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Thanks god for D-West but that got Pop probably will only play him when there is a 7 footer playing PF.
The guy is no better than Ibaka when it comes to posting up legit post defenders
Thanks god for D-West but that got Pop probably will only play him when there is a 7 footer playing PF.
Had flashbacks of Tiago unable to post up smaller players. Saw many opportunities for LMA to post up smaller players but he just backs down a little and settles for the long two.
He should stick to his pick-n-pop but unfortunately the one time Porker tried to run the play he ended up on the bench getting scorned by Pop like a fat b/c the execution was straight diarrhea.
Some guys just simply don't have "it"..It is an innate intangible talent ..It is not like the Spurs don't have history with it including some team icons, active and retired..It is not looking good as far as him coming though for us in big moment in POs..
Thought he had turned it around, now this pathetic performance. Regressed to a player that was just coasting. He honestly doesn't have enough talent to just turn it on night after night.
West is clearly a winner, he's a liability in defense and needs to be paired with a center. Paired with Boban, they did very well to get back into the game.
Having the worse +/- on the team and 3-12 shooting is enough stats to be blamed for this loss.
Part of me is curious about what his performance would have been if KL played and Duncan sat while West started. Better spacing and he doesn't seem to defer when its West on the floor instead of Duncan.
haven't watched the Spurs as much this season but I've been surprised how much he's playing near the basket. I would have thought they would use him as a "decoy" more by having Duncan setting screens for Parker with him in the elbow or on the baseline pulling his man away from the basket. If his man leaves him open then he can kill them with his mid range or Parker gets an easy layup or Duncan gets a easy run by rolling to the basket.
This has become a legitimate concern. LMA should have had the green light last night with Kawhi out, instead deferred and shrunk to the occasion once again.
Dude needs to get his head straight before playoffs.
If he can't show it now, he won't be able to show it in the playoffs.
The only players that should be allowed to post up are consistently are Boban/Kawhi & Diaw/West when they have a mouse in the house. In the playoffs, LMA should only be allowed to post terrible post defenders such as Blake/Dirk otherwise he's going to keep catching Ls on national TV like Porker.
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Live footage from LMA in LA.
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Live footage from LMA in LA.
L train keeps picking up Ls all the way to the bank.
For the record:
Clippers - 10pts 28% Loss
Cavs - 15pts 63% Loss
Dubs - 5 pts 22% Loss
Cavs - 6 pts 28% Win
Regular season down to 2 more months and we have yet to see a single impressive game against a contender!
LMA has a small on him down in post and he still settles for 18ft jumpers. It starting to be a trend where he does like to bang or go down in the post. Luc Mbah a Moute is 6'8 and LMA 6'10 but is and all star. He should be destroying this scrub and should just over power him in post and shoot over him. Then another pet peeve of me is when he has an wide open 16ft jumper and then passes up shot and drives into the defender. He does it all the time and pissing me off, then he does a turnaround dirk fade away. It's just mind blowing why he shoots like and plays like this. Draymond green killed him and I'm starting to think LMA folds when tough gets going. If he starts missing his shot early, if passes up open shots and hides.
Told you all this was trash when it mattered.
Posting up in general is a generally inefficient play. Diaw is usually effective posting up because he only posts players that are similar sizes to him or smaller/skinnier. In 2014 during the OKC series, he gave the Thunder fits by posting up Caron Buttler or Kevin Durant when they tried to play small ball. They wound up having to send doubles at him, which is a terrible idea because he can find the player that they help off of or he can turn away from the double and shoot that turnaround jumper of his.
Leonard is usually effective as well, i'm fine with him posting up. Boban doesn't really play major minutes so i don't really have an opinion on him. Aldridge can be dominant in the post at times, there was a game last season (one of the @ Portland games) where he bullied Diaw in the post before hitting that turnaround jumper. He is taller than most people realize and very strong and can shoot over most bigs.
I actually would like to see the Spurs try to post him more against Dray Green. He's strong but he is 4 inches shorter, if LMA can bully Diaw then he should be able to have an similar effect on Green.
Duncan probably shouldn't post up much anymore. It slows down the offense and even though he is still pretty good (at least as of last season, i haven't looked at his numbers this year) come playoff time the Spurs would be better suited having him screen and roll and having LMA space the floor when he stays near the basket.
West is probably the most psychical of the spurs bigs in the post, if he has an SF, that's trying to check him then i'd go for it or another PF with similar size.
He had a pretty good game earlier in the season against the clippers
It's just Aldridge rounding into his usual Playoff form.
Whats the big deal?
You are right, he had one good game.
He's 30 years old. He's not like an aging Robert Horry that can time off during the regular season.
Worst part about it is him getting outplayed offensively by cats that aren't known for their offensive prowess:
Clippers:
-Cole/DeAndre: 4 FGs each
-LaCarcass: 3 FGs
Cavs:
-Tristan: 7 FGs
-LaCarcass: 2 FGs
Worriers:
-Draymond: 3 FGs
-LaCarcass: 2 FGs
Depressing.Worst part about it is him getting outplayed offensively by cats that aren't known for their offensive prowess:
Clippers:
-Cole/DeAndre: 4 FGs each
-LaCarcass: 3 FGs
Cavs:
-Tristan: 7 FGs
-LaCarcass: 2 FGs
Worriers:
-Draymond: 3 FGs
-LaCarcass: 2 FGs
Draymond? All-NBA 1st Team Z-Bo exposed him in the postseason!
Depressing.
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