doggydogworld
Mar 23, 2009 May 31, 2012 13 1535
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SA's "Big" Weakness
Found this excellent link in one of the comment threads:
"Alas, Popovich scrapped the Splitter/Duncan pairing Tuesday after it (once again) failed to produce enough offense. The Spurs have scored just 97.6 points per 100 possessions in the minutes those two have played together, the equivalent of what Washington’s 29th-ranked offense has produced this season, per NBA.com’s stats database. San Antonio leads the league in scoring overall, so that drop-off is huge."
I still say the answer is to let Timmy shoot the corner 3 when he and Tiago are both on the floor. Tell me he couldn't hit 40% when his man sags to try and stop the Tony/Tiago high pick and roll.
Rodeo Road Trip Poll
by doggydogworld on Feb 6, 2012 11:23 AM EST
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Get your predictions in for this year's Rodeo Road Trip record. I'll start things off with a fearless 9-0 forecast. Huge prizes for the winners! And the losers! Even for Mavs fans! OK, that last part was a lie. I'm just trying to hit PTR's 75 word minimum. What's that you say? Use my 75 words to explain my 9-0 prediction? Oh, good idea. I believe Pop fundamentally altered the fabric of the space-time continuum when he kept the the reserves in vs. Dallas. The rest of the league hasn't noticed yet, but the Spurs are now invincible.
Salary Cap & Luxury Tax
by doggydogworld on Jul 24, 2010 5:05 PM EDT
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The Spurs are over the salary cap, over the luxury tax threshold, out of exceptions and have the maximum 15 players under contract. So are we done? Must we focus all our hopes and dreams on these 15 players, forsaking those acres of greener pasture which lie just beyond the fence? Not necessarily. In fact, RC recently hinted there may be more moves to come. I will first outline our current team salary situation and then offer up a few possibilities for further action. The following salary estimates are courtesy of ShamSports, press reports and my own fertile imagination:
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Jefferson's Return Could Be Imminent
Jefferson........ has told close associates his top priority in free agency is to secure a new multi-year deal to return to the Spurs.
Rumors run from 3/30 to 5/45 with the 5th year partially guaranteed.
Nets Release Dooling, Reduce Team Salary to Zero
Outgoing GM Rod Thorn said "Releasing our last player frees us up to offer LeBron our entire salary cap, estimated at over $56 million per year". When asked how the team will compete in the talent-laden NBA with only one player on the roster, Thorn indicated he'd leave that problem to his successor. But he mentioned the possibility of randomly drawing the names of four fans before each tip-off. This would not only add excitement to the pre-game festivities and boost attendance, it would allow LeBron to shoot every possession and make him a shoo-in for MVP the rest of his career. Of course it would also weaken his chances of winning a championship but, as Thorn noted, "He can always buy a ring, who else is going to pay him $56m/year"?
20-20
by doggydogworld on May 24, 2010 11:17 AM EDT
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No, this isn't about eyesight or DeJuan's two best games or a popular late night refreshment. It's just a list of the #20 draft picks for the last 20 years. Some names, some Trivial Pursuit answers. I don't know of any who had a big impact in their draft year. Just saying.
Tony to Knicks?
Tony and Eva have told close friends they'd love to live in NY. Also, Pop loves George and benched Tony, so why stay? Furthermore, Tony is hurt by brain-dead fans who want to trade him (OK, I made that one up. But if we end up with Gallinari and Wilson Chandler, I'm blaming you idiots).
Fourth Quarter Play-by-Play
by doggydogworld on Mar 9, 2010 5:44 PM EST
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We watched Manu carry the team, now let's read about it.
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Wrongful things
by doggydogworld on Feb 9, 2010 12:09 PM EST
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1. RJ 2-9. Again.
2. Tim 5-14 before garbage time.
3. Tim 0 FTA.
4. George's alleged defense
5. DeJuan's 2 rebounds in 18 minutes
6. George's -23 (-11 in 8 min as PG)
7. Tony in the final 44 minutes (2-9 on jumpers, etc.)
8. RJ's AWOL confidence
9. George and Matt's "two man game" early in the 2nd Q
10. Derek Fisher shooting 6-9 from his wheelchair
11. Sasha, Shannon, Derek and a Laker ball boy sticking multiple jumpers in Manu's face
12. Tony's 6 TOs (could have easily been 9)
13. Gasol 8 offensive rebounds
14. McDyess, Jefferson, Bonner, Finley, Bogans, etc. all unable to even bother Odom slightly
15. Spurs 27 substitutions vs. 15 for Lakers
Show me the trade which fixes all this plus the Spurs' other problems and I'll agree a trade is the answer.
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That Final Play
by doggydogworld on Dec 8, 2009 12:48 PM EST
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A lot of people are blaming Matt Bonner for "deciding to go 1-on-1 from the top of the key" on that fateful final play, so I thought I'd take closer look (continued after the break).
In Praise of Complementary Players
by doggydogworld on Nov 17, 2009 10:53 AM EST
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Complementary players are not those who sit at the end of the bench and say "nice shot" a lot (those would be complimentary players). No, we're talking about players whose skill sets complement the team's stars. They fill a niche, maybe two, without getting in the way. They add without subtracting. They accept their role, perhaps grudgingly, and pour their energy into it. They relinquesh, at least temporarily, their quest to be "the man". They don't win MVPs; they win championships.
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It's All About the Minutes
by doggydogworld on Oct 27, 2009 1:13 PM EDT
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I ask, is this the "Top 10 Minutes Played" ranking of a championship contender?
- Tim Duncan - 2522 - A good recipe for tendonosis
- Roger Mason, Jr. - 2496 - Including 500 at backup PG (it only felt like 1800)
- Tony Parker - 2456 - Eva wants more
- Michael Finley - 2336 - Words fail me
- Matt Bonner - 1928 - Would somebody PLEASE think of the children?
- Bruce Bowen - 1508 - Can't grind opposing stars into quivering blobs of psychological jelly in only 18 mpg
- Kurt Thomas - 1404 - Ample time for 1280 fierce glares
- George Hill - 1270 - Free George Hill!
- Manu Ginobili - 1181 - (sob)
- Ime Udoka - 1035 - and zero fatalities
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No Tony, No Points
by doggydogworld on Mar 30, 2009 1:47 AM EDT
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Spurs scoring rate, past three games.
Hawks: Tony in game - 112 ppg/Tony on bench - 65 ppg
Clippers: Tony in game - 158 ppg/Tony on bench - 85 ppg
Hornets: Tony in game - 98 ppg/Tony on bench - 36 ppg
While remarkable, these numbers fail to express the true horror. When Tony took end-of-Q3 breathers against the Hornets and Hawks the Spurs failed to make a single basket. That's 6:34 of game-in-the-balance futility. Against the defenseless Clippers the Spurs scored more in the 17 minutes Tony played than in the 31 he sat.
Come playoff time he may be logging a lot of 45 minute games.
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