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I give Tiago a B-. It would be a solid A if his offense didn't suck so bad.
In short defenders don't respect his drive anymore nor is he a serious threat in the low block. This is puts more preasure on tony and manu to create. Timmy has been relegated to either a jump shooter or rolling to the baskets on PR.
It's not really the points he gets or not. it's the impact we lose with him no longer being a threat, that's huge
I give Tiago a B-. It would be a solid A if his offense didn't suck so bad.
It's because Duncan no longer has a physical advantage that he can exploit in most match ups. He's not as overpowering as he once was, he has trouble getting lift or explosion consistently and obviously his quickness is greatly diminished. That's why he resorts to a lot of flip shots and shots where he basically just tries to rely strictly on length. He said he lost a few pounds naturally through training. But he should have gone the other way and gained a few. He can never regain the quickness he once had, but he can at least come close to regaining the strength he once had.
As far as Bonner, I wouldn't go so far as to say he's done. A guy like that, with non NBA caliber athleticism to begin with, inching closer to his 32nd birthday, coming off a longer layoff than usual, who spent presumably limited time training (because he was in so many CBA meetings), I'm not surprised he looks more one dimensional than ever. His rebounding was already in decline anyway. I think eventually he'll more closely resemble his form from a season ago, but it's probably going to take him another couple of weeks.
In the meantime, this team needs another big immediately. If their answer, when not playing Duncan in a game or a second half, is going to be to start with a Blair-Leonard big combination, then they're in serious trouble. Whether the guy can play or not, they flat out need another NBA sized big to eat up minutes. If the guy can make a shot from 15 feet, but do nothing else well, fine. If he can't do that, but he's athletic and can block shots, that's fine too. It doesn't really matter at this point, they just need a body.
In fairness to Timmy i would liken his current impact to something like a bill Lambeer. Not necessary in style but impact. Good defense, rebounding, smart and can hit the open jumper.
Bottom line we still can contend for a western conference semis stint. But going all the way you've got to be kidding.
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We just need another body to at least fill up some minutes. You don't want to overextend the scarse resources in bigs we have (bliar, Tiago)
Gaining weight would be a death sentence for Tim's knees. He lost weight to try to get his knees through the season, not for quickness.
But he had already done that the previous two off seasons. At some point, you can lose too much weight. And that's what he's done. He's too skinny now. I wasn't talking about his quickness, but rather his strength, or lack thereof. To make up for the natural physical losses, he needed to maintain as much strength as possible, so that he'd have at least one physical advantage over a significant amount of opponents. Now he doesn't even have that.
Good point. Tim is relying mostly on his length now but when he's playing center he's going against the longest guy on the other team which negates that. When he's playing with Tiago he has a greater chance to use his length. I am sure if Scola had been defending him he would have had an easier time. Scola's not a shotblocker and wouldn't be able to bother his shot. In fact he might have been able to get Scola into foul trouble.
Yeah TD21 made a really good point about the length with Timmy.. its not just the offensive side that its hindering him.. his man on man defense has been terrible this season.. and its been suspect for a couple of seasons now. He cant stay in front of anyone off the dribble.. and he gets over powered too easily in the post because hes so damn skinny now. At this point Tiago is a better man to man defender.
Scola is lead footed and Tim couldnt get close to him defensively.
That decision to let Mahinmi bolt SA lookin' worse by the year.
You're right. He's gotten a couple of baskets where he's going parallel to the baseline across the lane. His successful moves require a lot more movement than in recent years. In fairness, he's played against a load of length in the first three games and it is really early in a season with no camp. We'll know more in a month if this is just rust or the signs of a problem.
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