Deserved its own thread..
When Manu is gone forever from that bench, it will never be the same again :cry
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Deserved its own thread..
When Manu is gone forever from that bench, it will never be the same again :cry
YES, I NEEDED A GIF THIS!! THANKS.
I was away during that part of the game.
Great play!
A truly phenomenal display of team BBIQ and skill. West had already touched the ball twice on the play when Manu hit him to finish the give and go. And some people think dunks are what "highlights" should be about.Quote:
Originally Posted by spursistan
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:cry
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Originally Posted by spursistan
Very cool indeed but Kyle should have taken that corner three.
Just realized Bobo didn't touch the ball, would have been even nicer if he did.
Definitely threadworthy.
:toast
Great ball movement and unselfishness. Summed up Spurs basketball perfectly in that play. :toast
I still think it's a disservice to refer to Manu as merely a bench player. When he's gone forever from that TEAM, it will never be the same again is more like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by spursistan
Damn.
West has got to gather accolades.
What a ball fake, pass, break to the basket, catch the heater, put the ball in while being fouled.
4 years with Manu and a good back... What could have been for West.
Great find OP
i missed it earlier but worthy of its own thread. the collective bbiq of that group is off the charts imo.
Worth giving up twelve million for.
Spurgasm
All bench players, too.
Addition by subtraction? This wouldn't have happened with CoJo in the lineup.
I was just laughing when they did this, it's fucking natural for the 2nd unit it's unreal
Or Jimmer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurtacular
Truly amazing. I would love to see the Warriors copy that.
Kyle should have shot that.
NoQuote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
No! That's not his game. He's not Bruce, or Danny, or Leonard, or even Simmons. He's actually a very poor corner 3 shooter, his game is passing and scoring from the high post when the other team puts a 6'1" or shorter guy on him.Quote:
Originally Posted by aal04
You are not pulling that 1, 2 under the basket against a good team. Kyle was wide ass open from one of the most efficient spots on the court, he has to shoot that.Quote:
Originally Posted by UNT Eagles 2016
That's like saying 40 year old Peyton Manning should have "run the damn ball" when given 20 yards of real estate to run instead of forcing the pass downfield.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
Without Cojo we lose game 6 vs OKC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurtacular
Except those things aren't really comparable. If Kyle really wants to see minutes as a Spur wing when things really matter, he will have to improve his 3pt shooting. And passing up those wide open looks won't help him in that regard. He needs to work on that shot and shoot it confidently when he has the opportunity.Quote:
Originally Posted by UNT Eagles 2016
Simmons has shown he can whip those passes like Manu, he just doesn't have as long a leash as Manu. Kyle on the other hand is like Bobo, gives up layups for an assist.:lolQuote:
Originally Posted by spursistan
Kyle corner 3s tend to barely hit the rim, if at all... I remember one road loss early in the season when he airballed 2 straight corner threes in the second halfQuote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
I seriously doubt he'll ever be a good three point shooter or jumpshooter in general. He tends to shoot everything with 1 hand so anything that isn't on the run and/or close to the basket is going to be way off.
That Stephen Jackson technical :bang ugh refs...Quote:
Originally Posted by Nathan89
I will have to agree.... unless they were just toying with the competition.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
And win Game 7, anyways, tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nathan89
They passed a few times too many. Can't complain with the results I suppose.
Shaun Livingston almost never shoots 3s & he's doing just fine as a backup guard on a championship team.Quote:
Originally Posted by UNT Eagles 2016
10000000000% Kyle needed to shoot that.. I looked straight over to the bench as soon as he made that pass, expecting pop to yank him on the next play. He's lucky west bailed him out.
Either way, it was pretty. Pretty but not perfect.
Saw it live.
Anyone could do anything they wanted to do (especially Kiwi).
One of the greatest shooters of all-time, Dale Ellis, was a 1 hand jumpshooter.Quote:
Originally Posted by UNT Eagles 2016
again ... the NBA.com video recap of the game and the comments on that play are hilarious and great!
From the Tribune, Zach LaVine's comment on the play:
“I was rotating, trying to help,” LaVine recalled. “I ended up going to about three different people. I thought we were playing good rotations. But no.’’
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Originally Posted by spursistan
So true...
Honestly thought it was overpassing that happened to work out.
KA doesn't want wide open corner threes. :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Chinook
Agreed. :tuQuote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
Especially since the Spurs groom him to be a perimeter player, he need & HAS to take those WIDE OPEN, in rhythm catch & shoot perimeter shots, the corner threes that is known as the most efficient shot after an open dunk.
gif anyone?
