Quick Grades: Spurs vs. Nuggets - Dec. 22

Solid grades although I think Parker deserved a D- for going for the highlight reel steal stuff than being fundamentally sound.

If Parker does that against Arenas or Jameer tonight...its going to be a long game.

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Originally Posted by Chomag

With the way everyone is playing It's going to be very difficult to find a spot for Anderson when he comes back. He could have Ime's minutes of course but thats not much.

Due to his injuries I don't see Anderson being apart of the prime playoff rotation this year. Nothing against him but when he went down it allowed other players a chance to show what they can do and they have been very impressive.

There is still a little bit of time this season of course but I just don't see where he can fit right now.

Shoot, Gary Neal is giving even Hill a run for his minutes.

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Quinn's minutes will go away as well and Hill will take those back over.

But yea, we're going to be tight out on the wing.

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Originally Posted by Cane

Solid grades although I think Parker deserved a D- for going for the highlight reel steal stuff than being fundamentally sound.

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People who pointed this out make it sound like it was 100% Parker's decision, which I find hard to believe -- or Pop is definitely not any more the coach he was 3 years ago.

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Originally Posted by Chomag

With the way everyone is playing It's going to be very difficult to find a spot for Anderson when he comes back. He could have Ime's minutes of course but thats not much.

Due to his injuries I don't see Anderson being apart of the prime playoff rotation this year. Nothing against him but when he went down it allowed other players a chance to show what they can do and they have been very impressive.

There is still a little bit of time this season of course but I just don't see where he can fit right now.

Shoot, Gary Neal is giving even Hill a run for his minutes.

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Anderson's going to get small forward minutes that Manu is currently taking plus Ime minutes. Pop's also going to be forced at some point to just ride the hot hand on a given night between Bonner, Neal and Anderson.

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Originally Posted by galvatron3000

If Gary Neal is capable of performances like this when NEEDED then looking at trading Hill is something the Spurs should seriously consider especially when Anderson is a keeper and should be back before the season is over, waiting to see how well he has recovered and plays is certainly expected but if all things go well some sort of trade scenario should be put in place or in the works. Enough of the undersized two guard glutton trend, let's get some size to plug on the wing or to make up for Bonner's uselessness when he gets more than 15 minutes a game.

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The "Trade Hill!" chants have begun already in earnest. As expected.

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

Anderson's going to get small forward minutes that Manu is currently taking plus Ime minutes. Pop's also going to be forced at some point to just ride the hot hand on a given night between Bonner, Neal and Anderson.

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This. Manu is being forced to play SF minutes right now. When Anderson comes back Manu will go back to playing mostly SG minutes while Hill and Neal interchange between backup point and backup SG.

Minutes aren't the worry as much as how fast can Anderson get his foot completely well, get back into game shape and get re-acclimated to his teammates.

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Originally Posted by EricB

I thought Bonner was worthless?

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:lol Every thread?

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Originally Posted by GSH

The Spurs won a game that the Nuggets really, really wanted. They were missing Melo, but Billups was back, and he was huge. KMart being back helped them too. It was a game the Spurs could have easily lost, and they owned the 4th quarter, which is usually what counts.

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This.

Jordan always used to say: "It's not how you start the game, it's how you finish."