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Which I maintain was vastly overblown. Bonner averaged 15 minutes those two games as a decoy. Diaw getting more minutes and playing starters minutes the last two games against OKC was the REAL key.
Like I told someone else, not going to go all Nostradamus, so who knows?
But you saw Bonner against OKC the year we won the le.
Don't be so quick to say nay either.
Which I maintain was vastly overblown. Bonner averaged 15 minutes those two games as a decoy. Diaw getting more minutes and playing starters minutes the last two games against OKC was the REAL key.
o, LMA, rim protector extraordinaire!
And I will not argue the point, since Diaw really was the key player and I agree with you on that, but the point is Bonner did play, and so may Kyle.
there were backcuts (Simms got hit twice, will get tongue-lashed by Pop in film session)... and at one point a whole layup line. Also offensive rebounding. I saw Kyle boxing out religiously, but others were not so disciplined. Whenever he didn't have Aaron Gordon, the man went for the Oboard. It will be an issue unfortunately. It will require a wholewide team effort to compensate for the lack of timmy. We are definitely very vulnerable.
I do see that Kyle's ceiling is much higher than Bonner's, so there's that! LOL. Really, I'm not giving up on the kid and have noticed he's looking more and more comfortable.
The rest: Mailman, Ralph Sampson, McHale, Jerome Kersey, Buck Williams, Kiki Vandeweghe, Larry Nance (Bonner types..........I'm not even mentioning role players like Orlando Woolridge)
Failing to box out is simply inexplicable at this level. Frankly, it was the only reason I ever got playing time as a 6'2" center (that's right) in high school; I could box out better than anybody else on the team. Obviously a skill that is near and dear to my heart, and when I see pros failing to exert that effort (which is all it is), I really go UNT.
Allowing backdoor cuts is a close second on my list of offenses.
Failing to box out was the one reason earlier in the season that D.West got on my nerves. I knew he was out of position and lacked real size/length to contest shots or block shots, but he wasn't disciplined boxing out. Diaw for example is more disciplined on that, his boxing out allows others to get the board. Kyle is fairly disciplined, whenever I saw him, he was boxing out a big, but the other was free, so its an issue. I can't recall the biggest offenders, i think just teamwide, different guys failed at different points to box out. Not saying Kyle was perfect, but he was the one consistent guy I remember seeing boxing out somebody.
I still say today's league has vastly more athletic players than back then, not necessarily better, but way more athletic.The rest: Mailman, Ralph Sampson, McHale, Jerome Kersey, Buck Williams, Kiki Vandeweghe, Larry Nance (Bonner types
Yeah, cant stand losing the rebounding game. I cant celebrate LMA's points and shot blocking with only four rebounds while the other team getting so many offensive ones. LMA is getting paid to do everything a big man should. Good game by LMA but more rebounding and boxing out please.
We'll see what we see, but I agree with that. Of course, none of our other players had any business on the court with the Dubs in that first game. Like I said above, the Spurs need all the help they can get against them, so I hope SAGirl is right, and he steps up.
Forget the forwards, let's evaluate the league in general:
-Jordan/Hakeem/Drexler at their physical peaks
-David Thompson before he became a complete junky
-6'9" point guard
-Pre injury Ewing
-Darryl Dawkins
-Spud Webb
-80s Sixers/Celtics
-Showtime Lakers
-Doug Moe Nuggets
-Pre-Bad Boys Pistons
-Prime Moses
-Teams averaging 120 point
That's a big, big deal, too. The Spurs have virtually no post threat right now. At least not against legit big men. And with defenses being able to help off Danny (because he couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat) the paint has become a very unfriendly place.
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