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We need to hire an assistant coach that knows how to and develop bigs because Pop sure as doesn't.
I thought the defensive number were kind of decent through the first two rounds. Even the first 2 games against the Thunder. Having guys like Diaw and Splitter playing more minutes over Blair/Bonner helps because there is less need to help in the post and guys can actually be more aggressive on the perimeter. Going back to single coverage and less help would solve alot of our defensive problems. Would OKC shoot so well from midrange if there was even a guy within 2 feet of them to contest the shot?
We need to hire an assistant coach that knows how to and develop bigs because Pop sure as doesn't.
I agree. If we still had the version of Splitter from the RRT there's no doubt we win it all. He really regressed from that point onward in confidence and everything. The only way to nurture that confidence is to give him enough minutes. He has to get enough opportunities to post up on the block and run the offense through him. Diaw also has a post game. The Spurs really need to add more post scoring. It can't just be TD.
This article is a couple of days old
Buford indicated no pressing need to add another big man.
“As far as our big rotation, we don’t have Dwight Howard but between Tim, Tiago (Splitter), DeJuan (Blair), Matt (Bonner) and hopefully bringing Boris back, I’m not sure where our needs are there,” Buford said. “We’d love to have an All-Star center but there’s only two or three of those. Short of that, I think we’ve got a pretty diverse group that fills a lot of needs.”
Reading between the lines, it doesn’t appear there is any imminent plan to move either Blair or Bonner at the moment.
*Speaking of Blair, Buford seemed unfazed by the fourth-year big man’s comments to the Express-News, indicating he expected to be traded or otherwise moved this offseason.
“We understand the way he feels,” Buford said. “If you look at the story he laid out, it’s very true. And while I don’t think we have to apologize for the results that the team built, DeJuan, we understand the way he feels and we’re looking forward in building the best team we can, and our hope is that DeJuan wants to be a part of that.
“If he comes and tells Pop (coach Gregg Popovich) he doesn’t, I think they’ll address it and then we’ll have opportunities elsewhere if we need to, but I don’t think anyone’s going to react to what a frustrated player says publicly.”
* Former Texas standout Alexis Wangmene, Buford’s adopted son, has been named to the Spurs’ summer league roster. Buford joked a guaranteed contract was on its way.
“You didn’t hear he was starting?” Buford deadpanned. “That was part of Tim’s negotiations, that Tim had to come off the bench to make room for Alexis.”
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...r-and-big-men/
Pop endorsed this in his interview last night. Starting around the 2:20 mark:
Q: What type of ballplayers are you looking to add to your team?
A: None. We're pretty loaded up right now. We signed basically all the guys from last year.
http://www.nba.com/video/games/hawks...vich_intv.nba/
His way of saying, " you, fans!"
This is the kind of mentality that drives me nuts.
Yes, we do have a diverse group of bigmen who fill a lot of needs. We have big men who can shoot, big men who can assist, big men who can perform the pick & roll. Unfortunately, those are mostly not the needs that you expect to be filled by big men. When it comes to those needs....rebounding, post defense, physicality in the paint, we only have one big man who really excels in those areas, and he's on the short side of 30.
Just because we have four guys who are moderately big, does not mean that the big-man role is filled.
If Spurs were so fine with what they have at PF/C, they wouldn't have been rumored as a team wanting Scola had he cleared waivers.
I won't judge Spurs front office on what they but on what they do. So far, it's been a very good off-season for Spurs but there are still some work to do.
Now I know why you usually just use other members quotes.
Get off the nuts. You can quote me.Now I know why you usually just use other members quotes.
Solid piece.
I've long said that the Spurs are milking the Duncan, big 3 era for all it's worth. They are profit minded. They want to sell season tickets, and keeping people around that ticket holders recognize is their way of saying that ticket sales >>>>> championships.
Actually, there comes a point when you have to harvest what you've toiled away at sewing, and the Spurs are doing that now. Some teams just spend constantly trying to get the owner some ego boost, but the Spurs run like an enterprise, profit minded people who believe they make money by delivering a good, consistnt level of product year after year, and they shy away from the get rich quick schemes of seling the farm for hyped up highschoolers.
Bro, aint nobody winning a le this year but the Heat.
You are probably right all things considered.
To get back in le contention the Spurs are going to need to improve their post scoring and defense.
...Which are things that can be done in training camp. If Kawhi can develop a post game...
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Considering no one is playing again this year, but you know what I meant.
There are no moves the Spurs can make that will make them contenders at that level. Their only hope is that other events unfold during the year that gives them a chance, but they probably don't hold out for that hope.
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