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Danny didn't get open to shoot and he's obviously there to defend on Durant.
Still can't blame Pop bc he was forced to play Diaw as much as he did (net negative tonight despite scoring and he had previously been kept at a minimum of minutes) bc Timmy got in foul trouble and has looked done? It's disconcerting the Timmy issue. We are suffering more from Timmys decline than anything else
I'd like him to do something about the Diaw/West line-up at this point though.
Very insulting to the players.
I've been re watching parts. No way shape or form was it lack of effort or *toughness*
More like ThundeRef bull .
Which Popped won't call out.He's so classy
He's gotten soft. Can't wait for 2020.Very insulting to the players.
I've been re watching parts. No way shape or form was it lack of effort or *toughness*
More like ThundeRef bull .
Which Popped won't call out.
Heat of the moment got me
Pop's over coaching or lack of adjustment has sunk as many championship runs as Manu's bone headed plays. Prime example of winning overshadowing a player's/coach's legacy.
So, unless Pop SWEEPS every Playoff series, we're going to read PURE BS posts like this?
Please continue on your asinine theory on how Pop is sabotaging the season, and OKC playoff series after tallying the Franchises BEST Winning season?? CLOWN.
Can we all agree that Pop has been out-coached by a Donovan the past 3 games?
The series has devolved into ISO ball which is what OKC wants & Donovan has done a good job of adjusting his rotation from game to game.
He let OKC get away w/ playing Kanter the entire 4th quarter without making him defend in SPACE.(KawhISO ain't the right call)
Switiching West onto Durant?!?!?!(Talk about pouring gasoline to the fire)
ISO ball & David West.
Lamarcus got easier shots in Portland than he did herehe was just hitting everything the first 2 games. Tbh
With the way everybody talks about his system, you'd expect Kawhi got easier shots than having to go at Steven Adams for a dunk...
16 assists
If Patty doesn't show up in the 1st half of Gm 4 then I would like him to be benched for K-Mart.
I always thought that if there was one guy Kmart could do a good facsimile of was Patty if he was failing us.
The coaching match-up has been a wash, at best, which is disconcerting in itselfCan we all agree that Pop has been out-coached by a Donovan the past 3 games?
The series has devolved into ISO ball which is what OKC wants & Donovan has done a good job of adjusting his rotation from game to game.
Pop late career legacy/reputation wouldn't be the same had he lost that Mavericks series in which he got out-coached by RC..He would be on a pathetic run of "these playoffs are not for Splitter" vs Hollins, Backdoor-swept by Scottie Brooks,Game 6, 8ed 2.0, Tom Rivers..
Donovan is doing fine job. Esp when you can change the style of play and start moving the ball n HC which was the biggest problem for OKC ... Damn and we have great defenders in Leo and Danny. IDK how this all collapsed?Can we all agree that Pop has been out-coached by a Donovan the past 3 games?
The series has devolved into ISO ball which is what OKC wants & Donovan has done a good job of adjusting his rotation from game to game.
Donovan made Parker beat them and it's working. LMA is not even close to his shooting rhythm and Leo is forcing those isos plus he can't take care of the switches OKC making. How it;s possible that the Leo - LMA pnr game is not deadly?
Also with those Spurs switches and Boris backing down it looked like Pop was preparing Spurs for the Warriors.
Anyway shutting Danny down and making TP beat them along with Duncan being done and Leo-LMA not as efficent we are in a hole tbh.
We need some monster game now. I mean ofensively manu Patty and Boris and defensively Danny and Leo plus the fricking rebounds. Come ne TD KILL THOSE BOARDS FOR SAKES!
btw. we have frickin messina as well WTF this ?!
Pat Riley & Pop are the most overrated Xs/Os coaches, they are essentially front offices types who happen to be good coaches b/c of their "people's skills".The coaching match-up has been a wash, at best, which is disconcerting in itself
Pop late career legacy/reputation wouldn't be the same had he lost that Mavericks series in which he got out-coached by RC..He would be on a pathetic run of "these playoffs are not for Splitter" vs Hollins, Backdoor-swept by Scottie Brooks,Game 6, 8ed 2.0, Tom Rivers..
I'm pretty sure Pop idolized Riley & that's the reason they are good buddies.
Leo is a good scorer but he's not a good enough passer.
The offense is basically running through two Carmelos (Kawhi/LMA) w/ a sprinkle of 2014 Tony. Pop is essentially out ISO'ing OKC which is kind of hard to do, tbh.
Serie is 2-2, have minimum of deceny of calling him out when serie is over
Few years ago, after a loss ST way of thinking was: blame Bonner, blame ref, blame pop... now that bonner does not play anymore it is blame pop, blame ref, blame whomever had a bad game and if you are not sure blame parker
If this was a given ...
Serie is 2-2, have minimum of deceny of calling him out when serie is over
Pop always is overrated and we have chokers, so it does not matter what people post
Even my casual fan friends were calling Pop out last night, tbh...
Blame Bonner and blame Pop were one and the same. Bonner was who he was and couldn't take himself out of games.
Few years ago, after a loss ST way of thinking was: blame Bonner, blame ref, blame pop... now that bonner does not play anymore it is blame pop, blame ref, blame whomever had a bad game and if you are not sure blame parker
Yup. Tim going down is terrible too bc he's a good passer.The offense is basically running through two Carmelos (Kawhi/LMA) w/ a sprinkle of 2014 Tony. Pop is essentially out ISO'ing OKC which is kind of hard to do, tbh.
That's the season right there. I still think we can win this but Tim not being able to stay in games is a huge blow. I would be bold and say we can't win without him the way our team is getting outworked on the boards.
To me everyone can say Pop is done but if it's Timmy who is done, what else can he do? If you are ElNono you say we live and die by Tim, West is a good player if he is played in his role but Timmys role was rim protection and rebounding and D west is poor in those two areas. Play Tim or due!!! (Exaggerating sorry Nono
The alternatives? Suppose Pop actually wants to win this and is not going to Tim or die:
1. GO small? At this point f*ck it, he might bc if his small lineups are not good enough to beat OKC they won't beat the dubs. Maybe it's time but it seems to me like Pop only plays small if he has to.
2. Boban? Maybe, but Pop tried him briefly in game 2 and it was just 3 minutes but there were two Adams dunks at the rim on PnR in that brief stretch. Pop should have tried him again in one of these games. If Boban plays they need to make adjustments on how they will defend PNR, can Boban execute those? He seems to still be learning the game at this level (as many have mentioned, he still needs to be reminded to protect the ball from swipes, keeping hands up, etc.) I suppose it's worth a try. He can always be pulled if he's not executing the plan well.
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