BTW I stil don't understand why Splitter didn't play much against Chandler, each time he plays, he produces...
The rotations in this game were ing laughable. You would have thought this team never played together and the lineup late third quarter, early fourth quarter made me wanna punch Pop in the ing balls. His love for Bonner when he's not producing is sickening. It's like Pop just waits in anticipation for Bonner to blow up shootings threes to open up the game a bit but when that doesn't happen, it's really frustrating as a fan to see him in there.
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Yah, what's up with that Bonner lover/Pop apologists? I thought Bonner was supposed to be sat when he wasn't producing...
timvp, what was that lineup early in the fourth?
I believe it was Parker, Hill, Neal, Bonner and 'Dyess and the Mavs had Dirk, Ian and Marion on the floor. You recall?
Edit: Never mind, Terry and Barea.
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I missed the first half, but did Tiago really play that well to get an A grade after only playing eight minutes? Can someone explain if he played that well in those eight minutes?
I agree that Blair's defense on Dirk was not bad. DeJuan played him tight and even poked the ball away twice. Unfortunately, Blair doesn't have the height and Dirk simply shot over him, like he does with everybody.
The one thing that bothered me the most is that Pop used some pretty dumb ass matchups against Dirk. I don't know if he's trying to hide his cards right now or what, but Bonner on Dirk?. Blair can use his body and quickness against Dirk, but let's face it...he's too damn undersized to defend him. Bonner is too damn soft to defend Dirk. That leaves us with a couple of options...especially in crunch time...he should've gone with Dice. Now I know he wasnt do so hot on Dirk to start off but I'll take Dice > Bonner on Dirk any day of the week. Another matchup I hope I see next time the Spurs take on Dallas is Splitter on Dirk...why not? See what the kid's got against him...
The one thing that bothered me the most is that Pop used some pretty dumb ass matchups against Dirk. I don't know if he's trying to hide his cards right now or what, but Bonner on Dirk?
It's just CIA Pop...
He knows perfectly how to deal with Dirk, we saw last PO that our best asset against him is McDyess and constantly changing the player defending him so that he doesn't fell comfortable...
Just a regular season game, the main reason we lost was Tony and the 3pts shots were off.
Please trade Jefferson for a tall SF defender who can spot up and hit the trey before RJ totally starts sucking like he did last season. After his hot start he's showing serious signs of classic RJ suckage again. Please do it now while he may have upped his value a little freakin bit!
Ditto for Blair and Bonner. Someone may like Bonner's semi hot streak and jump at a spur of the moment trade for him... in which they will likely want to jump off of a building after pulling the trigger.
Pretty much. Tonight was a flashback to last year.
Spurs until this game have looked quite different.
Couldn't catch the game, thanks for the quick grades. Sucks that we lost, but from the boxscore and the quick grade we just had a few too many plays off sync. Bound to happen.. on to the next one.
Alright so I just watched the game. I couldn't watch it live and I gotta ask why is Pop overplaying Bonner?
Bonner absolutely stinks. He's gotta be shooting close to 0% inside. Splitter played well and never got anymore minutes in the second half. We're not going anywhere with Bonner and I'd prefer it if he was traded. If we can trade both McDyess and Bonner, but get McDyess back then that might be a great trade because that means Pop would have no choice but to play Splitter. Pop needs his hand forced on this because Bonner just won't help us in the playoffs.
I am absolutely sick of the Spurs letting Dallas come into our house and rip us apart. It's happened too often over the last few seasons where we let Dallas manhandle us on our own court. Really pathetic display of toughness from the Spurs in this game.
Actually I'm the one that said he should be a role player who only gets minutes when he's hitting threes. Pop thinks he should be the first big off the bench and should be the primary center to close out games against the other team's best big. Tpark and Chumpdumper think you're dumb if you disagree.
