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Might as well build a cathedral after that dunk.
Baynes could teach the entire rockets team how to play defense.
Might as well build a cathedral after that dunk.
Yeah...Baynes basically said "I JUST ED YOUR MOM!" with that one.
Oops missed this thread but it has to be said again, he was trending on twitter!
Understatement:
Baynes > Ayers
Can I get an amen, brothers and sisters?
Baynes was a monster tonight, tbh, damn..
Yeah I'm not sold on Baynes like a lot of people are, but he was solid tonight.
Doubt he can play that well again, but if he can at least be aggressive in this series it would help the Spurs bigs a lot mainly Duncan.
Baynes showed well when called on last playoff too. He punked Howard last season.
What really encouraged me was he seems to grasp the motion offense much better than he did even a couple of months ago. Pop would put him in there and by the third read in the motion offense he was coming across the formation and trying to run pnr not in the flow. Pop would usually yank him shortly after.
He was much better staying home on the baseline on the weakside and letting the strong side develop before making his read to motion strongside himself. He has been good defensively and he is not out of position and drawing fouls either. That call in the second half he had against him saw him going straight up.
Refs were calling the game more like a regular season game versus what we have been seeing in the playoffs. This is an aside but if the refs continue to not allow defenders to body up on Parker then I see as the favorites to win it all. He is unstoppable without that.
Pretty damn good outing from Baynes. 10 and 7 in 15 minutes, Indiana would kill for that right now with Hibbert.
Pop didn't want to throw Splitter back in so he put Baynes in as a stop gap after Duncan picked up his 2nd foul. He came up big in limited minutes. He is unlikely to do it again but it shows just how deep this team is. A 3rd string center comes up with 10 and 7 in 15 minutes shows that on any given night any Spur can go off.
And not having a guaranteed contract after this season tooBaynes was a monster tonight, tbh, damn..
Baynes did not seem as lost as he usually does... Baynes is a good third option at center. although he usually picks up fouls constantly.
Baynes has had several games like this throughout the year. You just think he will not get the playing time?
It's encouraging that he was able to stay on the floor without being gassed, too..
I thought that he looked winded, at times, during the regular season..
Its likely going to be Duncan, Splitter and Diaw splitting the 96 minutes (48 for PF, 48 for Center) Portland also used Wright at PF meaning the Spurs may have to go small with Leonard at some point. He should have more minutes coming his way, in this series.
I don't expect 10 and 7 ,in the postseason again, but he could leave his mark on this series with some playing time. He has always been particularly good on the glass and is has shown some nice touch around the basket (which can lead to some easy scores with Manu feeding and Diaw passing the ball). Playing with Diaw in the second unit keeps Duncan and Splitter fresh and keeps Diaw from potentially having to matchup with Lopez. Portland is one of the best boarding teams.
Duncan and Splitter are likely to get into foul trouble again, at some point. Pop is probably going to give him another opportunity to fill in as the 4th big. He may see some playing time in game 2 to see if he can provide the energy and effort similar to Thomas Robinson.
I never got and will never get the way Pop treated Baynes for the past 2 years...
I am one of Baynes biggest supporters but it is easy to see why they have him on a short leash. His first year he cam midseason and was completely lost. He was consistently late on his rotations, would make them when not needed, or fail to make them at all. His conditioning was poor and he was an absolute train wreck on offense. He basically could play pnr ice defense, post defense and crash the boards.
He obviously worked hard during the offseason and he came in this season with a firm grasp of the defense. He still was late on some and fouled too much -which he has improved markedly- but the glaring mental errors were gone.
His team offensive game was still a train wreck. He has multiple moves out of each block but we run the motion offense. You know he runs down court after inbounding pg swings the ball through him to the other side, he peels sets a down screen for any help coming from weakside, moves to the weakside baseline, hang out there for a bit and let the strongside develop. It was from there he would screw up.
There are multiple reads you need to make and you have to wait for them. I had not seen him do that consistently until tonight. What he would do is come from the weakside and no matter what start trying to run pnr. Now that is one of the reads but it is not the only read and he ed up spacing multiple times.
Now what is cool about Baynes is that he never gets caught half stepping so he would set the ball screen and pop Mills, Manu or Tony loose but he as often would bork things by bringing an extra defender. Nevermind how such ups discombobulate the offense. If he played for OKC or Houston then that would not be a problem
Splitter had to go through a similar progression.
What worries me about Baynes is his FG%. I think he really needs to sit down and find the spots on the floor where he is going to shoot and stick with it. Now that he understands where he is supposed to be I think that may improve but at times his shot selection leads him to 1-8 nights every now and then.
Yeah but he has range, good rebounding, can set the best screens... There was zero reason to play a struggling Ayres over him so much for instance given the potential...
Baynes sets some amazing screens, wow. I was thoroughly impressed with that, more so than anything else. That offensive rebound into a dunk off the Tony miss was insane too. Highlight reel Baynes, let's goooooooooooooooooooooo
At one level, basketball is not a complicated game - hence the phrase, "You can't coach height."
There's room on the team and time of the floor for bigs who simply protect the basket/lane, rebound & toss in garbage baskets.
What happened to Baynes during the season anyway? I remember he was doing pretty damn well for a couple of games and then he suddenly dropped off big time, and his playing time followed.
Injured. He pulled a back muscle, sustained an severe knee bruise, and fracture a rib over the course of the season limited him to just over 50 games played. Looks like he is ready to get back down to business.
Its nice to have a big ole galoot to throw at the opposition just to mess with their heads. You know Portland didn't even think about him before the game; they might be a bit worried about him now. Well done Pop.
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