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Not sure what you mean by "natural", but it seems to me that the Spurs have 3 power forwards, 1 small forward who plays center, 1 small forward who doesn't want to play power forward and a center who insists on being called a power forward.
I noticed that as well and my only explanation is Pop is trying to get Splitter adjusted to the size and strength of the NBA compared to the euro leagues. I believe thats a big reason he plays Tiago at C offensively as well. He has to learn to adjust his offensive and defensive play styles to fit the much more athletic NBA, and playing at center gives him that experience more so than PF. I wouldn't necessarily take this as a sign of how Pop will play him in the future.
Its really hard to judge what we're going to get out of Splitter in the years to come based on the small amount of PT and extremely limited roll so far.
Not sure what you mean by "natural", but it seems to me that the Spurs have 3 power forwards, 1 small forward who plays center, 1 small forward who doesn't want to play power forward and a center who insists on being called a power forward.
tip off is in a few minutes
JA comes off a screen and misses a 3 for the first shot of the game
JA misses another 3, Thunderbirds up 6-0 early
Cousin with the nice block, leads to Thomas lay up
They just mentioned he had a stress fracture when he played at OSU, anyone know if it was the same foot?
Anderson a few careless errors handling the ball early on, kinda like he wasn't paying attention. Still, the jumper looks smooth, he's competing defensively, & moving well without the ball
nice hang time there, and-1
Someone who can shoot and defend power forwards. Only McDyess and Bonner can do both on this team. Duncan is a center now, due to his declining mobility and the growing league-wide trend of going smaller and faster.
The Spurs have two fives (Duncan and Splitter), two fours (McDyess and Bonner) and one four and a half (Blair).
SF who plays C? You mean Bonner? Bonner is strictly a PF. I have no idea why people refer to him as a PF/C. Jefferson is a true SF, so I could see why he wouldn't want to play PF against guys like Aldridge, which he was doing last season. I think that's what he's getting at with preferring not to play PF. When it's Anthony playing PF, I think he understands the logic in him playing PF.
Hey...was that ChumpDumper?
" ...someone is going to post this on Spurstalk."
JA hits a 3, 10 pts
another 3 for JA, 14 pts
His defense not too good. He's turned it over a bit. But those threes were smooth.
does anderson look out of shape fitness-wise?
I'm sure it's hard to be dialed all the way in when you are just there to get in shape. His shot looks great and thats all that really matters. The defense will improve when he gets back with the team.
nice to put a face to the handle. I assume that's Chump jr. (on the far right) I can see the resemblance.
He's probably not quite in NBA hoops shape. He also didn't look like he was trying too hard on "D". Looked kind of lackadaisical at times out there.
Duncan is good enough to play either position, but he is really the only center on the team. Splitter seems more like a power forward. He is not skilled enough to be considered a center. Although, there are very few players who currently play the position and fit the definition. McDyess and Blair are power forwards. Bonner has the skill set of a small forward without the athletic ability. He doesn't rebound, block shots or exhibit much of a post up game.
I agree about Jefferson. I think he is fine at the four if he is matched up against a small four.
When I think of a center, I think of Howard, Bogut, Duncan, Gasol, etc. A defensive anchor, someone who runs the offense with the point, alters shots, scores in the paint, creates space . . .
Wasn't at the game tonight.Hey...was that ChumpDumper?
His defense was sloppy, but probably b/c of fatigue. Same with his dribble penetration, which resulted in some turnovers. His jumper was smooth, even when contested.
How did Cousin play??
It's not about whether he's "good enough", it's the fact that he's not mobile enough in most cases anymore.
Splitter, like a lot of C's today, was drafted as more of a PF. But in today's game, he's more of a C than a PF. He is mobile enough to guard a lot of PF's, though. Not skilled enough to be considered a C? As if playing C involves more skill than PF.
McDyess is a prototypical PF.
Blair is becoming a PF. Clearly, that's his long term primary position, because of his lack of height. But he still doesn't quite have the game of a PF. He's trending in that direction, though.
Bonner, if this were 10-15 years ago, would probably be more of an SF than a PF, like Matt Bullard. In today's game, he's strictly a PF.
Exactly. Jefferson can be a small ball PF, what he can't be is a PF against the vast majority of true PF's. The odd one, who's undersized and not overpowering, like West, he can guard in stretches.
I think of the same thing when I think of a C. Duncan and Gasol are not true C's, but again, the way the game is played today, they're C's. The only reason Gasol doesn't play strictly C, like Duncan, is because he plays with one of the top few true C's in the league.
rofl
" ...someone is going to post this on Spurstalk."
i don't know if it is him but now you've forced me to think of that dude's expression every time i see a chumpdumper post
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