October 23, 20187 yr 1) Less Patty Mills 2) Bertans probably needs to play more 3) The offense is going to be reliant on LMA and DeRozan. 4) We probably need to keep starting Cunningham at the 4. He at least gives us some type of defensive presence. 5) DeRozan is gonna have to play big minutes because he's really the only playmaker we have on the roster. Again, fewer minutes for Patty Mills. Edited October 23, 20187 yr by texasstrong12
October 23, 20187 yr I know it was overtime, but I remember when it used to take the Spurs 2 games to score 143 points.
October 23, 20187 yr Good stuff, @texasstrong12. Nos. 1 and 5 hopefully get remedied somewhat once White returns. Agree 100% on 2 - not sure why Pop has been relatively hesitant to play him more. Matchups, perhaps? No. 3 - duh. The surprising part is how will LMA and DDR have fit together so far. DDR is a much better playmaker than I anticipated. No. 4 - we'll see about that. I think it is more a function of moving LMA to the 5 which improves the defense because Pau is sitting.
October 23, 20187 yr Really too small a sample size to take anything away especially on net rating or +/-, however I do think Cunningham is (sadly) probably our best perimeter defensive player right now. We're atrocious on defense so inserting him into the starting lineup at times for defense probably makes some sense. Again, Forbes and Patty as our backcourt in crunch time makes me sad.
October 23, 20187 yr On 10/18/2018 at 11:30 PM, Hate said: I’d rather Kawhi come back than sign Durant....and i fucking hate Kawhi. username fitting......
October 23, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, kingkoopa6 said: What is the Ball idiot doing on that play? Way to run away from your player jackass. He doesn’t even try to contest.
October 23, 20187 yr 31 minutes ago, Kermit said: What is the Ball idiot doing on that play? Way to run away from your player jackass. He doesn’t even try to contest. He could have been anticipating a switch from his teammate and trying to get back to defend Aldridge. As bad as Ball's defense is, the other guy's (whoever the hell he is) is worse. He doesn't switch or hedge to Mills coming off of the pick AND he loses position to Aldridge. He's completely in no man's land. If Mills misses, Aldridge most likely gets the rebound. Just a shit-tastic team defensive effort all the way around.
October 23, 20187 yr Ball had some piss-poor effort on defense last night. He plays a bit like his brothers over in Uzbekistan or wherever they're playing. Like it's an AAU showcase. Lazy as shit. That reminds me of the LBJ shot at the end of regulation. Rudy Gay really, really disappointed me there. We're up by 3 with less than 7 seconds and he gives LBJ space above the 3 point line. He should've been hounding him as soon as he crossed half-court, and in no universe should he have been sagging off anywhere close to the 3 point line. Especially with so little time, you make him rush into a shot without his feet set at the very least. Even if he gets by you, at last make him rush the shot if you can't run him off the line.
October 25, 20187 yr Patty Mills is terrible. I guess he's just going to leave Joseph open all night and let him hit 3s.
October 25, 20187 yr When LMA or DeRozan go to the bench we're screwed. Pop is gonna have to figure out how to stagger the minutes where one of those guys is on the court at all times because we simply don't the options if both those guys are on the bench. Edited October 25, 20187 yr by texasstrong12
October 25, 20187 yr Teams shoot an abnormally high percentage from three against us, and the bitch of it is the defense isn’t horrible. I mean it’s not ideal, but not horrible. Oh well.
October 25, 20187 yr ball aint going in the basket... it is for them...a lot Edited October 25, 20187 yr by kingkoopa6
October 25, 20187 yr Can't shoot tonight..... the old adage is defense shows up every night. Welp, we don't play much D. We're down 8 points in 3pointers. Basically, this team has to be ultra efficient on offense and 2's to have a chance at winning. They'll play hard almost every night, but there's going to be some terrible terrible basketball from this group particularly on when we're not making our mid-range J's.
October 25, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, Kermit said: Teams shoot an abnormally high percentage from three against us, and the bitch of it is the defense isn’t horrible. I mean it’s not ideal, but not horrible. Oh well. Black, silver and white just aren't very distracting uniform colors. Maybe we should try a heavy dose of the old Fiesta look.
October 25, 20187 yr I don't want to think about a world in which Forbes plays over 30 minutes and it's not because we're winning going away. But I guess the alternative is to play Mills that many minutes and see a -40 +/- next to his name. Edited October 25, 20187 yr by Gut Wagon
October 25, 20187 yr 13 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said: is George Hill still around? Id take CJ back too.. I saw GH at Lupe Tortilla a while back.
October 25, 20187 yr 8 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said: I don't want to think about a world in which Forbes plays over 30 minutes and it's not because we're winning going away. But I guess the alternative is to play Mills that many minutes and see a -40 +/- next to his name. Not much choice right now with Murray and White injured.
October 25, 20187 yr Just now, texasstrong12 said: Not much choice right now with Murray and White injured. Correct. Which is why I don't want to think about it. Seriously gives me the sads.
October 25, 20187 yr Even getting Lonnie back would help shave minutes for Patty and Forbes. I think Lonnie will beat White back by a week or more. I'm hoping right around Christmas, we'll have both back. They need the minutes and reps to develop and improve. If this franchise is to have a future, those guys need to become good players.
October 25, 20187 yr 10 hours ago, Gut Wagon said: Black, silver and white just aren't very distracting uniform colors. Maybe we should try a heavy dose of the old Fiesta look. Oh please nooooooo
October 27, 20187 yr Go Spurs Go. I feel like the score gonna be like.. 160 to 157 wish we had Marcus Smart and Patrick Beverley just to stop the bleeding Edited October 27, 20187 yr by kingkoopa6 wish
October 27, 20187 yr Not that anyone will be watching with the football game going on at the same time, but Pop is mixing it up a bit.
October 28, 20187 yr At least the Spurs won tonight. Not marking Texas down for a loss yet, but they need to move quickly.
October 28, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, hornfan785 said: At least the Spurs won tonight. Not marking Texas down for a loss yet, but they need to move quickly. Lotta game left my guy
October 28, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Radical Larry said: DeRozan fucked around and almost had a triple double. Gundy freaking us like MJ, today was not a good day.
October 28, 20187 yr Always nice to get a Spurs Win, especially at the expense of the Lakers. DD was mighty clutch in this one. Let' see if we can turn this into a little streak of the right kind.
October 29, 20187 yr DeMar DeRozan is lighting it up. LMA no longer has the weight of the world on his shoulders attempting to carry the team offensively this season.
October 29, 20187 yr Something tells me he liked having the weight. I hope he doesn't being second option.
October 29, 20187 yr LMA is attempting as many shots as he did last season, but now there is a legitimate scoring threat running with the ones to take a lot of pressure off of him. Last season that was absent with Murray who was still very raw offensively, Kyle Anderson, an injured Danny Green and Gasol.
October 29, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Chad said: LMA is attempting as many shots as he did last season, but now there is a legitimate scoring threat running with the ones to take a lot of pressure off of him. Last season that was absent with Murray who was still very raw offensively, Kyle Anderson, an injured Danny Green and Gasol. Also don't forget the injured fuckface. "Injured."
October 29, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, miguelito said: Also don't forget the injured fuckface. "Injured." Is he in the title of the thread?
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