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Thanks for the grades! Well for two decades we had one the best teams in all sports. These guys are improving and need every win they can get. I enjoyed it because of the outcome, otherwise it would have been a lame way to end the decade.
Your attempts at comparison are not valid.
I suppose you mean Stephen Jackson. He was signed as a free agent after being waived by two earlier teams. He was almost out of the league, at age 23. His situation, with the Spurs, was far more like Lyles, and not like Walker. How is Pop contributing to making Lyles a better player? By playing him, and generally keeping his mouth shut.
The idea of Pop giving Parker a hard time is a myth. Oh, maybe Pop would yell at him, but Parker started 72 games his rookie year, at age 19, and he played nearly 30 minutes per game. Hardly the same, obviously. Pop put Parker on the court, and ran him hard.
Ginobili wasn't a youth, he was 25 when he joined the Spurs, after he'd already done things in pro ball like being named the Euroleague Finals MVP, and the Italian League MVP. Vastly different from Walker's situation. We also recall Manu said, "I am Manu, this is what I do," when Pop tried to mess with him.
George Hill? When he joined the Spurs, he was a reserve behind the reigning NBA Finals MVP. Ain't no such critter on the Spurs now.
Thanks for the grades! Well for two decades we had one the best teams in all sports. These guys are improving and need every win they can get. I enjoyed it because of the outcome, otherwise it would have been a lame way to end the decade.
Lonnie got benched because he fouled too much, and Pop still stuck him in for certain defensive situations.
I'll agree that Beli still doesn't deserve as much time as he is getting...but Lonnie doesn't give Pop much of an option when he is riding 4 fouls early in the 3rd.
Last edited by Dex; 01-01-2020 at 09:41 PM.
Inaccurate. He didn't see another second after Pop benched him for his Italian POS.
Subbing him out because of 4 fouls to preserve him for later in the game would've been acceptable. We saw that that didn't end up being the case and that it was another case of Pop benching him for minor stuff. Especially compared to the stuff his Italian POS is allowed to play through. Unless you are ok with sucking as badly as we have sucked, stop defending it. You come off as an apologist. Lonnie 11 minutes, Italian POS 12 minutes. That is never ok.
He's the most pissy, no doubt. That tech he committed, just because he felt pissy, gave the Warriors two points. And you like that.
Oh look, you did a funny thing with Lonnie's name. Aren't you a clever little chicken .Lionel Walker and Murray in a footrace for dumbest and worst shooter on the team.
You want to lump them together? Let's do that.
38 minutes. 22 points, on 50% shooting, including 2 of 3 beyond the arc. Zero turnovers.
And you're bellyaching about that. Somebody is dumb, alright.
It's basic game management, bro. Lonnie and Marco are both bench guys right now, so it's not like he was gonna trot either back out at the end of the 4th or in OT anyways...and it's a good thing he didn't because the starters got the job done.
Frankly, Lonnie needs to learn to stop committing stupid fouls if he wants to actually be a starter in this league. He and Pop had even multiple interactions on the sideline about it, and you can tell that he knows he ed up. I want to see more of Walker, but coaches in the NBA don't reward players for bad play.
You can call me an apologist all you want, but I'll stick with Pop's Hall of Fame opinion over yours. The fact of the matter is...you get your 4th foul in the 3rd, you are sitting. If you aren't a star or starter, you probably aren't coming back.
You must've missed inelli's first 30 games or so.
Pop is the GOAT but GOATs can be wrong too. He's been dead wrong when it comes to the Italian POS-Lonnie situation all season.
I am okay with Pop sitting Lonnie if he made a few mistakes to serve as a learning point, but he had to be in the rotation always and before Beli. Only then would he have any learning points and experience. It is not okay for Beli to be subbed in before Lonnie, if Beli needs to be thrown in, it means the team's Offense is stagnant, but Lonnie should be allowed to provide the Offense as he seems to have more variation than Beli and his D will help to contain the bleeding. Only if Lonnie fails then we throw Beli in as a last ditch effort.
Lolololo you casual fan. Just wait for the dunks and be quiet.
Ok, gotcha.
We don't know why Popovich hasn't played more Walker over Belinelli. I guess there are reasons to explain it. Apparently, it's a wrong decission but only time will tell. In a future where Lonnie becomes an important player for the Spurs, Popovich did his part right.
Anyway, I agree with the coach on benching Walker after his 4th foul. Lonnie had quality playing time in both halves. He had the ball, took decissions, played defense, made mistakes, etc. He got some individual corrections from Pop and went to the bench when deserved. That's exactly what he needs, that's how a young player progresses.
The kid understands the process, he looks smart. At the end of the game, he celebrated every action in the bench, dancing, having fun. Every time he has been given a chance he has shown the correct at ude, I believe the coaches like him as much as his teammates. There is no standard progression in a player's developement, every one is different. We can only trust him and his coaches.
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