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tbdog
10-28-2016, 03:37 AM
102-94 away win over the Kings.
(http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs-sacramento-kings-2016102723/)
Some notes I took during the game
1st.

Starting unit is not moving the ball and the offense is just taking turns on the low block.
Anderson provided two good defensive plays and was rewarded with a steal and block.
Gasol is too deep on the ice defense and just ins’t contesting the shots off the dribble. He made a slow pass cross court which was easily picked.
Manu was the first player off the bench.
Pop let the team play and go through the pains at the start without calling a timeout.
Out of the first timeout, Pop called a high low involving Gasol provide an ally hoop pass, resulting in 2 FT attempts by LMA. A much needed basket
Demon first big off the bench around the 5 min mark
All starters were subbed out by the 4 min mark at 14-18. Leonard had 12
Manu is running the pick n roll with Lee and Demond beautifully.



2nd

Staters were back at the 9min mark 32-34
Anderson looked good here. After Cousins upped the lead to 41-34, Anderson is the a little mvp in the run to even the game 41 apiece. He provided excellent defense and passing and was rewarded with 2 assists during this period.
Kings made a huge run. With a 1min40 left in the 2nd 46-55, Pop ran out the half with the bench. The bench made a small run to cut the lead down to 53-57.
At the half, Leonard, Lee, Dedmond, and Manu were the standouts. Parker and Gasol were heavily hurting the team.
On Parker, the guy didn’t’ control the pace and held on the ball far to much, not even dribbled, just holding, running down the shot clock while he waited for a screen. Patty is always moving with or without the ball. If Parker isn’t scoring (he just isn’t a scorer anymore), then he needs to run the offense by controlling the pace at least. A straight up F at the break for Parker. I am not sure he even registered an assist, and clank two midrange shots.


3rd


Pop adjustment was to give the ball to Gasol more, where he ran the offense from the top of the key, and provided some isolation off the block. The results were not great, but he did hit a nice midrange, and I was hopeful it will get Gasol going, considering LMA just cannot get it going.
Anderson defense is great, and the second best defender outside Leonard tonight. His transitional defense is a few step below Danny Green, and if he continues throughout there year, we will look good.
At the 6:20min mark, with the Spurs struggling, after losing LMA to his 4th foul, down 57-66, Pop ran Lee in the Diaw to Mills play, where Diaw would isolate on the base line and fling a pass Mills to the corner for the 3. Lee provided a pin point pass resulting in a 3 by Patty.
The Spurs took the lead and held a 76-71 lead, mainly due to Leonards dominates on both ends. Lee was great during this period, working hard under the basket, and Manu hit a nice three.


4th

Starting the 4th, spurs went small with Leonard playing the 4 despite only minor rest. LMA started at center with 4 fouls. Parker, Manu, and Simmons (plently of ball handling) were the other three.
Leonard individually extended the lead to 10 with a steal, resulting in a Simmons layup and the next play an And1. However, the lead was quickly cut down to 5 with Cousins individual brilliance. During that stretch LMA missed a bunny, making his night that much worse.
With 6 mins left up 4, Spurs ran Mills and Demond instead of Parker and Gasol. For the record, Parker ran the offense much better in the first half of the 4th quarter than he did throughout the game. It resulted in LMA getting some better looks and getting the FT line.
With a 6 point lead, 3 mins left, Parker was subbed back in. Mills didn’t do much during that stretch, and as I said, I felt Parker ran the offense better that quarter and it looks like Pop trusted Parker more.
To end the game, Leonard offense pulled the game away, and Demond D and rebounding secured the stops.

102-94

Player Ratings

Parker - Last game B-
D
He was an F up until the 4th where he seemed to control the game better. Besides his 4ft’s and 2 assist is all he offered on O, but it was nice despite 25mins of play, he didn’t registered a turn over. Getting LMA going at the end was important to get the end result in the W.

Leonard - Last game A+
A
What can I say? The only reason why it was not an A+ was because in the first, it felt like he didn’t have Gay under full control, and his outside shot isn’t falling. Yet back to back 30point games, and he is 1-8 from deep. Yes, things are looking good.

