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Thunder gave them that game on a platter. Wish they were playing again because I think OKC might play a little tougher. I f there is anyone in the State of OK that doesn't want to knock Steph Curry on his ass I'd be surprised.
Need to bring Horry back to knock Curry on his ass tbh
Thunder gave them that game on a platter. Wish they were playing again because I think OKC might play a little tougher. I f there is anyone in the State of OK that doesn't want to knock Steph Curry on his ass I'd be surprised.
That's why OKC is not a contender to me, tbh. They're essentially 2014 OKC minus the defense and tier depth.
next thursdayThunder gave them that game on a platter. Wish they were playing again because I think OKC might play a little tougher. I f there is anyone in the State of OK that doesn't want to knock Steph Curry on his ass I'd be surprised.
Victory!
Right on!Victory!
7-1 on a long road trip, 50-9, team improving its depth. If only Manu recovers, all things are looking good.
I'm with ya Bill. For a beat up bunch of old guys we are looking pretty damn good. GWM!
Spurs win
Simmons with 8 minutes and 2 minutes the last two games. Is he in Pop's doghouse? Hurt? A victim of matchups or pop's experimental rotations?
i believe we can defeat golden state
Kyle Anderson has been playing well the last few games
His last couple of outings weren't that great if I remember correctly.
He's been terrible on both ends, bad decisions, bad TO, only good aspects were a few transition buckets which are his strength, but to me what really put him in Pop's doghouse is that for all his limitations offensively with ballhandling and such, defensively he's been unreliable. Man to man, falls for fakes too often and he really commits silly, really bad fouls. On team defense he's been up and down but there is more bad than good as he's missed too many rotations and switches and made mistakes. Fouls too many big s on switches too, boxing them out.
I think Pop is still going to give him a chance this season though bc they really like him, but his role is reduced. I don't see him in the playoffs at all unless it's garbage time if you can't trust him defensively as that was supposed to be his strength. That kawhi played 39 minutes this game and Danny 33(?) even with foul trouble tells me all there is to know.
I think Pop is also going to start tightening up the rotation. We have some tough matches coming up. FWIW I do think he's in the doghouse, but it's bc of bad defense.
[QUOTE=SAGirl;8448137]He's been terrible on both ends, bad decisions, bad TO, only good aspects were a few transition buckets which are his strength, but to me what really put him in Pop's doghouse is that for all his limitations offensively with ballhandling and such, defensively he's been unreliable. Man to man, falls for fakes too often and he really commits silly, really bad fouls. On team defense he's been up and down but there is more bad than good as he's missed too many rotations and switches and made mistakes.
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Do you think that he is more athletic than Kyle Anderson?
Last edited by DrSteffo; 02-28-2016 at 07:04 AM.
Simmons' take on defense is really bad. I should have commented when I read the article, but I read an article a week or two ago and he said defense is all about effort and anyone can play defense. He was kind of coming off thinking that he's a very good defender. That rubbed me the wrong way and I didn't like that at all. Effort is a part of playing good consistent defense, but it sure as is not the only thing good defense is all about. Ever since I read that, his defense has been abysmal. His fundamentals need a lot of work and he needs to learn rotations, , he just needs to learn A LOT more about playing defense that just thinking that it's all about effort.
[QUOTE=DrSteffo;8448138]You are trolling as defense for the Spurs is beyond athleticism, they have a system.
Kyle uses length to disrupt passing lanes and the dribble of those around him, switches and gives help adequately, is good on post up players, boxes out adequately and for the most part avoids bad fouls. He's good on PnR defense bc he disrupts the bounce pass with his length. Simmons gets completely screened out of the play then fouls the big boxing him out, what have you been watching?
[QUOTE=SAGirl;8448384]So you don't care to answer my question and Kyle Anderson is better at D in your opinion. It was a simple question I just wanted confirmation of this.
Last edited by DrSteffo; 02-28-2016 at 02:25 PM.
I'm not sure if he's in the dog house. What is obvious is that Anderson is playing a ton of minutes and furthermore Butler is also picking up minutes. Last 6 games, KA has played 4 games of over 28 minutes and the other 2 around 20 minutes. KA is subbing for Green so that means he's taking over Simmons minutes.
In addition, Simmons has never in his life played this many games. He's a rookie and may have hit a wall.
Simmons current problem is that he's like Green, more of a recipient of a play than one who can orchestrate it. His other problem is that he doesn't have the experience to guard the more craftier guards.
Last edited by ceperez; 02-28-2016 at 02:32 PM.
[QUOTE=DrSteffo;8448431] Being athletic and being good at team defense are not mutually exclusive. Simmons is one of the most athletic guys on our team- he has good speed, strength, and jumps well. It hasn't helped him from not making offensive and defensive mistakes. My take is he is much newer to the NBA than KA. He will probably get plenty of times to prove himself in the next few weeks.
He might have hit a wall like you say. POP also said that he wasn't satisfied with our decline defensively in general and was going to look at improving the team, and I do believe he has gotten more strict with guys in general that is why I think he's in the doghouse. He's just made too many rookie mistakes of late defensively.
[QUOTE=spurs10;8448458]They are not, nobody said they are. I never even mentioned KA in my original comment as he has nothing to do with Simmons benching. There were others trolling. Simmons got benched just bc if his own plenty mistakes. There are a lot if athletes in the NBA that suck defensively. I don't think Simms sucks, he's just made too many rookie mistakes to be trusted. There were games recently where he had consecutive possessions of errors.
[QUOTE=SAGirl;8448493] Something is making our 'quotes' appear in a strange way. The above quote was mine and I was agreeing with you and saying Simmons isn't benched because of his lack of athleticism. He has just been making mistakes- he is a rookie, it happens
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