Didn't SI predict the Lakers to win it all last year?..... Most analysts lost some credibility if you ask me...
I predict we lose in in the Finals in 6 this year, Malik still has thumbs for fingers down low and is fumbling the rock nervously.. BBarry will do well but the low post is not deep enough.. Rasho is still Frankensoft, no if's ands or buts. I do think that next year's championship is hinged on if we get Scola.. and re-sign TPark..
Hit the nail on the head. Spurs had the pieces to beat the Lakers last year. Spurs kicked their asses in the first 2 games of the series. What happened? Lakers adapted, Spurs didn't. Sometimes you have to be flexible. If Pop wasn't so damned stubborn, Spurs may very well have been in the finals instead of the Lakers.
Y'know, back in the old days . . . say, two years ago . . . anyone who said Pop was a good coach but was too inflexible on offense was immediately accused of being a BAMA, with a usual retort along the lines of "who are you going to get who's better?"
Nice to see that maybe it's okay to recognize that there are some flaws, which may have cost the Spurs dearly, that need to be addressed.
Speaking of Pistons over Spurs and new offensive schemes. Pop might want to take a look at what his mentor and collegue is doing.
http://www.detnews.com/2004/pistons/...f07-315472.htm
I have been an advocate of more motion and teamplay since I don't remember when... Pop could pick Manu's brain similarly to what Brown is doing with Delfino. The Spurs could field a team with TP, Barry, Manu, Horry, and TD that is perfectly capable of running some flex. That would be a tremendous X factor. Mix up things a little.Who’s teaching whom?
After practice, rookie Carlos Delfino appeared to be conducting a seminar with Brown and his staff. He was showing the coaches some of the nuances of the offense his gold-medal-winning Argentine team ran in the Olympics.
“Offense in the United States is usually one play, then you have pick-and-roll and either isolation or post-up plays off of it,” Brown said. “In Europe, they run a continuity offense where they swing the ball and have other options. I always thought that was great because you get ball movement and everybody gets to touch it.”
Brown has been thinking about incorporating some continuity principles into the offense, and he was picking Delfino’s brain.
“Argentina ran some stuff that got everybody involved and utilized perimeter players,” Brown said. “We were just talking about how they get into it.”
I have written down some of Argentina's plays based on the games I've seen in the last Olympics (Serbia, Italy, USA, Greece, China, NZ, etc.). "Circles", "Fist", "T-shirt", etc... are some of the code names for the different set plays.
The Spurs have already done that one better. Last summer they brought in Ruben Magnano and he helped coach summer league. I know that the Spurs and the Argentine coaching staff are close.
Hire some Lithuanian coaches and SA will be 1-st!
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