We all have issues with Lonnie but his athletic gifts are undeniable.
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We all have issues with Lonnie but his athletic gifts are undeniable.
AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
Spurs showed heart tonight being shorthanded. Had no answer for Bam though
Josh Primo has a nose for offensive rebounds.
But the Spurs just don’t run any good plays for anyone.
The last 4 mins of this game vs Charlotte it’s just Murray creating his own shot. It’s been 2v5 with only Murray and Poetl looking like they know what they’re doing.
I know Keldon had a good scoring game but whatever.
But the Spurs just don’t run any good plays for anyone.
The last 4 mins of this game vs Charlotte it’s just Murray creating his own shot. It’s been 2v5 with only Murray and Poetl looking like they know what they’re doing.
I know Keldon had a good scoring game but whatever.
AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
We need a closer for end of games. I reallly wish we could get Chet in the draft but we probably won't be drafting that high.
Jalen Duren from Memphis would be a great pickup too though
Murray can be that guy but it doesn't help when there are no other threats.
Hell, Murray was creating his own shot the whole time. I don't think I saw one pick set up for him.
Man. Now I'm imagining Murray running the P&R with Chet.
Tank it baby. Tank it all the way down.
Bet. Then tank gang gang…
"One that shines the light on the human element, in terms of his awareness, his compassion for human beings and just always being so quick to recognize that need to try to do what he could to help somebody in a moment -- we had dinner at Ristorante Sotto Sotto in Toronto one night a long time ago. It's an insanely cold night in Toronto. It's probably five degrees out. Pop had this leather jacket. Remember the brand Pelle Pelle? He had this designer brand name jacket. And he throws it on and we start taking our walk back to the Four Seasons. We see this homeless guy. There's six or seven of us walking, and it's gotta be the coldest place in the NBA on this night of any city.
"Pop sees him, maybe takes a stride past him and notices him against a doorway, stops, reaches into his pocket. I don't know how much cash he had, but he wadded up a wad of bills, stuffed them into his coat pocket, takes his leather jacket off and lays it over the homeless guy to give him a layer of warmth. The guy never wakes up; he's asleep. We walk four or five blocks and Pop is in his button-down dress shirt. And off we go."
The GOAT
Pop in the pelle pelle tho
I'm gonna miss him and even though I had my gripes with him, he might be the only few to really give a fukk about his players
I'm gonna miss him and even though I had my gripes with him, he might be the only few to really give a fukk about his players
For nearly two decades, Manu Ginobili has had hundreds of dinners and countless talks with San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, discussing everything from "politics, war, the game or kids."
Popovich even showed up at Ginobili's door at 1 in the morning with wine to cheer him up after a tough game.
But one dinner above all the "famous dinners" with Pop will forever stand out.
"It was a restaurant by the hotel called Il Gabbiano," the longtime Spurs guard told ESPN. "Even if I wanted to, I couldn't forget it."
At a Miami restaurant named seagull in Italian, stunned players were sobbing and looking at one another in disbelief as Pop consoled each Spur.
Earlier that evening, on June 18, 2013, the Spurs were seconds away from celebrating another championship when Ray Allen hit one of the most iconic shots in NBA Finals history.
It was as crushing a blow to the Spurs as any during the Popovich era, as the Miami Heat won Game 6 in overtime before taking Game 7 and the NBA Finals. Still, Pop stuck to his routine and gathered his team.
"It was almost the championship won," said Ginobili, the pain still audible in his voice nearly a decade later. "[But Pop's] phrase was, 'Win it together. Lose it together. Man's got to eat.'
"So we ate together."
Not even the finest Italian dishes and wine on the Miami waterfront could cleanse the bitter taste of Allen's shot or, for Ginobili, the offensive rebound Chris Bosh snatched over him before finding Allen in the corner for the 3.
A championship slipped away that night. But as players were replaying the catch-and-shoot Allen 3 in their heads, Popovich did what so many of those closest to him say is what makes him the greatest of all time: He's there for friends and players, telling them the truth and sharing that there is more in life than basketball.
"We talked and we basically cried together," Ginobili said. "He went one table at a time with different players and had conversations and tried to cheer us up when we were devastated."
#SpursFamily
These other fans don't even understand.
Popovich even showed up at Ginobili's door at 1 in the morning with wine to cheer him up after a tough game.
But one dinner above all the "famous dinners" with Pop will forever stand out.
"It was a restaurant by the hotel called Il Gabbiano," the longtime Spurs guard told ESPN. "Even if I wanted to, I couldn't forget it."
At a Miami restaurant named seagull in Italian, stunned players were sobbing and looking at one another in disbelief as Pop consoled each Spur.
Earlier that evening, on June 18, 2013, the Spurs were seconds away from celebrating another championship when Ray Allen hit one of the most iconic shots in NBA Finals history.
It was as crushing a blow to the Spurs as any during the Popovich era, as the Miami Heat won Game 6 in overtime before taking Game 7 and the NBA Finals. Still, Pop stuck to his routine and gathered his team.
"It was almost the championship won," said Ginobili, the pain still audible in his voice nearly a decade later. "[But Pop's] phrase was, 'Win it together. Lose it together. Man's got to eat.'
"So we ate together."
Not even the finest Italian dishes and wine on the Miami waterfront could cleanse the bitter taste of Allen's shot or, for Ginobili, the offensive rebound Chris Bosh snatched over him before finding Allen in the corner for the 3.
A championship slipped away that night. But as players were replaying the catch-and-shoot Allen 3 in their heads, Popovich did what so many of those closest to him say is what makes him the greatest of all time: He's there for friends and players, telling them the truth and sharing that there is more in life than basketball.
"We talked and we basically cried together," Ginobili said. "He went one table at a time with different players and had conversations and tried to cheer us up when we were devastated."
#SpursFamily
These other fans don't even understand.