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Before anyone freaks out, those are the "Most Interesting" power rankings - "teams most worthy of your attention". The guy isn't saying that teams like the Lakers and Knicks are top 10 teams in the league
Good Monday morning to everyone! To keep that blood pumping and boiling here's BDL's Power Rankings.
Note: You have to scroll waaay down to find the Spurs. Almost didn't make it.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ba...063450302.html
Before anyone freaks out, those are the "Most Interesting" power rankings - "teams most worthy of your attention". The guy isn't saying that teams like the Lakers and Knicks are top 10 teams in the league
Lakers above spurs. Wow. Hahahahhah
I was on my cell when looking through this. Lol
Gregg Popovich: not too cool to coach. Early in that Brooklyn game we looked pretty bad. And then I see Pop over on the sideline dancing and yelling as Danny Green is guarding someone. Right in front of the Spurs bench. THAT is what we have that no other franchise does. It might be trendy to say "the world is flat" and no one needs to be in charge, but Pop shows why old-school worked for so long. If you have a mission to get done, then there is no time to mess around. There is a clearly-defined hierarchy here. Yes, it takes the right group of wealthy professional athletes (reality check) to mesh with a grating drill sergeant like Pop, but it also takes wisdom from the hard-ass. He might bench Kyle Anderson after 59 seconds, but he knows how to work the other side of the coin as well. Timmy can't handle a pass from Danny? That's ok. It was the right decision from Green. It was to simple play. Things aren't going to be perfect yet. "Good pass." Pop might micromanage the beJesus out of certain moments, but once the guys are playing it's their game. There will probably be coaching apps which tell coaches the optimal time to call timeout, but they can't replicate the pattern recognition of one old dude in a suit out there sweating on the sideline. Kudos to Pop! Hang in there Kyle
True leader. Mad respect for Mr. Poppovich. Even if he leaves tomorrow to coach the Lakers.
i wouldn't be surprised if he started drinking cola and eating burgers while at a game tbh.
Starting with the second half of the Brooklyn game and through most of the game yesterday, there was some excellent defense being played.
It's more of an emphasis when you consider that this team is really going to buckle down defensively, while the offense is still a work in progress.
Popovich as a white man defied the will of the NBA that Celtics game.Every BS rig was used to try and stop the Spurs trio from dethroning the Celts trio record. Good on Pop and good on the team for weathering another Boston racist episode
It was the first game of the season and I think the Diaw/West combo being so ty had not revealed itself bc TBH Diaw rested most of preseason and played spotty minutes with very ty lineups that included guys not on the rotation. That pairing not working out I think caught Pop entirely by surprise.
Other things happened in that game that were out of Pop's control like Danny having an awful game and LMA still being out of synch with everyone else.
But why would it surprise him though? I'd think he just wanted to try it but was aware of the most likely outcome.
I hope everybody gets to a productive level timely, so the old guys can rest.
That's probably the only way to get both a high seed and health come playoffs.
2014 looks like a fantasy now..
It was obvious Diaw-West would be a terrible fit. Still, having a guy like Kanter off the bench is an anomaly and Pop needs to give it another chance. We saw the residual effect of not playing them together: Duncan being ran into the ground.
It's fine here and there and he was obviously having an excellent game, but had the result not been in hand with 2-3 minutes left, he'd have played a 20 minute 2nd half and close to 37 total, on the 2nd game of a back to back, against a bad team. That's not sustainable.
That said, we officially have our answer to the question I posed. Second game of a back to back, bad team and he essentially goes with a tight eight man rotation. Suffice it to say, Pop's not messing around.
Kanter is an elite offensive rebounder, so it shouldn't be too much of a surprise that those guys got eaten up.
If we want a championship the Diaw/West combo will have to be figured out somehow. It may involve less TD/LMA together or more Boban. Unfortunately, West is the odd man out, but I believe Pop will find him minutes even if BoboTD give up 3-4 mins each to West. Pop will figure something out. I am a proponent of maybe some Boban, 7-8 mins. We have to give Timmy a breather.
He won't hold up playing 35 mins on each of a back to back and both teams had athletic young bigs, that you do exert energy boxing out, and defending. They are not the Demarcus Cousins of the world, but they still made TD work. The big situation is a little more concerning than even the wing one, bc Danny and Kawhi are so young and can give so many quality minutes, then you can sprinkle Patty, Manu and the other guys in as Pop sees fit, but if Kawhi and Danny are healthy, this is less of a concern as the TD minutes.
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