Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Whilst doing research for whatever I was going to write for this post, I encountered a post that made me scratch my head like a dog with fleas. The basic message of it: DeMarcus Cousins is playing worse than Tiago Splitter. Having no come back for that, I will simply leave that there
Remember when we were drooling over the insurmountable undersized bigboy DeJuan Blair? What ever happened to that? While he's been a sturdy player for them this season, Blair has yet to have as much of an impact (in my eyes at least) as he did last season. Now, of course, he's playing on a team where he is just about the last option on offense, but still he's 50000 times better than DeMarcus Cousins, which prompted several boisterous Spurs fans to claim that he is going to "beast" on DeMarcus.
I'm starting to get the resounding impression that Spurs fans underestimate Boogie.
On the other hand, you can't say enough about Timmy D. Several millenia old and still managing to produce at a solid rate while resting up for the big playoff push. Now old and hobbled, he's essentially become tall post-surgery C-Webb for the Spurs, that is, to say, the star of the team despite others really taking the lead. How far the Spurs get in the playoffs will hinge on his ability to be himself in May/June. One thing to keep in mind, though, is that age never diminishes skill like it does athleticism (Keep that in mind, DeMarcus).
Now lets talk about us, shall we?
We played a tough game against the Celtics (a team that played a bit dirtier than I remembered) but, in the end, our 23 turnovers were too much for this young team to overcome. Still though, the team certainly made a nice effort and gave the fans quite the show. I would have preferred it if DeMarcus had shown up for the first half though.
With all the talk about Blake Griffin and his spot on the all-star team as a "rookie" (he's not), one's mind has to turn to the best rookie big man who is actually a rookie. One of the great things about DeMarcus is his amazing b-ball IQ. You can literally see him growing before your eyes during a game. Nowhere else was this clearer than the Celtics game. In the first half, the Celtics did a great job of simply pushing him around (which is admittedly easier to do when you have the one guy in the league who is big enough to be a Decepticon) with their collection of good post defenders (Perkins in particular did a sound job of just annoying him) and by being total ****s. This is probably where the DeMarcus of two months ago would have folded and called it a night. New DeMarcus, however, retaliated (and by retaliate, I don't mean pulled a RonRon) with a stronger 2nd half. Realizing that the Celtics were literally going to muscle him out of the post with all of their might, he began playing a finesse game of jumpers which helped unlock other aspects of his game, netting him a cool 20 pts on the night.
One thing I don't like, though, is his sudden aversion to rebounding.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Remember when we were drooling over the insurmountable undersized bigboy DeJuan Blair? What ever happened to that? While he's been a sturdy player for them this season, Blair has yet to have as much of an impact (in my eyes at least) as he did last season. Now, of course, he's playing on a team where he is just about the last option on offense, but still he's 50000 times better than DeMarcus Cousins, which prompted several boisterous Spurs fans to claim that he is going to "beast" on DeMarcus.
I'm starting to get the resounding impression that Spurs fans underestimate Boogie.
On the other hand, you can't say enough about Timmy D. Several millenia old and still managing to produce at a solid rate while resting up for the big playoff push. Now old and hobbled, he's essentially become tall post-surgery C-Webb for the Spurs, that is, to say, the star of the team despite others really taking the lead. How far the Spurs get in the playoffs will hinge on his ability to be himself in May/June. One thing to keep in mind, though, is that age never diminishes skill like it does athleticism (Keep that in mind, DeMarcus).
Now lets talk about us, shall we?
We played a tough game against the Celtics (a team that played a bit dirtier than I remembered) but, in the end, our 23 turnovers were too much for this young team to overcome. Still though, the team certainly made a nice effort and gave the fans quite the show. I would have preferred it if DeMarcus had shown up for the first half though.
With all the talk about Blake Griffin and his spot on the all-star team as a "rookie" (he's not), one's mind has to turn to the best rookie big man who is actually a rookie. One of the great things about DeMarcus is his amazing b-ball IQ. You can literally see him growing before your eyes during a game. Nowhere else was this clearer than the Celtics game. In the first half, the Celtics did a great job of simply pushing him around (which is admittedly easier to do when you have the one guy in the league who is big enough to be a Decepticon) with their collection of good post defenders (Perkins in particular did a sound job of just annoying him) and by being total ****s. This is probably where the DeMarcus of two months ago would have folded and called it a night. New DeMarcus, however, retaliated (and by retaliate, I don't mean pulled a RonRon) with a stronger 2nd half. Realizing that the Celtics were literally going to muscle him out of the post with all of their might, he began playing a finesse game of jumpers which helped unlock other aspects of his game, netting him a cool 20 pts on the night.
One thing I don't like, though, is his sudden aversion to rebounding.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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