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Todays 3s, almost sickening. Imagine the Rockets and Warriors series, we may have a level of chucking never seen before in a series.
Quick team shooting 1000 3s per game, no prioritizing of a post game, no mid-range jump shots vs. a slow, mid-range shooting team that decided to build around their frontcourt..
It's much more fun to watch, too, tbh..
Spurs can certainty still win the series since Houston's high variance offense is hit or miss in every respective game(they shot poorly vs. OKC in 4 of the 5 games IIRC), but it might be time to re-consider the Spurs' approach when you see how teams like the Warriors, Cavs and Rockets are building their rosters..
You hedged. You didn't say anything.
I didn't say that I did
Poop thought he could zig while everone else zag'd
The bigs idea isn't terrible if your big is actually dominant, instead of a soft ass piece of ...
It was actually the correct move for the Spurs, considering the cir stances..they had already signed Aldridge to a max deal, Parker was never going to be traded and Pau was the only notable big-name FA..
The 3>2 argument has obviously altered the direction of the league, though..Warriors, Cavs and Rockets..
we play dinosaur basketball
today you can just double the bigs much easier, and make them pay on the other end
It worked when the spurs had prime Duncan against the ssol suns, we just have soft ty bigs. (Not like they were gonna beat the warriors or anything) but no doubt they can take the rockets & Cavs with a dominant big next to kawhi
This is it. If you replaced LMA with a Cousins, SA would be tremendous.
Get rid of aldridge...
If the FO listened to me and not sign that loser..We'd have a penetrating Guard instead.
Spurs have the highest 3PT% in the league this year even with the go big strategy.
It's a well built team playing poorly this game.
25th in attemptsSpurs have the highest 3PT% in the league this year even with the go big strategy.
It's a well built team playing poorly this game.
Houston 1st, Cleveland 2nd, Warriors 5th
I know that. But SA still has an elite shooting team where it matters. The problem is the bigs that were supposed to dominate have both come up duds. Sure, SA could get more attempts, but no one has the balance SA has but guys are just not playing well.
I just saw Harden being guarded by Aldridge and then taking a pick to get the switch to Gasol.
It's rec league basketball. It's garbage.
Sorry, bro. I know you're all for "modernity," but today's NBA is total trash. It's turned into a binary game of chuck 3s/drive, with no other strategy being viable with how broken the 3 point line is.
NBA won't change things, though, because it's "fun to watch." Never mind the fact they changed the rules to make post-play obsolete.
And Pop did it willingly.
Whether you enjoy it or not is irrelevant, though..it's 2017, they will need to adapt to modernity..
The Spurs used to be the franchise that was ahead of the curve..
I've endorsed such. See my Kawhi-Antiquated thread, where I want him taking less midrange shots in favor of more 3s/penetration.
But I'm not going to endorse the NBA product overall so I can sit here and feel contemporary while turning my nose up at "nostalgia."
2011-2014 pace-and-space
This post-Curry era , though, is unwatchable and broken. In no other sport are you going to see 50% more points awarded for a shot or play that isn't any harder to perform than regular scoring actions.
I've endorsed such. See my Kawhi-Antiquated thread, where I want him taking less midrange shots in favor of more 3s/penetration.
But I'm not going to endorse the NBA product overall so I can sit here and feel contemporary while turning my nose up at "nostalgia."
2011-2014 pace-and-space
This post-Curry era , though, is unwatchable and broken. In no other sport are you going to see 50% more points awarded for a shot or play that isn't any harder to perform than regular scoring actions.
Couldn't agree more and this is coming from a guy who's been in the mold of Curry damn near since I picked up a ball. It's just gone too far though; those 3 teams have ruined the game and though it isn't currently reflected in ratings and other ways, it eventually will be once casual fan inevitably gets sick of watching a style that's not guardable and a team that's unbeatable.
It's not sour grapes either because I enjoyed watching the Warriors specifically play as recently as '15, but it was the Cavs-Hawks series that year that my mindset began to shift. It was alarming how helpless an elite defense was against the 3-point onslaught and we're going to see it to an even greater extent in this series.
Something is wrong with a league, when the #1 defense has no chance at slowing down a top 3 offense, when a big as skilled as Gasol is unplayable against said teams and when everyone is forced to have the same type of personnel and and play the same style.
It's time to equalize this : Move the 3 point line back from 23.9 at the top of the circle to 26 or 27 feet and have the line be straight across.
I understand the dislike for the game, but I strongly disagree with this, tbh..unlike other leagues, the "dominant NBA team" has always drawn high ratings, historically..
Couldn't agree more and this is coming from a guy who's been in the mold of Curry damn near since I picked up a ball. It's just gone too far though; those 3 teams have ruined the game and though it isn't currently reflected in ratings and other ways, it eventually will be once casual fan inevitably gets sick of watching a style that's not guardable and a team that's unbeatable.
It's not sour grapes either because I enjoyed watching the Warriors specifically play as recently as '15, but it was the Cavs-Hawks series that year that my mindset began to shift. It was alarming how helpless an elite defense was against the 3-point onslaught and we're going to see it to an even greater extent in this series.
Something is wrong with a league, when the #1 defense has no chance at slowing down a top 3 offense, when a big as skilled as Gasol is unplayable against said teams and when everyone is forced to have the same type of personnel and and play the same style.
It's time to equalize this : Move the 3 point line back from 23.9 at the top of the circle to 26 or 27 feet and have the line be straight across.
The NBA is more popular than any time since DK retired..can't see Silver stepping in and making any changes while the Finals ratings are as high as they have been the past few years..
NBA Jam, ball always on fire basketball. Super Nintendo basketball. Cheesy basketball.
Button Mashing basketball.
Why don't we bring back 70's basketball while were at it.
The reason the Spurs defense is struggling to stop Houston is because the help defense is so poor. One guy drives causing the entire Spurs defense to collapse leaving two or three wide open 3-point shooters. This just in.... Duncan was good, Lee, Dedmon
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