Anderson - Last game C-
B
The box score doesn’t give him notice, like Bowen back in the days, Anderson is probably just one of those guys that does the little things that doesn’t get recorded. I was surprised he had 8 rebounds. The steal and block was made in the first few minutes in the game. But his transitional defense is where he get’s the B from. He is our third best defender so far on our team. Take that as bad or good. He needs to take some confident shots.

LMA - Last game A
C
Looked lost in the first 3 quarters. Was not involved, and registered no defensive stats. He made up for it by hitting some FT’s and jumpers down the stretch when the game was on the line. I didn’t notice much leadership out there, probably gassed by banging so much down low. He simply scored the C because despite an off night, he did help towards the end when it was needed. And that is what you want from your stars when you have nights like these.

Gasol - Last game D-
D-
Well look at my rant in my notes to know why. He registered 1 assist to 3to’s. 6 rebounds in 20 mins is nice, but no offensive rebounds. The saving grace was the nice timely 3 pointer he hit and got a nice block. The only saving grace for not getting a F.

Mills - Last game A
C
Had a favourable matchup with no decent points to guard him or defend against, yet struggled to get pass the very temporary ex Spurs, Temple. Hit some 3’s, missed some. Played with pace with the second unit. Overall, just okay.

Manu - Last game A-
B-
Hit some timely shots, and broke down the D a few times with the drive. Ran the pick n roll with Lee and Demond beautifully, and I wanted to see more of that. Lost some points due to shooting ordinary overall. This is the type of games we should except on a nightly basis, with some gems in there.

Simmons - Last game A
C-
Not a good matchup for a slasher with so many bigs. I don’t recall him actually taking a midrange shot this game. Got burnt by Affalo late in the game. The charge on Gay was nice. His passing is very inconsistent. He hit Manu with a perfect pass for the 3, but missed some, especially when Mills had his feet set, the pass was off center, which resulted in a successful closeout.

Lee - Last game B+
B+
Kinda hard to give him an A for just 16 mins of play, but 5 of 6 shooting, 5 rebs, 2 of them offensive, 2 steals, 2 assist, and blk, and no turnovers. His defense is much better than expected, and it did surprising well boxing out the Kings huge front line. I suppose Pop just couldn’t play him any more due to the size difference, but unlike West, this guy plays bigger than he is. He has great hands, and his little off balance layup floaters, ugly enough, go in.

Dedmond - Last game B-
A
Man, a dud preseason to this gem. 5 of 6 shooting, 7 rebounds, 4 of them offensive, and 4 blks. He challenge shots, grab big rebounds, including down the stretch and that nice putback over Cousins in the 1st quarter (I believe). He would have gotten an A+ if he hit that midrange and didn’t give the And1 to McLemore.

Pop
Hard to tell. He obviously made enough adjustments defensively at the half to get us back in it. He ran the second unit enough which put us back in the game. This is the second game in a row our starters look like they were stuck in the mud. LMA, Parker, Anderson, and Gasol provided us nothing on offense at the start of the game. When the bench came on, Leonard had 12 of the 14 points.

Some minor things I want to show you guys

http://imgur.com/a/avqRx
http://imgur.com/4dQrt5u
Look at the spacing when Anderson and Parker are on the floor together. Despite having two jump shooting bigs, the defense has no desire to have anyone on Anderson and Parker.

http://imgur.com/uwfRcgn
http://imgur.com/uwfRcgn
Then compare it when Manu and Mills are on instead, despite having two non jump shootings bigs.

http://imgur.com/AIRAzpF
http://imgur.com/AIRAzpF
Gasol shot block attempt on Cousins. Seriously should just have given this guy an F.

http://imgur.com/kmfSdxK
http://imgur.com/kmfSdxK
4secs prior, Dedmond grabbed a big rebound, whilst running up the court, he symbol to Leonard that he was setting a pick. The defense scrambled and a few passes later resulted in a open midrange shot by Leonard, giving us a 9 point lead.

Next up, home opener on the 30th against the Pelicans.

Chinook
10-28-2016, 03:45 AM
Thanks for the work, tbd. Reading it now.

apalisoc_9
10-28-2016, 03:47 AM
Thanks bro.

Can somone compile all the grades every 10 games so we can have a look at how players perform in average?

