Spurs vs Nuggets: Friday Oct. 12th: 3rd Preseason Game

[bklynspursfan]

You think Timmy or TP even play in the 2nd half at this point? At 17 and 18 minutes respectively

[TimDunkem]

You think Timmy or TP even play in the 2nd half at this point? At 17 and 18 minutes respectively

Maybe to start the third, but that's probably it.

[Spurs Brazil]

Starters with a great job. Bench was awful

[Spurs Brazil]

TD 18pts 6rebs at the half

[TimDunkem]

Lefty is watching this half-time show intently.

[TDMVPDPOY]

hopefully no more of blair in the 2nd half and the remainder of teh season...

[spursince#99]

so no Curry so far?

[racm]

Kawhi with 4 offensive boards. Clyde Drexler lite.

[Flawless]

I would like to see more De Colo :hungry:

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol the ref cha cha cha warmup

[siraulo23]

TD is in RS shape already, is that a good thing or a bad thing? he's gonna run out of gas by the end of the season

[Manu-20]

Neal is starting the 2nd half.

[racm]

TD is in RS shape already, is that a good thing or a bad thing? he's gonna run out of gas by the end of the season

Relax, he didn't even play against Atlanta, and knowing Pop he's going to get a lot of DND OLDs

[TimDunkem]

Tonight is just one of those nights on offense.

[racm]

Tonight is just one of those nights on offense.

Need to focus on defense

[bklynspursfan]

Kinda like Neal starting considering Green lost his ability to hit shots lol

[TimDunkem]

Need to focus on defense
I agree.

[TimDunkem]

lol Gary Neal not getting rewarded the one time he played good D.

[spursince#99]

man we look the same way we did against OKC

[NASpurs]

So Pop's idea of focusing on defense is by putting Neal on Igoudala? Yeaaaaaaaah......

[racm]

Officials not letting the teams simply play

[TDMVPDPOY]

team plays like shit when u dont have a real ball handler on the floor..

[jeebus]

Watching Neal play gives me a headache

[Manufan909]

Neal's been sucking ass the whole quarter, when is Nando or Green gonna be checked in?

[bklynspursfan]

On neal???

[NASpurs]

A three pointer and a block shot by Leonard

[bklynspursfan]

Kawhi!

[freetiago]

neal having to guard one of the most athletic players in the nba...

and leonard has like 4 blocks now

[bklynspursfan]

Mcgee with a floater lol

[racm]

A three pointer and a block shot by Leonard

Getting it done on both ends of the court

[NASpurs]

Neal with five fouls :lmao :lmao :lmao

[jeebus]

:lmao Neal. Wow.

[freetiago]

neal getting that game 6 okc treatment

[MI21]

Wow terrible call on Neal there :lol

[racm]

Whistles

[spursince#99]

get Neal the FUCK outta here

[NASpurs]

Igoudala gets a hard-on when he sees Neal guarding him.

[bbarry]

get Neal the FUCK outta here

well, one more foul will do exactly that

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Oh no...

[jeebus]

great. just great.

[Two10Whitey]

Don't grab your leg Tim...

[Obstructed_View]

Can Timmy please come out of the fucking game? Didn't think I'd have to ask this.

[spursince#99]

our best chance to negate their length is to give the ball to the post so they'll foul

[NASpurs]

I rather see our scrubs getting some time and stink up the joint than our starters right now.

[MI21]

:lol Tim acting like he torn his knee up..

Although, that cork will hurt tomorrow.

[spursince#99]

Denver looks REALLY good right now. They're dictating the tempo, pushing the ball, creating turnovers, and playing aggressive D. Everything WE should be doing.

[bbarry]

camera guy having a seizure or something. :lmao

[Obstructed_View]

Wow, that was a scary camera angle.

[freetiago]

neal with it
hits 3s when everyones cold
iguodala talking trash on the wya back

[Obstructed_View]

Wow, what a fucked up shot.

[NASpurs]

But yeah, the Nuggets were running a train on Neal. Poor guy...

[TDMVPDPOY]

sweet curry getin ready

[racm]

Tim Duncan :toast

[Obstructed_View]

Holy shit.

