What have we learned today?

- Manu and Tim looked in midseason form. Parker played fine.
- Barry looked much more at ease. He plays great when he isn't tentative.
- Oberto showed flashes but needs to improve his rebounding and defense.
- Nazr is still missing rotations and is still foul prone.
- Finley and Nick are still adjusting but looked good. Horry is still clutch.
- Beno looked really nice out there, he played with aggression. Rasho sucked tonight.
- Ford looked very good. Sanders' defense was impressive.
-Jawad sucked.

Things that bugged me tonight:

-Spurs relaxed after toying with the Heat in the first half. Hope this doesn't become a trend because we'll have a big lead on most teams at the half this year.

- Sad to see the NBA still allows the home team to get very physical when the score is lopsided. Walker should have been called for at least 2 more fouls in the 3rd when mugging Tim was en vogue.

- SVG still has no shame in playing starters and NBA vets against our 3rd and 4th stringers.

Watching Walker tonight gave me a huge sense of deja-vu with respect to his stint in Dallas. The guy hasn't changed a bit. He'll start the season "guns blazing", taking way too many shots and will probably do well for the first ten games until his career .415 fg % catches up with him. Mix that in with his top ten ranking of FGA in the league and that spells trouble. Mark my words, it won't be long untill most of the Heat squad wants to throttle him.

Finley will learn the D; Pop's system is pretty straight forward.
Finley's midrange game and deadly jumper will give us the punch of the bench.

nick the quick gives us another deadly perimeter threat and a savvy ball handler.

Manu looks like he never quit playing after game 7 - that wrap around fake pass to duncan was sweet.

Duncan looked great - needs to shave the fro

Barry didn't look timid - I didn't scream for him to shoot once, because he was shooting.

Spurs first five and bench vs. Heat = 16 point lead.

Should be a fun season!

1. That Spurs Fans hate Antoine Walker.

2. That Spurs Fans hate Brent Barry because he's not Antione Walker.

:wtf

Todays trivia question:

Which Spur lead the team in 3PA last season?(Hint: He averaged 21 mpg)

Extra credit if you can guess his career 3PT PCT,it's all time ranking, and conclude at kindergarten level how often coaches left him open, relative to our other shooters.

1. Ford is pretty good
2. Beno looks much better
3. NVE and Finley look good
4. I like Oberto's play
5. Sean Marks looked good
6. I lost my vBookie cash
7. Tim is Samson :lol

That I need to add an Oberto jersey order to my Finley jersey order.

i learned that the game raises US$1.1m for charity.

and New Roleans are grateful.
then this one;
Following a timeout with 2.4 seconds left, Heat rookie Kevin Braswell hit a layup for the winning score.


"On the bench Shaq said, 'The ball's coming to you,'" Braswell said. "With all the people in the stands, it felt great."

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As officials reviewed a TV replay to make sure Braswell beat the buzzer, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich urged them to let the basket stand.


"It was a great night," Popovich said. "It was a win-win for everybody. It was really great for the people who were so unfortunate during the hurricane."

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nice move, Pops! :smokin

That living in Australia, it is really hard to watch and enjoy the sport of basketball - as their is simply NO coverage.

And that for one second, i was jealous i wasnt American. Then i got over it ;) (just kidding)

^ :lol I hear ya.

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Originally Posted by Aggie Hoopsfan

That I need to add an Oberto jersey order to my Finley jersey order.

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Is there an Oberto jersey or do you have to get it customized?

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That living in Australia, it is really hard to watch and enjoy the sport of basketball - as their is simply NO coverage.

And that for one second, i was jealous i wasnt American. Then i got over it (just kidding)

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:lol

Nice.

That Bailey sucks

Barry is to this year as
Barry is to what we thought he would be last year

jawad isnt ready, ford is

sanders plays good d

Rasho better be fuckin around

We learned that when the newbies get acclamated the Spurs are gonna be the shit.

