I miss Finley

[MannyIsGod]

I said it earlier this season and I'm going to have to say it again:

I miss Michael Finely.

I don't believe the Spurs should ever release a player mid season like that again. The fact of the matter is that while everyone believed RMJ would provide SOMETHING we let a serviceable (HAHA I know) wing player leave that I really wish we had at our disposal now.

This is more an indictment of our current bench, but yeah.

[blkroadrunners]

I said it earlier this season and I'm going to have to say it again:

I miss Michael Finely.

I don't believe the Spurs should ever release a player mid season like that again. The fact of the matter is that while everyone believed RMJ would provide SOMETHING we let a serviceable (HAHA I know) wing player leave that I really wish we had at our disposal now.

This is more an indictment of our current bench, but yeah.

Bruce Bowen would like to have a word with you.

[MannyIsGod]

I miss Bruce more, but still.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I miss Brent Barry.

[DontStopBelieving]

I miss Bruce.

[DesignatedT]

Finley would be nice compared to garbage ass mason. no doubt about that. He can at least hit an open 3 for us.

[TDMVPDPOY]

I miss Brent Barry.

man if only brent barry was more t rigger happy like bonner, then we wouldnt have this conversation too bad bonner has shit accuracy and % :(

[MannyIsGod]

I miss Brent Barry.

God me too. Badly.

[itzsoweezee]

lol. finley's been garbage for the celtics. he would've been the same for the spurs.

[4>0rings]

Straight up crazy talk. Finley would of been torched worse than Hill tonight.

[mavsfan1000]

Finley? lol He is the reason the Spurs got much better after the ASG. He was dragging the team down oncourt and offcourt. Bruce Bowen's defense and 3 point shot is huge against the Suns. In particular against Nash.

[blkroadrunners]

But yea, I'd take playoff Finley, D. Brown, and Barry easily over Mason.

[timtonymanu]

I miss Bruce Bowen. And Robert Horry. And Brent Barry. Heck even Fabricio Oberto and Kurt Thomas. Finley, not so much but right now I want him over Mason.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Bowen, Barry, Kerr, Finley, Smith

in that order

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Bowen, Barry, Kerr, Finley, Smith

in that order

[sabar]

Our rotation has such bad 3pt shooting :depressed

[Kori Ellis]

This series, I miss Bowen more than ever. The Spurs don't have the defenders to guard Nash or JRich. Plus, you know that Bruce would be draining corner 3's. :(

[scottspurs]

Finley causes more problems than he creates. Besides he is the one who asked to be released. Finley is done.

[rayray2k8]

Unbelievable...

[DesignatedT]

Finley? lol He is the reason the Spurs got much better after the ASG. He was dragging the team down oncourt and offcourt. Bruce Bowen's defense and 3 point shot is huge against the Suns. In particular against Nash.

He barely even played.....

[ShoogarBear]

I miss David Robinson.

[baseline bum]

I don't miss Finley at all. He'd be an awful matchup against this Suns team and yet Pop would have played him significant minutes. Finley was even worse than Mason for this team this season. Replacing one worthless player with another won't solve the Spurs problems in this series.

[EricB]

This series, I miss Bowen more than ever. The Spurs don't have the defenders to guard Nash or JRich. Plus, you know that Bruce would be draining corner 3's. :(



Yuuuuup....

[baseline bum]

This series, I miss Bowen more than ever. The Spurs don't have the defenders to guard Nash or JRich. Plus, you know that Bruce would be draining corner 3's. :(

Yeah, I have no clue what Pop was thinking. Bruce was one of the few productive Spurs in the playoffs last season; I don't know why Pop thought he had nothing left in the tank.

[carina_gino20]

If anything, I just miss the stability that guys like Bruce, Brent, and Rob gave us in 2007. Yes, they were old, but those guys had experience that players like Hill and Blair don't have. This year, we've had to rely more on these guys who are still pretty much untested.

[angelbelow]

I really miss George Gervin. This up tempo game would definitely but advantageous for us.