[Rito3d30]

The big fundamental

[MI21]

That looked just like Kevin McHale.

Nice Timmy.

[Two10Whitey]

Finally some Eddy Curry. Timmy with the footwork.

[Flawless]

Jackson, Brown and De Colo coming in

[Spurs Brazil]

great move TD

[Obstructed_View]

Kiss your mama at the bus stop.

[NASpurs]

I don't even know wtf just happened. :lol

[Two10Whitey]

Lmao who tried the "off the backboard"? Idiot.

[Obstructed_View]

Iggy is such a douche.

[ace3g]

finally Brown and Curry in

[spursince#99]

lol WTF?

[TDMVPDPOY]

a legit big in curry down low who can score with his back to the ring, yet how come they dont run plays for him or dump it down low....

[racm]

JACKSON

[Two10Whitey]

Haha Curry is confused.

[spursince#99]

Curry looks so lost smh

[MI21]

Jerry Sloan rocking up to practice has rubbed off, so many fouls...

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Damn, they're definitely playing some different music.

[bklynspursfan]

Jack

[Obstructed_View]

God dammit, I really want to watch the defense. Did someone say there's a stream with no replays?

[bbarry]

only one replay per bucket, please.

[racm]

MMMM JACK

[Two10Whitey]

Jackson is keepin it trill at the moment.

[spursince#99]

Jack

[SpursRock20]

Jackson is making love to pressure!!!!

[Flawless]

Nice pass by Nando.

[spursince#99]

OMFG!!!! 1 replay PLEASE

[MI21]

Real nice pass by De Colo there.

God damn these replays are annoying, I want to watch the Spurs play defense (well, attempt to)

[Manu-20]

Dam that pass by nando to brown to end this quater way pretty sick.

[racm]

I like this lineup. De Colo/Joseph/Jackson/Brown/Curry.

[Two10Whitey]

Oh shit.. I thought it was the 4th. I was like, where is the urgency?

[99 Problems]

GOAT preseason second half pressure player. Who currently holds that?

[TDMVPDPOY]

man they need to get curry involve in the offense, either going to him or him making plays by setting screens...he looks lost out there, or just another player on teh court making up the numbers just floatinga round doing nothing

[spursince#99]

Brown is a transition, up and down type player. Long story short, he sucks.

[bklynspursfan]

Dag don't know if it was posted already but 4 blocks for Kawhi???

[jeebus]

lol did they triple team Curry?

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol nuggets tryin to defend curry,

[TimDunkem]

Curry is showing some potential on offense...

[spursince#99]

LOVE the post and the help D it brings

[racm]

They thinking Curry = Dwight :lmao

DBrown And1

[TimDunkem]

Derrick Brown!

[spursince#99]

Nevermind. Nice play Brown.

[Obstructed_View]

Nevermind. Nice play Brown.

:lol

[TDMVPDPOY]

man some of you guys are a few seconds behind?

[ace3g]

come on Curry...

[TDMVPDPOY]

hahah jax thug lovin

[TimDunkem]

Yes.

[Obstructed_View]

Jack with a little preseason nasty.

[racm]

Good foul by Jax

[Manu-20]

Dam that was a lazy pass by curry not going to make him look good.

[bbarry]

love the hard foul

[MI21]

Curry looks stuffed already...

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Got damn, had foul by Jack. crofl, I love it.

[99 Problems]

Never mind Dwight, happy if Pop turns him into Bynum. :lol

[spursince#99]

Jack was so dumb for telling him to make that pass

[Two10Whitey]

I know it's preseason but there's alot of shitty passing. Not just Curry's stupid pass.

[TDMVPDPOY]

haha nuggets cant defend curry, keep on dumpin it down low to him

[spursince#99]

Curry has a presence. 2 defenders come every pass he gets at least.

[SpursRock20]

Curry just steamrolled Cory Joseph :lol

[ace3g]

there is that euro step move SJAX was working on with Ford

[bklynspursfan]

3's all day on us.

[bbarry]

25 was draped all over sjax and no whistle

[Obstructed_View]

And uglyball makes its appearance.

