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So the Spurs take the ball out of the hands of their most capable offensive player. This is bad because...?
Hogwash.
All I see is Kobe averaging nearly 30 PPG game on Bowen and not having to guard Bowen on defense.
Now add Bynum and Gasol to the mix.
Kobe won't have to shoot as much.
So the Spurs take the ball out of the hands of their most capable offensive player. This is bad because...?
Exactly. Yet somehow Casper thinks it's 1997.Grant Hill guarding Manu =
... they have 3-4 other options now.
The less Kobe is shooting the better for the team overall. I think we are almost undefeated this season when Kobe scores under 20.
They added that many options with the Gasol trade?
Bowen was the key to the Spurs' dropping the Lakers in '03 because then the Spurs could defend Bryant with one player and then save their double teams for Shaq. Now they defend the Lakers straight up because of that. Oh noes.
Yeah, Bowen is better than he was in 03 and Kobe's worst.
Bowen's offense is better no question.
Worst? New to the language?
Kobe also has no teammate today comparable to Shaq in '03.
Bowen's offense??? Please he has ZERO game outside of the corner 3.
Hey, he's looked pretty decent with that drive and finger-rollish thing this year. Not that I really want him trying it....
I don't think the point is to compare Bowen and Kobe directly, except to say that Bowen's ability to make Kobe work for his points is a key to the Spurs' chances against LA (as it has been for years now). You can think that points per shot is insignificant if you want, but I'd venture a guess that Pop and the Gang look at that number moreso than Kobe's points to assess whether Bowen has done a good job or not. The point about Kobe shooting less is relevant to that analysis only inasmuch as if Bowen is able to make Kobe an inefficient scorer, a reduction in Kobe's shots will knock down Kobe's points. Like I said earlier, if Kobe gets 30 on 15 shots, the Lakers are going to win. If Kobe needs 30 shots to get 30, the Spurs' chances go up dramatically. If Kobe needs 15 shots to 15 points, the same holds. The more shots Kobe takes, the less his teammates are involved - and if Bowen can make Kobe throw up a lot of shots to get his points, the Spurs team defense will be relieved of the burdens imposed by the rest of the Lakers' scorers.
If Bowen can score without taking a lot of shots to get his points, all the better -- of all opponents, he does that most against LA for some reason.
Well I agree...but the key to the series won't be the big 3 on each team, but the role players. I can see Odom being the tipping point.
I don't think the Spur's role players this year are as good as they were last year. Horry is useless, Bonner/Elson get almost no playing time, and Barry is constantly injured. If the Spurs were 100% healthy I would be very afraid of them, but injuries and age have finally caught up with them this season.
Udoka seems to be able to handle taller players trying to post him up better than Bowen, so I could see Udoka spending time on Odom. Horry too. Even Finley from time to time. Manu will see some time on him. Bowen will be on Kobe as long as he's in the game.
I think you'll see different looks all night in the front court. I can see Oberto, Horry, and Duncan all checking Gasol at different times. Same goes for Bynum, except I don't see Horry on him that often.
I actually think that in the Spurs case, their best (only?) chance to beat any team comes down to getting strong performances on both ends from their big three, but that's not usually a problem over the length of a 7 gamer.
And, frankly, in my estimation, if a team is going to knock out the Spurs, it's going to do it on the boards.
Lakers will win Team of the Decade
That's fool's gold. Championships require championship-level defense, and it would be amazing to obtain that in half a season.I would worry more about the Spurs defense rather than any particular team. So far it has been well below the standard of previous years.
Not true. The Lakers are already looking better with Gasol and they have enough time to get Bynum back.
whos side are you on?
You homers are living in the past.
If you are not the least bit intimidated by the new-look Lakers and Suns, coupled with the Spurs general atrophe this season, then you're fools.
So what should I do? Should I force the Spurs to make a trade? Should I give up on the Spurs if they don't make a trade? Should I just give up on the Spurs anyway? Should I just stop watching basketball altogether?
No.
But you should not demonstrate the false bravado, biased opinion and shortsighted assessments like Holt's Cat.
Clearly, the Spurs have their work cut out for them, because the Suns and the Lakers have more options and more interior defense.
Meanwhile, the Spurs are older and injured.
To think we can just show up every year in playoffs and hope for the best is silly.
I wish the front office knew what they have in Duncan, Manu and Parker.
But what if I still believe that the Spurs can win the le? I realize that may be seen as a biased view because the Spurs refuse to make the sorts of splashy trades that real contenders make, but if I genuinely feel that way -- for whatever reasons -- am I somehow not en led to that viewpoint? I don't think I've ever disputed the idea that the Spurs path to a le will be difficult; but it was never going to be an easy path this year and I think it would have been foolish for anyone to think that it would be. At that, the fact that the path will be difficult doesn't make the task impossible.
If your point is that Spurs fans should believe that there's no chance for a championship without major changes, I think you're wrong. If your point is that Spurs fans should temper their optimism because there are some formidable teams in the West, I would agree with you.
He lights up KOBE and the Fakers son!
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