[DesignatedT]

mason cant even shoot anymore. the dude has shot in the 20 percentile from downtown since all star break.... of course finley would be better than that piece of shit. Mason is absolutely terrible. probably one of the worst players in the NBA. temple,hairston, fucking gee would be better options then that bum.

[Kamala]

I miss Cadillac Anderson and sweaty red-faced Ed Nealy. Bring em all back

[Mr. Peabody]

The one thing I miss about Finley is that he's a better 3-point shooter than anyone that currently comes off the Spurs bench. There was a sequence in the fourth where the ball was rotating through the guys we had on the floor around the arc and I was praying that none of them would try and shoot from there.

Also, I imagine it's frustrating for the players to swing the ball to the open man and see Mason or Bonner taking a shot that everyone knows has no chance of going in.

[BillMc]

i miss david robinson.

+1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0

[blkroadrunners]

mason cant even shoot anymore. the dude has shot in the 20 percentile from downtown since all star break.... of course finley would be better than that piece of shit. Mason is absolutely terrible. probably one of the worst players in the NBA. temple,hairston, fucking gee would be better options then that bum.

At least Finley was clutch and stepped up some in the playoffs as a Spur.

I'm getting tired of defending Mason. Ever since his annoucement of a trade, he's been an abolute dissappointment.

[HarlemHeat37]

Of course Finley is decent in comparison to Mason..

Luke Bonner >>> Mason..

I don't miss Finley though..there's always the risk of Pop playing him too much, and he was a symbol of old age for this team..

I agree with the overall premise though..I always miss Bowen, Horry, Barry and all the clutch role players the Spurs used to have..they always showed their Turkoglus in the playoffs..it also helped that the Spurs had shooters..

[ShoogarBear]

I agree with the overall premise though..I always miss Bowen, Horry, Barry and all the clutch role players the Spurs used to have..they always showed their Turkoglus in the playoffs..it also helped that the Spurs had shooters..

They always showed their what in the playoffs? :lol

[HarlemHeat37]

They always showed their what in the playoffs? :lol

Balls:D..

[duncan228]

I miss 2003 Duncan.

[timtonymanu]

Balls:D..

not 03-04 Hedo.

[TJastal]

Get over Finley, he is a washed up 37 year old. He'd be throwing up bricks along with everyone else in that 2nd unit.

The problem IMO is very simple actually.. Pop has never really settled on anyone as a regular rotation 2-guard in that 2nd unit. Especially toward the end of the year he was still dicking around with Garret Temple instead picking guys he would actually use in the playoffs. Now all of a sudden he expects Roger Mason Jr to be a big contributor off the bench in limited minutes.. ain't gonna happen, Pop.

If you were gonna DICK around with Garret Temple in the last month of the season you should have STUCK with him in the playoff you dumb jackass POP.

[jag]

I miss Mike D'Antoni

[Goran Dragic]

I don't miss Bruce Bowen

[rayray2k8]

I miss Jaren Jackson. His 3's from 1999 would be nice. :tu

[timtonymanu]

Shit I miss Stephen Jackson.

[HarlemHeat37]

I didn't mean Turkoglu had balls..he certainly doesn't..

His "Ball" incident became slang..

[HarlemHeat37]

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Good times..

[DMX7]

Words cannot explain how much of a failure this thread is.

[SenorSpur]

If you miss Finley you are truly in the minority.

Look, if he had any game left at all, he'd be getting minutes with the Celtics - and he has not. That should tell you everything you need to know.

[MannyIsGod]

The Celtics don't have Roger Mason.

[Xylus]

I miss Mike D'Antoni

:lmao

Man, that guy was a shitty ass coach.

[DMX7]

What the hell was Kobe thinking when he posed for those photos. Were they playing a trick on him? You don't even have to photoshop them for him to look stupid.

[Doe]

Is it merely a coincidence that the Mavs look like the dream team against the Spurs as soon as Finley joins and they're back to being the Mavs once he's gone? So yeah I don't miss Finley but I would take the other role players from the past back in a heart beat, particularly Bruce.

