PTR: Spurs lack of wing depth; Anderson

[steeledl]

criticizing her takes and calling her a blind homer after all your "Parker will turn it around" takes, last year..smh..

Literally didn't post on this board last year.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

The answer is Simmons until he fails

[SAGirl]

Cool data, man. Obviously, sample size is an issue, but it's frankly amazing how bad Mills-Anderson has been, since you'd think that would actually be a decent pairing. It's also fascinating to see Parker/Manu do so well and see Green/Leonard be so mediocre.

Extremely small sample considering Anderson hasn't really played but a possession here or there and has minutes in garbage time. Too soon for the other guys too. They are not all playing optimally at this point and should improve.
Manu may come crashing down in shooting % too unfortunately.
Small sample size that is likely to overvalue the busted hammer play between Mills and Anderson. Which goes too show its too early to claim the season is over like Erler. Just

[Raven]

we miss beli and now we're forced to be the far and away #1 D in the league

[sasaint]

This is just a bad take this article. Its not so much KA and Butler, its that LMA and West need to get acclimating to the system as well. West problem is right now is he is not in the shape needed to play in the Spurs system which is constant movement on both the offensive and defensive ends of the floor. He is literally gasping for air at times.

We have all seen how out of position and out of sync West has been for most of his time on the floor, but I haven't noticed his gasping for breath. That is a big concern especially considering the relatively small amount of court time he has seen. So much was made of his sacrificing the big salary to play for the Spurs that nobody has really focused on his conditioning or preparation. As a veteran of many years, he surely knew the Spurs' style (and expectations). His financial sacrifice seems like solid evidence of his commitment to winning, so why wouldn't he also reflect the same commitment in his preparation and conditioning? Also, in contrast to all of the media coverage of our recruitment of LMA, I heard next to nothing about our contact with DWest prior to his signing. The media made his signing seem almost like he pursued us in a vacuum. If you have any insight, I'd be interested. I have admired this guy's game and professionalism since he was a thorn in our side back in New Orleans - even in his declining years. To see him arrive out of shape seems very out of character.

Spurs need to time to gel as a unit and this is month is prime for that as the Spurs have a relatively easy schedule. Manu rest will come, but cmon, its the 4TH GAME OF THE SEASON.

Absolutely too early to draw ANY conclusions. I am not especially surprised to see Pop concentrate on developing the chemistry of the players he expects to be his main playoff rotation players. Once that develops, I suspect we will see him concentrate on getting some of the others into the mix.

This is the reason I said keeping Butler was critical. It allows both KA and Simmons to develop more this system and still let Manu rest more.

I don't know that this is Butler's role. Pop has not really used him at the 3 that much. But I hope the main guys develop some better chemistry quickly so that Pop can work on KA and Simmons (and McCallum, too) more than he has been able to thus far, given the need to better integrate more core players into the system.

[cjw]

Cool data, man. Obviously, sample size is an issue, but it's frankly amazing how bad Mills-Anderson has been, since you'd think that would actually be a decent pairing. It's also fascinating to see Parker/Manu do so well and see Green/Leonard be so mediocre.

Thanks - some of us (in addition to you) have to contribute with more than the usual blabber.

Green being mediocre has to do partly with his shooting. Over the course of the season, those numbers should all tick upwards.

You'd think an Anderson / Mills lineup could allow Patty to get more open shots off the ball with Kyle creating.

Let's see where this all shakes out a month from now.

[tholdren]

PtR is probably the biggest piece of writing since cry havoc. Terrible takes by a group who has obviously never played any type of organized sport.

[steeledl]

Upside of this game was that Butler did play well in sparing minutes. Shot the ball and passed it well.


Hopefully Pop is starting to see what we have all noticed and giving up on the Kyle Anderson disaster.

[TrainOfThought5]

Ras a gul Butler will be fine. Steady veteran play is all we need there.

[tholdren]

Thanks - some of us (in addition to you) have to contribute with more than the usual blabber.

Green being mediocre has to do partly with his shooting. Over the course of the season, those numbers should all tick upwards.

You'd think an Anderson / Mills lineup could allow Patty to get more open shots off the ball with Kyle creating.

Let's see where this all shakes out a month from now.

silly data - starters with subs. what does that mean, our bench is good, who did these guys play against, who else was on the court... the list goes on

[spurtech09]

Spurs need more 3pt shooters

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Spurs need more 3pt shooters

I was disappointed that Butler shot a rainbow on an open corner 3. You've got to swish line drive that like a normal guy would.

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

Upside of this game was that Butler did play well in sparing minutes. Shot the ball and passed it well.


Hopefully Pop is starting to see what we have all noticed and giving up on the Kyle Anderson disaster.

They both played well yesterday. Wing is not the problem especially with the Spurs keeping Butler as an insurance policy. The problem is LMA and West acclimation to the Spurs system and Parker's transition into a pass first PG. Those were the reasons the Spurs lost yesterday and will continue to lose some close games against Playoff caliber team until each are fully acclimated.

[cjw]

silly data - starters with subs. what does that mean, our bench is good, who did these guys play against, who else was on the court... the list goes on

Right, sample size sucks. But isn't all data suspect though as there are a bunch of factors at play that are hard to adjust for?

Even baseball, which has isolated events, has limitations to the data. You see all the time people talking about success / lack thereof against opposing pitchers. Who was hitting in front of them / behind them in the lineup? What was the game situation? How many pitches had the pitcher thrown? Etc.