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I wonder if Budenholzer would pull this crap on the offense.
2nd half I saw them attacking Malaki a lot he’s a sieve
I wonder if Budenholzer would pull this crap on the offense.
Well, in the first half they scored plenty of points if there defense had not given up more. Wemby will grow in this offense and get more shots, but it's not like he didn't get shots. He shot the ball more than anyone but Keldon. I mean, even Tim Duncan rarely shot it 30 times a game. But tonight the Pacers were on fire. Not a lot that you can take from this game because it was one of those nights where they made everything.
I don't expect this to be a playoff team when Victor is 19 and joining a 22 win team but I never thought they'd freeze the franchise out either. Are they just pissed he calls for the ball a lot or something?
Spurs will give these guys a year so nothing is going to change personnel wise. Changes will come from within from the coaching staff (plays, lineups, etc) so get the liquor ready.
Victor started calling his own number repeatedly since he knew he wasn't getting set up by anyone tonight.
What is the trick to defending the 3 and what are we teaching our players that happens to be wrong?
I feel like we have consistently sucked at defending the three for years, though I could be wrong about that. Today's game doesn't feel unusual or unfamiliar at all.
This is on Pop, tbh... He isn't running an offense that gets his best player the ball in attack positions... Come to think of it... The beautiful game offense wasn't even created by Pop... He needs to recruit an offensive coordinator
Victor isn't gonna like playing here if this keeps up
P*** poor effort from start to finish.
They'll probably win in New York on Wed, even though that would make no sense.
It's nice to have Wemby, but they are several players short when it comes to being a playoff contender (for an 8-10 seed).
This was bad basketball today. They hemoraged on defense for the last six and a half quarters with the OT yesterday. Pathetic.
I don't regret getting NBALP yet, but I'm starting to wonder if that was good way to spend my money.
Have the best prospect in 20 years but no, let's just play the offense the team ran last year that led them to 22 wins.
always feels like we're playing 4 on 5 and in recovery mode. some unnecessary doubles/rotations and then playing catch-up. or doubling off a shooter on the strong side one pass away. if you are going to collapse on a ballhandler, has to come from the weak side. force a longer skip pass that gives you more time to rotate and recover.
they just seem disorganized. when player A doubles, player B rotates to cover player A's assigment, and then we aren't seeing anybody run to cover player B's man until after the pass is made to him.
our rebounding is also pretty bad at all positions. not boxing out well near the paint, and our perimeter players arent actively working to secure rebounds. we took some of what dejounte did for granted in that respect
but today also just looked like effort problems
Maybe, but in fairness he’s not quite ready to handle the load on offense. He still gets pushed around a lot, shot selection can be iffy, stamina still a factor, and he insists on dibbling in traffic when he shouldn’t. All that will come, but I can definitely see why others (at Pops encouraging no doubt) go for their shots first some times.
The overreactions in early November
All of this
Well that was tacular.
It's the same we've seen from the past few years except we've added Victor.The overreactions in early November
Wemby will be fine. He needs a better supporting cast. He can't do it alone.
Shot selection is iffy partly because he receives the ball so much at the three point line. I don't understand why they don't run him off some screens to open up shots at the top of the key, the elbow, etc. He's not a three point shooter at this point of his career but he's pretty effective when he can get the ball at 18 feet and get a quick shot off.
Haliburton would be perfect for the Spurs
I love Vassell, but, an elite distributor who can score and plays some D......ouch!
I need to look up the stats on defending the 3. Spurs have been horrible for years it seems to me
Austin is not going to be home for a pro team (MLB, NBA, NFL). They should happy getting a couple of Michael Dell games in Austin.
College town - that's all. The Spurs would be treated like second class citizens as a full time team there. UT runs that town. The UT basketball team has had to hustle to fill seats in the past at home.
The small Moody Center will help.
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Though it does make me want to pull my (non-existent) hair out when Victor pulls up for one of those Curry threes. If you're not Curry and you're not Lillard you shouldn't be shooting those unless you're against the clock or something.
Spurs were dead last in the league last season. Teams shot 39.1 from 3 against us for the SEASON
They are middle of the pack so far this year. Pacers are last for what it's worth.
The Spurs passed on Halliburton - he would have been nice. Vassell is a quality player too - one or the other at the 2020 draft.
I don't like the way the PG rotation is going right now. I think we have one quality BACKUP point guard in Jones and a frontcourt player playing out of position. That spot needs reinforcements.
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