I don't think it matters. We have the best player in either series. Kanter will be able to go. He played through it right after it happened. Either way, Collins and Meyers isn't enough of a downgrade that it makes the difference between beating OKC in 5 and losing to San Antonio. Pop doesn't have the personnel to make it harder on Lillard/CJ. Look at the shots the Denver guards have been getting. Stotts has also improved against trapping pick n roll defenses, and done a lot of the things I asked. But who's gonna trap? Aldridge? Poeltl? Bertans? Lol.
I posted before game 4 if Spurs don’t win that game that they are done. For a team that’s not a good road team, they let the Nuggets tied the series at 2-2.
Whos going to keep Aldridge off the glass? Collins? Nards? Aminu? Lol. Also I don't believe Nards or Collins could make up for the 13 & 10 Kanter provided against the Thunder. Pretty big drop off there. We can disagree it's okay.
The Spurs don’t have guy like Dame who can shoot 3s and can get you back in the game. This one is over... Time for Blazers vs Nuggets
Because you need to make 3 or you have 0 chance to come back from a 10pts defict in the first half. great take
Dam you surprise me. We all 'sposed to be knowledgeable, intellectual, experienced fans of the game. No lead is safe!!! Especially with an entire half to play and to my eyes both of these teams are playing like shit. Blazers be up by 22 by now against either team.
You're more worried about defensive rebounding against the Spurs than the Thunder? Thunder were one of the best offensive rebounding teams in the league, and better than San Antonio. Aldridge gets 10 rebounds per 36 minutes. Aminu and Meyers got 9.6 rebounds per 36 minutes. Aminu has done a good job of holding him off the boards in the past. Worrying about Aldridge rebounding and thinking that they'd be favored without HCA because of that is a stretch to say the least. That 13 & 10 would get replaced by committee. It's not like it vanishes into thin air. Thing is, he's probably going to play, and you said they'd be favored even if he did. Which makes no sense.
Meyers proved his value in the Jan 30 Jazz win if you remember his embarrassment of Rudy Gobert. Meyers scored 4 of 5 swish3s and was excellent in beating the team that badly beat us twice in December. We will win if we use him as in that game!
