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After watching 6th man Jason Terry play a key role in winning a chip this year why not have Tony Parker do the same?
Standing pat and doing nothing after a 1st round playoff exit as a #1 seed would be stupid.
Duncan
Blair
Jefferson
Ginoboli
Parker
It will be a miracle if the FO finds a starting caliber 4 this off-season.
After watching 6th man Jason Terry play a key role in winning a chip this year why not have Tony Parker do the same?
Standing pat and doing nothing after a 1st round playoff exit as a #1 seed would be stupid.
There's no height and a 5lb weight difference between the 2, and Green has a whole 1 year's head start on Anderson and less potential. Anderson was also playing SF a lot before his injury last season. From what I saw, Anderson is a little broader and has a better chance of filling into a stronger body, as well.
Green might be a bottom of the rotation guy. No way he plays ahead of Anderson, even at sf.
And who would be the starting pg if Parker was coming off the bench? And what part of my post said anything with the FO standing pat?
lol Danny Green
Anderson gonna be a baller. Like it or not, however, RJ will start.
I see Green as a Doug Christie type who can play good defense at either wing position, something the spurs can use. I bet he sticks with the team while Anderson is moved. Anderson won't be nearly as good defensively, plus he has motivational issues that are going to drag his career down. Just the fact that he was supposed to be back in early January after his stress fracture and never saw another minute of action because of lack of conditioning (he got fat) pretty much sums up what we can expect in the future.
Didn't I make it clear that Hill & Manu would be sharing the point guard duties? You remember that lineup in '09 that for a month and a half ran roughshod over most of the league?
You must have blocked out the awful memories already.
Finding a pf is more of a priority imo. The trio of Ginoboli, Hill, and Parker will work no matter who starts or comes off the bench.
I don't see Green as anything more than bench filler.
I think you're time-frame issue is a bit off. He was expected back mid-January at the earlier. Pop said early February in early January, but he was back on Jan 29th. Basically about 2 weeks after the earliest he could have been back, when most time-frames are 2 week increments (so his would have been 8-10 weeks). He also did play in 20 of the last 36 games, though obviously not nearly the same role.
And yeah, I remember him basically being out of shape was the reason he got sent down to the toros.
I doubt the Spurs are anywhere near ready to write him off.
Danny Green COLLEGE CAREER:
Played all four seasons at North Carolina and averaged 9.4 points on .455 shooting and 4.1 rebounds in 145 games (39 starts)…won more games (123) than any Tar Heel in history…named to the ACC All-Defensive Team, the All-ACC Third Team and the NCAA South Regional Tournament Team…finished his college career as the only player in ACC history to tally at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 250 assists, 150 three-pointers, 150 blocks and 150 steals and is the only player in North Carolina history to record 100 or more blocked shots and three-point field goals…as a senior averaged 13.1 points on .471 (184-391) shooting, including shooting .418 (77-184) from three-point range, 4.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.3 blocks in 38 games (all starts) as North Carolina won the 2009 NCAA Championship…scored in double figures in 26 games…was second in the ACC in three-point percentage (.418), sixth in steals (1.8) and 10th in blocks (1.3)…scored a career-high 26 points at Chaminade on Nov. 24…as a junior scored 20 points on two separate occasions, at Kentucky and versus Valparaiso…tallied 18 points, eight rebounds and a career-high seven blocks at Duke…scored 15 points versus Kansas in the Final Four…as a sop re averaged 5.2 points and 2.8 rebounds in 13.6 minutes per game…as a freshman averaged 7.5 points and 3.7 rebounds in 15.3 minutes per game.
This guy has a lot more potential to develop into something useful than the chubby unmotivated Anderson IMHO.
We'll see who sticks with the team soon enough.
C: Greg Oden
PF: Tim Duncan
SF: Richard Jefferson
SG: Manu Ginobili
PG: Goran Dragic
Your takes just keep getting more and more re ed by the week.
I have a feeling that is by design.
Anderson played a lot of SF when he did get PT and almost no SG, but usually he guarded whoever was the best SG/SF on the floor, he guarded guys like Granger, LBJ, Tyreke, Gordon, Budinger, Matthews, etc. I remember him guarding all those guys when he did get PT. I think Green and JA are going to share mins at the SF and JA will get some of the mins at SG as well.
If RJ is to get meaningful playing time, I think we should call his number a lot more often and in places where he can succeed.
parker
bosh
splitter
duncan
neal
RJ will not and cannot start IMO. He's done with the Spurs one way or another.
BONNER, BONNER, BONNER, BONNER and BONNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree being benched in a pivitol game 6 pretty much ends the era as a Spur. The Spurs will take another bad contract or two, but they may fill needs like a Childress and Warrick from Phoenix, that are bad contracts.
Lol at the guy who thinks Green will be better than Anderson, and is the next Doug Christie, didn't we hear that last year about Temple, and look what happened. Yeah I don't agree with JA as a starter or even playing the 3 right now, but healthy Anderson is miles better than Hill, and Green combined, both offensively and defensivelyand probably as good shooter, and offensive creator than Neal.
THIS
I just hope a team will take his ty contract. That leaves us with Anderson being the starter which shouldn't be too bad. If the Grizzlies can get away with starting Sam Young, who's less talented than Anderson, then why not give Anderson a try?
Not necessarily. I remember Steve Smith being benched for the entire second half in an elimination game against the Lakers in 2002, and still started the first month of the season of the following year, up until the emergence of Stephen Jackson and Manu Ginobili. Another thing is that Smith's contract expired that next season, making it easy to let him walk. RJ has 3 more years under contract! I do think RJ will start at the 3 at the beginning but if Anderson steps up and plays well and stays healthy, you could have a fight on your hands! I kind of think it was ironic that RJ seemed to play well when Anderson was healthy backing him up, and once JA was out, RJ seemed to get comfortable and not play with a chip on his shoulder like he did the first month of the season. Here's my prediction just to start the season!:
Starting lineup
Parker
Ginobili
Jefferson
Tyrus Thomas (trade McDyess expiring contract w/buyout, Blair, draft pick[s])
Duncan
Bench
Hill
Neal
Anderson
Splitter
Bonner
Kurt Thomas (insurance big)
Butler
k, nobody is judging you.
I'm going to hold off. The Spurs may make a trade here at the draft or sometime durning the off-season. In fact, it may be an extended off-seson.
Honestly don't see the Spurs doing much, Pop has made it clear that our team was talented enough and good enough, they just didn't play hard enough.
I'm thinking the starting lineup will be:
Parker
Neal/Anderson
Jefferson
Duncan
Splitter
At least that's what it needs to be. George and Manu running the backcourt for the second unit it good, and Jefferson/Neal/Anderson are all good shooters from 3 to space the floor for Tony/Tim. The bench rotations are what concern me. We have enough talent to trot out a very good starting lineup but the rotations are a problem especially if Bonner is playing big minutes but honestly he's more useful out there than Blair.
I'd like to see the Spurs try and package Hill and Blair with Bonner or someone else to get a decent backup PG and an athletic big back.
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