Game Thoughts: Spurs vs. T'Wolves Jan. 12

Robert was never a highly physical, athletic, fast player, in the last 4 or 5 years, and maybe not before.

I think his biggest failing now is mental/attitude, not physical, coupled with little playing time.

I'm sure he wants the repeat that will give him his 7th ring and 4th repeat, which I think is the main reason he's playing this year.

What Robert Horry did for the Spurs against Detroit in 05, and the big shots last year against Phoenix and Denver is enough for me to keep him on this team until he's 80, if he still wants to suit up!

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Originally Posted by snafu

I'm a fan of him and his career, but I hate to see a large chunk of spurs salary spent on someone who... can't play anymore, or doesn't want to play anymore. Hopefully, if he's past the point of playing run & gun, he can be good for some interior defense, get some blocks, and give some hard fouls.

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Large chunk? 3.6 million of 70 million is a huge chunk?

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he should have retired before this season then.

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You've obviously never played sports before. Sometimes you just hit a wall where you're exhausted and can't go any more. He could have felt fine at the start of the season and then hit the wall at some point in the fall for all we know.

Yeah, it sucks, but this is what happens when your front office thinks the perfect offseason is hanging on to all its players over the age of 35.

and replaced him with who?

Who the HELL was available, thats better in the clutch and on the court than Robert Horry?

None.

Enough with that nonsense.

Thanks for the thoughts, timvp.

I am just glad to get the W at this point. I really do think that the Twolves were trying to win there for 3 quarters, but then we pulled away.

And as for our defense, I actually thought we did a much better job than we had in any recent game. Guys were actually rotating better and at least getting a hand on the ball... thus 15 steals as a team. And we had more blocked shots than usual. It wasn't great Spurs defense, but it was a step in the right direction.

That is one Natalie Gulbis.

The girl's golf team at my high school had hotties, not as hot as Natalie, but pretty smokin.

A girl that plays golf, is usually the coolest cause of two reasons.

1. she plays a sport.
2. shes a fan of other sports and likes to watch them.

Advice to high school guys, always date the hot golf chick :)

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ok I give in.

hopefully we will extend him a few years...

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Don't get me wrong Cigar, I don't 100% disagree, I think Robert has slowed slightly, I don't think hes 100% THERE either.

I just am not ready to proclaim big shot done, when last year at times he looked as bad and WORSE, than he currently does, and there he was in game 2 vs Denver witha HUGE blocked shot on AI, that turned into a Ginobili three, along with a game 4 clincher, along with big threes in game 1 vs Phoenix, along with snookering the Suns into a stupid move.

I have full 100% confidence Robert Horry will be there, mentally, and physically in April, may, and god willing june.

Eh, I've never seen him give MUCH effort in January.

Usually you start seeing him play good ball in February.

So if by the end of March he hasn't had a 12 point 8 rebound performance, or one of those games were your like "Damn Horry's stats don't show it, but he was HUGE" then theres time to worry.

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Originally Posted by Aggie Hoopsfan

Wow, that's a pretty ignorant take. Did anyone stop to consider the idea that maybe Horry is done physically? We haven't seen a vintage Robert Horry since the Detroit series a couple of years ago.

I'm starting to think this is another one of those years where the reliance upon veteran role players (along with some younger guys who have not proven to be clutch - i.e., Bonner) will do the Spurs in when it comes to the playoffs.

Unfortunately I think Horry just can't bring it anymore and we're all seeing it happen before our eyes, and the Spurs staff is starting to realize it as well.

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Exactly.

So Robert Horry nailing that game winning shot vs Denver wasn't "vintage" ?

Interesting.

I didn't watch the game but these wrap-ups are just about the only thing you need to know about what is going on. I'm prolly not the only one doing this but when I open the page I just look for something starting with "Game thoughts...."

