How did Beli get that many minutes?

[100%duncan]

Even if it was already late in the 3rd or early in the 4th, foul troubles didn't matter anymore, still he was in the game. I know the game was lost with those 4 ft's but still, what the fuck is going on with Pop?

[Splits]

D. Green: 18 minutes

[100%duncan]

D. Green: 18 minutes

This. Fuck this shit man.

[PublicOption]

because the refs would't let green, ginobil, an leonard play

[TimmyDuncan21]

Shit happens. Its only one game.

[$pursDynasty]

Even if it was already late in the 3rd or early in the 4th, foul troubles didn't matter anymore, still he was in the game. I know the game was lost with those 4 ft's but still, what the fuck is going on with Pop?

Pop needs to get over his euro love for Belli the manis garbage.

[cjw]

because the refs would't let green, ginobil, an leonard play

[Richie]

I dont care about him playing if he's on James Jones or even Ray Allen, but what the hell does Pop expect trying to defend Wade with Marco? Wade has scored every time.

[Raven]

he even played deep in the fourth.. at this point it's obvious pop is retarded or just wants to lose.

[noles1983]

this needs to be addressed by the media during post game tbh

[Raven]

I dont care about him playing if he's on James Jones or even Ray Allen, but what the hell does Pop expect trying to defend Wade with Marco? Wade has scored every time.

check the highlights on nba.com in both game 1 and 2 to see what belinelli can do on ray allen.

[100%duncan]

I mean, how can you not know that he's going to get torched in D. It's not like he was making 3's. I just don't know how Pop decided his rotations. Fuck this.

[myhc]

Is Danny in Pop's doghouse? That's a serious question. Because I can't think of another reason to have our best 3 point shooter and 2nd best perimeter defender playing less minutes than a guy who only plays on 1 side of the court.

[$pursDynasty]

Does Pop even watch game tape? How does he stomach watching Belli getting torched time after time after time on defense, and it ain't like he hit 7 3's. In fact he would have to hit 10 to make up for his putrid defense. For Pop to preach defense and play Belli when he isn't hot and I mean super nova hot from three makes no logical sense at all.

[100%duncan]

Pop with the questionable bads tbh. I just don't know, how can someone defend him from this?

[$pursDynasty]

Pop with the questionable bads tbh. I just don't know, how can someone defend him from this?
No One in SA media has the balls to seriously ask him that instead that idiot deportes reporter keeps asking dumb @$$ questions

[Raven]

Is Danny in Pop's doghouse? That's a serious question. Because I can't think of another reason to have our best 3 point shooter and 2nd best perimeter defender playing less minutes than a guy who only plays on 1 side of the court.

which one is it, today 1-5 1reb1ass2to ... not to mention his vagina stinks like thrown up tuna dried to the sun for a week.

[DesignatedT]

Overplaying Belinelli like he did Neal. I understand the first half but not the second half.

[100%duncan]

Overplaying Belinelli like he did Neal. I understand the first half but not the second half.

Atleast Neal makes big shots and forces defenders to focus on him, Beli passes up shots and drives aimlessly to pass 3 seconds after. Both were bad on D but Neal compensated it at least.

[siraulo23]

belli is playing way too many minutes i agree, but other than that pops been pretty solid

[Raven]

Atleast Neal makes big shots and forces defenders to focus on him, Beli passes up shots and drives aimlessly to pass 3 seconds after. Both were bad on D but Neal compensated it at least.

in fairness, neal most of the time had to guard point guards which he was unsuitable for, belinelli is being hided every time and yet it doesn't work. Also when neal wasn't making shots he wasn't playing, but when he was making them, he was a net positive on the floor, belinelli is a net negative regardless of him making shots or not, which is actually impressive and is something that should be studied.

[100%duncan]

belli is playing way too many minutes i agree, but other than that pops been pretty solid

There shouldn't be any "other than that's" this is the finals. Dude lost it when he pulled out Timmy last year, losing it again this year.

[$pursDynasty]

in fairness, neal most of the time had to guard point guards which he was unsuitable for, belinelli is being hided every time and yet it doesn't work. Also when neal wasn't making shots he wasn't playing, but when he was making them, he was a net positive on the floor, belinelli is a net negative regardless of him making shots or not, which is actually impressive and is something that should be studied.

How can Pop yell at Danny or KL or anyone else for bad defense while he keeps Belli on the floor???

[therealtruth]

Does Pop even watch game tape? How does he stomach watching Belli getting torched time after time after time on defense, and it ain't like he hit 7 3's. In fact he would have to hit 10 to make up for his putrid defense. For Pop to preach defense and play Belli when he isn't hot and I mean super nova hot from three makes no logical sense at all.

