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https://www.fanragsports.com/nba/spu...lessing-curse/
nice interesting article.
brings up how having a strong bench is somewhat diminished by the fact that a team's best lineup is the most important aspect in the postseason and lack of continuity has blurred that this season. (Plus the decline of Tony it must be said).
Probably Manu, Green, Kawhi, Aldridge, Gasol.
Parker/Mills (whoever has it going)
Green
Leonard
Aldridge
Gasol/Lee (whoever has it going)
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Originally Posted by DAF86
So his point was because last year's champs had their starting 5 on the floor 37.5% of the time the Spurs need to? A little bit of a muddled article, if you ask me.Quote:
Originally Posted by SAGirl
I think the writer has a few good points but he was all over the place. His point is well taken that the lineups have played so little minutes together comparatively to other teams that even their effectiveness can be the result of a small sample... but more than that there's little chemistry built up. In reality the only one would be Pau...Quote:
Originally Posted by sasaint
Mills and Manu have played a lot with Lamarcus and Kawhi going back to last season season with the same style. In reality the change is Pau bc he's new and Tony who is done as an elite player and Pop going to Mills to close games etc.
A more interesting article would have chronicled the history of championship starting units. But, alas, that would have involved some real journalism.Quote:
Originally Posted by SAGirl
It depends on the matchup, like against gsw I prefer Simmons over both Gino and Danny
Sports journalism has given up trying to be real journalism. Where have you gone Frank Deford? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by sasaint
"... Boo-hoo Hoo!" (With apologies to Paul Simon)Quote:
Originally Posted by BillMc
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
But Im also thinking that Parker could thrive off the bench too. It makes sense.
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Originally Posted by TheGreatYacht
Manu
Manu
Leonard
LMA
Gasol
Pretty sad that the GOAT Manu at 39 years old is performing better than 95% of our roster tbh.
Hah! Considering our record I think thats fucking awesome! Though Ginobili is behind Bird and Duncan imo.
2 of Manu/Patty or Green depending on whether you need offense or defense
Kawhi
LMA
Gasol
:lolQuote:
Originally Posted by sasaint
It's really kind of amazing if you go back 4 years to 2013. Tony was in his prime making All-NBA teams, and Tim looked like he'd last forever, but Manu was running on fumes. Now, its 2017, Tim is gone, Tony is on empty, and Manu is still a key rotation piece. Weird how that flipped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darius Bieber
This, but depending more in how they've been playing that particular game.Quote:
Originally Posted by BillMc
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Originally Posted by BillMc
A healthy Tim Duncan would have made chemistry much easier, and would have made just about any SL in the league competitive.
The biggest problem with this roster is that we have two PG's and two C's who are good enough to wreak havoc off the bench, but marginal as starters. You can mix and match players all you want to, but that's not going away.
I wouldn't mind seeing what would happen with Manu starting in place of Green, to give some playmaking support to Tony. He would have to come out early, but that's what is happening with Dedmon.
Parker
Green
Kawhi
Gasol
Lamarsha
Big ass lineup led by HOTS
Mills or Ginobili
Kawhi
Anderson
Aldridge
Gasol
This is the lineup that blew out the Cavs
Agree on the PG's, and probably Lee, but Pau is still a top ten center in this league. That may have more to do with the decline of the big man in the NBA, but he is still arguably the 3rd best player on the team. Even with his defensive weaknesses he'd be more than a marginal starter. As a 6th man, if he'd spend the whole year in the role, he'd be a serious contender for 6MOY.Quote:
Originally Posted by GSH
Or Mills, Manu, Kawhi, Aldridge, Gasol.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
This seem to be the one Pop is trying to develop.
Mills, Manu, Kawhi, LMA, Gasol