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He's getting frozen out of the offense by Kobe, I mean Kawhi, per par
I think Dedmon deserves the start.
He's getting frozen out of the offense by Kobe, I mean Kawhi, per par
It's all good because it's basketball discussion, but people have to stop freaking out and diagnosing things this early. That is why I was so vocal early on about bracing yourself for up's and down's.
This team has a lot of new pieces and with Danny out to start things are even more whacky. Then, even if you want to say the starting lineup is the same except one player, while true it underscores how big of a cog was lost in Tim.
Lot going on, lot to figure out, new guys, young guys and a SL that is whacky due to injury. Give it some time before delving too far.
The only area Gasol is a clear upgrade on Duncan in, is range shooting. His length probably isn't "better" (his height is, but I've never seen a player block shots or rebound with their head) and his rebounding isn't either (he's corralled a superior percentage the past 2 seasons, but his contested rebound percentage is poor and his team rebounded better with him off the floor).
Whether it's their forte or not, to a certain extent, the center has to be the "defensive captain" just because of the nature of the position. They've got the best view of the opposing offense and because of their size and proximity to the rim, are often the biggest impediment to it.
Dwight got $23 mil per. The Spurs could never compete for him, he was not a realistic option at all.
It does make sense - they're trading contracts, not players. Tony's contract is bad and he doesn't have even a neutral trade value. The only possibility for a trade, IF they decide to do it which is highly unlikely, would be to some team trying to meet the salary floor. Danny, on the other hand, has a very tradable contract and could fetch an actual asset. If they go after Chris Paul next summer, Danny will be the first on the block.
Roger that,.... we are saddled with Tony.
You pay the price to move Parker. He makes negative sense with Paul anyway. And that's before getting into the fact that Parker's deal is larger and that Danny's deal isn't enough cap savings.
Could the Spurs have opened up enough money if they wanted to go after Whiteside or Dwight Howard? After watching Whiteside destroy us earlier last week, I wondered why they never went after him. I would have taken his defense and rebounding any day of the week over Pau's offensive fit.
They could have, yes.
Imo Duncan could have won any of them from '01-'07, and should have won in 2013.
Why do you think they didn't go after Whiteside? Character issues, or do you think they weren't sold on him?
Howard, I figure, they wouldn't have wanted to pay him that much as I doubt they thought he was worth his market price.
I think they didn't want to make the further financial sacrifices that would have been necessary for them to keep get him. It would've probably required them to let Manu go. Spurs had like $21-22 Million in cap space, IIRC, but Murray, LJC and Manu took up around $6 Million when you factor in cap holds and roster charges, so they didn't have all that much to use on Pau.
Personally, I wasn't too much on the Whiteside caravan as it was. It was on some combo of Clarkson/Gordon and Sullinger/Amir (whoever got released -- ended up being Jared). I loved Dedmon but he was still an RFA at the time. I think getting Dewayne and Lee for what they did just underscores them going for a guard. But that's just me.
his body language can read very poorly at times.
not new but i guess it's just more apparent since i'm seeing a lot more of him.
Soursbare 29th in league in pints in the paint according to Pop...
That's unacceptable with Pau and LMA
They get most of their points off Pick and Pops because they aren't that great on the block going towards the basket. They still resort to more mid-range even from the post -- most specifically Aldridge. Gasol resorts to his inefficient hook that has gone in 31% of the time so far this year.
Its more unacceptable for our wing/ ballhandlers in PnRs that aren't able to consistently get into the lane and when they do they're not converting attempts. They're also not creating enough opportunities for the front-court to finish inside.
What I've seen of his defensive effort is matadorish, and appears he's either out of position or just not interested in defending hard.
Next suggestion: Tony Parker isolations
Pau doesn't do anything hard
Stop crying please, itīs been just 7 games into the season, he has to learn lots of things.
Did anyone learn something from last year with Aldridge.
Spurs learning curve is at least 4 months. After that we will have a better picture.
Not to say that we are without Danny and TP is playing like .
Things will be better in a couple of months.
he screams and flops a lot
I think it's time to really consider him going to the bench and being a focal point on the offensive end. It's just not happening in the SL..id rather experiment now then wait unti later tbh.
And I also think Pau may be up for it due to his poor play and lack of touches in the SL. I also would like to see Dedmond, Kawhi, Green start games and see if the defense improves
old remark made back in early Nov. 2016, early season.
Now in the playoffs... dude is looking like a bust of a signing if that 3 pt shot is not on fire.
He was shooting over 50% on 3s which is unsustainable.
I ma very disappointed in Pau Gasol tbh...
for the record.. just found this thread while I was searching for something else... and it was interesting how observations from so early in the season already told us a lot about this player.
I still don't know if Pop would've had the balls moving him to the bench if he didn't break his hand..it's odd Gasol became the best shooter of his career off a broken hand and moving to br bench.
Question will be if him going to the bench will play a role in offseason decisions of opting in or out tbh
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