Game Thread: Spurs vs. 76ers - Jan. 5 @ 7:30 PM CST

[Darkwaters]

De Colo has no confidence in his shot - that was an easy reverse.

True statement

[ace3g]

Blair helping his trade value

[weebo]

Dejuan showing off that outside game!

[Brunodf]

Blair wants to get his rotation spot back

[Libri]

:wow Blair jumpshot :wow

[capek]

DB jump shot make?? Is that the first of his Spurs career?? :wow

[Darkwaters]

Nick Young never saw a shot he wasn't in love with... :lmao

I remember when he was drafted he was hailed as a future star. Especially the LA media, they thought he was going to beast.

Yea, hes just kind of a middling player.

[capek]

Thanks more like it :rolleyes

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Grizz and Hawes trading Js. :lmao

[Boomersgold]

Thanks more like it :rolleyes

lol

[Libri]

DB jump shot make?? Is that the first of his Spurs career?? :wow

Nah, he's made a few but this one looked pretty good.

[Capt Bringdown]

Blair beastin' in garbage time, lovin' it.

[TDMVPDPOY]

I remember when he was drafted he was hailed as a future star. Especially the LA media, they thought he was going to beast.

Yea, hes just kind of a middling player.

thats what they also said about dorell wright when he got drafted out of highschool to the heat, still hasnt put it together yet...even though he did have a good season 2 years ago at the warriors, but hasnt lived up to his contract...falling back to scrub benchwarmer on the sixers

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I remember when he was drafted he was hailed as a future star. Especially the LA media, they thought he was going to beast.

Yea, hes just kind of a middling player.

Less than middling for the NBA, although he';d be great in a small basketball market like Oz (he'd average 40/gm here).

Nick Young plays like an Asian streetballer - seemingly has no idea that basketball is a TEAM game. :lmao

[Boomersgold]

De Colo forgot that Blair has no ACLs....

[ace3g]

Blair...

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Ime Udoka always has an evil look on his face like he's planning to rob a bank or something. :lol

[Brunodf]

Blair playing is well, i like it

[Darkwaters]

For a guy that can't jump, he shouldn't be trying flying dunks

[Libri]

DeJuan had some height on that jump.

[capek]

De Colo forgot that Blair has no ACLs....

:lol was just going to post that

poor blair, I think he forgot he has no alc's for a second there :depressed

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Lay the fucking ball in De Colo. Geez.

[Splits]

OMG I'm 6'3" and 38 and can get more air than DB........

[Darkwaters]

Ime Udoka always has an evil look on his face like he's planning to rob a bank or something. :lol

You've read the story about him in that massive fight at the overseas basketball game, right?

[Darkwaters]

Ime Udoka always has an evil look on his face like he's planning to rob a bank or something. :lol

You've read the story about him in that massive fight at the overseas basketball game, right?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Don't get me wrong, love De Colo's potential, but he has to get comfortable with SHOOTING THE BALL WHEN HE HAS EASY SHOTS!

[capek]

Lay the fucking ball in De Colo. Geez.

It's a blow out and he was trying to show Blair some love. No need to get huffy. That kind of stuff is good for team chemistry

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

You've read the story about him in that massive fight at the overseas basketball game, right?

Yup, in Africa. I wouldn't mess with him. :lmao

[Darkwaters]

Yup, in Africa. I wouldn't mess with him. :lmao

I wanted to say it was in Africa, but I couldn't remember for certain.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

It's a blow out and he was trying to show Blair some love. No need to get huffy. That kind of stuff is good for team chemistry

The easy reverse layup that he gave to Grizz was okay, but in that last play he made the shot harder, passed it to a guy who had a defender between him and the basket! I want to see De Colo dunk the shit out of that himself. :ihit

Also, he screwed Patty's assist on both plays! :lmao

[capek]

Don't get me wrong, love De Colo's potential, but he has to get comfortable with SHOOTING THE BALL WHEN HE HAS EASY SHOTS!

There ya go ;)

[Boomersgold]

How did De Colo do for you guys tonight? Does he still deserve to be the backup pg over Neal and Mills?

[Darkwaters]

Nando finally drills a shot

[PingPong]

Everyone in the bench look pretty tired.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Phili were 12-1 to beat us tonight, and that's why.

Nice pantsing, Spurs. :flag:

[Brunodf]

Good game.

Big 3 played well.
That Parker/Neal/Manu lineup looked good...

[Brunodf]

How did De Colo do for you guys tonight? Does he still deserve to be the backup pg over Neal and Mills?

Over Neal yes.

