Popologists, please defend this quote from your guy

[DMC]

In what way did I do that?

Please explain.

Hasn't it already been established that accusations can be made freely without the need to back it up?

[SenorSpur]

Sounds to me that this prattle is nothing more than Pop publically telling the world that "Look, I'm drinking my own kool-aid. See, it's not that bad. Have some."

[DMC]

"...But we were in every game, so the defense was good enough." - Pop

Sure sounds like he was satisfied with it....

Confirmation Bias (hint: no relation to Len)

If the Spurs had 50 wins, lost in the 2nd round but had good defense (and Pop whined about it all the time), how would that be any better than having 60+ wins, losing in the 2nd round and having worse defense but better offense?

[SenorSpur]

Defense is something that takes time to develop and can generally be summoned on command whereas offense comes and goes. The Spurs are out of time to develop better players, and most of the players they have are not lock down defenders. That's what Pop was saying, if they are going to win it will have to be with something better than the garbage offense they've had in the past few games, and much better decision making late in games.

So, if Pop ed about the defense, would that make us a better team?

Agree. The team defense is not going to get any better this year. It is what it is. However, the fact that it's in the current average condition rests solely with Pop and RC. If they truly want that aspect to improve, it starts in the offseason.

[DMC]

Agree. The team defense is not going to get any better this year. It is what it is. However, the fact that it's in the current average condition rests solely with Pop and RC. If they truly want that aspect to improve, it starts in the offseason.

The defensive struggles (if they can be called that) are part and parcel with what Pop and RC (and the assistants) decided on in the off season.

What worries me more than the defensive lapses is that Pop seems to be trying to hybrid a half court game into his up tempo game. That killed the Suns any time we could drag them into it. I think it will kill us as well. The "slow it down" "speed it up" side line micromanaging is bothersome. I think it's a good idea late in games when we need to run some clock, but Pop seems to employ it as a stop gap measure when the team has a couple of sloppy possessions.

[jjktkk]

No such word as "alot".

But, due to your high iq, you figured it out anyway. Truly astounding tbh.