Shams: Pop Not Expected to Return this Season; Long-Term Future is in Jeopardy

[baseline bum]

I actually think he'll step away in the offseason, but doesn't want to announce it and take attention from the team or be pressured into a farewell tour or something of the sort. I bet he'll announce in the offseason and try to fade away quietly. But if not, then yeah, I think it validates what OV just said.

He needs to do it early once the season is over. None of this uncertainty bull like he's ing Trump or something.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

This guy put in SUCH a cool offense this year with Memphis. They run almost no on ball picks, preferring to move the ball and the players. Because they don’t ball screen much, the second defender can’t jam the primary ball handler. When the ball handler drives towards another player, everyone rotates in a pre-determined direction. It’s almost impossible to help on defense, because the floor is so spread. You don’t even need to be a good shooter to thrive in this offense, because it creates both open looks AND huge driving lanes. There’s a reason that Memphis is close to the same productivity with or without Ja on the floor. Fox would beast in this offense, as would Castle and Keldon.

This. This is the guy they need to hire. But I have a super terrible feeling they will hire Mitch because Pop's a dumbass that wants to pass the torch to his ultimate ring kissing sycophant.

[CGD]

People would be understandably disappointed with a Mike Brown hire, but he'd be a major improvement over what we have now in Pop/Mitch.

Not even coach we hire is going to last 28 years, or even 5 years. Mike Brown would actually be a good "next step" coach to change some of the culture around here and take steps forward. If he plateau's, you move on and bring in the next guy to take it to the next level.

I think you’re right. Our version of Bickerstaff in Detroit. Clearly was not the guy for Cleveland given where they were on their timeline, but deserves a ton of credit with the Pistons.

[spurraider21]

This guy put in SUCH a cool offense this year with Memphis. They run almost no on ball picks, preferring to move the ball and the players. Because they don’t ball screen much, the second defender can’t jam the primary ball handler. When the ball handler drives towards another player, everyone rotates in a pre-determined direction. It’s almost impossible to help on defense, because the floor is so spread. You don’t even need to be a good shooter to thrive in this offense, because it creates both open looks AND huge driving lanes. There’s a reason that Memphis is close to the same productivity with or without Ja on the floor. Fox would beast in this offense, as would Castle and Keldon.

for those who want to visualize

[RC_Drunkford]

are you sure it wasnt just the Awful Coaching guy?

no literally everybody said why would he do that. It was blatantly obvious that that was a dumb strategy, cause Wemby could get any switch he wanted

[ginobilized]

for those who want to visualize

Thanks for sharing this! I'm a visual learner.
It will be telling to see where this lands in the playoffs. If Memphis and Boston make the finals, I could see others implementing this concept.

[Obstructed_View]

He needs to do it early once the season is over. None of this uncertainty bull like he's ing Brett Favre or something.

Edited so people actually know what you're talking about.

[scott]

for those who want to visualize

Great video. As I watched I was trying to envision the current Spurs personnel in this system and found myself... struggling to say the least.

[exstatic]

Great video. As I watched I was trying to envision the current Spurs personnel in this system and found myself... struggling to say the least.

You don’t have to shoot to take advantage of this offense.

[LeBowen]

Great video. As I watched I was trying to envision the current Spurs personnel in this system and found myself... struggling to say the least.

We spoke Fox into existance, maybe it's time to start promoting a coaching candidate.

[scott]

You don’t have to shoot to take advantage of this offense.

The shooting isn't my concern, it the processing speed of a significant portion of our roster. Some of these guys don't even know where to be in our extremely simplistic schemes... this system asks a lot more of them.

[scott]

We spoke Fox into existance, maybe it's time to start promoting a coaching candidate.

I am ready to throw my support behind pretty much any legitimate candidate at this point

[benefactor]

The shooting isn't my concern, it the processing speed of a significant portion of our roster. Some of these guys don't even know where to be in our extremely simplistic schemes... this system asks a lot more of them.

You are being awfully nice. These guys are way too stupid to run that offense. We have a bunch of think like deer players. A partial roster overhaul would definitely be needed for it to work.

