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Splitter is nothing like Pau Gasol
When was the last time Tim Duncan dominated a playoff series?
Splitter's a finesse player like Pau Gasol, who helped the Lakers win 2 championship trophies. Want to know another successful finesse player who's not physically dominant (like Shaq) in the post? Here's a clue: his name starts with a T and ends with a D.Hey dumbass did you not watch the finals last year? LeBron dominated in the post.
Splitter? Hes soft as they get
You guys have virtually zero presence in the post. Sure, Lebron will post up once every 10 possessions, but that's not good enough to compete against teams which have specialized post players.
Splitter is nothing like Pau Gasol
When was the last time Tim Duncan dominated a playoff series?
The one thing I will say about Splitter is that he actually can hit a free throw this season so that'll actually help when we're playing in a half court set and trying to attack the post and dish it out to our perimeter players.
The Heat could put LeBron on TP in the 4th and pretty much cancel him out (See 2011 ECF). They've got guys that can guard Manu and the footspeed on the perimeter to close out on our shooters (See 2012 WCF).
Tim would have to play pretty dominant for the Spurs to have a shot at knocking them off.
This is offset by the Spurs making shots. If Danny Green made some three's in the games we lost against OKC, we win those games, especially game six in that BS final stretch of questionable fouls that allowed OKC to seal the deal.
I really don't remember TP playing in the 2011 ECF, i will check out...
And isn't good for the team rebounding/D when their PF have to defend a PG...
They can't play championship D'. Speaking of the test take possible, perhaps you, being the bandwagoning got with zero basketball knowledge that you are, should've actually looked up where they rank in the NBA this year as opposed to last year before you shat in your own mouth with that terrible post.Considering you think Miami can't play the same championship D they played last year shows you don't watch much basketball outside of the Spurs. Not surprising considering your takes are amongst the tiest.
BTW in the last 20 games Wade is averaging 24/6/6 2.1 stls, 1.1 blk while shooting 54% from the field.
Miami's defensive rating: 104.6. Rank in NBA: 11th.
Last year's defensive rating: 100.2. Rank in NBA: 4th.
Spurs this year: 100.2 defensive rating, Rank in NBA: 3rd.
League average: 105.6
The Heat are giving up way more points than last year and are far lower in the league's rankings. Literally only a point better than league average. And this is despite the fact that the eastern conference has poor offense. . .only 3 teams in the top 10 in offensive rating and one of them is Miami who doesn't have to defend themselves.
If you're going to bold that sentence, why don't you open your ignorant eyes and read what I said right before it?Oh missed this the first time
Miami is not super athletic? Boy you are stupid
Apparently you can't read. The good athleticism of LeBron and Wade don't matter when screens can cut them out of the play and nothing's waiting at the basket except Bosh, Anthony, and Haslem.Their interior defense is mediocre. Their perimeter defenders can be negated with screens
You seem to have an incredibly shallow pool of NBA knowledge to pull from.
LeBron and Wade are probably at the top of best perimeter defenders in the league. They are gonna give Tony fits. Like Mugen said, it is up to Duncan/Splitter playing at their full potential for the Spurs to beat Miami.
Well its obvious where your knowledge ends.. The stat sheet.. Numbers are as shallow as it gets. You could easily watch a game and see that Miami doesn't give effort on defense every game, just turns it up when they want. Any idiot can look up numbers and that obviously doesn't make them knowledgeable. You're living proof of that.
I will keep this bookmarked so after Miami repeats I can not only laugh at you for being a got but being a idiot as well
Miami's defensive stats are skewed by their horrible start that was caused by too much smallball + coasting..
Since their terrible start, they have climbed 13 spots in the P/100 allowed rankings..they have the same personnel as last year, probably better since Birdman actually looks decent, there is no reason to believe their playoff defense is going to regress, tbh..
Ah yes, the weakest possible argument that surfaces on sports forums. "stats don't mean anything". This is what idiots who get proven wrong resort to when they know no argument they make is going to make a difference anymore.Well its obvious where your knowledge ends.. The stat sheet.. Numbers are as shallow as it gets. You could easily watch a game and see that Miami doesn't give effort on defense every game, just turns it up when they want. Any idiot can look up numbers and that obviously doesn't make them knowledgeable. You're living proof of that.
