Projectspurs.com: "Gary Neal: Offensive Spark"

[ulosturedge]

The Spurs just need someone to be able to knock down some 3 pointers. He has somewhat proven he can do it in a compe ive environment. He knows how to get his shot off. Why are people bashing him before he even sets foot on the nba court? He can't be any worse then what Roger did for us last year. I dunno I like to be optimistic about things. He doesn't seem to have the same vices as a jack mclinton or some other wetnose rookie. I like his chances.

[Dex]

Considering McClinton was supposed to be a lights out shooter and Haislip was supposed to be a Dirk-stopper, I'd like to at least see this guy through a training camp before I start passing judgement.

That last game for Neal was exciting, but it will do us absolutely no good if it was just a lightning strike and the best game he ever plays is on the courts of the Vegas summer league.

[dbestpro]

Success for Neal will depend entirely upon timely scoring. He can average 4-5 ppg as long as those points stem an opposing team rally.

[Interrohater]

"offensive spark" ?
Note: let a player play his first NBA game, before calling him whatsoever. because he might very well end up as an "offensive fart"

[cantthinkofanything]

Sorry if a thread was already started for this but I couldn't find one so I'm posting it here. I tried the new Taco Bell Chicken Cantina Taco and it tasted much less like diarreah than most of their other food items.

[Seventyniner]

Sorry if a thread was already started for this but I couldn't find one so I'm posting it here. I tried the new Taco Bell Chicken Cantina Taco and it tasted much less like diarreah than most of their other food items.

And how would you know what diarrhea tastes like?!

[SpursTillTheEnd]

It's a running joke I am doing . . . settle down.

lame joke tbh... step ya game up

[cantthinkofanything]

And how would you know what diarrhea tastes like?!

Well, that's a good point. I guess I assume it tastes like it smells. Anyway, I guess I was really only trying to say from Taco Bell's standpoint, "Chicken Cantina Tacos...they're not as bad as most of our other food."

[cantthinkofanything]

Well, that's a good point. I guess I assume it tastes like it smells. Anyway, I guess I was really only trying to say from Taco Bell's standpoint, "Chicken Cantina Tacos...they're not as bad as most of our other food."

Or, "Chicken Cantina Tacos...they don't taste like you think diarrhea does." But they would never put that in a commercial.

[ohmwrecker]

lame joke tbh... step ya game up

I can only hope to one day have "game" like you.

[DJB]

I have Neal pretty high on my depth chart . . . for the Toros.

[analyzed]

If Neal provides any kind of spark of the bench (ala Vinie the mircowave Johnson). and proves to be a decent rotation guy. That will make justifying signing Tony Parker for anything close to max a near impossibility. Why use max money on a guard , if you have 3 highly effective guards in Manu, Hill, Neal and possibly even Anderson. The smart thinking would be to use your $ on a frontline player ( probably a defensive SF ) .

[analyzed]

Speaking of big FA forwards next year, here is a list of players who all can realistically fetch for less than $ 10 M / year : AK47, Taysun Prince , David West, Caron Butler and Tadeus Young

[024]

he will be as big of a spark as roger mason.

[analyzed]

Chip Engelland has been telling people that, of everyone who’s ever been in the Spurs’ practice facility, Neal’s shooting performance ranked in the top three. So it’s Brent Barry, Michael Finley — and Neal?

For Neal to do that, he must be a heck of a shooter, I'm optimistic that he can make open shots at a high rate, that's all were asking

[Obstructed_View]

Like we need more O??? If we dont shore up the paint wont matter. We are thin and small up front and it looks like we are doing little to add more size. We drafted a scorer, have Blair who can score and Hill or Manu off the bench that can score......didnt we avg 101ppg last year but couldnt keep teams out of the paint and couldnt defend the paint.

But all they need to do is make two or three extra three pointers per game and they're all set. Don't you understand anything??

[admiralsnackbar]

So what you are saying is become the SUNS......avg 107-110ppg??? How many les do they have again?

Bottom line basketball games are won in the paint. If you cant stop anyone inside your done. I have high hopes for Tiago but let us not forget TD and Dice are old, Blair is short and slow and Bonner sucks.

LA got better and bigger, Okl got better and bigger, Portland will be huge, Clips and Sac getting bigger.

I love the Neal signing but if you are holding out hopes that this 6-4 swingman is gonna make us a contender without being better in the paint you are fooling yourself.

Your general solution to our problems in the paint involve Shaq, ignoring all the while that Shaq is essentially the reason we beat the Suns in '07. Tiago will be a great piece as far as shoring up defense in the paint. Book it.

people act like Neal's offense is going to automatically transition. he shot 37% from 3 in Italy last year as the main scorer on his team and with the 3-point line being closer. he's got to transition into a low volume shooter and shooting it farther out. we'll see, but i seem to be more skeptical than most. that's not even talking about his defensive ?'s.

he could very well suck total ass.

He could, but shooting from an NBA 3-pt. line didn't seem to affect his scoring. NBA defenses may affect him, but the line is clearly not an issue.

[Obstructed_View]

All the Spurs need to do is make more three pointers and they're a contender again. That's why they are signing so many shooters. Guys like Finley and Barry were the most critical pieces of those championship squads, even more than shot blockers or defenders.

[admiralsnackbar]

Im with you on Tiago, My issue is more size. Grab'n Shaq would allow TD to take nights off while still giving us a post threat. Also He would be very good agains LA, Portland Orlando as he eats space and gets teams in foul trouble. We are one of the worst teams at getting to the line so he would help with that as well.

I go will Josh Boone if we cant get Shaq and I dont think we will. We are not a run and gun team and my point is if we are having to score 100+ every night it puts a lot of stress on the big 3 and forces us to be very efficent.

Lets also think what happens if Td or Tiago go down........we are very small, and as we have seen we look like a lotto team when we go small.

When you're hoping for Josh Boones to fill out the roster, you may as well accept whatever the FO decides to go with since there is very little difference between said guy and the average scrub (Kris Humphries, for example --who I'd rather have)

We all want to be 3-deep with all-stars at every position, but it isn't going to happen. Fate plays a part in every championship... you just have to hope you're on the right side of it.

[admiralsnackbar]

I like boone for his size and he is a better defender than CH. All im saying if rumors Shaq wants to be a spur, spurs would be foolish not to look for a way to make it happen.

IMO he would make us a true le contender because we could play some many styles and give TD, Dice nights off so we would be fresh for the playoffs.

Despite the easy exploitation he gets as a terrible FT shooter?

[Mel_13]

Yeah, still like him, because getting other teams players in foul trouble can soften defensive schemes and we would see a e in players like Manu, TP and Hill getting to the line more as we would be in the bonus, or double bonus a lot earlier in quarters.

Those easy pts and short periods of rest helps an older team.

[Mel_13]

We will see how funny it is if we get bounced due to our lack of size while the Celts make another le run. You dont have a good grasp of the game if you dont want this guy on a team looking to contend.

You don't have a good grasp of the game if you think that the double bonus exists in the NBA. The Spurs don't play by NCAA rules.