I think we're going to need Green and Kawhi to play 30+ mpg in this series for their defense.

[$pursDynasty]

I think we're going to need Green and Kawhi to play 30+ mpg in this series for their defense.
That plus no Belli move CoJo up the rotation and put Belli dead last and I mean after Ayers hell I'd put him after Daye if I could.

[UZER]

Overplaying Belinelli like he did Neal. I understand the first half but not the second half.

Beli running away from Allen was worse than Neal leaving a one shoed Miller. Just inexcusable.

[$pursDynasty]

The more I think about Belli's play and minutes the madder I get. Yet No one calls Pop on it. Spurs media have no balls on that count.

[100%duncan]

I swear if Belinelli sees the court in games 3 and 4 as much as he did in game 2... :lol

[hommeaetage]

Beli should have never seen the court after he ran away from Allen, that was just downright pathetic for an NBA player

[hitmantb]

We only beat the Thunder because we gave Beli 6 minutes in game 5, 10 minutes in game 6.

Cory Joseph should be used ahead of him, he should only be used to stretch the floor every now and then when Green/Ginobili/Kwahi really need a breather.

You don't get too many chances. Won game 2 and series is more than half way in the bag, lose game 2 and it may be a Heat in 6.

[$pursDynasty]

1-5 and the worst +/- on the team and we still play him 22 minutes wth! The analytics guys, the guys who just have eyes and watch the tape have to see this, POP would be doing his team a grave disservice if he doesn't. You can live with bad games from Manu because of his history here. Belli has done nothing of merit for us to deserve any kind of slack.

[100%duncan]

See what happens when DG and Kawhi get that many minutes...

[SpursRock20]

He played pretty damn bad in the 3rd. Thank God he hit that clutch 3 to overcome some of his miscues.

[Mugen]

It looks like he's out of the rotation as he only got minutes due to Green's foul trouble. props to him for hitting a HUGE 3 tho tbh. Hopefully, he continues to ride the bench for the remainder of the series.

[100%duncan]

Yes the dude hit a clutch 3 though but I'm happy that Pop has finally figured out DG and Kawhi's minutes tbh.

[8FOR!3]

Belinelli has struggled and may even be a mostly regular season player at the end, but that 3 may have given us a little fire in the series. He misses that and we might have collapsed. Who knows.

[Seventyniner]

Beli is the 9th man in what should be an 8-man rotation.

[cjw]

Beli is the 9th man in what should be an 8-man rotation.

The fact that he's out there in garbage time solidifies that (9-10-11-12-13 out there). He and Bonner should see spot minutes to buy rest and that's it. No real point to CoJo this series as he doesn't stretch floor and Miami's PGs stink.

[Johnny RIngo]

Whether they win or lose these Finals, Marco has to be moved this summer. Basically another Matt Bonner. Nice regular season box score stats. Ghost in the post-season.

[8FOR!3]

Whether they win or lose these Finals, Marco has to be moved this summer. Basically another Matt Bonner. Nice regular season box score stats. Ghost in the post-season.

Ehh idk, I think he was a good part of why we won so many games in the regular season. That does matter, home court advantages matters when you're a legit contender and I think we can safely consider ourselves a legit contender.

[UZER]

Man I was gonna put my remote through the tv with that late 3rd qtr lineup!

[Johnny RIngo]

Ehh idk, I think he was a good part of why we won so many games in the regular season. That does matter, home court advantages matters when you're a legit contender and I think we can safely consider ourselves a legit contender.

His impact stats are pretty bad. He had an overall negative RAPM in the reg season. In fact, of all Spur players getting rotation minutes in these playoffs, Marco's the only one that had an overall negative impact in the regular season.

[100%duncan]

Man I was gonna put my remote through the tv with that late 3rd qtr lineup!

Me too, knew they were going to blow the lead...

[100%duncan]

Man I was gonna put my remote through the tv with that late 3rd qtr lineup!

Me too, knew they were going to blow the lead...

[myhc]

I'm no fan of Marco but honestly, that 3 was the biggest shot of the game. The Heat are down 7 at that point, crowd is going crazy, we look totally frazzled. If he misses, the Heat probably take it down to 4 or 5 with the way the refs were calling it. He stretches it back to double digits. Still can't believe he hit that shot.

[testies]

marco's mission was winning an all star event for spurs after many years

i hope we sign a 3 that plays decent defense, i don't even give a shit if he can't make a basic layup, just lets stop teams from making runs as soon as kawhi/green leaves