You're preaching to the choir, here. I have no idea why Pop isn't using Splitter to get him acclimated quickly in order to have him ready to go by the playoffs. It's ing re ed. He'd rather waste precious minutes on a one trick pony like Bonner rather than a legit 7-foot polished big man that the franchise waited years to sign.
At this rate of 5-15 minutes here & there sandwiched between 2 or 3 DNP's Splitter will be nowhere near ready to contribute in a tough playoff game atmosphere.
The Mavericks broadcasters mentined something interesting. Bonner has shot 21 of 36 from three point range (58%) and has shot 3 of 24 from two point range (12.5%).
I think that (even more since the Minesota game where Bonner sucked 80% of the game and finaly scored a couple big 3s in the end) Pop can't admit that sometimes Bonner is not in a good day offensively and has nothing to do on the floor...
Add the fact that Pop doesn't want (rightfully) to overplay McDyess (who proved during last PO to be helpfull against Dirk) and his apparent lack of trust in Splitter... you do the maths!
Concerning the last part of your post, I think Pop doesn't give a of the rivalry with the mavs, for him it's just another game and doesn't seem to prepare the team specialy for a derby...
When they meet, the mavs are definetely hungrier than the spurs during the regular season...
Did they mention Bonner's zero turnovers as well? Cuz that is such an important stat for a guy who is averaging less than 1 assist a game and all.
As much as I agree with your grades...to be fair, the Blair assessment was vague in regard to the Nowitzki results. When you say Blair "obviously didnt slow Nowitzki down at all as Nowitzki finished 12-14 from the field for 26 points." can be misleading....since he only played 13 minutes. I am not saying I agree with itsoweezee's overall "attribution theory" , but I can understand the reaction. But overall a very good job. I enjoy your comments & grades. I also thank you for your dedication & work. It is very much appreciated.
Yes, it was like a playoff game where Dirk was unstoppable (as he's been the last week or so, not just against the Spurs), Parker had a bad game, RJ was invisible and benched in crunch time and replaced by George Hill just like last year, Bonner was a brickfest, smallball reared it's head, Manu had his nose bloodied and so on.
But Spurs couldn't go undefeated the rest of the way, and the Mavs are a good team.
Hopefully in the playoffs Splitter will be getting many more minutes if not starting, all of the big three step up for postseason and Jefferson and Bonner will be playing much better ball than they displayed last playoffs.
Stop sugar coating, Pauleta.
You know this one hurt. Spurs blew a 13 game winning streak against their cross town rival, and did it in humiliating fashion. Parker's name is being trashed left and right in the media and that is starting to affect his play, IMO. Jefferson has curled up into a fetal position once again. Bonner is getting PT over Splitter, even though he can't do anything but shoot 3's against sub .500 teams.
Dallas was playing defense all the game, and they obviously had the Spurs well studied. The Spurs had a lot of TO's but that was by design. The Spurs couldn't shot long distance as they usually do, because the Mavs have counter plays. Then the players started driving, but the Mavs packed the line.
Pop should pay attention to this game, it exposed many weaknesses.
Splitter looked exhausted when he went to the bench. He's was used as Tim's backup. Since Duncan played 35 mpg, it left little time for him.
Well maybe Pop should use him with Duncan, ya think? And how about giving him Bonner's 23 minutes while were at it.
He couldn't possibly do a worse job defending Dirk, since that is the type of player he's been hyped up for years to be able to guard effectively.
So what do you think we should do with Bonner? What do you think about Bonner playing against the best teams in the NBA? Do you think he can help us in big games and the playoffs?
His shot is atrocious, it just seems to come out even worse for some reason when we play a top team that is really paying attention to him defensively. He needs time to set, but he ain't going to get that time in the playoffs or when a team really wants to pay close attention to him. On defense it becomes a joke and his rebounding is becoming awful. Ian looked better to me tonight that is how bad Bonner was.
RJ was a complete no show to. Absolutely horrible performance from RJ.
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