And what good does flow do when you can't finish possesions with points?
I hate to get into this argument 'cause people see the Argie flag and immediately think: "oh, another Manu fan and Tony hater", when that really isn't the case. All I care about is the Spurs doing as well as possible. During the last playoffs I was the first advocate of MVParker, tbh.
But for the past, almost, half a decade metrics show that Tony hasn't really been that effective and that, most often than not, Spurs tend to do better with lineups that doesn't include him. And if you see the games it really isn't that difficult to see why.
As Tony began to decline and he stopped being the focal point of the offense, his weaknesses started to become more obvious as an off-ball player, namely his lack of shooting and tendency to overdribble a bit.
Yes, he is still by far the best ballhandler of the team and a better pick and roll player than his backup point guards but that doesn't make up for those other huge weaknesses on today's NBA.
And against the Warriors he is specially ineffective because of the impossibility of being hide on defense. That's why I think the whole point forward thing that the OP brings is something worth exploring. But instead of Gay, I was thinking more of Anderson.
Are you telling me that a lineup of Anderson, Green, Kawhi, Gay/Bertans and Aldridge to finish off games against the Warriors isn't an interesting proposition?
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