Dear Nick Van Exel...

[fraga]

Stop hiking up the f*cking 3 ball every f*cking chance you get...if you're not making them...you're not making them....at least let Tim touch the f*cking ball once....sh!t....dammit......crap...

[usckk]

WTF? He didn't take any bad shots.

[remingtonbo2001]

WTF? He didn't take any bad shots.

Your right, they weren't bad shots, they were fucking HORRIBLE

[Tek_XX]

WTF? He didn't take any bad shots.

Yes he did. The one where he didn't know what to do with it so he just threw it up was indeed a bad shot at a crucial time. Not Spurs basketball.

[SenorSpur]

NVE is an old age, on court cancer

[sprrs]

When NVE gets hot, he gets HOT. Then you won't be complaining everytime he jacks it up. I believe that's what he was signed for.

[Rummpd]

Meanwhile a promising distributive point guard, called a steal by many in the media sits and sits and sits - who by the way was a pretty good three point shooter, alas Beno will never get to show this true potential it looks like.

[MI21]

There will be many Van Exel fans come playoff time.

Raise the roof, mofo's :fro

[fraga]

When NVE gets hot, he gets HOT. Then you won't be complaining everytime he jacks it up. I believe that's what he was signed for.
I can't seem to remember...when exactly WAS the last time that happened...

[boutons_]

"When NVE gets hot, he gets HOT"

But he's cold a lot, too.

He's a career FG 40%, so overall, he's not a scorer, no matter how well-placed or memorable a few of his 3Gs have been.

Brent, Michael, and Manu all shoot much better than Nick, but Brent and Michael are both, like today, shooting very cold as Spurs.

[SenorSpur]

When's the last time he actually performed on the primary PG responsibilities - setting up a teammate for an easy basket off an assist.

The problem with him is when he is in the game, the ball does not rotate well, the offense become stagnate and other player must run back quickly on defense after his
"quick shots". I guess that's why he's called Nick the Quick.

Fuck his reputation, I don't like what he brings to the team.

[fraga]

I think he's a good player...but f*ck when you're off you're off...don't try and get it going when we're down by five and there's time to get back in it....he was just f*cking up tonight...I think he relies on that 3 shot waaaaaaaaay too much instead of penetrating and making something happen...

[mikeanthony21]

Meanwhile a promising distributive point guard, called a steal by many in the media sits and sits and sits - who by the way was a pretty good three point shooter, alas Beno will never get to show this true potential it looks like.

You never know, NickyVan might slip in his kitchen tomorrow morning and be out for the season. Voila! BENO! :hat

[Marcus Bryant]

NVE has the green light from Pop to take those shots. He also has the ability to handle the rock against pressure, something that continues to elude Boy Beno.

[T Park]

He also has the ability to handle the rock against pressure, something that continues to elude Boy Beno.

yuuuup.


Once again.

Without Van Exel and Mohammed giving a crap in this game, this is another Pistons like embarassing performance.

[Trainwreck2100]

Meanwhile a promising distributive point guard, called a steal by many in the media sits and sits and sits - who by the way was a pretty good three point shooter, alas Beno will never get to show this true potential it looks like.

NVE has maybe two years left, we have Beno longer than that.

[Brutalis]

Stop hiking up the f*cking 3 ball every f*cking chance you get...if you're not making them...you're not making them....at least let Tim touch the f*cking ball once....sh!t....dammit......crap...
Agreed. But there's been several NVE posts such as this to reply in instead.

[TDMVPDPOY]

NVE thinks his kome, can throw up any shot when he feels like it :(

[Dingle Barry]

He was 1-4 from 3, while Barry was fucking 2-9

[sprrs]

I can't seem to remember...when exactly WAS the last time that happened...

'03 playoffs ring a bell? We got a front row seat.

[FreshPrince22]

The problem with guys like Nick is that they hit one shot, and then think they can't miss so they get selfish. Today, Nick hit a shot with about 4 minutes to go, then proceeded to brick 3 shots in a row in the last 3 minutes. That's how guys like him are.

[Gerryatrics]

He was 1-4 from 3, while Barry was fucking 2-9

Yeah, but a couple of Barry's threes were just jacked up to beat the shot clock. NVE was jacking up threes early in the shot clock, without a good look or without numbers in transition. Say what you will about Bones, but the Spurs played a hell of a lot better with him running the offense.

[fraga]

'03 playoffs ring a bell? We got a front row seat.
Exactly...this wasn't a couple of games ago....or three months ago...that was 3 YEARS AGO...

[FreshPrince22]

'03 playoffs ring a bell? We got a front row seat.

You mean the series when he shot exactly 37.5% from the floor? Hell, when he was coming off the bench in the first few games of that series he shot 32.5% on 49 shots. The guy is a bulk shooter. He has to get up a ton of shots to have one of those "on fire" moments. Otherwise they are very few and far between.

[easjer]

The one that killed me was the one that turned the game. They'd gotten back within two with something like 3 minutes left, and he jacked one up with 20 seconds left on the shot clock from horrible position, in transition, so there was no hope of an offensive rebound, but not enough time for the defense to set. There was no way in hell it was going in. We went from down by two with a great chance to tie and take it back (momentum was swinging our way) to down by 6 in 30 seconds. And that was it. We never recovered.

Frankly, I'd really like to see a lot more Beno. He's not going to improve in that big game time unless he actually, you know, plays some. If you think he sucks that much, split his minutes with NVE and let NVE play in the crunch time (though I'll be holding my breath and shuddering the entire time).

[leemajors]

i would rather have barry run the offense. from what i saw in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, the offense was running a lot smoother with barry handling the ball.

[sprrs]

Exactly...this wasn't a couple of games ago....or three months ago...that was 3 YEARS AGO...

Age doesn't exactly remove one's "clutchness", ask Robert horry.

[sprrs]

You mean the series when he shot exactly 37.5% from the floor? Hell, when he was coming off the bench in the first few games of that series he shot 32.5% on 49 shots. The guy is a bulk shooter. He has to get up a ton of shots to have one of those "on fire" moments. Otherwise they are very few and far between.

Horry doesn't exactly shoot that great of a % either

[FreshPrince22]

So you're gonna play a guy who shoots you out of games and can't defend because he MIGHT hit a big shot for you? I don't know if I see the same things you do, but Horry, in general, makes smart plays throughout the game. He may coast, but he won't do things that hurt the team like Van Exel. Which is why Horry is second to only Tony in overall +/- on the team, and Van Exel is only better than 2 scrubs (Oberto and Marks).

[sprrs]

I'm aware that Horry is a -much- more efficient player than Van Exel. My point is that shooting percentage doesn't necessarily affect one's ability to hit big shots.

Although yesterday's game was still winnable at the end, it only got that way because of some big shots Van Exel hit late.

[Dre_7]

So you're gonna play a guy who shoots you out of games and can't defend because he MIGHT hit a big shot for you? I don't know if I see the same things you do, but Horry, in general, makes smart plays throughout the game. He may coast, but he won't do things that hurt the team like Van Exel. Which is why Horry is second to only Tony in overall +/- on the team, and Van Exel is only better than 2 scrubs (Oberto and Marks).

Horry absolutely SUCKED in qtrs 1, 2, and 3 in Game 5 of the Finals last year. But he stayed in the game cuz you never know when he could catch fire. Which is what happened. Had Pop pulled him cuz of his bad play, we may be talking about Detroit chasing 70 wins AND a third straight title.