[TDMVPDPOY]

power move for curry

[Two10Whitey]

Good shit Curry.

[SpursRock20]

Ugly basketball here folks.

[ivanfromwestwood]

Curry with a quick move right there

[spursince#99]

Curry is quick lol

[Obstructed_View]

I thought Jack and Danny Crawford were going to start dancing with the cheerleaders.

[ace3g]

"quick bring in the silver dancers, to distract from the sloppy play"

[jon123spurs]

I know I'm late but can someone give me a link to the game.

[spursince#99]

Fournier dude is good

[Obstructed_View]

The Silver Dancers are sloppier than the Spurs are.

[Obstructed_View]

I know I'm late but can someone give me a link to the game.

atdhenet.tv

It's listed on the main page.

[spursince#99]

man you gotta make those De Colo

[Two10Whitey]

Get that shit out of here!!!

[jeebus]

Good hustle there

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol nuggets defence collapse

curry with blocks

[TimDunkem]

Time for another run from the Nuggets. :lol

[spursince#99]

Curry makes the team

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

I like Curry, he just needs a lot of conditioning.

[ace3g]

we know Brown can finish at the rim

[jeebus]

Curry!

[SPURSCHAMP]

CURRY!!!

[Two10Whitey]

Holy shit Curry. That was nice.

[TDMVPDPOY]

curry in a hurry

[Obstructed_View]

Wow.

[freetiago]

oh my

[bklynspursfan]

My god Curry! lol... Tiago would have layed it up :)

[SpursRock20]

thats one big MUTHAFUCKA

[spursince#99]

Like I said, Curry is on the team.

[ivanfromwestwood]

Motherfuckin Curry

[MI21]

Damn, that was pretty nice by Curry. Mozgov is a legit NBA player that he took apart there.

Even if it isn't with the Spurs, Curry is showing enough that he can play 10mpg off of the bench somewhere in the NBA.

[Buddy Holly]

My god Curry! lol... Tiago would have layed it up :)

He would have been knocked off balance by gust of wind and hit the side of the board.

[spursince#99]

Oh how I wish we could keep Brown and Curry.

[widowmaker]

I know it's just preseason but theses refs suck.

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol eddy jumpin higher than duncan

[Obstructed_View]

Did the atdhenet.tv feed just end?

[bklynspursfan]

He would have been knocked off balance by gust of wind and hit the side of the board.

:rollin

[angelbelow]

Did the atdhenet.tv feed just end?

Yeah mine died too.

[SPURSCHAMP]

First Row feed ended

[bklynspursfan]

Stream is gone :(

[Two10Whitey]

firstrow ended too.

[jeebus]

oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

[spursince#99]

welp lol it was fun while it lasted

[Obstructed_View]

At least we got to see that dunk by Curry.

[spursince#99]

at least we know we loss lol

[bklynspursfan]

At least we got to see that dunk by Curry.

+1

[bklynspursfan]

Curry scored again. 8 point deficit

[SPURSCHAMP]

Play by Play shows curry made a jumper

[Obstructed_View]

http://www.nba.com/broadband/alp_schedule.html

[Obstructed_View]

How'd Gary Neal not foul out?

[DarkGinobili]

neal

[jon123spurs]

well we lost wgaf its preseason!!!

[racm]

Better a loss in preseason than in playoffs, tbh.

[Bruno]

Some random thoughts:
- Pop made some very weird moves with his bigmen rotation. He paired Blair with Powell and Duncan with Splitter. it looks like he is experiencing some new pairs.
- Spurs were out-hustled by Nuggets after a great start. Nuggets took the game more seriously.
- De Colo did very little and missed some open shots.
- Curry should be the frontrunner for the 15th spot. Powell came back to earth in this game and was quite invisible. Brown helped his stock too but I still give the edge to Curry.
- Bonner not playing is fishy. The most logical explanations would be that he is injured or has a personal issue but it could be something else... :stirpot:

[TDMVPDPOY]

- Curry should be the frontrunner for the 15th spot. Powell came back to earth in this game and was quite invisible. Brown helped his stock too but I still give the edge to Curry.


spurs or players should attempt to run some plays for curry down low when he gets good positioning....when they dont, he looks lost out on the court, just like any new player on the team still finding their way into the system...but he looked good tonight as the game went on and him gettin plenty of touches down low...

