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On paper, Mills-Ginobili-Anderson-West-Splitter makes far more sense than Mills-Ginobili-Anderson-Diaw-West, especially considering the latter group has three playmakers and no rim protector.
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Diaw would have cost us a pick to get rid of whereas Splitter we dumped for nothing. Diaw also makes less salary and since we didn't know what the cap could be we had to plan for a 67m cap.
WTF? And give away the team's best playmaker???!
Give away this player?
Have you lost your marbles???!
Diaw has basically zero value to any team other than the Spurs. It was always going to be Splitter.
Splitter has way more value,I doubt anybody wanted Diaw
I think they would have preferred to do that (especially with the West signing and the cap coming in where it did), but alas, CIA Pop has not perfected peering into the future. Probably too much wine.
common sense goods
Also Diaw gives flexibility to the lineups, being able to play big and small (medium-ball) without giving up too much
Anderson in second unit? He's more of a third unit guy. I Thought that Was a given.
No. Splitter couldn't run or jump anymore, whereas Boris has based his game on not being able to run or jump as well as the other guys, and yet be effective.
Tough. Splitter has upper hand on d, but boris is money on offense. With west and giant guy on board, I guess f.o. decided to sacrifice Tiago. He will be missed. Great player and teammate...Manu's boy.
No..not even considering Splitter hitherto frustrating health record which is going to get even more unreliable as he ages..I think the NBA has changed and been tending more versatility and small ball...Tiago would have been more untouchable if we still have to deal with prime Dirk and Zbo or the Lakers twin towers while another tough cover is joining pour ranks in LMA...As for Diaw, i could honestly see him retire in NBA as a Spurs..At this point, only Pop and this team environment can extract what's left in him game and effort wise..You think Boris will give a if he gets traded to the Magic/Bucks next time?
It does make more sense with West pairing with Splitter. off the bench I think playing Diaw/West as the backup bench is fine but for 20 mpg off the bench Splitter would be a better fit.
I like Diaw a lot though, even though he had a mediocre regular season before turning it on in the playoffs.
Anderson is ,likely, getting backup 3 minutes. Unless Pop wants Manu to play the 3 and go with Mills and Simmons as the backup back court.
Unless Simmons just blows the coaches' minds in training camp, KA will start the season as the primary backup to Kawhi.
Why not Mills-Ginobili-Diaw-West-Marjanovic??? That makes just as much sense if you want to have a classical C in there.
Don't forget Tiago also had the bigger contract, tbh... there were also financial reasons to move him and open up more space for all the signings...
Actually read an article about West's passing ability, apparently he put up similar passing numbers to Diaw last season and on a far worse offensive team. That unit really has four good play makers.
any exhaust work on her?
Diaw's shooting numbers outside of the paint were pretty bad last season.
10-16 Feet-.383
16-23 Feet-.375
23> (3PT)-.320
Playoff 3pt-.222
I'm not entirely sold on Anderson's 3pt shot but I'm not sold that playing two PFs and a C could space the floor well enough. West and Diaw and knock down mid range jumpers and Boban can a bit as well (from what I've heard)
Memphis inadvertently played a similar lineup with Allen/Prince-Randolph-Gasol. Their small forwards couldn't shoot so they had their entire front court taking 15-18 footers instead.
Diaw is not hurt most of the season and playoffs. The right decision was made.
Yeah I think we made the right choice.
He can post up and West space the floor, on top of making plays for everybody else. That's the beauty of being stacked, tbh... Then on defense he can get some rest instead of banging with big men...
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