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Really? I'm not doubting, I've just never heard he could create too. I seriously want to believe you though.
Has anyone followed the Wizards lately, or happen to watch their first-round exit against the Cavaliers? Was Mason a big factor?
i like mason but only as a backup point guard. i don't think the spurs should have used a first round pick to draft a backup pg when they had mason in their sights. the wizards used mason primarily as a pg to cover arenas's loss and that's where i think he is most effective.
Really? I'm not doubting, I've just never heard he could create too. I seriously want to believe you though.
Has anyone followed the Wizards lately, or happen to watch their first-round exit against the Cavaliers? Was Mason a big factor?
He's still streaky but should be able to put up 10 points a night.
Mason torched the Cavs in 1 game of the Playoffs...that's why his stock went up. He had something like 20 points in that game and in another game, he had less points but really timely shots.
I'm hoping 15 by the team Manu is active again. Hope I'm not setting my sites too high.
Exactly, try making that many shots with Bruce in your face. Thou I still dont think our season will be made or killed by Roger. Imo its in the paint where we lack the ability to defend todays west's bigs. And the ability to switch when our smalls get beat. Roger is as good as he is gonna be no matter where he plays. Timmy as of this point is the guy Im worried about. He has Zero help. Missed more shots in the PO's then ever before. And the FO did nothing to help him out.......................Yet.
Well I think for the spurs Barry is the record holder in shooting drills.
And If I remember correctly he made 96 of 100 shots
I agree. That semi-consistent 4th scorer was exactly what the Spurs lacked all of last season. If they had somone outside of the Big 3 who could have scored, they could have won a few more regular season games and gotten a much more favorable route the playoffs.
Spurs offense became a little too predictable last season, mostly because Pop just didn't have the offensive power to do anything about it really.
Another important key to this season: Bowen's regression (if any) and Udoka's progression (if any). Generally, like you said, it takes a year at least for most new Spurs to get a handle on the system. I am expecting a lot more from Udoka this season, hopefully we see what we saw glimpses of against the Hornets last season more consistently.
I don't know what the format is for shooting like that, but if true, I can't see how 101 of 109 isn't amazingly impressive, particularly for a guy that hasn't been that kind of shooter his whole life.
Spurs always got ed when they could not shot from the mid or full range.
Phil jaxson mostly was clogging the lane and did not gave a blip* about shooters.
What you guys say does make sense, but I read somwehere that the reason no Spur shoots from straight ahead is beacuse it creates too many fast break opportunities for the opposing team.
nobody can replace ginobili. He might be a decent Ginobili backup though
Mason has a VERY big shot of becoming a 12 3 and 3 guy with us
I'm looking forward to seeing him play on our team more and more.
One of the analysis I read on him was the he supposedly didn't drive the ball to the basket much, which if true, means he doesn't get to the line much.
Nevertheless, I like what I read about him so far. I'm anxious to see what Mason brings to the table. I really curious to see where Pop will play him, how many minutes Mason earns and how he defends. Certainly from a personality fit, it appears he's already a goo fit.
It only does that when you miss.
I keep wondering "why 109" and not 110?
That's when the keg arrived.
I'm guessing the original goal was to shoot 100, but he had such a hot hand they kept going and stopped at 109, which was probably a miss.
If that's true, I'm disappointed that he would allow his workout to end on a miss; I could see, though, that maybe he was on a roll when he got to about 100, missed #108, drained #109 and called it a day.
Excellent points. We all know that Ime and Bruce particularly prefer the corners. This will help spread the floor better. Barry was a good straight-away 3-pt shooter, but sounds like Mason could potentially be a suitable replacement.This has been posted before (by timvp), but I felt this would be a good time to repost it:
I'm not sure where these 101 of 109 three-pointers were taken (probably all over the court, actually), but last year Mason really excelled at the straight-away three-pointer. This is really exciting to me, because it's not something we've had for a while (most of our long-range shooters prefer the wings or the corners), so if he can stand at the top and take open threes, I think it really opens up our offense.
Specifically, I think above the top of the key is a spot where shooters can get open off of double-teams on Tim Duncan, and a place where Timmy can find them with a pass out of the double fairly easily.
Indeed. That would be awesome if h made 101 of his first 109 3 pointers as a Spur. And preseason wouldn't count. Also, he'd miss the first 8, causing all ST posters to become drama queens.
Great article.
I hope Mason can keep improving like he did last season and I hope Pop put him in the starting lineup
Hopefully he has a strong enough showing in preseason and camp, and he starts all 82 games.
He missed 110
So they counted the first 109 shots
good nitee
I like how he described himself as hungry, and ready to prove himself to the rest of the league. With Manu out, it would be nice to still have some fire in his temporary replacement.
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