Throw him at Perk.
I think Blair is a good match up if we need somebody to bang with Perkins, since Perkins isn't that athletic & quick, nor he's long enough or good enough to shoot from outside. While shorter, i think Blair girth and length will be efffective against this particular opponent. BUT, need to be on short leash, has to rebound effectively in defense & not trying to force issue in offense.
I think he could get some min here. I dont care one way or the other as long as it isnt too many min.
He was great against OKC this season and must be given a chance.
look for bonner to be a factor this series
Amen. Twitter sucks. Twitter infiltrating Inside The NBA sucks even more.
the playoff rotation is set, and it excludes Blair.
Spurs edge will be going "small" at he 4 with Bonner/Diaw to draw Ibaka out of the lane, that or we torch them from the corner.
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Id throw Blair out there with the misson to piss off Perkins.
I wouldn't be opposed to a short trial to see how Blair does. OKC is actually a decent matchup for him given that none of their bigs really have a post game, so he shouldn't be as much of a liability of defense due to his size. However I think you've got to give Bonner a chance before Blair given that:
A. IF (and its a big one) Bonner is hitting his shots it will bring OKC's bigs out of the paint making things easier for the rest of the team, as opposed to Blair having to work in the lane
B. 3 points is better than 2
C. If Blair isn't a liability on D then chances are Bonner won't be especially since he doesn't gamble on steals as often as Blair.
I definitely don't miss his circus shots. I prefer Splitter's dunks and layups.
I'd keep Bonner on a very short leash tbh.
Unless the thunder go small Bonner is going to be guarded by Collison for most of the series. Who is mobile enough to guard Bonner out on the perimeter. And he is going to be a problem on the offensive glass for Matt.
If Blair plays in this series is a sign things aren't going well
Remember when Bonner made Collision look like Kareem? Hopefully Bonner can start finding his shot. The argument in the past was there wasn't a big enough sample size. If he knocks down a couple of shots he can make this series much easier.
I don't think he'll get much time because of how well Diaw is playing, but it's nice to know that we have a backup option should one of our bigs go down. Blair really does play well against OKC since their frontcourt isn't very tall or too agile. Plus Ibaka isn't a very good man defender, he gets almost all his blocks jumping in from the blind side for a help defense block. . .not a straight up post defense block.
[QUOTE=therealtruth;5904647]Remember when Bonner made Collision look like Kareem? Hopefully Bonner can start finding his shot. The argument in the past was there wasn't a big enough sample size. If he knocks down a couple of shots he can make this series much easier.[/QUOTE]
"Hopefully and if Bonner"...The story of Bonner's playoff career, tbh.
Anything Bonner can do, Diaw can do better. Not to mention passing, defense, abilities Bonner doesn't possess.
As for Blair, the fact is, we don't really need him. Duncan's playing out of his mind, so it's doubtful Blair would get many touches if he did get significant minutes.
He hasn't played important minutes in the playoffs since the beginning of the Jazz series.
Not too many Spurs players are active on twitter. Kawhi has one but hasnt used it since november 2011. Pretty much since training camp started.
Why are people talking about Perkins, OKC's Center, who would just grab rebounds over Blair's head like Bynum.
Blair actually decreases Duncan's efficiency making him more of a jump-shooter while Diaw increases his efficiency with his passing and spacing.
Then you can make the argument that we see a Tiago/Tim lineup from time to time. Well this lineup while offensively so so can grab every rebound especially with Kawhi at the 3 so that makes up for it.
Plus OKC is likely to go small a lot against us so the minutes at the 4 might not be high in the first place.
I'm really torn about Blair 'cause I want him to do well but he just isn't of much help for us right now.
Thanks Chuck.
Bonner will be the second big off the bench vs OKC. He's a big reason why we match up well against them. Their bigs tend to close out poorly on him.
If Bonner continues to shoot poorly, bring in the Grizzly and see if his mojo vs OKC is still there
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