Gone was the pound-it-inside and grind-it-out offense that ran through Tim Duncan and had made the Spurs as reliable cheap louboutin — and predictable — as a Swiss watch. Gone was a style of play that was showing cracks like the seams of a Boeing jet. In its place was an up-tempo game that insisted on a faster pace in transition and thrived on taking — and making — the first open 3-pointer.
And how did that work out?
First, Popovich spent a good portion of the offseason in the gym with chistian louboutin Richard Jefferson. He tweaked Jefferson’s game and re-ignited his escarpins louboutin soldes confidence chaussure femme louboutin after a first season in San Antonio that was widely regarded as a bust. Then he arrived at training camp and let the Big Three of Duncan, Manu Ginobili and louboutin soldes Tony Parker know that he was altering the script that they’d long since committed to memory.
“Fine,” said Ginobili, who has started more games this season (77) than he has in any other season in his career. He — and not Duncan — is the primary option in the Spurs’ offense for the first time, too.