Game Thread: Spurs @ Heat -- Tue. (1/9) -- 7:00PM CST (3:00AM Riga Time)

[Kawhitstorm]

Time to lay an egg in Orlando tomorrow.

LMA is going to feast on Vucevic's turnstile defense & Tony/Patty should be fine since Payton/Napier can't shoot along w/ West not having to hack against Aron Gordon.

Just need Danny/Kawhi to lockup Dipo/Fournier & don't let Simmons chase Hezonja around screens.

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If anyone wants to see a meltdown in progress, here ya go.

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread...272391&page=21

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Spurs now 17-0 when LMA leads the team in scoring.

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[TheDoctor]

Amin tbh

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If anyone wants to see a meltdown in progress, here ya go.

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread...272391&page=21

This was golden:

Kalypso:
Kawhi for Harden? Who says no?

Bryant2108:
The Spurs

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This was golden:

[HBK]

everyone on here saying they think the Heat win. that. Spurs are going to play motivated. We're winning this thing tonight

[TheDoctor]

Damn Gordon Hayward at the buzzer. Interesting scenario, if Houston drops tonight and tomorrow's game against POR, they'll be the 9th seed by the AS break.

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[SAGirl]

Boban played pretty well, especially considering his minutes were very meaningful. It seemed like he played more minutes than he did. And it seemed like he didn't shoot the ball as well as he usually does, although I just checked out his stats, and they show he was 3 of 5 from the floor and 5 of 7 from the line. I think the two shots he missed from the floor were shots he usually makes. Hassan hit some athletic shots against him which is to be expected. He showed some good hands, IMHO. Got called for a couple of fouls that I thought were bogus - one on a blocked shot high and one on a steal low. I have just started to understand that as big as he is, Boban is not particularly strong. I mean body strength, although his hands are not as strong as I imagined. He got the ball slapped away from him when he had both hands on it a time or two. He is starting to lose a little of his luster with me. While I still like him, I think he is pretty much at his ceiling. If we did work a trade at the deadline, he would be a guy that I would favor trading over our younger prospects.

Totally aside: I just saw a Simmons highlight when he drove to about 6 feet, pump faked and drained the shot - over Gerald Green, IIRC. A good move for Simmons to use more. He is usually committed to taking it to the rack. A little variety and his game could skyrocket.

Thanks for sharing this!!!!!
Very much appreciate it since I.missed the meaningful part of his minutes (also Simms, but I expect him to do his usual, Boban has been a topic of debate specially bc if his role and possible pay, an issue we don't have with the younger guys.

Also, as an aside you know I am maybe too high on KA, and sometimes I do wonder ultimately about his destination bc playing behind Kawhi he won't get much chances bc Kawhi is a star. He's still a bit of a tweaner but a good kind of tweaner bc he can situationally play both forward spots, unlike other tweaners who are the bad kind bc they cannot play either.

He might be flipped in the future like George Hill but as you say, if you are going to flip him try to get a prize, not MCW. I don't see him traded this season though bc he hasn't reached a point where you think ok this is all he is going to be and no more. He's still getting better and playing inconsistent minutes at different spots and sometimes just filling a role that is not the best suited to his talents. We shall see with him in the future. I'm just saying I am not opposed to him getting traded per second just bc I like him bc I can always catch his games anyways and of the young lotto teams he could go to the Bucks are not the worst.

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[sasaint]

If you are expecting to get a bonafide rotation player for Kyle then good luck. If you go back & look at his playoff career, CoJo played a total of 301 minutes including just 87 in 2014. MCW is basically going to be asked to play spot minutes just like CoJo.

So, you want to trade one player with plenty of upside in the years ahead that PATFO clearly values for another bad, one-dimensional player when neither one will get more than spot minutes this post-season? I am not expecting to get a rotation player for Kyle at all. I want to keep him because I probably wouldn't get a rotational player for him. But, apparently because you don't like Kyle or because you really like MCW, you want to swap warm bodies who will not play anything but spot minutes. I am saying improve the team if you make a trade. If you want to acquire a rotational player, then at least suggest that we package Kyle with another player or pick to acquire a player who could play more than spot minutes. Neither Kyle nor MCW can put us over the top this season. MCW will never help do that. But Kyle just might in the seasons ahead. Some of us see him as a player that has Boris-type qualities.

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Thanks for sharing this!!!!!
Very much appreciate it since I.missed the meaningful part of his minutes (also Simms, but I expect him to do his usual, Boban has been a topic of debate specially bc if his role and possible pay, an issue we don't have with the younger guys.

Also, as an aside you know I am maybe too high on KA, and sometimes I do wonder ultimately about his destination bc playing behind Kawhi he won't get much chances bc Kawhi is a star. He's still a bit of a tweaner but a good kind of tweaner bc he can situationally play both forward spots, unlike other tweaners who are the bad kind bc they cannot play either.

He might be flipped in the future like George Hill but as you say, if you are going to flip him try to get a prize, not MCW. I don't see him traded this season though bc he hasn't reached a point where you think ok this is all he is going to be and no more. He's still getting better and playing inconsistent minutes at different spots and sometimes just filling a role that is not the best suited to his talents. We shall see with him in the future. I'm just saying I am not opposed to him getting traded per second just bc I like him bc I can always catch his games anyways and of the young lotto teams he could go to the Bucks are not the worst.

You are welcome. HOWEVER, I am still inclined to excommunicate you (from your own church, isn't it? ) LUCY! you got some 'splaining to do:

I am ok with that. I like Anderson, but I can always watch him on the Bucks. I think he would help that team they are struggling something fierce... but to get MCW you have to ship out a PG to open up time for him. Personally I hope we do get a defensive PG. Puzzles me what Pop is doing with Ray when we are getting killed and he doesn't give him a chance.

. Kyle has a lot of potential while MCW has crashed against his reasonably low ceiling.