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Starting TP,Green(or JA), Kawhi, TD and Splitter will solve this
Pop is so in love with his 3pt shooting that Neal and Green are gonna play big minutes no matter what...
Nando and JA are better defenders and also happen to be better playmakers, very useful since OKC is trapping TP.
Starting TP,Green(or JA), Kawhi, TD and Splitter will solve this
Agreed with De Colo, but he's the type of player that Pop likes, he's improving, therefore his minutes will increase IMO..
I'm probably the biggest Green hater on ST, but I don't know where the notion that Anderson is a good defender originated, tbh..he doesn't have the tools to be any better than Green on defense IMO..
He's by very far the best guard shotblocker and tonight I don't remember Durant scoring anything but the alley hoop on him.
What the has happened to Green's defense? He was once one of Spurs better defenders
I guess he forgot what got him the NBA job
If we meet these guys in the playoffs, Green or Anderson should never be guarding Durant. It should always be either Leonard or Jackson each and every minute that Durant is out on the court.
So you're telling me the Spurs lost a game with a perimeter scorer while their best perimeter defender is out with "tendinitis"? You don't say!
He's playing out of position to be fair, but mainly feels like it's matador hustle and 3pt shooting keeping him on the floor.
Green has been guarding big small forwards since our entire small forward rotation is out
be fine on SGs
Durant didn't even look engaged in the game at any point, to be fair..
It's possible that Anderson has improved as a defender, he hasn't received enough minutes to objectively judge, but using tonight as an example is flawed logic IMO..
Manu is also worlds better than Green on D, he could start again with a De Colo JA backup backcourt coming off the bench or De Colo Green since Danny is still a bit better on defense than Neal.
Are offense is kinda keeping up relevant...that being said I wouldn't mind Neal getting kicked in the sack everytime he leaves an opponent wide open, he'd be sterile before the first dead-ball. Splitter has played fantastic as of late. When Kawhi gets back, are starting lineup will be much better defensively and are bench could blow the doors off almost every teams starting lineup.
Remember pop prefers to keep Manu off the bench because its easier to regulate his minutes he's already missed games with two injuries. Green is hit or miss of Offense but is very good defensively, Manu gambles and now adays fails. He isn't nearly the defender he was in his prime IMO.
He's the 15th man its kind of in the contract that he doesn't play aton. That being said he has played much better than i remember in his first stint. He isn't on the spurs hands team based on garbage time though, I'd agree thats a little ridiculous.
I want Manu to start come playoff time against OKC. The Thunder can afford to trap and play Parker the way they do because they know there is no other ball handler out there. With Manu and Parker out there, we have two guys that can make plays with the ball in there hands.
I also don't think we will lose much from our bench if Manu starts against OKC. Their bench does not scare me as much as it used to, so I see no reason starting Manu now.
-JA becoming a savior in some fans' minds is just ..... weird. Don't even know what to say to that.
-Green doesn't have the size to be a good SF defender. As is mentioned in this thread, he'll be better once he gets back to defending SGs and PGs. (That said, he still needs to up his aggression level on that end from his current level.)
-It's too early to say what kind of defender De Colo will be. He looks pretty good at times but he hasn't played in many big moments so far and other teams don't have a scouting report on him yet. To say he's a better defender than Green is pretty crazy at this point.
Fair points but Green's D is not that good even vs SGs. Regardless we need some extra playmaking if we start Tiago in place of Boris, won't come from the 3 so starting Manu or Nando makes a lot of sense to me and the D is a bonus.
I mean this in a nice way, but did you forget about the injuries? Neal is only starting because Leonard is out. Green's defense is fine.
Green's defense sucks and his choking on o lost us the series last year. Guard version of Bonner tbh.
He was never that good defensive player, his defense is good against PGs. Against SGs and SFs not so much
Agreed on all three points.
As bad as Green looks on defense, Pop always put him on the opponent's best perimeter players from PG to SF. It's simply others are even worse one-on-one defenders.
And no team has ever tried to expose De Colo on defense yet since his minutes is even unknown to Pop. We can only know whether he is decent or not after somebody do that.
Glad some-one pointed this out. Watch Danny Green coast or get lost when there's screen to get around. Then watch manu fight tooth and nail to get around one. Probably why he got injured too but atleast he knows what's required on D.
I'm with you on Anderson. While I once thought he could make an early impact with the team now I think he needs at least a couple of seasons with the Toros, or overseas. He follows up a decent play with some weak sauce or bone headed like he is still just 20 games into his career. I know he's had his injuries but instead of improving any way he could during those injuries it appears he's kept his head in his ass.
Concerning Green, he is more savy and polished than Anderson(same position player), but I think his successes above Anderson are mainly due to superior college tutoring and some BB IQ, certainly not abilities. Add his obvious work ethic to this and I still view him as a poor man's George Hill. While Hill could guard Kobe, Durant, Melo and a healthy Wade I don't see Green ever doing it.
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