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Seemed like just the thought of Baynes lit a fire under the team rebounding wise.
Nice write up and I concur wholly.
Jack has got to get it together.
Tim Duncan D+
Scoring was a massive struggle throughout. Passing was a plus. D was decent but not great. Rebounding was subpar.
Manu Ginobili B
Great on the boards and energy-wise. Scored well but shot selection was wonky. Playmaking was erratic.
Tony Parker C-
Scored in bursts but never sustained positive play. Passing was poor; rarely ran the offense correctly. D was average.
Kawhi Leonard A-
Outstanding individual D on Kobe. Made him work throughout. Offense was herky-jerky but improved.
Danny Green B+
Solid on the boards. Passed well. Defended better than usual. Shot it straight. Not much flash but had substance.
Tiago Splitter A-
Took advantage of his height rebounding-wise and offensively on the block. Overall D was up and down.
Boris Diaw A-
Didn’t score but loved his liveliness. Very strong on the glass. Pushed the pace. Best passing on the team.
Gary Neal D+
Ugly imitation of a point guard; just kept chucking it up there. Sloppy and out of control. D was mostly adequate.
Stephen Jackson B-
His jumper returned for the night but he didn’t take care of the ball well and his ejection was inexcusable.
Pop C
Rotations continue to induce scratching of head. Siccing Leonard on Kobe from the outset was the right call.
Last edited by timvp; 01-10-2013 at 01:25 AM.
Seemed like just the thought of Baynes lit a fire under the team rebounding wise.
Nice write up and I concur wholly.
Jack has got to get it together.
Jack can't be doing that, his ejection was a let down for me as a Jack fan. It's expected but I was hoping not on the Spurs.
...... or the Lakers were missing their top 3 bigmen.
watchin gary neal handling the ball, running into defenses.....turning the ball over,
so what does he do on the next possession? dribble down and hoist up a shot
Team high +/- of -11 yet he was given the highest grade. I didn't watch the game, but why was he -11 when the team was up most of the game until the end?
the spurs had 18 turnovers to the lakers 9... this game shouldn't have been close. TP with 6 turnovers very uncharacteristic of him. Neal with 3 in his 17 minutes off the bench. Parker has had a pretty good season as far as assist/turnover ratio. gotta fix that, especially against a team like memphis comin up next
most of kobes basket came on from jax defending him
KL did a good job limiting the rapist going off in the first half...
whats worst is the turnovers stock piling onto spurs brick shots, which lead to the lakers points in transition on the other end...fkn pathetic
ps.
this fkn team needs to do something with easy baskets like layups to the ring with no defender in sight, DUNK that for the auto 2pts then some weakass layup that usually gets blocked from behind....
He did have 6 TOs, but he also had 6 dimes and shot 10-16. 3 steals as well.Tony Parker C-
Scored in bursts but never sustained positive play. Passing was poor; rarely ran the offense correctly. D was average.
Good to hear, and best of all it is good to see Kawhi get 30+ mins.. We need him to play big minutes and for him to keep improving offensively/defensively if we are to have any chance to go deep in the playoffs
Maybe it's just me, but I thought Kawhi did a poor job of staying in front of his man. It seemed Like everyone he guarded got by him on their first step, kobe seemed to do it pretty often and even Artest beat him to the basket play for an easy layup.
Because raw +/- is one of the most dubious advanced stats in existence. Maybe Kawhi plays terrific defense on Kobe but he hits a tough, contested 3 (-3). Maybe Kawhi plays great defense on Kobe (they don't score) and on offense Gary gets a great look but fails to score (+0). Maybe Gary fails to get a great look because Kawhi's spacing on the floor was incorrect, or maybe it wasn't Kawhi's fault at all because it was a 2 man game between Gary and Splitter on the opposite side of the floor and Kawhi was correctly waiting at the opposite corner 3. The "what ifs" are endless with raw +/-.
His defense on Kobe was phenomenal and he held his own on offense (including a tough step back corner 3), +/- be damned.
Yeah, Kawhi had a terrible +/- but was awesome in my view
Gary Neal D+
Ugly imitation of a point guard; just kept chucking it up there. Sloppy and out of control. D was mostly adequate.
Which is about what I see from this guy when I get to watch games, ugly PG play and chucking up shots! D sucks mostly and out of control, still wonder why anyone stilll likes this guy. Gary is what he is, a very streaky shooter and nothing else. I am not a fan, sorry.
Joseph has a good size/speed for the position and is the best defender of the bunch. DeColo has shown promise on both ends. I think his jumper may be legit. Patty Mils can be a lights out shooter and up and down defender that doesn't pass and is a minus ball handler too. He at least has upside.
Neal at PG is what it is at this point. If he hits some shots great but Chuck Neal sucks worse when he starts with the ball. It's like he only looks at the rim, his man and never the court.
About 6 more weeks before he needs to set the rotation but if we have to continue forward with the Roger Mason experiment v2.0 some more I don't like it.
Duncan has looked far from his vintage self the last 3 games or so. That knee must be bothering him.
Gary is so much better at the 2...
the Spurs need another decent point guard if Pop doesn't trust in NDC. Neal, Green and Mills don't fit well as playmakers.
Neal's been playing terribly. When he isn't hitting his shots, he's just useless out there. Patty's a terrific shooter (top 10 in three point %), and even though he isn't a great passer, will occasionally play the pick and roll game with the bigs. At least, he's willing to give up the ball if the shot isn't available. De Colo may not be as good of a shooter as Neal, but he looks to get his teammates involved. Even if De Colo's offensive game is off, we can always count on him to make efficient passes that'll result in easy buckets for the Spurs. Either player would be preferred over Neal at this point.
I wouldn't mind trying a Mills/Baynes combo when Baynes is definitely signed.
Spurs troubles these past 3 games have all been about turnovers
for a supppsed veteran team they make a lot of stupid mistakes constantly
parker and ginobili are obviously the main culprits but TD has been having his fair share as well
Green and Neal are very similar, but the late is cold blooded. Green seems to be a guard vesion of Bonner. Probably will desappear in the playoffs.
remember KL on kobe, kobe didnt get going till jax or whoever was late on the switch mismatch was guarding him got him going...
u can clearly see KL was gettin into the rapists head forcing mind games that he cant beat KL 1on1 or 5on5, or whoever he wants to bring to a fight...rapists was jawing with the refs all night for fouls, which he didnt get...shows KL is gettin some respect in the defensive area....
is anyone else pissed when pop continues to play players who cant get going, but wont dig into the bench deep roster giving guys like mills, de colo minutes.....yet continue to players hoping they get a hot hand...
I'm pretty pissed, tbh. When Neal and Jackson are having bad games (not specifically this game), I'd like to see Pop go to someone else, whether it be our 3rd stringers or our starters.
I guess Pop is giving them a chance to prove themselves out there before he locks up the rotation for the playoffs.
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