You've horribly underrated Rasho as a defender, actually you've horribly underrated all three of them as defenders....
Ummm... last time I checked Mourning didn't win for the same reason Barkley, Ewing and a whole lota others didn't win...............................
Michael Jordan
Akeem Olajuwon
Shaquille Oneal.
It had nothing to do with Pat Riley, he just wasn't the best player and wasn't playing with the best player.
This is a player's league.
If the playoff roster was picked today, Rasho would be waived.
Wake up.
He's identified a major problem. Tim's defense in the paint has looked pretty sad at times recently. I gave up counting how many layups Ray Allen and other Sonics had right in Tim's face. Tim is not leaving his feet at all. He's timid offensively too. I know he's recovering from several ankle injuries, but that only underlines the point: he's not playing at his usual high level.
The main problem there is the Nash/Stoudemire pick-n-roll. If Tim isn't very mobile, this combo absolutely destroys us.
Also, he's right about Barry being a huge letdown.
Bright spots: Nash can't defend at all, so Tony should be free to have big games. Phoenix doesn't have truly big big men, so Spurs should have a definite advantage there. Nazr is looking like the Spurs' best trade ever, and Rasho is healthy--if Tim continues to look anemic I hope Pop will put Rasho in for some minutes. And Manu is Manu.
Spurs in 6.
This clown is nuts.
Of course because he is a friend of the forum he gets leeway. But this philosophy should apply to many national journalists who regularly are torn apart as hacks by the local pundits.
Spelling mistakes while trivial do tend to minimize the writing. That unfortunately undermines the writer's abilities, valid they may be
(luckluster,robison). And the chess/chest pass typo is not alone...if he was talking about the natural occurence of electrical discharge due to the weather....it is lightning not lightening.
I see the deficiencies today's Spurs may have in comparison to previous squads. However the author failed to highlight the Sun's very obvious lack of depth. Dallas showed Phoenix is not at all unbeatable. Even with a slowed Duncan, he along with Nazr are more than what Dallas brought to the table with the addition of a more sound defensive rotation.
The greatest arguments against the writer are glossed over and left to the last sentence, Parker and Ginobili, respectively.
^ Damn, I wish I wrote that. Stupid beer.
Right on the money, maxpower. Not a great article, too many mistakes, and the premise makes no sense.
I was thinking of how to re-write it, and if using Alonzo as an example is necessary, why not comment how he is playing now with the Heat?
Then you can talk about how Nazr Mohammed compares, and Brent Barry.
It's not so clear cut as saying all of our role-player under-achieving. Some (like Barry) are. Some (like Nazr) aren't.
The article tries to make a back and white point where it doesn't exist.
Sorry I'm beating a dead horse, I just can't believe this guy is being given a free pass by Timvp (who's been more critical than me on occasion) and others. Making a few good points does not make for a good article.
Being this critical of a fan's opinion article is funny to me. Sure, the typos shouldn't be there -- but that's probably on us (me and timvp) for editing at 12am.
As for the content -- it's just an opinion.
Good article.
I think or hope the Spurs will attack Nash. He's the Suns confidence. You make him struggle and eventually it will wear on all the Suns. On defense the Spurs will find him early, make him work to receive the ball whether on a Suns' rebound or inbound. They will pressure him full court. They will pressure him to give up the dribble and work him hard when he tries to get the ball back. They will run out or push it on offense forcing him to get back quickly on D. They will run him off picks. They may aggresively jump picks on D and force him out. Nash should be worn out by the fourth and without the Suns backup PG Johnson and a subpar plaing Barbosa the Suns will be vulnerable.
Fact is, if he'd picked the Spurs in 7, he could have had a spelling mistake in each sentence and y'all wouldn't care.
Duncan's injury is a very legitimate concern, and so is the inconsistent offense. The Suns will not go on very many scoring droughts, particularly if Duncan is not a dominant defensive presence in the paint, so the Spurs have to keep scoring on a consistent basis.
Well, he never played Shaq or Hakeem in the Playoffs, and they lost to the New York Knicks three years in a row, so I don't think that's a valid excuse.Ummm... last time I checked Mourning didn't win for the same reason Barkley, Ewing and a whole lota others didn't win...............................
Michael Jordan
Akeem Olajuwon
Shaquille Oneal.
It had nothing to do with Pat Riley, he just wasn't the best player and wasn't playing with the best player.
he made good points
duncan's ankle could go out any time
this series is far from over
These articles seem to me like they are predicated on the fact that Duncan is an overrated player, not a clutch performer or a leader, and can't play defense. I'm not sure what playoffs a person like that is watching.
Uh, Kori, practically everything in this forum is a fan's opinion. Does that mean we can't be critical?
Like I said, I've seen Timvp go off on better written articles than this. The article as written just doesn't make any sense at all. The "good points" he makes have been made by others on this forum better than he has made them.
I don't see why some people are defending this guy like he's a great writer or something. But that's just me.
But since practically the opposite of everything he said came true today, hopefully he'll write some more about how the Spurs will lose this series...
I was laughing at you guys being crazy critical of the typos (which I explained were our fault for not editing). You can be as critical as you want about the opinions. That's why it's a discussion forum.Uh, Kori, practically everything in this forum is a fan's opinion. Does that mean we can't be critical?
oh, OK, I understand now. Thanks.
BTW, who is Kris?
So the jist of this article is the Spurs would be fine if we got another David Robinson.
Wow, that's easy.
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