Clutch Mcroy
03-05-2006, 01:27 AM
I see that Manu's minutes are down this year. It's very interesting that last year he was much healthier and explosive yet our record is better this year. I like what I see from the team in terms of confidence. We seem a lot looser this year for some reason. Manu's grit and hunger has not gone away at all. I think what Pop is doing is trying to hold Manu back as much as possible preventing unecessary injury and making him really thirst to go out and murder teams come playoffs.
Pop doesn't want him to become complacent and rest on his larells. I don't think I've ever seen an angrier Manu than what he's shown this year (slapping tables, not making the all star team, getting injured) which leads me to believe his desire is higher than ever. Once the lift and explosiveness are back in the legs this guy will be a killer. He now posseses a greater repetua of moves and shots and is far more experianced as a player than a few years ago and he's only averaging 1 less point than last year. Obviously it's Manu, Duncan and Parker who carry this team's offensive load but none of those guys are super scoring machines unless they have to be. Our guys know what it's about, so don't get mad at Manu or say the guy has lost his hunger because it's not true at all! And I don't want to hear any whining even if we don't win the title this year. If not for Manu the spurs would be sitting on one ring right now. He's changed the entire dynamics of our game and is the number one reason that Parker has become the force he is. I feel very comfortable getting back to the finals with this squad considering the competition and believe it or not I think we can take Detroit in 6 this year, regardless of homecourt.
Pop doesn't want him to become complacent and rest on his larells. I don't think I've ever seen an angrier Manu than what he's shown this year (slapping tables, not making the all star team, getting injured) which leads me to believe his desire is higher than ever. Once the lift and explosiveness are back in the legs this guy will be a killer. He now posseses a greater repetua of moves and shots and is far more experianced as a player than a few years ago and he's only averaging 1 less point than last year. Obviously it's Manu, Duncan and Parker who carry this team's offensive load but none of those guys are super scoring machines unless they have to be. Our guys know what it's about, so don't get mad at Manu or say the guy has lost his hunger because it's not true at all! And I don't want to hear any whining even if we don't win the title this year. If not for Manu the spurs would be sitting on one ring right now. He's changed the entire dynamics of our game and is the number one reason that Parker has become the force he is. I feel very comfortable getting back to the finals with this squad considering the competition and believe it or not I think we can take Detroit in 6 this year, regardless of homecourt.