I don't understand how so many people were impressed with Oberto, I was totally unimpressed with him.

Tim and Manu looked good, I wasn't too happy with Tim's turnovers but there was a lot of contact, he did well from the free throw line.

Brent, like Tim and Manu started right back where he left off in last years NBA Finals.

Beno looked really good, he played with a lot of energy and I was more impressed with him than I was with Tony Parker.

Nick seemed hesitant to do anything, but he won't be with time.

Mike looked like he was ready to go, he wasn't too aggressive but he didn't shy away from shots either.

Rasho and Nazr both played poorly while Marks played well, that's certainly going to be an interesting position to watch this year, but Marks didn't have to play against Shaq for what that's worth.

Ford looked good, the others weren't nearly as impressive.

Was very impressed with Melvin Sanders.

Thought Nazr pushed Shaq out of his comfort zones and made him shoot jumpers, wich, is a good thing.

Van Ex and Finley will be fantastic.

Oberto looked, overrated.

Marks still looks like a combo of Brad Loahaus and Mark Madsen.


Brent Barry grew a pair over the summer.

Rasho is still watering his.

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Couple of questions for somebody who had no way of seeing the game :(

Did Parker take/make any jumpers from 15+ feet? Yes, he made at least one, a 17 footer in the 2nd. He missed one or two, also.
Was Van Exel spritely enough to get into the keyway? He didn't really get into the lane that much. He passed the ball to Rasho in the last 10 secs. of the 1st and Rasho airballed it. Nicky will probably shoot it next time. He did hit a three and stripped Payton at the end of the 1st qtr.

Did Finley take/make any of his patented exaggerated jumpstop then rise above for the fadeaway jumpshot? Yes, Finley made 2 rise-up jumpers late in the shotclock and one baseline high-arching turnaround fadeaway.

How was Oberto's awareness, any nice passes to cutters or anything? Yes, two nice passes to Tim, one was a hi-lo that Tim missed but got the reb. and putback bucket. Oberto flowed fairly naturally on his screens, although he did have a little trouble with what to do or where to cut when Timmy was posting up on the opposite side of the lane.

Timmy make any bankshots, and did he D up Shaq any? He made one but most of his shots were swishers from 15-18 feet. He did defend Shaq a few times but that job was mostly given to Nazr, Fabri and Rasho.

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As always, thank you Solid D.

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Originally Posted by T Park

Oberto looked, overrated.

Brent Barry grew a pair over the summer.

Rasho is still watering his.

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QFMFT

??? Q F M F T?

1. Oberto wasnt too impressive but to give him a break it WAS his first game against another NBA team.

2. Marks was great.

3. Ford was a helluva lot better then I thought he was.

4. Barry looked good and didnt look so "unsure" about his shots.

5. Heat team looked good but then again their 2nd team barely beat our 3rd team.

6. Rasho fouled out in like 3 min in the second half..... wtf was he doing?

Tim, and Manu are defenatly ready for this season

NVE and Finley will fit in sooner than later

Ford is pretty damn good

Beno looks better

Barry is shooting the ball without hesitation now

Rasho still sucks

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6. Rasho fouled out in like 3 min in the second half..... wtf was he doing?

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He just wanted to show that he can still play good basketball. He was trying to hard playing D as Pop wanted.

I didnt watch the game or read every post in this thread, but I just want to put in my two cents. Its still just the preseason. Keep in mind that Milwaukee had an awesome preseason last year. :lol

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Originally Posted by Dre_7

I didnt watch the game or read every post in this thread, but I just want to put in my two cents. Its still just the preseason. Keep in mind that Milwaukee had an awesome preseason last year. :lol

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Nobody is really making a big deal that they lost.... I mean Toine was killing in the 4th .....against the Spurs 4th string :lol Thats the big reason why the Heat caught up... But our starters killed the heat's....Spurs were up by like 18 when the scrubs (j/k) came in