[99 Problems]

Opening night letting Tim and Hot Curry go against Davis, cool.

[freetiago]

green and leonard been very disappointing offensively
but defensively i thought they did well
green wasnt great but he had some rebounds
leonard was very good tonight
28 minutes
8 rebounds 2 steals 4 blocks

[racm]

Some random thoughts:
- Pop made some very weird moves with his bigmen rotation. He paired Blair with Powell and Duncan with Splitter. it looks like he is experiencing some new pairs.
- Spurs were out-hustled by Nuggets after a great start. Nuggets took the game more seriously.
- De Colo did very little and missed some open shots.
- Curry should be the frontrunner for the 15th spot. Powell came back to earth in this game and was quite invisible. Brown helped his stock too but I still give the edge to Curry.
- Bonner not playing is fishy. The most logical explanations would be that he is injured or has a personal issue but it could be something else... :stirpot:

I think the Spurs and Pop aren't trying to win games until they face NOLA on opening night, tbh...

[TE]

Anyone get a gif on that Curry dunk?

:( I missed the game, again.

[RodNIc91]

what do you think the chances of going with 14 are bruno?

[Flawless]

I think the Spurs and Pop aren't trying to win games until they face NOLA on opening night, tbh...
Most likely experimenting tbh to see what works and what doesn't.

[racm]

Most likely experimenting tbh to see what works and what doesn't.

That's what preseason and training camp are for, really.

[Bruno]

what do you think the chances of going with 14 are bruno?

Spurs don't have a reason to go with only 14 players. They are enough below the tax to carry 15 players. Saying that, if they like nobody among the invites, they will start the season with 14 players. At the end, it will, of course, depend on what the invites shows in the remaining preseason games.

[RodNIc91]

^ I know im going a bit far here but the only other reasonable way I see us getting another quality big is through the a buyout (I dont think they are even considering trading jack) My point is, do you think by then a legitimate contributor would be available (someone much more capable than the invitees) . If no, then I believe they would br better off by keeping Curry.

[Libri]

Some random thoughts:
- Pop made some very weird moves with his bigmen rotation. He paired Blair with Powell and Duncan with Splitter. it looks like he is experiencing some new pairs.
- Spurs were out-hustled by Nuggets after a great start. Nuggets took the game more seriously.
- De Colo did very little and missed some open shots.
- Curry should be the frontrunner for the 15th spot. Powell came back to earth in this game and was quite invisible. Brown helped his stock too but I still give the edge to Curry.
- Bonner not playing is fishy. The most logical explanations would be that he is injured or has a personal issue but it could be something else... :stirpot:

I dream come true if that "something else" would happen.

[Bruno]

^ I know im going a bit far here but the only other reasonable way I see us getting another quality big is through the a buyout (I dont think they are even considering trading jack) My point is, do you think by then a legitimate contributor would be available (someone much more capable than the invitees) . If no, then I believe they would br better off by keeping Curry.

Players got bought out in late February. It's in a long time so it's going to be difficult to know who will be available and if Spurs will need another big.

If Curry did well in training camp, keeping him is the obvious move to do. His contract will still be non-guaranteed. In early January, just before his contract become guaranteed, it will be time for Spurs to decide or not whether they should keep him for the whole season.

[TimDunkem]

I dream come true if that "something else" would happen.
Pop is resting him for the regular season, and playoff run.

[Bruno]

I dream come true if that "something else" would happen.

Yep, that's a lot of wishful thinking. In all likelihood, it's an injury or a family issue. In both of these cases, I hope it's nothing serious.

[TDMVPDPOY]

if they dont sign curry, then they might as well give up this season

curry is a fkn huge upgrade over splitter, blair, bonner....

a motivated curry with a winning culture around him would turn around his career....

[ace3g]

I saw Bonner in the 10/11 practice vid during Parker interview, tried looking for him during the gameday vids, didn't see him, but camera wasn't always at best angle.