I agree about the bench though. Strangely it went from being the one strength to a glaring hole. Obviously due to Manu, but it would help if guys like RMJ hadn't fallen off a cliff.

[bigdog]

Finley would be cremated on defense but at least he would hit a few shots. He asked to be released, though, so whatever.

[baseline bum]

I miss Mike D'Antoni

:rollin :depressed

[ata]

I miss Horry's elbow

[slayermin]

I miss Mike D'Antoni

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:lol

[xamila rey]

i miss bruce and oberto

[benefactor]

Replacing one worthless player with another won't solve the Spurs problems in this series.
:tu

[milkyway21]

If Finley made just his one last shot in the final seconds of their Cavs-Celtics game 1 series, maybe they are now enjoying a 2-0 standing over the Cavs...

I wish SJax is still a Spur...

they're young, yes but I believe in our new recruits George Hill & DJBlair...

[LnGrrrR]

I'm sure the Celtics are willing to trade him back for someone on your team that isn't Mason or Bonner :lol

[LnGrrrR]

Though if the Celtics got Bonner somehow, and had him on the court at the same time as Scalabrine, I think my head would explode.

[polandprzem]

you can write on his twitter I belive

[Danny.Zhu]

Bruce Bowen would like to have a word with you.

Yeah, I miss Bruce. Because Hill sucked.

Yeah, I miss Finley too. Because RMJ sucked.

[mavsluva]

There are potentially 7 games in a playoff series. And Finley only shows up for about say....1 out of every 10 games. You can only hope that it's between games 1 and 7.

[DarrinS]

I miss Robinson. I miss Sean Elliott. I miss Bruce.

[DarrinS]

I miss Mike D'Antoni


:lol

[flacura]

Bowen, Barry, Kerr, Finley, Smith

in that order

come on, silly guys, make a call, they miss you too :wakeup

[ElNono]

Fuck Finley... If we're going to bring back over the hill players, bring back Bowen...

[LnGrrrR]

If Finley read this thread he'd be SOOOOO sad right now. :lol

[MateoNeygro]

Lol I miss Bruce, Kerr, Barry, Elliott, Ellie etc.

[MateoNeygro]

If Finley read this thread he'd be SOOOOO sad right now. :lol

hahahaha right!?!?

[Fabbs]

I said it earlier this season and I'm going to have to say it again:

I miss Michael Finely.

I miss losing to Dallas in 2006.

And 2009

I miss the Dallas celebration after the 2010 1st Round series.

I miss whomever Finley was guarding to score at will

I miss T_Park and Chump giving me stories of how it was oiling up PopnFins

I miss George Hill being benched
I miss Championships

[Dex]

This series, I miss Bowen more than ever. The Spurs don't have the defenders to guard Nash or JRich. Plus, you know that Bruce would be draining corner 3's. :(

This is exactly how I feel.

If there is one reason I feel like this Suns/Spurs matchup is different from the past three...it's that number 12 isn't out there on the court frustrating Steve Nash and making timely shots.

With Bowen on the court, the Spurs were often playing against a sputtering Phoenix offense. Unless they can find somebody to somewhat frustrate Nash, now we're going to have to get used to playing them kicking on all cylinders. Last night had plenty of perfect examples of how the Suns only need a little bit of momentum to kick off a 10-15 point run.

[Dex]

Oh, and as long as we're missing people, I miss SJax.

[in2deep]

could we sign Steve Kerr?

[flacura]

I miss mark sissy cuban in this series :) :)

[tmtcsc]

No luv for Finley here. I don't miss him at all. Mason packed it in and called it quits a long time ago. I have no reason to believe that he will contribute anything during these playoffs. His nickname should be Stealing Money Mason.

[ShoogarBear]

Fin is still playing. Guess he got the last laugh.

[timvp]

Fin is still playing. Guess he got the last laugh.

Shoog scooped (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153921) by a Laker troll with a Suns avatar? That's the internet version of getting swept by the Suns :depressed

[ShoogarBear]

Shit, you expect me to go through the whole forum before I bump a thread?

Delete that other one and we'll forget it ever happened.