The Spurs' defense is hot garbage without Leonard

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Can't believe we change from a ~90 oppPPG team into a ~105-110 oppPPG team without KL/Tim together, tbh...

[TheGreatYacht]

Spurs broadcast said its been trash for 11 games now, Leonard has only missed 3

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Spurs broadcast said its been trash for 11 games now, Leonard has only missed 3
notice how I put "KL/Tim together" in OP.

[spursistan]

Also LMA has been a lazy bum on that end lately...

[benefactor]

Yawn

[RD2191]

OP dropping nukes.

[spurtech09]

Spurs D hasn't been good period .....Last couple of weeks the Spurs have been playing awful on D.....

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Spurs defense was so good from 03-07 because Bowen never missed any games during that span, tbh.

[Mnky]

Spurs broadcast said its been trash for 11 games now, Leonard has only missed 3

[TheGreatYacht]

notice how I put "KL/Tim together" in OP.
Didn't see that, good catch

[T Park]

The Spurs defensively, miss the best defender in basketball.


Such a flaming hot taek

[TrainOfThought5]

LMA and Green coasting arent helping at all.

[TampaDude]

The Spurs defensively, miss the best defender in basketball.

^ this, in a nutshell

[loveforthegame]

Anderson's defense is underrated!!

[Stabula]

OP is an alt of the faggot poster apalisoc

[MI21]

Shocking that the defense would slip, would never have seen that coming for the following reasons -

- Two best defenders basically not being paired up during any of the last 10 games
- Older team during the doldrums of the NBA in January/February
- Pop doing his best job limiting minutes of main cogs
- Guys replacing the two aforementioned defenders not being renowned defenders due to age/size/inexperience
- Defensive numbers put up early in the season inflated due to crappy competition
- Opposing teams having had more evidence on which to scout/analyse the Spurs defense
- Opposing teams have been shown some ways to score on the Spurs by the superior teams (Warriors, Clippers etc)
- Playing on the road for like a month

WOW, who would have guessed the Spurs would have slipped a bit defensively?

[ElNono]

Yeah, plus Manu is like our 3rd best perimeter defender, after Kawhi/Green...

I'm just glad we seem to have enough to outscore the shitty teams...

[spurtech09]

Plus the Refs doing there thang :P

[SAGirl]

Yeah, plus Manu is like our 3rd best perimeter defender, after Kawhi/Green...

I'm just glad we seem to have enough to outscore the shitty teams...
I mentioned this as soon as Manu got hurt. In addition to everything he does offensively, he's very disruptive defensively and always has an impact on that end even when he's struggling shooting. IMHO it's why a guy like Marco would nit have cut it w/o Manu and why Pop prioritized getting a defensive minded wing. Simmons is obviously not in the same conversation and neither is Anderson who is a forward, different position altogether.
I can't imagine Marco in a game like we had against the Suns. No thank you.

[SAGirl]

Just going to throw this out there. We needed more rim protection and rebounding but had to go small without Kawhi and Maanu... so it got ugly. Td is possibly still in minutes restriction and it was a B2B.

Edit not B2B, but 3rd game in 4 days.

[Hoops Czar]

Yeah, plus Manu is like our 3rd best perimeter defender, after Kawhi/Green...

I'm just glad we seem to have enough to outscore the shitty teams...

That's not really saying much when you're competition is guys like Mills, KA, Simmons and Parker. He actually might be the second best post defender too. Dat historic defense...:lol

[spursistan]

RIP OP..

[ElNono]

That's not really saying much when you're competition is guys like Mills, KA, Simmons and Parker. He actually might be the second best post defender too. Dat historic defense...:lol

We're still like top 3 in the league IIRC.... the league just has been much more about offense than defense lately...

[apalisoc_9]

RIP OP..

What he got banned for? :lmao

[TD 21]

They were due some regression.

