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We haven't even played a game against Miami yet. It's not the "clear move" at all.
It's the clear move. If Pop doesn't do it he is crazy.
We haven't even played a game against Miami yet. It's not the "clear move" at all.
It's not really clear at all yet. Splitter has the potential to take Bosh out of the series. Diaw has the potential to draw James when the Heat play Lebron at the four. Duncan would have to guard a shooting big regardless, and I'd rather it be Lewis.
Splitter and Diaw both must play well to win.. Heat have trouble with size and Diaw has to play several roles like he usually does..
this.
If they start Lewis, start Bonner and keep Diaw coming off the bench with the legion. He'd still play 30 minutes.
Bonner shouldn't play at all against this team. Maybe 5 or 8 minutes but nothing more.
Diaw has a role with second unit and Pop won't change that. I do think we continue to start Bonner at 4 bc the only good line up Heat have is small ball with Bosh at center.
I think Pop goes back to the Splitter Duncan lineup, at least to start the series.
Yes, please.
splitter duncan also doesn't work against the Heat, remember last year
If Tiago and Tim can check Lewis and Bosh while protecting the paint then fine. But Miami traps quite a bit so having a stretch four is helpful.
You only put players in the starting linup when they play good in the bad teams. There's only one ball and it's not a all start game. Keep him at the end of the game as he already does. Thinking about the starting linup it's like thinking about the score at the end of the tip-off. Well... what matters is who plays at the end to win the game. The Thunder had solved the issue: all starters needed to play 48m. Yeah, that's not basketball, that's a poster. Not a winning poster, but a linup poster. Therefore a loser issue.
Both bigs can virtually help the guards beat traps with their passing... The problem is the ty spacing, we want Duncan in the post against these weak post defenders... Then again we want Boris in the post as well so keeping them separated to start the game is cool but who do you start... Maybe start a guard (once again) , the Heat is gonna have a mismatch but ours should be better... Kawhi defends on Bosh, Green on LeBron, Cojo on Wade and go from there...
There is no reason to put all your weapons in the starting lineup.
Seriously.
As long as Bonner doesn't start anymore, tbh..it was a cute move, but the Spurs were in a hole to begin both games that Bonner started..
Don't know about messing with the rotations right off the bat but given how many minutes Lebron plays there are bound to be some times where Lebron is covering him and I hope the Spurs attack him in the post with Boris when that happens. David West had some success doing that and anything that pulls Lebron off the perimeter and away from attacking passing lanes is a plus. Ii think he works better as a change up off the bench than right out of the gate.
Thought about it after his post game 6 interview sharing his guilt for not doing more last year. With that said, they don't have an Ibaka like presence for us to start with a stretch 4. It's Splitter's job to lose.
Tiago was taken out of the starting lineup because of spacing problems on the offensive end, 2 guys sitting around the block allowed Ibaka to go ape and hand back anything the Spurs put up within 10 feet of the rim.
Unless you think Bosh, Lewis, or anyone they put in the starting lineup is going to roam and protect the rim like that, there's no reason to do this. On top of it, Tiago is the best defender on the team (in the league?) against bigs with an outside shot. After what he did to Dirk and LMA this year, putting him on Bosh is a no brainer.
2 stretch 4's here, it's gonna be difficult for Duncan, but making Miami pay for that usually prompts Spoelstra to go big.
Negative. Miami struggles with bigs. Make them show that they can do something about the Duncan / Splitter combo. Then attack them with the foreign legion off the bench.
Imho, Boris needs to play around 30/35 mins this series, and the best way to do that is by starting him.
He can matchup with whoever the Heat decide to play, whether it is a traditional line-up or smallball.
And on offense he can keep doing what he did against OKC.
Diaw at the 4 is one of the biggest matchup advantages that the Spurs have and they need to use it as much as possible specially if Tony isn't 100%.
Clear move = Ayres in a suit and Daye in a jersey
Diaw started over Splitter back in the March game when we blew them the out. Can we really afford to see everyone but their ballboy dunk on and block Splitter?
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