James White Hall of Famer

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Originally Posted by RC's Boss

Although it was garbage time, he didn't look lost like Ely and Butler do.

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I agree. He didn't close out shooters or do anything really right defensively. But he looked very confident and not lost at all. :tu

The spittin image of Stephen Jackson -- both looks and movements. Probably attitude as well. Headband, check. Glazed eyes, check. Next year he probably hits a bunch of 3s to clinch the championship. Then he leaves.

C'mon, guys. Can you spare a brotha a youtube?

He has a ways to go. Gets little to no seperation from defenders and didn't show the strength to penetrate. But for his first game, not bad.

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Originally Posted by Kori Ellis

I agree. He didn't close out shooters or do anything really right defensively. But he looked very confident and not lost at all. :tu

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He looked great... he was playing with Bonner, Beno and Oberto... The 3 stooges...

i honestly don't understand why these guys are still on the team... uh.. okay.. maybe bonner... but wtf??

Beno is T E R R I B L E.

James White was worth the wait I just hope he sees more playing time.

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Originally Posted by DannyT

he had decent rotation
just that possession that he held the rock to long dribblin on his own
but i was more pissed that jv wasnt runnin the floor with him in the game he wanted to half court it
but i agree im glad he got his

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I know! I HATE IT!!!!

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Originally Posted by SequSpur

He looked great... he was playing with Bonner, Beno and Oberto... The 3 stooges...

i honestly don't understand why these guys are still on the team... uh.. okay.. maybe bonner... but wtf??

Beno is T E R R I B L E.

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Beno was embarrassingly terrible in garbage time tonight. I'm not even sure what his last shot attempt was. At first I thought it got blocked, but no .. it didn't. Then I thought maybe it was a pass. It wasn't (I don't think). I guess it was just Beno *shrug*

He also ruined it. Everyone shot 50%+ on the team but him. 0-for-4 :td

It was nice to see a player for the Spurs step onto the court and be aggressive from his first minute. That usually takes about two seasons.

White looked pretty good for a rook. Needs work defensively

Not to mention that White passed up a possible dunk attempt to pass it out to Beno, who bricked the bunny.

do you think pop will hold on to him

White said in post-game on radio that Oberto told him during the timeout if he got it on the low block, to look for the ball because he was going to put it up there for him (James).

Defensively James rotated sort of okay, but he was slow to close-out well on the 3 point shooters. He had inefficient, extra motion to get out on them. James scored 9 but gave up 12.

I was going to post on Beno's myspace last night, but I couldn't stop laughing and I didn't know what to say because there are a bunch of spammer messages on it... :lol

And then his friend pics looked like a bunch of hootchy mammas... What a got damn tool...

Beno has got to go... :lol

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Originally Posted by timvp

It was nice to see a player for the Spurs step onto the court and be aggressive from his first minute. That usually takes about two seasons.

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Agree.

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Originally Posted by Solid D

Defensively James rotated sort of okay, but he was slow to close-out well on the 3 point shooters.

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True. When he rotated to the three-point shooters, he was cutting off penetration to the middle instead of contesting the shots. But I'm sure he has nightmares of Pop going crazy in practice when anyone allows anybody to go middle on the defense.

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Originally Posted by ShoogarBear

Not to mention that White passed up a possible dunk attempt to pass it out to Beno, who bricked the bunny.

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I can't even call what beno put up a brick. It either hit the side of the backboard or was blocked all together. Absolutely pathetic from the man purse.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but White was guarding Pietrus correct?

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Originally Posted by ManuMagic

I can't even call what beno put up a brick. It either hit the side of the backboard or was blocked all together. Absolutely pathetic from the man purse.

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:lol We replayed it and I still don't know what happened. It didn't get blocked. :wtf

To be fair, garbage time against a team playing no real defense whatsoever is no kind of evaluation.

timvp is right, the best thing about him is that he was aggressive. But not overly so, and except for one possession where he dribbled out the clock was contributing to good ball movement.

Certainly, I think he showed enought that we'd all like to see him during meaningful minutes.

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Originally Posted by ManuMagic

I can't even call what beno put up a brick. It either hit the side of the backboard or was blocked all together. Absolutely pathetic from the man purse.

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I replayed that shot like five times to try to figure out WTF happened. It just looks like Beno missed the basket by about 14 feet.

You guys may be impressed with his play, but I don't think he has it.

He looked enthusiastic enough. He kept the mental mistakes down, and he knows how to penetrate.

But I didn't see it in him. To me he looks like a poor imitation of Devin Harris. He can't rebound. He literally had two rebounds in his hands taken away from him. He can't hold his position. He's afraid to shoot at any range, which will make him an easy scout.

Its just a guess, but I don't see him staying in the league very long.

he just didnt have any effort when closin them out i agree just put one hand up and then clappin in disappointment when then where made isnt going to cut it
but he was crashin for boards on dee and offensively

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Originally Posted by ShoogarBear

Certainly, I think he showed enought that we'd all like to see him during meaningful minutes.

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To me, he just showed that he's worth an invite to camp next year. It's probably too late for him to do anything else other than play garbage time minutes this year.

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Originally Posted by ShoogarBear

To be fair, garbage time against a team playing no real defense whatsoever is no kind of evaluation.

timvp is right, the best thing about him is that he was aggressive. But not overly so, and except for one possession where he dribbled out the clock was contributing to good ball movement.

Certainly, I think he showed enought that we'd all like to see him during meaningful minutes.

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Yes, that possession where he was trying to go Streetball on someone and couldn't do anything (then dribbled out the clock), I'm sure didn't score many bonus points with Pop :lol

But overall he was very aggressive and confident.