just watching these two teams (okc/GSW), Spurs need to get more size and young legs..if TD/Manu retire, jettison all +35 year-olds and move on..I'm honestly not even eager for Pau Gasol types after how West turned out..
Durant had no legs in the 4th quarter tonight b/c he actually had to play defense instead of hiding on Danny.Even Klay couldn't hit a shot despite not being asked to score on isolations like KD/Kawhi nor having to guard WB for 40 minutes (they switched a LOT).
You people are idiots and you're so traumatized from getting raped on the glass by OKC that you're missing the point of rest. The regular season is an awful grind and it takes its toll on your body, the idea of rest is injury prevention. The number one goal for any team should be to make the playoffs and go in HEALTHY. We accomplished that and the rest likely helped.
Pop has been the downfall of the Spurs the last two seasons.
Athletic 7ft dudes aren't going to fall from the sky so you have to pick up every skilled big man that isn't washed up if they can be had for the MLE. Pau/LMA is unplayable against small ball but Pau can play backup center instead of D-Worst.
Guys like Ian/Biyambo(6'8") are going to get overpaid despite not being starters on contenders & Whiteside/Ezeli(6'9" w/ knee issues) will most likely get max offers.
I wouldn't mind Hoford if LMA didn't rebound like a . LMA/Hoford will get hammered on the boards like Bosh/Bron. Plus, if Horford eats up the cap space then there is nothing left to acquire a quality wing player to replace Manu.
The solution might be to sign someone like Batum & play Kawhi at the 4 to close out games, at least in the playoffs. That's assuming Pau would sign for the MLE & at least eat up minutes in the regular season. Also, if Pop wants to go big then you can roll w/ a Batum/Danny/Kawhi/LMA/Pau line up against OKC.
The position that need young legs is PG & that can be addressed by trading for Teague who is one of the quickest guards in the league.
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Do you really think Pau would sign with the Spurs to be a back up C?Athletic 7ft dudes aren't going to fall from the sky so you have to pick up every skilled big man that isn't washed up if they can be had for the MLE. Pau/LMA is unplayable against small ball but Pau can play backup center instead of D-Worst.
I'm talking about not playing the Pau/LMA frontline ONLY against small-ball lineups. Kawhi isn't going to play 4 for an entire season, even LeBron refused to do it until the 4th quarter.Do you really think Pau would sign with the Spurs to be a back up C?
Tristan Thomson says "Hi"And there isn't a snowball's chance in Ezeli gets a max contract offer.
Spurs should be very eager to add that sort of talent, at that height, at his salary. He had a great year in Chicago and would be a tremendous add to the Spurs. They don't need to get more athletic at every position necessarily. We definitely need someone who has energy and can grab a ing rebound though.
Lebron demanded the Cavs resign him and he has Cleveland's balls in a vice grip. Upset the king and he could literally walk out after every season because of his forever 1 year contract status. What leverage does Ezeli and his 7.0 points/5.6 rebounds/1.1 blocks/ per game have?
He played 8 minutes tonight and had 3 points and 4 fouls. This is the kind of player a team is going to build around?
Last edited by Hoops Czar; 05-17-2016 at 12:25 AM.
Bogut is breakdown & he actually got benched in the Finals against the Cavs. He also got benched in the 4th quarter against the Blazers who could actually go after Ezeli w/ the max money they reserved for Kanter. Per 36, Ezeli is averaging 15/12/2 which is essentially Dwight Howard numbers.
If were going by per, Wouldn't the Blazers rather have Boban who's averaging 21/14/2 per 36? I would kill to see some team pay Boban max money to go away but, we both know that's an impossibility. It would have to take an unbelievable amount of stupid to offer a 3rd year player who's only started 61 games in his professional career and never averaged more than 7 points and 6 rebounds, max money.
Ezeli gets minutes over Bogut in the playoffs, including the FINALS meanwhile Boban can't even get minutes over D-Worst.
You have stiffs like Asik getting 11 mill per under the old CBA & you expect a team like the Blazers not to offer close to the rookie max to Ezeli:
^^^ Ezeli the pick that was traded to dump Jefferson.
Ezeli gets minutes over Bogut in the playoffs, including the FINALS meanwhile Boban can't even get minutes over D-Worst.
You have stiffs like Asik getting 11 mill per under the old CBA & you expect a team like the Blazers not to offer close to the rookie max to Ezeli:
It's either Ezeli or the corpse of Varejao this year or Ognjen Kuzmic last year.
A wrong doesn't make a right. New Orleans is going to regret maxing out Asik if they haven't already.
They offered Kanter the max last summer b/c they had the cap space but nobody else worth signing. They need a rim protector & Ezeli is one of the best rim protectors in the league: http://www.goldenstateofmind.com/201...rim-protectorsA wrong doesn't make a right. New Orleans is going to regret maxing out Asik if they haven't already.
He also cucked 'em in the 2nd series: http://www.goldenstateofmind.com/201...-ezeli-defense
They paid Aminu & Ed Davis over their market price when they were bench players on crappy teams b/c they gamble on potential. Neil Olshey drafted Aminu in the lotto when he was a RAW player, so that should tell you something. Besides, Plumlee struggles against physical centers & isn't a good finisher in traffic so they do need a center like Ezeli that's young enough so he could be part of their core.Ezeli is a nice piece but, not a player you build a team around. It would be completely irresponsible of any franchise to dole out max money to a player coming off the bench and who's yet to average 17 MPG unless you see Portland trading Plumlee in the near future.
Again, you are comparing apples to oranges. Boban can't keep up w/ his own shadow while Ezeli is one of the best PnR defenders in the league.I just use the Boban example to show you how useless PER is, not that FrankenSpur should get max money.
Gasol is significantly better than West, but I get the gist.
On the one hand, out of realistic options, Gasol is more than likely the clear cut best possible starting center available to them. On the other hand, he's another old, slow guy, who could easily experience further precipitous decline next season and he wouldn't address certain needs.
Ultimately, if he can be signed, while still allowing them to address their other needs and the other realistic options are the Aldrich's and Plumlee's of the world, it would be difficult to say no.
9/15 regular season losses came on 1 day rest. Losses in games 2 and 5 were on 1 day rest. This team was too old, too unathletic, too slow.
Also, so much over-reaction for a series we lost in 3 mins of bad basketball in games 2 and 5. If a few breaks went our way we win that series in 5. We need to get younger and more athletic, and change the style a bit back towards movement, but we still have two top 15 players and a bright future.
6- Enough with so much ball distribution, it consumes so much time and nobody wants to shoot the new game is about shooting so that turnover prone must go.
7- Get rid of Pop and lazy guys like Patty & Boris also Im not sold on Fathead.
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