Killer Lineup: The old-is-new-again Spurs

[cd021]

Nice article. Thanks for sharing it.

Very excited to see the defensive end as a priority again. I felt like we were the Suns in the last 2 seasons. That doesn't feel good at all.

Whats actually funny about that is that that Phoenix team wasn't garbage defensively (17th, 16th, 13th in 04-05, 05-06, 06-07 seasons) Granted we are much better since 2010 than they were defensively but. They're offensive effieceny was down right obscene. They're worst season, they still scored on nearly a full point per possession more than we did in our best offensive season (2010-2011) since we became offensively oriented.

[therealtruth]

Nice article. Thanks for sharing it.

Very excited to see the defensive end as a priority again. I felt like we were the Suns in the last 2 seasons. That doesn't feel good at all.

Agree. It's better to take pride in defense. Like Pop says sometimes shots fall and sometimes they don't.

[hater]

Kawhi is a horrible fast break player

[cd021]

Kawhi is a horrible fast break player

Exept when he is alone...

[racm]

Not really. Many times being a good defensive team = being a bad offensive rebounding team because transition defense is stressed over getting offensive boards.

And any disadvantage when surrendering second chances is negated by getting high percentage shots.

[racm]

The Parker-Green-Leonard-Splitter-Duncan lineup has a win percentage of...

http://www.82games.com/1213/1213SAS2.HTM

... 90.9%! That's simply absurd.

[DrSteffo]

I really like this starting lineup and what's also great is that Manu can lead the second unit. If we had one more reliable big that could play D and a better backup pg then this team would be very very difficult to stop in the POs.

[racm]

I really like this starting lineup and what's also great is that Manu can lead the second unit. If we had one more reliable big that could play D and a better backup pg then this team would be very very difficult to stop in the POs.

Bonner and Neal for Barea. DO EET RC

[DrSteffo]

Bonner and Neal for Barea. DO EET RC

Barea wd be great. Mills or CoJo could also be included in a trade I guess.

[exstatic]

Barrea sucks. He's a 5'9" ball hog. I'd rather give CoJo a go.

[therealtruth]

The problem I have with the starting lineup is I am not sure if DG is reliable enough on offense or his defense will always make up for it.

[racm]

The problem I have with the starting lineup is I am not sure if DG is reliable enough on offense or his defense will always make up for it.

The fact remains though that you can't still leave him open beyond the arc. To play Green well the trick is to force him to drive and throw up an ugly floater (Blair has one. Bonner has been improving in the post. Even Splitter has been finishing better).