Game Blog: Spurs vs Hornets - 1/23/12 - 7:00PM CST

[Texas_Ranger]

We are neck and neck with a top 3 lotto team.........this is sad!

Without Manu and TJ we are also a lotto team.

[Manu-of-steel]

one point lead for the spurs

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Blair is so bad defensively it's ing unreal

Did I hear them say Landry's season high was 13? He was scoring at will against Blair and Splitter, he has 15 i think


Anderson---PLEASE PLEASE FIND YOUR SHOT, jesus christ

Joseph looked decent until he almost slip-n-slided his way to a TO

[Bruno]

It's the last game Spurs play before the deadline on JA's team option. Are they auditioning him? It would be weird to do it on one game.

[Pelicans78]

Without Manu and TJ we are also a lotto team.

Hornets don't even have Gordon.

[Brazil]

Blair is so bad defensively it's ing unreal

Did I hear them say Landry's season high was 13? He was scoring at will against Blair and Splitter, he has 15 i think


Anderson---PLEASE PLEASE FIND YOUR SHOT, jesus christ

Joseph looked decent until he almost slip-n-slided his way to a TO

I think landry season high is 19, it happened few games ago but I got your point... Blair is slowly but surely becoming the worst D in the league

[timvp]

Tbh, I like the strategy waiting to put Neal in until the middle of the second quarter. By then, the other players are wearing down and Neal's chucking actually helps.

Too bad the Spurs probably don't have enough depth to do that regularly.

[DPG21920]

Blair is so bad defensively it's ing unreal

Did I hear them say Landry's season high was 13? He was scoring at will against Blair and Splitter, he has 15 i think


Anderson---PLEASE PLEASE FIND YOUR SHOT, jesus christ

Joseph looked decent until he almost slip-n-slided his way to a TO

CJ looked awful IMO and Landry didn't really score on Tiago.

[Texas_Ranger]

Hornets don't even have Gordon.

Manu is like 80X more important for the Spurs than Gordon is for the Hornets.

[SequSpur]

Bloggin is so commodore 64ish...wtf gives?

[Cant_Be_Faded]

It's the last game Spurs play before the deadline on JA's team option. Are they auditioning him? It would be weird to do it on one game.

Really???? Holy crap, he's as good as gone.

I just can't believe how bad he's shooting when he is open. Last year his stroke looked solid, and Neal-esque.

What a sad turn of events, I thought after seeing him in college we had ourselves a great 1st round pick.

[Obstructed_View]

The Spurs had every reason not to pick up Mahinmi and Beno's options and they did it. I can't imagine not picking up JA's.

BTW, Parker's motion on that foul from Ariza looked weird because Parker was trying to shoot a ball that wasn't in his hands at the time he started the motion. It wasn't embellishment, it was just doing about five things at once. That he turned that into a shooting foul is pretty impressive.

[ElNono]

Not a fan of +/-, but you look at the boxscore right now and that column for Blair sticks out like a sore thumb

[timvp]

It's the last game Spurs play before the deadline on JA's team option. Are they auditioning him? It would be weird to do it on one game.

Auditioning him for another team? Probably not.

Auditioning him to help finalize the decision? Maybe but hard to imagine he could do anything to change their decision at this point.

[024]

blair's new suckage is conflicting. i don't know if i hate bonner or blair more.

[Brazil]

Manu is like 80X more important for the Spurs than Gordon is for the Hornets.

since when ? thats a stupid statement... gordon is not as important for the hornets than manu for the spurs ? like they have two or three other star players

[Texas_Ranger]

Not a fan of +/-, but you look at the boxscore right now and that column for Blair sticks out like a sore thumb

-13... the guy's just pathetic. Should be traded with Anderson in package. Right now I rather watch Bonner, at least he's not stupid.

[Darkwaters]

Tbh, I like the strategy waiting to put Neal in until the middle of the second quarter. By then, the other players are wearing down and Neal's chucking actually helps.

Too bad the Spurs probably don't have enough depth to do that regularly.

On the wings I'd definitely say they do. Especially when you get Manu and TJ back.

[Manu20]

Whats TP career high in Assists?? 14-15??

[timvp]

Blair had dead legs in the first half.

Overall Spurs fans are being a bit hyperbolic regarding their hate for Blair right now but, yeah, tonight's been bad.

[Obstructed_View]

15. He's done it twice.

[Bruno]

Auditioning him for another team? Probably not.

Auditioning him to help finalize the decision? Maybe but hard to imagine he could do anything to change their decision at this point.

I was thinking at auditioning to help decided whether or not picking his option. he was fully out of the rotation for 5 games and came back in the rotation just for the game before his option's deadline. Maybe it's a coincidence but it's a weird timing.

[Darkwaters]

Auditioning him for another team? Probably not.

Auditioning him to help finalize the decision? Maybe but hard to imagine he could do anything to change their decision at this point.

...as he proceeds to go 13-13 from 3 point range in the second half.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

The Spurs had every reason not to pick up Mahinmi and Beno's options and they did it. I can't imagine not picking up JA's.

BTW, Parker's motion on that foul from Ariza looked weird because Parker was trying to shoot a ball that wasn't in his hands at the time he started the motion. It wasn't embellishment, it was just doing about five things at once. That he turned that into a shooting foul is pretty impressive.

Ya, the Hornets announcers were ing, but when the replay showed Ariza mugging Parker's forearm, they agreed with the call.

[Darkwaters]

Whats TP career high in Assists?? 14-15??

The Hornets announcer Gil McGregor said it was 15.