[spurraider21]

We spoke Fox into existance, maybe it's time to start promoting a coaching candidate.

ima say Vogel

no shot he wants to stick around as an assistant for the mavs with Nico running that ship

[CGD]

Thanks for sharing this! I'm a visual learner.
It will be telling to see where this lands in the playoffs. If Memphis and Boston make the finals, I could see others implementing this concept.

So basically the "beautiful game" lite?

[spurraider21]

You don’t have to shoot to take advantage of this offense.

i think the concern is a lot of these guys are basically asked to drive/score one on one without a ball screen. that seems good for Fox and even Keldon. Castle isnt there yet. Vassell is probably going to wind up pulling up for a jumper in lots of those situations. we already know sochan isnt great in those spots. HB can probably do well enough there if he has a slight advantage/closeout he's working with. champagnie's shooting hasnt quite lived up to what we've wanted. he's gotten a little better at beating closeouts though. and even wemby... one on one scoring isn't really his bread and butter right now.

on the other hand, Ja, Bane, JJJ are built for iso situations, even GG Jackson. though Larivia and Wells thriving is a good indicator our guys can pick it up

[scott]

You are being awfully nice. These guys are way too stupid to run that offense. We have a bunch of think like deer players. A partial roster overhaul would definitely be needed for it to work.

That's definitely what I was getting at...

[MannyIsGod]

Our players look stupid in this offense, but is it because they are stupid or because the offense is stupid? I'm just not ready to cast too much judgement given how bad this system has been for YEARS now.

[scott]

Our players look stupid in this offense, but is it because they are stupid or because the offense is stupid? I'm just not ready to cast too much judgement given how bad this system has been for YEARS now.

These guys suck at arithmetic, but maybe they'll excel at integral calculus. You never know.

[baseline bum]

These guys suck at arithmetic, but maybe they'll excel at integral calculus. You never know.

TBH I thought Pop's playbook was more like algebraic geometry. Thought it was supposed to be one of the most complicated playbooks in the league. Don't recall what player said it. Might have been Dejounte when he was on the StakJack & Barnes show. Or maybe it was Richard Jefferson who said it. Guess you can get away with a crazy playbook when you have Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Boris Diaw on your team.

[BackHome]

He needs to do it early once the season is over. None of this uncertainty bull like he's ing Trump or something.

You mean more like Biden who thought his walking corpse could win and work for another 4 years. Our only hope is we witness another coup, I guess RC would be our Nancy not sure who would be our Obama?

I just hope they pick a better candidate then they did with Camala, but they probably do same stupid and force Mitch on us.

[scott]

TBH I thought Pop's playbook was more like algebraic geometry. Thought it was supposed to be one of the most complicated playbooks in the league. Don't recall what player said it. Might have been Dejounte when he was on the StakJack & Barnes show. Or maybe it was Richard Jefferson who said it. Guess you can get away with a crazy playbook when you have Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Boris Diaw on your team.

Doesn't look like that's the same playbook we're using today... seems like our entire playbook these days is PnR, DHO, Dribble Dribble Dribble oh the shot clock is running out I better shoot

[spurraider21]

Doesn't look like that's the same playbook we're using today... seems like our entire playbook these days is PnR, DHO, Dribble Dribble Dribble oh the shot clock is running out I better shoot

series of DHOs that generate no advantage and they just do them over and over again for no apparent reason

[RC_Drunkford]

series of DHOs that generate no advantage and they just do them over and over again for no apparent reason

cause Pop is stuck in 2002

[ambchang]

The shooting isn't my concern, it the processing speed of a significant portion of our roster. Some of these guys don't even know where to be in our extremely simplistic schemes... this system asks a lot more of them.

It’s similar to what I’ve been asking for all year if wemby is to play out at the 3 pt line, where the players will have loads of cutting along the baseline and refilling empty position along the way. Difference is that I was looking at more off ball screens and give and goes.

Agreed I have concerns about the processing speed of the team, but the youth of the team can help them run around all day without getting gassed.