MVPCues
10-28-2016, 03:50 AM
Very nice job!

Snaq O'Meal
10-28-2016, 03:51 AM
Great review!

It's Dedmon by the way.

ceperez
10-28-2016, 03:55 AM
Good job! I did not watch the whole game, but this is great insight that the highlights can never show.

Let's just hope that Parker and Pau have not hit the wall! In fairness, maybe they are coasting since they just played in the Olympics.

Leonard now looking like Kobe in offense. Good to hear he spent the summer working with Kobe.

Robz4000
10-28-2016, 03:57 AM
Great write up imo

mkurts
10-28-2016, 04:20 AM
Pau still finding his place in the team

Porker still the same old 14 million dollar salary with the usefulness of a big turd

DeRozan m8
10-28-2016, 04:25 AM
Too much positive Anderson talk.

Cheers but

Pocho La Pantera
10-28-2016, 05:02 AM
Great, thanks.

buttsR4rebounding
10-28-2016, 05:42 AM
Outstanding grades and game summary. Thanks.

Chinook
10-28-2016, 06:14 AM
That was well worth the wait, tbdog (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=49638). I'm glad you did yours in a different format while also carrying over Apa's grades. And I do think it would be cool to do what he's suggesting and keep track of them. So if someone wants to volunteer to do that, it would be cool.

I agree with your grades in that it was a disappointed game from the main cogs while being a very good game for role-players. Dedmon was amazing and got screwed out of at least one rebound where he sent a controlled tap to Lee for a score at the end of the game. Whoever is working with him on his man defense deserves a lot of praise, as he looked way more disciplined than his career foul rate would suggest. And if those two guys can keep working off each other and collecting offensive boards, then the Spurs will be OKCing teams all year. That definitely increases their chances of being successful in the long term.

Anderson led the team in rebounding due to Dedmon being screwed over. That's fantastic. He did have one bad defensive play where he let Afflalo get by him on a screen. But besides that, he really did a great job making life difficult for the whomever he was guarding, and when he had to play Cousins, he competed rather than conceding the points. There really isn't a path for him to get the touches he wants right now. Even if he supplants Simmons on the bench, the Lee/Dedmon combo has too much upside to break up now for Kyle to get the ball in his spots and against favorable defense. And obviously with the starters, forget about it. So he'll have to settle for things like this right now, and hopefully he'll be ready during rest/injury/foul trouble games.

I actually liked how Simmons played. It may have been better than his explosion against GS, because this should be easily sustainable. He and Manu worked off each other very well, and him forcing the issue is going to get the bigs a lot of easy shots once they get chemistry. You'd love more points, but you also love him not hurting the team.

Lee was great. He definitely has the best center game on the roster. He's bringing the IQ Diaw has without the lack of drive. That pass on the Hammer play was fascinating, given that it was an in-bounds bounce pass rather than an out-of-bounds hook pass. Dunno if Lee intended to change it up or if that's just how he has to throw them. But having multiple ways to hit the shooter would make it harder to jump that pass. Dude even made a jumper. Just an excellent game from a fourth big.

daledondale
10-28-2016, 06:33 AM
Thanks man, nice job.

xellos88330
10-28-2016, 08:19 AM
Nice work! Looking forward to more grades from you.

The stagnation of the Spurs starters offensively outside of Leonard is concerning. The bench is performing ridiculously well though. I am even more excited for the Spurs this season.

One thing that I am extremely happy about is the fact that this was an extremely physical game and the Spurs didn't back away from it. Instead they dished out punishment of their own. That was a welcome sight indeed.

Em-City
10-28-2016, 08:47 AM
thanks for the grades - agree with everything, more or less. Parker was woeful for so much of the game and he did play just ok in the 4th quarter, but i think the fact that lawson wasn't so good meant that Tony was able to get off lightly on defense.

This is the version of Dedmon I was expecting, and I must admit I was puzzled with his play in the pre-season so it's refreshing to see the bounce-back.

One note about simmons is that his passing is overall quite good, but the instances of poor passing are mainly due to his weakness that is dribbling under pressure. He ends up with his head down and can't quite gather to make the pass he needs to because he's making up for the lack of ball handling ability. I personally think he could work on this and be a more reliable facilitator in future.

