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Yup. I mentioned this in another thread. Parker being extremely limited against the Dubs not the article.
He says it is tempting to throw out the game last night..Spurs were on their heels for first time this season..Parker got decimated on D and could be virtually unplayable vs them..Draymond defended Kawhi pretty well on few possessions.. Pop started to "play fake lineups" when the game started to get a blowout feel to it (too much Simmons/KA) ...
around min 30..
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=14654596
Yup. I mentioned this in another thread. Parker being extremely limited against the Dubs not the article.
Same goes for Patty Mills which is why I wanted to trade him for a bigger pg.
Yep..as I said in my other thread, they scored on virtually every possession directly involving Parker as a primary defender, and they clearly made it a purpose to go after him..
Mills, as well, although that was expected, he's having a relatively poor season..
Should of found a way to keep Cojo tbh.
Put Parker on Barnes & let him try to go for 40, he has actually been struggling since his ankle injury as you saw last night. Patty can only play when Barbosa is on the floor b/c Livingston will eat him alive. Manu would have to play quality 20 minutes just like the 2014 OKC series when Patty/Marco were unplayable & Porker was getting eaten alive by Westbrook.
Pop didn't even bother playing CoJo until Porker got injured but he has no choice but to unleash Simmons/Kyle (or Rasual) for 10 minutes per each against the Worriers.
The only way the Spurs come out on top (besides Softridge showing up) is if Danny becomes a legit threat on offense like the (2013/2014 playoffs) b/c he's going to have to play 30 minutes.
Last edited by Kawhitstorm; 01-26-2016 at 09:04 PM.
Both got Tony/Patty got shredded and may be unplayable unless they are on fire offensively and taking care of the ball. In a game where they were both not scoring, turning the ball over, and getting attacked every time they were on defense, it would have been better to indeed see more KA and Simmons than even we saw, but Pop was just gathering data and film on his team for this one.
I don't even think Simmons is a decoy at all. Pop likes him and the situation we are in, he may need to come to the rescue some games. Kyle is a project. On the one hand Pop plays him, but he's in a short leash. Pop likes him enough to give him chances, but not enough to give him extended playing time, he's basically inconclusive.
This is the only thing we can try. Ideally we would put a bigger pg on Klay, Lma on Barnes, Kawhi on Dray, and Green on Curry. Switching all Curry and Dray action seems like a must with how prolific Curry is with any space these days.
Do you think play danny 30 minutes?
Danny showing up isn't enough. Were going to need the entire team to show up.
The smartest thing Kerr could do is not attack Parker the rest of the regular season. Just rope-a-dope Pop into thinking the matchups still work enough to keep playing Parker. Then attack Parker and Mills nonstop in the playoffs.
by the time Pop realizes that he can't play Parker or Mills, it'll be 2-0 or 3-0 and the series will be over.
Kerr has repeatedly said he hates the strategy of diverting from their game plan to exploit a potential mismatch, tbh..he was asked about it, re: the Memphis series, last year, and again vs. Cleveland..
He won't stubbornly go to Barnes too much like Jackson did in 2013..he'll probably stick with Curry + mix it up with the other taking turns vs. Parker/Mills..
Pop can essentially put Manu on Klay, Kawhi on Draymond & Danny on Curry if he want to roll w/ the 2014 OKC lineup. If the Worriers have the "Death" lineup: Diaw on Iggy & LMA/West on Barnes; if Bogut/Ezeli/Speights are on the floor then Tim.
Either way it means Patty/Tony aren't in the middle of the fire.
GSW is much better as a team than OKC. They are a lot smarter, when they push the ball in transition inevitably there is a mismatch somewhere. Whoever Parker was on attacked him, scoring on him or getting doubled. GSW due to the intense level of compe ion has kept getting better and at this poi t they recognize the mismatch, go to it immediately a d pass immediately out of a double team. There is no hiding Tony or Patty. I don't know which game you watched.
I was thinking of asking the question during the game last night. If the salary was the same between Mills and Cojo, who would Spurstalk posters pick between the two. Even though Cojo can't shoot 3s like Mills, I would still have to go with him easily. He really could have helped last night.
Curry torched Tony in the previous matchup before the "Kawhi Game" where he was also meh but the Worriers were sloppy just like the Spurs were yesterday & Kawhi feasted on it.
Has the Patty Mills experiment been a failure tbh? I mean, I guess not since his one good season he was key for us winning the ship. But it almost feels like we wouldve been better off letting him walk and get paid somewhere else. He was never a good defender, and he hasn't been the surprise, offensive scorer we saw in 2014 regular season. Last year we could chalk it up to him coming off an injury, and we saw a slight glimpse of promise in our short playoff run, but he's been otherwise a new negative.
With Parker getting older, it wouldve been nice to have a nice PG prospect on the bench being groomed.
Worriers were getting mismatches b/c they were feasting off turnovers & running on missed shots (there were a lot of bricks) which is what OKC did when they backdoor swept the Spurs in 2012. If the Spurs can't control the pace & keep the turnover number to a minimum then they have no chance. It's impossible to have floor balance/cross match when your point guard is handing the ball to the other team.
If you look at all their losses/close calls, the Worriers committed more & just as many turnovers as their oppositions. The last thing you want is to give them more possessions as they lead he NBA in points-per-possession but they had 11 more possessions yesterday
Tbh, I feel like you need a true PG like Chris Paul to beat them b/c he's very good at dictating the pace along with making Curry work on defense. He's also not a liability on defense either.
Last edited by Kawhitstorm; 01-26-2016 at 09:52 PM.
It's not like we have someone to replace mills/parker, so what would they gain by doing that?
Lol I bet pop doesn't play parker..... not. Any spurs fan knows pop lives and dies with a lineup come playoff time.
Since Kawhi has been drafted the Spurs have always lost to teams in the playoffs that have athletic shot blockers or athletic mobile bigs. Thunder in '12 had Ibacka, Heat in '13 Bosh who was athletic and mobile granted not a great shot blocker, '15 Clippers with Jordan. Warriors don't have any of those type of bigs granted Bogut is great low post defender and Green is athletic and mobile but is undersized.
I've been saying the Spurs will need to go big with a Manu/Danny/Kawhi/Timmy or West/LMA lineup. Simmons, Anderson and Butler off the bench and only playing Parker/Patty sparingly.
Agree. Pop lives and dies with Parker against tough matchups instead of trying to run the offense throught other players...at least for some quarters in a game to gain experience.
He didn't limit injured-Parker's minutes in last playoffs and will never do it. Not sure why people say "at some point he'll"...No, he won't.
They had like 5 guys who scored on him. He is unplayable against a smart team like GS because they know to just go at him non-stop.
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