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OP is gold tbh...
I remember in '01 the Spurs tried to give it one more chance to win a championship with the 90's core of Drob,Elliott,Johnson but after getting swept by Lakers got rid of AJ and Elliott. This situation is very similar. High chance Manu and Duncan are gone but Parker will be here for 2 more years.
Miller is not a natural leader on the bench tho.
As if he did not know Miller was 39 when the Spurs acquired him.
Popped trying to be cutsie, deflecting attention from his idiotic decision to bench Miller virtually the entire playoffs.
haha no I meant Tiger blood as in Jungle Cats the Beasts of the Wild to give them the heart of a Tiger. I certainly didn't mean Eldrick Woods lol.
The fact he's 40 doesn't make him realistic for anything but 3rd PG at this stage but Pop liked Miller a lot obviously. Miller could be retiring anyways. Pop's statement he wishes Miller was younger IMO is a reflection that an ideal PG candidate at this stage needs to be younger.
Just amazing, you can't find a word about his coaching.
Apparently, Pop never makes mistakes.
Miller looked fine to me in what little playoff time he got.
Not only on offense but defense.
Can't help but wonder how it would have gone had he gotten some more time.
It's like the whole TEAM spirit thing reverted to Pops Pets.
Ehhh, we may disagree and I respect you but he played the veterans he relied on to bring him 67 wins. Manu and TD having precipitous declines in the middle of the series was more significant than anything else to me. He's relied on those guys and their compe ive desire can't be denied. TD was terrible offensively except the last game, which might be considered a retirement game a la Kobe. And much has been said about the bench, you can question the decision to play each guy but Martin was terrible and a worse option than Anderson, Simmons has fallen out of the rotation, Manu never got rolling like he can. This team was 2 guys and that's it. Bogan has been a negative when subbed bc he's too deficient defensively. Personally, I don't think anyone he didn't play would have swung this around. I could agree with you that maybe a timeout here or there might have helped, but that's the thing, might. We just had too many guys don't show up. Definitely our team proved to be too old. There are stats that prove historically, teams that relied for the majority of their roster to this extent on very old players don't win championships.
Off to FA to get a couple of younger guys and Pop to coach youngsters hoping for development.
We weren't wining in the next round either. We actually might have been spared a humiliation in the next round. At least the OKC series was compe ive.
We need a good rebounder and moderate scorer to replace Duncan at center. Howard or Gasol Sr will be ok. Parker will look fine to replace Manu from the bench.Simmons, Anderson, Parker, West can be a very good second squad. Question with their big man. If Boban's knees are ok then no need to release him. Is it time to trade Diaw and Mills?
If a coach sacrifices depth in the offseason like he did last summer, he should know he should play his stars more minutes in playoffs to compensate for the lack of good performances from the role players/bench.
And a called-play can change the whole game in the 4th.
Or last playoffs being too reliant on Parker over Mills...Or couldn't solve the double-high-screens-Clips issue...Or his game-late decisions...
Anyway, I don't want to say the same things over and over again.
I just find it "amazing" after every playoffs elimination he never made a comment about his own coaching.
Yeah this has been discussed elsewhere. There are thing here or there that might have been tweaked but when you don't have role players show up its uphill. Its like the missed calls that didn't go our way etc. Pop said games 2 and 5 at home were gettable and considering the lack of depth those two games were the ones they needed. Definitely 50/50 balls bad officiating and a questionable decision like Mills 3 having been so off, Mills chucking in the 4th Q that game 2... etc, sure there were a few things...
Just to me Tim, Manu not showing up was a huge blow, even that game 2 Timmy missing layups , he was 1/8. That very unusual and it was TOSB level. There were too many deficiencies in the roster to overcome so I feel very much at peace with the outcome, definitely not as angry as others.
Ultimately, I think that also an end like this was needed to make necessary tweaks to the roster. Even now ain am afraid they run the majority of this group right back when I know that is not going to get it done, not even close and next season there will be not be 67 wins with the same old group. We need to get younger . It's time to move on.
ultimately pop thought anderson would be worth some minutes. He was wrong. Anderson's lack of production killed SA for the minutes he got. Your whole trolling was eliminated in one sweet playoff run by kyle anderson
If ever the Spurs played Golden State, Kawhi, Danny, and Tony would have to take turns guarding Curry, Thompson, and Barnes. Logic dictates the Spurs are going to hide Parker on Barnes, but Barnes has turned into a solid offensive option, and Parker is clearly a defensive mismatch against any of those three. My ideal sitch is that the Spurs somehow luck out in the draft and get a solid PG who can learn the ropes easily like Parker did under Avery Johnson. If Parker really were the ultimate teammate, he'd accept limited minutes or even come off the bench.
Diaw/West frontcourt hurt the Spurs. I sensed Pop was playing them because he's all they had. Boban was still learning the ropes. It's easy to say we need a tall and athletic big man, and the Spurs are meticulous with the free agent market. These tall athletic big men rarely have the IQ to thrive in the Spurs system.
Kyle Anderson was solid in the regular season, but nothing spectacular. Durant cooked him every time Leonard subbed out. Good for a 12th man, but someone who can plug in for Leonard on defense would be ideal. Simmons still needs to figure out the game.
No idea what happened to Danny and Patty in the regular season and the playoffs, respectively. Defense was still there, but Patty seemed like he lost his mojo. Danny's stroke found itself in the playoffs, so that's swell.
i hope Martin, Miller, and/or West stick around. They've had just one year under the system, which takes at least two to three years to get used to.
Duncan and Manu might have to accept bench roles. Duncan at reserve C won't be a bad option. Manu at 12th man isn't bad.
Need new C and PG in the starting five, a taller and athletic big man and a 3DA in the bench. Everything else the Spurs can just plug in with pieces from last season.
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