I agree. Keep going with Timmy as we need his presence on d to keep Westbrook out of the lane, and reps for Diaw are good anyway, because if we do get by OKC, Boris is probably THE cog against the Warriors.
Only a year ago, Timmy was our best player against the Clips. Some of it is rust (LMA now takes most of his shots) but a lot of it is age and as others said he's got two bad knees now and no lift. Only his brain, length and timing keep him still an elite defender. But offensively he's a weak link now.
Man, I hate writing that.
That, and refs were letting Adams getting away with murder on him on the box outs. Lost track of the number of times Adams straight up mugged him. Somewhere in the late second quarter Tim got tired of looking at the refs for a call and just took it the rest of the way.
Pop shoulda taken a T on one of those shoddy takedowns to defend Tim.
Diaw is fine. Diaw and West out there together, not fine.
Adams always ing "falling" on players too. Dude fouls and falls on players to not get a call.That, and refs were letting Adams getting away with murder on him on the box outs. Lost track of the number of times Adams straight up mugged him. Somewhere in the late second quarter Tim got tired of looking at the refs for a call and just took it the rest of the way.
Pop shoulda taken a T on one of those shoddy takedowns to defend Tim.
I thought Adams played a great game.That, and refs were letting Adams getting away with murder on him on the box outs. Lost track of the number of times Adams straight up mugged him. Somewhere in the late second quarter Tim got tired of looking at the refs for a call and just took it the rest of the way.
Pop shoulda taken a T on one of those shoddy takedowns to defend Tim.
All good things ...Only a year ago, Timmy was our best player against the Clips. Some of it is rust (LMA now takes most of his shots) but a lot of it is age and as others said he's got two bad knees now and no lift. Only his brain, length and timing keep him still an elite defender. But offensively he's a weak link now.
Man, I hate writing that.
But I still wear my Spurs 21 jersey proudly.
With several days rest, he must have as big a game as possible in game 3.
I feel really sorry as he's not the same player he was even last season and that is not on LMA, same as Danny's yips on his shot were not on LMA either.Only a year ago, Timmy was our best player against the Clips. Some of it is rust (LMA now takes most of his shots) but a lot of it is age and as others said he's got two bad knees now and no lift. Only his brain, length and timing keep him still an elite defender. But offensively he's a weak link now.
Man, I hate writing that.
I have blamed the second knee as finally claiming him. I go back and forth between thinking he's doing a final season after this one and this being the retirement tour.
I am just hoping he can turn back the clock a little bit bc as others above said if he's this done offensively, we are probably not winning a championship after all.
Diaw is allergic to rebounding and that just isn't going to work against a frontline with quality rebounders like Kanter, Adams and to a lesser extent Ibaka.
I really miss CoJo and Baynes for this series, man. I still think the Spurs will win, but they will be exhausted afterwards.
It seems like West has been the 3rd big in the rotation. Even was the case against Memphis. Pop is just probably giving Boris some extra time because they're gonna need him playing 30+ minutes against Golden State if the Spurs get there. I feel like we'll see more of him the rest of this series though.
Well, if we get past OKC, Timmy was never going to be a big factor against the Dubs anyway. That rests on Boris. Timmy's D, with no appreciable O, would probably be enough to beat the Cavs.
I always thought he'd continue. But I think he'll retire now, especially if we get a ring. Strangely, it is Manu who I now think could play another year. That's the reverse of what I thought before the season. Going in, I thought Manu was almost done and Timmy could go another 2 or more.
i'm a bit worried about Aldridge.
I'm fairly confident that he's going to keep killing them with his postgame, but part of his dominance so far has been that his jumper is falling just about every time, even the tough turnaround shots. We could run into games where the jumper isn't falling, and right now the offense is pretty reliant on him
That could be offset by the rest of the team not laying a giant turd on the court...tbh.
The offense wasn't runned thru him enough, tbh imo.
Shouldve had 30+ FGA, instead of just 21
I think the LMA, Kawhi at the 5 and 4 lineups are pretty awesome so a bit more of that please. Timmy can fill in for for LMA when needed.
It also opens up for Kawhi, Green and Manu on the floor at the same time which is really good.
Tim has to make point blank layups, it's that simple.
Yep. Huge worry here. He has to regress to the mean at some point, and when he does, Kawhi needs to pop off for a 30-35 point game. A milquetoast "solid" 22 points on 9-17 shooting or something isn't going to do it. We could say, "Well, hopefully other players step up." I just can't count on that right now. Aside from D-League's breakout in game 1, the "Committee" haven't broken out their 2 month long rut.
disagree there. parker/green could both score double figures. duncan can stop being a turd offensively. i know he's not a go-to guy, but he can at least finish around the rim better than he has. there are a lot of moving parts, not just aldridge/leonard
Or just keep him in the game...
Ouch! Where's my PlayKawhi alt?
Must find it!!!
Yes. I agree. I figuratively yelled at Pop in the game thread. 45 in' minutes.
This is why I believe something was up. Pop has these numbers. He knows Kawhi is a game changer defensively (remember how bad the defense looked when he was out?) and is the only wing scorer we have. It makes no sense to play him only 36 minutes.
So Pop is either biased against Kawhi. Is senile and stupid. Or Kawhi isn't 100%. I highly doubt the first 2 reasons.
Must find it!!!
If this was the first playoffs game that Pop rested Kawhi I could agree with you about the 3rd reason. But it wasn't.
That's the problem. Me and DMC have been criticizing the whack-a-mole philosophy for these months the role players have been . As I've been saying, we need that 3rd guy. Not a once-in-awhile 3rd guy, but a single 3rd scorer who consistently contributes anywhere from 10 to 20 points per game. I know the committee idea seems ideal in a vacuum. "The opponent never knows who to gameplan for!" But it just doesn't work like that.
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