Just win the next game at Oracle. It's possible. Glad it's coming back. This team has heart
Priest of the Patty Hearst Shrine
The death of the big man in basketball has been greatly exaggerated. And the Raptors have indeed abused the Warriors' switching defense in a number of ways, but larger with the old standby pick and roll with a big man going to the paint and scoring.ducky23 said:
And sure gasol's size may pose a problem, but if it is, you just give bogut and now cousins more mins to neutralize him.
Both bogut and cousins are more playable in this series since you don't have a harden or lillard running pnrs. The raptors are not pnr heavy and while Lowry can get you a bit, you can try running under high screens against Kawhi and see if he can burn you. Shooting moving threes isn't really kawhi's thing (though he is capable)
I'm not afraid of bogut/cousins guarding gasol on the perimeter because he's not Embiid. You can run gasol off the line without any fear he can drive on you.
And it's not just gasol's pnr defense that is a huge problem. Draymond is gojng to be pushing the ball like crazy with gasol on the floor, even after made baskets. Gasol is probably the slowest of all the centers the dubs have faced this far. The worst thing the raptors can do is allow the warriors to get quick buckets and control the pace.
Golden One said:I'm not so sure about that one trick pony thing. They have a very solid starting lineup, and their bench is deeper than GS. Leonard's gimpy leg doesn't seem to be slowing him down so far, so I can't believe it's much of a threat to his ability to play at MVP level.bearister said:Golden One said:
..., it would take a miracle.
a/k/a Kawhi's gimpy leg finally blowing up. That team is a One Trick Pony. I do like Kawhi and wish him no ill will.
It's refreshing to see that your ignorance is as diverse as it is.GBear4Life said:
Unfortunate. I suspect GS still offers Durant the max deal, and Durant really has no choice but to take it, because nobody else will.
ClayK said:
So the last sequence ...
Kawhi Leonard is beasting on the Warriors, scoring every time down, and the ball has to go to him and he has to take the last shot ... or so one would think.
But Iguodala abandoned Lowry to jump up and double-team Leonard and Leonard gave the ball up.
First, I think Leonard has to attack one of the two defenders and take the shot himself. This is not the time to let someone else decide the game.
Second, Lowry went to the left side of the court, where Gasol was already posted up and Green was defending on the block. If Lowry goes to the right side, there's no one there and there's no way Green can switch out and block the shot, so if Leonard does pass the ball, it's a wide open look.
Third, Toronto had been abusing Golden State in the pick-and-roll pretty much every time down, but there was no hint of it in this situation. Of course Green was guarding Gasol which makes that switch less attractive, but how about screening with VanVleet and seeing if Curry is forced to switch?
Obviously, a lot more to the game than one play, but still ...
Apparently, according to news reports I'm hearing, everyone would still offer him a 4 year deal, even if he misses year 1. KD is that good.GBear4Life said:
Unfortunate. I suspect GS still offers Durant the max deal, and Durant really has no choice but to take it, because nobody else will.
ClayK said:
So the last sequence ...
Kawhi Leonard is beasting on the Warriors, scoring every time down, and the ball has to go to him and he has to take the last shot ... or so one would think.
But Iguodala abandoned Lowry to jump up and double-team Leonard and Leonard gave the ball up.
First, I think Leonard has to attack one of the two defenders and take the shot himself. This is not the time to let someone else decide the game.
Second, Lowry went to the left side of the court, where Gasol was already posted up and Green was defending on the block. If Lowry goes to the right side, there's no one there and there's no way Green can switch out and block the shot, so if Leonard does pass the ball, it's a wide open look.
Third, Toronto had been abusing Golden State in the pick-and-roll pretty much every time down, but there was no hint of it in this situation. Of course Green was guarding Gasol which makes that switch less attractive, but how about screening with VanVleet and seeing if Curry is forced to switch?
Obviously, a lot more to the game than one play, but still ...
Both the timeout at 3:05 and not taking one before the last play are defensible.sycasey said:
Toronto used a time out in the middle of Leonard's run to call a play but didn't call one before this. Weird.
concordtom said:
In the old days, when guys were injured, people would say "gut it out. How tough are you? Don't be a p*ssy."
Those are NOW the old days.
I'd have never thought he could blow out his Achilles based on a weak calf.
People will now say KD response was wrong, and that Kawhi response was right.
Rest, get 100% healthy.
Who is "we"?sonofabear51 said:
GBear, yes they can last for a while. It depends on the severity and how quickly the body heals. You should see the times for a couple guys older than me. We have a 70 year old who routinely runs 23 minutes, and another 59 YO who is one of the fastest guy in the country for the 800 meter run. 2:11. LOL
That is very cool, and my hat's off to you for continuing. I'm older than the ones you mentioned, but usually walk 3 miles in the hills every other day. I'm sprinkling in a little running to get in better shape. I'm up to 200 yards running a couple times, during the 3-mile walks, not jogging. A tiny bit of progress.sonofabear51 said:
The running community in the Ventura County area.
legler broke Dray's position on this last play quite expertly as well as the entire sequence.GMP said:ClayK said:
So the last sequence ...
