@Gil Scott-Heroin, you already took your L b. You just keep digging your grave
So what are you saying ?
Looks like I need to post this again:@Gil Scott-Heroin, you already took your L b. You just keep digging your grave
San Antonio were the 26th-ranked team during the regular season when it came to spacing, but if you were to compare their starters v. starters from the across the league, not only would they have ranked dead-last, but the margin between them and the second-worst team was greater than the 1st and the 20th-ranked starters.Spacing heat map rankings:
1. Bucks
2. Celtics
3. Warriors
4. Rockets
5. Hawks
26. Spurs
Purely from a strategical standpoint, the Spurs' starters offense operated on a level that would've befitted play during the 1990s - light years behind today's league.
San Antonio were the 29th-ranked team during the regular season when it came to generation of shots, reiterating their inability to generate good* shots [good = uncontested and defense out of position], reflected by their overreliance on activity in the midrange, in a climate where defenses are typically stretched beyond the arc, which made it easier for their opposition to defend their offense (as opposition defenses usually are covering more ground and making more defensive adjustments against teams who shoot higher volume 3s - opposition defenses traveled less distance on defense against the Spurs than any other team during the regular season).Shot generation v. defender rankings
1. Bucks
2. Celtics
3. Hawks
4. Nets
5. Jazz
29. Spurs
Basically, SA's pro tem offense was based on their players' talent and ability to generate points in ISO; off-balance/non-set, contested shots; heavy traffic; less space to work in - in spite of their offensive scheme which was holding them back (lack of spacing and lack of 'good' shot creation). This came to a head during the regular season in the games when they shot less than league-average on contested shots, where they ranked 24th on offense (this is to put into perspective how detrimental their offensive strategy was when they weren't making contested shots - they ranked top-5 in contested shot makes during the regular season, and #3 during the first round - contrary to popular belief that the Spurs lack the talent/personnel to win, they were actually winning/in position to win due to their players' ability to make tough shots, not their scheme/game-plan).
The cutting off their nose to spite their face act of trying to match 33% 3-pt efficiency (which is below league-average as it is) through shooting 50% on midrange shots, not only put themselves at an efficiency disadvantage, but they made an improbable task even more improbable by swimming against the tide trying to get those type of shots off in the first place.
TL;DR - Spurs' offensive scheme is completely outdated; Pop got left behind because he and the coaching staff failed to adjust to the 3-pt climate, and relied too heavily on mid post-ups, DD and midrange spots; the ability of the Spurs' players was the main reason that they were in position to win games, in spite of the coaching.
Lol, pop made the playoffs and took his team 7 games. They overachieved and he had one of his best coaching performances.
Pop>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>You
Yes, he worked magic with this team. This was one of his least talented squads and turned them into a playoff team and one that had a chance till the end.
Posts like this are reminders why I'm glad I stayed away from this board. People posting nonsense over and over until they start to believe it themselves.Yes, he worked magic with this team. This was one of his least talented squads and turned them into a playoff team and one that had a chance till the end.
I just maybe, but I'm still right. And you look stupid as hell for questioning me in the first place without paying attention to what I was actually saying.You're a deplorable human being.![]()
So Pop and the coaching staff are absolved from any of the blame? Do they also not get blame for not having the right adjustments that put DeRozan and LMA in a better position to perform? Do you do this with every single other team when the players play like "trash", and don't blame the coach? Are the coaches never at fault in your eyes?
Patty shot 39% on five 3-pt attempts this season (second best on the team), and was a constant in most of all the best five-man lineups for the Spurs. Yes, his defense fell off a cliff over the last 1-2 seasons, but I'm struggling to see why you'd single him out, when he's still only a minor piece to their team, that has the likes of LMA, DeRozan and Rudy.He underachieved with Patty Mills getting meaningful minutesthis guy
You're barely 5ft, you ain't beating the breaks off shyt, you hoopty ass nikka. Not only does my "debate point" stand, but it's the reality of the situation. I'm not sure why you think generalizing that series to a bunch of generic talking points proves anything, if anything, it proves you don't know what the fukk you're talking about.These nikkas just went 7 games, with the #2 seed, only losing by 4 points, yet this bytch nikka thinks his debate point still stands.
Id beat the breaks out of a lame nikka that would conduct a debate like that, knock a nikka out cold with no indication of me being angry.
Id probably kill dawg, literally, if we could debate face to face![]()