Pop please bench Bonner and give Hill the back up PG minutes

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Originally Posted by ManuTim_best of Fwiendz

Remember when Horry helped make a pivotal play on David West last year and he got in players' heads?
Bonner could never be counted on making key plays. When he had a potential one gift wrapped to him translating to a steal from Dirk, he gave it back to Dallas one second later. :lol

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Excellent you found the one good play Bonner made tonight that steal which he gave right back to Dallas for an easy two.

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Originally Posted by NewJerSpur

I was pointing out what I thought one of his main faults were. It was pretty obvious his confidence was lacking and unfortunately it didn't just affect his play.

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I was just saying replying to you saying he didn't help matters. I thought that was an understatement because he really didn't help with anything.

AMEN TO BENCHING BONNER! he makes me mad:shootme

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Originally Posted by Ice009

I was just saying replying to you saying he didn't help matters. I thought that was an understatement because he really didn't help with anything.

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I realize there wasn't much of anything to take away from his performance. Again, I was focusing on what I thought to be one of his (and the team's) main downfalls.

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Originally Posted by Ice009

Bonner never will do what Horry did for us. The worst play of the game was late in the 4th quarter when Bonner set a screen on his own man and Barea got an easy lay up out of it. What was Pop thinking in regards to Bonner taking over Horry's spot. Do you think Rob would ever have a play like that?

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yeah what the fuck, i almost broke my tv

I'd rather start Kurt next game and give him most of Bonner's minutes and then bring Drew off the bench and give him more minutes if he is playing well.

Man, Timmy needs some real help out there....Bonner is terrible!

Not playing Hill is crazy too.

Hill actually came up big in one of our wins in Dallas during the regular season.

Hill can play defense and he can at least attack on offense rather than just be a spot up shooter out there.

even at his very best, what does Bonner provide to the Spurs? 3 point shooting, that's it. Spurs don't need Bonner's three point shooting, especially against the Mavs. What they need is big men to play inside the paint. Make Dirk the pussy have to play inside. He can't do it.

This seems so fucking obvious. Why does Popobitch continue to go completely opposite of common sense?

Well Pop must have had Bonner out there in the 4th to spread the floor so he can get Tim room to move inside.

Is it worth it though if Bonner doesn't rebound and gives you nothing on the defensive side of the ball. It's even worse when like tonight he is not taking any shots and scores no points.

And good lord...if finley isn't scoring, PULL HIM!! He is a serious liability of the defensive end. It was hard for me to not run over to the bench and physically throw Bowen onto the floor.

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Originally Posted by peskypesky

Pop is a genius his only adjustment will be to give Bonner even more minutes and keep Gooden glued to the bench.

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The sad part is- were it not for foul trouble, I fully believe Bonner would have played even more tonight.

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Originally Posted by braeden0613

And good lord...if finley isn't scoring, PULL HIM!! He is a serious liability of the defensive end. It was hard for me to not run over to the bench and physically throw Bowen onto the floor.

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While Finley shot well, he was an awful -20 for the game.

Pop needs to play Ime, Bruce and KT more and forget about this Bonner spreading the floor crap.

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Originally Posted by ploto

The sad part is- were it not for foul trouble, I fully believe Bonner would have played even more tonight.

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True. I am thinking Pop won't do my suggestions next game.

He'll probably look at the game film and tell Matt how bad he was and to clean it up. Then he will tell him to shoot more and shoot with confidence they will go in for you.

He'll completely forget about the defensive end though ;).

I think it's pretty clear that Bonner is mentally weak and has no balls..it's sad to say, and he seems like a good guy, but that's just the truth..

Pop has also gotten soft, which is something I never expected from him..

You know what guys I am madder than I was before.

watching higlights of Derrick Rose kick ass in his first ever playoff game and then Pop sitting Hill is fucking crazy.

What is Pop doing this season "These playoffs are not for George Hill". WTF IS POP ON?????????????????????????????????????


George Hill should fucking be playing.

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Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37

I think it's pretty clear that Bonner is mentally weak and has no balls..it's sad to say, and he seems like a good guy, but that's just the truth..

Pop has also gotten soft, which is something I never expected from him..

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I have said Bonner is mentally weak for sometime now. He just keeps proving it over and over again. Pop is worse for playing him when he is not contributing on either end.

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Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37

I think it's pretty clear that Bonner is mentally weak and has no balls..it's sad to say, and he seems like a good guy, but that's just the truth..

Pop has also gotten soft, which is something I never expected from him..

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True. I'm going to say this too. I think Matt Bonner is the worst starter on a Spurs playoff team ever.

I hope someone reads that and tells Pop. I just don't get what Pop is doing at this point anymore. He's not making any logical choices.

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Originally Posted by Spursox

Pop needs to play Ime, Bruce and KT more and forget about this Bonner spreading the floor crap.

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I'd say players Pop needs to play more in order are Bruce, KT, George and Ime.

Non defensive players like Bonner and Finley if they aren't scoring well need to be benched immediately.

playing Finley isn't a problem..it's playing Finley AND Mason at the same time..

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Originally Posted by Ice009

You know what guys I am madder than I was before.

watching higlights of Derrick Rose kick ass in his first ever playoff game and then Pop sitting Hill is fucking crazy.

What is Pop doing this season "These playoffs are not for George Hill". WTF IS POP ON?????????????????????????????????????


George Hill should fucking be playing.

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Bonner just flat out

SUCKS!
SUCKS!
SUCKS!
SUCKS!
SUCKS!
SUCKS!
SUCKS!
I mean this guy Really, Really Sucks! He should be in the D-League but, for some reason Pop continues to start his sorry ass.

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Originally Posted by Spooky

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Someone needs to tell Pop "These playoffs are not for Gregg Popavitch" if he's going to continue to be silly.

Now George Hill is a good player who even outplayed Derrick Rose in one of their games in the regular season. I know he's nowhere near Derrick's level overall, but George at least deserves a chance out there. Hill is not a total liability because he can play defense which is something Spurs basketball was built on.

If Pop benched him because he wasn't doing what he wanted as a PG why didn't he just draft a PG like Chalmers instead?

He drafted Hill for defense and Hill has shown that he can play defense so why the fuck isn't Hill playing when it is quite obvious that defense is something we could always have more of.

Just to add something else. Remember the regular season game against the Lakers we lost in our last meeting with them.

When George was asked to guard Kobe on one of those last possessions where Kobe hit that three I thought George played very good defense on that shot. You could see that George wasn't intimidated going up against him and even though Kobe hit the shot I don't think George let it affect him at all. I think he's pretty tough so why the fuck is Pop treating him like a fragile Beno type player??????