I told y'all muh'fukkas that Pop's being left behind.....

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So what are you saying ?
@Gil Scott-Heroin, you already took your L b. You just keep digging your grave
Looks like I need to post this again:
Spacing heat map rankings:

1. Bucks
2. Celtics
3. Warriors
4. Rockets
5. Hawks

26. Spurs
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.

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.

Shot generation v. defender rankings

1. Bucks
2. Celtics
3. Hawks
4. Nets
5. Jazz

29. Spurs
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).

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.
 

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@Gil Scott-Heroin

why didn’t you post two weeks ago??


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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.
 

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Detroit You bytch Ass nikka
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 :yeshrug:
 

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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?


I'm not absolving Pop from anything. I just don't think his coaching was the problem in game 7. DeRozan and Aldridge had a ton of quality looks that they just missed. There are no adjustments for Lemarcus playing soft and Demar choking under the pressure. SA was in a position to win this series and their two best players shot a combined 13-37.
 
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He underachieved with Patty Mills getting meaningful minutes :dead: this guy
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.

If you want to see a lack of talent, look no further than the Pistons. It's a miracle they were able to perform as well as they did this season.

The Spurs underachieved because their offensive system was at a significant disadvantage compared to almost every other team. Someone like Coach Bud would have had the Spurs performing better, because he's shown that he's far more willing to embrace the 3-pt shot (both on attack and defense).
 
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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 :yeshrug:
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.

And that applies to anyone else who runs up here regurgitating this mindless nonsense about the Spurs taking the #2 seed to seven games.
 
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