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Yeah, no he didn't. Long isos trying to back down smaller guys is just a good way to foul out. When you have a mismatch, you have to seal and go. That's what the Spurs weren't doing. Rather than moving quickly and giving LMA the ball when he was under the basket, they waited until he was 15 feet out and then tossed him the rock. Do you really think LMA throwing his shoulder into Harden was going to work with the refs? What Pop did all ing year was the type of post-up that gives the whole action a bad name. It wasn't really a matter of the posting player, either. The entry passes came like two seconds later than they had in 2014 in the same sets.
Of course, as I've been saying the Spurs may have stopped with quick post-ups because LMA doesn't want to do them. But I'm skeptical given that almost everyone fell off this past year. If Pop has changed the foci of the offense because he doesn't have Prime Parker, then he should have gone out and signed a new PG rather than giving Pau, Patty and Gay money. As it is, I fear we're going to see more lazy iso ball, which only helps Leonard, even if it is something LMA prefers.
