Recent content by MacNeacail

Just pass the ball to whoever Clingan is guarding (as they run out to the 3pt line). Open 3's every time.

It's funny, we have Zach Zarba as our crew chief today. I wrote about him in the 2014 playoffs. Hopefully, his experience since then has made him better and he no longer has to guess about what happened. Zach Zarba (#15) 21st season "Let them play" style. I guess if you don't know what's...

Ah yes, the same Scott Foster who has 8 pages devoted to him in the FBI investigation into the NBA ref scandal with Tim Donaghey.

Well, it was nice to hear the "ref you suck!" chant coming from a different crowd. Fouls were pretty even SAS 25 - POR 24, and FTAs SAS 28 - POR 29. When Fox already had 3 fouls and was called for offensive charge, I was yelling at the screen for him to not yell at the ref. I thought for sure...

Keep in mind, it's not only hard to find strong tendencies from only stats, but refs work in teams of 3 so not every call or decision was made by them... and teams can definitely overcome ref bias in a blowout. I tend to get caught up in the emotion of the game so I don't remember how these were...

Of course... just running out of time right now before I pick up the kids from school. I'll try to get to it before tonight's game.

Way back in 2014, I used to do little write-ups on Facebook for my family so they'd know what to expect for each Spurs playoff game or series. I haven't really done it since, but the first 2 games of this series got me thinking about the refs again. There were so many bad calls. It's amazing...

It would have to be a prequel… showing how the Alien got his skills.

Wemby is too much of a competitor. Yeah, it's instinct to drop the ball and catch yourself, but Wemby has trained that instinct out of his system. He sacrificed himself long term for what would have been a short term gain on one play. He needs to train self-protection back into himself. Shaq...

At the beginning of the year I said that I expected the Spurs to be a top 3 seed in the west if everyone stayed healthy. They are performing even better than I expected. I will be going into every single round expecting a win.

Most teams aren't deep enough to have 10 or 11 really good players. Losing a game in the regular season is not as big a deal as losing one in the playoffs, so you don't want to take your best players out of the game unless it's a major blowout (like 30-40pts). Spurs are a REALLY solid 9-deep...

They are tanking for a good draft pick. Playing Topic would make them too good.

I've been waiting for the SPAM post :st-hungry:

What is the precedent for free agents in the past? If they don't have a contract, how would their contract be "drafted" by an expansion team? The expansion team can just outright sign them by free agency like any other team.

The more Wemby talks, the more the media will hype up his games... the more people will watch... the more valuable the Spurs organization will become.