who is more important to the Spurs run next year: Mills or Diaw

[Blake]

Tough call, imo.

But if I have to choose one or the other, I'd want Patty.

[Pound the rock]

Diaw

[SpursFan86]

Patty is more important for the regular season; Diaw is more important for the playoffs. That's how I see it, at least.

[Baam]

Tough call, imo.

But if I have to choose one or the other, I'd want Patty.

:lol

[Shabazz]

Diaw.

Shooters are a dime a dozen. A PF with the passing skills of a point guard is a match-up nightmare.

[littlecoyotecoin]

Diaw.

Shooters are a dime a dozen. A PF with the passing skills of a point guard is a match-up nightmare.

Patty is awesome, but Diaw.

[RD2191]

Diaw. Come on man.

[Big Empty]

Thats a tough one. IM gonna have to say Diaw, especially since CoJo is coming along nicely

[DJR210]

This is a no brainer IMO.

Diaw. The Spurs can find shooters, they always have. You don't find players with court vision, playmaking ability, and shooting skills everyday. Don't get me wrong, I really hope they find a way to keep Patty.

[Kindergarten Cop]

There are several teams in the league that have a Patty Mills-type player, but players with Diaw's skill set are extremely rare. Both were key to our championship run and I, too, hope they find a way to keep both - but I have to agree with those that say that this is a no-brainer.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Tough call, imo.

But if I have to choose one or the other, I'd want Patty.

Couldn't disagree with you more homie. Diaw's importance is much higher Patty's and I don't even think it's close.

Very high bball IQ and passing over speed and shooting imo. That's not to say Patty isn't important, but we have a better chance of replacing him than we do Bobo.

[tmtcsc]

Diaw. The only thing tough about that choice is that Mills is the best shooter the Spurs have, hands down. Green is the better defender/shooter combo but Mills has a great shot. Great range, beautiful rotation, quick release.

Diaw is a more complete player. He can defend more positions, shoot, dribble, pass and rebound. Mills' defense improved greatly but his size limits him against bigger players.

[rmt]

Diaw. There's less depth in the big man rotation than the perimeter. Diaw's skills are pretty rare - he can take the larger big men off the dribble or post up when a smaller player is guarding him. Gives Spurs a lot of variety and flexibility with who is on the court especially with his playmaking. Very valuable since the league is playing more and more small ball. Loved his aggression this past Finals - just wish he or Pop had used him more last Finals - they could have repeated.

[TheGreatYacht]

Mills... Cojo is ass, and someone has to take the scoring load with 2013 Manu coming back

[skulls138]

Diaw.

[MI21]

lol, Diaw, obviously.

[TheDarkSide.]

I like patty just as much as the next guy..but c'mon. If he doesn't hit those 3's in the 3rd quarter are we even having this discussion? Diaw hands down.

[KL2]

Diaw all the way, his passing ability and spacing (especially now that we've got Leonard taking a bigger role on offense) for a big man is invaluable. I'd like him to lose a bit of weight, he could easily play PG, that'd be SICK.

Mills is no slouch though, he can explode and knock down some TOUGH shots under pressure, he's willing to pass to anybody which leads to better ball movement, he brings a ton of energy on both sides of the ball as well.

[dbreiden83080]

Diaw.. Size and versatility..

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Why make it a dichotomy? We can afford to pay them both.

[timtonymanu]

Diaw obviously. There's no realistic replacement that can take his role. I don't even think there's a player of his caliber in the league.

Patty while valuable could be replaced by CoJo, a downgrade but still has his moments.

However, Diaw finally has his ring so I question if he will be as motivated as he was this season. Or will he go back to Diaw 1.0? In that situation, I would take Patty.

[jARS mEsH sEt]

Neither. Manu completely destroyed any chance the spurs had of repeating by selfishly choosing to play this summer.

[100%duncan]

Diaw.

[FkLA]

:lol what a dumbfuck

[emanueldavidginobili]

Diaw, we have Joseph I'd like to see him getting some PT

[tlongII]

Mills. Diaw is getting older and his skills will decline.

[jkid12456]

patty, id say. not only his confidence, energy + skills (which i could talk about all day) are underrated but his team mentality of trying to boost the team on and off the court are unmatched by any person in the league.

Patty Mills is more important.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Why make it a dichotomy? We can afford to pay them both.

This too.

[slick'81]

Diaw.

[letmk]

Tough call, imo.

But if I have to choose one or the other, I'd want Patty.

Diaw. As of right now, not even close. Mills provides a very very nice bench scoring. However, Diaw is the integral part of the 3-big man rotation. Especially when TD and Splitter cannot play together against small teams like OKC and Miami, he is basically the liaison to everything the team does.

[Baam]

Why make it a dichotomy? We can afford to pay them both.

