He played poorly but this was a very big game fir a young guy who is out of the rotation. He messed up a couple of plays that were terrible but it was not the entirety of his playing time. Meantime the others are Nba champions and former all-stars who looked like . Comparatively speaking they are not in the same league. That Kyle was able to put that stat line in this game despite his mistakes is a positive. There is no positive for the other two. It's gloomy there. At least Kyle can improve. Tony cannot grow or get younger. And LMA, he's overall been a concern.You're defending KA's night while he was the worst player yesterday. Makes sense.
Bruh, Tony was a no show after the first 6 minutes & the 2nd turnover on Kawhi was b/c of a terrible entry pass.Kawhi was also overplaying Klay b/c he had his eyes on Curry & even then it was just a 4 point game.
Kawhi knockdown a 3 to make it a 10 point game early in the 3rd quarter then the Worriers ran a train on Porker (& Patty) who didn't do anything productive (Zero points & 2 turnovers) after the first 6 minutes of the 1st quarter.
I'm gonna end the discussion here. He was bad and I hope he never gets minutes against GSW unless it's a blowout. Pop is going to do that in the future. FYI.
My take defensively when the time comes in the postseason Pop will cook something up, but if they are going to be off the ball,not doing much offensively then Pop will need to go to some other guys. The time they are there they will need to be used offensively and take care of the ball. If there are going to be sequences when they are exploited Pop will have to sub them out or we will loose. The whole point is that they cannot be hidden.I don't think Kerr is much worried about mixing it up just to not show his hand to Pop. Not worried at all.
Mills and Parker are just short and slight of build. I like Mills. Just the GS matchup is a tough one for both of them and we might have to change lineups just for GS...unless TP and Patty become offensive threats. Simmons, Kyle, Green, Kawhi, Butler...we do have some options here without blowing up the team. Cleveland fired its coach after the same type of loss to them. I think San Antonio might be able to handle the adjustments that might be necessary a little better than that.
Or, it could be that GS is just that damned good that it really doesn't matter. Of course, we could always trade LMA for Jimmy Butler...if someone could convince the Bulls
Hey coach. If you believe that Parker shouldn't play against GSW can you please post your starting five and your rotations? I'd really like to see your roster.
Yeah I was talking about Kyle anderson not porker buddy...
He's been playing in blowouts anyways... so I don't know why it bothers you so much. He played here bc Timmy is injured and we may see him again so long as we need him. Hopefully he improves. It's not like I am wishing anyone to play terrible. in this particular past game, guys with larger roles played worse, and yea let's just leave it at that.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Butler getting more minutes. He's shown he still has legs and a fire in his belly. Simmons and Kyle too.
Time for the coaching staff to earn their keep getting them ready
I'm not sure what he can "cook up" to deal with what we saw last night. Curry gets shots at will. If you double team him, he finds the open man. They all do. Just have to hope that the Sours really just played that bad las night and the Curry and company don't have 4 out of seven games when they shoo like that.
Having watched the Spurs since 2000, I agree. I noticed how badly burned Parker was on every play vs Curry. He's not fit to play D on him, and I figured before the game Pop would go with Danny and then Kawhi late game. But maybe thats the playoff strategy.
Spurs have to match their scoring. You can't defend Curry (the way he's playing this year) no matter who you put on him. Curry is an anomaly. Kerr says that the fact that Curry "can pull up from 35 feet" opens up the defense and makes it extremely difficult on the opposing team. GSW is playing a different kind of game because of Curry. Spurs have to match their scoring.
And the next possession the real defensive player of the year Green shuts down our MVP candidate on an easy post and then a minute later Parker is able to get to the rim and drops it to Kawhi that Kawhi misses and sails out of bounds.Bruh, Tony was a no show after the first 6 minutes & the 2nd turnover on Kawhi was b/c of a terrible entry pass.
Kawhi knockdown a 3 to make it a 10 point game early in the 3rd quarter then the Worriers ran a train on Porker (& Patty) who didn't do anything productive (Zero points & 2 turnovers) after the first 6 minutes of the 1st quarter.
Terrible pass. 3 feet away from the rim through 2 defenders. Shoot the ing ball.
