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How about just play a regular lineup?
I know i'm going to get butchered for this one, but I dunno what other options we have...
You think it would be possible to play Tim, Dice, and Blair together? I mean its obvious that we get manhandled down low and we suck at crashing the boards. We know Pop has no faith in Ian and Ratliff is too old. Yeah I know Blair and Dice would probably get destroyed by the oppositions small forward, but there would atleast be a trade off no? Blair would destroy any SF at the other end as well, and there would be an extra big around the rim to help on defense, well if done right...
I'm sorry i'm getting very desperate at the moment. I'm pretty much at the point that any experiment is worth a shot.
How about just play a regular lineup?
i like it. i would rather blair get destroyed on the perimeter by a 6'7" guy than getting destroyed in the paint by a 7 footer. he would average less rebs.
Because that isn't working either? You mean keeping RJ out there or putting Finley back in the mix? RJ is a ghost and Finley...well is Finley lol.
I would disagree. We build our leads early in the game based off of a regular lineup even with RJ playing off. If we would just play it most of the time the guys could settle down into their comfort zones and play the game the way they have always played it.
It might work in a zone defense
You mean playing basketball like it has traditionally and historically been played?
That's crazy talk.
Naw. In the 60s, you have 6 foot 6 players playing PF and C, with the exception of a few greats, so Pop is already playing a traditional lineup.
Naw. In the 60s, you have 6 foot 6 players playing PF and C, with the exception of a few greats, so Pop is already playing a traditional lineup.
Tell Pop!
im really not even sure why they went out and got ratliff.
No . . . that's just what they'll be expecting us to do!
Pop owed a favor to Theo's cousin Vinnie.
when did we draft Ian, 3-4 years ago? they felt he was worth keeping around all this time. struggled with constant injuries and never got to play,they STill decided to keep him around. after all this time of keeping him despite of everything, hes readyto play and contribute, and they just sit him.
why the did they keep him all these years just to not play him ever?
Haven't you heard? Pop made a secret deal w/ Splitter. I wish I would take credit for this monumental news... but alas.. it was Yazoverb. He deserves all the credit for this breaking news..
Anybody think it's not the most ridiculous idea to think Blair could play some small forward?
let it go.
We do pretty well when everybody is playing at their positions, when Pop starts making changes (smallball) is when we lose leads and confidence and suck for the remainder of most games.
We could hope and pray RJ takes a blow to the head and all the sudden remembers how to play basketball, Hope Manu turns back into the old Manu, and hope Parker plays like last year. Hmmm those are some serious pipe dreams.
it I guess there are no answers for this team.
I don't think this would work.
Offensively, Blair can't shoot. At All. So he does nothing to spread the floor and really has no business on the wing.
In fact, he is most effective when he is planted under the basket, hunting for boards and looking to clean up mess shots. He's not a guy you can run plays for yet, aside from a pick & roll maybe (and he's got one option on that: roll).
Defensively, faster SFs in the league like Lebron, Durant, or Odom would constantly be a step ahead of Blair on the break while he hits the boards. Not to mention the fact that they'd be much quicker afoot than him in general, and would probably either get around him with ease or force him into quick fouls. Or just back up and shoot from the perimeter, thus drawing one of our best rebounders out of the paint.
Without a jumper, it's even a stretch to call Blair a PF. At this point and with his skills, Blair is what he is: an undersized center.
It would make as much sense as small ball. He could play the PF on offense and SF on defense against SFs with suspect jump shots with Bonner PF on defense and SF on offense (or maybe vice versa).
That was more of what I was thinking, but I guess there aren't many weak SF in the league. I guess at this point there is probably no way Blair could keep up, but with some better conditioning I think he could. He has some pretty quick feet and those long arms. He has also had some nice blocks this year. It's probably fatal to sacrifice the guy's gurth for quickness.
But like someone else said it's always a mismatch when he tries to play center or PF anyways. For everything he is getting on the offensive end he is losing in the defensive end. So basically the experiment couldn't be any worse!
Don't ask the Lakers, they like Popped just the way he is.
The one and only time in 5 (five) playoff series the Spurs beat the Lakers:
DRob, Duncan and Malik (amoung others) at the frontline.
Malik did 15, 19, 23, 25, 24, and 16 in a 4-2 Spurs win.
Hey can one of those sites tell us how much they were on the floor together?
If not all three, how much of the time Malik was in as the SF, or at least he being the smallest on the floor of the C PF SF bunch?
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