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Well perhaps, TPark, if your boy Rasho could've found his nutsack in that series the Spurs wouldn't have been owned so badly in the paint.
Hey TwoManJam you dumb Canuck go bend over for your butt buddy Walton and call it a night.
Yeah, Rasho and Horry certainly gave the Spurs what they needed up front. No doubt.
Well perhaps, TPark, if your boy Rasho could've found his nutsack in that series the Spurs wouldn't have been owned so badly in the paint.
Of course, it was Rasho's fault that Hedo and Bowen were missing open shots.
Sorry to doubt Hedo Turkoglu, the "Proven playoff performer"
Oh yes, it didn't matter that LA changed up their D, clamped down on the paint, stopped the penetration of Parker and Manu, and freed up their perimeter guys to close out on the Spurs' shooters a bit more quickly.
It begins and ends with the paint. LA took it over and the Spurs couldn't get it back...and lost the series.
If you honestly believe Malik was key to winning that series last year then you don't even deserve to be educated.
Ignorance is bliss and you're just not worth the time. You'd be much better served leaving the forum and dreaming up new aliases. You've got a gift - don't squander it.
Really Marcus, you said earlier this year that Malik was benched last year only because of his contract and he got the primary backup role because the Spurs didn't care about the money any more.
Either you were wrong then or you are wrong now. Which is it?
And how exactly was Malik going to counter the Lakers clamping down in the paint on D? Post up Shaq? I'm sure he would have tried a few dozen times. Afterall that's how Malik got the Spalding tatoo on his forehead.
Ok very slowly now so you can understand: the series changed into a halfcourt game with the Lakers packing the paint. Instead of Pop responding with a more physical rotation he stubbornly stuck to one that consisted of Rasho Nesterovic and Robert Horry. Anyone with half a clue about the game including a weirdo Canuck and his butt buddy could figure it out that you'd want to go with a little more muscle up front. Duh.
Ignorance is bliss and you're just not worth the time. You'd be much better served leaving the forum and dreaming up new aliases. You've got a gift - don't squander it.
And yet, you just spent the time, poor Canuck. Walton's calling. Don't be late.
Once again,series changed into a halfcourt game with the Lakers packing the paint.
how does a TOUGH Malik Rose, force Shaq and Malone out of the paint??
Please tell us.
Perhaps, just perhaps, by forcing LA to put a body on the other SA big instead of having Shaq free to roam the paint and cut down on Parker's penetration. That's where it starts. SA had very little going on in the paint. Shaq and Malone shut that down. The Spurs had to draw the focus back into the paint.
Your boy Rasho laid a golden egg in that series, no doubt.
Yes, Shaq wouldve been forced to guard that deadly jump shot of Malik's.
Its practically automatic.
Can you not read I wrote put a body on him. The Spurs did not take the action inside. They did not force the attention of the Laker bigs. Result: Lakers control paint, stop Spurs penetration, and generally up the Spurs offense.
What part of this do you not understand? Come on, as much as you talk this should be easy for you to understand, seeing as how much Spurs basketball you claim to have seen.
You only have to put a body on a guy if he's a scoring threat. If Malik is going to stand on the free throw line like any big who plays with Duncan, what's the difference?
Nothing.
of course.
Malik in the paint, garunteed to get shaq on him, to
A, block his shot
b. make a stupid pass and turn it over
C. fumble the ball over ot Kobe
D. get a traveling after upfaking 10 times in a row.
Of course, Parker Ginobili and Horry wouldve been WIDEEEE open had that happened.
Malik IS a scoring threat.You only have to put a body on a guy if he's a scoring threat
He should be the starting center according to Cryant.
Um, you put a body on an offensive player if he's actually near the basket, for starters.
The Spur bigs were not aggressive enough in attacking the basket.
Um, that's where Duncan is. You want to put Malik and his man closer to Tim and firmly in the paint where they can clog any possible driving lane for the guards.Um, you put a body on an offensive player if he's actually near the basket.
Welcome to Duncan's rookie season.
So, shaq is STILL in the lane, hes just guarding Domalik the Human Blooper Reel.you put a body on an offensive player if he's actually near the basket, for starters
Makes sense even MORE!!
2000, 2001, 2002, 2004.Welcome to Duncan's rookie season
if Only Malik had played in those,,,,, oops 3 out of 4 years MUST be wrong.
'cept TD's on the other side. He certainly wasn't forcing the action inside so the other big certainly needed to be more assertive and not standing outside admiring the Laker D.
But you're right. Spurs didn't change up the offensive game plan they run with Nesterovic and Horry (nor the expectations either) and paid the price.
Besides, Marcus, you said all the contract-induced benching was over with. Were you wrong then or are you wrong now?
Of course.
a 6'5 forward going up against Shaq and Malone for dunks and layups makes perfect sense.
Of course he wont admit hes wrong Chump. Show me somwhere he admitted that.
So he's forced to pay attention to the other big instead of just playing safety, waiting to help TD's man shut him down should he move into the paint as well as to cut off penetration from the perimeter.
The series would have been much different if the big opposite Duncan was willing to go into the paint and mix it up. Unfortunately that burden fell upon the shoulders of Rasho Nesterovic and Robert Horry.
No, he's at the free throw line like Duncan's front court mates have been since his second season. Do you actually watch Spurs basketball? We won two championships with a center parked up at the free throw line. It's called spacing.'cept TD's on the other side.
Wow put him on the other side. That means the guy would have to go, what, a whole two steps to make life for Duncan. Such offensive insight.
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