[ace3g]

dan mccarney ‏@danmccarneysaen

Denver was assessed delay of game warning before tip for violating new rule to cut down on excessive rituals. (IE, LeBron's chalk toss)

Team now have 90 seconds after lights come back up after intros to assemble for tip off.
--

Curry is intriguing but I still have my mind set on Brown. He can guard multiple positions, can finish at the basket with dunks on fast breaks, cuts, etc. Again there are going to be nights where SJAX or Kawhi get into foul trouble.

[RodNIc91]

i dont know but I believe browns game doesnt fit the offense. itd be more of a proyect having him compared to curry IMO.

[TDMVPDPOY]

dan mccarney ‏@danmccarneysaen

Denver was assessed delay of game warning before tip for violating new rule to cut down on excessive rituals. (IE, LeBron's chalk toss)

Team now have 90 seconds after lights come back up after intros to assemble for tip off.
--

Curry is intriguing but I still have my mind set on Brown. He can guard multiple positions, can finish at the basket with dunks on fast breaks, cuts, etc. Again there are going to be nights where SJAX or Kawhi get into foul trouble.
why do you want another wing player who is a jack of all trades, but master of none?

what we need is a legit big, and for once we have a legit big fall into our hands yet dont sign him....

curry is a meshed splitter/blair with a thug attitude that this team really needs...

every time curry received the ball down low and started to goto work, the team defense collapse on him and openning up other players...we dont get that from the turd towers, let alone the injury prone softcock of a center in splitter

[ElNono]

Missed the game. Will read timvp's cliffnotes if he gets around to them.

[ace3g]

From an offense stand point, Brown needs more work than Curry; but for defense I think Brown has more potential. Really would be nice if the Spurs could keep 2, and like Bruno said, still too early, someone could have a breakout series of games or the opposite.

Curry made some "Blair" like plays tonight and will he ever have the cardio to run back on defense?

[ace3g]

http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/121012_pop

http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/121012_colo

http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/121012_jackson

http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/121012_green

[dbestpro]

Curry made some "Blair" like plays tonight

So your saying Curry got his shot blocked about three times and got torched when trying to play defense.

[ace3g]

So your saying Curry got his shot blocked about three times and got torched when trying to play defense.

He made a bad pass and lost the ball in the paint. Someone mentioned it but he doesn't set the best of screens, also when the stream went down for me a few members mentioned Curry looked lost on a play.

He did have a block which was nice and a nice step through move on the left baseline for a dunk.

Again Curry and Brown depend on what the Spurs feel is the better option and what their plans are in the bigman rotation. Do Blair and/or Bonner have spots and get significant minutes or is there potential they could get pushed out (trades or just benched).

[Manufan909]

From an offense stand point, Brown needs more work than Curry; but for defense I think Brown has more potential. Really would be nice if the Spurs could keep 2, and like Bruno said, still too early, someone could have a breakout series of games or the opposite.

Curry made some "Blair" like plays tonight and will he ever have the cardio to run back on defense?

Did you not see him hustle back to reject Galinari?

[TDMVPDPOY]

Curry made some "Blair" like plays tonight and will he ever have the cardio to run back on defense?

the minutes he played when he got subbed in, he didnt get any breather or sub out, played like a full quarter


lol at the blair supporters are a fkn joke, dude had a shit game all game, just cause of a few good plays doesnt outweigh the negatives his done all game....which was chucking up stupid shots outside of teh offensive system disrupting t he offensive flow of the team....him and gary fkn neal have a habbit of this where they take shots out of the blue trying to get going, when u hit them ppl will not say anything, buut when u missed them...expect to be called out

lol curry gettin blocked or slow running man, he did alot of stuff in this game that far outweigh blairs contribution tonight and showed what the spurs lacked in real big man when duncan is benched, that is a guy who can create for himself in the post, draw attention to the defense to open up players....curry looked lost out there on defensive duties, but pair him up with someone say diaw, who loves to camp down low to fight for rebounds

