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When Pop drafted Hill, he told everyone around that this kid WILL help us this year. Perhaps he should've offered the caveat, "if I trust him enough to play him".
Tony + Manu out equals that much more freedom for Hill offensively IMO. He was the only guy who could really create off the dribble at that point and had some nice performances at the time.
When Pop drafted Hill, he told everyone around that this kid WILL help us this year. Perhaps he should've offered the caveat, "if I trust him enough to play him".
Hill is definitely in the future plans (there's too much to like for him not to be), but Pop has decisions to make regarding his role this summer. That said, if we see a team with any type of athleticism in the playoffs or crafty guard play I'd like for Hill to be out there in key defensive stretches and possibly even to loosen up the opposing defense if our offense gets a bit stagnate.
I haven't been able to catch many of the Spurs games as I would prefer but when I did see the Spurs and George Hill in particular it seemed like Hill defended the opposing PGs quite well. I'd like to see him played for his defense against guys like CP
I think Pop would be a complete idiot to not play George at least SOME mins in the Playoffs. I mean he played pretty damn good today, and like timvp said, his shot was looking the best it's looked all year. Give him some mins in the playoffs Pop, he would surely do better than Udoka against some younger guys.
It took McDonald 3 weeks to cotton onto the
BENOPHOBIA (TM)
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C'mon pal, give up your job to someone who can actually do it.
You have to earn your playing time. You shouldn't be just given minutes. If he was ready I'm sure he'd be part of the rotation. No doubt he'll get some moments in anyway.
Look at it from the other end, you're a vet whose proven himself over the years and you may not have much time left. And if there's a chance to go all the way, better to play the people who give you the best chance to win.
Why should they let a rook play when he doesn't deserve it and is inferior right now. That young blood can develop in the summer. Let him watch for now how intense it gets in the post season.
Sacrifice whatever chance the Spurs have just to give George Hill some minutes. It's possible that he might surprise but I'd rather have that as a last ditch effort, instead of playing the game hamstrung.
More than likely he'd do something a rookie would do during a crucial point in the game costing the Spurs.
Oh boy then you guys would have something real to gripe about.
Lame. I remember Hill saying earlier in the year when asked what he thinks of not being mentioned in the top rookie class this season and he said 'it's okay, the way i think of it i'll be playing in the playoffs while they're season will most likely be over.' poor georgie
Yeah Ime has REALLY prven himself. And that Jacque guy, what hasn't he done in the league?
Dear Pop,
The future is NOW. How is Hill going to gain the confidence he needs if you don't play him? How will watching the playoffs from the bench help him mature as a player? Plus, don't know if you've noticed, but Manu is out and we need HELP out there, and Hill is a good player. Just play him, you idiot.
Maybe he'd be confident if you didn't keep changing his role every other game and maybe he'd have more time if you had played him more consistently as he has deserved over the past season.“He's working at the one guard, working at the two-three,” Popovich said. “Playoffs is a time for people who feel very confident about what they're doing, and George isn't in that category yet. He needs more time.”
I don't understand this...these playoffs would have been the PERFECT way to let Hill gain some experience. Without Ginobili, there's extra minutes to go around and let's face it...Spurs mostly likely aren't getting very far without him. Why not give Hill a chance to experience the playoffs pressure and see what he has?
This has got to be one of the biggest head scratchers I've seen from Pop in a long time. I see no indication why Hill's minutes should have been lowered so drastically...especially considering Pop has gone on record plenty of times praising Hill's defense and poise. He even gave Hill important minutes in the closing minutes of some 4th quarter games...important games I may add.
I agree with POP not to put him in the rotation in the playoffs, he has no playoff expierence and will probably choke, maybe next year when he gets more confident at his position.
Wow dude! Were you not watching the Spurs when Tony went down? Hill stepped it up and ran our team during Tony's absence. With him at the helm he was scoring about 20 ppg and he was running the offense smoothly. Most thought we were going to lose a ton of games early on with both Tony and Manu but Thanks to the contribution by the "rookie" he held the fort. To say that Hill in inferior and doesn't deserve playing time has not been watching very many Spurs games this year.
I"m still not understanding the decision by Pop to throw this guy to the 12th man spot for DNP's. Yes he does make a mistake here and there, but it's called development. if there is a rookie out there that has ever been perfect in their developing years let me know because I have never seen it. Honestly can anyone here give a legit reason as to what Hill did to earn DNPs?
Hill getting to play in the playoffs is crucial to his developing. He still will have alot to learn after but the playoffs will outright speed up is developing process. The playoff have always been known to Mature players very quickly. Not very many rookies ever have this chance why so waste it?
I'm like alot of everyone here now and have just given up on Pop letting him be a contributer this year. However I still get very frustrated when thinking that we have talent there on the bench that could be helping us this year. It's like going to war without all your ammo.
So IME and Mason don't make mistakes in games?
Also for the confidence thing. Benching and DNPing a rookie is the worst thing you could ever do for his development in confidence when he has earned his spot all year. Did you guys see him in the summer league? Hill has worked his tail off to get to where he is this year and should not be deserving the cold shoulder for his hard work.
Well, I'm glad to hear that Bruce is partially getting his job back, though I think it shouldn't have taken Manu's injury for that to happen.
George Hill looked really good at the 2 spot last night after his 1st couple of turnovers. He drove hard and drew fouls. He moved the ball well.
Could someone have him explain it to me because I don't understand.
I think it means that the transition to a Bowen-less team has started. Bruce won't be around forever, and we need to start figuring out how to defend and win without Bruce's defense. I still think he's going to have an important role in these playoffs, but looking forward we need to figure things out without Bruce being out there.
I don't recall feeling so pissed off about one of Pop's coaching moves - this one ranks right up there with the NVE obsession.
Hill doesn't have to play mistake-free basketball, or to have his role completely figured out to make a contribution in the playoffs. He's played as good if not better than Gooden this year in terms of fitting in and figuring things out. Should Gooden therefore be banned from the playoffs?
A extremely conservative, uninspiring and downright fearful decision from Pop. If he's so afraid of rookie mistakes, perhaps someone should remind him that the biggest mistake in Spurs post-season history was committed by a veteran.
Hill had a nice outing yesterday
Well, gee, Pop who has made him work on all those spots at once? How about if you had just made him the back-up PG for about 12 minutes a game and left it at that for this season?“He's working at the one guard, working at the two-three,” Popovich said. “Playoffs is a time for people who feel very confident about what they're doing, and George isn't in that category yet. He needs more time.”
If the Spurs play Portland, Pop will regret not using a young guy like Hill to go up against them.
Vaughn over Hill makes me want to throw a brick through my TV every game.
Vaughn isn't coming in over Hill anymore....
We should have drafted Chalmers...
I still think he can be a point guard
kidd and gary payton sucked their first year in the nba as point guards
oh and tp in 8 season is playing his best
point guard is a hard postion
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