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In before Spurs pay a 6ft shooter 12mil this off-season.
"This is not a contender."
-Basically everyone in november
In before Spurs pay a 6ft shooter 12mil this off-season.
It took you this long to see the big picture?
The writing was on the wall when they signed Gasol to a 2 yr deal. Some of us said numerous times, Gasol was unplayable vs HOU/ GS style of basketball and that the move was pointless or empty calories.
I remember people like yourself cryimg about Gasol needing more touches down low. Totally oblivious to how bad he actually was in the post the past 3-4 yrs and oblivious to how bad of an option post play is if the other team gets open threes with absurd volume.
What is the point of utilizing all your cap space for a player that cant be a factor when it matters most? This was the very question some of us had 10 months ago.
Last edited by MaNu4Tres; 05-02-2017 at 10:47 PM.
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Like '10 it's pretty much an example of losing a series in the first few minutes of the game. I expect the Rockets to have ridiculous confidence now when they're shooting their 3's. Of course somehow those 3's won't go down in the next round against the Warriors. The Spurs will struggle to keep up while trading 2's for 3's. The Rockets offensive confidence will boost their defense and the Spurs will struggle to crack 100.
The Spurs need to come up with a game plan fast. Play their best pick and roll and perimeter defenders and control the pace. Also pickup the scoring. This is not the Grizzlies defense.
That's the copout thing to say though. People kept saying the same thing about Memphis in the first round, how they just had to regress and wouldn't keep up their 3PT shooting. But they made more threes and shot a better percentage than they did during the season every single game. They were generating mostly wide open attempts too.
I don't care enough to go back and check how the Spurs are defending the 3, but I'm guessing there is something philosophically wrong with their approach. It's been 7 playoff games and in every single one the opponent is getting wide ass open threes. It's not like the Grizzlies/Rockets are hitting tough, contested bull 3s. They're wide open. It's kind of dumb to simply expect opponents to "regress to the mean" or "come down to earth" when they're practically getting practice shots.
- if Deadman wants to play so bad and he is no worse than the other bugs scrubs out there why not play him? At least he wont get punked out there
- did Isiah Thomas sisters ghost injure Rondo?
- I rather re read the Foundation book 2 than watch Worriers Utah
- instill dont see rockets beating us in less than 6 games. Our team is do at least 1 good game and they cant keep shooting 50% from 3 can they?
- nevermind its happened before when we faced Suns in 2010. We never played decent and they never missed
- we could really use Marco Bellinelli vs Rockets
- Scary that Barnes and West are playing so well for them worriers they are basically the 8th and 9th man
- do we really wanna win this series? We are not beating worriers more than once anyways. We could save wbout 12 hours of our lives if we just lost
Rockets don't have to keep shooting 40%-44% to win the series from three.
they can shoot 33% from 3 and still have an efficiency edge offensively if the Spurs are going to keep taking long 2's or post up LA/Gasol.
I used to watch every NBA game that came in. Before the league pass . Then I quit because I could see every Spurs game. The Celtics/Bullets was the first full game I watched in a long time.
They're currently 14th out of 16 playoff teams in guarding against the three. Problem is Houston's guards keep getting into the painted area causing the Spurs perimeter defenders to collapse on them, giving the Rockets wide open perimeter shots. Personally, I would rather give up the 2 pointer than uncontested three's any day of the week. I mean, let David Lee get savagely beaten in the paint so Pop can see what a worthless scrub he is. Let LMA and his so-called improved defense stand in there and take his punishment like a man. However, don't leave their shooters wide open behind the arc under any cir stances. The other problem is Houston pushing the pace and the slow ass Spurs aren't getting back and instead of the Rockets taking it to the basket, they camp out behind the 3-point line and shoot uncontested 3's. It's really quite sad to watch.
I just don't think their pace/accuracy of knocking down outside shots is sustainable. They nearly lost three games to OKC and that one trick pony offense and if it wasn't for all those 4th quarter meltdowns, they might have lost the series. The Spurs offense looked bad at times against Memphis and other times it looked really good. It's a deeply flawed roster but Houston isn't some runaway juggernaut like the Golden State Warriors that can exploit all the Spurs weaknesses. They're very beatable as long as the Spurs can knockdown their open jumpers.
Last edited by Hoops Czar; 05-03-2017 at 02:01 AM.
They won't win. And if they win it will be due to Rockets missing those open, practice shots all night, probably due to partying too hard the night before knowing the series is a wrap already. Big win or not there would be no reason to change the opinion based on that.
Sours need to slow it down.
They ed up running poor offense, which led to easy transition and scrambling defense.
We need to play to our strengths, control the time of possession, and bang on these flighty mother ers.
Think of it as a combination of a power run game in football, and an ugly Bernard Hopkins heavyweight fight.
By utilizing each possession to get a good shot, like when we used to play the beautiful game, it will drain their energy, and also help our defense.
And if we keel pounding them ecentually it willl take their legs.
No legs, no lift on all those 3 balls.
Spurs still can win, but they have to be disciplined and methodical. And nasty. Make Harden drive and mug him lol.
Wasted season. Should have played Murray those Mills minutes, Bertrans the Lee minutes, and signed another perimeter shooter instead of Gasol.
We're finished.
Why would Houston come in so confident after losing three or four in the regular season? That doesn't make sense just like game one didn't make sense we'll get these s!
Well some older gentleman told me... Vegas has to make it's money, with a knowing smile.
I don't even know what our strengths are. LMA's offense has been terrible. Green can't knock down a meaningful shot. Parker and Manu are just too old.
The reality is that Leonard is the only consistent threat on the court. And because of that, our ball movement (or lack of) doesn't mean . Control Leonard and you'll beat the Spurs.
LMA needs to step it up. But even if he does, we're talking about a big man shooting 15 foot jumpers. He's terrible at finishing around the rim. Honestly, I'm not sure we even match up well with
several of the teams in the East.
any updated random thoughts, tbh?? not kidding...
TD21 is one of the best posters I almost always disagree with. Most Spurs fans on here fail to look at the long game. It's hard to fault him for doing the same.
Not even criticizing his take, tbh... just wondering what's the updated take in light of the recent two games...
Series is not over yet. That's the problem. Really worrisome.
Manu needs to retirethere is an update.
I am not liking Lee at all. I have to control my anger.
I wasn't caring much for Lamarcus and Pau but I like their 2 man game. If Rockets can't exploit them and they can play together I like them.
Update: I actually loved Pau's game tonight. Those passes in the paint were a B-E-A-U-T-Y
we all know that, tbhManu needs to retire
What exactly is the problem? enlighten me...
They aren't doing too good actually.. but I don't want to even mention it... bc I don't want to jinx this.
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