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and how did do vs. the Suns?
Hey, as long as he's chasing and never gets a hold of it ... we should be straight - see what I did there?I completely understand your point here, but it's still pretty damn funny.
y J chasing a carrot =
I'm so ashamed. ... Omnipotent shame.
sup uru
and how did do vs. the Suns?
No plays are ever called for him. That's not his fault. Blame Pop for that.
Another thing: last nights game highlighted how important our offense is since we can't play a whole game of consistently great defense.
With Tony out, RJ needs to be more aggressive on the offensive end, but there's only so much you can do when you just don't get a lot of touches.
I've said this brfore: is a ghost out on the court most of the time. He doesn't do anything particularly good or bad to get noticed. Most of the time he's out on the court you don't even notice it. One more thing, I don't buy this crap about not getting enough touches. Sometimes you have to want take shots ala 'Neal with it.' just don't wanna.
I realize that. But something's got to be done, because they need more out of him with Parker out (heck, they need more out of him than what they've gotten recently even with Parker in). 2-3 fg's and 0 ft's a game isn't going to cut it. They've got to make it a point of emphasis to get him going, because, as we know, he can't create his own shot. Theoretically, the rest of his game should pick up if he's more involved in the offense.
He's become too comfortable being "just" a spot up three point shooter.
He rarely drives the ball anymore
RJ is the type of player that dictates team success -- the 4th or 5th guy.
He better regain the progress he showed earlier in the season (and in the playoffs last year against Dallas). When RJ is contributing, the Spurs are at a championship level.
solid game from RJ tonight IMO.
Hope he brings the same effort Friday.
He's gonna have to. He'll most likely see a lot of LBJ.
RJ still plays for the spurs?
well holy .....
RJ's become a three point shooter. Parker creates more 3s on this team than anyone else, therefor RJ suffers. We'll see how he does against Mia though.
Even if RJ score's less, his 3 point ability this year gave energy boost to the team.
Plus the thing about him being gay.
See Ohm, this way, I avoided having to read through 2 extra pages of comments.
Good plan.
Agreed! Man, how I hope he brings it against Miami. The Spurs are really gonna need him in attack mode and putting forth lots of effort on D.
No doubt. I know what you're saying. It's just hard to really call plays for him because he's not much of an iso player at this point, his post game is a jab-step to face-up jumper and you can only really run him off screens for a jumper or lob of some sort - not exactly the type of continuity and playcalling that helps the team as much as it does him the individual.
It's all about pace for me. If they're not going to play at the pace they did to start the season, RJ's ceiling is a typical Spurs small forward. A spot-up, limited-opportunity shooter. He's got the ability to be extremely efficient and do it better than most that have taken on the role offensively, but the ceiling's pretty low.
This is all true. But he does provide some ability to get to the rim at times and still finish pretty strong. The point being that he does provide a little more than just the spot up shooter. Probably more so than any recent Spurs SF.
You start your own worthless thread and then feel the need to post here also???
There is only 1 play thats called for him, and thats the alleyoop with the back screen.
RJ needs to start being aggressive on cutting to the rim more and harder. He's too passive at times and the Spurs have to start running a little bit more on the fast break for him b/c thats where he strives the most.
Absolutely. But his drives are almost solely predicated off of transition and the playing off of others and a moving/collapsing defense.
The Spurs can certainly use him better and get more out of him by using the 2-man game between he and Tim - which has been successful when utilized but rarely ever used for some reason - hitting him for backdoors, dive-ins and flash cuts near the paint and around the rim, but it's all secondary stuff that comes off of a lot of action. You just can't hand him the ball at the 3-point line or feed him in the post to get him going the way you'd like.
I'm all for them getting a little more creative and running some better action with a few more options for RJ to find himself open as option A, B or C. But there's only so much you can do with him in the halfcourt with his talent and in this scheme - so far as it being beneficial the team as a whole and not just him individually.
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