Hairston

[Biggems]

IMO, against energy teams like the Bulls, Hairston is a valuable asset. If anything, he brings energy and hustle.....and for a guard, he bangs down low quite well.

Pop should have had him activated and given him minutes last night.

[Solid D]

Possibly, so. Especially if Hairston played with some aggression and took it strong to draw some fouls. The problem the Spurs had with the Bulls wing players was their length. Salmons and Deng are so quick and long that they were able to collapse to the lane edges and still have time to close-out on the perimeter shooters to contest. Likewise with Thomas on Bonner.

For some reason, the Spurs weren't very aggressive like the Bulls were. Chicago went to the line quite a bit in the 3rd to build their lead just by drawing contact.

Hairston is an aggressive player who will chase rebounds, so in retrospect, maybe he could have given the Spurs a lift.

[intlspurshk]

All for it. Nowadays, you need an energetic swingman to disrupt opposing team offense by sticking him to their key SG/SF player. You can't rely on your PF / Centre to stand in the middle to box out or block shot only

[Johnny RIngo]

Hairston won't ever get any playing time while the pariah(Finley) is still on the team.

[HarlemHeat37]

I'm obviously all for it, same with the majority of the people that post here..

We don't have another player like him on the roster right now..he's slightly undersized at the 3, but he's strong and deceptively athletic, so it shouldn't be a problem at all..he already knows the system and has chemistry with our rotation players..

At least put him on the active roster in case we need an energy spark or need to give younger players PT during a blowout..

[HarlemHeat37]

look at Shannon Brown for the Lakers btw..this is a guy that has his flaws, but he's pure energy with some good role player skills, and he's been a very significant player for the Lakers in their current run..nobody projected him to be a significant contributor for the champs when they acquired him..

guys like this compliment veteran stars very well..

[CGD]

There were a lot of factors that contributed to our poor play last night: Bulls energy on their opening night, Pop still tinkering with new players, and the Spurs playing a back to back. Not to mention hindsight is always 20-20.

With that said I think Malik will push Bogans for the active roster spot on any given night. Depending on match ups, I won't be surprised if Bogans goes on IR while Malik is activated.

[SamoanTD]

we need a guy like dat a scrapper on the court kinda player kinda like a garbage man nice nickname yea? lol

[CubanSucks]

DAMN Michael Finley and his good 3 point shooting! I'm with yall, I want a guy who's completely unproven to get playing time.

And before everyone goes off about "how can you tell he's unproven, he hasn't even gotten in the game" do you not think Pop can make an educated decision based on how everyone does in practice?

[JustinJDW]

Relax guys. Hairston will get serious minutes next year when Finley is gone and Bogans is probably gone too. I don't understand why everyone is in such a rush to fill our entire team with 21-25 year old players. lol.

Finley > Hairston.

[ulosturedge]

Unfortunately it will take some time for Malik to get PT. Finley isn't getting deactivated. The only other two scenarios: Someone goes down with an injury or Pop eventually puts Bogans on the IR to give Malik a chance. Either scenario seems a bit far off. Though Pop has suprised with some of his early moves this year.

[Chomag]

Relax guys. Hairston will get serious minutes next year when Finley is gone and Bogans is probably gone too. I don't understand why everyone is in such a rush to fill our entire team with 21-25 year old players. lol.

Finley > Hairston.

Pop, is that you? j/k

The Spurs FO whent all out of their way to bring in much needed youth this offseason. IT wont do any good if they dont see any court time though. We just get the same thing Old breaing down players allready burnt out before the playoffs even start.

[TJastal]

LMFAO @ the pop-pole smokers in this thread.

I gaurantee if Bowen was still around and Pop was starting him and Finley together at the wings they'd be praising it as another great decision by Pop.

[Rebounds]

IMO, against energy teams like the Bulls, Hairston is a valuable asset. If anything, he brings energy and hustle.....and for a guard, he bangs down low quite well.

Pop should have had him activated and given him minutes last night.

Yep...same feeling here, Hairston also has good chemistry with Young Blair, those 2 together against the Bulls that night= more rebounding but sigh, now it's onto Sac with hopefully no more small ball, more mix and match please.

[ceperez]

Eh... I had thought that Keith Bogans would be our defensive stopper in the wings?!

[exstatic]

Unfortunately it will take some time for Malik to get PT. Finley isn't getting deactivated. The only other two scenarios: Someone goes down with an injury or Pop eventually puts Bogans on the IR to give Malik a chance. Either scenario seems a bit far off. Though Pop has suprised with some of his early moves this year.

