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Nobody respects them, thats the worst thing that can happen to your team, even when they come to town say WE ARE GONNA PLAY AGAINST THOSE SENILE BAS S, and every scrub like Maynor makes good numbers against Spurs.
I think that is what is wrong with the Spurs' defense these days. The Spurs are great at getting decent position to defend on the perimeter, but they cannot crowd the shooters. Look at the other top teams. They all have at least one big shot blocker who blocks shots above the rim. This frees the perimeter defenders to play an aggressive pressure defense in the half court. If the defense falls apart, our interior defense is too slow (not to mention our rebounding isn't that great) and more often than not. If they miss, they will get the rebound because the position is broken due to slow help and/or lack of athleticism.
Nobody respects them, thats the worst thing that can happen to your team, even when they come to town say WE ARE GONNA PLAY AGAINST THOSE SENILE BAS S, and every scrub like Maynor makes good numbers against Spurs.
What's the word on Tyrus Thomas???
Spurs had an elite defense last year, despite the lack of an "intimidating presence"..
The defense went downhill once Beli replaced Green in the starting lineup, tbh..
The Spurs had an elite perimeter defensive duo in Green/Leonard last year, they were able to effectively cover the 3-pointer and also defend individually..Pop's puzzling decision to sub Beli for Green in an effort to generate more offense has resulted in a broken defense this season..
When Green/Leonard are in, the Spurs defense is elite and they defend the 3 at a high level..when 1 or 2 of the Beli/Mills/Manu trio is on the floor, the perimeter defense has gone downhill, tbh..Manu is competent enough to defend for stretches, but Beli is a huge liability on D and Patty is physically disadvantaged..
Kawhi and Green are the only 2 perimeter players on the roster(Joseph, too, I guess) that possess the athleticism to recover after opposing penetration, and they have complimented Duncan/Splitter very well..
Well Green and Splitter were so useless on offense that Pop had to start looking for someone to help out the starting unit.
The defense went downhill once Beli replaced Green in the starting lineup, tbh..
The Spurs had an elite perimeter defensive duo in Green/Leonard last year, they were able to effectively cover the 3-pointer and also defend individually..Pop's puzzling decision to sub Beli for Green in an effort to generate more offense has resulted in a broken defense this season..
When Green/Leonard are in, the Spurs defense is elite and they defend the 3 at a high level..when 1 or 2 of the Beli/Mills/Manu trio is on the floor, the perimeter defense has gone downhill, tbh..Manu is competent enough to defend for stretches, but Beli is a huge liability on D and Patty is physically disadvantaged..
Kawhi and Green are the only 2 perimeter players on the roster(Joseph, too, I guess) that possess the athleticism to recover after opposing penetration, and they have complimented Duncan/Splitter very well..
The bigger problem with the offense is that Duncan's shot has been erratic(it was efficient, last year) and Parker hasn't been nearly as dominant as last year..
I'd sub Diaw for Splitter in the starting lineup, but the defense would still be fine with Green/Leonard on the floor together without Tiago IMO..
Well Diaw needs to be aggressive every game if he's gonna get the start, tired of him taking games off. I agree on the rest.
Not the problem tbh. As HH pointed out, the Spurs being minus their only two perimeter defenders is the reason why the defense is garbage at the moment. Duncan is already a top level shot blocker in the league, no real need for another one. Right now the team is just a flashback of the pre-Green/Leonard 2011 squad that couldn't stop anybody.
Let's wait until Tiago, Green ,and Leonard are back on the floor, and forget this whole thing ever happened.
What Bonner and Ayers aren't intimidating enough bigs for you? I mean have you seen their '+\-' ?!??!?!?!
Athleticism is a problem, especially at the power forward position; Terrence Jones & Serge Ibaka kill the Spurs...I don't see the Spurs beating the Thunder & I'm not confident of their ability to take on the Rockets in the PO's, simply because those 2 just blow right by Tiago/Timmy.
Andrew Bynum is available.
Shot blocking is overrated. Intimidating shot blocking is highly overrated. We just need someone to contest shots. That would be a great start.
Spurs would eat Ibaka alive if it weren't for Kevin Durant's 7 foot ass shooting threes from the parking lot. Spurs have to defend the 3pt line and that leaves Ibaka open to get put backs and offensive boards. On the other end, no one in SA attacks the rim except Tony and Manu, other than on pick and rolls and fast breaks.
So Ibaka is a problem, k.
Duncan cannot post up worth a any more. That makes a lot of bigs look better than they are. Joakim looked like Hakeem.
I agree (tho I think Noah just had a good game, & I don't make much of it because Spurs only play the Bulls twice a year), but that doesn't change the fact that Ibaka is a Spur killer. We're in agreement, enough beating around the bush, now.
Who's available and who can the Spurs trade for him?
can adonal foyle come out of retirement? i'd prefer him to ayers right now
You should make much of every match up. It means something. If Tim cannot be effective in the post against a player like Noah, he's basically useless on the offense when his long 2 isn't falling. His bread and butter was always the post up or that bank shot. He doesn't do either much now.
David Robinson
Jarvis Varnado
http://basketball.realgm.com/player/...o/Summary/2326
The Spurs need an Intimidating shot blocker? Timmy is only rated 6th in blocks this season. I guess that's not good enough.
He only needs about ten more to pass Shaq on the all time list on blocks. What a piece of crap. Could we bundle him with Bonner and Manu
for Gary Neal........
His stats for this year average per game in how many minutes?
14.8 Points 9.9 rebounds 2.9 ast
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