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Where was that stat? I certainly didn't see it. Go back and read it again.so you saw a stat saying belinelli was third in defensive rating and you believed it?
so you saw a stat saying belinelli was third in defensive rating and you believed it?
Where was that stat? I certainly didn't see it. Go back and read it again.so you saw a stat saying belinelli was third in defensive rating and you believed it?
marco's defense was exposed in the playoffs against better compe ion, thats all it was. he's a good regular season player... and can come in for minutes at a time in the playoffs to hit a shot or two. his shot against miami in game 3 established the momentum for the series
Pretty sure Raven had some Italian guy give her the long, thick sausage and never called her again.Clearly a bias against italians
i'm sorry, you're right.. don't know why you switched to offensive rating though, felt uncomfortable?..
shut up, you still need to apologise for every time i was right and you were wrong about the guy. Don't dare me to bump those..
Confirmed, tbh.
our 3rd shooting guard can't play big minutes in the playoffs/finals. cut him now
Belinelli Signs. Wins Championship for the first time in 7 years. Coincidence?
Doubt it has anything to do with Beli. Ayres has been to two consecutive conference finals. Gotta believe that Jeff was the real missing piece here.
Think bigger. It was the combination of the two that led to the ultimate prize. Brilliant use of the MLE, rarely equaled in recent years.
Anyone saying he is one of the worst players in the NBA doesn't watch much NBA basketball. There are any number of no defense players in the league. It really doesn't matter much in the regular season and many teams never make the playoffs.
Belli seemed to have poor core strength and it hurt him on both ends of the floor. His shooting stroke masks it on the offensive end but he got pushed around especially when he was asked to play out of position at the 3.
Belli was doing cross training which is designed to build core strength and if he improves his base that could help. Splitter went through a similar transition when he got here. He is never going to be overpowering but functional with that shooting stroke would go a long way.
Good for 15th man on roster. Has he even made a shot this preseason?
The face of franchise right now...he played more minutes in these three preseason games than any guy on the team...
Wow. Worst Take of the Year nominee ^^^^^.
According to basketball-reference.com, the active players Belinelli most closely resembles in terms of win shares are Tyreke Evans (making $11,000,000 this year), Eric Gordon (making $14,800,000 this year), Steve Blake (making $2,100,000 this year), and Nate Robinson (making $2,100,000). Belinelli will make $2,870,000 this season. Seems like a pretty good deal.
I do think people are starting to harp too much on how good of a value Beli's deal is. The Spurs aren't against the tax. The had the full MLE each of the last two seasons. They could have afforded to pay someone else more money. For example, I would have taken Korver on a full-MLE deal over Beli on his value deal any day (and, no, I'm not blaming the Spurs for not getting Korver; they did what they could). Webster? Probably. Carter for the contract he got this year? Good chance, though he's a little too old.
In case anyone is wonder, Ayres was also good value for his contract. I don't hate Beli, but I still feel like the team wasted an opportunity to get an impact player. I really hope the team doesn't earmark money for Marco before looking at next year's free-agent class.
True-- but wanting a player and getting a player are two things that can be worlds apart. I wanted the Spurs to get Josh McRoberts because I thought his style of play would fit in perfectly with the Spurs' system and he could be had for the MLE. The Spurs reportedly showed interest in him, but he decided to go elsewhere... I also thought Mike Dunleavy would've been a better choice than Belinelli, but he chose Chicago.
Marco looks bad so far. But he'll come around. I still expect a solid season (although haters will continue to hate because he's not the Spurs leading scorer.)
So long as at least one of him or Anderson shows up, I'm fine.
Ignores an entire year of stats, broken down a half dozen different ways.
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