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Yes he regrets losing a poor shooting slow wing. No question.
Yes he regrets losing a poor shooting slow wing. No question.
I think Boris needs to play more. He's tailor made for this series. We are 2 and 0 when Boris plays 20 minutes. No more Bonner.
If Pop is going to go small, SJax would have been another option. It kills me to see the the closing 5 worn out with so many minutes. Pop has cut 2 of his best 7 players virtually out of the rotation. SJax and Diaw are well suited for the type of game GS plays. If nothing else, he could give Leonard/Green/Manu a 10 minute blow. Also, SJax knows their system and players and since they traded him, might have a little revenge at the back of his mind. And we all know, SJax is clutch - certainly a better option than the defensive sieve, Neal.
Last edited by rmt; 05-13-2013 at 11:02 AM.
I don't really see how throwing McGrady out there for a few minutes could be any worse than Neal, tbh..
There wouldn't be any chemistry, but it's irrelevant at this point, as Neal is currently a massive liability that doesn't provide any positive contributions, tbh..
His lateral quickness is non-existent, his shot is broken, the Warriors are targeting him..
And didn't Jack hit like 60% of his 3's in last years' playoffs?
great post
The words exploit and pop don't go together. I have said it a thousand times, Pop runs a system. That is it and that is all. Regardless of the line up (small ball/big ball). And playing small ball, guys are out of position defensively because they are playing out of position, which makes it tough to grab rebounds.
On offense, he doesn't take advantages of mismatches. How he lets them get away with jack and curry in the backcourt without putting their asses on the block is mind boggling. As soon as Neal got in, they started posting him up with Barnes over and over until the spurs stopped it which they never did.
Pop didn't even go after curry after he rolled his ankle in game 3. Not one time did he try to go at him. Instead he let him rest in the corner on defense. Its like he has this "that wouldnt be fair" mentality. In this game, he should've played green on him early this game to ruffle his feathers and crush any hope of him contributing in this game. Instead he starts Parker on him and he drains threes early. Then to start the second half, instead of going for the jugular with green on curry, again with Parker on him, he hits 3s and cuts an 8 pt lead to two in under a minute.
See above...
Neal causes everyone on defense to be out of position to make up for his always getting burned. I love neal, but If he ain't hitting shots, get his ass out of the game.
Last edited by UZER; 05-13-2013 at 10:33 AM.
Indeed. As soon as a player on the Warriors team sees Neal in front of him he immediately goes at him with no intention of passing. Just as he recognized that small ball was failing in game 2, Pop has got to recognize that Neal is no longer useful. Throw T-Mac out there or give more minutes to Joseph. Either option at this point is better than playing Neal.
The difference has been so ing obvious when we go big and make them adjust to us. I think Splitter is coming around. I'd say rest the starters a little more in the first half so their fresh in the 4th. They have figured out curry and thompson. barnes shooting 9-26 will not beat us. Gotta think we hold em to 84 pts in regulation 9 time out of 10 we win going away. ing Pop outsmarting himself again. Go big be the bully.
I repeat:
forecourt: TD, TS, BD, at least 2 on the court at all times. 96 minutes/3 = 32 minutes each
backcourt: TP, DG, KL, CJ, MG, no more than 3 on the court at any time. 144/5 = 29 minutes each
no Neal, no Bonner
I'm still worried Pop might overreact and change up the rotations, especially defensively.
I was hoping when I didn't see CJ the rest of the 1st half after he picked up his 2nd or 3rd foul that Pop was just saving him for 2nd half because we would need him to guard Jack and give TP rest, that never happened.
Another instance, TP for some reason was guarding Curry too many times at the end of the 4th and some of OT.
Pop needs to give CJ and Diaw/Splitter solid minutes to give TP and TD some rest throughout the game.
Just work on your offensive execution in practice.
Please don't let "you know who" ref Game 5.
Oh and play that game where if one teammate misses a FT, the whole team runs sprints.
Last edited by ace3g; 05-13-2013 at 02:28 PM.
Kawhi needs to go back to Jordan's for the rest of the series; hasn't worn them at all for Round 2
NOOoooo
If Pop plays Bonner and Neal extended minutes you know he definitely overreacted. Usually "we just need make some shots" is a cliche that covers up other problems; but in this case that is the issue; we have them figured out defensively.
Also as much as I want to see TMac play, even that would be an overreaction at this point.
Eric Messersmith @eric1250espn
Spurs most used lineup this series of Parker, Green, Manu, Leonard, and Duncan is -21 in 29 mins together. lineup shooting 29% and 3-17 3's
All the more reason to end the small-ball experiment.
Maybe Pop should use Diaw in the SF spot if they want to go small and then keep one of Tiago and Duncan in.
Might work. But has this ever happened? It seems that if Diaw and Leonard would share the court together, Diaw would be the PF and Leonard would play the SF position.
Well he used Diaw at SF spot when Kawhi and SJAX were injured earlier in the season.
But who to sit in that lineup? that's the dilemma, you need Green to cover Steph and KL on Thompson and Pops not going to sit Manu
Why not small ball but sub Splitter for Duncan? Splitter is not fatigued,.Duncan gets rest, and splitter thrives off pick and rolls that Parker and Manu set.
There was a thread about it
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...3g#post6206367
Go big, dont be afraid of mid range jump shots. Cut out three points, put two legit bigs in 2nd line of defense, and let them shot in between those lines. Bogut is non factor, Duncan or Splitters should be free for help defense.
Then on offense use this size. Put Duncan on the block, run pick and rolls with Splitter. Add highly talented Diaw to the mix. These should free corners shooters, help fight on boards and dominate pace of the game. Start playing like the team, which is running the show.
Worst mismatched will be created by Green/Barnes on PF for Golden State. Those guys cant hurt us, from deep, from mid range. Put Diaw/Splitter on them and sag off. Thompson, Curry and Jack will still have suitable defenders in Green, Parker, Manu/Leonard whatever.
And do something to unleash one of role guys to help, to contribute decent shooting, 10-15 pts of the bench. Neal, Diaw, Leonard, Green, Splitter whoever. Old guys cant run this by themselves.
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