HereComesJustice | Spurs

65 | 5 hours ago

yup that 3 GB has been cemented in the standings for so long now lol they just won’t lose

yeahright17 | Thunder

36 | 5 hours ago

I’m sitting here thinking the opposite. How many games do we need to win to make this dang lead more comfortable?

Obviously it’s not the the same level, but it feels kind of like the 15-16 season where the Warriors won 73 games but didn’t lock up the one seed until there were like 4 games left in the season.

No-Test6484 | Lakers

5 | 3 hours ago

Yea gave me those vibes. Those spurs were the biggest what if. I really believe Kawhi could have done it

mangabalanga | Thunder

5 | 2 hours ago

‘16 Spurs were actually eliminated by OKC, it was Duncan’s last year. 2017 is when Zaza injured Kawhi.

Krillin113 | 76ers

1 | 2 minutes ago

OKC were so close to a generational run there

justFramy | Thunder

17 | 5 hours ago

suns woulda gave us some breathing room but wemby decided he wanted to hit a game winner for some reason

AchtCocainAchtBier | Spurs

7 | 2 hours ago

Saw Shai do the same thing not even 24 hours earlier iirc. Just said let me try that shit too lol

Longjumping_One_9164 | Thunder

8 | 5 hours ago

I think it will be unassailable if we win in Boston as mean we could go 7-2 from there while you win out and still have #1.

There are some tricky games no doubt, but we are at full strength for the first time at Boston and that Demver game in particular can see people in rested.

gregatronn | Spurs

2 | an hour ago

There are some tricky games no doubt, but we are at full strength for the first time at Boston

If Boston beat Minny at home, I feel like they lose (for sure), but I think that might have woken them up since they’ve been shakey, but i’m curious how it will go. I think it’ll be close. I think OKC will still finish with 1st seed, but I think Boston might surprise.

SeveralMycologist205 | Lakers

63 | 5 hours ago

The worst part is OKC hasn’t had Jdub and both teams are young. Scary scenes out west, we need the 2nd apron to do something.

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

39 | 5 hours ago

the 2nd apron isn’t gonna do much for okc: https://ankitpancakes.substack.com/p/issue-12-cap-management

ShaiFanClub | Thunder

34 | 5 hours ago

All OKC needs is Shai Jdub and Chet and all San Antonio needs is Wemby Harper and Castle. You can keep signing and drafting cheap role players to put around them

SeveralMycologist205 | Lakers

18 | 5 hours ago

That’s crazy man. I did not know Presti extended Jaylin Williams and Ajay Mitchell.

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

20 | 5 hours ago

we’ll lose dort this summer, and maybe kenrich and topic (or some combo of ~10 mil). but i feel fairly confident the rest of the group will be back, with ihart back on slightly less apy but more years.

what i said above, is slightly different than what i say in my article because i thought we’d let ihart walk, but i wrote this last summer and i think ihart is too valuable to let go now

PoonGo0n | Spurs

2 | 5 hours ago

Highly doubt Ihart is back if Sorber is ready to go

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

18 | 5 hours ago

I think we could very easily decide to trade Sorber at a loss to keep iHart. iHart simply does too much for this offense that I don’t think Sorber will be able to do in the next 2 years.

PoonGo0n | Spurs

10 | 5 hours ago

I liked Sorber a lot last year so I’m biased. Who knows how he comes back from that injury tho. I’m just not sure how much IHart will take a discount especially if you guys ring again. Gotta pay Caso too. Will be interesting, if anybody can make it work it’d be Presti.

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

4 | 5 hours ago

given that we overpaid ihart on free agency, and we give him a ton of autonomy to operate the offense, and by all accounts he likes winning - i think it’s not insane to see him come back on a ~80m/4y deal. it’d only be a few mil less per year than what he’d fetch on the free market.

PoonGo0n | Spurs

2 | 4 hours ago

I think he’d get at least 25per on the open market. Thats Poetl money. A team like the Lakers would easily give IHart that. But yeah we’ll see.

yeahright17 | Thunder

6 | 5 hours ago

Almost zero chance Hartenstein is gone.