[spursince#99]

the minutes he played when he got subbed in, he didnt get any breather or sub out, played like a full quarter


lol at the blair supporters are a fkn joke, dude had a shit game all game, just cause of a few good plays doesnt outweigh the negatives his done all game....which was chucking up stupid shots outside of teh offensive system disrupting t he offensive flow of the team....him and gary fkn neal have a habbit of this where they take shots out of the blue trying to get going, when u hit them ppl will not say anything, buut when u missed them...expect to be called out

lol curry gettin blocked or slow running man, he did alot of stuff in this game that far outweigh blairs contribution tonight and showed what the spurs lacked in real big man when duncan is benched, that is a guy who can create for himself in the post, draw attention to the defense to open up players....curry looked lost out there on defensive duties, but pair him up with someone say diaw, who loves to camp down low to fight for rebounds



WTF are you talking about? I can't distinguish whether you're pro Curry or against him. Learn how to fucking write complete sentences you clown.

[spursince#99]

the minutes he played when he got subbed in, he didnt get any breather or sub out, played like a full quarter


lol at the blair supporters are a fkn joke, dude had a shit game all game, just cause of a few good plays doesnt outweigh the negatives his done all game....which was chucking up stupid shots outside of teh offensive system disrupting t he offensive flow of the team....him and gary fkn neal have a habbit of this where they take shots out of the blue trying to get going, when u hit them ppl will not say anything, buut when u missed them...expect to be called out

lol curry gettin blocked or slow running man, he did alot of stuff in this game that far outweigh blairs contribution tonight and showed what the spurs lacked in real big man when duncan is benched, that is a guy who can create for himself in the post, draw attention to the defense to open up players....curry looked lost out there on defensive duties, but pair him up with someone say diaw, who loves to camp down low to fight for rebounds


nevermind you fixed it lol disregard that last post

[ace3g]

the minutes he played when he got subbed in, he didnt get any breather or sub out, played like a full quarter


lol at the blair supporters are a fkn joke, dude had a shit game all game, just cause of a few good plays doesnt outweigh the negatives his done all game....which was chucking up stupid shots outside of teh offensive system disrupting t he offensive flow of the team....him and gary fkn neal have a habbit of this where they take shots out of the blue trying to get going, when u hit them ppl will not say anything, buut when u missed them...expect to be called out

lol curry gettin blocked or slow running man, he did alot of stuff in this game that far outweigh blairs contribution tonight and showed what the spurs lacked in real big man when duncan is benched, that is a guy who can create for himself in the post, draw attention to the defense to open up players....curry looked lost out there on defensive duties, but pair him up with someone say diaw, who loves to camp down low to fight for rebounds

The "Blair" like comment was a negative comparison and I'm not a Blair supporter at all. (Part of it, I never got my signed jersey from the twitter contest I won back in September of 2010.)

I will mention that Curry demanded a double/triple team tonight on one play. SJAX during his post game interview said they need to work harder on getting Curry the ball in the paint.

Again I won't be upset if Curry is the one the Spurs keep because he does provide some skill sets we need. If he is motivated to stay in the league, that can be a powerful weapon; something I talked about all of last season. We had SJAX and Diaw motivated to prove their worth to the team/league.

[spursince#99]

The "Blair" like comment was a negative comparison and I'm not a Blair supporter at all. (Part of it, I never got my signed jersey from the twitter contest I won back in September of 2010.)

I will mention that Curry demanded a double/triple team tonight on one play. SJAX during his post game interview said they need to work harder on getting Curry the ball in the paint.

Again I won't be upset if Curry is the one the Spurs keep because he does provide some skill sets we need. If he is motivated to stay in the league, that can be a powerful weapon; something I talked about all of last season. We had SJAX and Diaw motivated to prove their worth to the team/league.



Curry was doubled every time he began to post up. 1 time he was even triple teamed. Lets not have selective remembrance here.

[racm]

Curry is the only big with post offense not named TD, tbh...

[RodNIc91]

Wow, that sucks. (The unsigned jersey) The thing is, and what tilts the balance towards curry for me is the fact that , although they need someone of the defensive versatility like Brown offers, todays team depends on offense. Granted, Pop wants to improve the defense but I dont see how Brown would impact the overall Team D. He would be a liability at the end of the day because he is a liability in the halfcourt. Curry, on the other hand, offers size , toughness, (hopefully) hunger, and would breath oxygen into the post (something that is starting to lack along Timmys transition.). The offense with a motivated curry would exlpode IMO. Besides, it should be evident that they are already looking for a 3rd center given that tiago may hit the market next offseason.

