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Kawhi is not ready for flopP3. and Parker is a better defender than he was back then.
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Considering how that formula worked before in '08, would you put TP on Paul again?
Kawhi is not ready for flopP3. and Parker is a better defender than he was back then.
I am sure we will put other defenders on Paul as well. Green is our best perimeter defender, so he will probably see time on Paul, although SJax is defending the sf/pf positions great too.
This is Parker's best year defensively, so I think he has a good shot at playing at least adequate defense.
It's between Green and TP, Kawhi is too slow.
And I think putting Green on him is the best option.
I would say try green on him first, of we put Parker on him he will be too tired on the offensive end
Have Parker Attack Paul on the Offense make that fool work and draw fouls on his flopping ass
You can bet your last dollar that Danny Green will spend a lot of time on CP3. The Clippers play a lot of small backcourts so Pop will try to rest Parker on Foye, Williams or Bledsoe when they're paired with CP3. Even though Young is taller, he doesn't go inside much so Pop could stick Parker on him too.
Personally, I like when Parker defends CP3 ... but Pop will force the Clippers to give him reason to not stick with Green the whole game.
I want to know your thoughts about these. Are you afraid that TP might get into foul trouble early when he will guard Paul? Do you think Green can already handle a superstar?
Only one way to find out if Green is up the the challenge.
We can afford to lose game 1 honestly.
So might as well get the measure of our youth vs legit calibre stars.
Paul was toying with Green the last time!
No. Just look at what is happening with Memphis. Choked game 1 away and down 3-1.
True there should be no games given away.
But I think a game one loss won't be so devastating.
Not enough to cripple the Spurs and lose the series.
I get the feel if it did anything though, it would force them to refocus and bunker down...
which is the mindset I would like having for the stretch run.
If they win the first game easily.. sweep the series even, there is a chance they lose their sharpness, going into their battle with OKC/Lakers.
And if they lost that first game... then what is happening to the Grizzlies, might be fitting.
smart money says Green will guard CP3.
Putting Green on Paul is gonna make this a long series.
Yea... I think Danny Green's zeal will be counterproductive against Chris Paul's Kung Fu treachery.
Chris Paul is kind of like Steve Nash in that it is going to take a scheme to really limit him, no one defender can shut him down. Parker is the same way and the Clips do not have a team with enough discipline to do that. We are going to rotate defenders on Paul so he doesn't get comfortable. Spurs in 5.
Sean Elliott mentioned that the Spurs should have Green guard CP3 so Parker does not need to spend so much effort on the defensive side. Clippers two guards are not especially big and Parker should be able to handle them. Since CP3 is their best defensive guard he would be forced to guard Parker on the offensive side which should help toward the latter stages of the game and series. Plus, Green has had some success defending PG's this year. I thought he did especially well against Rubio and Monte Ellis. Green has the foot speed and the length to cause havoc and make CP3 work hard for his assists and points.
Honestly I think Parker is capable but it's not what the Spurs should do. As Pocket Hippo pointed out it's going to take a village to stop Paul. What the other 4 Spurs are doing will be just as important as who is on the ball against CP3, but Green's the guy I'd throw at him first.
During the RS, Green played a lot on Paul, and he did about as good of job as you could do.
It works well especially since most of the time the Clips are playing two PGs
Team D on Paul.
No. Don't want to tire him out on the offense. I'd throw Green on him to start the game and see what happens. The rest of the clippers backcourt isn't very big, so TP could handle them
I could not answer the poll question because the answer is both yes and no. Depends on game situation, foul situation, etc.
No. Tony Parker would be too spent to finish games
Exactly. Which is why you only put Parker on him for certain stretches.
The thing we have to remember is that we don't actually have to "stop" Chris Paul. We just have to make it so that our offense is more efficient than theirs. So we need to keep mixing up looks, force some bad shots and bad passes here and there, and make Paul work hard for the shots and assists that he gets. As long as we keep getting ourselves great looks on the other end using motion, passing, and speed, we can win.
We still need to be able to make some key stops down the stretch, but you can pull out a lot of stops and run special schemes for a few key possessions in ways that aren't practical to do all game long.
I don't want to make it sound like it will be easy -- it won't. But I think if we use our depth to keep our guys fresh while Paul has to keep working hard all night long, we can beat the Clippers in 5 or 6.
I believe it was our first game against the clips where Danny completely shut cp3 down. He was pestering him constantly and Paul never got comfortable. That said I don't expect this every game, and Paul did torch us once I think, but Green has shown that at his best be can really bother Paul.
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