HurryAdorable1327 | Supersonics

4 | 4 hours ago

Team option for next season. He will absolutely be back. Thunder aren’t worried about the tax. Sorber needs mentorship and Hart can be extended at some friendlier terms with Lu likely gone.

Any_Garbage_4359

6 | 5 hours ago

With sam presti as the gm the 2nd apron will be non existent as long as SGA/J Dub and chet are locked up

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

7 | 5 hours ago

https://ankitpancakes.substack.com/p/issue-12-cap-management

we won’t be in the repeater tax for the duration of this cba per sam presti’s forecasting.

not sure exactly what moves he’s seeing that far out, but i think we’re fairly close without doing anything crazy

mikuyo1 | Bulls

-9 | 5 hours ago

Won’t have to worry for long. One of Shai or Victor will be gone from their original team in the next 5 years.

Source: wild baseless prediction

SeveralMycologist205 | Lakers

7 | 5 hours ago

Toronto needs to step up and bring Shai home

imbutawaveto | OKC

2 | 4 hours ago

Damn SGA is already off his original team so I guess you got it already!

Global_Afternoon_343 | Thunder

49 | 5 hours ago

i’ve been on a san antonio hate watch hoping for some more leeway and those fuckers just keep winning and winning. in miraculous ways too😭

Foxes_Moxes | Spurs

43 | 5 hours ago

OKC and SAS fans hate watches each other, meanwhile the rest of the NBA is hate watching both teams. 😂

swords_devil | Lakers

31 | 5 hours ago

sorry to say to you but Spurs is not the level to be hated yet, Wemby just an alien

A_Lax_Nerd | OKC

18 | 4 hours ago

This sub absolutely loves Wemby and the Spurs right now too

AchtCocainAchtBier | Spurs

1 | 2 hours ago

He very specifically said OKC fans. That shit between them started with the ROY.
For me at least.

FunTailor794

5 | 4 hours ago

Idk man I don’t hate watch them I just love watching amazing basketball and Wemby and SGA are fun players to watch

Foxes_Moxes | Spurs

3 | 4 hours ago

They both make plays that have you saying, wth omg 🤯

FunTailor794

3 | 3 hours ago

Tbh I think all of the top 4 (kinda +Kawhi too) are doing that. Luka dropping 40+ hitting 3s while falling out of bounds, Shai making defenders look like they’re standing still, Wemby doing whatever the fuck that is and joker dropping 30pt triple doubles while looking like he’s chilling in the community league.

It’s a great time to be a fan of basketball

Global_Afternoon_343 | Thunder

3 | 5 hours ago

yeah it’s definitely gonna be like that for the next 5 years. OKC and SAS are always gonna be the 2 teams to beat as long as the spurs have wemby and the thunder have shai and sam presti.

LTIRfortheWIN | Spurs

3 | 4 hours ago

Yes i absolutely do, I have seen about 50 okc games this year

12footjumpshot

2 | 4 hours ago

Why did the Suns have Fleming on the floor to end the game 😩

Automatic_Gap5317

2 | 4 hours ago

Everyone still adores the spurs lmao

Foxes_Moxes | Spurs

2 | 3 hours ago

That’s because they hate OKC and want to see the Spurs take them down a notch. The same people that wanted to see the Pacers win last year. My heart sank when I saw Hali go down

Wasting-The-Dawn71 | Spurs

3 | 5 hours ago

Likewise. Win after win and the GB line in the standings doesn’t change for us

GrumbleAlong

2 | an hour ago

Impressive that OKC, the 2nd most injured team, has the best record. Thunder had only 5 games this entire season where they had their best 5 player lineup healthy.