Patty was frustrating at times with how he used the screen man, and his refusal/inability to attack the rim off some decent picks. I guess the height/athleticism compared with higher quality PGs is the difference here, and in my opinion the main reason why he'll never be able to be a successful starting PG. I wanted to mention this because in his interview a few days ago he was talking about his yet unfulfilled goal of being a starting PG. I think the writing is on the wall that he is truly an undersized SG, and will likely never be a starter for that reason.

I would love to see a starting lineup of Parker, Leonard Bertans, Aldridge, Dedmon but it's just not gonna happen.
Mills, Manu, Simmons, Anderson/Lee/Pau would work really well as a unit IMO.

Mr. Body
10-28-2016, 08:54 AM
The starters really need Greene, badly missing a 3pt outlet. I like Anderson's defense and general role but the starters need more shooting.

housious
10-28-2016, 08:58 AM
Anderson played decent defense, but once again looked completely lost on offense. B is extremely generous for him.

Agree on everything else.

Captivus
10-28-2016, 08:59 AM
Great!!!

Chinook
10-28-2016, 09:05 AM
Anderson played decent defense, but once again looked completely lost on offense. B is extremely generous for him.

Agree on everything else.

Seven of Kyle's team-leading eight rebounds game in the second half. In a game where the teams finished tied in total rebounds, I think he deserves a ton of credit for helping to keep the Spurs steady as they came back. Dude's an elite rebounder for his position, so seeing him actually show that is awesome.

picnroll
10-28-2016, 09:17 AM
I was impressed with Simmons game. I was afraid that after the GS game he had he'd go hero balling out of control. Instead he played a very controlled, intelligent game.

Aggie Hoopsfan
10-28-2016, 09:18 AM
3rd

Anderson defense is great, and the second best defender outside Leonard tonight. His transitional defense is a few step below Danny Green, and if he continues throughout there year, we will look good.

We watched different games. Every time Kyle's man got the ball in the third, he took him off the dribble and beat him on the first step. We had to rotate help to his man every time (usually Gasol). Kid was a turnstyle against their wings until Pop pulled him.

Chinook
10-28-2016, 09:21 AM
We watched different games. Every time Kyle's man got the ball in the third, he took him off the dribble and beat him on the first step. We had to rotate help to his man every time (usually Gasol). Kid was a turnstyle against their wings until Pop pulled him.

That's funneling. You don't play defense one-on-one in the NBA often. What you want to do is make it as easy on your bigs as possible to contest shots. Green and Kawhi were experts at this when Tim was there. The reason why you didn't see Kawhi funneling his man nowadays is because guys have learned to stop dribbling anywhere near him.

Dex
10-28-2016, 09:23 AM
Thanks OP. :tu

Cousin's post-game comments on Kawhi: https://www.instagram.com/p/BMGUhU9BQcj/

:claw "Flashes of Kobe" :claw

Nathan89
10-28-2016, 09:44 AM
Nice work. I can already see that the designated grade games is going to bring out the best of the posters that volunteered.

I just want to see some signs of life from Pau. I can't handle more dead weight on this team.

TheDoctor
10-28-2016, 09:53 AM
Thanks for the Grades! You could've given DLee an A for sure. He played great, hustled every play and was a spark -along with Dedmon- off the bench.
Chinook apalisoc_9
I volunteer to compile and inform the Game Grades every 10 games. I'm going to assign a numerical value to the Grades so that it can be displayed in a simpler way.

Chinook
10-28-2016, 09:57 AM
Thanks for the Grades! You could've given DLee an A for sure. He played great, hustled every play and was a spark -along with Dedmon- off the bench.
Chinook (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=37557) apalisoc_9 (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=11260)
I volunteer to compile and inform the Game Grades every 10 games. I'm going to assign a numerical value to the Grades so that it can be displayed in a simpler way.

However you want to do it, dude. It's your baby. Anything you give would be appreciated.

sasaint
10-28-2016, 10:02 AM
Many thanks for the effort. I have to agree with most of your grades. Like Chinook, I liked Simmons' game a little better - say a "C". Maybe I was just relieved that he didn't completely return to his old ways. Otherwise I like the grades. But on my computer, the yellow and green colors are very hard to read. Another color, perhaps? or just use a single color for all grades and let the grades speak for themselves, without any additional color contrast.

