Bruce use to single-handedly shut down Nash and in turn shut down the Suns defense. now we have no player of that defensive caliber. i miss the good ol' days of 89-83 games.
For those Spurs fans who doesn't think #12 should be retired just take a look at this game
Nash couldn't play that free against us since 2005.
No Bruce = no 2005 and 2007 banners
I know 90% of people agree that 12 should be retired but for those 10% just look Nash playing today, he's not even tired
The current make-up of this team is very, very poor from a defensive standpoint..
Duncan can still anchor the paint, but he can no longer come out far to defend..so what do we do to help him out?..bring in another old guy that can't come out to defend mobile bigs..
Our perimeter defenders are horrible..they don't know how to rotate properly and/or they just suck at individual D..
Parker is one of the worst defenders in the NBA..Manu is average, RJ is average..Hill is good but isn't strong enough to defend the many strong perimeter players in the NBA..Bogans is good..Mason and Finley are horrible..Hairston is good and has the potential to be great IMO, but he doesn't play..
We have to solve one of those problems..the perimeter bigs will look better if there's a shot-blocking big man next to Duncan, and the big men will look better with better perimeter defenders..we used to have both sides of it..
Spurs should immediately sign Scottie Pippen, Bobby Jones, Sidney Moncrief, and Michael Cooper.
and ruben patterson he is the kobe stopper
Shane Battier seems like a good defensive player...
And RJ, seriously.
Commentators had the right idea when they said:
"This is a different spurs game... they don't rely on their defense anymore..."
I miss the good old days
RJ made grant hill like an all star once again
If there was ever a game this season where Bowen's presence has been missed, and there have been many, however this was the one. Yes, Bruce used to single-handedly take out Nash, or Hill, or whoever his assignment was.
those days are over...bowens defense sucked last season
It is absolutely frightening how bad Parker's D is. There was a time that he was at least average. It's almost as though he doesn't care. The one play in the 1st quarter, where he didn't fight through the screen-n-roll and allowed Amare to roll right past him to receive a Nash assist for an uncontested dunk was absolutely atrocious.
At times it was still ALOT better than what we have out there now!
Bowen D last season was better than ANY perimeter player this season
There's absolutely no reason he shouldn't be on this team.. he retired because the Spurs didn't want him, they wanted Keith Bogans instead. Bowen had great chemistry with the team, a strong work ethic so essentially risk free, and could have hit a few shots to boot..
I, for one, think he could have still been the best defender on the team, as sad as that may be.
If the Spurs want to sign Bowen just for Phoenix games I'm all for it
Bogans is no Bowen and will never be. Sorry, but it's true.
And, RJ is only an average to good defender at best. He is no Bowen.
Who is going to be the Spurs' lock down defender?
Will Holt and Pop make any more trades or is this it?
if you people thought replacing Bowen would be easy, then you need your heads examined.
Pop, do something right this season and bring Bowen back and send RJ, Dice & Bogan's packing. If I were Peter Holt, I'b be fuming about now. This team is a joke!
I think Pop needs his head examined. He was already ting on Bowen last year before he dumped him this year.
Agree, Bruce was the best on D in the last 8 years
We'll not find players like him, he was a special one
Bogans is doing OK, people just need to stop thinking he's the new Bruce
Nobody was under the impression that replacing Bowen would be easy.
Or give him time to become that type of defender, he has shown flashes of being a great defender.
So... who's starting 'The official Finley come back soon' thread?
Chieflion did. LOL.
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