Spurs reflect Pops

You gotta give it to the man. He figured out where the game is at and innovates the latest innovation an extra degree.

Threes, free throws, and layups have been torqued to:

Selective open shot threes in rhythm
Free Throws
Shots in the paint

He's globbed shooting long two's and contested threes and pull up threes into getting into the paint and taking the paint shot. That might be a layup/dunk. Or it might be a Gasol/Aldridge hook, runner, or even the little jump shot below the free throw line, or the running floaters by the smalls. In the process of diligently and doggedly seeking the paint they exhaust the opponent defense, take the juice out of their legs, and the opponents start coming up short on the threes that the Spurs can then contest better.

You gotta give Pops his due. In my opinion the best coach of all time, surpassing even Phil and Red.

 

I so wished we could make these basic changes here in Houston. Instead of Harden taking six or mute pulk up three point shots, he should penetrate the paint. Even if he has to pull up 12 feet in the paint just before the free throw line, those shots are more efficient fur him than the pull up three ball.

 

Sure.

And for the vast majority of NBA players an 8 footer in the lane is more efficient than a pull up three pointer or a spot up three pointer with a defender within two feet.

 

Mid-range only in the paint in my opinion. 15 feet and under in the paint area. That is the solution to the sagging big.

I want us to exploit the paint area. And additionally I'd give Harden carte blanche to shoot any shot inside 15 feet, including wing and baseline. Nobody else though. Everybody else gotta get in the paint.