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i am so pleased with his performance tonight... props to him and his believers
Great to see him finally playing well.
The last 8-10 game he's playing solid and tonight he played great D and did a great job on the boards
He's moving much better after that terrible start in november
i am so pleased with his performance tonight... props to him and his believers
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I've believed in him the entire time, I always defend him on this board..
Thomas isn't a starter-caliber player anymore, but he's a solid bench big man..one of the better ones in the NBA IMO..
about time!
I knew he would be ok. He had the injury in the preseason and as the season started it was obvious that it was still bothering him as evidenced by his lack of mobility. He looks to be fully recovered now.
Plus ball slaps
Props to him. Better him than Oberto.
yea i thought he might have still been injured or out of shape, hes definitely looking good now!
How many times did I say it, KT always starts extremely slow in November and needs 20+ games to get back into game shape. He might not be athletic but I'd take a Timmy KT front court over Gasol Bynum or KG Perkins any day of the week. Veteran savvy and fundamental basketball, efficiency > flash.
well people are exaggerating our need to matchup with the Lakers frontcourt..Bynum is just an average player..he looked great the 1st 2 weeks of the season, but he's looked average since then..recently, he's actually looked horrible..he's not going to make as much of a difference as the media made him out to be..
Eight blocks in the last five games.
Well with Oberto out this will be KT's time to shine with lots of playing time.. i
Like i said, i never count out kurt thomas
dudes a stud.
Kurt Thomas equals not the answer.
let him get his legs back, he's quality and a good big for the Spurs. He's a matchup player, meaning he will be very useful for half court match ups. He is quality off the pine.
He just needed to get healthy. When he is, his rebounding rate is probably in the top 25% of the league for C/PF, and he shoots the jumper well enough to space the floor for Tim. He's making less than the league average salary, and cost us exactly one late first round pick. I don't know what you people expect. You can't have a roster of 12-15 stars. Portland proved that didn't work. You need lunch bucket guys like Kurt and Bruce who are willing to do the physical, demanding things that so many younger players haven't a clue about, and do them without complaint. I really think that if he hadn't had SO many foot and ankle problems and surgeries early in his career, he would have been a Rodman-class rebounder, with a jumper.
I always wondered if slapping the ball to a teammate counts for a rebound or not... or does the teammate get the rebound stat?Plus ball slaps
well said exstatic, the blue collar players are important. Not only do Bowen and KT know they earn their paycheck with physical tenacious defense, they don't need to be involved on offense in order to play defense. That's why my favorite Sun is Grant Hill because he takes whatever defensive assignment Porter gives him and doesn't care if he doesn't score a lot on offense, he's the one Sun who's #1 concern is winning or losing.
Agreed. Had he been able to stay healthier, with his BBall IQ level, he would've been one of the better power forwards this game has ever seen.
Didn't you say he would not be playing in "certain" games that I said he would be? He has gotten more than his normal minutes in a few of the games you said he would not and done well.Eight blocks in the last five games.
It is possible that the Oberto injury played a role, but does not change the fact that he was effective against the teams with "perimeter bigs" as you called them.
@ it being "possible" Oberto's injury played a role in Thomas getting increased minutes. That's hilarious.
How is your boy Bustnani doing?
Resort to changing the topic much? How did Kurt do against the "bigs" you said he would see no time against because he would be ineffective?
How is your boy Bustnani doing?
Bargs started out the year very well, but has slumped now. But ask the resident Toronto native and he will tell you how Bargs has played so far. You always make it seem like I said Bargs is an all-star, I said he can be solid and if not for the number 1 tag, would be doing ok with much more room to grow.
That's a lie. I didn't say he'd see no time because he'd be ineffective.
This is what I said.
Oberto's injury obviously changed the minutes equation. Well, I guess obviously to everyone but you.
Keep it honest.
Well is an overstatement. He was doing the same crap. And slump is an understatement. He's been even more horrible lately.
Read a Raptors forum. There's a new thread calling for his head each game.
Bustnani is just a bad basketball player. Only thing he can sometimes do is score but he can't even do that right now. Last night Pop specifically went right at him because he's such a bad and lazy defender.
If you still don't think Bustnani is a bust ..... that's a bad sign.
LMAO...Saying he will not play because the other teams cannot have bigs that play on the perimeter is the same thing as saying he will be ineffective in those games. What did you mean when you said that? How else can anyone interpret that?
Just because his minutes were forced upon him does not mean that he would automatically be effective by default. You said he would not play in those games not because of any thing but effectiveness against the other teams bigs. So he got minutes and did a good job, why is that so hard for you to admit?
Please state what you meant then when you said he would not play in those games. Why would he not play?
Bargs is a bust with regards to #1 status. He is not a bust with regards to basketball.....yet. Bargs was also blocking shots at his highest rate ever, but you fail to notice that.
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