Preseason Game Thoughts: Spurs @ Heat - Oct. 20, 2012

[racm]

There's a reason Tim Duncan wears that sick knee brace.

[Spurs Brazil]

Thanks Bruno

[dylankerouac]

Thanks for the post Bruno.

It was good to see the Heat attack Curry, they know his weaknesses better than any other team right now. Seeing the results gives Pop a chance to think about adjustments.

[ceperez]

Thanks for the post Bruno.

It was good to see the Heat attack Curry, they know his weaknesses better than any other team right now. Seeing the results gives Pop a chance to think about adjustments.

Good observation... should have played him longer to expose more of his weaknesses.

[spurs10]

Thanks Bruno. I'm wondering about Bonner, as well. If he is indeed the fifth big, as many agree he should be, then is Curry going to be the sixth and Blair the fourth? I realize Curry is playing morre now due to pre-season decision making. I guess Blair is the back-up 4 and Curry is the third 5. I'm really hoping we keep Curry for many reasons, not the least of which is resting Tim throughout the year.

[TD 21]

I think Pop is going to be really patient with Jack providing it's needed. Even if Jack doesn't do great in the regular season, Pop will trust him to deliver in the playoffs like he did in the past with Horry.

Good point.

I don't know if you have watched the few last preseasons games but Pop has almost played Neal at the SG spot. If the backup PG spot was promised to Neal, Pop would have mostly played him at that spot during the preseason to make him work on his PG game.

Pop's played Neal at SG because De Colo is more facilitator than scorer and Neal is more scorer than facilitator, so it makes sense for De Colo to be the PG when they're paired together. But I wouldn't at all take that as a sign of Pop's intentions.

Unlike the backup PF battle, Pop made his intentions clear early in camp when it came to the backup PG battle. It wasn't "promised to Neal", but it was clearly earmarked for him and though De Colo and Joseph have both had their moments, it's not as if either has exactly snatched the spot from Neal's grasp.