Report: Pop ready to part ways with Diaw; Thomas Robinson possible replacement

[TheGreatYacht]

If you want a rebounder, Thomas Robinson is your guy.

[Keepin' it real]

If Diaw's work ethic ever matched his talent he might have been a max player and multiple time all star..

Yet somehow he's still a multi-millionaire international celebrity, NBA champion, going places you'll never go, sleeping with hotter women than you can imagine ... yeah, I think Boris is ok with that.

[dbreiden83080]

Yet somehow he's still a multi-millionaire international celebrity, NBA champion, going places you'll never go, sleeping with hotter women than you can imagine ... yeah, I think Boris is ok with that.

And that's why there are the Duncan's of the world and the Diaw's. Good is never enough for the greats..

[Spurs 4 The Win]

I am pretty sure that Kantor is only around 6'10. I was listening to a podcast and the beat writer from OKC said that he was noticeably shorter than KD. Both are excellent on the glass and West has never been much more than above average. Diaw boards more like a 3 than a 4 it was an terrible combination in that series. Pop should have paired Boban with West much earlier.

This. Pop really blew it in game 4. He had the perfect game to experiment with the lineup because it wasnt a must win and yet he sat there and played the re ed scrub lineup of Diaw and West and cost us the game per usual.

[Keepin' it real]

And that's why there are the Duncan's of the world and the Diaw's. Good is never enough for the greats..

I agree, but w/o Diaw, there is no 5th le for the great Tim Duncan, so Diaw served his purpose.

[elemento]

I am pretty sure that Kantor is only around 6'10. I was listening to a podcast and the beat writer from OKC said that he was noticeably shorter than KD. Both are excellent on the glass and West has never been much more than above average. Diaw boards more like a 3 than a 4 it was an terrible combination in that series. Pop should have paired Boban with West much earlier.

Kanter is 6'11 in shoes and he is actually taller than Howard or Cousins. Most Centers these days are not "authentic" 7 footers, like the Lopez brothers or Gobert. And he has always been a solid rebounder, despite his defensive flaws.

The problem in the OKC-Spurs matchup was not only size. It was also age/youth. Pop had 2 old 6'8/6'9 guys (one a career rebounder) against 2 6'11/7'0 players who happen to be 10 years younger, you have a receipt for a disaster, especially when Duncan was not healthy and struggling with both knees.

Yeah, Pop should have played Boban more, but we can't say that we haven't seen this movie before. 2011 and Splitter say o.

[cd021]

Kanter is 6'11 in shoes and he is actually taller than Howard or Cousins. Most Centers these days are not "authentic" 7 footers, like the Lopez brothers or Gobert. And he has always been a solid rebounder, despite his defensive flaws.

The problem in the OKC-Spurs matchup was not only size. It was also age/youth. Pop had 2 old 6'8/6'9 guys (one a career rebounder) against 2 6'11/7'0 players who happen to be 10 years younger, you have a receipt for a disaster, especially when Duncan was not healthy and struggling with both knees.

Yeah, Pop should have played Boban more, but we can't say that we haven't seen this movie before. 2011 and Splitter say o.

I have heard and seen otherwise about Kanter, being on the small side on DX they have him at 6'9 3/4 without shoes so that might be what the beat writer was referring to or that KD is actually near 7'0.

OKCs rebounding is near historic, part of that is because of Westbrook penetration and him getting the other big to slide over to try and contest leaving Kantor and Adams free reign on the glass.

This is definitely a Splitter ''11 situation. Splitter actually had a excellent (possibly his best season the year after that playoff. He may have been ready to be at least a rotation player during the Memphis series.

My biggest gripe was Pop not putting Duncan on ZBo in the second halves of games, his length gives him problems.

[cd021]

This. Pop really blew it in game 4. He had the perfect game to experiment with the lineup because it wasnt a must win and yet he sat there and played the re ed scrub lineup of Diaw and West and cost us the game per usual.

In an odd way Boban is like Chandler when he rolls to the basket, not in his athleticism but his size and length forces teams to collapse when he rolls in space because they are concerned about him catching the ball deep in the paint. Diaw is viewed as a floor spacer but is a surprisingly mediocre mid range shooter and doesn't take enough 3's to really guard him out there. Boban should be the backup five next season with West assuming both are back and the Spurs can't get Gasol or Horford. I think that they might be a better fit.

[wildbill2u]

earlier in the year I mentioned that BOBO might be a tad jealous about the Spurs bringing West in and taking sone of his minutes. Most folks thought I was crazy, but once West became the first big off the bench, it looked to me like Bobo sulled up and quit. In one respect, he might have a right to be pissed since he was so critical in 2014 to the Beautiful Game strategy.

[spursistan]

what makes me more believe he 'll be gone is that the Spurs have learned the past 2 years that Golden State-- against whom we are praying a 34-yo Bobo fatass show up-- isn't actually the roadblock in playoffs..

getting a traditional mobile big who can rebound/rim-protect/roll should be our main priority..

[spursistan]

are you kidding me? getting even more corpulent by the day..

[CGD]

If this guy could be a poor mans Tristan Thompson you have to take a look. These last series the Warriors have played in have shown that offensive rebounding is key.

[TheGreatYacht]

If this guy could be a poor mans Tristan Thompson you have to take a look. These last series the Warriors have played in have shown that offensive rebounding is key.

They're nearly identical.

Guess what though, Pop has admitted that he tells his guys not to go for offensive rebounds. He would rather them run back on defense.

He hates 3pt shooting and offensive rebounding. What a coach

[polandprzem]

They're nearly identical.

Guess what though, Pop has admitted that he tells his guys not to go for offensive rebounds. He would rather them run back on defense.

He hates 3pt shooting and offensive rebounding. What a coach

If we just had a team with 3 point killers and full of athletic freaks. Try run one of the best rim protector in Tim.

[HarlemHeat37]

Thomas Robinson is an atrocious basketball player, tbh..why do so many fans here want other teams' trash?

A lot of people on this forum seem to think that every rejected player from another team is going to join the Spurs and become Danny Green..Green is an anomaly, the instances of a player unable to get PT on another team and subsequently becoming a starter(or even a rotation player) on a top team are rare..for every Danny Green or Shaun Livingston, you have 100 scrubs that will continue to struggle, regardless of the logo on their jersey..

Robinson has ZERO offensive skill, low IQ, no basketball feel, and is a below average to poor defensive player..he's an under-sized rebounding specialist that has received every possible opportunity to build a productive career, yet still couldn't capitalize..

[DPG21920]

Not only that ^ but he had the audacity to say he deserves 20+ MPG. Just ridiculous