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Grizzlies would win in 6.
Spurs are going to have a very very hard time putting up points in this potential series and if Tiago gets in foul trouble we could be toast.
I will say I'd be concerned about Splitter's soft offensively against their bigs. Setting screens and playing help D will be his main roles in a potential match-up but that's one area to keep an eye on.
Grizzlies would win in 6.
Spurs are going to have a very very hard time putting up points in this potential series and if Tiago gets in foul trouble we could be toast.
Spurs just need to score 90 points and they will be in good shape...
Memphis is a really, really tough defensive team. But OKC didnt have the playmakers and plays in their playbook to beat Memphis. Running ISO plays for Durant everytime wasn't going to get it done against Memphis. While Memphis doesnt exactly have great shooters on the perimeter, they do have guys who are capable of getting hot from 3. Guys like Conley, Bayless, and Pondexter are the ones who, if given the open 3 can knock it down. The key would be to handle Gasol and Randolph on the inside and on the boards.
Let me know when you start doing that instead of making ty, empty, pointless posts.
What exactly are you talking about? Half the advantage of them playing guys like Allen that can't score is that it gives us a ton of room to bring the double team without leaving anyone open who can hurt us.
I mean, we could run a play that lined up Baynes in position to shoot an above-the-break 3, But why would an opponent bother sending anyone out to cover him there?
Last time we faced them Conley & Battier were thorns in our side in terms of beiing threats from the perimeter. They also isod Battier and that other guy whose name escapes me in the post, which hurt us. Biggest thing though was that we relied on Duncan and the turd towers more back than than we do now defensively, which is and was a recipe for disaster against their front line. We are much better suited to beating them this time around. I think we will assuming we get there. Our frontline defense of TD/Splitter/Diaw is probably the best in the league, and that's probably the most important thing when going against them. Diaw is a highly underrated defender.
I seem to remember things differently.
Actually, the matchups are identical to the ones of the 2011 series, with the only differences of Green/Leonard/Diaw instead of Hill/Jefferson, and Prince instead of Gay.
I assume you want to limit the discussion to those, because the Parkers, Ginobilis Duncans Randolphs, Gasols etch have been discussed pretty much in the past.
How about moving ahead one round and discuss the Miami matchups: those are a real novelty.
So, out of our 5 starters, only 3 of them are different matchups. The game will only be 60% new players on our team this time around. With a healthy Manu and Tim Duncan thrown into the mix for good measure.
Brilliant take, chief.
Memphis' biggest strength defensively is on the interior, with DPOY Marc Gasol patrolling the paint. Our offense is predicated on floor spacing, ball movement, and perimeter shooting. It's exactly the kind of offense that's built to dismantle traditional defenses like that of Memphis'.
They're a pretty poor 3 point shooting team to begin with, 24th in the league at 34.5%. Just to put that into perspective, their TEAM percentage is below the average NBA PLAYER percentage.
They didn't allow us our bread and butter corner threes in 2011. I don't imagine that would change this year. We'll have to create other shots. Danny Green will also have to shoot well, as he's one of the few that shoots well outside of the corner, up on the arc.
While the Spurs still like them corner 3s they aren't as reliant on those as they were the past two seasons IIRC. Leonard has had a few games where he's got 0 3PAs. Seems like Pop integrated more backdoor cuts and post ups this time around.
We're fans, not players or coaches. We don't have to focus on the series at hand. We can look as far ahead as we want and it doesn't affect the Spurs-Warriors series.
you tell those dummies!
how can you seriously speculate on a series that is not even scheduled yet? You don't even know how Spurs will arrive at said series. You are basically wasting your time, not to mention feeling stupid if it were not to happen.
The percentage of the minutes played by the new players is very similar for the two teams, and it's about 80 mmp.
Assuming that the new players will play an amount of time similar to the one they played in the RS, first and second round of PO.
Which is a reasonable assumption.
That's close to the percentage you mentioned in the le.
In essence, 65/70% of this series is old stuff.
I suspect that if one calculate points or rebounds of whatever, that percentage goes even higher, as major contributors are still around, for the four team.
You can probably verify it yourself.
More work to do, son.
Sounds like Sunsfan c. 2005.
We can speculate on anything. This is a message board. We could speculate about Spurs-Heat or Spurs-Pacers in the Finals. None of it affects what actually happens in a game.
I wonder if Baynes would at least be active, if we get to this series.
Sam Young and Greivis Vasquez aren't there anymore, so we would only have to worry about Darrell Arthur going HAM on us again.
I don't think that statistic is quite as shocking as you seem to think it is. By definition, the league average Player percentage is the same as the league average Team percentage.
Exactly.
If people continue to underestimate the Grizzlies -- You're going to have a bad time.
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