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LMA + TD is unplayable against LAC...
...and will likely be worse against GSW. All it's taking is 1 ball screen and they're getting a wide open shot from either Blake or Paul. LMA can't cover ground fast enough against a PG/PF combo that can both shoot midrange, and TD is even more hopeless against anything but a DJ isolation.
Doesn't help that Pop's defensive scheme is probably the worst thing you could play against teams with shooting PF/PG and an athletic C.
Down 5 and Pop starts hacking when they take out CP3. I might throw something at my TV tbh
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Regular season doesn't matter. Never has. Spurs will win.
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Glad we gave the LAC ~1 PPP for three minutes by hacking Jordan when their bench unit without CP3 is one of the worst in the league...
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Purposely going into the bonus with 9m left
:wow astonishingly bad tbh
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I take it back what I said about LMA + TD
Mods can delete this thread
Pop just has no idea how to coach against this team tbh
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OP is unplayable on Spurstalk.
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Originally Posted by
Brian Windhorst
I take it back what I said about LMA + TD
Mods can delete this thread
Pop just has no idea how to coach against this team tbh
Don't look to the mods to clean up your embarrasing mess.
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Takes a special kind of coward to hind behind an alt when we don't know who you are irl anyway
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Eh. Danny Green was the one screwing the pooch on D all game for the most part. I'm having serious second thoughts on that hefty $10m/year contract, tbh
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Originally Posted by
Brian Windhorst
I take it back what I said about LMA + TD
Mods can delete this thread
Pop just has no idea how to coach against this team tbh
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Originally Posted by
exstatic
OP is unplayable on Spurstalk.
:lmao
That's one alt that needs to be retired.
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spurraider21
Takes a special kind of coward to hind behind an alt when we don't know who you are irl anyway
:lol
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You can't stop the Clippers, you just have to torch them on the other end just like the D'Antoni Suns.
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Originally Posted by
timtonymanu
Play Simmons
Wrong thread
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Yeah except those two closed out the game in a big way. So wrong.
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Originally Posted by
Kawhitstorm
You can't stop the Clippers, you just have to torch them on the other end just like the D'Antoni Suns.
Agree with you Storm.
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Op is one of the worst posters
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TD & LMA were great out there. Scary to think what their ceiling is offensively when they fully figure out each other's games. The high low action was awesome.
The hack-a was AWFUL in the third quarter. Not only are you opting to give them 1 PPP as you correctly note (possibly more if giving up OReb, though Deandre at line minimizes the chance at that) when Austin Rivers is on the floor with scrubs, but you're letting CP3 who was VISIBLY tired get extra minutes to rest. Each DJ FT sequence is like an extra minute of game rest.
In the fourth, once they got into early foul trouble I was fine doing that once the starters were back in. Smart strategy then, as starters are way better than 1 PPP.
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Playoffs are generally more physical, and are more half court sets. Small ball may not be as effective in the post season. The Spur depth will allow for more physical play inside. The key will be how well the perimeter can crowd the shooters and drive them into the defense, aka twin tower defense.
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Originally Posted by
Brian Windhorst
Mods can delete this thread
Hopefully they won't.
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Originally Posted by
UNT Eagles 2016
Eh. Danny Green was the one screwing the pooch on D all game for the most part. I'm having serious second thoughts on that hefty $10m/year contract, tbh
Yes, because one poor defensive performance invalidates 3+ years of good to great defensive play and three point shooting. Ha!
Not sure who's overreaction is dumber between you or the OP.
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Damn we should've won that game last night.
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J_Paco
Yes, because one poor defensive performance invalidates 3+ years of good to great defensive play and three point shooting. Ha!
Not sure who's overreaction is dumber between you or the OP.
The whole "what have you done for me lately" syndrome.
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Originally Posted by
look_at_g_shred
Damn we should've won that game last night.
:lol
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Wow. Had I not known the Spurs won last night, and just came on here, I'd have assumed they lost(and lost bad). WTF is wrong with some of you?
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Poolboy5623
Wow. Had I not known the Spurs won last night, and just came on here, I'd have assumed they lost(and lost bad). WTF is wrong with some of you?
:lol
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Originally Posted by
J_Paco
Yes, because one poor defensive performance invalidates 3+ years of good to great defensive play and three point shooting. Ha!
Not sure who's overreaction is dumber between you or the OP.
you don't give lifetime award contracts. You pay the guy based on your expectations of how they will perform during the year(s) of the new contract. Ask the Eagles how they feel about DeMarco Murray.
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UNT Eagles 2016
you don't give lifetime award contracts. You pay the guy based on your expectations of how they will perform during the year(s) of the new contract. Ask the Eagles how they feel about DeMarco Murray.
Danny's contract was the opposite of a lifetime achievement contract. He's struggling this season, but his contract was extremely team friendly.
