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Manu is so slow and terrible on defense that it wasn't a surprise Big Head was in.
I question Kyle being in there at all. But honestly, I think Pop's genius shown through last night. His leadership, calling guys to pay such attention to detail, resting guys all season so they can play these types of minutes, and on and on...I think after 100K posts on this site maybe OP should be asking the question of himself...
Do any of you think playing the guys under 30 minutes during the regular season has any effect on the guys who are now playing over 30 plus minutes in the playoffs?
Hard to agree with you when we had a historic season. We are up 2-1 and the one game we lost was by 1 point and a series of blunders, including Kawhi coming out sleepwalking and having just one made bucket in the 4th. (What do you call Timmy missing layup after open layup?)
I thought he overplayed Tony last season specially when we had Cojo last season and Cojo has been fantastic for the Raptors but even the Raptors doubt on benching Lowry and Cojo needed the ball to be effective, he's a poor off ball player.
Aside from that he again played his guys and put them in a position to win but they didn't get it done. He even gave as many minutes as he could spare to the two guys who were super hot that series, Marco and Patty, but their lack of transition defense, and Austin Rivers going HAM on them negated whatever good they did. He hacked Jordan which I hated but two things were killing us, terrible transition defense and bad refereeing calling fouls on guys who are 90% FT shooting. For everything he did, he had a reason.
I actually think he's been more willing to play the hot hands outside of his two stars, than he's ever been b4.
Nope, I can't agree with you on this one. Winning on the road is no picnic and results do matter. In the playoffs it's the only thing that matters.
LOL,"left to prove himself"? WTF. Sure Pop deserves some criticism, but you always seem to go above and beyond criticizing him. Way too over the top. Your posts make it seem like the man doesn't even now what he's doing.
tbh, I've always been one of the biggest Pop supporters on this site (except for the Bonner saga)... I just get the sense he's not engaged as other seasons, IMO.
ElNoNo still livin off dat fame for being the big dude with nacho stains on his jersey behind Parker when he hit that game winning baseline jumper up in like Philly or somewhere like that
I got mad love and respect for ya EL, but this thread.... Anyway, what about this being just a bad matchup for the Spurs? Westbrook, when he's on, is unguardable. Durant, enough said. Their entire front line is huge and can defend, and now Ibaka is becoming lethal from the 3 point line. Now they even have a couple of valuable bench players in Kantur and Waiters, who is a decent defender all of a sudden. The one thing the Spurs don't have(athleticism), is the one thing OKC has a abundance of. This a tough matchup, just like GS will be, provided we get there.
Should be playing Boban against Mustache and Borat.
No reason not to.
Hope it does not cost us.
sup my dude! Absolutely there's matchup issues, we knew from the get go they had bigs that cause trouble. They're not the best offensive rebounding team just by pure luck, but that's why I don't understand why West is out there while Timmy, that is old and all, but still the much superior defender and rebounder had to watch from the bench. I mean, even if his offense is limited, THIS is the series he can help us out on. If we manage to get to GSW, I can get Tim not needing to play a lot, tbh, but in this series, where you have to body up and outrebound the mustache bros, why the you go with the midget big?
And the resting thing... I remember this same coach riding Timmy for 44+, basically taking every other offensive possession while dominating on defense... this ridiculous resting stuff, after 4 days off, especially when we don't really have a lot of slack off the bench, is just maddening. I get it that you rest them in the regular season. But you rest them for now.
Actually West played pretty well in Game 3.. made a couple of crucial baskets
Because...
it's just basketball
...that's why. Pop hasn't had the same fire for a while now.
Everyone knows that drunk can't coach. Worst coach left in the playoffs, tbh.
Facts.
ElNono... Normally I agree with you on most things... But I can't on this one. I mean, it's not like the Spurs didn't just have the highest win total this year in Spurs history - all the while integrating something a new big piece into the rotation...
ElNono...you should have known better tbh. 99% of Spurstalk are going to defend Pop no matter what...
GNSF just don't understand the game......elitist thing to say but man if you think Pop has coached a great series so far, I don't know what to tell you tbh.....
In fairness, many GNSFs were calling out Pop way before Nono. Way before this series, way before this season.
tbh, I'm pretty cautious about this stuff, didn't say much last playoffs against the Clippers, maybe it was a fluke or something (especially the Patty situation)... and Kawhi really the bed too back then, so you had that too.
But it's hard to keep ignoring it and pretend it's not happening, IMO. I mean, hopefully Matty publishes the gay photos he has of him, and he can move on and find again that coaching fire, tbh...
Never thought I'd see an idiot out choke OKC in the 4th quarter. Every single ing game, this dude gets too cute to start the 4th...
Boban pushed Kanter's in the whole year... Gets less minutes than Kyle ing Anderson
Eh, not sure how Pop can be blamed for this loss..
They have the best player in the series and he was on fire tonight + Waiters had his monthly good game..
This guy has clearly lost his edge... watching the turd towers getting destroyed on the glass in that momentum-shifting start of quarter.
him, he is done as an elite in-game manager..
It's pretty hard to maintain a 10 point lead against the likes of Billy Donovan.
Can Pop outwit Billy Donovan in this series?
Who would've thought David West can't guard Durant? Shocker, tbh...
Doesn't help our supposed super star got son'd by durbeta and waiters the entire 4th qtr
Stagnate ass flow. Pop being a little not playing Boban even though he makes OKC bigs small.
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