Goddamn your takes are horrible. You saw LMA give Tim the slip on the up and under. If he can do that to Tim, Baynes would be chopped liver in 2 minutes flat and foul out.
It's not always about stopping the defender flat out, it's about putting a body on him that makes him work.. The Spurs don't have anyone that can flat out shut down a big like him that has a jump shot and can back down any defender. Sometimes it's about making them work harder in the first half so they don't have legs in the 2nd half.
Well it's hard not to want to see Baynes lay a couple of hard fouls on Aldridge that's for sure. He was fouling the crap out of Boris. I only remember him going up and under Timmy once in the end. Mostly he was shooting jumpshots and they were falling. The Spurs will throw a variety of things at him if we face them in the playoffs. If Timmy shots like he did tonight we'll lose.
Leonard only taking four shots and making 3 of them, is bull . I don't care how you look at it, he works so hard on the defensive end, and on the boards, and he's rewarded with 4 touches.. That's ridiculous. Parker was missing everything, and Duncan struggled, so I don't see why they didn't give Kawhi the touches he deserves. Having the old warrior carry the team is a losing formula, as displayed tonight. I'm not mad about the loss, forget the loss, but with Splitter and Green out, 4 touches for Leonard is grade-A bull .
completely agreed.
i don't know whose at fault - leonard or the coaching staff - but that stat boggles my mind.
Couldn't agree more.
How a coach build confidence in young talented player? Giving chances to improve, opportunities to take responsibility for him, involve him in the game.
Sit him and going with Marco instead of Leonard down the stretch isn't the way. This not only hurts the kid self confidence, hurts team defensively.
Leonard was doing well last games and we just stopped going to him for some stupid reason vs Blazers.
His teammates don't recognize when he's on? or he's open and defer? Well Pop should say something, let Kawhi run some offense, let him run the pick.
I've been so frustrated with coach's decisions and lack of adjustment.
This is what I've been trying to preach all along. I admit I've been somewhat annoying with trollish game, but people expect Leonard to Shoot when Parker is Setting a play for himself and others? The kid is not going to break a play call just to get his.
Pop and Parker is part to blame of Leonard's confidence right now...Confidence is built, it isn't just something that you have or don't have. ing hate some of the guys in here that continue to hate on the kid for apparently not being aggressive enough and being hesitant...The kid ranks nowehere in the top 100 for most touches in the game for a player..just let that sink in..Half of his touches too are plays designed for Parker.
Was he heistant in the finals? NO..Why? Because he got calls and touches..It built his confidence.
No Green
No Splitter
KL underutilized
Still almost won
Not worried about the Blazers in the playoffs if we're at full strength.
Well, Parker shouldn't build Leonard's confidence, it's Pop's job.
(Even if Tony or somebody ignores the wide open when it's Leonard, or Kawhi's open and defer, it's Pop's job to say something).
I really hope I am wrong but seems Pop doesn't want a new challenge for himself as a coach with Kawhi and his development.
no they do not deserve to be the center of attention, no matter what passed
Every player in the NBA relish for the moment they can have the ball in their hands to create, we see scrubs all the time who force the issue and chuck shots, it was everything that made Gary Neal who he was. Kawhi almost always defers the ball, the only timenhe shoots is if he has a wide open 3, a fast break or they catch him slashing but that's really not because he had plays called for him.
The Spurs are regimented in how they play, it's a system and Parker doesn't deviate. Almost every play is pick n roll with Tim or tony taking the shot or kicking it out. The only person who deviates from the plan is Manu and Pop can't bench him and won't.
Pop and the assistant scrubs need to demand that he takes shots or get his ass involved in the screen and rolls at the elbow off that 3 point line he camps there all the time. Dude needs to start acting like am alpha then you get the players respect
Your hate for them is no stronger than mine, but give the devil his due.
Maybe it will be hard for a young player to start acting like an alpha next games, when the coach benched him last game and sends the message "Kawhi, you're expendable, you aren't important to us, we don't need you"
Really, it doesn't make the kid stronger.
We have to make some type of trade to improve our D. It's beyond laughable at this point.
Yea guard Wesley
We need to hack LMA like a lil
very very good takes.
There are couples of changes need to be made to solve the match up issues with Portland,OKC, Rocket. The key one is to get a mobile big who can defend quick PF/SF and produce more offensively than Tiago. The second one is to find a mobile SG/PG to defend the quick PG from OKC and Portland and relieve the workload for Parker. The last thing is to move Marco back to bench to enjoy the great chemistry with Manu and less defensive responsibilities Then these make SPURS become a true champion contender
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