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The Manu-Splitter connection wasn't that crisp tbh. I they get back the 2012 level should be good.
Splitter has been great but it sucks that he can't get more whistles. The guy gets hammered at times and can't get a foul.
The Manu-Splitter connection wasn't that crisp tbh. I they get back the 2012 level should be good.
Last edited by PingPong; 04-28-2014 at 07:02 PM.
We could start by not biting on Dalambert's pump fake every time.
You can amend this le by replacing 3 with 5, tbh...
... and 5. Tiago's play during the 4th quarter was just crazy.
Tiago was an animal in the 4th. That might've been some of the best baskrtball I've ever seen him play, tbh.
That pick-n-roll play with Patty in the 4th was outstanding.
The crisp pass to Parker just after securing an offensive rebound off Parker's miss was also amazing (with about 7 minutes left in the 4th).
Tiago Splitter has shown up HUGE. He was probably the MVP of game 5.
Tiago's been great but to to expect him to keep this up against better teams is unrealistic imo, especially against moe athletic teams like OKC and Miami, if it comes to that.
Still waiting
There isn't one. The only other speculated target was Dante Cunningham, but the Wolves unexpectedly picked up his option. There really wasn't a better big the Spurs could have gotten for Ayres' money. But there were some that they could have tried to trade for or used the full MLE to acquire instead of signing Beli.
Well this was the kind of series the Spurs got him for to avoid those 1-8 seed series losses. No one should expect him to be able to defend Lebron at the 4. He's fine against OKC if they play a bigger lineup. He can't do Durant at the 4 either.
Would google but am on my phone, what does Jermaine O'Neal make?
He would have fit in the gap, but he would have been a pretty risky pickup given his injury history and global decline. Plus, he is a center-only big when the Spurs already had four players who could play the five and needed a mobile four. That also doesn't account for the fact that the Spurs seemed to be trying to preserve room in the MLE to be able to sign a rookie to a contract longer than two years. O'Neal's current salary ($2 Million) would not have allowed that.
The best big I see for Ayres money is Antic, who's a very unique player in that he's a stretch-five. But he's a chucker and doesn't seem very mobile (or good in other aspects of defense).
Jermaine has been a very useful pickup for the Warriors this year. I like his toughness and his ability to get on the glass. However, Big Fat Baby pulled a busch league stunt and injured O'neal's right knee today. Dont know if anyone saw that tonight! The problem I have with Ayers is he cant hold on to the ball and he sucks something else on D. Ill admit some of his dunks have been nice, but the majority of the time he loses the ball going up for a dunk or he gets rim checked..Bill Simmons used to think that kid out of LSU would be so much better if he was on he Spurs...forgot his name but he spent some time on warriors and he always posted gaudy numbers in the summer league with Anthony Morrow
Copeland signed by Indiana because they didn't want Ayres the scrub back for more than the minimum...
Splitter was instrumental against golden state and grizzlies last year... that is semi-finals and finals of conference.. I get so pissed that no one remembers this, AAU s that only see Stats and blocked shots
Not only that he's a good pick setter. Alot of those 3's we hit in game 3 of the Finals were because of picks he set.
Jermaine O'Neal salary is $2M on the nose.
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