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Next year should've been this year.
This season should've been the growing pains season as oppose to merely the pains season period.
I would love to think that next year will be different. That we'll get to see the new guys play and finally develop ,on the job, for situations just like this one. But as usual, there's no guarantee.
Next year should've been this year.
This season should've been the growing pains season as oppose to merely the pains season period.
haha imagine if said guy say, played starting PG for 3 weeks or so and was surprisingly effective? and played barea well, even stuffed his ass and frustrated him? man that would be nice if we had such a guy.
Exactly. Right now, Hill should be ready. But he's not. His ass is probably flatter though.
One of those mother ers needs to be in the ing rotation yesterday. Pop ed around and wasted the roster spot with Malik Hairston, only to call Marcus up when it was too late to familiarize him with the system. Time to throw his ass out there with the second unit and see what he can do. Seriously, how could he be any worse? Simply freeing Mason of that responsibility makes the team better.
FREE-MASON.
About that block, I just saw it again in another thread, and I thought to myself: Who else on this team would've made that block?
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A healthy Manu perhaps.
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That's about it. The others would've been too far behind or stuck to the floor.
Hill should be defending Barea. End of story.
And he gave a non-answer which they didn't press him on. Pop intimidates the out of these guys.
how dare you suggest such a thing, pop knows better!!!
Yeah, asking a question and not following it up demanding an answer cannot be considered "questioning".
I'm fully aware it's not going to happen but, hypothetically, could the Spurs call-up Marcus to play right now?
I'm a big believer in Hairston, and am hoping he's still in the picture, but if Williams is a legit point-forward at the NBA-level, Williams over Hairston makes sense.
You could conceivably have Hill play more of a Barbosa-type role, while Williams runs the point, and not have to sacrifice any size/length defensively.
It makes no ing sense. Maybe Hill pissed off Pop during practices? It's insane.
All I can think of, is when Pop said he opted to go with JV over Hill because JV knew all the plays. I also think Pop is so focused on offense over defense, that Hill just doesn't bring enough to the table offensively (in Pop's eyes) to put him out on the floor. There were a lot of games where Hill was very passive. His jumper was ugly, and he was usually at his best when attacking the rim.
I don't agree with his reasoning for benching Hill, but that's my take on what might be going on.
Hill needs to be smart about this too..he needs to approach Michael Finley and ask him to tell Pop to put him in the game..this is the only way we're going to see George in the playoffs this year..
Buck Harvey has a terrible writing style. He is the Bonner of sports journalism.
It's about as courteous and cir spect as a media critique could be.
It doesn't call out Pop or the Spurs, as a piece it merely asks a question, "Shouldn't they have found someone like this by now?"
In fact it goes overboard in not calling out Pop for any of his decision making with "perhaps Hill eventually develops. Barea, after all, is in his third season. . . .Still, it doesn't matter if the coaching staff is spot on when it comes to evaluating Hill's current status."
Harvey is refusing to even consider that the problem is that Hill is being benched. Instead, Harvey is saying that Pop is right to not play Hill now because Hill is un-developed (but "perhaps Hill eventually develops").
In Harvey's world maybe the Spurs should have a back up point guard, but if they don't it has nothing to with Pop's coaching decisions this season because George Hill just wasn't ready and the Spurs were "spot on" in their judgement to bench him.
Last edited by objective; 04-19-2009 at 03:08 AM.
Just remember TPark, this is Pop's so-called "best coaching year ever"
Hill has definitely developed... a boil on his ass.
Calm down guys. If Hill is the key to victory then the Lakers/Celts/Cavs were destined to sweep us anyways. I doubt we will be seeing any of Hill so no reason to get our hopes up.
This is always the argument when someone brings it up, and it's always lame. See Pop's "the blows that came before it" thing and you realize that every small mistake costs the team.
If George Hill had been developed and trusted during the season, he would be able to play the backup point guard position.
With George Hill in the backup point guard position, Roger Mason can play his role as a sharpshooter.
If Malik Hairston had been developed and trusted during the season, he would be getting Ime Udoka's minutes and defensive assignments. Since he's a better three point shooter than Ime, the Spurs' scoring goes up.
If Gooden had been moved to the starting lineup, Duncan suddenly becomes that much more effective and Bonner can open up the lane when Duncan's not in by stretching the defense, if he's in the rotation at all.
If each of these decisions gives the Spurs an extra basket, the Spurs win tonight's game.
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