But the Spurs had their number in regular season play. Two great teams seemingly destined to meet in the wcf.

nicfanz

-2 | 4 hours ago

Man it sucks you don’t hate OKC. 😭😭

Thiswasamistake19 | Knicks

40 | 5 hours ago

Theyre clearly in a tier of their own

BookkeeperDecent7170

-23 | 5 hours ago

Nah Spurs will crush them

Thiswasamistake19 | Knicks

8 | 5 hours ago

I don’t know if anyone is crushing the Thunder in the playoffs, but I could see the Spurs winning in 6

nicfanz

-2 | 4 hours ago

I like you

Jester1525 | Spurs

-6 | 3 hours ago

Eh.. Spurs beat them in the regular season in 5..so I’ll still be happy if they take one more in the playoffs..

SlimmySlinky | Thunder

3 | 2 hours ago

3 of those wins were within 10 days in December. I dunno about you but I think December basketball and playoff basketball is a lil different.

Then a loss and tight game against an injury ravaged team. So 🤷

Jester1525 | Spurs

1 | 2 hours ago

3 games in 10 days?? So, kinda like the timing of the playoffs…

I’m aware that the playoffs are different.. Are you aware that I was making a joke because the guy above me said he could see them winning in 6?

SlimmySlinky | Thunder

0 | an hour ago

Not quite the same when you are in December. It’s not like you’re showing your full hand at that time of year and show your counters to the opposition’s strategy.

Jester1525 | Spurs

2 | an hour ago

Holy carp, I am so so sorry that you seem to be missing the point… I’m also sorry to see there is no point trying further

MuchAbouAboutNothing | Thunder

28 | 5 hours ago

I’m just happy J-Dub’s out of street clothes

PoonGo0n | Spurs

9 | 5 hours ago

Me too, my favorite Thunder player. Hopefully the hammy stuff is behind him.

yeahright17 | Thunder

4 | 5 hours ago

Seemed very much like a “it felt tight in practice? Sit another week” type of situation. Being healthy is way more important than anything else at this point.

ManagerEmergency6339 | Spurs

1 | 2 hours ago

how was he? i stopped hate watching for awhile you mfkers wont even lose any game.

MuchAbouAboutNothing | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

Better than I expected. He showed flashes of the brilliant J-Dub that helped win a championship, but also had some rough moments offensively. It was very clear that he needs to build chemistry with some of the units we play and Mark needs to work out how to fit him in.

The Ajay Mitchell, Jared McCain, Isaiah Joe lineups have been torching teams, it’d be a shame to sacrifice that for J-Dub’s offense.

Defensively he was pretty solid, seems in good shape

BookkeeperDecent7170

-16 | 5 hours ago

Hes going to be back in them for okc trip to cancun in May

Chessh2036 | Hawks

28 | 5 hours ago

Obv anything can happen but I feel like we’re heading toward an insane WCF matchup between the two.

LovesBodyx2 | Spurs

21 | 5 hours ago

it really does feel like they’re on a collision course. assuming the lack of experience for spurs doesn’t upend them before the CF, that will be a series for the ages.

Minimum-Line9952 | Thunder

6 | 4 hours ago

I think either the Thunder or Spurs win it all.

OKC2023champs | Thunder

0 | 41 minutes ago

Could bang each other up so much that if a team makes it out the east easily they end up taking it.

Playoffs gonna be fun

djpain20 | NBA

-7 | 2 hours ago

Nuggets clear both

Humble_Acanthaceae21 | Spurs

6 | an hour ago

The Nuggets need to get healthy first. Otherwise, they are not in those talks.

lawschoolthrowaway36 | Lakers

26 | 5 hours ago

Why couldn’t Wemby be drafted to a team in the East 😭

And the best prospect after him, Flagg, is also in the West

joke of a league with this ridiculous concentration of elite talent in one conference

Dkjoy

18 | 5 hours ago

I like Flagg. I think he’s obviously a great player.

But putting him in the same sentence with Wemby almost seems disrespectful.

I really don’t want to play the spurs in the playoffs. lol

lawschoolthrowaway36 | Lakers

10 | 5 hours ago

Wemby is going to be the best player of this era, to be clear.

