Recent content by Sparco41

There’s really not a way that I can see to assess the relative impact of good coaching after controlling for the impact of good players—statistical interactions get in the way. There are good coaches who don’t win a lot because of weak players, and weak coaches who win a lot because of good...

Before this season started there was a lot of talk about trading Keldon, but not so much anymore. Keldon is hard to dislike, because it always seems like he’s trying hard even when he has a bad game.

That strategy of having him play tough defense with Wemby behind him to block shots and rebound was highly effective. I wonder if we will see that strategy again.

Great unexpected win. Was it a little surprising that Carter Bryant did not play to inject some energy, when the Spurs seemed so lethargic on defense in the first half? Team energy was great in the second half.

Fox is playing very good defense.

Rockets getting away with a lot of moving screens. If Spurs players reacted more to contact on those they might get some calls.

Sochan has been mismanaged by the Spurs organization from the start with Pop’s failed attempt to make him a point guard. That wrecked Sochan’s confidence and went on for too long. But today’s responsibility for Sochan’s failure to contribute is mainly on him. Sad.

Luke Kornet has been a pleasant and reliable surprise with his ability to complete alley-oop plays seeming to exceed the abilities of some Spurs bigs of arguably greater overall talent who preceded him. He has been great. But he has been outmuscled by Zach Edey—the guy who conventional wisdom...

I’m willing to be patient with Mitch for a bit longer, though I agree with others that hearing the same kind of generalities from Mitch after each loss does not inspire confidence that much strategy goes into his coaching—I hope more strategizing goes on behind the scenes without our knowledge...