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I wish we had a Bowen. Kawhi is great; but Bowen would take that sh** personal and be all over a guy for an entire game.
It has only begun. The Spurs shadowed Curry for 48 minutes straight, in a regular season matchup no less. Just wait until the playoffs when the Spurs turn it up a notch. Steph is a great player but he got exposed on Saturday as a human being with flaws who can and will be completely locked down by the best defense. Spurs will not give him any more free passes. As Aldridge said, he didn't get off. Green, Tony, Kawhi, Boris, Aldridge and Duncan, doesn't matter who. I am convinced the Spurs will let anyone but this guy go off, which is a winning formula for success, tbh.
I wish we had a Bowen. Kawhi is great; but Bowen would take that sh** personal and be all over a guy for an entire game.
Bowen is not a better defender than kawhi got.
he undercut him and make sure he never took another 3 without thinking twice.
esp with those glass ankles
Kawhi is such a presence and we saw it working on Bron. Who says by season end we don't see Curry deferring just to keep Whi away from the ball.
I read somewhere that other teams purposefully don't attack Kawhi because their players' shooting percentages drop significantly.Kawhi is such a presence and we saw it working on Bron. Who says by season end we don't see Curry deferring just to keep Whi away from the ball.
I actually liked Pop's strategy to throw Green at Curry. Kawhi is the better one on one defender, but Curry is too fast to chase for 40 minutes while also having to be the playmaker on offense. Green doesn't need to expend the energy on offense that Kawhi does. The return of Bogut and Igoudala in the playoffs, should these teams meet, may change Pop'a tactics. But I was pleased with what I saw Green doing on Curry.
Why is Kawhi being mentioned in this?he didn't guard Curry, Parker and Green did.
b2b for Curry ... he was exhausted ... still good to know there is a strategy to slow them down and make it a compe ive series
I re-watched the game. In the second half, Kawhi did a good job on Draymond. Green was the MVP considering he was the first player to block a Curry three. Would love to see that a few more times.Why is Kawhi being mentioned in this?
I agree with the idea of using Danny as the designated defender to let Kawhi pick his spots, play off the ball and use his energy for offense. But I think you're selling Green way short. He's been the better Curry defender for years. Kawhi had one good game (and yes, it was a ing awesome game) against Curry and people try to rewrite everything else.
I don't honestly think that Curry has any psychological damage done from that game whatsoever. Next game he will be rested and will make it a point to redeem his scoring numbers, much like Aldridge did this time. This past game Curry was exhausted. He knows it and we should know it. Doesn't mean we can't bother him and limit him...but I doubt it will be like this last game again unless he is hurt somehow.
Curry. Stop making excuses for him. I can't believe Spurs fans in here are making excuses for him. Don't give him any room to shoot, and if/when he drives past the defender to the rack, foul him HARD. Make him earn everything. Don't make anything easy on him.
Danny and Parker was on Curry.
Kawhi was on Draymond
Who was on Klay?
Sorry but we are in 2016 and not 1990
Green did a great job on curry
They did a marvelous job, you can see it works and can be done again. Maybe he doesn't always go 1-13 but just running him off the line and constant switching was beautiful. This team is always gonna wanna take jumpers and in the playoffs that won't work.
It's basically what Wilkins says this article:It has only begun. The Spurs shadowed Curry for 48 minutes straight, in a regular season matchup no less. Just wait until the playoffs when the Spurs turn it up a notch. Steph is a great player but he got exposed on Saturday as a human being with flaws who can and will be completely locked down by the best defense. Spurs will not give him any more free passes. As Aldridge said, he didn't get off. Green, Tony, Kawhi, Boris, Aldridge and Duncan, doesn't matter who. I am convinced the Spurs will let anyone but this guy go off, which is a winning formula for success, tbh.
http://www.nba.com/2016/news/feature...stephen-curry/
"When you have great shooters, especially guys who can shoot off the dribble, you gotta trap him," said Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins, the NBA's 12th all-time leading scorer. "You designate who's going to shoot that ball. Make Harrison Barnes or Draymond Green beat you. You don't let Steph beat you, it's demoralizing when that No. 1 guy tears you apart."
Curry had an off night
He will torch Parker in the playoffs tbh
Wrong you don't trap curry. He will burn you every time. You play straight up one on one, and switch picks immediately. The plays the spurs even slightly overplayed curry with two guys they got burned.
They really didn't. Kerr got them a couple of times, but McAdoo and Varejao not being able to shoot negated some of the value of the short-roll.
Yes they did. I can think of two right off the bat. Manu reached through the pick instead of switching to green, green got the pass and drove down the lane for a dunk. Patty took two steps through the pick, curry drove for a lay up. It's that fast with this guy.
I'm on the opposite end, let him try to beat you by himself. 1) the spurs have the best defensive minded and disciplined team to harass and bother him even without doubling 2) you keep anyone else from getting involved in the game. 3) its not a knockout blow approach. It's a grind him down approach like a boxer. He'll punch himself out if he tries to do it by himself in a series, IMO
+1
dude could probably play 5 games in a row. and if he was tired, it's because he ended up having to drive a lot due to 3 pt line being covered. You can bet the farm that GS has doubts about beating us in playoffs
If you saw Curry postgame, you could tell he was shaken. He wasn't expecting what happened. He may not always be limited to 14 pts and 1-12 from three, but the Spurs will impose their will on him again and again come playoff time assuming they meet. Gang defense is going to wear him down.
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