Aggie Hoopsfan
10-28-2016, 10:20 AM
That's funneling. You don't play defense one-on-one in the NBA often. What you want to do is make it as easy on your bigs as possible to contest shots. Green and Kawhi were experts at this when Tim was there. The reason why you didn't see Kawhi funneling his man nowadays is because guys have learned to stop dribbling anywhere near him.

There's a difference between funneling and Kyle's man blowing past him, someone rotating, and giving up an easy close range shot.

sasaint
10-28-2016, 10:21 AM
The starters really need Greene, badly missing a 3pt outlet. I like Anderson's defense and general role but the starters need more shooting.

Agree about Green. But there is a domino effect coming. When Green returns and Kyle has go move, does he go back to the second unit and muck up a unit that has thus far been very good? If so , who does he supplant? I like Kyle, but I also like how the second unit as currently constituted is playing...

Chinook
10-28-2016, 10:24 AM
There's a difference between funneling and Kyle's man blowing past him, someone rotating, and giving up an easy close range shot.

Yes,

But when you're talking about a guy "blowing past him" at the baseline and getting caught under the rim by Pau, that's not a bad thing.

Spurs9
10-28-2016, 10:29 AM
You should do more of these tbh, nice

tbdog
10-28-2016, 10:38 AM
But on my computer, the yellow and green colors are very hard to read. Another color, perhaps? or just use a single color for all grades and let the grades speak for themselves, without any additional color contrast.

All colours now have been fixed.

Spur|n|Austin
10-28-2016, 10:53 AM
Solid post! Thanks :toast

I'm excited to see Lee so active on D, same with Dedmon. You've gotta give a lot of credit to Pop and his staff, he always seems to bring the D out of players. We were nicely surprised with the emergence of LMA's last year as well.

I had a feeling Dedmon was set-up for a nice game


I predict a good game from Dedmon

sasaint
10-28-2016, 10:58 AM
All colours now have been fixed.

many thanks!

Mr. Body
10-28-2016, 11:07 AM
Agree about Green. But there is a domino effect coming. When Green returns and Kyle has go move, does he go back to the second unit and muck up a unit that has thus far been very good? If so , who does he supplant? I like Kyle, but I also like how the second unit as currently constituted is playing...

I don't think he mucks up the second unit. His skill set fits there.

Cowboys_Wear_Spurs
10-28-2016, 11:09 AM
I was impressed with Simmons game. I was afraid that after the GS game he had he'd go hero balling out of control. Instead he played a very controlled, intelligent game.

Pop had him playing the point more this game. He did much better than the preseason. Had 2 ast and 2 TO instead of the 1 ast 5 TO when Pop first utilized him like this.

That one TO wasn't really on him. He drove past two guys and Lee should had cut to the basket from the baseline once he saw his man turn his back to him and rushed Simmons. Simmons had no outlet and fumbled the ball out of bounds. I felt that TO was more on Lee than Simmons for not reacting to the play. The other bad play he had was when he again drove pass two guys and got stop in the middle of the paint. He did get the pass out to LMA I believe who had to force a terrible shot. But KA was standing on the baseline wide open and Simmons should have hit him in stride for the baseline 3.

Its good for him to get these kinds of reps. You can tell Pop really is pushing him to be Manu's replacement next year. Hopefully he comes close to the challenge. But a much better controlled performance by him running the point. The main thing he kept calm and didn't let those two TO get to him.

sasaint
10-28-2016, 11:12 AM
I don't think he mucks up the second unit. His skill set fits there.

Who do you bump? They have been playing very well. I hate to see Pop mess with it, tbh.

cariocaz
10-28-2016, 11:14 AM
I enjoyed your write up! Thanks!

jag
10-28-2016, 11:17 AM
:bobo

BD24
10-28-2016, 11:19 AM
This is seriously awesome. Great job man.

TDomination
10-28-2016, 11:19 AM
Thank you for the write up. I enjoyed reading it.

