!! We just ended the Suns tanking streak!!!
I hate tanking when it's blatant, over several games, and even more at home in front of your own fans (who paid to see you play actual basketball). But that was the only game of the season I feel we've really tanked, and it was on the road, so I can close my eyes and pretend like it never happened (like Charles Bassey's career)
Yes. Yes. They were goofing off at the beginning of the third quarter. Awful. I hope they go for Castle triple double tomorrow. Go Spurs Go!
Be happy Rich lol. Spurs avenged that 148 to 106, 42 point beatdown by the Warriors the other night with Barnes game winner. Thus possibly putting them (Warriors) into possible play-in game . As far as the Phoenix game we had to tank to keep the 8th lottery pick which has better odds for top 4 selection since it was possible that Portland might not of won another game to end season playing Golden State and the Lakers.
It was a good move to lose last night. You knew it was the plan when our 3rd string was in the game during the second quarter
I'll be at the game tomorrow. Hope they go all out and get the win going into the off-season. G.S.G!
It was a TOTAL tank. When Jordan McLaughlin plays more than 15 minutes for ANY NBA roster, it's either desperation, or the tank is most certainly in. Castle should've taken more than 10 shots. Risacher has had some big scoring performances down the stretch here to make the ROY competitive and I don't think Mitch and the coaching staff, CP3 (by insisting to play every game), have done Castle any favors playing him average minutes. Castle hasn't helped himself either by not shooting the ball very well lately, but that's a whole other tangent. What should be happening in these last 2 games is the full-on, Steph Castle experience: 35+ minutes, 20-25 shot attempts per game. If they're not actually trying to win, then what the hell is the harm? It's literally the only thing the Spurs are playing for. Maybe the Spurs haven't gotten the memo that in a tightly contested race, you might have to campaign a little and if you don't believe that pressing your case not just on the floor but in the media, check out how Draymond has cut to the front of the line to vie for the DPOY (an award that was 100% Vic's until the shutdown, so now the vultures circle) with his media blitz. I'm not sure why Castle and other Spurs aren't doing a little on that end to give the young man the boost. After all, it's not Castle's fault that they kept CP3 in the starting lineup even AFTER the Fox trade, playing that undersized lineup that likely cost them some winnable games against miserable teams like the Hornets. Sometimes you gotta wonder what the FO/Coaching staff is thinking with some of their machinations.
36 comments
Yes
Thoughts on last night? Thanks for watching and GO SPURS GO!
100% on both Brobroe
Tanking maybe but it's doesn't really matter now and I think giving young player more time to play is good.
More so in the game against the Blazers
Last 2 games of the season. We know we aren’t getting into the playoffs-in. Vets’ bodies are sore. Let the young guys get some minutes. It was the right thing to do. And geez, I love Blake, but dude needs to work on his shots and not throw the ball away (I.e. make good passes).
3 unit was not ready to go either
Call it; is very important
Yeah this was 100% the right move. Definitely not worth losing 2 or 3 spots for no reason. Now they can go for the win without having to mind about draft odds for the last game!
Spurs will be cursed by the lottery gods like the pistons
Thank you, Phoenix, for kicking our asses last night w/o KD. I figure the Spurs were going to win vs Toronto in SA so I was concerned we'd end up with the same record as Portland.
We could have had EVEN BETTER lottery seeding if once Wemby went down Wesley and Ingram were been given more PT.
They had to because Portland is gonna lose their last two games and if we won both of our last ones we would have moved to 9th
There should be a $5-$10 million dollar locker for those who play all 82 games… maybe even more!
Now they can ball out for fan appreciation night, last game of the season.
Rich: Once I saw the PT of CP3 and Barnes I knew they tanked. In fact, it looks like G-League "coach" Mitch was told to lose. PATSFO did not want to leave it to chance the Spurs would win their last two games. Good job, Mitch…you finally did something right this season. Otherwise, you sucked and were WAY OVER YOUR HEAD. But that was the plan, right? Tank by putting in an inept not ready for prime time coach to replace Pop for a year instead of Brett Brown.
