this guy has obviously never listened to Reggie Miller actually talk
If hes hitting his shots, it can only help us. Not many of our 2nd unit guys can get to the FT line either, so that's something else he provides. He's still fairly new, and shooters go through ups and downs throughout a season. Lets hope his last outing is an indicator he's getting his shooting stroke back
He is handy at getting foul shots, but until last night, was not lighting it up offensively. His defense is improving. He is putting in more effort on D and has some pretty good experience to draw on. Again, more possible fouls. I just hope Pop is having Simmons watch how Martin draws fouls. He might be able to use it after his rookie ref season.
If Martin is able to give us 2 or 3 instant threes in 4 minutes off the bench in a key game where he lack of D won't be completely exposed that would be awesome. Let him channel a Steve Kerr Spurs playoff performance against GSW.
Like I said
He's an established player and knows who he is. So he won't hesitate or give much stoppage in the flow of our offense. And he has an underrated ability to drive to the basket.. if he can continue to fight on defense, I can definitely see Pop giving him more minutes.
I think this is a first round only kinda thing.
Another good game for KMart
Another 0 field goal game for fat head
First game I've actually liked from Kmart in spurs uni, if he can get consistent from 3 that will be big.
The new Bonner looked pretty good on up 20+ shots.
Fathead useless like Diaw and West.
Even Marco got benched against OKC/Mavs/Heat in 2014
He still stepped up and hit one of the biggest shots of the Heat series.Even Marco got benched against OKC/Mavs/Heat in 2014
Go back and watch that moment. He came in and the heat made a run with him sucking ass. He made that 3 but he was still a negative out there. Not really stepping up when you giving more points than you make.
I agree 100% but without his shot in that moment to stop that Miami run we could have had major problems. Im just saying he at least had the stones to knock down a big shot.
Poor mans Ferrari bellinelli IMO
Too little too late.
Miss u Beli Grande
After 84 games, this team more than likely is what it is offensively. All the talk about improved ball movement is just that. The reality is, their two best players and only consistent sources of offense, are not natural ball movers and even when they attempt to, have tunnel vision.
Spare me the talk of Anderson's defensive rebounding being needed on the second unit. That might fly in the regular season, but it's irrelevant in the playoffs, when it becomes easier to have at least one of Duncan/Aldridge in at all meaningful times, if necessary. It's also easier to do the same with Leonard/Green.
Martin is in decline and has his flaws, but they clearly could use his shooting/scoring, in bursts.
I actually think Pop is using this series to figure that stuff out, going forward into the playoffs... In Game 1, it was Danny getting extra wing minutes, Game 2 was Anderson... Maybe he'll roll with a 3-guard setup, with Manu/Martin playing SF next game...
Great post. Spot on...
He bailed himself out for his ty defense.
He bailed himself out for his ty defense.
10-0 run before that shot. Come on.
Myth debunked.
In that case the whole 4th wing issue is a band aid bc the problem begins with your two best players being iso scorers and poor passers, essentially guys hard to build an efficient offense around beside the two of them scoring efficiently. But I don't think it's that simple. POP needs them to get theirs and not defer bc Tim/Danny/Tony are not making shots.
Danny slumping could be a big problem down the road bc the SL is super cramped already as Tony is a very unwilling 3 pt shooter and Tim is not scoring much at all. I think that is why Pop gave an extended look at Martin with the SL to close out the 1st half and he's tried it b4 in the RS with mixed results, mostly bc Martin's terrible defense did not make up for what offense he gave us. Luckily he's been making shots, but he's been far from a clear fix for the SL.
POP also tried Tim in the bench with different guys and the ran stuff to get him going. I do believe he's trying what he can to improve the squads' offense, but frankly guys are old. I don't think TD has another gear we haven't seen. He's simply declined and guys are who they are. Martin making shots may be a band aid to cover it up, as well as Danny's slump if it were to continue (I frankly hope it doesn't).
The bench has issues of their own that Pop knows. The Boris/D west combo has struggled with big men all season. D west struggles as a rim protector rebounder and Pop has covered it up different ways. Having Anderson there is one, Danny too. You frankly underestimate how impossible it is to defend at an NBA level if you can't secure a single defensive board. Maybe the ideal thing is to split up TD and LMA, but Pop was reluctant to do that in the RS and we shall see the results if his experiments this round.
I believe he's trying to find a combination of guys that gives him just enough of both things (offense and defense) bc outside of LMA and Kawhi, guys in the team are somewhat flawed. Everyone tending to give you more of one thing less of another. It's a trade off.
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