Foul trouble had nothing to do with that right?
Ultimately, I think Pop is paying him a high compliment. I can't tell if he's hyperbolizing when he says he doesn't understand him and doesn't teach him anything, which makes me wonder how they treat the typical rookie as far as coaching.
It's interesting that they've decided to not try and change his game and basically let him be. It's an experiment that Pop is playing and as the results keep coming back positive he'll definitely get more opportunities when they are appropriate.
Not teaching him anything in the sense of rebounding position and fundementals I think.
Pop will roll with young guys if they produce IE Manu his rookie year.
He finished with 3 fouls against the Mavs and ZERO fouls against the Lakers...
So yeah, foul trouble had nothing to do with it...
Originally Posted by EricB
Oh TParkle, you try don't you?Foul trouble had nothing to do with that right?
10-2 with BlairMaster owning the paint.
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Don't forget about Tiago Splitter aswell. That is unless we give him the Scola treatment
Blair must've read some posts on this forum about him hitting the rookie wall. Looks like he hit it last night and it crumbled.
So playing with no energy dumb turnovers and missed point blank shots aren't reasons either?
Uh the mavericks game he was in foul trouble his two quick fouls pretty much knocked him out of the game.
Are you talking about McDyess or Blair? This is besides the point anyways...
Didn't knock Dice out of the game who also had two quick fouls...
Manu was 25 his rookie year.
That wasn't the end of the interview with Popovich. I don't have an exact quote, but he went on to say something to the effect of "He has a great future ahead of him. Hopefully - if we don't screw him up." Then with that ironic grin on his face, he said, "You know, teach him some moves? Then he won't do any of the things he does now."
At first I was disappointed that he didn't just come out and say that Blair had an incredible game, etc. It sort of sounded like he was trying not to be too complimentary. Sort of like, "Yeah he does some good things, but he does them the wrong way." But after that last comment it sounded more like the way he used to shake his head when talking about Manu.
I really like how Pop is dealing with Blair so far this year. Putting Blair in the starting lineup forces Pop to give Blair minutes no matter what. More importantly, Pop is really being fierce with Blair and demanding perfection. In other words, Pop is giving Blair the Tony Parker treatment.
If Blair makes a mistake, he gets yanked, yelled at and put back in. That type of coaching helped Parker grow quicker and Blair seems to be in the same mold in that he can take the criticism. Instead of pouting, Blair just plays harder and learns from his mistakes.
Doesn't matter. Manu was still an unproven NBA rookie.
Manu was a basketball god at 24.
At 22 and unknown he had Sasha Danilovic retiring after the first PRACTICE together with Virtus.
He got ME interested in basketball again, well before he went to the NBA.
I'm just thanking lucky stars that a lottery talent rookie dropped to the second round for the Spurs to pick up and help erase all the apparent fail from the Spurs' attempt to build a championship contender this year with Peter Holt's money.
does anyone have the full postgame quotes from pop and spurs players?
Ian will never be 35% of the player that Blair is. He's an incredible athlete that has little or no idea how to play basketball. Blair is a basketball player who lives and breathes in the paint.
So 15 pts / 9 rebs in 20 minutes in his first action in 2 years was a fluke?
In fairness, Holt wasn't hoping for Parker to come into camp as a ghost of his former self. A lot of the early bumps were blamed on Jefferson when in fact Parker was the one also making a huge adjustment, as he was trying to adapt to playing injured, which, in my opinion, was a big factor in the team playing like crap early on. I still don't think we know the true potential of this team.
But I agree that Blair was a godsend and (not sure if you implied it) that Dice has been a letdown except for a few games here and there.
Frustrating. Especially when you look at Pop's love affair with players like Finley and Bonner. Those guys are allowed to play through their mistakes (which most often only leads to even more mistakes), while other players get singled out for Pop's special emo micromanagement treatment.
Player development and sound rotation strategy hasn't been Pop's strength the last few years, and it's hurting up big time.
In praise of Blair I would also say he has Duncan like hands. He does not fumble a lot of the passes that our past bigs have done. That is why guys like Nazi and Elson didn't dunk 5-6 times a game.
Not when it's against the WORST ing team in the NBA. That's what he's got? 15/9? Call me when he drops 28/21 on a playoff caliber team. Forget that. Ian's NEVER going to get 20 rebounds.
I really like when Manu and Blair are on the floor at the same time and Manu is running the point. Blair seem wide-eyed everytime he either set a pic or slipped the screen for Manu. There was a stretch in 3rd and 4th quarter where every posession something positive happened between those two.
Blair looks a little confused on what to do with Parker or Hill has the ball.
Indeed. I don't agree about the Ian never getting 20 boards part, but I bet he won't have done that in his first REAL FIVE YEARS in the NBA. What'd it take Blair, 5 months? And against a team with 6 more Ws than losses. Ian only had his statline against a team that was 3-35 or some .
they are teaching blair how to shoot free throws
but not rebound good
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