I think as he gets the FT thing down, he’ll be more aggressive in the paint. Right now, they just foul him.
I remember when these advanced defensive stats said kawhi was one of the worst defenders in the league, in a year where he was a defensive monster. They’re, trash. No team takes them seriously. But I guess they’re good for meaningless internet arguments
That's because you don't watch games.
Your right and I guess that is where my frustration with Poodle lays in that as much as we rag on LMA showing up out of shape the same can be said for Poodle. Him shooting 30+% tells me he is not putting in the off season work and also him showing Zero growth on his offensive game.
Who said anything about games? I was literally talking about stats, dummy.
That never ing happened. His DWS and DBPM have always been elite.
Stop lying and making up.
Since Poeltl has been the starting line up the Spurs have the #1 Defensive Rating in the league. Before they were greatly improved from last year, but still in the middle of the pack. If that doesn’t scream to you that Poeltl’s Defensive Advanced Stats are are accurate then I second ecstatic’s “bull .”
just don't give Poeltl the ball. He can't do with it
if you got DeRozan on the team you need a shooting big. And with our players being drivers who like to get to the rim that pulls the other teams big out the paint. So a shooting big is needed if we extend DeMar, which will happen
He had 6 assists against ORL.
On dribble hand offs. That’s cool, but there’s no reason to give it to him deep in the paint only for him to miss a bunny cause he can’t score with his back to the basket. Hand offs and when he’s a roller are no problem
I know dummy.
like i said, if DJ and Keldon are league average or better % wise from 3 at an expanded volume from where they are now I don’t think it’s a problem. Demar is still able to use a kind of high screen and roll to generate his bread and butter looks from 19 that generate some kind of space.
We’ll cross the Demar extension bridge when we come to it but a 1+1 deal wouldn’t surprise me. I can also see them getting outbid by a team like New York and thibs who was already calling for management to trade young players for “seasoned vets” this past offseason.
Last thing- We all talk about guys like DJ, Derrick, Keldon developing and getting better year by year, but why not Jakob? Why is Jakob always discussed like a finished product when bigs take notoriously longer to develop? The offensive game hasn’t done much, but his ability to find himself in the right place offensively and “fit in” has improved drastically from the bubble on. Basically his awareness and timing is noticeably improved. That extends defensively as well, where this year he is absolutely one of the most fearsome presences in the paint defensively in the nba today. The eye test and every quantifiable data point you can find back that up. So what’s stopping Jakob from continuing to develop his passing, add a power dribble to turn some of those 5 foot bunny floaters into dunks, and maybe get at least confident enough to threaten a shot from 15 feet? I think he can and will.
If most were on dribble hand offs, which is possible, he’s still generating the look by virtue of his size and screening ability, that’s the intention of the play. His screening is an underrated part of his contribution on the court.
I do specifically remember a pass from the high post and one on the block in a 2 man situation with dejounte that led to buckets. He can dish it when he needs to.
Imagine is he had a bonus for dunking? 1m for averaging 1 a game.
Sure, bro. And I’m sure Patty Mills and Rudy Gay are the best defenders on the Spurs this year!
Follow your own words, bro.
It's all about bias, advanced statistics, without actually watching the games mean absolutely nothing. Last season, Divicenzo had better defensive statistics than DW, but anyone with two neurons knows that this is a complete joke, if you brought that data to the Spurstalk, it would be a reason for jokes (and with good reason), just as if you try to claim that Jakob changes the game defensively on the same level as Gobert, you will be ridiculed anywhere outside of spurstalk, and everything is fine, as long as everyone is aware that they analyze it based on their bias instead of full reality ( , there were people arguing that it made sense to have Forbes on the team, even though watching just five minutes was enough to see how damaging it was and the ripple effect it created on the team).
because the Turtle has been in the league for 5 years and hasn’t developed any offensive game whatsoever. He can’t even shoot free throws. There’s no development happening here
In all honesty I don't think anyone can argue these two statements right now:
1. Poodle is a Good Defender
2. Poodle Offensive game Sucks
Do I hate the guy no I think he as some say a good singing for a backup - If he would have been our center when Timmy, Manu, Parker where still playing I would have been very Happy. But they not playing and I think we need more offensive from our Center as the league has gone to 3 ball.
Any way, I hope he does finally put the work in the off season and he gets his free throws at least in the 60% - I think him hitting that percentage would give him more mental courage to be more aggressive on offensive . You can tell he doesn't want to shoot cause he is scarred they will foul him and he will have to go to the line. There is nothing worse as a player to go the line and brick free throws it really screws up your mental game
Get the in here Poodle Slurpers and defend this ty excuse of offense
Every time an advanced stat virgin comes in spewing their capital letter metrics... just bring up this useless piece of and they’ll stfu
the bottom line is: If you can't make lay ups, you can't start in the NBA. And Poeltl just got blocked by the rim trying to do an up and under. As a 7-footer that's just embarassing
Poor man’s Tiago Splitter minus the health issues
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