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con - parker sucks balls
Thought that this deserved its own thread. What does replacing Duncan with Gasol do for our offense? I think the biggest beneficiary to the change would be Green. I could see him getting better looks with our front court being so deadly now. So what are your thoughts ? Pro's and Con's of the new look starting 5.
Last edited by look_at_g_shred; 07-04-2016 at 07:30 PM.
con - parker sucks balls
Pro's - Experience and inside scoring.
Con - Defense and outside scoring.
Roadblock to success - Parker
Tbh Parker is by far our weakest link in the starting 5. Best we can hope for is for Murray to have a roty season and take over the starting spot.
Danny Green has to have a substantially better season than last season. I think he's aware of it, and for these Spurs, we just can't afford to have two deadweights for a back court.
Will never happen with Pop at the helm.. that er will play everyone but murray.. Lots of Mills, Anderson, Manu(if he's back) that kinda .
Gasol - He'll average like 15/10 and provide some nice passes, decent defense and be useful.
Aldridge - 18/8 will look at lot better early on in the system, Gasol will help him a lot since he doesn't have to shift to center.
Kawhi - Hopefully he goes god mode this next season and gets into Prime years talk 25/8 and still be a monster on defense
Green - er just needs to hit shots consistently, don't expect him to learn how to dribble or how to lay the ball up. Might have a regressed year defensively. Avg 13 a game.
Parker - Ugh... defensive liability.. will get burned a lot.. 4/12 shooting will be a good night. 6 to 7 assist games will be the one upside. If only they counted rebounding bricks as assists would get average double figures.
Parker will be our doom. And kyle
How I think of it: Gasol & Tim were literally the same type of player all the way down to their inability to guard the perimeter.
However, Pau is so much better on offense at all the things Tim had to do in SAs offense. When guys sagged off of Tim on PnR or kick outs, Gasol can shoot. Dump it to Tim on the block and he struggled? Pau won't.
Pau won't help perimeter defense but neither did Tim.
I too believe Parker is our weakest link. The sad part is there's nothing we can do about it. Would prefer to have Manu in place of Parker to close games.
Parker should do better in this lineup than the one with Tim. Gasol provides much better spacing.
Still, Parker can't play against GS. Manu or Kyle might have to start imo.
I'm with you but even Manu is a s of who he used to be.. Murray can't be rushed either or it's bust city.. Tough times ahead.
I think Gasol is going to get in Aldridge's way the same way Duncan did when he had that hot start to the season. I would have much rather have gotten a point guard.
It'll take the first 4 minutes and a 18 point run for Pop to call a time out and then he won't out Parker he'll out Green because you know Green has to cover Parker and Greens assignment.
Hopefully we play the Dubs all 4 times in November, tbh...
Yes- our front court is pretty badass.
It'll be during that 1st game that Parker "tweaks" an ankle..
A variety of Maledies
A chapped ass from getting screwed so much on defense. GS will just call out Parker.. that'll be the play.. whoever Parker is on give the ball to him and clear out
There weren't any pgs on the market. The team needs a star pg to balance the inability to dribble of Green and LMA. We need Westbrook or Chris Paul not just a top 15 pg.
to Murray. Too bad he's not playing this SL game tonight TBH.
Offense: Gasol is one of the best low post scorers in the game. Can shoot over both shoulders and his footwork is really good. He has an almost automatic top of the key jumper and sometimes has range for an occasional 3ball. Suprisingly when I looked at his film..he can actually put the ball on the floor pretty well. Great passer and really soft touch due to his extreme length.
Defense: He has his moments. He sometimes lacks focus and effort. He is slow footed but not as bad as most think and his length is always a plus on contesting. Averaged 2 blocks a game and is still an elite rebounder. He's best around the basket and could be a problem in PNR but he is better than Duncan in that regard. Again his length is a plus. I will say this he does make the Spurs rebounding a strength..something we haven't said in awhile
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