Actually, there's another scenario: the Spurs cut Malik on or shortly after November 3rd when the guaranteed protion of his contract is up.

[Mel_13]

Eh... I had thought that Keith Bogans would be our defensive stopper in the wings?!

Still a better chance than Haislip being our backup SF.

[Bruno]

Pop has in his hands arguably the deepest team he ever had. It will take him a lot of time before find the right combination.

And before giving some playing time to Hairston, Pop will first give a try to Bogans who is also in the doghouse for the moment.

[wildbill2u]

The first priority is to get starters and rotation veterans like Manu, McDyess and Mason some minutes to get them into game shape. You can't do that if you start pullling them for youngsters like Hairston and Ian.

In case nobody noticed, the Lakers, with the best player roster in the league, got crushed last night at home. And they were still playing Kobe late in the 4th.

Game conditioning is simply a necessity at the start of the season.

[J Mack]

"The Spurs FO whent all out of their way to bring in much needed youth this offseason. IT wont do any good if they dont see any court time though. We just get the same thing Old breaing down players allready burnt out before the playoffs even start." Chomag i agree with you a 100%. we will see if any of the new guys get any significant playing time. if they dont , what a waste!

[Biggems]

IMO, the NBA should let you dress everyone for every game, maxing out at 15, with 9 being the mininum number of eligible players (affording each team 6 spots for injured players if need be)

I am not impressed with Jefferson at all. IMO, he should be coming off the bench. Bogans has shown me nothing. Hairston should get his spot.

Starters
- Bonner
- Duncan
- Finley
- Mason
- Parker

2nd Unit
- McDyess
- Blair
- Jefferson
- Manu
- Hill

11 - Hairston
12 - Ratliff

benched - Ian, Bogans, Haislip

[ceperez]

Still a better chance than Haislip being our backup SF.

Season still early.

Oh, btw, Bogans fanboy... care to comment on that airball shot Bogans took against the Hornets?


I don't think it was short, just more like a line drive that was directed to the right of the ring. I don't seem to recall anyone in the vicinity looking to alley hoop dunk the ball.

[Mel_13]

Season still early.

Oh, btw, Bogans fanboy... care to comment on that airball shot Bogans took against the Hornets?


I don't think it was short, just more like a line drive that was directed to the right of the ring. I don't seem to recall anyone in the vicinity looking to alley hoop dunk the ball.

at the fanboy comment.

You're the one with the multiple threads started to hype and promote Haislip. Shall I post the links?

Try to find one post where I hype Bogans or advocate his advancement in the rotation. You won't have any success.

In case you haven't figured it out yet. I bring up Haislip every time you take a shot at Bogans to highlight your hypocrisy. If you want to label the Bogans signing a mistake, then include the Haislip signing as one as well. If you say it's early for Haislip, then it's also early for Bogans. Pick one or the other.

[NFGIII]

Pop has in his hands arguably the deepest team he ever had. It will take him a lot of time before find the right combination.

My thoughts exactly. There is so much depth on this team that he is going to tinker with the line up to see what effect it has. So we could possibly see him doing this through December. Pop will do what Pop wants to do. I gave up a long time ago trying to figure him out. Funny how the headaches went away once I did that.

I am not impressed with Jefferson at all. IMO, he should be coming off the bench. Bogans has shown me nothing. Hairston should get his spot.

Starters
- Bonner
- Duncan
- Finley
- Mason
- Parker

2nd Unit
- McDyess
- Blair
- Jefferson
- Manu
- Hill

11 - Hairston
12 - Ratliff

benched - Ian, Bogans, Haislip

I think it is too early to put RJ in the 2nd unit. As Timvp stated in his game thoughts RJ's D is better than expected but is struggling on the offensive end. I think once he gets more comfortable this will change. You don't score almost 20 ppg over your career and shoot this poorly for long.

Work in progress. Too early - let 'em play and we'll see what's up in about 15 - 20 games. It's all about SPAM.

Believe

[Interrohater]

Put RJ on the bench huh? 2nd game of the season.

Why are some people arguing about Finley vs. Hairston?
It's pretty obvious that switch will never happen.

Once Pop plays Bogans a few times and says "Yup, it wasn't a fluke, that guy sucks." Then we can expect to see Hairston. I do hope that's sooner rather than later. He'll never be an all-star, but he looks like he can be an active cog in our championship machine.