Player Pairs - Feb. 17, 2012

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Lol not everyone gets up at three am has constant moral authority

[Warlord23]

The data suggests that Neal is great alongside Manu, presumably because he can focus on scoring while Manu orchestrates the offense. Neal isn't that great with Ford though. Ford OTOH plays great with Parker.

This is a bit of a problem if the everyday lineup has TP/Manu starting, then being subbed out for Ford/Neal. Maybe Pop needs to take Manu out early and insert Ford to play with Parker. Then later in the quarter he may want to insert Manu and Neal to replace Ford and Parker.

[DBMethos]

Awesome stats! Any chance of getting similar numbers for the championship squads? (As if you don't already do enough for this place!)

[xapatan2]

Timvp paired with Spurstalk.com

+113,33 since the beginning of the season
And It goes higher every week !

Damned all this in-depth work for us fans is forcing me to post...

Some Pop decisions are becoming more understandable..
What an exciting season..

Xap'

[lurker23]

Wonder if Pop would consider a Parker, Ginobili, Leonard, Blair, Duncan lineup to start with a Neal, Green, Jefferson, Splitter, Bonner sub pattern? When T.J. gets back, run with a Ford, Neal, Green, Splitter, (Bonner or Jefferson) sub pattern.

I would love this combination. I suggested something similar a while ago (with Neal in place of Ginobili in the starting lineup), but that might not be wise if Neal doesn't play well with Parker.

I think the bottom line with most of the lineups I try to come up with is that I want Ginobili everywhere and on the court all the time, and obviously that's not possible nor advisable.

What the have I been looking at?

So basically by every statistical metric available, Kawhi Leonard sucks A.H.????
Why the does he subjectively look like the greatest Spurs rookie in damn near a decade???

This doesn't make sense.

My theory is that Kawhi is still learning how to fit into an NBA team, both on offense and on defense. Individually, he's shown flashes of being really special, particularly on the defensive end. However, because of these flashes, we don't get down on him too much for being invisible offensively at times. Similarly, perhaps he's missing some rotations or help-defense opportunities on the defensive end that we're not seeing as clearly.

[Nathan89]

This reminds me of Moneyball

Difference is baseball is basically an individual game.

If Duncan and Splitter get more playing time the results will change.

Lets just stick with what we know doesn't work. "Pop knows what he's doing."

[TJastal]

Send Blair to the NBDL and sign Joel Przybilla.

Last I heard he's looking to sign with either the heat or bulls.

[timvp]

Awesome stats! Any chance of getting similar numbers for the championship squads?

I'll try to do it for the 2006-07 regular season. But only extremely raw stats are available so I don't know if it's possible yet . . .

[TDMVPDPOY]

data suggests, pass the ball to splitter = money

[DBMethos]

I'll try to do it for the 2006-07 regular season. But only extremely raw stats are available so I don't know if it's possible yet . . .

Thanks. It'd be interesting to see if trends from that regular season translated to what we saw in the playoffs...