Diaw Defending Dirk

[Darkwaters]

When he played with PHX...wasn't he the one assigned to guarding Duncan???

Kurt Thomas usually got Duncan. Thats the whole reason they acquired Kurt.

[Solid D]

His D was very good tonight. He also, set some some good screens (Ex. Jack's corner 3) and seemed comfortable in the offense.

[Darkwaters]

Him and Kurt Thomas had the most success. Duncan ing owned Stoudemire.

Who doesn't own Stoudemire?

[K-State Spur]

Has there ever been another Spurs team with this many defensive options to throw at Dirk? They've got Leonard, Sjax, and Diaw who can all play really good defense on Dirk, just last year all they had was Dice! .

I'd argue that Dice 2 years ago (by himself) was the best option we've had on Dirk since prime Bowen. That's against Dirk the year prior to almost single handedly winning a le. Arguably the third biggest reason we won that series after the play of Parker & Hill.

[Sean Cagney]

When he played with PHX...wasn't he the one assigned to guarding Duncan???

I would not use PHX and Duncan as an example lol, nobody on that team ever could gaurd Tim really.

Him and Kurt Thomas had the most success. Duncan ing owned Stoudemire.

LOL yeah most success, but it was very limited (Not to fault them then though he is one of the best ever and you could not guard him one on one).

[coachmac87]

I would not use PHX and Duncan as an example lol, nobody on that team ever could gaurd Tim really.

Wasn't saying he could guard Duncan...But somebody on that team had to do it, and I believe Diaw was one of them. Just sayin.

[Leetonidas]

Strange how the Spurs go from not having the personnel on the wings to keep up with quicker teams to being stacked in the backcourt and on the perimeter but with a weak frontline

[SpurPadre]

His D was very good tonight. He also, set some some good screens (Ex. Jack's corner 3) and seemed comfortable in the offense.

Yeah, he was setting good screens. I can't wait till TP comes back and we see them on the court together at times.

[Leetonidas]

But anyway, in his limited time, he made waaaay more of an impact playing within the offense/defense than Blair ever has

[sahoopster]

What stood out to me the most -- other than his defense -- was his high basketball IQ. For just joining the team this afternoon he did a great job in the pick n roll and didn't seem uncomfortable on offense. Can't wait to see how he does with couple of games with this team under his belt.

[50 cent]

I was very impressed. He, SJax, and Leonard were giving Dirk fits.

[crc21209]

Who would've thought that the Spurs would acquire possibly their 2 best Dirk defenders in a matter of a week.....

[SpurmzKilla]

The single reason why the Mavs could never get around the Suns except for the 06 year without Stoudemire.

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jigga wha??? biaw replace amor'e in '06 lineup. '07 and '08 they played together but never face mavs. stupids azz spurmzfan

[NASpurs]

jigga wha??? biaw replace amor'e in '06 lineup. '07 and '08 they played together but never face mavs. stupids azz spurmzfan

Is Louis back?

[Spursfan092120]

jigga wha??? biaw replace amor'e in '06 lineup. '07 and '08 they played together but never face mavs. stupids azz spurmzfan

Is this english?

[HarlemHeat37]

Again, like I said in the pre-signing Diaw thread..

Diaw is not a great defensive player, but his basketball IQ alone, will elevate the Spurs's defense over any defensive contributions that Blair could provide..

[T Park]

Hi defense looked pretty damn good tonight...

[ace3g]

[Spur|n|Austin]

Has there ever been another Spurs team with this many defensive options to throw at Dirk? They've got Leonard, Sjax, and Diaw who can all play really good defense on Dirk, just last year all they had was Dice!

The only other time I can remember was when they first got Finley and Bowen was on the team.

Finley?! Defense?

[Johnny RIngo]

Finley?! Defense?

Those two words together being back some bad memories.

[Spurtacus]

I really liked what I saw out of Diaw tonight. Great defense on Dirk, solid rebounding, and excellent screens. He won't need to score with this team.

[gambit1990]

great picture. i was not expecting diaw to play the amazing defense he played against dirk.

[mathbzh]

diaw is doing a fine job usually on dirk with fnt but nothing special. Fnt dirk stopper is florent pietrus.

+1

[Chase_the_Bass]

Who doesn't own Stoudemire?

Stoudemire.

[mathbzh]

Again, like I said in the pre-signing Diaw thread..

Diaw is not a great defensive player, but his basketball IQ alone, will elevate the Spurs's defense over any defensive contributions that Blair could provide..

My thought exactly.
I remember him doing a fine job on Yao just because he knew exactly what to focus on to have a shot at slowing down the giant.