Remember when Skip was calling Pop overrated earlier this year, now he is jerking off to the SAS/GSW box score calling him the GOAT. They are all gypsies trying to get your attention with their half baked intern-proposed takes.
This. They have won most of these games against good teams missing key players. They've also have won most of them at home. They need to win consistently on the road. Don't get me wrong I'm happy with all the winning lately, but I don't think they have what it takes to make it to the Western Conference Finals. They have a good chance to get past the first round and maybe the second round, but they better hope for home court advantage.
Even getting to the WCF would take tremendous luck plus Pop's greatest coaching job sans 2014.
Even winning a round would be miraculous for this team considering they are absolutely terrible on the road, have horrible clock management to end quarters/games and feature a historic playoff choker in Derozan.
Even with the winning streak, I'd put them as firm underdogs in any first round series unless they somehow get a 3 or 4 seed, then i'd put it as a 50/50 chance they advance.
The truth is simple.
Except for the Warriors, everybody can beat anybody in the West. I dont think that Denver neither Houston are above the others.
The only way to beat the Warriors in my opinion are 3 things:
- Discipline and control of the pace of a game
- Good Perimeter Defenders on at least two of the three Juggernaugts (Durant, Curry, Thompson)
- Exploiting their weakness on the Center Position. Yes i know they have Cousins, but he is neither Healthy nor has ever played in a Playoff game.
As of right now, their are only teams which have at best 2 of the 3 conditions met.
Spurs for example have the Discipline and are able to exploit the center position. But with only White there is no second defender on the perimeter. Also DeRozean i fear will be Playoff DeRozean.
+1Step up how? We made the conference finals 2 years ago with LMA. Last year we faced the Warriors who curb stomped everybody except Houston. I mean if out first round match up is Portland and our second round is Denver then are we still not a threat? Bc Portland and Denver haven't shown anything in the playoffs. I think Screaming A. Smith is downplaying how bad the west is if that's his reasoning.
OKC isn't a threat until Westbrook steps up in the playoffs. Denver isn't a threat until they step up in the playoffs. Portland isn't a threat until Dame steps up in the playoffs (and doesn't get swept by the Pelicans). Clippers aren't a threat until Lou Williams steps up in the playoffs. if Houston and Golden St match up against each other in the semi finals then who is really the other threat in the west to make the WCF. I would say us.
Aldridge has carried this team per par, Stephen A taking that nonsense tbh.
I couldn't disagree more tbh.
When the Spurs top 9 are healthy, they are even with the other teams (minus GSW) in the west. I think that there is a good chance they make the second round, especially if they're matched up with Denver in the 2-7.
Road records in regular seasons don't matter as much in the playoffs. Winning one game on the playoffs can swing the series, with scouting, playing the same team multiple times, and having days off in between makes it more possible to steal a game for this team.
Any team with a top 9 (a "top 9" is pretty meaningless in the playoffs since rotations are shortened) that relies on the likes of Patty Mills, Bryn Forbes, Marco Belinelli, and Demar Derozan to not get absolutely abused defensively shouldn't be favored in any series tbh.
On the other hand, two of those guys did win four series and a ring one year . . .
Beli's minutes were cut pretty heavily during the '14 run and it's a lot easier to hide Patty on defense when you have prime Danny, Kawhi, Manu, Tiago, and Timmmy...
The '19 Spurs squad routinely throws out entire lineups that have Patty, Beli, Forbes on the court at the same time
SAS the farce who raves about football players playing who were injured - clown!
Having 9 good NBA players in a rotation is still better than several other teams rotations in the playoffs. Mills will be playing fewer minutes while White plays more, Forbes will likely be capped around 25 with DeRozan likely sliding down to SG during closing lineups with White, Gay, Bertans and LMA.
The team defense has been much improved and DeRozan has been passable on that end. It is interesting that you're pesimestic about the Spurs chances when Houston is a worse defensively and less depth. Spurs may end up playing Houston in the 1st round and a long series tends to work against Houston because Pringles tends to ride his starters hard, playing them big minutes.
The Patty, Beli, Forbes, Bertans, Poeltl lineups, that I assume you're referring to, actually smash teams. +20.5 per 100 possessionsBeli's minutes were cut pretty heavily during the '14 run and it's a lot easier to hide Patty on defense when you have prime Danny, Kawhi, Manu, Tiago, and Timmmy...
The '19 Spurs squad routinely throws out entire lineups that have Patty, Beli, Forbes on the court at the same time
My god, some people actually want to see that lineup in the playoffs...wow.The Patty, Beli, Forbes, Bertans, Poeltl lineups, that I assume you're referring to, actually smash teams. +20.5 per 100 possessions
spurs patfo
can develop players
can bury talent
draft best euros but dont bring them over
all because there were certain seasons they had a stacked roster or play within the nba salary cap...that they didnt bring over their euros
What happened to the old saying of live by the 3 die by the 3the last words, “not championship contenders.” and their reasoning is because Spurs cannot shoot 3’s. Idiots. Where do they get these analysts? You win on defense. I bet we have Murray, White, Kawhi, Davis, Aldridge we win the championship, with Poeltl, Demar, Gay in rotation. Bball is scoring and limiting the other team from scoring, not just outscoring without playing defense. Dubs win not because they can shoot, but because they do hard picks which open players and they’re one of the best defensive teams.
I like the start of the clips about Pop a wizard, but regular season coach
A skinny mofo named Wardell showed up,he lived by the 3,he rarely died by the 3,and that saying went obsolete.
Duncan, Ginobili, Leonard, Green, Splitter, Diaw were a huge part of that. , even injured Tony was on par with Mills and Beli in that entire run. Might as well say Austin Daye brings championship experience to any team he's on.
wtf u smoking? coming off the bench to pad his stats when the spurs built a lead, only to see lead go down, then back up again when he was subbed off...guy is a fkn scrub
That's my point lol. The "loyalty" argument in fans will think he had a good playoff run that year but Parker sucked. Mills and Beli were just about as impactful that entire run or maybe a little better. But those top 6 guys I mentioned were the reason we had a good run. We didn't win solely because of Patty and Beli.
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