He had two opportunities at a corner 3. The first one he could have taken it if he was quick enough. The second one though, he was absolutely wide open. West of course was wide open too, but a corner 3 is better than a mid-range jumper.Quote:
Originally Posted by dabom
What is crazy about this play though is that Bobo didn't even touch the ball.
agreed, not poetry, but logorrheaQuote:
Originally Posted by Chinook
LOL so dumb. That's kind of the thing though isn't it? You don't play every team the same. Of course they don't do that to a better team. Why take advantage of situations though? If KA didn't feel comfortable taking that three then hell no I don't want him shooting.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
Also, against a better team, maybe KA doesn't even have that opportunity. I say keep swinging it and wear out their defense.
definitely overpassing with a clutch result
overpassing wears them out at least
As soon as I saw that play live I knew it would get this treatment. I agree with those saying that Anderson should have shot that 3.
The "Beautiful Game" narrative has actually made the Spurs' current ball movement somewhat overrated. It's still very good but not what we saw in 2014.
Meh, they wound up with a layup. Overpassing results in a tough shot no?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chinook
You didn't get the point son. Yeah, the play was nice but it was also lucky. 90% of the time you won't be able to pull a play like that. That's why you have to shot that first great look you got.Quote:
Originally Posted by I. Hustle
And about Kyle's shooting from the corners, according to this: http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/203937/stats/shooting/ (you have to scroll down a bit), he is 2-6 from the left corner and 2-3 from the right corner. A very small sample, but 44% is respectable.
This particular play was highlighted in the NBA recap of the game video and the announcer for it was over-the-top in describing how great the Spurs' ball movement was, and actually said on the tape that "this is so much better than any dunk".
The guy was really funny!!
And then right after that he showed Kawhi going in for that monster dunk!
Great stuff.
We are very spoiled fans.
me too. During the play, I was thinking "somebody shoot, damnit!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Chinook
at 0.25 sec..Pop clapping it and Udoka with his trademark suppressed smile :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ib8PWExH_w
Does anybody have this with the Spurs commentators?
Fucking ESPN doesn't have this play on its highlights. :lol
Manu could have easily made the layup instead of passing to the corner. Lots of shots passed up.
And if you were playing defense, those 8 passes for a uncontested layup had to be demoralizing as hell. Not to mention wearing their young asses out.
Then he wont be an effective player. This is the point. That was a great play except for the KA pass. He needs to shoot the ball or sit on the bench, period.Quote:
Originally Posted by UNT Eagles 2016
He's taken a grand total of 15 corner 3s in the NBA and he's made 7 of them. That's 47%.Quote:
Originally Posted by UNT Eagles 2016
Cojo had many positives, true dedication to defense and hustle being his best attribute, but he's a ball dominant guard and not terribly gifted passing (although he has improved) that is why he was always a weird fit with Manu. He's doing well in Toronto bc he supplies the defense and grit they need and they play an Iso heavy system where Cojo' s drives to the basket are a plus. POP wanted to keep Cojo though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurtacular
KA sucks
I always liked CoJo and acknowledge his contributions. He's much better than Ray McCallum. But generally speaking, this year's squad has more synergy without him.Quote:
Originally Posted by SAGirl
Without Timmay and Kawhi we lose game 6 to OKC, luckily they are still in Spurs Unis and we can deal without Cojo. He did play well that game though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nathan89
Manu is the smartest player in the history of basketball
period\\
end of story
on a side note
last night Coach Ron Jacobs of the US and Philippines died...
condolence basketball
for me, Coach Ron Jacobs, mentor of Chip Engellend, is the second best coach in the history of the game, after Pop himself
i grieve
erratum,
Engelland...........
unfortunately Coach Ron has chosen a foreign country to serve
in he coached in the NBA......
sad, just sad............
i loved Coach Ron , elevator of Philippine basketball
let Anomandaris Purake now console me, hu hu hu
He can't shootQuote:
Originally Posted by aal04
Warriors does all that basketball and much more sharp and beautifully! Stop overrating the spurs!
:lol Heat in 5..never forget..Quote:
Originally Posted by kobyz
someone show the one where parker dribbled, dribbled, dribbled, dribbled, passe- intercepted.
Warriors and Curry still a joke?Quote:
Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
Who said they were a joke?Quote:
Originally Posted by kobyz
This can only happen against shit teams. This did not happen against the Raptors or Rockets.