Behold the Spurs’ 77-year-old pick-and-roll machine

The parts on the Manu Ginobili-Pau Gasol pick and roll are worn, its gears oxidized, the tread on its tires smoothed down by the great lathe of time. There’s almost no reason for it to still be in service in 2017-18.

And yet:

Here, Manu takes the screen going right, then flashes left before Eurostepping to his right again. pic.twitter.com/XeycuYbexW

— Bruno Passos (@bouncepassos) December 5, 2017 The pick and roll is increasingly a young man’s game, a violent combination of aggressive drives, agile snake moves, and above-the-rim finishes. But with Kawhi Leonard gone and Tony Parker still re-assimilating himself, Gregg Popovich has been short on options, turning to his two oldest players to…