"Good to Great"Terrible pass. 3 feet away from the rim through 2 defenders. Shoot the ing ball.
Real dpoy? Who has the trophy? Salty old .
This is a huge problem since Tony has always been one of the key weapons against GS. He has actually outplayed Steph over the years more than Steph has outplayed him (of course I don't expect that currently, but if Tony can't be good for 15-18 points against them with the occasional 25 point burst, then it's game over).
Solution is to start Manu at point and just pray it works and he holds up (Tony off the bench could present a match up problem for the taller and slower Livingston). That's not going to happen with the loyalty factor and all.
It's going to take some outside the box lineups to challenge this team.
If Tony is awful in a potential GS series, I still can't see Pop benching him like he did during 2014.
Look at the Clippers series last year where Pop stubbornly played Parker more than Belli/Mills who were on fire. Pop is almost loyal to a fault when it comes to playoff rotations.
All that amounted to a 4 point lead for the Worriers b/c there is this thing called "live ball" turnover which wasn't what Kawhi committed.
Porky/Patty were handing the ball to Curry as if he was a full back & lighting the house on fire before vacating to the bench.
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Only players that played worse than Parker were Manu, Anderson, and Green. Right off the start Kerr put Klay on Parker and Curry got to rest on Green.... If Green isn't going to do , he needs to sit. Spurs can't afford to have a dead body on offense and allow Steph to get a breather. Start Manu or Simmons, I prefer Simmons.
If this is how Curry will work to get his points, I like my chances.
I definitely think Tony will have to limited in minutes and when he's there, he's going to have to work on offense to tire Steph out, and Pop will have to live with Steph jacking shots. Just strategy wise, a strategy to run Steph for a bit on both ends. Other than that, if you have Tony off the ball like they did when offense went through Kawhi and LMA at times, you can't play Tony.
I thought Simmons did well. Simmons of course is such a jacked up guy, and is running all over that he's either going to make a great defensive play or foul someone. There is no in control with Simms. But he was unsettling, and he did rattle them out bc he was so unpredictable in switches he did and offensive fouls he drew. Pop likes him obviously. He played as many minutes as Kawhi this game, and I think he will play in the playoffs. He has talent. You just hope he can control his TO and FO but it might be a bit like Manu for Pop. You have to live with some bad plays bc you can't tone him down. It is precisely his energy play with makes him unsettling for others to deal with.
It's not a secret the best defense against Curry is picking him up full court (ala Nash/Bowen) but the Spurs were turning the ball over so much & bricking shots they didn't even get a chance to setup their defense.
Against The Dubs bench Green. Start Kawhi at the 2 and Rasual at the 3. Only matchup disadvantage is Tony on Curry. But at least Tony will make him work on D. Curry cannot be "hidden" on Kawhi or Butler.
Simmons has the energy to do it, and he's strong enough to abuse Curry's scrawny ass on offense. Caldwell-Pope showed the blue print.It's not a secret the best defense against Curry is picking him up full court (ala Nash/Bowen) but the Spurs were turning the ball over so much & bricking shots they didn't even get a chance to setup their defense.
Mills can pressure full court, but he hardly does it and when he does he blatantly flops and let's his guy open half of the time
Tony is going to play his regular season minutes (b/c Patty is even worse
The atmosphere was too jacked up for Simmons who plays his best when he is calm & not overzealous. Simmons got too hyped while LMA on the other hand was shook.I thought Simmons did well. Simmons of course is such a jacked up guy, and is running all over that he's either going to make a great defensive play or foul someone. There is no in control with Simms. But he was unsettling, and he did rattle them out bc he was so unpredictable in switches he did and offensive fouls he drew. Pop likes him obviously. He played as many minutes as Kawhi this game, and I think he will play in the playoffs. He has talent. You just hope he can control his TO and FO but it might be a bit like Manu for Pop. You have to live with some bad plays bc you can't tone him down. It is precisely his energy play with makes him unsettling for others to deal with.
Duncan/West
Aldridge/Diaw
Leonard/Butler
Simmons/Green
Parker/Ginobili
.. Patty before the shoulder surgery used to kill Golden State. Now he's become a liability and is just too small to guard Livingston or Barbosa. This is where Joseph's defense is missed, as bad as his chemistry with Manu was
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