George Hill Apologizes on Twitter

[deibero]

George_Hill3: Feel like crap () right now... Played terrible and let the TEAM down... Good thing we have another one tomorrow to redeem myself. Sorry SA

At least he admits it...

[DesignatedT]

Lets just hope he doesn't read spurstalk.

[cutewizard]

get to work 2mrw you sluggard Hill

[cutewizard]

Hill, be a point guard will yah??

a real one

[Budkin]

Gotta give him props for admitting he sucked and apologizing to the fans. Wouldn't see something like that from many other players.

[ALVAREZ6]

idk how you can be such a mentally weak puss bag while in the league. if you're a 6th man type professional, can't bring that weak shit. i'd be the cockiest mofo out there even as Brian Scalabrine.

[Spurologist]

Hill going for 30 and 10 today. BOOK IT!

[Hoops Czar]

Hill's trade value hitting a wall.

[ALVAREZ6]

Gotta give him props for admitting he sucked and apologizing to the fans. Wouldn't see something like that from many other players.

I agree.

(my last post was not specifically referring to this action, his personality in general)

[ElNono]

:cry Sorry Spurs :cry

[ALVAREZ6]

Hill's trade value hitting a wall.

tha fuck?

1. Spurs should not trade him any time soon
2. No it isn't

[ElNono]

Here's to him having a good game tomorrow :toast

[xellos88330]

Next game, show us what you are made of Hill.

[spurtech09]

yeah hill didn't have a good game and so did other players on the SA spurs...blame it on hill all you want ....the whole team sucked on defense

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

just go out there to score and be yourself, forget about trying to set ppl up, we have manu for that.

[crc21209]

Damn right he should apologize, because he absolutely sucked today. He seemed like he was trying to force passes that just werent there. Like SpursRulez said, be yourself and go out there and score....let Manu worry about setting people up.

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol I'm down on Hill for his game tonight, too, but it's just a regular season game..

[TE]

Takes a man to apologize like that to the entire fanbase who follows him.


Props.

[GrandeDavid]

Lets just hope he doesn't read spurstalk.

Right! I loved that tweet, btw. It's ok Georgie, you'll do great tomorrow.

[Fpoonsie]

Didn't see the game, so I don't have any of this pinned-up anger that most've ST seems to have. I just feel bad for the guy that he feels he needs to apologize "to SA."

:lol Damn. Musta' been a bad night.

[Hoops Czar]

Takes a man to apologize like that to the entire fanbase who follows him.


Props.

Why the hell should he be apologizing? Players have bad games.... I'd have more respect for him if he didn't apologize.

[Blake]

If he were really sorry, he'd give back a game's salary to the Spurs.

[thOOdee]

lol...yall are dickheads

[Dex]

Takes a man to apologize like that to the entire fanbase who follows him.


Props.

Agreed. Nobody is happy with Hill's performance tonight (apparently, Hill included) but I still love this guy's character and honesty. Some nights just nothing goes right, and tonight was one of those nights.

Hill will rebound from this performance.

[TE]

Why the hell should he be apologizing? Players have bad games.... I'd have more respect for him if he didn't apologize.

He was pathetic out there.


-13 with him on the floor.

6 Turnovers, 6 points, in almost 27 minutes.


I think us fans deserve every bit of apology he set forth.


Hopefully the guy is mad and brings it to Cleveland.

[Thompson]

He had a bad game. It happens. He'll get right back in it; he's very talented and he wants to win.

Hope he doesn't take it too hard, and just uses it for motivation.

[Hoops Czar]

He was pathetic out there.


-13 with him on the floor.

6 Turnovers, 6 points, in almost 27 minutes.


I think us fans deserve every bit of apology he set forth.


Hopefully the guy is mad and brings it to Cleveland.

Yeah, I know he played like a dog. I could care less what he does against Cleveland. A good performance against a crap team won't make any difference at all. I have no doubt he'll have a better performance though.

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol haters just hating

[Blake]

lol haters just hating

who hates Hill?

