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Um, Blackistone really? 60% of our starting line-up is different.
He just lost all credibility.
Kevin Blackistone said on Around the Horn that he's picking Memphis over the Spurs because "we already saw this series back in 2011" and that "the Spurs haven't gotten better, but the Grizzlies have". Do you writers not give a anymore? You would think he'd have some pride in his work and do some actual research/journalism...
Um, Blackistone really? 60% of our starting line-up is different.
He just lost all credibility.
I like KB, but that's just ignorant. Spoken like a Mav fan tbh.
Does this guy even watch the NBA?
Either he hasn't seen the spurs play or he's pretty dumb. The mainstays of this year's team that was on that '11 team aside from the big3 are bonner, blair, green, neal, and splitter. Of those 5, only green and splitter see heavy minutes, add to that the fact that this year we got kawhi, diaw, tmac, ndc, mills and baynes. Our D has improved, and it helps to have a 3 man who actually produces on both sides.
It's a very interesting series. It will be close and very highly contested. Marc Gasol is a key difference maker on defense does that mean that through ball movement with the heavy guard flow that San Antonio pocesses that we cannot break through. I highly doubt that. As recent as today via this site in the Splitter thread, he's feeling a lot better. He's a great off the ball defender and post stopper. I don't see where all this is coming from. Tony Allen cannot guard every jump shooting forward the Spurs have. If we shoot between 51-60% they should be in every game. The Spurs in 6.
Funny that the only change in Memphis is Shane Battier for Tayshaun Prince. If anything, you'd think they've gotten worse.
Clicked on "show post" just to check, and yep, glad I have you on ignore. :
aaronstampler, is that you?
And Rudy Gay and OJ Mayo no longer with the team. Bench is inexperienced.
You're forgetting Rudy Gay, but outside of that little to no change.
this guy should just kill himself
shedding Jefferson and reducing Bonner's minutes to single digits alone makes Spurs much better.
Nothing new. We were discounted in the Lakers series, the GSW series and now with the Grizzlies. You guys should be used to this by now. This is the norm.
Lulz Blackistone trolling y'all's asses for notoriety. Not even Memphis themselves are stupid enough to believe that although I really hope they do overlook the Spurs. Go ahead Grizzlies- watch ESPN 24 hours a day
Why do you guys care what ESPN ever has to say. They cater to people who don't know the difference between the high-post and the short corner. People who think Kobe is a top-5 player all-time. They still use raw stats without context to judge how good a player is.
Their TrueHoop network is okay though.
1/10.
Bonner/RJ combined for 50+minutes/game
The other sports journalists who do their homework are on the East Coast, because the culture demands knowledge. Everywhere else, being a loudmouth is more important than knowing anything. And even the East Coast is not immune to this phenomenon; Exhibit A: Stephen A. Smith.
This is what Blackistone really meant:
Lazy analysis is all that is. Not surprising though, he's been exposed in bad analysis opinions before.
I'm not forgetting Gay. He was injured for that series.
I did, however, forget Mayo. OJ is better than Bayless on offense, so I imagine their bench scoring is even worse.
Michael Smith knows his stuff, he said today on ATH that hes picking the spurs because the Clippers and Thunder are not even in the same league as the Spurs at execution and that Tiago is getting healthier and is the X factor in this series
countering such claims invites one to articulate counter-claims, which this thread has done, eg, Spurs HAVE gotten better with Kawhi, Splitter, Danny, Boris, Cory while dropping RG, less Bonner.
But the original claim shouldn't be taken seriously; it doesn't deserve attention unless you want to get a good laugh.
If someone claimed that Tim Duncan never was as good as Blake Griffin is now, would you bother to come up with counterpoints, or would you just laugh and move on?
funny how a lot of fans and posters on this forum actually watch more basketball than these morons who are paid "analysts"
Stop saying "we" when you talk about the Spurs, you're a Lakers fan brah
The sucky thing is that those peeps actually get PAID for their contributions, while we freely share it here. UNREAL! The TV guys don't really know anything, it's the web and print guys that at least try to formulate a credible hypothesis.
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