Spurs Mailbag: What Is He Waiting To See??

[Kent_in_Atlanta]

"you can't count on remaining hot from downtown"

The Spurs live and die by the 3G.

I disagree. San Antonio only "lives" by the 3 when opposing teams choose to clog the paint in an effort to stop Tim, Tony, and Manu from scoring in the paint. In that instance, they pick their poison and choose to give the Spurs open looks outside... and then, yes, we have to hit those open shots. But as long as their giving a team with shooters (and we definitely have them) lots of open looks, we're gonna hit a lot of them.

But if the opposing team plays a more balanced "straight-up" defense, we're going to attack the basket more than anything else, and 3's will be taken only when the opportunity presents itself.

The statement "The Spurs live and die by the 3G" seems to suggest that the Spurs just sit outside and shoot bombs all day. Nothing could be further from the truth on a team with Tim, Tony, and Manu.

Again, the Spurs will take whatever the other team gives them. If that's single coverage on their big-3... then they're going to the rim. If they clog the paint, the Spurs will shoot the 3's.

But the Spurs do not "live and die" by the 3-ball.

[T Park]

Spurs didn't live and die by the three against sacramento.

Portland was only becasue they left those guys WIDE open.

[boutons_]

Can somebody find the 3G % in Spurs wins and in losses?

I've noted many times that Spurs often shoot 3Gs very poorly in losses, but I'm not going to research 60 games. I don't know any site that lists one page the Spurs' schedule with the team stat line per game.

[timvp]

Can somebody find the 3G % in Spurs wins and in losses?

The Spurs shoot 40.5% in wins and 31.7% in losses.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

So now Mike Monroe a national writer who writes for the SA on the side is a lier?

Amazing how you guys use the media selectively.

The Spurs obviously had interest in Maggette, but our intrepid NBA reporter, Mike Monroe

Monroe writes nationally on the side, SA first and foremost. And again, when's the last time anyone on the Express-News payroll wrote the truth about the front office dealings and still had a job at the end of the week?

[Kori Ellis]

Monroe writes nationally on the side, SA first and foremost.

Correct.
I believe Express-News is his only job these days. He might right an occassional guest column elsewhere, but he's not a "national" writer per se like he used to be before coming to SA (when he wrote for Fox Sports).

[T Park]

Monroe writes nationally on the side, SA first and foremost. And again, when's the last time anyone on the Express-News payroll wrote the truth about the front office dealings and still had a job at the end of the week?

amazing how, when Ludden reported the SPURS turned it down, you ripped the fo.

Now when something is written to the contrary of the first thing written, now you can't believe the writer.



Unreal.

[Clutch20]

I think we'd have to continue to hit timely 3's as we've done in the past few games of this streak.
Unfortunately, you can't count on remaining hot from downtown, which is why this team reminds of earlier Spurs squads who've been knocked out early. Live by outside shooting, die by outside shooting.

Now that's the only part that scares me, don't want to see that.

[Clutch20]

Now that's the only part that scares me, don't want to see that.

But then again, there were the '03 and '05 playoff games that were won by perimeter shots made.
Kerr earlier
Horry later

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

amazing how, when Ludden reported the SPURS turned it down, you ripped the fo.

Now when something is written to the contrary of the first thing written, now you can't believe the writer.



Unreal.

Tfart, do you even follow how this front office works? It's easily believable that the Spurs turned down the Maggette deal. Now that they have, it's easy to roll out a tired story about the Clips never having been interested to sate the ignorant masses in case we get beat in the playoffs again (when everyone knows the weakness of this team is the senior citizens on the wing).