Has The League Caught Up To The Spurs?

[Kawhitstorm]

Pop is thinking 2 steps ahead of the other coaches. The only way to beat the Dubs is by using ISO ball to control the pace & make them playing half-court offense. In addition to beefing up your frontline to punish their small ball lineup along w/ having two elite perimeter defenders to cover Curry/Klay. Pop has all the assets, it is all going to come down to building team chemistry & staying healthy all the way through June.

[TXstbobcat]

After coaching the team to 5 les Pop went into this past offseason knowing the moves that the team needed to make to keep the Spurs at level needed to compete for a le this year. Just might take a little time to gel together.

[TD 21]

My apologies for the defensiveness.
To answer your question, I'm going to be honest and say no. I don't really think so, and although I believe this is gong to be the basis of our offense, I also believe it will involve more motion and fluidity as the season progresses.

After watching "The Beautiful Game" the last few seasons, this is a bit of a culture shock, so to speak, but this team has won championships playing a more star-oriented gameplan also.

No problem.

They "won championships playing a more star-oriented gameplan" when they had the best player in the league. Right now, their best player is probably the ninth best player in the league. That may not sound that significant, but it is in a league where almost every champion has had a top three player.

This is what I mean by them needing to be a combination of the '12-'14 Spurs and the more traditional championship teams because they still don't quite have the star power of the other elite teams.

Pop is thinking 2 steps ahead of the other coaches. The only way to beat the Dubs is by using ISO ball to control the pace & make them playing half-court offense. In addition to beefing up your frontline to punish their small ball lineup along w/ having two elite perimeter defenders to cover Curry/Klay. Pop has all the assets, it is all going to come down to building team chemistry & staying healthy all the way through June.

I actually agree that, in order to beat the Warriors in a series, they will have to be heavily reliant on iso ball, in the form of post ups. But against the other elite teams, I don't see it.

[SAGirl]

Pop is thinking 2 steps ahead of the other coaches. The only way to beat the Dubs is by using ISO ball to control the pace & make them playing half-court offense. In addition to beefing up your frontline to punish their small ball lineup along w/ having two elite perimeter defenders to cover Curry/Klay. Pop has all the assets, it is all going to come down to building team chemistry & staying healthy all the way through June.

Good Take. Agree with you on this. Right now chemistry wise we are not looking good, but it is early. If it comes together, and guys are healthy they can win a championship for sure. Right now they look disjointed, but lets hope they don't look like that all season.

[SAGirl]

No problem.

They "won championships playing a more star-oriented gameplan" when they had the best player in the league. Right now, their best player is probably the ninth best player in the league. That may not sound that significant, but it is in a league where almost every champion has had a top three player.

This is what I mean by them needing to be a combination of the '12-'14 Spurs and the more traditional championship teams because they still don't quite have the star power of the other elite teams.




I actually agree that, in order to beat the Warriors in a series, they will have to be heavily reliant on iso ball, in the form of post ups. But against the other elite teams, I don't see it.

Agree with you too, in that a hybrid system is the best. You need the two stars we have to be balling and mastering their iso ball style, but we also need ball movement and versatility, which our bench guys are best at. Right now our starting unit is disjointed, because there are actually 3 post players if you count TD... Danny is a spot up shooter, and Tony is a scoring PG. I would say the starting unit needs a glue guy, a passer that just moves the ball to the guy who has the best mistmatch in a particular possession or the hot hand, or who got position to score early, etc. You get my point. Tony is trying to be that guy, but its been mixed results. His management of the game has been iffy. I think the team has to get Aldridge going early. He's a rhythm guy that was used to being fed the ball early and often. Not going to be so often here, and he's already showing signs of unselfish play, but if he's taking less shots overall, you have to set him up early, to get his confidence and flow going.

Kawhi is looking like a star already but they don't always find him when the opposing team goes on a run. There are just too many things in the offense of the starting unit that don't quite mesh. There is some bumping going on in roles between TD and Aldridge.

[Kawhitstorm]

Good Take. Agree with you on this. Right now chemistry wise we are not looking good, but it is early. If it comes together, and guys are healthy they can win a championship for sure. Right now they look disjointed, but lets hope they don't look like that all season.

I knew you were going to have my back boo