Upsetting Quote From McDyess

[chazley]

-Blair is an average rebounder when you match him up against legit 7footers. You really thing hes going to rebound at the same clip when hes matched up against the Gasols/Randolph/Bynum?
- @ Bonner being an average defender. He might give above-average effort on the defensive end but that doesnt prevent the other team from consistently attacking him and his man scoring at will. There's a reason why guys like Darrell Arthur light him up.
-Blair immediately becomes a poor defender when his man receives the entry pass. His best chance is to steal the entry pass but teams will adjust and he wont be able to gamble as much especially if Matt in bonner his the help defender.
-Hill/Manu/RJ are not shutdown defenders. The closest one is Hill and he has regressed this season. RJ has improved but nowhere near a shutdown defender. Their weaknesses are amplified when they got two of the worst help defenders in the league playing behind them. Our defense suffers immensely when TD or Dice is not in their so yeah i wouldnt say the Blair/Bonner D is "irrelevant"

@ "useless facts". Why do I need stats to back up what you already consider them "useless facts"?

it's okay if you dont watch any of the games or dont know much about basketball, but don't pretend otherwise.

lol, you can't be serious. I'm going to constantly crush you if you honestly believe what you wrote.

Funny thing is, Blair already did crush the Lakers earlier this season, as a STARTER going up against BOTH 7 footers of the Lakers. Now, he gets to come in as a reserve when it's highly likely he only has to contend with one of them.

No clue where to look this up, but if you look at Bonner's adjusted defensive plus/minus numbers, I think you'd be in for a big surprise.

Again, I'm not saying Blair is an above-average defender. I'm saying he's average. His defense is just highlighted because he plays next to one of the best defensive big men in history, Tim Duncan.

You underestimate our defensive capabilities in the 1-3 positions with Hill/Manu/RJ. There is plenty of statistical proof that Manu is indeed a shutdown defender. Hill proved earlier this season that he is capable of matching up against Kobe defensively, and also showed last season he can shut down Kidd. Again, RJ's defense is at least respectable now, and he was the only Spur that impressed me against the Heat when we got blown out. His defense on Lebron was very good in the first half when he was matched up with him consistently.

Again, if you want to provide some statistical proof to back yourself up, I'm all for it. Until then, put up or shut up.

[chazley]

You hiding facts from the rest of us or what?

[Cessation]

Do you think elite teams will have trouble with the blair/bonner lineup in the playoffs?

[Capt Bringdown]

Meh, that's probably overstated a bit, but the bottom line remains: Any and every attempt at justification for not playing Splitter disappeared the second Pop put Steve Novak ahead of him in the rotation. The Spurs aspire to be like Phoenix and Golden State teams that never won anything instead of the Spurs teams that won les.

Agreed. Novak is the tell.

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

A buddy's cousin said her travel agent told Pop has a trip booked in late May and doesn't want the Finals to screw it up.

Obviously, all he is doing is protecting his deposit on the trip.

WOW. *facepalm*

[TampaDude]

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