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Age is catching up with Manu. IMO Manu needs to figure out when to go all out and when to throttle it down, so to speak.
thx carina_gino20. I hope he had a good rest during the ASG(please POP). And I appreciate your way of quote
Age is catching up with Manu. IMO Manu needs to figure out when to go all out and when to throttle it down, so to speak.
I'm not worried about manu in the least bit. He is a stud when it really counts as long as he's healthy. As Pop says, "He's Manu Ginobili". Pop will make sure he's healthy come playoffs.
This game really came down to 2 players; Rose and Parker. Parker was great. But Rose was amazing. Would have liked to see Parker attack like rose did. Just like the spurs had no answer for Rose, the bulls had no answer for Parker. If this were the playoffs, i think Pop would have called EVERY play down the stretch for parker.
I'm a huge Manu fan, but Parker(because of age and one-on-one offense) is the key to our championship hopes. Though, when both are on, nobody can beat us.
Or he has a more rabid fanbase. That sounds a lot more likely to me.
And Manu would come down and fire off another brick with plenty of time left on the shot clock, because he's tired or whatever.
If we reach the finals this year....
Manu shall be Finals MVP!
Mark my words...................
I have a feeling this will happen as well. He only lost it by a hair in 2005, but he is clearly our best player now.
lets wish for it man
go Manu go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This isn't just a small slump. Overall, Manu has been struggling since the end of November. (I'm not saying that that he hasn't had some awesome games in that stretch). He shot 40% in December, 41% in January and 37% so far this month. If he wasn't so incredible in November, his stats this year would be very subpar and he wouldn't be going to the AllStar game. And though his shooting isn't everything (and generally he's been good in 4th quarters), it's usually an indicator that he's getting very fatigued.
Call it an excuse if you want, but Manu gets fatigued/banged up/bruised up and generally exhausted around this time of year every year. He talks about it after games and usually looks like he's dying (or looks like a vampire).
Right now, I think Manu has a lot of aches and pains, and doesn't have much power in his legs. Sure, he can elevate for a great dunk every once in a while and he can have an outstanding burst (quarter/game/whatever), but I think he'd be the first to admit that he's worn down.
For the Spurs to be successful, they need November Manu/Playoff Manu to emerge late in the season. Pop will probably try to get his minutes closer to 25 mpg for the next few months before vamping back up in April.
At least someone call things by its name. Manu hasn't been playing well for a while now. He looks healthy but banged up (which is good), what we should be discussing is what Pop should do about it. Is not like he's pacing himself you can see him really trying, but he's hurting the team, if you don't play him right now you low his confidence, Pop's praising him every time he can.
The ASG selection doesn't help but the break will help Manu... let's see when Pop decides to stop this march. The good thing is, at this pace Manu will get to rest for at least last 3 games of the seasons. We should aim to pass the 1st round in no more than 5 games.
Thx. Great analysis.
agree with Kori. But not worried as long as he is relatively healthy. He will activate the extra fuel tank once playoffs come along.
Manu's "problem" is what it's always been: He's an all-time great in terms of desire and basketball IQ, but wasn't gifted with the physical gifts of many of the other top players in the league.
If Manu had the physical gifts of even a Jason Richardson or JR Smith, I think we'd be talking about him as one of the best ever. But I think his style and passion for the game exceed the level he's physically capable of maintaining for 82 games, so at points he gets worn down and even injured.
I think like the majority of the posters here that Manu is tired, nothing less nothing more. When you are tired your JS are short, you take some bad decisions, your shot selection is declining etc... now even with that slump manu is an asset on the court with his FTs, hustles, leadership, defense and fourth quarters.
I wish he could rest during this ASG but at least he will have some fun and relax a little.
On a side note, if TP had this kind of stretch the fans would send him to the tree of the woe crucified after every single game.
I don´t know how some here are surprised by this, it has been said many times.
Manu is streaky as , but for his whole career his good games have came when it matters and his bad ones when it doesn´t.
It also has been said hat using too much Manu at the begining of the season would come to this, i mean him being a little tired and banged up.
But i think it is more because he has carried the team a lot at the begining where he was finishing every close game (and there were a lot) than for the ammount of playing time itself.
Most likely, Pop will switch to parker as primary offensive option and main ballhandler and Ginobili will act as a decoy.
I would love Pop to use this also as an excuse to run some plays for Jefferson who has been shooting great, but whatever...
He's just flat out not playing well. There is no excuse.
Kori, there's zero chance Pop plays Ginobili 25 mpg in the final 26 games, because if he does that, you can probably forget about this team maintaining home court throughout the playoffs. Given that they've not only had it, by had it by a sizable margin from virtually the start, it could be a devastating blow psychologically were they to give it up down the stretch. Also, if Ginobili only plays 25 mpg, then Parker will have to play 36-38 mpg. Why run him into the ground?
The reality is, Ginobili is going to have to play around 30 mpg for at least the next 20 games, so that this team can wrap up home court. Once they've done that, they can sit out the big three and McDyess for the final few games. Give them all a week off before the playoffs.
I think POP will only allow him to play ASG for .... a minute or so
I'm in tune with this. I really think we need to take advantage of the record we have and lock up HCA so we have a better shot in the playoffs. Once HCA is locked, we can rest
When Manu is not right he makes a lot of bad plays. He's been making a lot of bad plays the last 2 to 3 weeks, I don't know if he's injured, although after the Laker's game he did say that Artest had left bruised and battered and he had a hard night in Sacramento.
i'm not really worried about it and here's the reason why: he's mostly reyling on jumpshots and he's doing so to save his legs. Manu's never been a fantastic shooter, his game has always been built on his ability to get in the lane and either create from himself or others. i expect him to go into old-Manu mode once the playoffs strike.
the worst thing he can do is to try and drive more so that he can get into a rythym. do that for the playoffs. the Spurs are 6 games ahead of 2nd, he doesn't need to put himself into a situation where he's going to get physically hurt/wear down.
he even said it himself early on in the season: he's not going to shoot like he did in November for the whole season. i don't buy that Manu is too tired. he said in an interview about a week ago that he's feeling the best he's ever felt. plus his shooting has been bad for about 2 months now. so was he tired two months ago?
what Manu is not and has never been is a pure shooter, and when non-pure shooters dont get easy buckets to get into a rythym, it's hard for them. i fully expect Manu to try and get more of these easy buckets comes playoffs. he clearly still has explosion and is still crafty at getting into the lane, he's just not very liberal in going to the lane, and why should he not be? Spurs have a nice cushion and there's no need for him push it any more tha he is.
Hasn't been looking very sharp recently. Slump maybe?
Lol
He was awesome tonight, despite not being great from distance. Hopefully this is a turning point for him. He's been struggling offensively for months now.
Yeah, what happened?
He only scored 35 points, among other things and intangibles!
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