Kawhi Leonard is beasting on the Warriors, scoring every time down, and the ball has to go to him and he has to take the last shot ... or so one would think.
But Iguodala abandoned Lowry to jump up and double-team Leonard and Leonard gave the ball up.
First, I think Leonard has to attack one of the two defenders and take the shot himself. This is not the time to let someone else decide the game.
Second, Lowry went to the left side of the court, where Gasol was already posted up and Green was defending on the block. If Lowry goes to the right side, there's no one there and there's no way Green can switch out and block the shot, so if Leonard does pass the ball, it's a wide open look.
Third, Toronto had been abusing Golden State in the pick-and-roll pretty much every time down, but there was no hint of it in this situation. Of course Green was guarding Gasol which makes that switch less attractive, but how about screening with VanVleet and seeing if Curry is forced to switch?
Obviously, a lot more to the game than one play, but still ...
Also, watch Gasol. If he heads toward the hoop, Draymond would have had to stay with him, or else the Van Vleet pass could have gone to Gasol for an easy dunk. Instead he awkwardly sticks to Draymond as Dray begins to cheat out on Lowry. This allowed Dray to both defend Gasol and make the block on Lowry. Bizarre.
SFCityBear said:That is very cool, and my hat's off to you for continuing. I'm older than the ones you mentioned, but usually walk 3 miles in the hills every other day. I'm sprinkling in a little running to get in better shape. I'm up to 200 yards running a couple times, during the 3-mile walks, not jogging. A tiny bit of progress.sonofabear51 said:
The running community in the Ventura County area.
Don't you think KD's injury last month was actually an Achilles (not a complete tear or rupture, obviously) and not a calf? That was certainly the way the announcers were describing it, at the time, when he initially went down. It would explain why he took so long to come back and also better explain Bob "Sensitive Guy" Myers' tearful "Blame me" speech last night.concordtom said:
In the old days, when guys were injured, people would say "gut it out. How tough are you? Don't be a p*ssy."
Those are NOW the old days.
I'd have never thought he could blow out his Achilles based on a weak calf.
People will now say KD response was wrong, and that Kawhi response was right.
Rest, get 100% healthy.
No way!Big C said:Don't you think KD's injury last month was actually an Achilles (not a complete tear or rupture, obviously) and not a calf? That was certainly the way the announcers were describing it, at the time, when he initially went down. It would explain why he took so long to come back and also better explain Bob "Sensitive Guy" Myers' tearful "Blame me" speech last night.concordtom said:
In the old days, when guys were injured, people would say "gut it out. How tough are you? Don't be a p*ssy."
Those are NOW the old days.
I'd have never thought he could blow out his Achilles based on a weak calf.
People will now say KD response was wrong, and that Kawhi response was right.
Rest, get 100% healthy.
I do apologize for writing an off topic post.cal83dls79 said:SFCityBear said:That is very cool, and my hat's off to you for continuing. I'm older than the ones you mentioned, but usually walk 3 miles in the hills every other day. I'm sprinkling in a little running to get in better shape. I'm up to 200 yards running a couple times, during the 3-mile walks, not jogging. A tiny bit of progress.sonofabear51 said:
The running community in the Ventura County area.
are any of these runner dudes posting Leonard, are 7ft, and can dunk from half court? Horrible analogy. C'mon. This injury sucks and to come back and play in the NBA is not even remotely comparable to running toad races....Was going to edit toad to road but I'll leave it at toad
1. No, not really.concordtom said:No way!Big C said:Don't you think KD's injury last month was actually an Achilles (not a complete tear or rupture, obviously) and not a calf? That was certainly the way the announcers were describing it, at the time, when he initially went down. It would explain why he took so long to come back and also better explain Bob "Sensitive Guy" Myers' tearful "Blame me" speech last night.concordtom said:
In the old days, when guys were injured, people would say "gut it out. How tough are you? Don't be a p*ssy."
Those are NOW the old days.
I'd have never thought he could blow out his Achilles based on a weak calf.
People will now say KD response was wrong, and that Kawhi response was right.
Rest, get 100% healthy.
I don't believe that at all.
1. KD grabbed his calf, not his Achilles, as he did last night.
2. He never had a boot on, like he did last night.
3. Announcers can guess and pontificate all they want about the injury. They are not doctors, they are not Kerr, who spoke on it. He doesn't lie. And I don't believe the doctors or staff would lie to him.
4. If it was Achilles related, no way would he have come back so soon.
I didn't know he could mess up his achilles with it being a calf. I had heard talk of that, and suppose the staff should have known, so that TOTALLY sucks.
But like I said, an historic 3-peat was right there for the taking. How many could resist that, provided they thought the calf could not I jure him worse (which is what Kerr said they believed).
I'd criticize her use of capital letters, but she's at least as good as the President of the United States in that regard, so I'll cut her some slack.HoopDreams said:
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