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Don't even sweat it

I've been lurking, reading all your posts and what not. I haven't really had anything to say but felt like chiming in about the Spurs percieved lack of defense, or focus on......

 

The D, it will get better and better the closer to playoff time we come. Pop used to rant and rave about every game during the season up to and including the playoffs. Almost nothing was good enough. Perfection was the goal and he would dangle that carrot in front of the team driving them pretty hard from start to finish. Now that team is older and already won some championships, I think he understands that saving the juice (his and the teams) for the REAL show is what counts. I’d bet money (and I don’t gamble…… usually) that in the coming weeks, we will slowly but surely start to see more the angry, ranting, never satisfied Pop we're all familiar with and not coincidentally, the return of the Spur trademark, smothering, hard-nosed D. Along with that, the Spurs climb up the various defensive rankings by years end.

And oh yeah, when an oppossing player gets hot, we’ll probably see Bruce stand up off his warm spot on the bench, remove his warmups, proceed to cool off said player, and be called “dirty” on at least a few more occassions.

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Good points. I too think that Pop will get going and the defense will improve.

One man's toxic sludge is another man's popuri

by Big50 on Feb 3, 2009 4:12 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Pops all about the BIG PICTURE

With the numerous scorers we now seem to have, and they’re actual induvidual improvement defensively, he’s afforded the luxury of a.)getting a solid minutes for all of his scorers which can only help come playoff time when scoring will be at a premium and b.) as mentioned in the post, saving Bruce’s legs so that when the games really count and when needed (and will be needed) he’ll have the spring to be able pounce on whoever Pop sic’s him on. Bruce is a pro, not getting a lot of playing time shouldn’t hamper his defensive intensity, in fact all the rest should actually help in that department. His shot may fly south but that’s not why we have him. His role is defined and he’ll fill it when it counts.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. - Confucius

by raynorschiene on Feb 5, 2009 9:31 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

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