Does Gary Neal become such a big factor...

[John Basedow]

Gary Neal will turn into a pumpkin in the playoffs.

[YODA]

Some stats for first 6 games....Between Anderson and Neal

Anderson's best game was game #1 where he scored 10 points in 26 min played. needless to say Neal played but 1 trash min.

In games #3 and #5 both players played the exact same amount of minutes of 20 min in game#3 and 14 min in game#5. anderson scored a total of 14 pts in both games, while Neal scored 31. Neal scored 15 and 16 pts in these games.

In game #4 Hill was a DNP and Anderson was given the minutes, getting 23 min and 6 pts, while Neal got 7 min and 2 pts.

In GAME #6 Pop Sent Neal back to trash time minutes with only 1 min played, but Anderson still played some, getting 11 min and 7 pts.

What Can we get from this information?

Obviously, Neal was helped to get more minutes from this injury, but seemed like both were playing well when they had their oppertunies. Neal was the one who actually scored some pts between the two, but it was anderson who got minutes in every game, with Neal basically getting 2 DNPs in the first 6 games played.

Getting Anderson back can only boost our depth and help Take some pressure of Manu. Im just not sure how Pop will utilize him though.

[ChuckD]

Some stats for first 6 games....Between Anderson and Neil

Anderson's best game was game #1 where he scored 10 points in 26 min played. needless to say Neal played but 1 trash min.

In games #3 and #5 both players played the exact same amount of minutes of 20 min in game#3 and 14 min in game#5. anderson scored a total of 14 pts in both games, while Neal scored 31. Neal scored 15 and 16 pts in these games.

In game #4 Hill was a DNP and Anderson was giving the min, getting 23 min and 6 pts, while Neal got 7 min and 2 pts.

In GAME #6 Pop Sent Neal back to trash time minutes with only 1 min played, but anderson still played some, getting 11 min and 7 pts.

What Can we get from this information?

Obviously, Neal was helped to get more minutes from this injury, but seemed like both were playing well when they had their oppertunies. Neal was the one who actually scored some pts between the two, but it was anderson who got minutes in every game, with Neal basically getting 2 DNPs in the first 6 games played.

Getting Anderson back can only boost our depth and help Take some pressure of Manu. Im just not sure how Pop will utilize him though.

Spelled his name wrong, you did. Hmmmmm.

[Obstructed_View]

If not for the injury to James Anderson? Prior to the injury, Anderson was playing fairly well and was dominating the minutes off the bench for the 2/3. Neal had seen some time but Pop was obviously going first and foremost with Anderson.

Had Anderson not gotten hurt would he have continued to get those minutes and would Neal be buried on the bench?

Both of them started out pretty damn good, and even got some time together. I think Anderson being out has meant more minutes for Neal, but that's more to keep from having to give all of the minutes to Ginobili. There's probably enough minutes for both of them the rest of the season and Manu will be able to get a little rest and Parker can start to get into playoff shape.

[YODA]

Spelled his name wrong, you did. Hmmmmm.

corrected I have

[Obstructed_View]

Some stats for first 6 games....Between Anderson and Neal

Anderson's best game was game #1 where he scored 10 points in 26 min played. needless to say Neal played but 1 trash min.

In games #3 and #5 both players played the exact same amount of minutes of 20 min in game#3 and 14 min in game#5. anderson scored a total of 14 pts in both games, while Neal scored 31. Neal scored 15 and 16 pts in these games.

In game #4 Hill was a DNP and Anderson was giving the min, getting 23 min and 6 pts, while Neal got 7 min and 2 pts.

In GAME #6 Pop Sent Neal back to trash time minutes with only 1 min played, but Anderson still played some, getting 11 min and 7 pts.

What Can we get from this information?

Obviously, Neal was helped to get more minutes from this injury, but seemed like both were playing well when they had their oppertunies. Neal was the one who actually scored some pts between the two, but it was anderson who got minutes in every game, with Neal basically getting 2 DNPs in the first 6 games played.

Getting Anderson back can only boost our depth and help Take some pressure of Manu. Im just not sure how Pop will utilize him though.

Obviously, Anderson was better in practice. Pop wouldn't refuse to play a guy who can actually play for no reason.

[YODA]

Looking over the stats more for first 6 games between Neal and Anderson. I went ahead and looked how Hills numbers effected them.

To start theseason(game#1), Hill started off with 27 and Anderson 26 minutes. Neal was basically a DNP with 1 min of trash time. This tells me POP was intent to go with Anderson to start the season.

Game #2 Neal almost played twice as many minutes as Anderson. Why would pop go this route after game #1 numbers of Anderson?? I have no idea.


Game #3 Hill plays only 6 min and gets hurt. So who would you think Pop would use to fill most of his min??? The Answer is both. Both Anderson and NEAL played 20 minutes, but Neal was on fire with 16 pts.


Game #4 HILL DNP with injury. you might think pop woudl go with Neal here after such a big game, but Pop actually goes with Anderson, playing him 23 minutes and giving out just 7 minutes to Neal. Why?? ...No idea

Game #5 Hill plays 20 min and Pop plays Both Neal and Anderson the exact amount of minutes a piece at 14 minutes. Neal However comes out on top, scoring 15 pts.

game #6 Hill is back to normal, playing 26 min and Anderson just plays 11 minutes for 7 points. What strikes me odd here is Neal was basically a DNP with 1 minute played in trash time with no stats.