How to beat the Spurs?

Onus · Post #61 » by **Onus** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 6:58 pm

The better team to ask about is okc. If they stay healthy watch out

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cj03 · Post #62 » by **cj03** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:34 pm

Onus wrote:The better team to ask about is okc. If they stay healthy watch out

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Agreed. OKC's big 3 is young and athletic. Their supporting cast has improved from a couple years ago.

Mylie10 · Post #63 » by **Mylie10** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:49 pm

Shoot if the West stays healthy next season it will be tough for everybody. It will be fun too. Gonna be some really fun games to measure each other.

We'll need to take a step up on offense. Not a huge one, but better execution. I'm hopeful.

mos_def · Post #64 » by **mos_def** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 1:08 am

cj03 wrote:
Onus wrote:The better team to ask about is okc. If they stay healthy watch out

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Agreed. OKC's big 3 is young and athletic. Their supporting cast has improved from a couple years ago.

are they mentally tough enough though?

sjballer03 · Post #65 » by **sjballer03** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:39 am

mos_def wrote:
cj03 wrote:
Onus wrote:The better team to ask about is okc. If they stay healthy watch out

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Agreed. OKC's big 3 is young and athletic. Their supporting cast has improved from a couple years ago.

are they mentally tough enough though?

Unless Westbrook's bball IQ magically improves overnight I don't think OKC is going to have a chance. Maybe a new coach could help with that. But I doubt it.

NBAfan3024 · Post #66 » by **NBAfan3024** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 6:12 am

As long as they keep Kanter on the bench in the 4th they will be damn tough

cj03 · Post #67 » by **cj03** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 6:59 am

sjballer03 wrote:
mos_def wrote:
cj03 wrote:
Agreed. OKC's big 3 is young and athletic. Their supporting cast has improved from a couple years ago.

are they mentally tough enough though?

Unless Westbrook's bball IQ magically improves overnight I don't think OKC is going to have a chance. Maybe a new coach could help with that. But I doubt it.

Assuming Durant's health, he's potentially the best player in the league. Westbrook has his deficiencies, but he's still a very good player, and Ibaka is a difference maker with his spacing and shot blocking.

benchmobbin02 · Post #68 » by **benchmobbin02** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 5:08 am

Only way it happens is if the game is in GS and a Leonard and LMA get some bad room service.

Mylie10 · Post #69 » by **Mylie10** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 3:16 pm

benchmobbin02 wrote:Only way it happens is if the game is in GS and a Leonard and LMA get some bad room service.

The Warriors have played Aldridge pretty tough over the years....Leonard on the other hand is a beast and a total mismatch for our wings.

benchmobbin02 · Post #70 » by **benchmobbin02** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:24 am

Mylie10 wrote:
benchmobbin02 wrote:Only way it happens is if the game is in GS and a Leonard and LMA get some bad room service.

The Warriors have played Aldridge pretty tough over the years....Leonard on the other hand is a beast and a total mismatch for our wings.

They have been good matchups with Draymond and LMA but LMA still comes away with 25pts and 10 boards. In the spurs front court with Leonard, Duncan, West, Diaw and Anderson your pretty out matched. Will be question of the GSW backcourt having a great nite to beat them and i don't see Pop letting that happen.

Bandito · Post #71 » by **Bandito** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 7:16 pm

benchmobbin02 wrote:
Mylie10 wrote:
benchmobbin02 wrote:Only way it happens is if the game is in GS and a Leonard and LMA get some bad room service.

The Warriors have played Aldridge pretty tough over the years....Leonard on the other hand is a beast and a total mismatch for our wings.

They have been good matchups with Draymond and LMA but LMA still comes away with 25pts and 10 boards. In the spurs front court with Leonard, Duncan, West, Diaw and Anderson your pretty out matched. Will be question of the GSW backcourt having a great nite to beat them and i don't see Pop letting that happen.

Duncan and West are ancient. The fact you even mentioned Diaw is laughable. Green, Bogut, Speights, Ezeli is more than a formidable front court, and you're in for a rude awakening if you think the Spurs are just gonna have free run to the rim.

Y'all ain't ****.

benchmobbin02 · Post #72 » by **benchmobbin02** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 7:53 pm

Bandito wrote:
benchmobbin02 wrote:
Mylie10 wrote:
The Warriors have played Aldridge pretty tough over the years....Leonard on the other hand is a beast and a total mismatch for our wings.

