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Manu is the most underpaid player in the game. It's not even a contest.
And? Shooting a good percentage on 3 doesnt mean thats his best game. Look at Parker last season, had a great 3pt%, still didnt translate into anything.
Relegating your best player to being a spot up shooter is not a winning formula.
Manu is the most underpaid player in the game. It's not even a contest.
Spurs could play Miami Heat game 5 level against the GSW right now and still have their hands full.
How about game 3?
Yeah, a lot of things must happen.
MaybeHow about game 3?
Yeah, a lot of things must happen.
This is the key issue so many STers dont want to talk about. Getting back to the finals will be harder than ever assuming we're performing at our MAX potential, AND firing on all cylinders. I think its the underlying cause of ST anxiety.
The winning formula is to have all your players doing whatever is necessary. Right now with Danny heaving bricks from 3, we would have zero spacing if Kawhi weren't hitting 3s at a 40% clip. But that is certainly not all that Kawhi is being asked to do at the moment. His game is very diverse. Even so, once Danny regains his stroke and his confidence, Kawhi will probably take fewer 3s. Working LMA into the system has resulted in a lot of individual adjustments. Figuring out exactly how to use Kawhi, whose game is constantly evolving anyway, is just part of those adjustments.
Thankfully what we feel doesnt affect the team in anyway
Any team needs the chips to fall right for them. The Spurs had an easier row to hoe when Ibaka went down. They faced Memphis the previous year when Russell went down and KD was trying to do it alone. Last year GS had no tough teams but they earned that right by having the best RS record. We need to have a few things go our way. One would be that Steph injures his ankle. I don't wish for it, but I wouldn't cry about it. If that happens the team will suffer greatly because he draws so much attention right now the GSW would have to rely on Klay to step up and he's a streaky shooter. Still, they'd make the playoffs without him. We need Houston to continue to implode. We need Durant to take a season off. We need CP3 to have his annual "I'm playing injured" excuse early on. We have to be healthy, especially Manu. If Tony is 50% and not relied on, we might be better off tbh. We need all of these things, or at least the ones we will be facing in the playoffs. If that happens, I like our chances against the East. The West is so fast right now it's disturbing.
Leonard is a Kobe/Jordan type of offensive player who excels from the post and getting to his midrange shooting spots (he's arguably a better 3 point shooter than either, though). Unlike prime Kobe and Jordan, he's not an elite penetrator, so he's going to have a lot of nights where his offense sputters and he shoots 8-20, 7-17, etc. It's been my only concern with him, and it's not too much of concern, since he can offset below average raw shooting efficiency with his 3 point shot and getting to the line. Not to mention getting easy points on the offensive glass and breakaway dunks from steals and such.
Furthermore, given the Spurs' offensive structure, he'll rarely, if ever, have high volume/low efficiency games (10-30, 8-28, etc).
So we need everyone to implode around us? You sound like a ing pussy. How about we just outplay the other teams and win anyways... lol
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I skimmed and saw KD and okc and memphis and GSW and CP3 so im assumkn its about every team needing the right path. True.
But i believe this year will be harder and tougher than ever. And that we'll have to surpass our best from 2014. Just my opinion.
To win a championship, we need luck. When have we won with every team around us healthy? I'm a realist, you're a ing clown who'll be nose down toward the rocks come May.
It's 4 lines got. If you're not going to read, why respond?TL
I skimmed and saw KD and okc and memphis and GSW and CP3 so im assumkn its about every team needing the right path. True.
But i believe this year will be harder and tougher than ever. And that we'll have to surpass our best from 2014. Just my opinion.
2005 and 2007 or am I missing someone?
Also this. Cowardice is useless, and the best championships are earned through the roughest s. Which is why 05 and 14 was the best championship year ever. This could potentially be the best run of SpursTime.
Hopefully this game boots Kyle's confidence, he can certainly play ball, just needs to be more assertive.
Kyle has shown promise early. As strict as Pop is with young players, and as tight as many of our games have been with everyone in the SL lacking chemistry, Pop just hasn't been able to play Kyle enough. Like everyone else (the vets oooo), he needs to catch a rhythm of his own and chemistry with guys.
The most promising thing about him is that he can make his game work with any lineup and can sub credibly from 2-4. He can switch and guard perimeter players credibly, be they fast or post up threats. He can pass. His shot needs work from 3, but he can make the corner 3 and has a midrange game. What is not to like about this young project? That he's not a finished product??? Bah.
He needs playing time to get better, and so far, making good use of his opportunities. Lots more potential than Rasual, and already has served us well in two understaffed games: the 76ers game and this one game. The Pelicans game, Pop went away from Kyle when I thought he could have helped against Ryan Anderson.
Pop is going to have to keep giving chances to this young guy to find out what he can really do.
In 2007 the Horry hipcheck put Amare and Diaw out a game. The rest was a cakewalk. In 2005, Shaq was now in Miami, and Detroit beat them in the ECF. That kept LA out of the picture. Had Shaq still been in LA, things might have been different. Had Detroit not beaten Miami, things might have been different. We had the good fortune to be in the right place at the right time. Opportunity meet preparedness.
Oh good lord. Who did the Spurs go through in 2014? Dallas almost beat them in the 1st round. After that it was a Portland team that felt like it won already with that Lollard 3 at the buzzer over Houston, while Ibaka was busy hurting himself and Brooks busy pretending he was out for the rest of the playoffs. The Finals were impressive, but even then Lebron James had to be carried off the court due to severe cramps when the ing AC went out.
So yeah, warriors... and luck, mostly luck.
You talking about injuries and there was none.
If the guy doesn't play, the effect is the same. lol
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