I think Flagg is somehow being slept on though. Not sure people realize he’s gonna be a top 5 player in the world/MVP candidate every season for the next 10 years, probably starting next season or the year after. And no I’m not jumping the gun.

Dkjoy

9 | 5 hours ago

I just don’t think I’m as high on Flagg as you then.

I don’t think he’s will be a top 5 player in a very long time.

PoonGo0n | Spurs

5 | 5 hours ago

Flagg is crazy young though, should be in this draft class. By the time he hits 23-27yo, I’d be surprised if he wasn’t a Top 5 player. Dallas just has to build around him.

Dkjoy

2 | 5 hours ago

I just don’t see a generational offensive player.

And unless you are Wemby, offense just matters more.

PoonGo0n | Spurs

6 | 5 hours ago

A near 50 point game at 19yo is pretty damn good tho

OKC2023champs | Thunder

1 | 40 minutes ago

Literally just had 32/4/9 on 12-19 FG tonight lol

Dkjoy

-2 | 4 hours ago

I just don’t care that much about box scores in the nba rn. It’s just too easy for first options to collect huge numbers.

To me generational offensive players are the Luka/SGA/jokic of the worlds. I’m not sure if he can ever be there

Trailblazin15

2 | 4 hours ago

Geez kid is 19 give him a few more years before making that conclusion. He doesn’t even have to be generational “offensive” player. He can be a generational player by being elite on both sides of the ball. He’s averaging ²⁰⁄₆.⁷⁄₄.5 as a ¹⁸⁄₁₉ year old. That doesn’t come around often.

Dkjoy

-1 | 4 hours ago

Can you give me one top 5 player in the last two decades who wasn’t a top 5 offensive level talent not named Wemby?

kmoz | Mavericks

1 | 4 hours ago

Flagg feels like more athletic, faster developing tatum to me.

Dkjoy

-1 | 3 hours ago

……. What.

I don’t see it at all.

Tatum is a bit laterally slow, but he was more fluid in the perimeter.

Coop doesn’t look like a Natural perimeter player to me. Tatum always did.

Mirizzi | Timberwolves

1 | 2 hours ago

Top 5 as early as next year is jumping the gun a bit imo

siphillis | Spurs

1 | 4 hours ago

People on this sub were putting Flagg above Wemby after he dropped 49, btw

Dkjoy

2 | 4 hours ago

Just means people are not actually watching.

I usually give benefit of the doubt for long player comparison.

But if you watch even 10 min of film between rookie coop and rookie Wemby, there’s a clear answer there

BabyGotVogelbach | Trail Blazers

5 | 5 hours ago

His presence in the West may actually encourage more East teams to properly rebuild, since the path to the ECF if not the Finals is much easier than in the West.

The West could easily turn into a dead zone in a few years with most teams (correctly) concluding they can’t contend with OKC or SA and need to accumulate assets to try to compete again later in the 2030s.

Costcornucopia | Trail Blazers

2 | 5 hours ago

Just wait until 3 of Sac, Utah, Dallas, and Memphis somehow get Boozer, Peterson, and Dybantsa.

joebrozky | Hornets

1 | 4 hours ago

crazy to think Detroit almost had Cade + Wemby

PoonGo0n | Spurs

18 | 5 hours ago

Fucking Darryl Morey lol

FirstTribeElder | Spurs

7 | 3 hours ago

When “selling high” has other meaning to it

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

7 | 5 hours ago

To be fair, I think the Nuggets usually play without Wemby. We’ve yet to trade for him!

Bourneidentity61 | Hawks

3 | 4 hours ago

Really feels like we’ve gone back to 2016 where the good teams are obscenely good and the bad teams are ungodly bad

AchtCocainAchtBier | Spurs

2 | 2 hours ago

2 new teams will fix this for sure.

Ntnme2lose | Lakers

5 | 4 hours ago

So essentially the WCF is the Finals this year

swizznastic

4 | 4 hours ago

If neither of these teams end up in the finals ill eat my shoe

bdybwyi

3 | 4 hours ago

Sad Nuggets noises

Legitimate_Cow_4166

2 | 3 hours ago

WCF will be the Real Finals Matchup once again.

