Reasons to be optimist

[Brazil]

^^..

I agree about Tiago, his defense has been awful this season, especially considering he's usually one of the best defensive bigs in the league, tbh..

oh now.. advanced metrics don't give the good picture ?

Splitter DRtg is better than last year fwiw but I guess in Splitter case it does not reflect reality... that's so antiquated

[rasuo214]

oh now.. advanced metrics don't give the good picture ?

Splitter DRtg is better than last year fwiw but I guess in Splitter case it does not reflect reality... that's so antiquated

Splitter's DRPM last season was 4.53, 3rd among PFs (Duncan was 2nd with 5.38 and KG was 1st with 6.6)
Splitter's DRPM so far this season is -0.05 which puts him at 65th, worse than Bonner (0.01) but better than Baynes (-0.15) and Ayres (-0.58). Top 3 are Duncan (5.45), Davis (4.15) and Ibaka (3.55).


Team by RPM (ORPM/DRPM):
Duncan = 6.00 (0.55/5.45)
Leonard = 4.61 (0.99/3.62)
Green = 2.66 (0.72/1.94)
Ginobili = 2.20 (2.21/-0.01)
Joseph = 1.04 (0.41/0.63)
Bonner = 0.36 (0.35/0.01)
Splitter = 0.19 (0.24/-0.05)
Diaw = -0.04 (-0.91/0.87)
Baynes = -0.58 (-0.43/-0.15)
Mills = -1.30 (0.19/-1.49)
Ayres = -1.40 (-0.82/-0.58)
Anderson = -2.09 (-1.83/-0.26)
Belinelli = -2.87 (0.26/-3.13)
Parker = -3.28 (-0.12/-3.16)
Daye = -3.70 (-2.67/-1.03)

[BillMc]

Updated On-Off numbers for the Spurs. Positive impact players in black. Negative impact in red. Some observations:

-Team desperately needs Kawhi back. By far, the most impactful player on the team.
-Team needs Tony to go away. His play this season has been cancerous. Misses weeks at a time. Never cheers his teammates. Sulks on the bench. Comes back and only plays one half of basketball while ruining the team chemistry. Promised 60 million over the next four years...despite having the lowest impact of all our key players. Earn your paycheck or get the off the team Frenchie.
-Patty's been great so far. Provides so much energy to the bench unit and hustles on both ends of the floor.
-Splitter's defense has been bad this season. He just came back from injury so I guess we can cut him some slack. Hopefully we see some improvement in the coming weeks.
-Marco's one of the worst defenders in Spur history. His contribution on offense is negligible compared to how much he gives back on defense. Just a terrible, terrible player. It's not surprising we're struggling when we have someone so bad filling in for Leonard in the starting lineup.
- at Austin Daye's numbers. How is this guy still in the NBA?


Leonard:



Patty:



Manu:



Danny:



Diaw:



TD:



Cojo



Bonner:



Tiago:



Baynes:



Errors



Enrique



Marco the Cancer



Kyle Anderson



Daye

Great post. Interesting stuff. Tiago's results really surprise me.

[BillMc]

Marco's minutes this season are 666....

[TampaDude]

Marco's minutes this season are 666....

You noticed that, too, eh?

[TampaDude]

This plus so many goddamn injuries and no chance to gel. Still haven't had the full roster even one game.

^ this, tbh

When the team that obliterated Miami in the 2014 Finals comes back fully healthy, look out!

[BillMc]

You noticed that, too, eh?

Yeah, and I also noticed Satan doesn't play defense.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Updated On-Off numbers for the Spurs. Positive impact players in black. Negative impact in red. Some observations:

-Team desperately needs Kawhi back. By far, the most impactful player on the team.
-Team needs Tony to go away. His play this season has been cancerous. Misses weeks at a time. Never cheers his teammates. Sulks on the bench. Comes back and only plays one half of basketball while ruining the team chemistry. Promised 60 million over the next four years...despite having the lowest impact of all our key players. Earn your paycheck or get the off the team Frenchie.
-Patty's been great so far. Provides so much energy to the bench unit and hustles on both ends of the floor.
-Splitter's defense has been bad this season. He just came back from injury so I guess we can cut him some slack. Hopefully we see some improvement in the coming weeks.
-Marco's one of the worst defenders in Spur history. His contribution on offense is negligible compared to how much he gives back on defense. Just a terrible, terrible player. It's not surprising we're struggling when we have someone so bad filling in for Leonard in the starting lineup.
- at Austin Daye's numbers. How is this guy still in the NBA?


Leonard:



Patty:



Manu:



Danny:



Diaw:



TD:



Cojo



Bonner:



Tiago:



Baynes:



Errors



Enrique



Marco the Cancer



Kyle Anderson



Daye

This is a great post.


I'd be curious to see last year's numbers since it's essentially the same roster.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I think Tiago's numbers will improve the more he gets involved. He's still playing his way into game shape.

That 12 point defensive swing when Matador Marco is in the game is ridiculous.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Marco's minutes this season are 666....

Yeah, and I also noticed Satan doesn't play defense.

He can also refer you to a great Italian tattoo artist..

[BillMc]

He can also refer you to a great Italian tattoo artist..

[Mr Bones]

I don't take Splitter's numbers too seriously. He's missed a bunch of games and was less than 100% in many of the ones he did play. Hopefully he'll be 100% for the second half of the season.

[Malik Hairston]

Well, Splitter is a proven defender that has a history of elite defense, even in playoff settings..

Belinelli's on/off numbers were atrocious in last year's playoffs, and he has always rated as one of the worst defensive players in the league, tbh..nothing will change that..

[SnakeBoy]

Biggest reason to be optimistic, Barkley says the Spurs are finished.

[Obi Juan Kenobi]

Aspirations for getting a high seed in the loaded West are pretty much gone. The team should just focus on getting healthy and get into a rhythm going into the playoffs. If they can get it together, I have no doubt that this team can go into Oakland, Los Angeles, Houston, Portland, wherever and take games on the road in any of these arenas...

[Johnny RIngo]

Well, Splitter is a proven defender that has a history of elite defense, even in playoff settings..

Belinelli's on/off numbers were atrocious in last year's playoffs, and he has always rated as one of the worst defensive players in the league, tbh..nothing will change that..

Splitter will definitely improve. He's a bit of a pussy when it comes to recovering from injuries which is probably affecting his play right now. Once he's fully confident in his health, he'll be playing elite defense again.

There's no hope for Marco though. His numbers are considerably worse than last year. Defense has to be all-time terrible as far as Spurs wing players go and he's not giving us much on the offensive end either. His playoffs were a trainwreck last year too. If there's anybody that's a prime candidate for a trade it has to be him.

Nothing we can do about Tony except hope he grows a pair of balls. It's embarrassing to see him playing so soft right now when Tim and Manu are sacrificing their bodies every night at near 40 years old. Someone should remind him he's not being paid $60 million to give us worse production than Cory Joseph.