I suspected from the jump that Pop would probably just go through the motions as he winds down his time in the league. I guess when you're at that point of your career, the incentive of trying to reinvent yourself from what you've already established over decades ultimately fades away. We all saw what happened with Phil Jackson when he went down with the ship of the Triangle in NY.I think ...I dont know what the motivations are...but I think the Spurs are limiting their ceiling.
Playing some of the younger guys and moving to a better spacing offense is riskier than playing a slower, ISO-style midrange offense.
It is hard to know what those perimeter guys will give you. But that's on the Spurs because...you don't know until you try.
On the other hand you know exactly what you're getting with LMA and Demar.
I suspect that they're loath to make any changes because they don't want to see Pop end his career coaching a 35 win team.
In my view, there is a ton of potential going untapped with this roster.
Last December in this very thread I made a comment about how I would rather have Malcolm Brogdon over DeRozan. And well, everyone is seeing how Malcolm is killing it in Indiana. Demar is the same old guy...
I remember Chuck Daly saying that when he came back to coach in the late 90s, he struggled to adapt, even with the short period of time he was out, because what he once knew about the league wasn't really relevant anymore.