The Spurs need to shoot more shots and make the shots they shoot. Shooting a shot is good but it is better if the shot you shoot goes in the basket. That way it will count as 2 points. And every shot you shoot after that will couint as 2 more points, and it will just keep adding up. If the Spurs can get more shots to go in the basket than the other team then they will probably win. I wouldn't worry about Robert horry because right now he is just shooting fake shots.

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Originally Posted by snafu

ok, let's hope for the Playoff Rob one more year.

I was just saying, I think we're far enough in the season to start showing a little more effort. I always liked the guy, even on other teams, just maybe he could have retired in 2007.

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Horry hasn't started hustling this early in the season in about seven years, not sure why you are so put off by it at this point.

The bigger concern is the fact that Horry blew up when taken out. I don't think it's because of a rift with Pop, my suspicion is Horry feels he's in a rut and is honestly trying to get out of it but either isn't getting enough minutes to do so or he's realizing he doesn't have it anymore.

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Originally Posted by Aggie Hoopsfan

Horry hasn't started hustling this early in the season in about seven years, not sure why you are so put off by it at this point.

The bigger concern is the fact that Horry blew up when taken out. I don't think it's because of a rift with Pop, my suspicion is Horry feels he's in a rut and is honestly trying to get out of it but either isn't getting enough minutes to do so or he's realizing he doesn't have it anymore.

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Yup, that's what I was thinking.

People are not giving Horry enough credit for how well he played last year in the playoffs. Against Denver, Horry was huge. Behind Duncan and Parker, Horry might have been the third best player on the team in that series. He hit timely shots and had a couple key defensive plays. If he didn't have that block on Iverson in Game 2, the Spurs might have actually been eliminated in the first round.

Against the Suns in Game 1, he was also very good. In what may have turned out to be the most important game in the series (and, really, the playoffs), the Spurs don't win that game without Horry playing as well as he did.

Sure, after Horry got suspended, his play suffered. But by then, the Spurs had already moved past their toughest opponent of the playoffs and faced two teams (Jazz and Cavs) that Horry didn't matchup well against. Both of those teams are physical, rebounding teams, which was a much better matchup for Oberto.

For some reason, Spurs fans only remember Horry hitting that shot in '05. They don't remember any of his other big games from that year. And now Spurs fans are acting like Horry didn't do anything last year in the playoffs when he was brilliant against the Nuggets and very good against the Suns in perhaps the biggest game of the series. Without those performances, it'd be easy to imagine the Spurs not winning the championship.

Is there any more information on Horry's daughter? That's why he took the personal time to start the season.

I know she's been ill her whole life but something made him take that time.
Maybe something is still unsettling there and Horry can't find the focus he needs.

Just a thought, not an excuse or justification.

Oh and I've been a Bonner supporter since Day 1 ... but I don't even trust him closing out regular season games at this point. Much less a playoff game.

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Originally Posted by timvp

People are not giving Horry enough credit for how well he played last year in the playoffs. Against Denver, Horry was huge. Behind Duncan and Parker, Horry might have been the third best player on the team in that series. He hit timely shots and had a couple key defensive plays. If he didn't have that block on Iverson in Game 2, the Spurs might have actually been eliminated in the first round.

Against the Suns in Game 1, he was also very good. In what may have turned out to be the most important game in the series (and, really, the playoffs), the Spurs don't win that game without Horry playing as well as he did.

Sure, after Horry got suspended, his play suffered. But by then, the Spurs had already moved past their toughest opponent of the playoffs and faced two teams (Jazz and Cavs) that Horry didn't matchup well against. Both of those teams are physical, rebounding teams, which was a much better matchup for Oberto.

For some reason, Spurs fans only remember Horry hitting that shot in '05. They don't remember any of his other big games from that year. And now Spurs fans are acting like Horry didn't do anything last year in the playoffs when he was brilliant against the Nuggets and very good against the Suns in perhaps the biggest game of the series. Without those performances, it'd be easy to imagine the Spurs not winning the championship.

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Horry also had a nice game on the finals when he had blocks, stls, rebs and a lot of energy

I still trust in Horry in the playoffs