PTR On the Spurs Defense

[Chinook]

Tony is terrible but not Parker. Trade Tony but keep Parker.

I'd love to have Jabari on the team

[BillMc]

But again Pau and Tony with other starters are around no 5 in the league on defense. He's not good at pick n roll d, but Pau is long so he does provide some rim protection (and Tim wasn't good against PNR last year either). But Pau shoots 50% from long 2s, over 40% from 3, and he is a great passer. So I can see the Spurs gambling with his D to take advantage of his offensive skills in a close game. Obviously it also depends on the team and matchups.

This is exactly it. Dedmon does nothing on O other than lobs and playoff teams will figure that out too. From another PTR article:

With the Spurs, Pau’s shooting percentage is almost back to his pre-Bulls numbers. Playing in a real offense helps. He is now shooting 51% from the floor, leading all Spurs who play 20+ minutes per game, even after the al ude (or something) led to a pretty terrible game by Pau against Los Suns in Mexico City. Note that he is also shooting over 46% from the three point line, something he didn’t really do before coming to the Spurs.Even though his minutes are down from his Laker heyday and his last year with the Bulls, Gasol is putting up remarkable similar numbers on a 36 minute basis: 17 points, 11 boards, 3.9 assists and 1.7 blocks. One of the amazing things about the Great Duncan was his amazing consistency over the years. While Gasol is not a perfect replacement for TD – no one could be --Pau is what some would call a “reasonable facsimile”. Put another way, Gasol is the best the Spurs could have gotten to try to replace the irreplaceable, and he has fit in well.

http://www.poundingtherock.com/2017/...danny-green-is

Not saying we don't need to play Dedmon, but I do think people are making too much of him because he is new and he makes up for a weakness of Pau's, without considering what strength's of Gasol's are lost. Grass is greener effect to some degree. Not sure what the answer is, maybe Pop isn't sure either. Of course, that's what the regular season is for.

[cd98]

This is exactly it. Dedmon does nothing on O other than lobs and playoff teams will figure that out too. From another PTR article:



http://www.poundingtherock.com/2017/...danny-green-is

Not saying we don't need to play Dedmon, but I do think people are making too much of him because he is new. Grass is greener effect to some degree. Not sure what the answer is, maybe Pop isn't sure either. Of course, that's what the regular season is for.

Agreed. Spurs aren't going to Pau for the last shot of the game, necessarily. But by the numbers, if Kawhi is doubled and he has to pass it out to a shooter, you would want Pau taking that shot before you would want Dedmon doing it. In fact, by the numbers, you'd want Pau taking that shot before a lot of the more popular guys on the Spurs.

[NameLess Scrub]

I hadn't looked since early in the season. I knew the 3PA were up, but damn. Just a quick glance - it looks like teams are taking about 2.5-3 more 3PA's per game, from top to bottom. That's a big increase. Looks like pace is up overall, too.

One thing that hasn't changed so much is FG% and 3P%. But they're definitely jacking up a lot more 3's than they used to. Today's NBA, I guess.

We used to play a lot of the original NBA JAM back in the 90s, when Pippen/Grant were Chicago's team, Hardaway/Mullin were the Warriors, and Mourning/Johnson were the Hornets.

The game was designed to dunk a lot, but the kid who used the Hornets decided to shoot 3s almost exclusively. My brother grabbed the Warriors to counter. I stuck with the Bulls, playing hard defense and taking high percentage shots.

It was very hard to beat them, as of course 3 is more than 2, and we also learned how to push players on the air, so all dunks had to be regular, short dunks. I had to take more mid range jumpers too.

As the world goes around, the NBA is now played like NBA Jam in the 90s was played in my neighborhood.

Probably a completely useless story, but well.. I'm posting it anyway. Probably not the first time

[I. Hustle]

We used to play a lot of the original NBA JAM back in the 90s, when Pippen/Grant were Chicago's team, Hardaway/Mullin were the Warriors, and Mourning/Johnson were the Hornets.

The game was designed to dunk a lot, but the kid who used the Hornets decided to shoot 3s almost exclusively. My brother grabbed the Warriors to counter. I stuck with the Bulls, playing hard defense and taking high percentage shots.

It was very hard to beat them, as of course 3 is more than 2, and we also learned how to push players on the air, so all dunks had to be regular, short dunks. I had to take more mid range jumpers too.

As the world goes around, the NBA is now played like NBA Jam in the 90s was played in my neighborhood.

Probably a completely useless story, but well.. I'm posting it anyway. Probably not the first time

Nah dude. It makes perfect sense. I get it. Like right now, I fight exclusively like Eddy Gordo because that is what people who didn't know how to play Tekken used whenever they started playing. They would just spin and and would catch you with some lucky .

Capoeira is the only style I use now.

[NameLess Scrub]

Nah dude. It makes perfect sense. I get it. Like right now, I fight exclusively like Eddy Gordo because that is what people who didn't know how to play Tekken used whenever they started playing. They would just spin and and would catch you with some lucky .

Capoeira is the only still I use now.

Button mashing FTW.

[UZER]

We used to play a lot of the original NBA JAM back in the 90s, when Pippen/Grant were Chicago's team, Hardaway/Mullin were the Warriors, and Mourning/Johnson were the Hornets.

The game was designed to dunk a lot, but the kid who used the Hornets decided to shoot 3s almost exclusively. My brother grabbed the Warriors to counter. I stuck with the Bulls, playing hard defense and taking high percentage shots.

It was very hard to beat them, as of course 3 is more than 2, and we also learned how to push players on the air, so all dunks had to be regular, short dunks. I had to take more mid range jumpers too.

As the world goes around, the NBA is now played like NBA Jam in the 90s was played in my neighborhood.

Probably a completely useless story, but well.. I'm posting it anyway. Probably not the first time

I used the warriors for that exact reason. The Pistons were another team that could drain with Thomas and Dumars.