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We played the second biggest team in the NBA without LMA. And our other centers did nothing.
Agreed. I can’t support putting the remaining bigs in doghouse when they could’ve helped with the rebounds.
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We played the second biggest team in the NBA without LMA. And our other centers did nothing.
Positive signs. Young guys doing well, competing and the Lakers had to dig deep and play their stars 35+ mins in order to win. Can't fault Pop considering he got 0 points from the bigs against the biggest team in the league. Play with the same compe iveness and they can make it difficult for anyone. Don't care about the record, it's all about developing and they're doing a good job so far.
Bill's Concern O' Meter
Luka - Is he a bust? Can't get on the court even when short a big, when bigs are needed. Kinda lookin' bustish and I've been promoting patience.
Jakob - Opportunity knocked. Jakob shouted go away and went back to bed. What does he do that is elite for a modern big? Any 1 thing?
Lonnie - Such talent. Yet, so unwilling to fight through screens, fight through contact, often seems lost on defense and maddenly passes up open shots. Is he over thinking everything?
Devin - Pop don't burry him, Kid needs minutes, he's going to be good.
DJ - made nice strides earlier, hope White's return doesn't change his play.
White on James and KJ on Davis for the last 4 minutes sealed this game, TBH.
He might have gotten better calls from the refs? Probably garners more respect than poodle/ubank
that‘s cause Poeltl can’t even post up Dennis Schröder. He has no offensive game at all and finishes like a pussy. We could’ve easily won this game if our Centers had given us a combined 8 points, but instead they gave us 0. That was the key thing tonight.
All in all I like what I‘m seeing from the team. They played well and hung with the Lakers for the entire 48
minutes. We just missed shots and our bigs suck. Like I been saying Poeltl is not a starter. He’s not able to stay on the floor for more than 25 minutes. We need a mobile big with a 3-point shot
Meh I don't think our big (if we're talking strictly C) NEEDS to know how to shoot 3s. That's not what's hurting us in any of our losses. That seems just like extra.
johnson is wasting his talent on this abortion of a roster
i hope he leaves for greener pastures if the premature ejaculated front office doesnt start to remove the slow swimmers holding back talent blocking the bukkake waiting for the circle jerk fans of the team
I think he meant Lyles unless he was having a flashback to Slo Mo.
Yup I meant Lyles. I don’t get it when Pop put somebody in the doghouse. We could’ve used his rebouding or outside shots. We have a 2nd year 1st pick in Luka, and another athletic big in Diop. Anyone of them could’ve rebounded. But NO, they’re in the doghouse.
Let's see if these games lit a fire for the Spurs for the rest of the season
So far I haven't seen a game where they look defeated... Plenty of those type of games happened last season
They need to figure how to incorporate the bigs in their offense. If they play as well as they played the Fakers, they can beat the Jazz.
And that’s where you are wrong. We have a bunch of drivers who are trying to take it to the rim, so the ideal thing is to have a big who’s a 3-point threat to draw the other teams center out of the paint and make it easier for Keldon, DeMar, Lonnie, DJ and Derrick to score. Once Aldridge started shooting 3s last season, DeRozan had MJ like efficiency numbers.
Fair point, I guess it would have brought Davis or Gasol out making it easier to make the baskets inside.
I think whoever future big we get that CAN shoot 3s also has to play as well or better defense than Poetl. Hopefully he's not as bad as Aldridge.
This Spurs team looks more like the typical Spurs teams coached by Pop than what we saw in the last three years. Their defensive rating in five games is bang 15th in the league, but they have also played the third toughest schedule and the 3 games they have lost include one on a SEGABABA and two to the defending champions. I am expecting them to keep up their defensive performance and move further up the defense ranks. They could well finish within the top 10 on defense and the top 15 on offense. And Pop should let Samanic get a chance somewhere against weaker teams. This team is clearly missing a big who can rebound in defense and also stretch the floor on offense to go with its wing based core at moments. Poeltl had one bad game but he has been a net positive in all the other games. Here's hoping this is just a blip for him.
I hate to say it, but Poeltl seem to be a mental midget, because nobody can tell me that a NBA player isn‘t able to hit some free throws. 0/6 in two games is beyond embarassing. Either he gets his mental together or he should spend every single minute of the day shooting free throws. Eat, sleep, shoot ...nothing else.
As for the rest of his performance: It wasn‘t his best showing, but he also wasn‘t so bad to be limited to 20 minutes. As timvp wrote he wasn’t as aggressive as normally because of his foul troubles in game 1 against LAL. Again a mental thing. That‘s concerning. But he somehow managed to be a net positive for his team, although not being enough involved on offense. That‘s just as much on him as on his teammates to get him going. He has to be aggressive, demand the ball and be productive. He had 1 shot yesterday. That’s not enough. The Spurs should be patient with him this season, but if he doesn‘t get accustomed to a bigger role until the end of the season, he can say goodbye to playing more minutes.
Man our bigs ing suck
The expiring contracts of Gay + Lyles should be able to net you something decent right?
If someone is trying to get rid of an albatross contract, sure. That's probably not something "decent" though since the other team considers it an albatross contract.Man our bigs ing suck
The expiring contracts of Gay + Lyles should be able to net you something decent right?
You have to give up something good for something good.
Expiring contracts are only good for teams trying to shed salary. Not many teams want to do that these days.
Who and when’s the next game?
I wonder how long LaMarcus has been dealing with the knee soreness and if that played a factor in his slow start. The team could seriously use his input but not if he continues to look like he can't even move out there.
That's why we can never trade. No one wants our garbage and when we have someone decent that's an actual asset, why would we get rid of him?
Which is why I laugh when people here say that someone's horrible contract will be an asset when it becomes an expiring one.
Only way we can upgrade is in the buyout market I guess but who wants to come to a borderline playoff team.
Not sure who here likes Eubanks. Can imagine too many. I can’t stand his game. Not sure how he’s on a NBA roster.
I prefer Lyles over Eubanks. Not sure why he’s in Pop’s doghouse. That gets old.
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