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I agree, LeBron isn't the issue.
Kawhi dominated Dominos in the season opener, LeBron could only neutralize him.
I agree, LeBron isn't the issue.
Different match upsKawhi dominated Dominos in the season opener, LeBron could only neutralize him.
LeBron when his jumper is on, s all over Kiwi.
What about the OTHER end?Different match ups
LeBron when his jumper is on, s all over Kiwi.
Dominos did EVERYTHING he wanted when LeBron was on him that Lue turned to Jefferson.
30 yr old LeBron couldn't defend Baby Kawhi even when he was shooting 50% from 3 in the '14 Finals.
Imagine 33 yr old LeBron trying to defend PRIME Kawhi in a 7 game series.
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Miami also adjusted their defense, if you go back and watch that game again you'd see how it played out.
Pop has made some errors, though coming on here you'd think we had Mike Brown as the coach or someone.
Pop does not have a plan against Cleveland, he does not believe we can reach the finals
Parker on Shumpert but Pau on anyone is gonna be awful
What about the OTHER end?
Dominos did EVERYTHING he wanted when LeBron was on him that Lue turned to Jefferson.
Wouldn't matter. Parker's going to help him out by just passing to Aldridge and Gasoft
30 yr old LeBron couldn't defend Baby Kawhi even when he was shooting 50% from 3 in the '14 Finals.
Imagine 33 yr old LeBron trying to defend PRIME Kawhi in a 7 game series.
Why does this thread exist? The NBA is about matchups and the Spurs matchup nightmare is with the Clippers like it used to be with the Thunder. As for Lebron every time the Spurs have run across him in the playoffs they have won (except for the one time that they should have), and in the regular season it took an unworldly game from Kyrie (might have been the best regular season game I saw last year) for the Cavs to barely squeak by the Spurs. Yes I know Timmay is gone now but it isn't a "how in the world can they do it" situation because we have seen it done repeatedly. For the Spurs the Clippers are the worst matchup moreso than even the Dubs or the Cavs.
"How does Pop plan to Hide Gasol and Parker against CLE?"
This worked for Boban - and he was bigger than Pau and Tony put together.
Pop has a good track record on teams that make it to the finals, so if the Spurs defense is good enough to get to the finals, I'm not too worried about solving Cavs. That said, last year I though GSW were unguardable, but the Cavs shut them down. So don't be fooled by what things look like this early in the season.
Parker would be fine on Smith or Shumpert, neither of them can effectively create their own shot anymore, tbh..they wouldn't be a rebounding or cutting threat, either..
Love and Frye would be matchup problems, though..even Richard Jefferson, he would be playing with hate in his heart
surprised people are fine with parker guarding shump. he can blow by him and go for a dunk.
Better question is, which cavs scrub will outplay the autistic? Liggins?
Parker would have to guard Smith some, but due to Smith's combination of size and ability to make difficult shots, he wouldn't be fine on him. He would be on Shumpert and to be determined backup point guard.
Gasol would be fine on Thompson, but not Love and especially Frye, for their range and because of the latter's quick release.
This is another issue with this team: in addition to inferior star power to the Cavaliers, Warriors and Clippers, their third best player can't play significant minutes against at least the first two and maybe all three.
Yeah, you would have to put a bigger guy on JR otherwise he's going to be shooting uncontested shots over a chair as a 6'6" jumper shooter. He's also pretty good at creating space w/ his body & he can easily bump off Porker if he's playing him tight:
I rather keep Parker on JR Smith and induce the Cavs to give him 15-20%+ of their possessions. Whatever you need to do to not optimize the touches for Bron/Kyrie.
Pop plans to exploit mismatches and impose his will as he's done his entire coaching career. Pop plays chess while other coaches play checkers. You really think Lue is going to out-gameplan and out-execute Pop?
lol you absolutely live with smith taking this shot... just because he made that one doesn't mean in the long run. if anything this video demonstrates smith's inability to generate good looks off smaller defenders
A good shot for JR is having his set feet before he launches a semi-contested shot or shooting step-backs over small defenders which is basically what he accomplished against Curry.
Parker on Irving, Gasol on Love/Thompson. Easy
He wont
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