so a standard one handed Lebron dunk gets a 5, while any spur player reverse posterized dunk get a .5? Yeah no lol.
3 pointer is just a skill like FT shooting. Either improve on this skill or defend it better. You guys are forgetting Spurs defense during D'Antoni Suns days. Also see how the Lakers defended the 3 in the playoffs.
so a standard one handed Lebron dunk gets a 5, while any spur player reverse posterized dunk get a .5? Yeah no lol.
I've never understood this complaint from people... the most common score in baseball is typically about 5-3, with soccer more like 1-0, hockey at 3-2, and football around 24-21, so it always mystified me why a 95-90 final tally in the NBA would be considered boring & devoid of offense.
For me it's not a matter of "can a team win a le that way?". It's more about how redundant everything is now days. Chuck threes while a defender will likely get called for a foul IF they even try to defend. The NBA went way over to the opposite extreme from the post up game. Need to be somewhere in between. Or maybe just ALWAYS officiate games like they do in the playoffs. Everybody loves playoff basketball.
That would do it.
Back when we were dominating Phx they would allow a player to actually be physical. The Lakers last year were allowed to play defense just like everyone else is allowed during the playoffs.
Why would they change it?
Shooters gonna shoot.
Game has evolved. Everyone needs to be able to shoot.
Very good observation, this is a big problem for the Spurs imho. Walker has nights where he's letting it fly with visible confidence, and those nights he fills up the statsheet. The rest looks like they're afraid of shooting threes.
Might be a prisoner of the moment, but they need to get more comfortable firing long balls real quick (next 10 games).
that, we need a 4 pt line further out and a trampoline on top of the key thats worth 3 points. Then various holographic hotspots randomly show up on the court that’s worth 4, 5 and 6 points. What’s the question again?
Ive said it before there is no one on this team that brings their game with them every game (with the exception of keldon for now). Granted it must be tough to do there is a lot of compe ion out there but worst case for a guy if you’re shot is not dropping how about you get stingy on defense at least?
They're not gonna "get more comfortable" at it because Pop won't allow it. You think he wouldn't pull the young players if they started firing pull-up 3's in transition like most modern NBA teams do nowadays? Nah. The fact that the Spurs are -bent on archaic offensive sets, even when running a "more free" offense than last year or the other one, is all the evidence you need. Or did you catch Pop making an emphasis that the Spurs gotta shoot more 3's after that embarrassing Jazz loss? No you didn't - even though it was, by far, the main reason we lost.
Having said that, the Spurs catching up with the league's playstyle might make them more unwatchable in my eyes. Modern games are just so boring as a neutral fan, I've been having trouble checking into other teams because it's just 3pt shot after 3pt shot, non stop. You start to not care after a while.
Except midrange shots have gone to , noone can hit a mid range anymore. With everyone only shooting and practicing 3's in practice this was bound to happen.
The argument is that it stopped the challenging shots at the rim that was more prevalent in the 90s and 2000s. Also, there's a bit of an injury risk with guards sliding under bigger players as they jump. It's also lead to an increase in flops.
It's an interesting thought though I don't know if it would have a desired affect of promoting less 3pt chucking.
If they make hand checking great again, wouldn't they take away zone?
Players would literally be left open again when doubles are sent. I don't know if that makes a lot of sense.
Better to just push the line back by at least a foot and have it trail off, toward out of bounds, before it reaches the corners.
No more corner 3s, and there would only probably be enough spacing for three shooters to space behind the line.
it would make it harder to chuck while players with mid range and post games would become more valuable.
That and collect coins hitting the backboard
The game is fine. I'd rather see teams shooting a bunch of threes than post-ups and mid-range jumpers.
I'd agree, Pop wants to see movement before a shot is taken, so he wouldn't be pleased with those walk-up chucks. That doesn't mean guys should not take threes after a pass or two when they are open. For example, I feel like White did this pretty well in the bubble, and Lonnie did it well in Memphis.
And yes, I don't want the Spurs to be a team that does that Bogdanovich did a few times yesterday (walk across the line, no pass, instachuck). But they need to take the open looks generated by ball movement. Not taking those and going for hesistant, half-hearted drives vs Gobert (really?) won't lead us anywhere.
Casual fans are the NBAs demo. Casuals think shooting an open three is more exciting/difficult than a low post move.
0-12 ft shots for 1 point, 12-23,9 ft shots for 2 points, 23,9-94 ft for 3 points
or this will only encourage 3-point chucking. Dumb
0-12 ft shots for 2 points, 12-23,9 ft shots for 2,5 points, 23,9-94 ft for 3 points. That's better. 50% from mid-range worth more then 40% from 3. Good.
Longer distance, more points per shot
Its disgusting how the league has d itself out to casual fans. Never seen another professional sports league bend over backwards for fans who will come and go on a whim.
They were allowed to fire away in the first 2 games with more than 30 3s. I don't think it's pop stopping them shooting, probably they just stop shooting after they missed a few. I saw Lonnie suddenly just stop shooting 3s the past couple of games and try to cut to the basket. I really doubt that is always the play. Do remember that Pop is the guy who starts getting players firing more 3s from the corner a decade ago.
Sorry quote wrongly
They are an above average three-point shooting team (through only 5 games they rank 12th overall at 37.2%) but don't shot nearly high enough volume (tied for 3rd worst at 28.7 per game).
Like someone else said, they just don't shot them in early offense like most teams today do. The Spurs try to work to many half court sets and passing up open three-point shots (looking at you, Lonnie) for less efficient mid-range looks or floaters.
Derrick would have helped a lot in this area since he wasn't afraid to "chuck" in the bubble, but his other young teammates are (or mostly drive to the hoop).
I'm not sure what 2021 Pop wants, but ball movement and halfcourt sets are definitely not what they're doing. They're near the bottom in passes per game and lead the league in drives by a huge margin. I'm also pretty sure they're bottom in corner 3s. They don't try to run anything in the halfcourt. They're playing summer league basketball with lots of freedom but little structure. I hate it.
I agree, they need to get some ball movement going, it can be generated from drives or even Aldridge post-ups when he's back. Just get some structure because right now they're going nowhere. I know Pop got some love this season for having a good rotation but I feel the actual coaching has been missing completely and I don't see how this would help in player development, which should be the most important thing this season.
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