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Because he is a better defender than some idiots here give him credit for.
He always plays D for the Spurs in late-game or end-of-quarter scenarios.
mvparker was benched for his bad D, though.
Why was he subed in for tony parker? If pop wanted size, why couldn't he just get Green to defend?
gotta admit though, I was somehwat pleased with Marco's defense. It was ty, but a tad bit better than neal IMO.
Because he is a better defender than some idiots here give him credit for.
He always plays D for the Spurs in late-game or end-of-quarter scenarios.
mvparker was benched for his bad D, though.
Pop wanted to lose the game tbh
It was a strange call. Guess Green was tired, because his defense was good tonight.
I was waiting for Duncan to be subbed out.
NO, it wasn't a strange call. Pop does this every time in late game situations. Watch the games.
I was also surprised when the commentator said he was subbed in for defensive purposes. Maybe we've missed something on Marco's scouting report.
It was way better than Neal, Neal would've done some stupid like foul.
Geez people, don't some of you understand that the time for Pop to experiment with lineups is now. He has to figure out what some of the newcomers are made of in key situations...
Nope. Marco's been a ty defender his entire career. Look at the impact statistics.
What about Diaw in for Splitter? Diaw isn't big enough to guard D.Lee, and Diaw is not a good rebounder, still allowed D.Lee to tip the basketball in the final play
Pop trolling.
It's probably because defending lee requires a more mobile defender..That and if it's a kickout, boris should be able to run on the three point line faster than Tiago
he obviously wants to see what the guy can do, obviously the results are terrible.
Same. Pop hates winning.
Warriors were playing a "big" lineup
Thompson
Iguodala
Barnes
Lee
Bogut
any of those could easily shoot over Parker in an iso situation so you need some length on him
it ended up working because Belinelli did a good job contesting Iguodalas shot
Not sure if Diaw is so much faster than Splitter...He is shorter and worse rebounder though
I agree OP, I thought it was strange Danny Green wasn't used either. It worked out okay though since it mainly seemed to just be to get Kawhi on the better scorer out there, so we can't really complain. I agreed with him adding a taller defender too.
I'm going to assume he went with Bel because Pop assumes he's a more clutch FT shooter? In case he got the rebound and was fouled. Would make a little bit of sense.
I don't agree that the time to experiment is in a 2 point game late in the 4th against a rival team who may be battling with you for seeding in the standings by the end of the season.
Pop doesn't give a about the regular season, he tinkers and experiments all the time..we always wonder why he makes certain decisions and plays ty lineups too long, but it's all experimentation..
He put Beli out there in a late-game situation to test him out, he's a new piece on the team, the coach needs to know what type of personnel he has on his roster, and he needs to be aware of which players can be successful on the court in every situation..
Belineli is a terrible defensive player, he has been his entire career, I doubt he will be subbed in for defensive purposes in a playoff game, especially over a good defender like Green..
Never say never with Pop..
Pop doesn't give a about the regular season, he tinkers and experiments all the time..we always wonder why he makes certain decisions and plays ty lineups too long, but it's all experimentation..
He put Beli out there in a late-game situation to test him out, he's a new piece on the team, the coach needs to know what type of personnel he has on his roster, and he needs to be aware of which players can be successful on the court in every situation..
Belineli is a terrible defensive player, he has been his entire career, I doubt he will be subbed in for defensive purposes in a playoff game, especially over a good defender like Green..
Yeah i though the same thing last season until he played a new lineup in the last 30 seconds of a championship game
Pop doesn't give a about the regular season, he tinkers and experiments all the time..we always wonder why he makes certain decisions and plays ty lineups too long, but it's all experimentation..
He put Beli out there in a late-game situation to test him out, he's a new piece on the team, the coach needs to know what type of personnel he has on his roster, and he needs to be aware of which players can be successful on the court in every situation..
Belineli is a terrible defensive player, he has been his entire career, I doubt he will be subbed in for defensive purposes in a playoff game, especially over a good defender like Green..
I don't know..
Pop doesn't give a about the regular season, he tinkers and experiments all the time..we always wonder why he makes certain decisions and plays ty lineups too long, but it's all experimentation..
He put Beli out there in a late-game situation to test him out, he's a new piece on the team, the coach needs to know what type of personnel he has on his roster, and he needs to be aware of which players can be successful on the court in every situation..
Belineli is a terrible defensive player, he has been his entire career, I doubt he will be subbed in for defensive purposes in a playoff game, especially over a good defender like Green..
Pop has pulled the same in the playoffs before..
Pop suffers from chokitis sometimes.. He intentionally puts the team in a bad situation to see how they can work their way out.
The historically bad, choking decision to leave Duncan out is not the same as subbing in a poor defender for defensive purposes, tbh..
I shat on Pop for that choke/stupid decision, but at least his reasoning kind of made sense, he wanted to be able to guard the shooters..subbing in Beli for defensive purposes in a playoff game wouldn't be the same, as there's no logical reason for it..
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