They have been good matchups with Draymond and LMA but LMA still comes away with 25pts and 10 boards. In the spurs front court with Leonard, Duncan, West, Diaw and Anderson your pretty out matched. Will be question of the GSW backcourt having a great nite to beat them and i don't see Pop letting that happen.

Duncan and West are ancient. The fact you even mentioned Diaw is laughable. Green, Bogut, Speights, Ezeli is more than a formidable front court, and you're in for a rude awakening if you think the Spurs are just gonna have free run to the rim.

Y'all ain't ****.

Yes, Duncan (39) and West (35) are old but they are still beast down low and midrange and very smart players that avg 14pts 9reb and 12pts 7rebs respectively. Add in Diaw and Anderson and you have 6 diverse and talented front court players. I'm sure Kerr and the Warriors wouldn't say that to their face.

ChuckDurn · Post #73 » by **ChuckDurn** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:27 pm

benchmobbin02 wrote:
Bandito wrote:
benchmobbin02 wrote:
They have been good matchups with Draymond and LMA but LMA still comes away with 25pts and 10 boards. In the spurs front court with Leonard, Duncan, West, Diaw and Anderson your pretty out matched. Will be question of the GSW backcourt having a great nite to beat them and i don't see Pop letting that happen.

Duncan and West are ancient. The fact you even mentioned Diaw is laughable. Green, Bogut, Speights, Ezeli is more than a formidable front court, and you're in for a rude awakening if you think the Spurs are just gonna have free run to the rim.

Y'all ain't ****.

Yes, Duncan (39) and West (35) are old but they are still beast down low and midrange and very smart players that avg 14pts 9reb and 12pts 7rebs respectively. Add in Diaw and Anderson and you have 6 diverse and talented front court players. I'm sure Kerr and the Warriors wouldn't say that to their face.

When Anderson demonstrates things in the regular season, he can be counted. Look up what Anthony Randolph did in Summer League, twice, and you'll realize that Summer League dominance in no way guarantees anything in the regular season.

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benchmobbin02 · Post #74 » by **benchmobbin02** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:52 pm

ChuckDurn wrote:
benchmobbin02 wrote:
Bandito wrote:
Duncan and West are ancient. The fact you even mentioned Diaw is laughable. Green, Bogut, Speights, Ezeli is more than a formidable front court, and you're in for a rude awakening if you think the Spurs are just gonna have free run to the rim.

Y'all ain't ****.

Yes, Duncan (39) and West (35) are old but they are still beast down low and midrange and very smart players that avg 14pts 9reb and 12pts 7rebs respectively. Add in Diaw and Anderson and you have 6 diverse and talented front court players. I'm sure Kerr and the Warriors wouldn't say that to their face.

When Anderson demonstrates things in the regular season, he can be counted. Look up what Anthony Randolph did in Summer League, twice, and you'll realize that Summer League dominance in no way guarantees anything in the regular season.

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I agree that summer league can be deceiving but it can also be a spring board to greatness. I'll take Leonard, LMA, Duncan, West, Diaw and Anderson this year in a playoff series over Iggy, Green, Bogut, Speights, Ezeli and Gerald Wallce.

ChuckDurn · Post #75 » by **ChuckDurn** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:12 am

benchmobbin02 wrote:
ChuckDurn wrote:
benchmobbin02 wrote:
Yes, Duncan (39) and West (35) are old but they are still beast down low and midrange and very smart players that avg 14pts 9reb and 12pts 7rebs respectively. Add in Diaw and Anderson and you have 6 diverse and talented front court players. I'm sure Kerr and the Warriors wouldn't say that to their face.

When Anderson demonstrates things in the regular season, he can be counted. Look up what Anthony Randolph did in Summer League, twice, and you'll realize that Summer League dominance in no way guarantees anything in the regular season.

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I agree that summer league can be deceiving but it can also be a spring board to greatness. I'll take Leonard, LMA, Duncan, West, Diaw and Anderson this year in a playoff series over Iggy, Green, Bogut, Speights, Ezeli and Gerald Wallce.

Yeah, I would as well. And I'll take Curry, Thompson, and anybody else we have come off the bench by a wide margin over Green, the corpse of Tony Parker, the ghost of Manu, and Patty Mills.

