If we could somehow get Avery Bradley and Andre Roberson, I think that would be enough with an emerging Kawhi Leonard to dominate that soft jump shooting team! Green , Anderson, LMA, Gasol could all be in play to help facilitate this as far as I am concerned. Of course picks/players from other teams would be necessary but those two players would make us scary! Bradley would be huge.....
Andre Roberson
What the Spurs need to keep up with GS is shooters, they have the defensive system and discipline to slow them a bit on O, but they need to be able to hold their own on the other end by shooting and making 3's at a high clip. They aren't beating the Warriors by shooting mid range jumpers, no matter how good their defense is, (which is pretty good, tbh, and the only one I've seen, all season long, able to take the Warriors out of their comfort zone for a bit).
Last edited by DAF86; 06-05-2017 at 10:24 PM.
Defense and Quality possessions is in my opinion what beats Golden State no matter where the shots come from. Roberson allows Kawhi not to have to kill himself guarding the player on the court night in night out as well as Bradley. Roberson isn't scared to finish cutting to the hole; hopefully Chip can fix his shotPeople forget Bruce Bowen was once horrible from the corner and the line as well.
And so was Bruce Bowen once upon a time! Defense is want to.... and he really is elite in that area. Get him a corner J and work on those free throws.
There isn't a player in the league not named Lebron James who could get the Spurs any further than they got this year against that team.
I would respectfully have to disagree sir........
Green can also guard the other team's best player, and he can at least make threes at a respectable rate.Defense and Quality possessions is in my opinion what beats Golden State no matter where the shots come from. Roberson allows Kawhi not to have to kill himself guarding the player on the court night in night out as well as Bradley. Roberson isn't scared to finish cutting to the hole; hopefully Chip can fix his shot
Roberson is a far better defender and Avery Bradley is a better offensive player than Green. Green is a turnstile out there in my opinion....
And Roberson is only 25
Yeah Draymond is great.
Lmfao, players like Bowen don't work in today's NBA. You can't have offensive liabilities like him on the perimeter and expect to win. That might've worked in 2007 when the Spurs won a Finals game against the Cavs by only scoring 75 points but that was a decade ago.
Trotting out D-League Danny and Roberson at the same time is just suicide. Just stop.
Role players aren't going to be the difference vs. the Warriors..
They have 2 MVP-caliber players and 2 other 2-way All-Stars(including the probable DPOY)..they can surround them with scrubs and it wouldn't matter..
This forum has a strange fascination with blaming role players for the team's struggles when their compe ion is a team loaded with stars like GS..
You must have missed the part about acquiring Avery Bradley to take over for Danny.....honest mistake I take it. Don't be so quick to be that guy.
Defense wins championships.....always have and always will. We damn near choked them boys out this year with Defense and timely scoring.Role players aren't going to be the difference vs. the Warriors
They have 2 MVP-caliber players and 2 other 2-way All-Stars(including the probable DPOY)..they can surround them with scrubs and it wouldn't matter..
3 of the Warriors' 4 stars are great(elite, in the cases of Draymond and Durant) defenders, as well..
Spurs could use 1 or 2 more 2-way role players, of course, but they need stars to beat them..
You'd need a healthy Kawhi, probably Gobert and a really good defensive PG who can get to the rim as well. You'd need Paul George and Jimmy Butler. It's not going to happen. You cannot have a one way player and beat these guys. Steph is the only one way starter and his offense makes up for the other end.
Dedmon
Robertson
Leonard
Bradley
Murray
If Zaza hurts Kawhi again next year with that starting lineup they might not even make it to 60....
I really think we as a board have drank the Kool Aid...... We probably have the best player in the world and can't even see it because we are to busy looking over our fence! Let that dude rest more on D and focus on thrashing teams offensively. Every year he gets better and it probably won't stop barring injury....
Dedmon
Robertson
Leonard
Bradley
Murray
If Zaza hurts Kawhi again next year with that starting lineup they might not even make it to 60....
I actually stated other players and pics would be involved but that lineup may not be as bad you think
Roberson might be the better defender, but he isn't the better basketball player. If the guy can't develop a semi reliable shot in the short term (thing which I doubt) he will be a bench warmer in a couple of years, and I don't say out of the league altogether because guys like Tony Allen and M'bah a Moute still have a gig somehow. But the way things are going, having a perimiter player who is such a liability on the shooting department is major flaw.
Kawhi's obviously a great base(only Cleveland has a piece as good as him against GS) but I don't know how anybody could feel comfortable with Aldridge being one of the stars on the team..maybe if he played against Ryan Anderson every game
It's not just outside shooting with Roberson..the Rockets were using the hack-a against him in the 1st round, which is almost unheard of for a wing player..
Lowry/Bradley/Kawhi/Ibaka/Dedmon. Then Murray/Green/Bertans/Anderson/?
Chip.....Chip...... and how soon do we forget that Kawhi was never considered or expected to shoot as well as he does. We develop players that want to be better; I would gamble on Roberson.
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