What could have been with a Murray/Green/Gay/Leonard/Aldridge line up defensively. Oh well.
If Kawhi was healthy and playing...
-LMA wouldn't have this type of season since he should share the ball with Kawhi and wouldn't have 18 FGAs per game be dominant on the offensive end..
-Rudy wouldn't get 20 minutes a game since Kawhi would eat some of those minutes. Neither Kyle/Simms had more minutes with healthy Kawhi on court.
LMA, Rudy and Kyle are the most most benefited by Kawhi's absence...He didn't waste any LMA/Rudy good season.
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Gay is becoming more and more comfortable. He enjoys playing here and that's a huge plus.
Rudy has had minutes stolen from him all ing season, these coaches are so ing stupid.
Dude will probably walk after this season so he can get the minutes he deserves.
well, he's the second best player on the team today, so yeah, no doubt about that
Not only is Gay the second best player but he’s easily the best wing with Kawhi out.
Rudy was coming back from a very serious injury (The Achilles) and missed participating in training camp bc of it. He really only had a few preseason games to get in rhythm and I think Pop brought him along carefully bc of it. He then got injured midseason and missed nearly 30 games so he's again brought back carefully. As he has been showing he can handle more Pop has given him more. Even now I think Pop deliberately keeps his minutes around 25 or so. You don't want him to break down again just as he's playing well again.
That said he definitely should be closing games it's something he's done in the league and offensively is a good relief valve for Lamarcus or Manu or Patty... It has to be a team effort and Rudy is talented getting shots in tough situations.
You realize he's playing most of his minutes as a big right? Just checking.
He's playing a lot at the 4 but he's a wing who can play stretch 4. Just like Kyle is a wing, just like most stretch 4s (but not all) in today's NBA.
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This is an incredibly stupid post. Yes, their numbers would likely come down. Who ing cares? They'd be a much better team.
Does it really matter if he's the 2nd tallest player on the court if he plays like a wing? Welcome to the NBA in 2018.
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The Spurs are forced to play like this a lot because Gay and Anderson are better than Pau and lightyears ahead of Joffrey.
Gay is definitely a 4, at this point IMO..he could pass for a 3 on offense, but he has ZERO lateral quickness remaining on defense..
The only non-liability trait of his defense has been his rim protection, as his vertical is still solid and he has good instincts..
It matters to me for purposes of our discussion bc if he's taking minutes as a big, others are playing the wing.
Do people want to be accurate or anything goes?
Good wingspan too and solid strength.
His rebounding is also good. He has a better defensive rebounding rate than LMA and Anderson, 19.5% vs 17.7%, 17.4%.
LMA and Anderson play with rebound chaser Dijon though. It doesn't mean much to me looked at in context overall but he's been good enough. Blocking out bigs is an issue sometimes
Just imagining if we had Kawhi at the 3 with Gay/Aldridge. The size and scoring ability of that frontcourt
He's a small ball big, aka a wing. Calling him a big is far from accurate.
you could argue it's semantics... and I will just leave it at that... he has been a big this season for the Spurs which matters when one talks about his minutes vs other people etc. Just hasn't been a wing this year... but don't even want to argue about something that is evident.
He may or may not. Depends on what the notecards in my pocket say, not what happens during the game.
He definitely needs to play more minutes and close regularly. He's the closest thing this team has to a second option, plus he's highly motivated and still has enough physical ability for that to matter.
The thing is, in many instances there is no such thing as two big positions anymore. This team is a perfect example of that. Other than when Aldridge and Gasol play together (which is the first 6 minutes of the 1st/3rd quarters and occasionally clutch time), they just play with one traditional big.
Well, I'm not the guy here talking about wasting good seasons.
I'm just saying these two players you mentioned wouldn't have the type of good season that they're having now if he was playing.
Obviously, they would be a way better team but you talked about individual-player season.
Just ed up that we have guys like Gay fighting every game because they want to win in the playoffs, just to have Kawhi sit out.
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