Pretty much agreed with everything. I was happy to see Lee do well and same with Dedmond. Now I would like to see Pau Gasol contribute a little more. Hopefully he gets more comfortable with the system these next few weeks.

mo7888
10-28-2016, 11:40 AM
That was a great write up. Much appreciated!

raybies
10-28-2016, 11:53 AM
Nice write-up! Love the layout

hombre
10-28-2016, 12:06 PM
Pau still finding his place in the team

This, Pau is definitely going to come along. I love his mindset on the team so far, his retaliatory 3 pointer was an answer to Cousins, which baited him into shooting more long-range shots. When Kawhi, Dedmon had a big defensive play, he would be the first jumping off the bench yelling and cheering. Love it.

tbdog
10-28-2016, 12:13 PM
You should do more of these tbh, nice

I will put my hand up a few times this year. I do shift work so my roster is all over the place. The grades were late because the wife came home from holidays and summons me to do some house cleaning whilst I was writing up my grades. Happy wife, happy life.

024
10-28-2016, 12:14 PM
How long will Pop continue with Anderson in the starting lineup? It's clear that teams will figure out eventually just to sag off Parker and Anderson to double and make those 2 beat them on offense.

We all know Parker isn't going anywhere... so how long will Anderson stay in? The starting lineup offense is just doing enough to buy time for the bench (and better lineups) to step in so I wonder if the Spurs can keep getting away with this. Anderson is probably a better choice on defense than Forbes but what's the point of having Forbes if he won't even be used during a SG's injury? Feels like the Spurs are just trying to get their worst lineup over with early every time they start Parker and Anderson. But there are other options like giving Forbes a start.

tbdog
10-28-2016, 12:18 PM
TBH, the slow starts are more to do with Gasol and Parker than Anderson. There have been plenty of teams in the pass that started a defensive minded player. Heck, remember we started Bogans?

SAGirl
10-28-2016, 01:26 PM
Great review. I appreciate the time going into this. You have elevated the standard for this reviews tbdog. I am dreading doing mine now cause this is so well done, I appreciate the notes per quarter, etc.
Again, very nice.
:flag:

tbdog
10-28-2016, 01:44 PM
It's not a competition. Do what you can. The only standard is game grades. The notes was just to help me. They were completely unedited, and just copied them in.

ElNono
10-28-2016, 01:45 PM
thanks op :tu

UZER
10-28-2016, 02:02 PM
thanks op :tu

Can we get Nono's translation of this article?

HarlemHeat37
10-28-2016, 02:02 PM
Nice write-up, OP..

DrSteffo
10-28-2016, 02:05 PM
Thanks for the grades and the effort. Too kind to Kyle but other than that fair.

Obstructed_View
10-28-2016, 02:07 PM
TBH, the slow starts are more to do with Gasol and Parker than Anderson. There have been plenty of teams in the pass that started a defensive minded player. Heck, remember we started Bogans?

:lmao :lmao :lmao

From Downtown
10-28-2016, 02:33 PM
Thanks op :toast

apalisoc_9
10-28-2016, 02:54 PM
:lmao :lmao :lmao

To be fair, that was the idea. He just never delivered.

apalisoc_9
10-28-2016, 02:55 PM
Also, I bet some lazy ass writers are making their way to spurstalk again now that Game grades are back...

Multiple instances already where material is stolen...Sme dude was even caught red handed and fired. :lol

Chinook
10-28-2016, 04:05 PM
Also, I bet some lazy ass writers are making their way to spurstalk again now that Game grades are back...

Multiple instances already where material is stolen...Sme dude was even caught red handed and fired. :lol

Zach Lowe will probably be next. Even the worst drivel on here doesn't beat projecting Houston as GS' biggest threat last year.

Obstructed_View
10-28-2016, 04:09 PM
To be fair, that was the idea. He just never delivered.

