Kyle has been fine. He's not just a "motion offense' guy, but a "slow motion offense" guy.
Lol. It's easy and I think you can tell. Manu was in the game at the time. It basically was Manu's time to run the offense so he's not getting benched. You sub in the guy you want on Durant to let Manu be and deal with Waiters. It's the first time Kyle defends a premier scorer in the playoffs, having faced him only once in the RS in his life, and you can hardly say a game is over in the first Q even if you got a lead early. That's the careful reluctant Pop you know.
Closing that Q though, bam bam over 40 pts, can't recall but there was fouling 3 pt shooters and Danny was hot, so now you start the 2nd Q and it's a wider margin so Pop felt he could risk it, just play the playoff newbie in a short leash. The game is not over in the 2nd Q either but at that point you have a 20 pt margin or so and you can always use the short leash and pull him if you need to. If you are the coach, you just want to buy a few minutes for Kawhi with the foul trouble.
But Kyle came in and he didn't let up defensively. When he played, what was already a large lead got bigger so Pop continued to let him in the game subbing Kawhi for Danny, and finally Manu never got in the game to close out the half bc it was such an avalanche. You can be sure the leash would have been short had he not been playing his role bc Manu was ready.
I think Kyle has improved defensively all season, personally. I don't need this game to see his improvement, it is just a continuation of his development. He's hardly a finished product.
------------------------------------------------------He played great defense on Durant tonight. There was one possession that his defense was lock down on Durant, like everything was so good with moving his feet, amount of space he gave him and contesting the shot. Textbook defense. I always thought his defense wasn’t as bad going back to his rookie season as his length helps him a lot. He needs to work on that floater though, that five foot floater was flatter than the only Asian girl I banged s, it was terrible (Not the s, the floater) This offseason he needs to put some work in with his offensive game. If he does that he will be a solid off the bench player for the Spurs.
not all asian girls are flat, tbh
lol
"Pop's not going to play him I just know it!"
As long as Kyle makes a single mistake in a game or the opposing team scores a basket while he's on the court, he will not change the mind of those that dislike him. 90 percent of them decided that he was a poor NBA talent when they heard his nickname.
Kyle played great D on Durant. Was he perfect, no but who is?. Even Kawhi gets beat off the dribble a few times a game.
There was one play where even though Durnat hit the shot, Kyles D on that possession was fantastic. His length really makes up for his lack of quickness against certain guys.
When Kyle Anderson develops his jump shot a little more he's going to be a 6th man of the year candidate.
His defense was spectacular last night.
I've said from the beginning that I think Anderson will develop into a solid, consistent role player. Not a star, but a valuable contributor. And I've never wavered from that.
So, yeah, I get a little sick of player-fans putting words in my mouth, or getting twisted when I mention the bad along with the good. In another thread I questioned whether Pop would give him significant minutes in the playoffs - because I think Pop favors tested veterans in the post-season. That got turned into the idea that I don't think Anderson is good enough to play in the playoffs.
Player fans are a freaking cancer most of the time, because they take any criticism of their favorites personally. Discussions turn into arguments. My takes may be wrong - I don't have any problem with that. But damn I get tired of people who see players as all black or all white. (I hope that wasn't a racial micro-aggression.)
I'll have whatever you are drinking
Yeah, you can see he lacks a bit of experience and routine. He's needs a bit of polish and a better shot, but the way he's been playing makes it difficult to criticize his at ude or even potential.
A good defender with a reliable shot is pretty much the definition of a good 6th man. I'm curious to hear what is yours.
The kid did a good job last night I give him props for that and he is a Spurs player and I am a Spurs fan so keep doing what your doing Kyle!!!
The plan at least for this game was to have Kawhi shadow Russ and Green shadow KD, with Manu and Anderson getting their time in between. When Kawhi picked up his second foul, Pop put Anderson into the game. Donovan countered by bringing in KD. Since Green was KD's shadow, he came back in. However, Pop pretty much abandoned that strategy once it became clear Durant and Westbrook were pretty much done for the game. I dunno if we'll see that continue for the series, but that subs ution made sense.
I don't think Anderson should ever be the primary defender of Durant in this series. KD is just too good of a scorer unless he's knocked out of rhythm. I will say though, that my confidence in Anderson's ability to D up on switches is pretty high.
You can be a terrible defender and inefficient chucker and win 6MOY
I'm really worried if he is REALLY going to be in the playoff rotation.
I don't think it's sustainable but fortunately for him and Pop we have faced almost zero adversity or quality opposition so far.
if he develops his shot, and even then, will he ever shoot?
He did a solid job on KD when Leonard got in foul trouble. He'll have success if Durant decides to settle for 3s and pull ups tbh. Nice to know he can provide stopgap minutes if Kawhi is in foul trouble or needs a few mins of rest.
Why in the was Leonard in foul trouble? Not a good sign for an opening home game for the DPOY. And I think game two is gonna be called even tighter.
As I have said in other threads, I expect us to get called for phantom fouls in the first game in OKC. They will get their home cooking. I'm just thrilled that LMA's shot was so good last night that we could have Kawhi disappear for a while and not lose anything offensively.
Not sure if serious?
Three times.
I actually thought the refs were fair yesterday, Kawhi just commited unnecessary fouls. They let us get away with a lot of contact near the rim, that's something we haven't seen ever against Reflahoma
how is good d related with a 6th man? Aside of Ginobili, every sixth man of the year i can remember have been awful defenders.
Damn, three times ...
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