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Offense has been terrible to start the season so far. It won't last, but Pop just probably in mad scientist mode tbh.
Tim is still very good at scoring by playing off the ball, positioning himself well, getting in position and sealing for the entry pass, quick catch and hooks, etc..
Why have the Spurs suddenly reverted to the Duncan-centric, 1999-2008 offense that we hadn't seen the past 3 years, tbh?..
Duncan's post numbers have been atrocious the past 3 years, he doesn't have the body to be a great post player anymore, nor does he have the speed to excel as a face-up creator..
I doubt it's going to last, since it's not something they focused on the past 3 years, but why do you guys think Pop has decided to experiment with it, so far in this early season?..
Offense has been terrible to start the season so far. It won't last, but Pop just probably in mad scientist mode tbh.
Duncan is getting his touches...plus Splitter's. Posting up doesn't mean scoring.
To keep him from playing too laxed. Don't want a lame duck season
Messina trying to add his own wrinkle to The System; he's a big proponent of inside-out ball. When/if Splitter returns it'll get better.
Lack of off-ball movement tbh.
Its supposed to go in, and out. Teams were supposed to double team duncan, and timmy to pass to the open man and open everything up.
The problem now is, duncan is not commanding double teams, which is why he has to go at it to the one on one, and hope that the double team will come.
I think it also has to do with the Cavs atrocious interior defense. Might as well ride the hot hand.
I think it was just this game he had many matchup advantages, was just missing shots he can make.
No, it doesn't, but he's getting way more touches in the post and on the wing as a creator, this year..
I'm doing the numbers right now, but so far, the % of his touches in this scenario are way up compared to 2013 and 2014..it's strange that Pop is choosing to go with an option that has been extremely inefficient the past 2-3 years..
Parker's struggles, imo.
Maybe letting Parker take it easy for the beginning of the season?
Poor perimeter shooting?
But that doesn't explain why they're throwing him the ball more often in that setting, though, compared to the past few years..
Is it due to Parker's struggles as a creator, so far this year?..or just experimenting early on?..
I'm not looking for the reason why it's inefficient, I'm asking why they're running so much Duncan-centric offense compared to prior years?(it's early, sample size is small, but % is much higher than the past few years)..
Lol smh
Duncan posting up is just garbage..he had a great game today, but he was garbage in against GSW, LAX, SaCramento and many other games.
I don't know really..maybe Duxnan just want touches, it's not worthwhile experimenting with him anyway.
Parker again with the lack of willingness to shoot.
When the home team is making a big run and the crowd is going crazy, going down low to the post is usually a good way to calm things down.
They've been running a lot of Duncan offense all season, tbh, not just tonight..it seemed like tonight was even more than usual, though..
Anyone saying it's a matchup, it's not really..Bogut had Duncan against GSW and they throw him the ball inside way too often he was almost killing the team...
Timmy had a solid game tonight, but it wasn't due to his touches as a creator, at all..he was inefficient in that regard, once again..
His best offense tonight was when the Spurs utilized him like they did the past few seasons, which is throwing it to him off the catch for a quick decision or a finish..
I should have clarified my post. I'm a huge fan of timmy getting the ball inside, but not in a post up situation...He's awful as a Creator. I don't think there's a logical reason to why they're doing it, really seems like Duxan just wants to see for himself if he really is done as a creator or not, which he is.
timmy needs those passes inside the paint of a dribble from a teammate.., kawhi driving, tony being aggressive creates those touches..But Tony is being a huge pussy right now, and I don't know why..
retirement year?
The guards are playing like s#it and the shooters can't make 3s
Final season, tbh.
Unless Parker can stop sucking, this will not change. At least Manu is doing some facilitating.
Without Duncan and Diaw tonight we get blown out by Cavs.
"Don't run the offense through Parker"
"Why are they running the offense through Duncan?"
OP, would you rather see Manu shoot all the shots like Kobe?
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