he's had a couple of decent drives and passes.
and unlike Mason he actually fights to get around screens. Still not any good at it though with fouls and what not, but at least he's giving effort.
Neal might just be a 6-4 Bonner without the clutch choking.
BUT
I would hope that Ime isn't here to send Neal to DNP-CDville, but only to begin reducing Ginobili's minute load by having somebody else bigger than 6-4 playing SF behind RJ.
Thank you for bringing back great memories
And Radman lighting up Manu
And TP choking on the last play
Funny how you want to on this guy now. He might have had a couple of subpar games lately, but he's been getting regular minutes and he's part of the reason we're 12-1 now.
And there's more to the game than scoring. He hustles on defense, and sure, he makes mistakes, any player 13 games into their first NBA season does, but you can't tell me he looked like any of the other rooks we have had on the team. He has shown you can give him minutes and he can give passable production. That's all you need for your bench.
Heck, the guy has already played better defensively than Mason while he was here.
Do you remember Udoka at all? Bogans looks good next to him.
I'm not a big Neal fan, but at least he CAN make 3-pointers, it's a strength he has displayed in multiple games..
Udoka literally has no NBA skills left..he was ranked as one one of the worst defenders in the NBA last year by NBA scouts, and he shot 28% from 3..he's beyond done..
I said the same thing about Simmons when the Spurs were even considering him, and I'll say it about Ime..he would have had to have made some miraculous strides during the off-season to be considered even a NBA-level player at this point..
I agree about Neal. I don't think he has an upside. Hes a situational role player who plays hard.
lol..awesome drew!
If u made Gary Neal white with red hair with the way he's played lately there would be calls for pop's firing because he's been so bad.
Bonner gets 15 and 7 and people are ing.
Oh but Neal had that nice slow dribble drive and passed it out nicely!
Which most likely udoka would be.
A move made more to reduce manu's minutes than anything.
Gary Neal is 26 years old. LOL at ting on this guy 13 games into his first NBA season, while pushing for a 33 year old, completely over-the-hill Udoka.
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If u made Gary Neal white with red hair with the way he's played lately there would be calls for pop's firing because he's been so bad.
Bonner gets 15 and 7 and people are ing.
Oh but Neal had that nice slow dribble drive and passed it out nicely!
Udoka was never a good NBA player. He is now 33 years old and there have signs that he has nothing left in the tank. I don't like this signing.
I damn hope Spurs have only offered him a non-guaranted contract. If he as done as most of us think, he will be waived in 1 or 2 weeks after having shown it on the court. After that, Spurs could try another player and the Udoka saga wouldn't have been a big deal. If it's a guaranteed contract, it sucks.
I remember the days when we pondered the 30sf's on Timvp's list.
I personally liked Udoka. I always thought he was a solid defender and now I think he'll be worth a good 10 mins per game.
But I'm trusting the Spurs FO with this one. I'm seeing this signing as a Theo Ratliff move. They'll sign Udoka, play him with VERY minimum minutes, then trade him for a future 2nd round pick and cash.
By the time that happens, everybody will have forgoten that Udoka was even on our roster this season lol
I'd rather see them bring back the Big Dog.
either one really.
?!?! Didn't Jefferson just turn 30? A whopping four years older?
I'm not pushing for udoka, I'm laughing at the "he's gonna steal minutes from Neal"
If Neal was a player like James Anderson then yeah I'd be pissed off too.
Seriously, was Lloyd Daniels not answering his phone? I think I'd rather bring back Chuck Person.
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Am I right though about if he was white with red hair?
noAm I right though about if he was white with red hair?
he'd be getting more minutes from pop for one.
no
he'd be getting more minutes from pop for one.
Ha, I meant more of the reaction from said bipolar forum.
I don't know where you're going with the RJ talk. My problem with RJ was never his age, but him being a bad fit and low-IQ basketball player.
I also questioned his mobility, but due to a prior injury, not age-related.
Well, it's Udoka coming in. Would you rather he play the nearly 15 mins Neal gets? I mean, what other player's minutes is Udoka going to take?
Would you be pleased if Udoka took over Anderson's minutes when he comes back? Because I can definitely see that happening too, seeing how much time Anderson will have lost by then.
Obviously, I'm also hopeful that this is a try out contract, and then the discussion is moot unless the Spurs end up guaranteeing it.
In the past few months I dont think we disagreed much but I dont like the udoka signing. I watched him quite a bit last year (I had Tyreke on my fantasy team) and there isnt much left he can do. I was a Udoka supporter the first time around but even then it was evident that he might not be an NBA level player.
I dont disagree that we'll thin at the 2/3 position and we needed to sign someone, just didn't think we'd go for a player that is done. Its just hard to imagine that Green, or another young prospect is that much worse to turn to Udoka. Obviously, I agree with you about the need to reduce Manu's minutes though..
eh...whatever.
Did you care that Danny Green was riding the pine? Why should I care that Ime is? The 13th man is the 13th man
I agree that it's a meaningless signing overall but, in general, what does Ime do well to warrant a spot?
I think they like green but they are panicking in wanting someone familiar to help ease the Manu minutes crunch. They don't want to develop someone they want someone that knows what's going on and knows where to be enough they can reduce manu's minutes down about 8 a game . If he sees consistently more than 15 minutes a game it's a move
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