Without Leonard and Ginobili and with Duncan still not looking right, I'm not concerned with aesthetics right now, even against bottom feeders. They lack depth of perimeter talent (individually, they're all decent enough in limited roles, but collectively, they're underwhelming) and despite this, are still managing minutes, so almost every game is going to be a slog. As long as they keep winning, that's all that matters.

[spursistan]

What he got banned for? :lmao
looks like a comment with anti-semitic overtones..read the last couple of pages of game thread; he had a run in with DPG (is he moderator?) who threatened a ban...

[Shastafarian]

looks like a comment with anti-semitic overtones..read the last couple of pages of game thread; he had run in with DPG (is he moderator?) who threatened a ban...

It wasn't just anti-semitic comments.

[Shastafarian]

RIP 168 for like a week or something?

[benefactor]

RIP 168 for like a week or something?
Yeah its usually a timeout

[Kawhitstorm]

Spurs broadcast said its been trash for 11 games now, Leonard has only missed 3
Porker getting a train run on him by every PG from stars to scrubs hasn't been helping cause.:wakeup

[SouthernFried]

I love Diaw...but, watching him not play D is sometimes painful. I made note to pay attention to his D this game, and it was like he just decided not to play any. Tho, he was embarassed a couple of times so bad, he did have a good moment or two to make up for it. On the whole, it was really f'king bad...lol. Even Timmy looked bad. Amazing considering how tired and slow they looked, that Aldridge, Diaw and even West...still managed to some find energy on Offense. Yeah, amazing. lol

[ceperez]

No rip protection.

LMA can barely jump and doesn't have any quickness.

[Hoops Czar]

Porker getting a train run on him by every PG from stars to scrubs hasn't been helping cause.:wakeup

Parker's always been a bad defender. What you're noticing is a massive decline in post/help defense.

[SouthernFried]

Parker's always been a bad defender. What you're noticing is a massive decline in post/help defense.

Yeah, and bigs too slow on the pick n roll. Parker is getting hammered on those, and keeps getting mismatches because of it. It's like every team has now found a key to beating the Spurs. Strong Pick n roll play on the guards. Our guards are looking like pinball machines out there. But, to be fair...it's kinda how we made our living for last couple of decades ;)

[ceperez]

Spurs had the two cellar dwellers Lakers and Suns score over 110 points on them.

How bad can it get?

[Kawhitstorm]

Parker's always been a bad defender. What you're noticing is a massive decline in post/help defense.

I'm just mocking the Porker stans who have the audacity to criticize Kawhi's defense.:lol

[rasuo214]

Well the pace has been upped since the start of the season but obviously it hurts to have one of the team's best defenders out, we saw some of it with Duncan out and now with Kawhi. Kawhi and Timmy have only played together once or twice during the past month.

[loveforthegame]

Here's some numbers to look at. Not that anyone doubted his importance.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/article/How-much-do-Spurs-miss-The-Claw-Let-us-count-6847038.php

[SpursforSix]

Here's some numbers to look at. Not that anyone doubted his importance.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/article/How-much-do-Spurs-miss-The-Claw-Let-us-count-6847038.php

Looks like MVP material to me.

[spursistan]

''I'm concerned. It's terrible,'' coach Gregg Popovich said. ''We stink on D right now. We'll see if we can get better.''
http://www.poundingtherock.com/2016/2/22/11086300/rehash-spurs-suns-first-world-problems

Pop sounding the alarm bell..

[SPURt]

Seeing Tim rotate over against the Suns only to have Alex Len dunk every other possession sucked. Tim was picking his poison because the perimeter players were rolling out the red carpet. Other teams are getting it too easy. The other thing is rebounding. The Spurs had one rebound for the first nine minutes of the third, what the hell? Even the moderately talented rim protecting rebounding bigs are getting $10 mil a year. It's weird to say this but I miss Baynes.

[Agloco]

RIP OP..


RIP 168 for like a week or something?


Yeah its usually a timeout

:lmao

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Bump.

[YGWHI]

Here's some numbers to look at. Not that anyone doubted his importance.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/article/How-much-do-Spurs-miss-The-Claw-Let-us-count-6847038.php


:claw