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Well, if you are talking about SA staying top 3 in the West? Sure, they could regress there. But missing the playoffs?
The road offense is 29th and their percentage of shots between the paint and 3 is bottom 5. Even healthy, this is an archaic outfit, that lacks a third star / starting PG. Defense doesn't win; balance does and in this era, an explosive offense is slightly more important.
Law of averages. One team overdue to lose, the other overdue to win.
Well, if you are talking about SA staying top 3 in the West? Sure, they could regress there. But missing the playoffs?
At this point it's obvious they won't miss the playoffs. They'll end up as the 6/7th seed though and get bounced in 5 games.
Neither. Drowning = Virtually every game is a colossal struggle offensively. Given that and other reasons stated, I don't buy that Parker is coasting.
More likely, he came back playing on adrenaline, excitement and fresh legs and as the that all inevitably waned, reality (being overmatched and miscast as a starter at this point) set in.
Last edited by TD 21; 01-17-2018 at 06:33 PM.
Absolutely. I don't think they can afford for Tony to be coasting at this point. They clearly need scoring without Kawhi and Rudy (who was one of their leading scorers). There is no reason right now for Tony to be scoring in single digits on bad efficiency other than he's simply done.
He better wake up and do what he can.
Spurs fans really thought Tony was back after his flash in the pan/ lightning in a bottle 5 games vs. Memphis. It was nothing more than a flash in the pan. Expecting that from Tony, when he hasn't been close to that consistently in 4 years, is pretty foolish.
People don't realize, Spurs are only 5 games away from 9th in the West. They had a very comfy schedule the first half of the season, and have the hardest schedule remaining. This team has the lowest point differential they've ever had since pre Duncan 96-97' (they are severely handicapped on offense as they lack a solid/heavy volume PnR creator).
They could miss the playoffs and I wouldn't be surprised.
Last edited by MaNu4Tres; 01-17-2018 at 07:26 PM.
Whats sad is the regular season defensive metric doesn't really mean a damn thing for the playoffs. Sure it's nice to see and gives some clarity to a small degree. But there's so many dumb, undisciplined teams throughout the league where defensive numbers can be inflated because Spurs are probably the most consistent and detailed team when it comes to discipline alone. What matters more than DEF RTG is how the Spurs are able to defend the best teams in the playoffs. Spurs can't afford or get away with playing Tony or Patty against the best teams in a 7 game series. Those teams exploit them like 90% of teams don't do during the long 82 game season. So what may seem what worked in the regular season ( getting by playing Tony or Patty), is somewhat fools gold when it matters most.
I would prefer that tbh...
Still profitable since they basically get most of the revenue from all the non-rodeo events.
And if they move anywhere, they'll just go up the road to Austin.
TP looks fine physically all things considered. He’s not good enough to save the team from all offensive woes, but between managed minutes and how he’s playing I truly do believe he will be better in the playoffs.
Elite? Probably not, but better than he’s showing. I very well could be wrong but that’s what I”’m seeing.
No one is defending GS or HOU to elite levels, but almost every other team SA has shown they can defend. But ya, playoff teams, especially in the West are damn good offensively. Of course it’s harder. Without Kawhi and Danny fully healthy it’s going to be a struggle because they are great teams.
But for the regular season these guys are doing a damn good job on defense and it should not be mocked or taken for granted IMO
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