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NuWarriors · Post #76 » by **NuWarriors** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:16 am

benchmobbin02 wrote:
ChuckDurn wrote:
benchmobbin02 wrote:
Yes, Duncan (39) and West (35) are old but they are still beast down low and midrange and very smart players that avg 14pts 9reb and 12pts 7rebs respectively. Add in Diaw and Anderson and you have 6 diverse and talented front court players. I'm sure Kerr and the Warriors wouldn't say that to their face.

When Anderson demonstrates things in the regular season, he can be counted. Look up what Anthony Randolph did in Summer League, twice, and you'll realize that Summer League dominance in no way guarantees anything in the regular season.

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I agree that summer league can be deceiving but it can also be a spring board to greatness. I'll take Leonard, LMA, Duncan, West, Diaw and Anderson this year in a playoff series over Iggy, Green, Bogut, Speights, Ezeli and Gerald Wallce.

You forgot Harrison Barnes and Kevon Looney. We did just win a championship with these guys... I like our chances.

and1GS · Post #77 » by **and1GS** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:20 am

benchmobbin02 wrote:
ChuckDurn wrote:
benchmobbin02 wrote:
Yes, Duncan (39) and West (35) are old but they are still beast down low and midrange and very smart players that avg 14pts 9reb and 12pts 7rebs respectively. Add in Diaw and Anderson and you have 6 diverse and talented front court players. I'm sure Kerr and the Warriors wouldn't say that to their face.

When Anderson demonstrates things in the regular season, he can be counted. Look up what Anthony Randolph did in Summer League, twice, and you'll realize that Summer League dominance in no way guarantees anything in the regular season.

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I agree that summer league can be deceiving but it can also be a spring board to greatness. I'll take Leonard, LMA, Duncan, West, Diaw and Anderson this year in a playoff series over Iggy, Green, Bogut, Speights, Ezeli and Gerald Wallce.

Why is Gerald Wallace on that list :lol:

Are we comparing 12th men now? Is that the thing to do? Also, where's Barnes in our list? He played a lot of 4...

Kinda a silly debate regardless. The more interesting debate would be how can/will the Spurs force us to rely on the only thing we suck at - post scoring?

benchmobbin02 · Post #78 » by **benchmobbin02** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:28 am

NuWarriors wrote:
benchmobbin02 wrote:
ChuckDurn wrote:When Anderson demonstrates things in the regular season, he can be counted. Look up what Anthony Randolph did in Summer League, twice, and you'll realize that Summer League dominance in no way guarantees anything in the regular season.

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I agree that summer league can be deceiving but it can also be a spring board to greatness. I'll take Leonard, LMA, Duncan, West, Diaw and Anderson this year in a playoff series over Iggy, Green, Bogut, Speights, Ezeli and Gerald Wallce.

You forgot Harrison Barnes and Kevon Looney. We did just win a championship with these guys... I like our chances.

You just won a championship with Looney? lol I kid...I didn't forget Barnes. I was going man for man with the spurs so choose the 6 biggest guys that would play decent minutes vs each other. I put Anderson vs Wallace maybe you can swap him with looney tho I think Anderson still wins that matchup. It's a silly hypothetical that started with me just making a joke and statement that the spurs got better this year basically. It would be a good series and I would pick the spur, obviously you would take the dubs. We know all this...

Bandito · Post #79 » by **Bandito** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:20 am

Nobody on the Spurs roster is even close to the level Curry is at at this point in their careers. We can argue depth and coaching all day, both teams got it, the difference is that the Warriors have a legit uno, prime aged superstar in Stephen Curry.

benchmobbin02 · Post #80 » by **benchmobbin02** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:59 pm

Bandito wrote:Nobody on the Spurs roster is even close to the level Curry is at at this point in their careers. We can argue depth and coaching all day, both teams got it, the difference is that the Warriors have a legit uno, prime aged superstar in Stephen Curry.

And there in lies where you will probably be disappointed. It's a team game. You should have learned that from the finals when the BEST player in the league couldn't muscle his team to a series win over a good team with a good coach even tho he made it closer then anyone thought under the circumstances (Irving and Love out).

Parker West Manu and Duncan are past there prime but are all-star level players. Aldridge is in his prime and an all-star top 20 player in the league. Leonard is a star on the rise and his all around game is great. Pop is the best coach in the league. Spurs have the better team right now and the better coach right now. SA was 2-1 vs GSW last year and SA got better this off-season significantly better. In a 7 game series, the Spurs get them IMO.