I will keep this bookmarked so after Miami repeats I can not only laugh at you for being a got but being a idiot as well
Any idiot can claim "stats don't matter" and claim "I see what I see and I know it's good!", then continue to spew from their mouth by trying to pretend facts don't matter. Actually, only an idiot would do that. Numbers aren't an opinion. Your deluded, non-fact based opinion is. Thanks for posting the dumbest argument known to man to make me look good.
Dumb bandwagoning got.
I don't see it. Miami would trap all the pick and rolls and put a bigger defender on Parker.
too many "if's" IMO ... refs also missed crucial goaltending goals
TP will have to treat Chalmers like D. Gibson in '07 for us to have a chance.
This is where you it would help if Pop were more like Phil Jackson. The Spurs should definitely have drawn more attention to the fact that Ibaka was getting away with goaltending earlier in the series.
Never did I say stats didn't matter but rather you can't base your opinion solely on stats. You have to be easily the biggest emo got on this site and slowly adding biggest idiot to your resume.Ah yes, the weakest possible argument that surfaces on sports forums. "stats don't mean anything". This is what idiots who get proven wrong resort to when they know no argument they make is going to make a difference anymore.
Any idiot can claim "stats don't matter" and claim "I see what I see and I know it's good!", then continue to spew from their mouth by trying to pretend facts don't matter. Actually, only an idiot would do that. Numbers aren't an opinion. Your deluded, non-fact based opinion is. Thanks for posting the dumbest argument known to man to make me look good.
Dumb bandwagoning got.
Since we're talking numbers let's just look at the number of times you called a series correctly vs number times I have...
Last edited by Norris Cole; 03-06-2013 at 07:31 AM.
worrying about Miami this early is a disservice to the Spurs, let's see how they go against OKC first...
Bosh is softer than tissue paper, but he was a big reason Miami got to and won the championship.Hey dumbass did you not watch the finals last year? LeBron dominated in the post.
Splitter? Hes soft as they get
And this won't happen as its more profitable to the league if OKC makes it to the finals. If the series is close the thunder will be favored by the refs for sure, otherwise agreed.
Bosh is also much more skilled than Splitter. Don't make idiotic comparisons.
No way can SA beat Miami. Heat are just too good, LeBron+Wade+Bosh+Allen+Battier+A very friendly whistle= unstoppable.
It's not idiotic, you said Splitter was as soft as they got, maybe implying that he could not be impactful cause of that? I was simply proving that statement of yours was pretty idiotic.
And yes Bosh is more skilled, but Splitter these days seems more involved in what the team does offensively than Bosh is at times. The majority of the time, Bosh just needs to hit the mid-range shot. So while it's obvious he's more skilled from what we've seen him do, let's not pretend he displays all of that on the heat. He definitely hit some big shots in the playoffs, no denying that.
Last edited by bklynspursfan; 03-06-2013 at 12:34 PM.
MIA will go small (they practiced this a lot at the beginning of the season and this will keep Tiago off the court), switch on every pick and roll, put Lebron on TP and stall the Spurs' offense. IMO, it's best to put Leonard on Wade (for the whole game), everyone stay at home on their man and let Lebron get his against Diaw/SJax. It'll take an extraordinary series from Duncan offensively, cleaning up the boards and protecting the rim for Spurs to win. Duncan vs Bosh, Lebron vs Diaw/SJax, Leonard vs Wade, Manu vs Battier and TP vs Allen. MIA will be going for steals, trapping anyone but TP bringing up the ball and Lebron will play virtually the whole game.
Of course, they've got to worry about getting out of the West first. I hope for MIA - Boston in the 1st round, Chicago with Rose in the 2nd, IND in the ECF and Spurs in the Finals. Maybe then they'll be a little tired as whichever team comes out of the West.
I'd take a Spurs small ball lineup of
Parker
Ginobili
Jackson
Leonard
Duncan
over OKC's. For a small ball lineup, that is a lot of size. The thing that is going to suck for OKC this year is that with Martin on the floor, the Spurs can exploit him defensively by putting Kawhi/Jackson in the post against him. Both those guys play well with their back's to the basket.
Against the Thunder and possibly the Heat it all comes down to "internal improvements" -- Kawhi, Green, Splitter, and Diaw; plus finding a true back up PG.
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