Because the difference is obvious...

[Mikeanaro]

Both
They are very different players that help the team from inside and outside, losing one of them right now will be THE END!
Patty will never play like a Point Forward and Boris hesitates the 3s everytime he is from downtown.

[Old School 44]

Diaw. His versatility, unique skillset and basketball IQ is irreplaceable.

[raybies]

Well put it this way, who can most easily be replaced? Diaw is about as rare a "role player" as you can find in this league and he made less than 5 million this year. But he put himself in this position by incredible year at Eurobasket and an increased drive to be more aggressive. To matter and be a difference maker.

[weeks]

how is this even a question?

patty is amazing, but diaw every day of the week and twice on sundays.

[ron235]

Mills helped you guys nicely in the regular season to fill in when Pop was resting TP. And helped clinch that #1 seed.

But in the PO's - no Diaw, no ring TBH.

[Mel_13]

how is this even a question?

It's not. It's a troll job. The guy's got over 30K posts. It's not like he's an unknown quantity.

[weeks]

It's not. It's a troll job. The guy's got over 30K posts. It's not like he's an unknown quantity.
oh, okay
so the point was that everyone up here is stupid and would be all over patty's nuts because we're retard spurfan, was that the angle

[Mel_13]

oh, okay
so the point was that everyone up here is stupid and would be all over patty's nuts because we're retard spurfan, was that the angle

Basically looking to identify the Patty homers.

[elemento]

Both are important, but Diaw is way harder to replace. I don't even think there's a player similar to him in the entire NBA.

[ironman2886]

The OP is trolling, but it's this guy.
http://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/assets/4609031/diawpass.gif

[mavsfan1000]

Mills of course.

[Timmy4ever]

Diaw

[dg7md]

Diaw.

Shooters are a dime a dozen. A PF with the passing skills of a point guard is a match-up nightmare.

[romain.star]

Neither. Manu completely destroyed any chance the spurs had of repeating by selfishly choosing to play this summer.

Relax dude. Argentina should not make a deep run anyway and i don't even think Manu will play heavy minutes

Plus when a player's representing his country, there's nothing selfish about it

[jARS mEsH sEt]

Relax dude. Argentina should not make a deep run anyway and i don't even think Manu will play heavy minutes

Plus when a player's representing his country, there's nothing selfish about it

I'm not worried about the actual tournament. I'm worried about the practices that are scheduled to start a month from now, taking away much-needed rest for Manu when he claims that "every part of [his] body hurts."

[jARS mEsH sEt]

And it's absolutely a selfish move from Manu. Argentina has 0% chance of doing anything of merit in this tournament, while the Spurs' chances of repeating next year - while slim - are at least non-trivial. The only people who support him playing are his retard Manu-only fans who don't give a shit about what Argentina or the Spurs do as long as Manu has a good stat line.

[TMTTRIO]

Neither. Manu completely destroyed any chance the spurs had of repeating by selfishly choosing to play this summer.
Pretty sad that you act like Manu's the only player on this team or he's the MVP of the team. You know we have other guys who can step up and produce. You should know by now Manu's only a role player.

[jARS mEsH sEt]

Pretty sad that you act like Manu's the only player on this team or he's the MVP of the team. You know we have other guys who can step up and produce. You should know by now Manu's only a role player.

Any player over the age of 30 on the Spurs who decides to play international ball this summer is selfish, plain and simple. Next year is literally our last or maybe (highly doubtful) second-to-last shot at a Duncan-era title and Manu has completely squandered it. He'll practice starting next month. He'll probably injure himself multiple times during the regular season as a result of his international play. He'll probably limp into the playoffs rusty and out of shape and he'll probably ensure that we get bounced out well before the finals. Thank you Manu :rolleyes

[romain.star]

I'm not worried about the actual tournament. I'm worried about the practices that are scheduled to start a month from now, taking away much-needed rest for Manu when he claims that "every part of [his] body hurts."

Still, you should not worry so much because unlike in the mid 2000s, the Spurs are really deep and Manu is not the second best Spur anymore. They can heavily manage Manu's minutes during RS. I think a 55 wins season with a 20 minutes Manu is to be expected.

[romain.star]

Any player over the age of 30 on the Spurs who decides to play international ball this summer is selfish, plain and simple. Next year is literally our last or maybe (highly doubtful) second-to-last shot at a Duncan-era title and Manu has completely squandered it. He'll practice starting next month. He'll probably injure himself multiple times during the regular season as a result of his international play. He'll probably limp into the playoffs rusty and out of shape and he'll probably ensure that we get bounced out well before the finals. Thank you Manu :rolleyes

Oh that's impressive man! And can you tell me who's gonna win the 2014 World Cup?

[anakha]

20 replies before this became another Ginobili thread. Good job!