CommunityGlittering2

1 | 7 minutes ago

that’s some shit, going 16-2 and losing ground in the standings

freshBlueeyes6391

-2 | 5 hours ago

seems we need another coach to get his ass thrown out calling attention to things again

Any_Garbage_4359

-10 | 5 hours ago

Hopefully the spurs get exhausted chasing okc in the standings just to still get 2nd seed and they lose in the playoffs because they took the regular season so seriously

DismalComparison2625

14 | 5 hours ago

Spurs are smoking people playing everyone barely 28 minutes every night. Fox was the high tonight with 29. Wemby 26.

This isn’t like the Rockets playing old man KD 40 minutes every night so they can stay out of the play in.

go0sKC | Thunder

1 | 5 hours ago

Same with OKC and we have a better net rating.

Any_Garbage_4359

-11 | 5 hours ago

Good for you. If you’re smoking everyone why aren’t you the 1st seed. Why didnt you take advantage of OKC being the 2nd most injured NBA team

N3VVZN4K3 | Spurs

12 | 5 hours ago

“why didn’t you take advantage of OKC being the 2nd most injured NBA team”

Buddy look at the Spurs record. The Spurs have lol. But the Thunder just isn’t losing so there’s nothing else the Spurs can do to to overtake them.

PoonGo0n | Spurs

11 | 5 hours ago

He’s literally the dumbest OKC fan on the board and 99% of his comments are just hating on the Spurs. Don’t bother.

nicfanz

4 | 4 hours ago

He’s the bum who said Dort should injure Wemby

ShaiFanClub | Thunder

8 | 5 hours ago

Yea im sure its frustrating that a team who’s gone 21-2 in their last 23 has made up zero ground in the standings race

They’ll probably give up in a week or two and just rest their starters with the 2 seed locked up tho

PoonGo0n | Spurs

6 | 5 hours ago

I mean you guys started 24-1 and we’re still there. You guys can play the injury card for sure though. But I’ve very much enjoyed these last 24 games lol.

dreamweaver7x | Spurs

5 | 5 hours ago

We’re resting people now. Castle and Vassell just sat for two games. No one is playing more than 30 minutes most nights. Mitch is experimenting with weird lineups that has some Spurs fans getting mad lol.

ballthyrm | Spurs

1 | an hour ago

Mitch has to get it out of his system. Probably preparing dark magic for the playoffs.

BookkeeperDecent7170

-4 | 5 hours ago

Pop is still in background, he knows if seeding is fixed then hell rest starters for a week before playoffs, start coasting.

So Spurs will be fresh to absolutely garbage truck OKC in WCF on their way to title 6

Costcornucopia | Trail Blazers

2 | 5 hours ago

No one is fresh after 8-14 playoff games. Spurs worst path is Minnesota, Denver, OKC.

go0sKC | Thunder

2 | 5 hours ago

Why would OKC not be fresh too in this scenario?

BookkeeperDecent7170

-1 | 5 hours ago

Because basketball gods will punish them with Denver in 2nd round

FitzandAccusations | Thunder

3 | 4 hours ago

I mean, if things stay the same as they are now, the Spurs also will likely have the Lakers in the second round. A healthy trio of Luka, AR, and Bron doesn’t sound like an easy out either.

Any_Garbage_4359

-2 | 5 hours ago

Or SGA is the first player to be b2b finals mvp and mvp since jordan and lebron while wemby loses mvp and the wcf to shai and he watches OKC win title #2 in anger.

BookkeeperDecent7170

0 | 5 hours ago

Even if that happens Shai will be angry because he ugly af, everyday he looks at the mirror and see how ugly af he is.

Like you

nicfanz

2 | 4 hours ago

True he’s the ugliest nba player ever

The Thunder and Spurs are a combined 31-3 since the all star break