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You nailed it on the head. Since he's just a three point shooter (but a pretty good one), he's useless if his shot isn't falling.
As a side note, those uniforms look horrendous; please go back to normal unis thank you very much.
You nailed it on the head. Since he's just a three point shooter (but a pretty good one), he's useless if his shot isn't falling.
Speaking of Blair and tweeting, he hasn't done it after the Thunder game while he quite spend his life on twitter. Maybe someone told him that he wasn't helping himself with all the whining.
Pretty much. A trend I noticed dating back to the preseason game against the Wizards was that the offense couldn't gel when TP and TD sat. In a time when Manu makes scrubs look like rotation players and rotation players into good players, he... wasn't there to boost the offense.
On the other hand, they look like official unis.
The thing that irks me the most about Tiago is that he plays soft. For a guy nearly seven feet, you would think he would be a little more physical. Also, he always seems to be late on help defense. Unfortunately, whenever he does help out his feet are glued to the court. Does he know that he is allowed to contest a shot but jumping off the ground?
I actually liked the way they looked (uniforms). Basic and to the point. Kinda like what the Spurs are all about.
Great write up as always. Timmy looked awesome and really dominated when he was on the court. That helped offset how damn good Durant is when he is on the court. Nice to see Tony continue to improve and mature as the primary scorer. Kawhi is special and I love how hard he is playing. That effort and Pop working on him this season is really looking promising.
Jackson is the man. He attacked the basket quick and hard and threw in a dagger of a 3 pointer. He also irritated KD about as well as anyone can in this league. Despite his huge trade asset, I much prefer keeping SJ for the whole year. His intangibles and at ude is just what this team needs. He is the Anti-RJ.
It was a great game and I really wonder if there will ever be a point when us long time Spurs fans won't cringe a little when Tony takes those critical shots. He really has improved.
thanks for the writeup!
I liked them.
1 extra shot blocker to go along with Tim Duncan and we win the West, tbh, fwiw. Preferably Kenyon Martin imo.
Haven't watch the game but who guarded Parker? Is it Sefolosha?
Westbrook...Thus why the spurs won
Time to admit that Westbrook is TP's tbh... I don't know what TP does to him on the D end but it's working. Russel shoots awful against Parker, he was below 40% FG in the WCF IIRC and tonite was even worst. Sometimes I feel that because his size and athleticism advantage against Parker he goes nuts in O, trying to take advantage of that.
honestly I have nothing against the new uniforms, they are not super sexy but they look clean.
Unis look OK. Don't like the stripes on the sides, but it's not a huge deal.
he has to be himself. everytime he tries to by physical probably due to pop's demand, he ends up picking up lame fouls
They kinda look like pajamas for some reason, not a fan.
Nice writeup Timvp!
I wonder when the last time was that all 5 Spurs starters played at least 32 minutes in a regular season game...especially game 2 of a back-to-back? Odd.
That would only happen if Manu was injured or if he was starting
I actually really liked the jerseys. Totally gonna get a Leonard or Jackson one.
I hate DeJuan Blair, I really do. I despise Bonner's incompetence but I don't hate him. It's not necessarily his fault that he sucks so much since he has almost no potential. Blair on the other hand sucks and it's ENTIRELY his fault that he sucks. The guy used to be a ing beast on the boards which is the only reason why we got him and he can STILL be that beast because nothing really has changed physically with Blair. The issue is Blair's mentality. He goes out wanting to be a star scorer and THAT ISN'T WHAT THIS TEAM NEEDS. We already have prolific scorers in Parker, Neal, Mills, Ginobili, even Duncan and Splitter at times can be big offensive weapons. Blair is supposed to REBOUND AND KICK IT OUT not try to show off some stupid ing jumper that no one cares to see. He's such an idiot and it shows in his romantic decisions, his stupid tweets, and most importantly his game and it just pisses me off. Bench him the whole year the guy isn't a Spur as far as I'm concerned.
First of all, I'm really puzzled as to why Splitter didn't play in the second half. Granted, he wasn't great in his short stint earlier, looking just a step too late to most situations. But with Tim and Diaw having logged in heavy minutes the night before, with Bonner being non-existent (figuratively in the first half, literally in the second), and with Blair trying but playing terrible, I don't see why Tiago didn't get a second chance.
As for Tim, he was just fantastic. Period. Tony played a no-nonsense game with nice D and two big shots down the stretch. As far as maturity and mental toughness go, he was miles ahead of Westbrook last night.
Speaking of mental toughness, Jackson was just great in that regard. It's amazing what his brand of mental and physical focus brings to this team. When you look at him playing for the Spurs, you wouldn't believe he ever was considered a player being difficult to handle. He is all about team here.
Green was getting schooled on defense quite a bit, but just the fact that he was able to knock down a couple of threes against the Thunder makes this a good game for him. And while Kawhi still has a ways to go on both ends of the floor, I like him trying to test his limits offensively, even if it's not always pretty and at times leads to situations where he is trying to do too much or simply overthinking things. With time, he will develop the ability to let the game come to him.
All in all, a pretty nice win. And hats off to the Thunder as well. The whole Harden situation must not have been easy on the players, but they came back into the game numerous times. That's just a good ballclub.
This literally made me laugh out loud.
For the most part, I agree. Although I'm skeptical that he can get back to being an elite rebounder, I do believe he can improve upon his paltry percentage from last season.
As far as Pop playing mad scientist with the rotation goes, while I didn't like every single combination I saw, I agreed with playing the vast majority of the key players relatively significant minutes. We all know this team needs to strive to get the 1 seed and with the Lakers predictably starting slow and the Thunder still digesting the trade, they need to get a lead on them now. Sooner than later they should hit their stride offensively and he'll be able to ration the minutes more. Two games in, I'm not worried about that. If anything, it's encouraging to see him go for the win and not lose a game just so that he could buy a few guys a few more minutes of rest.
The one thing that i didn't get is why didn't Brooks put Sefolosha on Parker like he did in the finals. The only thing I can figure is he's holding that for the playoffs and does not want Pop to have any regular season time to figure it out.
They can't do it without Harden. Unless you want Martin or Westbrook guarding Manu, I just don't see it happening at all.
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