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Mel_13
Danny's contract was the opposite of a lifetime achievement contract. He's struggling this season, but his contract was extremely team friendly.
Even if it was below market value at the time it seems to be well above it now. You don't pay 8 figures per year for a guy who is a high-volume 29% three point shooter with a very limited offensive game and often plays well defensively but still has frequent lapses such as fouling shooters, blowing assignments and cheating under screens.
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UNT Eagles 2016
Even if it was below market value at the time
Contracts are signed at the time. Everything else is hindsight.
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Spur|n|Austin
:lol
Not related but a happy ending story...searched for 2 days, and Tim finally found his dog. :tu
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWoaYsmVAAA4Q4M.jpg
https://twitter.com/VanessaLMacias/s...83708886331392
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YGWHI
Not related but a happy ending story...searched for 2 days, and Tim finally found his dog. :tu
Well at least you didn't start a whole new thread for it. Kudos for that.
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GSH
Well at least you didn't start a whole new thread for it. Kudos for that.
Thanks :lol
Tbh...I made one or two threads on ST, I'm just a quiet poster.
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YGWHI
Good for them. Glad that ended happily
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Originally Posted by
cjw
TD & LMA were great out there. Scary to think what their ceiling is offensively when they fully figure out each other's games. The high low action was awesome.
The hack-a was AWFUL in the third quarter. Not only are you opting to give them 1 PPP as you correctly note (possibly more if giving up OReb, though Deandre at line minimizes the chance at that) when Austin Rivers is on the floor with scrubs, but you're letting CP3 who was VISIBLY tired get extra minutes to rest. Each DJ FT sequence is like an extra minute of game rest.
In the fourth, once they got into early foul trouble I was fine doing that once the starters were back in. Smart strategy then, as starters are way better than 1 PPP.
You must have watched a different game than I did. In the game I watched, DeAndre shot 8-20, or, 40%. That equates to 0.8 ppp, or, motherfucking ELITE defense. Chrissy Paul can rest all he wants during FTs, as long as the ball is taken out of his hands.
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exstatic
You must have watched a different game than I did. In the game I watched, DeAndre shot 8-20, or, 40%. That equates to 0.8 ppp, or, motherfucking ELITE defense. Chrissy Paul can rest all he wants during FTs, as long as the ball is taken out of his hands.
I didn't realize he was below 40% this year, which is just about what Austin Rivers shoots. I'm not opposed to hack-a, but prefer to let the clock run with CP3 off floor and minimize his rest when there are checkers out there who can lead to fast breaks the other way (which you don't get from FT).
Hack away when CP3, Blake or even Reddick are on the floor.
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Originally Posted by
cjw
I didn't realize he was below 40% this year, which is just about what Austin Rivers shoots. I'm not opposed to hack-a, but prefer to let the clock run with CP3 off floor and minimize his rest when there are checkers out there who can every yearlead to fast breaks the other way (which you don't get from FT).
Hack away when CP3, Blake or even Reddick are on the floor.
DJ's career mark is 39.7, and he's shooting right at 39 this year. It is not an aberration. We're not even close to the only team that does this to the LAC. He's routinely near the top of the FTA chart every year.
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Originally Posted by
exstatic
DJ's career mark is 39.7, and he's shooting right at 39 this year. It is not an aberration. We're not even close to the only team that does this to the LAC. He's routinely near the top of the FTA chart every year.
Right - there's a huge difference between 50% (Whiteside, Howard, etc.) and 40% or less (Drummond and Jordan are the only two that qualify). The worst teams in the league offensively - Lakers and Sixers - are around 50% true shooting %, which considers free throws. So hacking the former group drags their offense down to those levels.
Drummond & Jordan are borderline unplayable against a smart team, assuming you have bodies to throw at the other team and foul. The Spurs are one of the few teams deep enough 1-13 (of players dressed) to be able to throw all of its players on the court without bogging down its offense. When you're only 7-8 deep, foul trouble becomes a concern. But if you can use up Rasual Butler, Simmons, Anderson, Bonner, etc. fouls and they're not complete zeroes on the offensive end, it's a huge advantage.
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cjw
Right - there's a huge difference between 50% (Whiteside, Howard, etc.) and 40% or less (Drummond and Jordan are the only two that qualify). The worst teams in the league offensively - Lakers and Sixers - are around 50% true shooting %, which considers free throws. So hacking the former group drags their offense down to those levels.
Drummond & Jordan are borderline unplayable against a smart team, assuming you have bodies to throw at the other team and foul. The Spurs are one of the few teams deep enough 1-13 (of players dressed) to be able to throw all of its players on the court without bogging down its offense. When you're only 7-8 deep, foul trouble becomes a concern. But if you can use up Rasual Butler, Simmons, Anderson, Bonner, etc. fouls and they're not complete zeroes on the offensive end, it's a huge advantage.
Well said.
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Can't let this one drop off the first page for too long.