San Antonio Spurs’ loss to Boston: What Went Wrong? Recapping the first half of the Rodeo Trip
With star players like Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox in the spotlight, the San Antonio Spurs’ performance on their Rodeo Road Trip is under scrutiny.
Jeff Garcia and AP Sports’ Raul Dominguez dissect the Spurs’ recent challenges, including their struggles with physicality and rebounding against the Celtics. They explore Mitch Johnson’s coaching strategies and the need for a cohesive team dynamic.
Join the discussion to uncover insights into the Spurs’ evolving strategy and potential for improvement. Listen now for an in-depth analysis of the Spurs’ journey and future prospects.
0:00 Intro: Spurs lose big to Celtics
5:09 Analyzing Spurs’ lack of physicality vs Boston
10:52 Boston’s identity vs Spurs’ lack thereof
16:26 Three-point shooting disparity dooms Spurs
22:12 Breaking down Spurs’ first vs second-half stats
27:39 Evaluating Mitch Johnson as interim head coach
33:12 Grading the first half of the rodeo trip
38:27 Looking ahead to All-Star break activities
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As a Celtics fan it’s always a pleasure facing spurs. I’ve always said without yall we wouldn’t have a championship so thank you☘️
Can we stop pretending that we have this master plan for Wemby? We DON'T!!!
was it part of the plan for Joshua Primo to flash the team therapist? Without that we wouldn't have Wemby.
Was it part of the plan to lose our shooting coach?
Was it part of the plan for old out of touch Pop to have a stroke?
It's clear that the administration is too cowardly to put Wemby at the 5.
He's not a guard. He can't cross up any smaller guard and his motor is usually used up by the 4th. He should be in the post getting easy buckets and getting fouled in the 4th. I don't care that he's 200lbs wet. He's 7'4 and he is supposed to be… The Man.
Someone with balls needs to tell Mitch to go back to pouring drinks for the players, tell Geriatric Paul to come off the bench, Start Castle and utilize your other bench players.
Absolutely disgraceful
We have no big man. Devin has regressed. CP3 needs to come off the bench. Castle needs to be starting. Keldon needs to be gone. Too out of control. We have a lot we need to fix.
Thank you Jeff for finally acknowledging that Devin needs to move to the bench. Be better for him and the team
Teams are drawing Wemby outside that paint and then driving to the basket while he's playing perimeter Defense no more 6-7 block games
Heads up yall the Spurs are still the Spurs regardless of what yall have 😂😂😂
Kings won the fox trade. Kings still has monk and Keon Ellis. Yall have the proven quitter and failure franchise player fox. That loser fox is on the spurs TO TEACH THOSE YOUNG SPURS PLAYERS HOW TO WIN. What a clown.
I lied. I'm back😂😂😂 your fellow 27 years kings fan here. I'm not even trolling yall. I'm just here to warn spurs nation/spurs fox fans about fox.
And and and fox always plays like poop vs Derrick White🤫🤭 5-6 yrs ago, Coach pop did select Derrick White for team USA world cup team over fox.
This no PHYSICALITY lazy half@ss energy throughout the game. Well. THAT'S FOX😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 i was one of the few "crazy" kings fans who cried wolf wanting the kings to trade fox 4 YEARS AGO. And the kings traded Haliburton instead. I'm still pissed off about that trade. I wasn't "crazy," I just knew then fox is a bad leader.
Have yall seen how hard monk and KEON ELLIS are playing recently on the kings (without the quitter fox). Win or lose. I can always count on monk and Keon to BRING IT. They're both relentless and they PLAY SO HARD. Just as a NBA fan/sports fan, I appreciate players who PLAYS HARD.
Now, if the spurs can redo the trade, I bet you they would want monk and Keon instead of fox.
Enjoy paying fox his new 290 million dollars contract 🫡🤭👍 or trade fox 9 months from now🤫😈
This Summer the following needs to happen:
– CP3 retires or moves to another team.
– KJ & Vassell traded.
– Draft or Sign a 3-and-D player.
– Draft or Sign a Big.
– Replace Mitch Johnson.
mitch is awful. pop is not coming back to coach the team. mitch had wemby on the bench last 2min of the first half. wemby needs to be on the court to end the half, he'll have halftime to rest for the 3rd. we need to get into talks with cp3 to see if he wants to be the coach to start next season.
if wemby is tired, why sign bizmack if he's not goin to replace wemby while he rests. at least bring in mamu. he hustles on the offensive glass n provides spacing
kj n devin been pretty bad since fox trade
mitch had cp3 on the last defensive possession @ hornets. why? to get 1 stop should be castle, hb, sochan, wemby i guess devin because of his size. cp3 4 head coach!!!!!
Our youngest player is our most physical player and our toughest player tough to win when that's the case