[Splits]

How did De Colo do for you guys tonight? Does he still deserve to be the backup pg over Neal and Mills?

Since neither Neal nor Mills are PGs, yes.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

How did De Colo do for you guys tonight? Does he still deserve to be the backup pg over Neal and Mills?

Who has been suggesting that? De Colo is clearly the 3rd stringer, with Neal the backup (still not sure I'm comfortable with that for the playoffs, but as long as Manu is running the team for him I don;t mind so much), and Mills for special teams (if only he'd shown some consistency he could have grabbed the backup slot, but now that looks unlikely).

[capek]

The easy reverse layup that he gave to Grizz was okay, but in that last play he made the shot harder, passed it to a guy who had a defender between him and the basket! I want to see De Colo dunk the shit out of that himself. :ihit

Also, he screwed Patty's assist on both plays! :lmao

Ya, it definitely wasn't the right decision. I'd assume, though, if it was a close game he wouldn't have made that play.

Although with all our other small guard being shoot first types, I'm liking that De Colo is looking like a change up from that. And I think he's getting better at picking his spots. Though I'm not as confident as I was before Neal's injury that Nando will be consistent enough this season to break into the playoff rotation.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Ya, it definitely wasn't the right decision. I'd assume, though, if it was a close game he wouldn't have made that play.

Although with all our other small guard being shoot first types, I'm liking that De Colo is looking like a change up from that. And I think he's getting better at picking his spots. Though I'm not as confident as I was before Neal's injury that Nando will be consistent enough this season to break into the playoff rotation.

:tu

[Boomersgold]

Ya, it definitely wasn't the right decision. I'd assume, though, if it was a close game he wouldn't have made that play.

Although with all our other small guard being shoot first types, I'm liking that De Colo is looking like a change up from that. And I think he's getting better at picking his spots. Though I'm not as confident as I was before Neal's injury that Nando will be consistent enough this season to break into the playoff rotation.

:tu

Also, wasn't it Patty's steal that led to that fastbreak that saw De Colo pass off an open shot to Blair who then missed the dunk and got fouled? The NBA didn't even credit Patty with the steal...

[capek]

Who has been suggesting that? De Colo is clearly the 3rd stringer, with Neal the backup (still not sure I'm comfortable with that for the playoffs, but as long as Manu is running the team for him I don;t mind so much), and Mills for special teams (if only he'd shown some consistency he could have grabbed the backup slot, but now that looks unlikely).

Well, prior to Neal's injury, if you remember Nando had a string of good games, and in those first couple games without Neal Nando actually got his number called for the back up spot. If he had continued to play well, he probably would have gotten that role, even when Neal came back (though that would have required some creative lineup shuffling from Pop). But as we all saw, Nando kinda shrunk from the moment, and Pop started playing Mills more. Mills actually took that chance and has played pretty damn good, so at this point, I agree that it's all up in the air.

The question I'm wanting to have answered over the rest of the season is how will Nando learn to play with Manu. That might have been part of the problem with Nando's limited run at back up point, they came in together each of those few games, and because everything Nando does, Manu does better (and then of course is a much better scorer to boot), Nando's pluses kind of got canceled out.

[capek]

:tu

Also, wasn't it Patty's steal that led to that fastbreak that saw De Colo pass off an open shot to Blair who then missed the dunk and got fouled? The NBA didn't even credit Patty with the steal...

Crappy ATT center statistician strikes again it looks like. I could have sworn Mills had another steal earlier in the game as well that wasn't recorded. :wtf

[carina_gino20]

I like the starting lineup but I wish Pop could figure out a rotation that would bring back the Splitter-de Colo pairing. That was fun while it lasted.

[Splits]

Who has been suggesting that? De Colo is clearly the 3rd stringer, with Neal the backup (still not sure I'm comfortable with that for the playoffs, but as long as Manu is running the team for him I don;t mind so much), and Mills for special teams (if only he'd shown some consistency he could have grabbed the backup slot, but now that looks unlikely).

De Colo spelled Tony first this game with Neal at the 2, IIRC. So he was backup point from a game planning standpoint

[99 Problems]

Blairinator is back. He's gunna dunk over Dwight.

[ace3g]

didn't even have to look at the box score to see that the Mavs lost tonight:

Mark Cuban ‏@mcuban (https://twitter.com/mcuban) Im sorry NBA fans. Ive tried for 13 yrs to fix the officiating in this league and I have failed miserably. Any Suggestions ? I need help

[timtonymanu]

Missed the game.

Good we got the win.

[TampaDude]

Easy win...NEXT!

GO SPURS GO!!!!!