I didn't get to watch but it's good that we pulled this one out. With the way the West (and our division) has been winning we can't afford to lose games we should win. No Pop and our defense seemed disinterested, but had good showings from Ginobili and Kawhi.

Didn't watch but Ginobili with 28. Nice.

Also, anyone know what happened to Pop? I see he wasn't at the game.

On Fast money they talked about somebody buying a huge amount of puts on the XLE. They knew something

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Didn't watch but Ginobili with 28. Nice.

Also, anyone know what happened to Pop? I see he wasn't at the game.

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Undisclosed medical procedure

Pop out again tonight

Messina undefeated as head coach.

Tony with a big night.

Good win tonight. Pretty solid defense, Kings just kept making shots. Offense really rolled.

Celtics game going on right now. It started at noon

Sloppy play against the celtics so far. We know we're superior so we keep trying to get cute. Rebounding is atrocious and their big guys have hit some 3s.

Down 4 at the half. We had 10 turnovers in the first half and Boston is shooting around 50% from deep. I expect everything to normalize, but we've been pretty sloppy out there.

Much better second half and we put away Boston easily. Got Philly next, so should be another easy W.

Baynes hit a 3 pointer

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Ayres also posterized Kelly Olynyk!

76ers tonight. Should be able to win comfortably with everyone getting minutes.

Have won 7 in a row. Definitely need to continue to win these easy games because December is a pretty tough month starting mid-month.

Tiago is still out and the injury is becoming pretty worrisome. Thankfully Baynes is really playing well for us. Patty is still on target for a January return.

Yeah starting to worry Tiago won't be 100% by playoffs.

I wonder if any team would take the expiring contracts of Dayers and baynes for a quality big? We really need a rotation of 3 starting quality bigs come playoff time

I'm not sure trading away Baynes is a good idea with Duncan leaving soon. I'm pretty sure the plan is to keep Tiago and Baynes around for the long haul.

Baynes is starting to look pretty good in the pick and roll with Manu. The timing is improving, he's got better hands than Ayres (who doesn't), and he seems to be developing a decent understanding of when to throw it down and when to go for the reverse or layup.

Defense is still where he's lacking. His rotations are often still a half-step late (though he's getting better) and Howard absolutely worked him when they played the Rockets. He kept losing contact to give up alley-oop dunks, although handling a Harden-Howard PnR isn't the easiest thing in basketball.

The way Baynes looks and is improving with non-garbage PT, I strongly oppose getting rid of him. The Spurs should be looking to pick up a very good FA big (Marc Gasol is everyone's favorite name to drop) with all their cap space next offseason, and Splitter/Baynes is a REALLY nice pair of backup PF/Cs with Diaw at SF/PF and Bonner as a role player. I'm all in favor of getting rid of Dayres though.


One thing I thought was really interesting yesterday was that the Spurs went to zone a couple times. They played a 2-3 with Kawhi at center. He was playing too far down for it to really be a 2-1-2. Interesting look that gave the Celtics some trouble. Pretty tough to pass with Kawhi playing center field, although I'm sure a better offensive team would exploit slow closeouts on the perimeter and force the Spurs out of the zone or into a more conventional one with Timmy in the middle.

Baynes has the potential to be as good or better than Tiago IMO. He's bigger and has a better shot. I don't think there's any reason to trade him. The biggest issue he's had is staying out of foul trouble. Something he'll need to figure out if he becomes a full time option.

Tiago is still infinitely better than Baynes on defense. I'm not sure Baynes will ever be better than Tiago on defense because not everyone has an innate feeling for controlling space and rotations like Splitter has. Baynes is pretty good at maintaining verticality, but he still gets called for being a white guy near a layup the way Splitter did before he got a name for playing good defense.

Baynes definitely has a wider variety of offensive skills though. If it's not a reverse layup, Tiago can't do it.

What about this trade:
We send Dayers to Washington
We recieve Blair

Just for some added center depth

Official report for tonight:

Tim Duncan (rest), Patty Mills (right shoulder surgery), Tony Parker (bruised ribs) and Tiago Splitter (tightness, right calf) are listed as out for tonight's game at Philadelphia.

GD tp

TP is probably fine.

I know, I just don't have the crooked smile emoticon

I assume you mean this one.

So what's the latest with Splitter, why are some of y'all speculating he might not be ready for the playoffs and that it may be worse? Any inside info or are you just being overly concerned?

Spurs have the luxury to bring guys back slow, with their depth and current schedule. I hope it isn't more than that, has anyone heard any reports?

I don't have an opinion either way, but he's supposedly been day-to-day with a tight calf for a month now. I can see where people would start to be concerned, especially when he had a back injury before that.

Lol, TP is absolutely fine. Surprised Manu is playing, tbh.

Apparently it's actually a broken rib. Hopefully nothing to be worried about long-term.

Spurs say bruised, the broken part was speculative. Evidently Daye did it in practice.

Pop had this to say about Tiago's injury yesterday which is just kind of weird. Especially since they can't really diagnose it properly and that Tiago has had some back pain in conjunction with the calf.

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"It's of major importance, so Timmy doesn't have to get too many minutes," Popovich said. "I don't know about Tiago's situation. We're very confused by it, but Baynsie is saving us."

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From Manu's latest blog:

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"We started the season so so, but slowly things are falling into place and we're getting better now, and with an ample margin to keep improving. Personally, my game is going through some high and lows, but in general I'm happy. I don't have any major pains, which is fundamental at this stage of my career, and I feel useful to the team, even though sometimes it's difficult to get going and get the body ready for the game".

"I'm still passionate about what I do, I enjoy it thoroughly and I'm enjoying the day to day a lot. I know they're my last few shots, the last few bullets, and you realize that the end is coming and you want to save a lot of memories with you and enjoy.You want to have a good time, and not suffer like it happened to me a couple of seasons ago. The fact that we could take away that terrible pain we had for the lost Finals in 2013 makes us be more calm and a little "lighter", despite the fact that we want to win again and we know we have a solid chance".

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Spurs say bruised, the broken part was speculative. Evidently Daye did it in practice.

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