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And percentage wise he's shooting his three's a lot better than Horry.
Who is playing better, and playing better for the team?
Horry
vs SAC: 6 Points and 3.7 Rebounds in 18.8 Minutes
vs Dallas: 3.5 Points and 6 Rebounds in 26 Minutes
In Playoffs: 5.4 Points and 4.3 Rebounds in 20.6 Minutes
But the real question is Why Nazr lost the starter Spot
Nazr is 5.1 Points and 4.4 Rebounds in Only 13.3 Minutes
By 48 Minutes the numbers are:
Horry: 12.5 Points and 9.9 Rebounds
Nazr: 18.6 Points and 16 Rebounds (OFF: 7.7 Rebounds)
Duncan is: 29.3 Points and 13.3 Rebounds
In Percentage:
Horry: FG%: 48 %, 3FG%: 42.9%, FT%: 78%
Nazr: FG%: 73% and 72% from the line
The Horry numbers are Interestings for him in %, but not in the rebounds and we need to improve in Rebounds
The last game Horry was 2 Points and 3 Rebouns in 19 Minutes
Vs Dallas Horry is FG% 33%, 3FG%: 25% and 66% FT
So the best Choice may be Horry from the bench and Nazr the starter, like always
And percentage wise he's shooting his three's a lot better than Horry.
Except Nazr can't play D. Sorry.
All the team canīt play D the last game, but Nazr can take rebounds
plus nazr doesnt know how to pump fake or hold on to the ball and those TO are very coslty when the spurs are trying to gain momentum during a game.
I say start Rasho and bring Horry off the bench
Nazr needs to play more. He stepped up big time for the Spurs last season in the playoffs and he needs to be on the court.
what has he done lately? nothing. he has stunk it up on the court this year. i appreciate what he did last year but he's not getting it done this year.
That's exactly what I say. We certainly wouldn't be any worse off.
"He stepped up big time for the Spurs last season in the playoffs"
Pop seems to think Nazr has disappeared big time for the Spurs this season, so Nazr sits.
As usual for me after a blow-out loss, the Spurs' big man situation is very weak. Tim and then ... nothing. Pop has to play his weak big man hand, and Nazr's card has been thrown back in the pile.
Nazr can provide rebounding, shotblocking and a physical presence inside. I know Pop has his reasons but I think he erred in keeping Horry in the starting rotation after the series with the Kings. Dallas has much more conventional centers than the Kings. In Game 2 we saw the importance of interior D. I don't believe I've seen a Spurs team give up that many layups since Bob Hill's reign. Pop needs to get back to the lineup that gave the Spurs one of the top 2 defenses in the league and the 1 seed.
And too many turnovers to make any of that worthwhile. If you give the other team points a large percentage of the times you get your hands on the ball, you belong on the bench.
Free the Beast!
EDIT: also what are their +/- ?
Nazr a "physical presence" ?
BS. He's worse than an absence.
nazr provides rebounding, not much else.
Physical presence inside? The inside has more holes than Swiss cheese when Nazr is in. Gimme a break! The two or three rebounds he gets more than Rasho does NOT make up for all the easy buckets he gives up or his atrocious rotations.
He may have his defensive lapses, but I am a little tired of watching the Spurs guards hit the floor while the Mavs guards get a police escort to the basket. At least Nazr isn't afraid to knock someone on their ass once and awhile.
Name one!
That's the point, BigVee- When Nazr is in, the Mavs don't have to run over guys to get to the basket- the lane is already clear for them.
"At least Nazr isn't afraid to knock someone on their ass once and awhile."
Total unbelievable BULL . A driver comes in and Nazr backpeddles down the lane (when he even manages to see the play and get his slow, chicken- ass into the action) and then picks up a ticky-tacky, dainty, intimidate-nobody, touch foul trying to block a layup, so daintily that the shot is often made anway for a 3-pt opportunity.
Rasho would be the best choice I think
You need to take off the blinders. You are only seeing what you want to see. You are talking execution versus desire. He is not a chicken . I have seen him knock guys down many times in his career. He may always be out of position with the Spurs, but even so, this year and last year he will mix it up. Duncan on the other hand, is the one who runs out of the way when someone goes to the basket. He did it with Harris several times Tuesday night. He did it with Stackhouse on the reverse dunk. Just waves as the guy goes by. You see what you want to see.
Like it is not clear now?
You realize that what was missing from the interior defense in game 2 was Rasho. Nazr got quite the opportunity to show what he could do now. Everyone was clamoring to give Nazr his chance. Well, his defense was worse than awful. Watching him attempt to play small ball as the lone big was painful. In order to go back to the best defensive line-up for the Spurs, you would have to put Rasho back into the starting line-up, not Nazr.
I think the Spurs play their best defense when Rasho is with TD.
Start Rasho.
I didn't follow Nazr before the Spurs (he's had an insignficant career for the same reasons he's not done much for the Spur).
I've not seen Nazr do ANY hard fouling AS A SPUR, or put his body into the path of drivers trying to alter shots or take charges or clog up the lane or just ing rotate. Nothing wrong with my eyes.
HE JUST DOESN'T DO THOSE DEFENSIVE MOVES. HE INTIMIDATES NOBODY
Yes, Tim is playing chicken- defense these playoffs. I can't write that off any more to PF seeing how great his offense and most of his rebounding is going. Maybe he's doing it to protect his body and keep himself in the playoffs.
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