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Jesus Christ people, Manu will be ok.
He started the season at an MVP level until he got hurt.
And people expect for him to come around because he's Manu Ginobili.
And I do expect him to.
Jesus Christ people, Manu will be ok.
It's gotten me very concerned by now. It's one thing he struggled in the Utah series but for him to continue to struggle is not good sign. Plus he's a big reason why our bench hasn't been great recently and he's been having a lot of -'s in the +/-. Also I'm not sure I like his mental state. Lately he's been talking about who cares how he plays as long as the Spurs win but he doesn't realize that it does affect us. At this point I don't know if I'd play him much.
what? I rather have Manu in there over Neal even if Manu is 0-10 in the game.
For the most part yeah, I agree. When both start making mistakes, they tend to snowball (the end of the first quarter). Obviously Manu got better later in the game.
Oh, I see your name.
I really don't see much wrong with Manu tbh. He's just not getting as many touches and playing as many minutes as he used to.
Haven't we had this discussion before ? He's going to be fine. As we get deeper and the stakes get higher, Manu will be at his best.
All will be forgotten when he's nails against the Thunder or Lakers ON THE ROAD.
He's one of the few elite NBA players who can elevate his game when the need arises.
One of my all time favourite basketball players.
He's like the Spurs all around handyman/utility guy. He patches up all the holes.
Right now, he's not as needed. You guys shouldn't worry.
Mid range jumpers were never a reliable part of his arsenal. His passing is crisp, his driving is OK and he has fallen in love with the three pointer for a couple of seasons now. There is nothing to worry about.
im tellin yah, tp should limit his stupid shot selections and pass it around more
gino hasnt done much besides take away shots from neal, jax...while he does create for diaw and splitter, spurs should continue with better ball movement and not overdoing the extra pass leading to shot violations....
Manu's FG% is .394 and his 3P% is .281 in these playoffs. That's bad. You can find him whatever excuses you want but it's as simple as he isn't shooting the ball well.
Spurs have been able to win with this so-so Ginobili but he will need to raise his level at some point of these playoffs when Spurs will face better teams. The good news is that history tell us he will be able to do so.
I think it's wrong to just look at his scoring. Manu's always been excellent at contributing even if he's not scoring whether it's his defense, assisting, or rebounding.
I don't think he's turned it on, full throttle yet.
Like a boxer, warming up with shadow boxing before a fight.
Slowly building up a sweat and getting loose.
Not as precise or as sharp or as focused as he is, when the Spurs are life and death, but he's getting there, I think.
Manu should be playing well against these teams. Do you really believe that Manu will play better when we have to face a tougher more defensive team?
Parker is shooting the ball pretty bad too on this series (35% from the floor, 16% from three) but you don't see people starting threads about him 'cause he takes more shots and his numbers remain good. Outside of shooting and some tournovers Manu is playing well, if he would be playing like this on loses then yes, it would be reason for concern.
Well, you take a 3 games sample size that feature an horrible shooting game.
FYI, Ginobili isn't taking less shots than usual. He is at 14.6 FGA per 40 minutes which is about his playoffs average number. Manu has been fine in these playoffs but nothing more. Deal with it instead of trying to find some crappy excuses.
Well re , that's exactly what I said, so shut the up. Someday you will deal with the fact that Manu is more liked than Parker, 'till then don't bust my balls. Thank you very much and go yourself.
Not even close to MVP level . He would have to be scoring close to 30 points a game to be MVP level.
I'm drunk. I thought it would be funny. And it was.
Manu did fine in Game 1 of the series with 22 points in 27 minutes but his 3-point shooting has been downright awful. Due to Manu's cold hand in Game 2, he had to become more of a facilitator and he did a fine job of that without turning the ball over. Game 3 would have been extremely forgetable for Ginobili if he hadn't been part of the team that set the NBA record for the largest comeback of a 1st quarter deficit.
He'll figure things out, even if he isn't shooting that well right now. But let's not give the other bench players a pass on this one. The Spurs bench have been outscored by the Clippers' bench in each of the 3 games. That's outplayed in each game and overall by an average of 6.33 ppg. Those who argued that the Spurs had a better bench than the Clippers going into this series have had their eyes opened.
Last edited by Solid D; 05-19-2012 at 10:48 PM.
Well, he isnt playing like he did last season during regular season and even with a broken hand Manu was playing better then this years version. We will see what happens, hopefully he gets it going in the OKC series. Just toning down a notch on some of those half-impossible passes + a bit less of that step back 3's and id be happy
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