To be fair, it was a fucking stupid idea. Bogans was never a defender at any time in his entire career. He had by far his best defensive season with the Spurs. His DBPM was 1.1. For reference, Nando De Colo's DBPM in 2014 was 1.2.

apalisoc_9
10-28-2016, 04:15 PM
To be fair, it was a fucking stupid idea. Bogans was never a defender at any time in his entire career. He had by far his best defensive season with the Spurs. His DBPM was 1.1. For reference, Nando De Colo's DBPM in 2014 was 1.2.
Yeah..but you get the ops point

siraulo23
10-28-2016, 04:18 PM
Bogans the 'centerpiece' era, holy f dark times :lol

siraulo23
10-28-2016, 04:20 PM
Anyways props to tbdog and apa, solid grades so far

and ofc course chinook for organizing this shit

apalisoc_9
10-28-2016, 04:28 PM
Anyways props to tbdog and apa, solid grades so far

and ofc course chinook for organizing this shit

This Game Grade had way more effort. I invested about 3.5 hours watching the game then rewatching some bit then grading...This game grade probably took 4 hours..that incmudes watching the game ofcourse.

As the season progress, game graders should have an easier time to though..since they can copy the structure f previous game grades.

Would also be nice if everyone placed a touch of their personality...although I dont know why racist like Jimmertacular are allowed tbqh.

Chinook
10-28-2016, 04:50 PM
Bogans the 'centerpiece' era, holy f dark times :lol

Non-Spurs fan: Trade Danny, the Spurs have a habit of finding guys off the street who can do what he does.

Chinook
10-28-2016, 05:03 PM
This Game Grade had way more effort. I invested about 3.5 hours watching the game then rewatching some bit then grading...This game grade probably took 4 hours..that incmudes watching the game ofcourse.

You could definitely tell that tbd did his job here. I love the fact that people are really putting effort into this. If this doesn't make you respect posters who did this for every game, not much will.


As the season progress, game graders should have an easier time to though..since they can copy the structure f previous game grades.

Yeah, it's the same thing with my perimeter defense threads. Each one took like five hours the first year. But by the 2014 Finals, I had the charts almost auto-populating.


Would also be nice if everyone placed a touch of their personality...

Yep, that would be fantastic. These threads are usually 80-percent informative and 20-percent fun anyway. Be creative.


although I dont know why racist like Jimmertacular are allowed tbqh.

Everyone is welcome. No krew owns Spurs fandom. There are posters whom I really wanted to see sign up like dabom, Fuzzy and Hoop Czar.

Gagnrath
10-28-2016, 07:33 PM
Actually garret temple was one of a couple of combo guards that I was surprised didn't stick with the spurs.He's fairly long and athletic, with good handles for a 2. Thing is the NBA keeps trying to make him a pg and he doesn't quite have the playmaker for that.

Kikoluna
10-28-2016, 08:32 PM
How the fuck do you give Kyle worthless Anderson a B

objective
10-28-2016, 08:52 PM
I'll have to re-watch, but my memory was that Kyle Anderson was passing up open shots again, as usual.

Can't have him starting anymore if he's refusing to shoot when open. There's not enough time in the shot clock for him to dribble dribble his way off the three point line and reset things after Parker does his nonsense.

SAGirl
10-28-2016, 09:39 PM
I'll have to re-watch, but my memory was that Kyle Anderson was passing up open shots again, as usual.

Can't have him starting anymore if he's refusing to shoot when open. There's not enough time in the shot clock for him to dribble dribble his way off the three point line and reset things after Parker does his nonsense.He wasn't doing a dribble TBH. He was often wide open and didn't get passes. He has to earn trust from teammates that he's going to shoot and he hasn't. A mistake that is on him to rectified, but he really didn't get much opportunities. he was cutting and setting screens off the ball. In general was more active than he was in the past, but I still want to see him shoot a 3 bc he can. Tony was passing up shots and dribbling a lot into long 2s that he clanked.

Obstructed_View
10-28-2016, 10:18 PM
Yeah..but you get the ops point

Yes. The point should go without saying. Kyle is replacing a guy who wasn't exactly the model of consistency. If Danny Green had 12 rebounds, 2 steals and a block in these first two games nobody would be paying attention to how many points he scored, they'd be glad the Spurs are 2-0.

tbdog
10-28-2016, 11:46 PM
How the fuck do you give Kyle worthless Anderson a B

He saved half a dozen points on transitional defense alone, and nabbed team high rebounds.

spurs10
10-29-2016, 01:56 AM
Thanks for the grades! Good work! :tu

tholdren
10-29-2016, 01:53 PM
Who is worse Gaysol or Dworst?