Grizz are down, but Jaren got a few reps as a screener. Was nice to see that happen a couple times.

Cam Spencer getting the start at PG with Morant suspended. Could have gone with Small or Vince. Not a clear-cut choice there. I suspect both the others may play off the bench.

What an absolutely awful close out foul by Jaren. He has Ingram taking the worst shot in basketball and he just can’t help himself.

My personal opinion (all it is) is that Frank deserves *some* small amount of credit for the over-performance relative to the underlying numbers. Results are results! But the PL has definitely figured out Spurs and what they're trying to do. They need to figure out a plan B.

that was the first 2nd half of Ja Morant’s career where he played at least 10 minutes and failed to score

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Ja's streak of not playing 7 straight games continues.

Logged into the good ole trade machine this afternoon and

The past map is just all Spurs players passing it to their own keeper and the Chelsea keeper.

Cmon man. That defender handled the ball twice. What are we doing here?

My guy Cucurella backed up when Djed got in his face.

Beyond all reason, Spurs can still get something from this game.

I know Spurs are missing a ton of guys, I know you don’t want to take low xG shots from distance, I know you want to play low event ball where you preserve your guys’ legs and keep variance down and play for set pieces, but there’s got to be a plan to get open play balls besides *this*.

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A visibly annoyed Ja Morant said “Go ask the coaching staff” when asked about what went wrong for him tonight. Asked what the team could have done better, he said “according to them, probably don’t play me,” apparently alluding to something that had been said in the locker room after the game.

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I know Luka always looks like this, but he looks slow as shit and tired and pissed everyone is running and it isn’t even halftime yet.

Alright. This is the good shit. Five out. Multiple DHO opportunities. Clean paint. Leads to a low EV shot that is nonetheless wide open.

Marcus Smart looks terrible. Still can’t jump. Still can’t shoot. He’s gone to the Kyle Lowry “look like a fire hydrant” school of aging basketballers.

KCP doesn’t realize that if Ja has a big on him and passes out, he wants it right back so he can attack from a dead stop.

Vince sighting!

With the news that Romero and Destiny are fit for Chelsea, I wonder if we get a back five or some other unexpected tweak that messes with Chelsea's possession game. Last time we saw it in full was vs PSG, but they've been experimenting with a fullback playing more reserved lately (usually Porro).

No one: Absolutely no one: Santi Aldama:::::

It’s amazing that professional athletes with inch perfect touch and also Brennan Johnson are kicking the ball all over the pitch like this.

No Tel, but VDV gets a rest and we get Kinsky. Did Odobert get hurt?

I was wondering if we see a one game tweak to the starting lineup and insert Coward or Santi in for Landale vs the tiny suns. Cedric Coward can guard Royce O'Neale. PHX is 27th in the NBA at taking shots at the rim, but 6th in short midrange, which might mean a couple miscategorizations of layups.

Feel like all of Tell, Odobert, Sarr and Bergvall should play, and Kudus rests. Hope Kinsky plays, and at least one other random youth gets mins.

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The timing matters so much about who knew what, and when, for all of the Terry Rozier gambling stuff. Because there is a world where the FBI is investigating Rozier, when the Heat engage in trade talks, and have told the Hornets they cannot disclose anything.

In other news Utah beat Phoenix last night 💪💪💪

How does he not see this???????

I kind of resent how much of a bit “target guy” was.

I wouldn't argue that SINNERS was better than DUNE or MAD MAX or JOHN WICK or pick another big action movie from the last 10 years. But I loved it much more than those movies, which feel more like chaotic spectacles to look at than coherent movies.

My Layman’s non-stats take is that set pieces are prob more sustainable rn. You can generate a corner much easier than a cut back pass on the ground into space. And defending corners seems to be a “do you have big boys or not” thing. And if you don’t, it takes transfer windows to get those guys.

Hope this is Tel for Porro or Spence, with Johnson playing right back to see this one out.

Would be hard to beat VDV for man of the match, but Richy has submitted a masterclass of a striker doing all the little stuff while up two goals. Massive in pressing, massive defending set pieces, provides an outlet the few times we break, and assists the third goal.

RKM running into the channels is the way to get him the ball. Just need another body for him to lay off to, and then another two bodies to crash into the box, unless he can just get a corner out of it so we can score off a set piece yes just like that.

A little 3-4-3-ish. Porro pretty reserved so far and Johnson wingback-ish.

Hard to overstate how important every win is early on for the short-handed Grizz.

There are many possessions that Cedric Coward is the lone Grizzly to crash the boards (particularly when the big is elevated), and if he doesn’t get the ball he just picks up whoever grabbed the rebound to stop the ball from breaking up court.

Coach Thorpe was right.

Okay Cedric. That step back was big time.

They just brought Cam Spencer up as a screener and yeah, he might be able to do that a little.

Well that changes super quickly. Coward’s just ripping the ball up the court. Casually just bodied a power forward under the basket.

I think my main issue with Iisalo so far is that when Ja goes out the game we are signing up to watching Javon Small dribble for 10 seconds way too many possessions.

Coward’s got a pretty darn quick release. Didn’t notice that he was a two foot jumper on his three ball.

Survivor is so washed. Dry snake bite pulls a player from the game? Cmon.

Think Iisalo has already waived the white flag here with that quick Jaren stint. Gonna keep Jaren and Ja down around 25 mins.