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Miss you prime parker
And less than mediocre in 3PFG
Defensive looks good but GSW superior to us in every stat including OPP fg% and OPP 3%
Miss you prime parker
Interestingly enough, Cavs are almost as ty as us in FTA, at 19 to our 17. They're 2nd to last.
Warriors opening destructive slavo is mainly a run on adrenaline to respond to doubters and ty and hobbled opposition (Pels, Grizllies, Rockets thus far)..they will come down to earth though still awesome..i expect a close game vs Clippers
Last edited by spursistan; 11-03-2015 at 11:21 AM.
GSW schedule has been puny so far, playing the pathetic Griz, the pathetic (so far) Rockets, and the Pelicans twice, which is weird. They play the Clippers tomorrow, and then we'll know more.
What more do we need to know? The Warriors are really, really good.
That's not to say that they can't be beaten, but there are only a very small number of teams in the league that can have any real hope of beating a healthy Warriors team in a 7 game series. The same is true of a number of other teams, including the Cavs, the Thunder, the Clippers, and (hopefully) the Spurs.
Spurs are also dead last in FT allowed.
This could be an indirect result of the refs generally swallowing their whistles when one team (Spurs) are not fouling either. Cleveland is second to last. Lebron & co. are also play good D without fouling.
Minnesota at 31 FTA per game - those games must take forever.
I'm more worried about the Spurs 3 point shooting. They'll need to sign an additional shooter. Butler sucks.
Yes, this was mentioned in the Celtics game. The spurs also average less FT's than most of the NBA teams. Not a good combination lol
^ The above poster is right. The Spurs need more three point shooting. Kawhi and Danny are struggling from behind the arc.
spurs last in free throws ...
Parker's penetration was a better offensive foundation than any post game can be. Honestly, the Spurs just really aren't a foul-shooting team as constructed. They shoot a lot of jump shots, and those only draw fouls against bad defenders.
The offense will come around once Green gets out if his slump and Aldridge integrates better tbh. As for 3 point shooting, they lost one guy in Beli; while he was a great shooter he's still only one player (and gave up a lot of what he made on D). They replaced his spacing with bigs that can shoot in Aldridge and West. As long as LDN, Patty, and Manu hit their threes the team will be fine.
Rather than another shooter the Spurs need a slasher/driver. Was hoping Simmons could be that but it's looking unlikely.
I know we played generally ty teams in the last 3 games, but the defensive metrics should still be really, really good... if we can keep that and make shots, I don't really care how many FTA we get...
The issue is that there aren't very many slashers in the league anymore.
Despite the 3-1 record, the lack of ball movement has bothered me a little.... too many Carmelo-like isolation plays on offense. It was obvious though that the Spurs went at Porzingis to get him in foul trouble, and it worked... he played 25 minutes instead of 30+ when he was looking like the best player on their team... with Kawhi on Melo & Porzingis sitting, their options were limited.
The less we take, the less we can miss in the clutch.
As I said during yesterday's game thread, the Spurs are relying strictly on individual talent to win games, right now..the Duncan-Aldridge-Leonard frontcourt is overwhelming..
The actual offense has been ugly and disorganized..no shooting is hurting, a lot, and there isn't much penetration or ball movement from the perimeter..I expected these offensive struggles, though, its only natural when integrating a high-usage player and re-adjusting the roles of Parker and Leonard..
Fortunately, they've been playing against mediocre(atrocious in Brooklyn's case) teams since OKC..
Anyone you can think of at all? Rodney Stuckey is available iirc.
The defense has been dominant, but hard to tell if it's sustainable, as the past 3 games have been against teams with very limited offensive talent..
It's really expected. LMA and kawhi rely on midrange jumpers to get themselves going, that's not really going to give you that many FT's. No one's really elite enough of a penetrator in this team to warrant a different style of play ( going back to parker offense). Right now, they're just relying on the individuals to win them games. What they're trying to do right now is find a good balance of Attack via Parker and Ginobili and talent based points.
It's extremely important that Parker and Manu are well rested in come April otherwise this team would resort to relying on Kawhi and LMA again at a really high rate. This is why Manu coming back is a game changer. Without Manu, Parker would be forced to play extended minutes. It would have been ugly..They would have one legit slasher/playmaker in the team.
The defense looks great so far, but they've played ty teams tbh....
I'm assuming the organization believes they xan play good enough offensively with kawhi and LMA...and really just focus on D.
Tiago's trade/departure is directly linked to Parker's decline.
Good to reverse a bit the course/trend as the league was aping our space-pace model en masse basically..We really needed talent and easy buckets that were no longer there with Tony massive decline..it is less taxing than the perfect team basketball that netted us the 2014 chip..That said, at some point we need not to forget about involving guys like Green and Mills and that can only be when ball/player movement is back in synch.
Spurs keep evolving, the days of Neal and Green burying a bazzillion 3's in a game although, probably one of the hypest feelings I've had from a game, are in the past.
Spurs make a blueprint, and then have the blueprint to beat the blueprint in the works.
As long as the Spurs don't put teams on the line then it shouldn't matter much and historically nobody does a better job at playing defense without fouling then the Spurs.
How ironic tho, with their reputation for not fouling, Spurs are also the flagship for Hack-a-Shaq
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