https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44254076/pop-decision-earned-gregg-popovich-fight-return-san-antonio-spurs

Inside Pop trying to come back. Worth a read

Hating on a coach that has brought San Antonio 5 championships is just generationally stupid. That is as many championships as the other small market teams have combined, including chips from prior cities and from the 1950s. Even if you want to say that he has lost touch, I think you let a guy like that go out on his own terms unless his players want him gone.

Guitarsoup said:

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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44254076/pop-decision-earned-gregg-popovich-fight-return-san-antonio-spurs

Inside Pop trying to come back. Worth a read

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Reading this just reinforces my previous assumption that he should officially retire. I can't imagine that it would be a good idea for him to go through the rigors of being an NBA head coach after the stroke.

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Guitarsoup said:

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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44254076/pop-decision-earned-gregg-popovich-fight-return-san-antonio-spurs

Inside Pop trying to come back. Worth a read

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Reading this just reinforces my previous assumption that he should officially retire. I can't imagine that it would be a good idea for him to go through the rigors of being an NBA head coach after the stroke.

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If he and his doctors believe it is ok for him to return next year, he deserves to be able to go out on his own terms.

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And I'm not a doctor, so obviously what I think doesn't matter. But I wonder if he would follow the doctors' advice if they recommended that he retire.

Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 34 points in 19 minutes tonight

13-14 from the floor, 7-7 from three

It’s the highest score ever recorded in under 20 minutes in an NBA game

— Tom Petrini (@RealTomPetrini) March 20, 2025

That was great to see Mamu go off this game.

34 points, career high
21 points in the fourth quarter

Also random that Flavor Flav was there celebrating. lol

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Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 34 points in 19 minutes tonight

13-14 from the floor, 7-7 from three

It’s the highest score ever recorded in under 20 minutes in an NBA game

— Tom Petrini (@RealTomPetrini) March 20, 2025

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Sandro Mamubanyama

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That was great to see Mamu go off this game.

34 points, career high
21 points in the fourth quarter

Also random that Flavor Flav was there celebrating. lol

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.@Mamukelashvili5 was on a heater tonight! 🔥

34 PTS | 9 REB pic.twitter.com/Y55zwkKkGD

— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) March 20, 2025

Mamu and Flava Flav is the pairing we all wanted to see.

Blake also had a really good game today, love to see that

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6209187/2025/03/19/2025-cooper-flagg-nba-draft/

8. San Antonio Spurs

Collin Murray-Boyles | 6-8 wing/forward | 20 years old | South Carolina

Murray-Boyles is also a bit polarizing for teams. On one hand, he's a big-bodied wing/forward who has incredibly long arms and terrific defensive instincts. You can't blame him for a second of South Carolina's struggles this season. He was consistently engaged in the action despite guard play that was pretty rough, and he carried the load for the team offensively. He averaged nearly 17 points and eight rebounds and is a tremendous passer for a big wing. I completely buy Murray-Boyles' feel for the game and his skill set as a multi-positional defender and a short-roll playmaker.

But Murray-Boyles has not made shots in his career. He had a free-throw percentage over 70 percent this year but made only 26.5 percent of his 3s. The jumper is the question. If that part of his game ends up translating and there's nothing all that broken with the shot you're looking at a longtime starter who will be able to impact the game at a high level without having the ball in his hands. If it doesn't, he probably ends up as more of a rotational defensive wing. For the Spurs, this is an awesome fit with Victor Wembanyama, as Murray-Boyles is big and long enough to take some interior defensive assignments from Wembanyama while also letting them play the big French defender as a roaming helper. His stock is all over the map, with some scouts seeing him as high as a top-six player in the class and others seeing him as more of a top-20 guy.


16. San Antonio (via ATL)

Nolan Traor | 6-3 guard | 19 years old | Saint-Quentin

Traore has had an up-and-down season in France. Some games, he looks like a clear lottery pick. Other games, he has really struggled. Evaluators in France have generally been highly impressed with his game, though, as he's a teenager running a French league team and experiencing some success. He's averaging about 12 points and five assists, and while he hasn't been overly efficient on the whole of the season, he's started to figure it out over the last month or so. The big question you'll get asked from teams is simply how Traor goes about scoring efficiently at the NBA level. He's a bit small in terms of finishing at the rim. He doesn't have a particularly developed in-between game yet. And his jumper is still wildly inconsistent from 3, as he's made just 28 percent of those attempts. But there's a lot to develop here, and the intel is positive.


Hey look, two non shooters.

I'd be ok with one of those two, but not both.

Article explains Flava flav /Sandro relationship...

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44324975/spurs-sandro-mamukelashvili-makes-nba-history-34-points-19-minutes

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That would be a waste of two picks, give me Queen and Fleming.

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That would be a waste of two picks, give me Queen and Fleming.

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Did you watch Queen's last game? He had no motor, wasn't getting back on defense. In general he is a super awful defender, and can't defense on the perimeter at all. His vertical is closer to Jokic's than Castle's. He has really nice footwork, but can't get up on either end of the court and can't protect the rim to go with his awful perimeter defense. And to top it off, he has no outside shoot. His nice passing and footwork is not enough to over come his massive negatives, and he won't be able to play with Wemby because of his defense and shooting.

I'm all aboard on Fleming. He's exactly the archetype we need.

right thru the lane 😤 pic.twitter.com/gkR5RD86co

— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) March 20, 2025

Look at the body control and bag that Castle has. He's cooking Bridges and finishing over Bridges and OG Anunoby.

If he can just get consistent with his 3pt shot even at ~35% next year, he is gonna be an All-Star sooner or later. Maybe add a little floater from ~8' and and elbow shot and he is unstoppable.

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right thru the lane 😤 pic.twitter.com/gkR5RD86co

— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) March 20, 2025

Look at the body control and bag that Castle has. He's cooking Bridges and finishing over Bridges and OG Anunoby.

If he can just get consistent with his 3pt shot even at ~35% next year, he is gonna be an All-Star sooner or later. Maybe add a little floater from ~8' and and elbow shot and he is unstoppable.

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What does Chip Engelland want to come back from OKC?

Castle had 14 assists last night in the win. That is the most by any rookie this season. Last 5 games as a starter, Steph is putting up 21/4/6 with ~2:1 assist to TO ratio.

Last 32 games (since the Lakers game delay) he is putting up 17.7p 4.2r 3.6a on 47/32/73 shooting. 16 of the 32 games have him at 20+ points. Only 4 games have him in single digits.

That win brought the Spurs up to 30 wins on the season, moving us a half game behind Chicago for 10th in the lottery.

So where are the pissy posts complaining about Mitch playing Fox too much and not tanking? Yeah, players and coaches play to win. If anyone needs to tank it's Philly and their guys played hard last night too.