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A loss doesn't bother me. This type of loss, with the seeming lack of compe ive fire and toughness from our top players, does.
Next time lets put Mills on Bynum.
A loss doesn't bother me. This type of loss, with the seeming lack of compe ive fire and toughness from our top players, does.
Total nightmare of a game.
Grasping for any positive: in the old days, SA would cough up horrible, games like this once in a while, Pop would scream at them for being soft, and they'd come back motivated and tough next time. And WIN!
Fortunately we only have to wait till tonight to see if that happens against Memphis, another team with two high-quality bigs.
PS. When did Bynum transform into prime Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
Funny.. I thought Splitter was the only big that showed some toughness down low. Also, I think a few of these losses may be a good thing by showing Pop that turd ball won't work in the playoffs. Our depth and 3 point shooting will be less of a factor in the playoffs and we will need to grind out some games and that's where Splitter would provide huge benefits.
PPS: When did Ron Artest turn into vintage Larry Bird?
Spurs played scared, and that trickles down from Pop. Parker, too, since he is now the de facto leader on the court. They always talk about showing the "appropriate fear" for the opponent...they had way too much fear on display last night. Where was the crisp, unselfish ball movement that we've seen over the past few months? Why was Blair playing at all? Is Duncan/Splitter not even worth a try at this point? Fortunately there's two more chances to get their together against LA before the real season begins, but hope is dwindling fast.
A missed call caused Bynum to get 30 rebounds?Duncan had more blocks than rebounds, wtf. I wonder how many times he's done that in his career
Solid grades. Hopefully the Spurs can turn it around against the Grizz. Tiago needs to start starting
Lakers are the worst matchup for the Spurs in the West...also didn't help that Joey Crawford was officiating...I swear the game really went to after he didn't see the ball went off Artest and the Lakers capitalized with two easy points
No in depth analysis needed on this one. The players they needed to step up played like dog .
Short and long of it tbh.
Gary Neal for MVP
Artest has really worked himself into phenomenal shape…He got wind of being trade bait…McRoberts socks continue to confuse defenders…Coach Brown has Kobe on the bench to help him draw up plays..Andrew Bynum recently learned that if he put his hands over his head he has a better chance of getting rebounds than if his hands are by his sides...Also give credit to Jim Buss who was able to hire a coach that can stay awake the entire game…
Doesnt matter guys. A loss to LA with Bryant out isn't all bad.
Next time we play them KoMe the ball hog will shoot 40 shots and up the Lakers strength on the interior that is Bynum/Gasol.
It's fun watching Kobe clang shot after shot ignoring the two headed beast on the inside
You think that after seeing this total domination Kobe's going to ball-hog vs SA. No Finals MVP at stake in the West - he'll just pound it into the post as any normal, sane person would with Blair, Bonner and Diaw defending Gasol/Bynum. Only 15 mins last night for Splitter - disgusting!
Tony going fetal and Pop's stubborn refusal to play Duncan/Splitter was a recipe for disaster. No single big man, even a hall of fame big, can match up against two quality 7-footers. Why do you suppose Spurs won two les in the DRob/Duncan era?
Yeah Pop is ed in the head not playing Splitter alongside Duncan especially when we're in need of rebounding and defense, we've been over and over that topic all year.
I wish Duncan would stand up to Pop and say 'old man what the are you doing i need help on the inside from someone other then a fat midget and a red headed three point shooter, man me up with Tiago for once old man'
The only thing bigger then Bynum's rebounding total is Bryant's ego. So yes, i think KoMe will ballhog as usual and go against the Laker's interior prowess in search of his own stats. We can only hope. Great player and all but he can be his and his team's worst enemy.
Thumbs down on the genius who made SA's schedule with 3 games vs LAL so late in the season. If this had happened early in the season, Pop would have had all season long to play Splitter more and with TD. But wait, the MEM series happened and nothing changed so ... maybe it's just the stubbornness and arrogance of the coach, his love affair with small ball/Bonner/Blair.
If I were Splitter, I'd leave SA as soon as I could. No way a quality 7 footer with some semblance of post moves should be sitting on the bench with so few good big men in the league. For all of the good development of wings has been, Pop's development of Splitter has been beyond piss-poor and stems from him going away from true bigs vs DAL in 06. Can't understand why some one who coached the Twin Towers and won 4 rings, would put away the philosophy that size and defense of the paint wins championships.
Did anyone besides me have a flashback to Malik Rose guarding Shaq?
Only Rose on Shaq >>>>>>>> Blair on Bynum
We also won two les in the Duncan only era.
And how old was Duncan at the time?
100% agree. If Tiago loves the game of basketball i think he should walk away from the Spurs and the NBA and go to South America or Europe. Anywhere he actually would get playing time. Pop has treated him like dirt so Tiago owes this organisation nothing. I wouldn't blame Tiago at all if he left us to go somewhere else in the world to actually play, not watch, the game he loves.
Any team in Europe, Australia, South America will welcome him with open arms. If he did leave i'd wish him the best.
Did we face a duo like Bynum/Gasol in those years?
Tony should sit down and watch the Mavs/Lakers series from last season. "Mini me" was fearless.
He's proven he can play at this level though. Why would he leave the NBA when the Spurs have a history of giving free bigs to other Texas teams?
In Houston he'd be with Scola (who Spurs fans are all familiar with), have a bigger guy in Dalembert to play with, and guys like Lowry (?) are actually pretty solid where the pick and roll/post passing is concerned.
Factor in the huge pay raise and the increase in minutes and it's a wrap in my opinion. I'm reaching a point where even if he did blow up on another team I'd be angrier at Pop more than anything else.
Even if the coaching staff is a little bit cowardly, does Tim have no clout with Pop either?
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Well he should demand a trade to a team he'd actually get playing time for. I'm just saying, didnt mean just europe, south america, australia etc. any team in the nba would be fine for him to. I just feel sorry for him being plastered to the bench.
Like i said, he's done nothing wrong here, if he went to another team id wish him the best and only have resentment for the coach who didnt play him.
Timmy has to man up!
Another good writeup.
It's sad when the Spurs leading rebounders are both Jackson and Leonard.
The other troubling thing is that the Big Three of Manu, Tony and Tim looked and played the way they did even after getting a couple of days of rest!
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