[spursince#99]

we REALLY need a trade honestly, but for who, I don't know.

[TDMVPDPOY]

gary neal today...i dont care how many points he scored, he had like 4 stupid fouls which look like was all caught on repeated moves by iggy and brewer....

how can u focus on defense when pop doesnt field his best players on the court, whether its the starters or players of the bench...just stupid combination of rotations...

[TE]

http://www.nba.com/video/games/spurs/2012/10/12/0011200036-den-sas-recap.nba

highlights

[TE]

well this sucks. Curry's dunk was a no show

[ElNono]

did parker play, tbh?

[TE]

did parker play, tbh?

26:24 of PT

[NugzFan]

mcgee looks like ice-t

faried, i wanan see this clown get exposed by KL, dude had no business making the all rookie team last season,

wow - you clearly did not watch any nugget games last year. :lol

[NugzFan]

btw i didnt get a chance to watch the game but reading this game thread i expected currys line to read 6-8 fg for 15 points. at least.

something like that based on the posts in this thread.

[99 Problems]

Chicken Nuggets gunna be ok I reckon.

[therealtruth]

Having good post offense also helps your defense. It can break up the other team's offensive rhythm and it also allows you to get your defense set.

[Raven]

^ I know im going a bit far here but the only other reasonable way I see us getting another quality big is through the a buyout (I dont think they are even considering trading jack) My point is, do you think by then a legitimate contributor would be available (someone much more capable than the invitees) . If no, then I believe they would br better off by keeping Curry.

Al Jefferson seems very reasonable...

[Raven]

Curry is the only big with post offense not named TD, tbh...

if by post offense you mean bangin' and pushin', that's one thing, but blair and splitter (the second especially) have terrific post moves..

[Ice009]

if by post offense you mean bangin' and pushin', that's one thing, but blair and splitter (the second especially) have terrific post moves..

Blair and Splitter don't have many post moves at all. Splitter is average in the post, hardly has any moves. He keeps trying the same move most of the time.

Anyway, Curry is the one I want. I think Pop should have a sit down with him and see if he is committed to getting in shape, getting his conditioning up and then staying there even if he doesn't get court time.

[Raven]

Blair and Splitter don't have many post moves at all. Splitter is average in the post, hardly has any moves. He keeps trying the same move most of the time.

Anyway, Curry is the one I want. I think Pop should have a sit down with him and see if he is committed to getting in shape, getting his conditioning up and then staying there even if he doesn't get court time.

imho splitter is only behind scola and timmy for old school post moves, in the league.. he has that dribble, footwork and cold blood to come to the rim at will.. he has a lot of other flaws in his game, but that isn't one of them.. However sayin' he's behind only two people ain't sayin' much since post moves are basically a lost art in today's nba..

[Gagnrath]

Raven I'm going to disagree with you, on Splitter and his post moves. Tiago, wants to have post moves. At one point someone started to teach him the basics. While he was overseas his size and athleticism allowed his rudimentary post abilities to work quite well especially in lower level leagues. To some extent he wasn't as effective of a post player at Bilbao, and he hasn't been in the NBA. I think he has a good start but for top tier leagues he needs both more polish and some expansion to his post moves, and a bit more strength in both his legs and his upper body to take a bit of contact without moving out of position and balance. I didn't see this years preseason games but from watching Curry in the past he really had about the same level of post moves as Splitter, but because of his massive size (he's huge now he was more so.) defenders were unable to muscle him as effectively, and he didn't show continued up and under attempts because once he started through to the basket the only things possibly stopping him were whistles, and perhaps a couple of top end centers.

[therealtruth]

I think Tiago needs more practice and confidence to improve his post moves. The team has to actually look for him in the post. That's why it may be useful playing with TD because he would get defended by the 4. With a height advantage it would be easier to practice his post moves.