The only player worse than demar the last 10 years in the playoffs was lowry, hopefully being away from him and playing less reg. season minutes will change all that, maybe
Exactly. As much as a did like Leonard, DD works better with LMA. They can play together on the same side court. It felt really natural out there with these two like they have been playing for years. I think they will both like each others game, more so than Leonard and Lowry.
I am not looking at the playoffs and I know pop won't be either. We got 81 more games to go. We still haven't seen a full side.
DeMar & LMA already have more chemistry than Kawhi & LMA ever had.
They simply looked like the two best players on the court. Clearly outclassed everybody else.
Not surprising considering that they are both betas.
DeMar is also a better playmaker than Kawhi ever was.
Too bad he can't even make plays for himself when it matters most....
I only saw the highlights and didnt see the combo much. Hope it becomes more obvious as the season progresses. My only concern is that Derozan has no reliable 3pt shot and defenders can quickly recover to where Derozan is whenever Aldridge is double teamed in the post
lma and demar played 41 and 38 minutes respectively..so I dont think pop is limiting their minutes. I also think demar will have good season though..
Walker will come back, white, gay took a shot so was out late, and we all know there will be games where pop won’t play the main guys
I agree with that. Also better leader and teammate. Still think Kawhi is the better player.
I agree that DD just has an "IT" factor on offense he is also very comfortable in "clutch" time. No hesitation and plays with good awareness. My guess is that he is a very high level basketball "IQ". On offense he knew when and how to attack. He isn't the 1 on 1 player Leonard was but he is a much better facilitator. It was a very good sign for the first game but one that should be taken with a grain of salt because the Timberwolves are likely only playing to around 70% of their potential right now although they competed with a lot of heart too, they are obviously discombobulated a bit. LMA always goes off on this team. Its like he has KAT's number for now.
True. Which makes one wonder about Spurs past chemistry issues since LMA clearly wanted out a season b4 Kawhi did. That’s in the past but something definitely wasn’t clicking there.
If you look closely at LMA's career you wouldn't say he's a beta. Demar either. Both might not be top 5 talent but they have alpha/beta qualites which is the best to have. Big 3 showed those same traits.
I agree. Kawhi isn't that advanced in facilitating the offense for his team mates.
With DeRozan looking for pick and roll opportunities and kick outs, I think will compensate for some loss of Manu and Parker. Hopefully, Walker IV can play backup to that kind of a role.
Will they continue to play that many minutes though?
Yup, saw that too!
You made a good point on this.
I'd say yes until Walker returns or poetl improves
that's why i'm not understanding why people think this team is going to be worse than last year. granted i do think losing murray changes the dynamic, but people were saying that even before we had injuries. never made sense. derozan is a clear upgrade to whatever the you call what we had last year
WTF you talking about did you even watch the game? Or as usual just talking out of KY Ass?Too bad he can't even make plays for himself when it matters most....
Can we all agree to simplify this duo into one name “Lamar”?
I'm a very convinced he hated playing with Kawhi from day 1. Their games just didn't compliment each other.
Agree. But he also thought this was gonna be HIS team then Kawhi was fantastic finished as MVP top 2/3 candiddate that year and the next.
That's why LMA asked Pop to play more minutes, to get more touches, it wasnt just not being compatible together, there was some of LMA ego there. He never handled well that younger, more talented guys stole the show
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