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Wow! The streak ends. I like it that Manu can get rest, but George Hill starting? IMO, I would have tried out Neal.
Manu is healthy, but Hill will start. see my Manu slump thread.
this via JMcDonald on twitter
Wow! The streak ends. I like it that Manu can get rest, but George Hill starting? IMO, I would have tried out Neal.
He just needs to stop forcing shots and focus on not being sloppy. I don't see how coming off the bench will help this, as he's going to probably be taking more of the shots with the 2nd unit, Parker on bench. Minutes are the real factor IMO. Who knows though maybe this change up will spark a positive change.
This only makes sense to me if he's going to rest the all game. If he's just coming off the bench is a bad move.
Say what you will, but starting does give you extra confidence, and I thought that has been on display throughout this season. He also proved that he could handle the minutes.
Now you'll hear all the right things from Manu about the demotion, but I really think it's silly. If what they want is to start monitoring the minutes, they could do that while keeping him a starter.
hmm I knew Pop couldn't keep the same lineup all year. Well see how it works, not a big deal really.
It might be more of trying to get Hill going also. Hill HAS to play better then he has been if we want a serious shot at this thing. He has got to be our best player off the bench and he hasn't been consistently. Manu has dealt with this his whole career, saying this will affect him is re ed.
ghill the guy who cant play away from home, needs to increase his stats for his away games...dude has been shocking
We're not playing good lately.
We need to play better so some kind of shake up was needed IMO.
You just can't play one good quarter per game, that's bordering on pathetic for a team supposedly as good as the Spurs.
+1. Hope Pop isn't try to send Manu a message. Maybe Pop is trying to spark up the bench. Doesn't make sense imo.
Say what you will, but starting does give you extra confidence, and I thought that has been on display throughout this season. He also proved that he could handle the minutes.
Now you'll hear all the right things from Manu about the demotion, but I really think it's silly. If what they want is to start monitoring the minutes, they could do that while keeping him a starter.
I don't like this move
What's the big deal? Manu will end up playing around the same amount of mins anyways.
What Manu has dealt with throughout his career is irrelevant, tbh. Hill needs to nut up, and doing that coming off the bench or starting really makes no difference.
The thing is, the minutes don't vary necessarily whether he starts or not. When he was holding his 6th man role, he was still playing the same amount of minutes, the ball was still in his hands at the end of the game.
Say what you will, but starting does give you extra confidence, and I thought that has been on display throughout this season. He also proved that he could handle the minutes.
Now you'll hear all the right things from Manu about the demotion, but I really think it's silly. If what they want is to start monitoring the minutes, they could do that while keeping him a starter.
edit: I responded prematurely without reading that last part...so basically I'm a lazy lol. I agree with bold.
I like this move a lot.
If Dice would be sucking and Timmy would get demoted to the bench to 'get Dice going', I'm sure he would say all the right things too. I just think it wouldn't be fair to Tim and I don't think it would really serve any purpose.
I agree that Hill has been crap. He really needs to stop being a passive and start getting aggressive consistently ON THE ROAD.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH GEORGE.
My guess is that with the 5 in 7 nights schedule, Manu will sit out, a la Dice versus Toronto. You'll probably see more of this too, like Maybe Tim sits against the wretched Nets
Not really. He's been averaging about 3 more minutes per game this season as a starter...
Look at you all, too blinded by your love for Ginobili to see the light. This isn't about getting Hill going or the bench going, it's about getting Ginobili going. He's shot the ball awfully for a long time now. This is beyond a shooting slump at this point. His percentages are getting to the point where they're close to career low territory. He's also not as aggressive or assertive as he was earlier in the season. He's healthy, but something's amiss. He went from all world for basically the entire calendar year of 2010, to all of a sudden playing like a fringe All-Star at best. From top ten in PER to barely top twenty.
I could only imagine the outrage if Parker had fallen off to this extent.
This is what makes sense to me. If he were to sit out, then it makes sense.
What I would hate to see is what happened last season when Pop tried to sit Tim in Toronto, and it backfired really bad.
Tony went through this (maybe for not such an extended period) early in the season. Heck I remember making the Tony in a slump? thread...
Anyways, time to watch the game
Both Manu and George have sucked all month.
Might as well try something.
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