Yeah, the style of play has more to do with integrating new players and changes in some players' roles.
The Spurs are really mixing it up... slower tempo with the starters, but the bench still runs a lot of flex and fast pace...
I think it's just Pop wanting diversity and flexibility out there... which makes sense, as different teams will offer different challenges in the playoffs...
The Spurs' offense has looked much better the last week or so, with a temporary setback of LMA rolling his ankle. Once they integrate Danny and start eliminating the low-percentage shots they can start getting more minutes for the reserves. Expect their ppg to climb as their defense remains elite.
i think this spurs team actually matches up better vs thunder, the clippers etc... but actually worse vs the warriors with the addition of aldridge imo
My hope for this team is a slow-paced group that slides in and out of the motion offense easily.
Right now we seem to be working on playing two ways. Sometimes we simply go ISO and movement grinds to a halt. Other times we move the ball as we have in the past. Hopefully, after we get solidified on both those approaches (and the new guys know where to be/etc) we can bridge the two. Still go some of each, but even on the ISOs have the off-ball guys moving, picking, and cutting so Kawhi or LMA can pass to a better look if need-be.
The slow overall pace, plus this type of herky-jerky offense that blends heavy ball movement with isolation, would be really hard to counter. It would limit the threes a team like golden state could get off due to fewer possessions, and force teams to try to prepare for ball movement even out of isolations.
I agree blue duck. I'm so excited to see this team prioritize defense as a means to control tempo and efficiency. When Lamarcus gets his rythum going. To me, IMO, this team looks scary. I happen to believe we will see that rare combination of elite defense with mid range and timely long range bombs.
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Im just not sure aldridge can consistently be effective guarding the pick and rolls against the warriors. A healthy splitter moves better laterally than aldridge to hedge those pick and rolls and give leonard and green enough time to recover to the shooters. The playoff series vs the warriors in 2013, pop switched green to play curry and leonard to defend thompson but both duncan and splitter was just as important slowing down the warrior offense
Aldridge has impressed me with his mobility and effort on the defensive end, I doubt he would be a liability at any point of the season but if that's the case you can always tell him to sit a particular series up.
yes, he is that gabby clown on twitter with HPbasketball handle..isn't that writer the clown/moron that said the Grizzlies had a better off-season than the Spurs, and that they were better?
Crazy that some of these people get paid to write about basketball, tbh
https://twitter.com/HPbasketball
This. That second unit swings the ball around "Summertime" style with the best of 'em.
I'm skeptical of how much this "grind it out" offense is for the Warriors specifically and not just because we have too many new pieces to run the old almost instinctively pass heavy offense. It's not really a surprise that the bench has been the most reminiscent of it with relative continuity they have.
Spurs aren't back to a grind it out offense. They are playing out of sync November offense while trying to incorporate new players. The only reason they have been grinding it out with teams is because the offense isn't very good....YET.
People really need to wait until February to make judgement on what the Spurs offense is going to look like.
So why are u posting it is not feb can not talk ball tell then
Matt Moore is so annoying. He is obligated to mention the spurs every once in a while on CBS sports but he absolutely dreads talking about them. Look at his twitter feed, he said he hopes the "Spurs will never win again" (this was during all the warriors undefeated + new dynasty talk) he also says he is not impressed with the spurs offense.
Spurs are playing slower because of the personnel they have not because it was Pop's master plan to win against the Warriors. The personnel is older and because of LMA + KL more mid-range oriented. Their defense is the best in the league but their offense is still adjusting, they're 10th in offensive efficiency and 26th in pace. They are also at the bottom of the NBA in fastbreak pts. Everyone thought their defense would suffer with LMA but he has actually looked great defensively.
Matt Moore is an idiot with facts. He reminds me of Jim Rome to a degree when it comes to The Spurs. He won't mention them unless he absolutely has to just so he can lend himself some credibility. His hate of the Spurs causes him to forget important things .... Like Facts to support his analysis. I quit following him over a year ago.... IJS!
This will be the narrative ESPN and other spew out in the coming months, but it's garbage.
The stats about the Spurs slow pace is being interpreted incorrectly.
If you watch the Spurs games, you'll see them always running the ball up the court. There's no slow pace. What is slow is the time it takes the Spurs to score. That's because they are busy passing the ball pack and forth, side to side to tire out the defender. I gather this is the PATFO game plane, to have the opponents work much more on defense. It is hard to tell what PATFO is up to, but this kind of makes logical sense. You really want the opponent to spend a lot of effort in defense. That is, having to guard the paint all the way to the 3 point line and having to chase guards running all over the place.
It took the media 2+ years to figure out that the Spurs have become a fast-paced, offense-oriented squad. It took them 16 games to see that the Spurs had reverted back to being a defensive focused group. Unleash the "boring" comments.
The best thing to do when you're not playing well is focus on your defense. Even with the 14-3 record the Spurs could be playing much better than they are, currently. The best thing the Spurs could do is be that team that can get out and run, but then change the pace and throw a team like the Warriors out of synch by suddenly slowing the game way down. I think Pop's just adding some extra gears right now. If you can best utilize your aging Big 3 by keeping the pace slower when you can, why not do that.
I agree with this. The Spurs lead the league in passes/game this year. It's not that they are simply going to a more iso-heavy scheme, they are just really passing the ball a lot before scoring.
"The Spurs lead the league in passes per game despite playing at the 8th slowest pace, yet even that stat doesn’t seem to do the Spurs justice. What makes their high passing numbers more impressive is how well they move the ball back and forth from one side of the court to the other. It’s almost as if their goal is to quickly read a checklist of options on one side of the court and if nothing opens up, the ball gets swung around to the other side for that checklist to start over."
http://hardwoodparoxysm.com/2015/11/...r-than-anyone/
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