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I have been very suprised with Tony in that he is starting to like getting assists and really looking at getting his players easy baskets. The lob pass is easy to defend but sooner or latter you can get one every game if you just wait for it...
Tried to ride him... like a donkey.. lol..
I have been very suprised with Tony in that he is starting to like getting assists and really looking at getting his players easy baskets. The lob pass is easy to defend but sooner or latter you can get one every game if you just wait for it...
Awesome clips. TP/RJ just another facet of great team chemistry. RJ and Tony having great years. Pop's rigorous offseason for RJ must have included donkey riding.
before this season i was hearing a bunch of crap how TP is overrated cause he's not a legit PG cause he doesn't pass enough. bunch of .
OKC's defense looked really bad on that alley-oop
They left RJ all alone
OKC looked bad all night. We didn't make them miss all those shots, layups and dunks (ok a couple of times we did). They just looked like . How many times did they get a steal only to turn it over before even setting up their offense?
However, if OKC wants to be in the conversation with the big boys out West, they cannot be given the "struggling team" out. If it was Dallas, LA, Denver or Utah, they just got their ass whipped. No reason to find scapegoats.
That's not saying much...
This. Run it once, maybe twice a game; it works great as a decoy play. I'd love to see the Spurs fake that alley-oop and open up a 3-pointer on the opposite wing.
It seems like they always run it from that side of the floor.
they practiced that play in training camp
i love it. seems to be money in the bank. RJ has always been a great slasher/finisher. but who knew Parker would be able to pass so well?
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Per Elias, via @spurs: Parker and RJ have connected for seven alley-oops already. They hooked up eight times all of last season.
http://twitter.com/#!/JMcDonald_SAEN...31360427216897
TP instantly becomes a great passer coz he's passing to a great finisher.
only seven alley oops? i would think more...
This...
With the NT, Parker has had some success throwing Alley-Oops to the French athletes (Pietrus brothers, Batum, Turiaf...)
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Considering all seven (I believe) have come off that same back-screen play, still pretty impressive. It's not like this is Tyson Chandler where TP can just toss it up and have RJ finish it.
I'm sure teams scout for it, and all the bigman has to do is step up on the screen and bump RJ out of the play. But even knowing it's coming, it's gotta be hard watching for one trick play for an entire 48 minutes.
Is that play on 2k11 in the Spurs playbook?
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...-spurs-weapon/Parker-to-Jefferson alley oop becoming lethal Spurs weapon
Tim Griffin
...“Shhhsh, let’s stop talking about it,” Parker joked after Sunday’s practice session. “If they put it on NBA Highlights, we won’t be able to run it anymore.”
Parker has been very judicious with the use of the play, getting an opportunity about every other game. But it has worked marvelously when it has been called.
“That’s the type of play you don’t want to use too much,” said Parker, who is averaging a career-best 7.1 assists per game this season. “We only don’t use it all the time because we don’t want the other teams to be able to read it.”
The scouting report is obviously out on this, can't remember which team it was recently that read that play as soon as it developed. They need to create a new scheme for Parker/RJ, Manu/RJ so he gets those easy alley-oops/dunks.
When is the last time or game that they executed this play?
Can't wait to see the TP to Kawhi Connection.
I never saw them run this play in the playoffs against MEM.
I don't recall seeing it after sometime in February. If RJ stays on this team, they are going to have to make a concentrated effort to get him involved offensively. His effort on both ends of the floor are directly correlated to his offensive production. The more dunks and 3 point touches he gets, the more he rebounds, blocks shots and gives effort on defense.
I know Popovich requires that his players sacrifice for the good of the team, but he just doesn't have those type of players anymore. Pop is going to have to modify his philosophy if he wants to maximize production out of guys like RJ and Blair. I guarantee that Bonner gets so many minutes because he's a "good soldier".
I know it's a drag to cater to the players who are bad system fits, but you have to exploit your rosters' strengths if you want to win. It's just that simple. RJ is not Bowen. Blair is not Rose. Bonner is, obviously, not Horry.
Splitter is actually Pop's kind of player. Hopefully, he gets the minutes he deserves. Pop is going to have to stop coaching the system so much and start coaching the players.
I think the Spurs tried to run this against Memphis a couple times IIRC, but they always played it well. All the opponent has to do is recognize the set and keep a body on Jefferson when he rolls, and its pretty easy to thwart. Teams started figuring that out later in the season.
In the NBA everybody with an IQ knows eachothers plays and this was one that the league cracked down on. Its also basically the only alley-oop play the Spurs run.
Spurs also don't have the passers to really make RJ worth a damn kind of like Jason Richardson on the Magic.
Portland leads the league in alley-oops and they've got the passers, athletes, and plays to make it work but they also haven't won a playoffs series in a decade FWIW
Can tp make a pass far enough to make rj land in another team?
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