It was more believable to lose on the road to the Suns than lose at home to the Raptors so we'd end up with better seeding than the Blazers.
Rich it's about time that you embrace the art of tanking without tanking.
I hope 
this the last season for the act of tanking
GO SPURS GO
I feel he would be a good pick for us and hope we do get him ! Go Spurs Go!
They stink
Oh it’s the right move when it suits your team?
Bassey is probably a goner and possibly some other under performers! IMO
I’m glad that Castle got good minutes as a rookie and will be ever more effective next year!
Definite a tank. Who sits down their 20 year old incoming star after such a hot start
We ain't tank we just lose with a better team I guess but tanking ? Heck no
Already Looking Forward To 2025-26 Season! Go Spurs! Go
…and a comment for the algorithm !
Winning in Phoenix would have been a profesionnal mistake because we could have lost some percentages at the lotery (depending on the results of Portland and Phoenix in their last game).
So tanking against the Suns was the right move.
One comment :
If Wemby would have won the DPOY this season if…, it was NOT the case last year. The DPOY is not a trophy to reward the best defender of the months of March and April.
On the complete season, Gobert definitely deserves to win the trophy. Just have a look to the advanced stats (not +/- or NetRating [which have no meaning as individual stats] but lost percentage at the rim for the opponents for example) and you should be convinced that Wemby is not the last year DPOY !!
No!!! Spurs never tank!!! We just ended the Suns tanking streak!!!
I hate tanking when it's blatant, over several games, and even more at home in front of your own fans (who paid to see you play actual basketball). But that was the only game of the season I feel we've really tanked, and it was on the road, so I can close my eyes and pretend like it never happened (like Charles Bassey's career)
Yes. Yes. They were goofing off at the beginning of the third quarter. Awful. I hope they go for Castle triple double tomorrow. Go Spurs Go!
Be happy Rich lol. Spurs avenged that 148 to 106, 42 point beatdown by the Warriors the other night with Barnes game winner. Thus possibly putting them (Warriors) into possible play-in game .
As far as the Phoenix game we had to tank to keep the 8th lottery pick which has better odds for top 4 selection since it was possible that Portland might not of won another game to end season playing Golden State and the Lakers.
It was a good move to lose last night. You knew it was the plan when our 3rd string was in the game during the second quarter
I'll be at the game tomorrow. Hope they go all out and get the win going into the off-season. G.S.G!
It was a TOTAL tank. When Jordan McLaughlin plays more than 15 minutes for ANY NBA roster, it's either desperation, or the tank is most certainly in. Castle should've taken more than 10 shots. Risacher has had some big scoring performances down the stretch here to make the ROY competitive and I don't think Mitch and the coaching staff, CP3 (by insisting to play every game), have done Castle any favors playing him average minutes. Castle hasn't helped himself either by not shooting the ball very well lately, but that's a whole other tangent. What should be happening in these last 2 games is the full-on, Steph Castle experience: 35+ minutes, 20-25 shot attempts per game. If they're not actually trying to win, then what the hell is the harm? It's literally the only thing the Spurs are playing for. Maybe the Spurs haven't gotten the memo that in a tightly contested race, you might have to campaign a little and if you don't believe that pressing your case not just on the floor but in the media, check out how Draymond has cut to the front of the line to vie for the DPOY (an award that was 100% Vic's until the shutdown, so now the vultures circle) with his media blitz. I'm not sure why Castle and other Spurs aren't doing a little on that end to give the young man the boost. After all, it's not Castle's fault that they kept CP3 in the starting lineup even AFTER the Fox trade, playing that undersized lineup that likely cost them some winnable games against miserable teams like the Hornets. Sometimes you gotta wonder what the FO/Coaching staff is thinking with some of their machinations.
It was the right move but still hard to watch.