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Starting lineup from now on should be: Murray-Green-Gay-Bertans-Aldridge
Starting lineup from now on should be: Murray-Green-Gay-Bertans-Aldridge
The Goat Gambler
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Switch Murray with White and I agree 100%
This isn't a series for players who can't shoot.
That or,
Murray-Green-Gay-Anderson-Aldridge
either way, run more P&R with Gay and Aldridge.
Pop being exposed. Spurs organization on the verge of imploding.
Only problem with this lineup (whether you start Murray or white) is that yalls bench literally cannot play on offenseSwitch Murray with White and I agree 100%
This isn't a series for players who can't shoot.
Poop needs to get over himself.
Anderson is a piss-poor 4
He's just piss-poor.
If I am Kerr, I'd throw a game, maybe 2 to prolong Pop's career another year or two.
Like Zach Lowe said, starting 2 non-shooters (Anderson & Murray) when Aldridge gets predictably blitzed is just poor coaching.
This series isn't for them. I'm sure Pop noticed that when he put Cancerson in the doghouse after having a -15 in 10 minutes.
Ruthless.
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Everyone else is going to get ted on by this .... but someone needs to cast a flashlight on RC and his roster construction. POP kind if has by making jokes about his team's size.
Just an overall bad situation...
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Kawhitsorm: So long as no one shines a light on Kiwi tho....
Kerr may do just that to buy Curry more rest before the next round.
Buy himself another year or two as Pop's daddy.
In the modern NBA he has to develop a 3-ball. Otherwise, he will be very good in China
It’s like Pop refuses to run the PNR with a big wing and a big. Kawhi and LMA rarely did it and it’s been 3 years already. Pop only wants to run PNR with a PG, Manu, or worse...Danny Green.
Preaching to the ing choir man, I've been saying that for a long time. Kawhi and LMA could've made an effective P&R/P pairing but Pop playing.It’s like Pop refuses to run the PNR with a big wing and a big. Kawhi and LMA rarely did it and it’s been 3 years already. Pop only wants to run PNR with a PG, Manu, or worse...Danny Green
Gay can get his own shot and actually seems fully capable of running P&R's with Aldridge, given how bad the offense looked its worth a shot.
The Murray-Green-Gay-Bertans-Aldridge SL would be a more balanced lineup- one without Mills getting mismatched on KD or giving up open 3's from KlayBertans and Gay are offensive upgrades over Anderson and Mills and decent enough defensively to hopefully not get targetted or exploited and along with Green should provide enough spacing to keep them from LMA getting swarmed.
Murray, Green, Gay/KA, LMA, Pau/Bertans needed to get the bulk of the first half minutes with some supplementing with Manu/Mills. Pop farting around and bringing in Parker for huge stretches is just sad to behold. It shows he doesn't have any belief that we'll win this series, so why piss off his lil buddy.
Terrible line up by Pop but I don't really care anymore since this series does not look winnable based on the disparity of talent between the two teams.
Voulgaris has criticized Pop for years, tbh..pro gamblers are far more knowledgeable than media and ex-players, considering they actually watch tape and analyze data(unlike narrative-driven media)..
What's puzzling is the replies..people saying "what can Pop do when his options are limited?"
Um, ya, who built this roster?
Pop gets a pass for 2 things: Kawhi situation, obviously + Green's broken jump shot..other than that, how is everything else not his fault? Who signed Mills and Gasol to $98 million? Who still uses Tony Parker? Who built a team centered around posting up and midrange Js in a slow-paced offense in 2018? Who has TWO 6-foot SGs in his rotation?
starting mills has been one of the worst moves pop has made in recent years
Anderson, in theory, as a 4 is fine and probably his best position but in tandem with Murray, its a big issue. This is 2002, starting two non-shooters to surround an all-star big is just bad coaching; then again, they are both essential to the Spurs strategy of beating GSW-a catch 22.
Murray and Anderson are versatile defenders who force turnovers like crazy ( they account for nearly 4 steals per game, half the teams average) and board well, allowing for the Spurs to not get killed, even though they are playing small ball. Against GSW their non-shooting becomes an issue because their defenders can sag off or ignore them all together to swarm Aldrige while also being able to stay at home with Mills and Green.
Starting Gay and Bertans in place of Mills and Anderson is probably the best option in this series, surrounding Aldridge with 3 shooters, as opposed to two and making it easier to know where and when the double is likely coming from (Murray's man)
Three starters in game one are not, imho, the right starters in this series: Murray, Mills and KA. Too many miss matches too easily doable for gs. But all three cold be useful from the bench.
imho starters should be : White Ginobili Green Gay LMA
then from the bench : Murray Mills Anderson Bertans Pau
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