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Since when has DUNCAN even been 7ft? Where'd this troll come from?
Phil Jackson doesn't have confidence in his frontline and they're coming off back to back les. LA beat Boston because the Celtics couldn't grab an important rebound. I'll buy that. But LA also won because nobody guarded Rondo on the perimeter and Rondo couldn't hit a shot to save his life. Parker is a much better shooter and scorer than Rondo and has flashed a bit of 3 point range. He doesn't have to make the 3 a huge part of his game, just make enough of them to cause LA to play over the top on screens instead of packing the lane.
Right now the Spurs and Lakers frontlines are in a similar situation. But the Spurs group of guards will really determine if they can beat LA.
Since when has DUNCAN even been 7ft? Where'd this troll come from?
Popovich will not let Splitter rot on the bench all year. The road trip and schedule will force Popovich to play Splitter. Spurs only have 5 big man, and two of whom are two old to play extended minutes at the end of the season.
The difference between the Spurs and Phoenix, is Duncan,Mcdyess,Ginobili,Parker,Hill, and Splitter are better defensively than everyone on the Suns except Marion.
The spurs have the experience from Duncan,Ginobili,Parker,and Mcdyess to preach to their teammates that not playing defense will not be allowed towards the stretch run and in the playoffs.
The Spurs are nowhere near as bad defensively as the Suns were. Our offense could be deadlier tho, because the Suns were one dimensional because everything ran through Nash..
Spurs have more playmakers. They are older, but that can be negated by the amount of championship experience they have. Compared to 0 experience from those Suns. The Suns definitely could have won a le, if it wasn't for the Spurs so, I wouldn't say a comparison is completely negative. The suns might have been one robert horry foul from winning that year.
... just my thoughts tho.... you dont have to agree..
what the pho is wrong with you OP?
size helps, but it isn't everything.
dirk, dampier, and diop couldn't get anything done. yao and scola haven't done anything. d12 and gortat are dangerous pretenders.
some people reveal their "genius" when they just talk. come on sons. get smarter.
This, without a doubt is the strongest post in this thread. We can close it out now.
PHO-Real though.
I don't get that post.This, without a doubt is the strongest post in this thread. We can close it out now.
PHO-Real though.
Wow . . . where do I start?
These Spurs are nothing like those Suns. The Spurs are 7th in the league in defensive efficiency and are actually playing the highest level of sustained defense they've played in roughly two and a half years. This is with Duncan playing under 30 mpg, Splitter being used sparingly, McDyess being used only slightly more than sparingly at the moment and with Anderson (who showed early defensive promise) injured.
The Suns had no legit big men or rebounding, but the Spurs do. The Spurs have the third best all around big man in the game and three of the better rebounders in the game. They've also got two post players longer than any that were ever in the Suns rotation (save for the year they had Hunter and the year they had O'Neal in the playoffs).
The Mavs have two true big men, both are role players and because of their limitations, can't play together. Nowitzki might as well be 6-7.
And the Spurs centers aren't "6-9 and 6-7", they're 6-11 and 6-11 (presuming Splitter eventually becomes a rotation player). I keep hearing about the Spurs needing a "legit center". Wake up. Duncan is strictly a center at this point in his career and save for Howard, there isn't a better full-time center in the league.
It pains me to say this, but Basketball Power is the new Farve, from Supertroopers.
Duncan is our center. So I don't see the problem.
Our perimeter defense is awesome, and we're forcing turnovers. Things could be better, but I'm glad to see that the Spurs are less focused on defensive rotations and more on imposing pressure on the opposition.
Size can be a legit concern but,.......this thread mostly has to do with if's, buts, & what hasn't happened. Terrible comparison.
The Spurs are who we think they are, the Spurs
spurs beat the suns
Working on that past count, ey?
This looks delicious.
should we be expecting the ratings championship coming our way anytime soon?
Eh, not really. Just felt it in the moment. Stupid thread is all.
But just so you can say I did.
And Dallas won with a 7ft Dirk...oh wait they didn't win....bahahahaaa
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