[SenorSpur]

Since I'm not a Twitter person, I can do without the apology. I just want him to cut down on his turnovers, defend and play the PG position in a natural fashion.

I wouldn't quite call him mentally weak, but if he keeps having his good games at home, and bad games on the road, I may change my tune.

[m33p0]

:tu for Hill feeling he owes it to the fans.

[manu the best]

just go out there to score and be yourself, forget about trying to set ppl up, we have manu for that.

Exactly .. totally agree with you man ..

[jimo2305]

i didnt see the game neither lol.. it must've been really bad.. but regardless.. it's like some ppl have short term memory here.. hill's still a great player.. im sure he'll bounce back..

[cube1980]

just go out there to score and be yourself, forget about trying to set ppl up, we have manu for that.
Totally.

[Man In Black]

IMHO I think it would be better if he just let's his play dictate his actions.

The :cooldevil advocate in me asks the question,"What happens if he has another bad game?."

Him talking outside the inner circle kind of magnifies the need for him to play much better.

Not saying he can play worse, but ask the LAL how it feels to lose to CLE?

Just play within yourself. You're starting but think like you did when you were coming off the bench.

[Capt Bringdown]

I can see why Pop deemed him not ready a couple of years ago. Mentally weak.
The home/away thing is the tell.

[Man In Black]

Another thing on tweets or facebook. Hill should take a lesson from Manu & TP, those guys always talk TEAM. It's never how bad I or how good I...it's always TEAM.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

just go out there to score and be yourself, forget about trying to set ppl up, we have manu for that.

Spot on. And when he attacks the basket and does his thing he tends to set people up naturally. That's what he did filling in for TP last year. :tu

Oh, but don't forget to work some lob plays for RJ too - time he put in some rim rockin.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Another thing on tweets or facebook. Hill should take a lesson from Manu & TP, those guys always talk TEAM. It's never how bad I or how good I...it's always TEAM.

And Tim! And David. And every Spur who ever had a clue. It's the team's ethic. ;)

Nice call. :toast

[gospursgojas]

Classy George. :tu

[mingus]

i accepted a long time ago the fact that the "away" George Hill is just a middle-of-the-pack NBA player. his ppg, bpg, spg and percentages all go down considerably on the road.

some guys just aren't cut out for playing in a hostile environment. the guy literally pisses himself in away games. good thing we've got Neal.

[mingus]

Since I'm not a Twitter person, I can do without the apology. I just want him to cut down on his turnovers, defend and play the PG position in a natural fashion.

I wouldn't quite call him mentally weak, but if he keeps having his good games at home, and bad games on the road, I may change my tune.

dude he's been doing this for the last 3 years, i don't know why you're giving him the benefit of the doubt. he's for the most part consistently played horrible on the road ever since he's been here.

[mingus]

:lol I'm down on Hill for his game tonight, too, but it's just a regular season game..

that's the scary part. nothing scares me more than relying on Hill to play with balls in an important away playoff game.

[Cessation]

some players are just mentally weak. vince carter, lebron james, dick jeff, the atlanta hawks, etc

I agree with the nazi on this.

[silverblk mystix]

Good to see that he cares...he will bounce back and he will improve because of his humility...

[hater]

Lets just hope he doesn't read spurstalk.

I don't think any spur player is stupid enough to wonder in here after a loss.

[spursfan09]

Hill, just play like you are capable of and this game will be erased from peoples' minds in no time!

[Agloco]

some players are just mentally weak. vince carter, lebron james, dick jeff, the atlanta hawks, etc

:lol

[Agloco]

George_Hill3: Feel like crap () right now... Played terrible and let the TEAM down... Good thing we have another one tomorrow to redeem myself. Sorry SA

At least he admits it...

Georgie just needs to file this under "shit happens" and walk away.

[ManuBalboa]

Hill beat the Mavs in the playoffs last year. He has nothing to apologize for.

[Spurminator]

An apology is not sufficient. We fans just had to suffer through an ELEVENTH loss this season. I gave the Spurs three hours of my free time that could have been spent playing video games or watching something else on TV. George Hill clearly didn't respect my time enough to not have a bad game.

