Our quasi athletic and young players like Leonard, Green, Splitter could play +40 minutes, too. But that never gonna happen -with Pop's rotations-.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malik Hairston
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Our quasi athletic and young players like Leonard, Green, Splitter could play +40 minutes, too. But that never gonna happen -with Pop's rotations-.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malik Hairston
Dallas was supposed to be an easy matchup; Pop and the roleplayers shitting the bed is the reason it's gone 7 (and the Spurs very well may get 8'd again).Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
Pop: Beli I want you to get on Lillard, you're our x factorQuote:
Originally Posted by robdiaz2191
:lol Ayres on LA because why the hell not.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGoldStandard
Anybody that knows something about this team knows that Memphis would have been the easier matchup.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robz4000
Aldridge would shit all over our front line. But first things first, we have to win Sunday.
That was my first reaction but a young rested team versus a Spurs team coming off a Game 7 high bodes well for Game 1, Round 2. Now Game 2 - not so much......Quote:
Originally Posted by timtonymanu
Either was an easy matchup; whose to say the Grizz don't take us to 7 as well? If the Spurs lose this series it's on Pop.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
Grizzlies don't have the firepower to take more than 1 game out of the Spurs (maybe 2 with a lot of things going their way). Grizzlies were a way easier matchup, I don't understand how people can't see this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robz4000
That's because no one is checking Ellis. Simple as that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robz4000
I agree with that, but honestly I would think that most Spurs fans wanted OKC to face the Grizzlies because the Grizz can beat them and we can't.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
Duncan wouldn't be a liability against the Grizzlies, they don't have the weapons to exploit his lack of mobility, tbh..if Duncan is on the floor and isn't being exploited in the pick&roll, the Spurs are going to defeat their opponent without any problems..
Mavs have had a lot of shit go their way too (Vince's GW 3 doesn't go in, Spurs win the series in 5). Miller has shat on the Spurs in the past, and Tony has been getting outplayed by Jose fucking Calderon; no idea what Conley would've done to him, but it wouldn't of been pretty. Beno > Harris as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
I'm not saying the Grizz were a bad matchup, what I'm saying is both Dallas and Memphis should've been 4/5 game series, so the fact Dallas has pushed the Spurs this far is a massive choke job. Pop should own up if they get knocked out early.
QFT.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
Spurs would have handled Memphis 4-1. Dallas getting up for a potential upset against their arch-rival. If we even make it to a series against Portland we're going to be going in tired against a young, athletic team.
Pop will never own up man.... He will never own up TBH.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robz4000
I fear that, like LA in 08 after game 7 against NO and the short turnaround. I fear that part there.Quote:
Originally Posted by EIC
The thing is the Mavs had a chance of getting a lot of shit going their way because they have the firepower (2nd best 3pt shooting team in the NBA and guys that can go insanely hot like Dirk, Monta and Carter) Grizzlies don't have that chance, they have to outplay you to beat you. And they weren't going to outplay the Spurs more than once or twice in a series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robz4000
Spurs have been outplayed the entire series and haven't been giving 100% effort until Game 4. The Grizz play harder than the Mavs because they have to and are used to it. Chances are Spurs would've dropped Game 1 had it been the Grizz in a similar situation. Spurs have owned both teams over the past few seasons and they let it get to their heads.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
Don't worry guys, if the Spurs can get past the Mavs, expect Jeff Ayres to play a pivotal role against his former team, much like DeJuan Blair has.
POR is Dallas on Steroids tbh...
The Spurs aren't getting outplayed because of lack effort. They're getting outplayed because of styles and bad adjustments. This team knows how to play the Grizzlies, not so much the Mavs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robz4000
I actually don't think it's "great news". With Houston, we had Hack a Howard to abuse, we had a guy we can goad into chucking in Harden, and we had terrible ball handlers like Lin to force into turning the ball over a million times. All we really had to worry about was Asik Blairing us or Parsons continuing to dominate the SF matchup as he has been all year.
Portland has multiple guys who we have yet to really contain. Aldridge always kills us. Lillard usually looks like Isiah Thomas against us. And Batum plays us well too.
Then again it doesn't matter if we shit the bed again against Dallas.
:lol they gave zero fucks in Game 2 and only came to play for the final few minutes in Game 1. Spurs have blasted Dallas longer than they have Memphis as of late, so they knew how to play them fine. Pop just went away from what worked and Beli has been worse than dogshit (the whole bench has been for that matter up until Game 4).Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
As much as we shit on dwert, he'd of given the Spurs loads of problems. Harden also plays like MJ against the Spurs, and Lin and Parsons never miss. Portland is a mirror image of Dallas, only younger and more athletic. Throw Green on Lillard, Splitter on LA, and Parker on Matthews/Batum with Leonard doing his thing. Duncan also doesn't struggle against Lopez like he has against Dalembert in the past.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kidd K