Will the Spurs role players fold again in the playoffs?

[Johnsyounger]

Manu, Beli, Diaw, Mills could start for a lot of NBA teams....spoiled ers...
we got one more run......

[SpurSwag]

Tbh the only 2 i'm a little uncertain about are Danny and Patty. Obviously Danny has proven himself but he is extremely streaky and if he gets cold in the playoffs it could be hard for him to snap out of it. I think Patty will be fine though, he loves the pressure and will only be playing against second units. He doesn't even need to be this ridiculous of a scorer in the playoffs, he just has to make open shots that he will always get and not turn the ball over/ get the team into their sets.

[Ditty]

Neal(except his defense),Diaw,Green(except game 6 & 7) and Splitter(besides most of the finals) played really well throughout the postseason. Marco and Mills will be fine imo. I feel alot more confident in this coming post season compared to the last two playoffs no matter who we play.

[jag]

Danny Green, and Boris Diaw played their asses off last year. Baldspot, Splitter and Parker's Hamstring ed everything up.

It wasn't all bad

[sehui]

Honestly, someone's going to need someone a la westbrook to get hurt for us to have a favorable chance of getting back to the finals.

Currently, we're at less than 50% chance of getting back there.

[RD2191]

No way. Rob's good people.

Mah

[bklynspursfan]

I trust Belinelli and Diaw come playoff time. It remains to be seen what Patty will do, but there's no reason to think he won't continue to do what he does. He's a scrappy guy who shoots the ball well. Green came through in a big way in the finals (except when they started closing out on him) but I don't think anyone expected him to do what he did. I think our guys are extremely focused

[vander]

I thought it was the big 3 that folded against Miami, mostly Manu

[superjames1992]

I thought it was the big 3 that folded against Miami, mostly Manu

6-23. 4-12. TBH.

[Darius McCrary]

It wasn't all bad

Hey good call, considering the hamstring happened 2 games after that.

[Mel_13]

They didn't fold last year. Thread based on a false premise.

[superjames1992]

Hey good call, considering the hamstring happened 2 games after that.

Enrique went 5-14 in game two, tbh... The hamstring is just a convenient excuse. The truth, per par, is that Enrique's kryptonite is that he cannot play well against larger defenders. This secret has been out for years now and it will bite us again when Sefolosha shuts down Enrique when we play OKC, tbh. Others will have to step up!

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Been saying it for a while now, Spurs are playing with fire. Unlike Houston/OKC, we don't have any players in their primes that can get their own shots. Counting on 10 players to show up is really asking for trouble. We will see what happens I guess.

We have Duncan, Diaw and Leonard that can create in the low block. We have Parker and Manu and to a lesser extent Mills, Leonard and Marco who can create on the perimeter. Leonard's post game is drawing consistent double teams and should be recognized as dominant.

[poeticism707]

Tbh, they are playing great now, but the tendency is for the bench/non big 3 to not show up for a full series i.e. the finals last year. They may have a good game or two during a series, but without the regular season consistency, are we in trouble come PO time?

The Spurs had a really good bench last year...

This year it is OTHERWORDLY.

In a fairly officiated Finals series, with everyone healthy, for example,

Patty Mills would EVISCERATE THE HEAT.

Even if though Patty missed the finals last year with injury,

if the Spurs had this year's Patty on last year's team,

the Spurs beat Miami in 4 or 5.

So, no. In any fairly officiated series, Spurs roll, and the bench doesn't fold.

[Pentagruel]

The role players were great in last years playoffs... You can't expect them to dominate in every game, they are role players, but they did their jobs defensively and did well offensively in numerous games. Diaw, Green and Neal all had some stellar games in the finals along with some poor ones. But that's what role players do and you can't expect them to do much more then they did, or else they would be stars.

[r0drig0lac]

maybe, maybe not

[Hoops Czar]

We have Duncan, Diaw and Leonard that can create in the low block. We have Parker and Manu and to a lesser extent Mills, Leonard and Marco who can create on the perimeter. Leonard's post game is drawing consistent double teams and should be recognized as dominant.

When the did this happen? His post up game is so rare, that it occasionally catches teams off guard and out of position. But, I can't remember any teams doubling him intentionally. I can't ever recall him being double teamed unless it was a game with the big three sitting.

[ElNono]

IMO, half the league would love to have our bench as starters...

[FuzzyLumpkins]

When the did this happen? His post up game is so rare, that it occasionally catches teams off guard and out of position. But, I can't remember any teams doubling him intentionally. I can't ever recall him being double teamed unless it was a game with the big three sitting.

He has been posting up every game as Parker and Duncan specifically have made sure to get him the ball in those cir stances. I don't know what to tell you other than you need to pay better attention. He gets post ups every single game and lately hes been seeing them come with double teams and beating them to the punch by swinging the ball around with the inside out game. Pay better attention.

Parker has only in the last month or so been more actively getting Leonard involved but Duncan has been doing it all year. They came out with a two man game very similar to what you see with Parker and Duncan on the perimeter. Manu always looks to distribute but that the other two have embraced Leonard getting more involved speaks well for his usage going forward.