We demand justice!

BLOOD!

[Mal]

Props for apologies, but better if he just kicks Session ass today. Then everybody will forget that game.

[Brazil]

This was not necessary, he had a bad game it happens, everybody has bad games. He needs to move on and not being worried about what a fan base thinks IMHO.

If he continues to suck what will happen ? He will need to tweet apologies after every game ?

[SenorSpur]

No apologies necessary. He just needs to focus on playing better and not take any more compromising photos of his private parts.

[rascal]

Since I'm not a Twitter person, I can do without the apology. I just want him to cut down on his turnovers, defend and play the PG position in a natural fashion.

I wouldn't quite call him mentally weak, but if he keeps having his good games at home, and bad games on the road, I may change my tune.

Hill is not a natural pg.

[ohmwrecker]

Duh.

[JustinJDW]

I didn't see the game, but did he really play that bad? I checked the boxscore and it seemed like everyone played like shit. It also looked like Pop waived the white flag and pulled the starters out early again....

[kaji157]

Hard to know if Hill saying this is a good or bad sign.

He is either very mentally weak that he thinks he has to apologize and is crushed mentally from now on.

Or he realizes he can and will play better and beasts next game (quite easier against Cleveland but whatever).

Hard to know.

I think it´s clear that he can "Play PG" with Manu by his side because Manu is the real PG there. But he is plain UNABLE to play PG all by himself.

James Anderson and Neal shown a better feel for what a play demands than Him.

[gospursgojas]

Hard to know if Hill saying this is a good or bad sign.

He is either very mentally weak that he thinks he has to apologize and is crushed mentally from now on.

Or he realizes he can and will play better and beasts next game (quite easier against Cleveland but whatever).

Hard to know.

I think it´s clear that he can "Play PG" with Manu by his side because Manu is the real PG there. But he is plain UNABLE to play PG all by himself.

James Anderson and Neal shown a better feel for what a play demands than Him.

I say its the latter...Neal and Anderson weren't asked to control the ball and/or run the offense. Hill took a huge shit in the game yesterday but I don't expect it to kill his confidence, look for a better game from him tonight.

[easy7]

The whole team played like shit. No need for just one to apologize.

[dastrey]

We need to trade Parker and let Hill start. </SpursTalk 2009>

[alchemist]

Hill has shown his potential, the guy can be a lethal weapon but he has to be aggressive and attack the basket. Hill's weakness is the half court game, he should be attacking the whole time he's in the game.

[shorttotry]

I don't know how everybody can dog this guy after one terrible performance. He's done reasonably well this year with a few flashes of greatness. TP is out, and that puts a tremendous amount of pressure on a third year player to start at PG on this Spurs team (especially considering he's been playing behind TP). He sucked his first outing as starting PG, he admitted it, AND he publicly apologized for it. It takes a lot of balls to do that, and I applaud him for that. I can't imagine any other player doing the same.

I expect a VERY SIGNIFICANT rebound game from him tonight.:toast

[Spurs Brazil]

I didn't see the game, but did he really play that bad? I checked the boxscore and it seemed like everyone played like shit. It also looked like Pop waived the white flag and pulled the starters out early again....

It was, like Beno in game 4 against the Pistons. TO after TO

[Obstructed_View]

I think Georgie played terrible, but he owes nobody an apology. He didn't play badly because he doesn't care or because he doesn't prepare. The starters scored 40 points; sometimes you have a bad night.

[Obstructed_View]

It was, like Beno in game 4 against the Pistons. TO after TO

Except that Beno only had two.

[boutons_deux]

Hill on the road is weak, bodes ill for the playoffs.

Tonight's a great time to show up on the road.

[xellos88330]

Good job for Hill tonight. Great bounce back.

[Sean Cagney]

Except that Beno only had two.

Thats because after that there he never saw the light of day out there again in 05 :lol:lol. That was a much bigger stage too.

[GrandeDavid]

The whole team played like shit. No need for just one to apologize.

But at least one was humble enough to do so. And that guy had the best game today against Cleveland.