Can't say that Splitter's not getting a chance to prove himself.
I'm OK with the way Bonner is being used. It just gives the Spurs a lot of room to work their traditionally effective sets when the newer look offense bogs down.
Thank goodness the guards partially made up for the turrble big man rebounding. Toronto is a very tall, young team though.
Duncan DNP-old coming.
Pop should slap Splitter in the face before the game to make him play angry.
Hopefully SA won't be the 1st team to lose against the Wiz this season. They're terrible but Nene is back and they played better with him.
I think I read that Wall has been out all season so far? Is that correct? How many games has Nene played? Didn't realize that he has missed games too. This pretty much explains why they haven't won any games.
Think Pop's gonna have to tell the refs to call make some bad calls early against Splitter so he gets angry
Overall average grade seems a little high for a double overtime game against an opponent with a 3-11 record.
I watched De Colo play during the Olympics, and to be honest, he played like crap. He couldn't shoot, couldn't defend fast guards, and his passing was very mediocre.
Haha I completely echo your sentiments
imo his stuck on a team playing behind TP and fighting with another 2-3 ball handlers on the team that are not real PGS....he could be in a better scenario if neal goes back to his SG duties.....colo looks lost out there when u have 3 ball handlers out there....
his got erratic handles, bigger than beno...but crap then beno atm for his rookie campaign....
why doesnt pop just throw mills or colo out there to the wolves and continue to play them more minutes in that backup PG job...neither is as good as TOSB FORD or Beno, but this looks like ian mahinmi bull all over again not playin rookies or bother developing them....only given minutes in scrub minutes or b2b games here and there then constant minutes every game battle test them in each different scenario....
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Game thread reasoning: So Tony gets rewarded with an A- for playing hero ball?
perimeter defense was a joke tonight....
Yea I would like to see him play as a backup PG but in spurs system I don't know if it can happen. Pop will not trust the rookie on such important position. I was hoping he will be on reg rotation but now still Pop shuffles guys and did not find the solution. Putting Neal on PG is a bad idea. I'd rather see De Colo talents and learning process then NEal struggles
Agree on most, disagree on Green, who gets a C in my classification, as his defense was terrible, particularly down the stretch.
Most importantly, you failed to recognize the best Spur:
Bargnano A++++++
It's impossible to do more to make the opponents come out with a victory.
The only thing left to do is start him. He seems to play well when he starts.
Yeah Wall is out indefinitely with a knee injury. They're starting Livingston.
Nene only played the last 2 games (two OT losses against the Hawks and the Bobcats). Washington is a mess. The Emeka/Ariza experiment was a major failure. If SA has any interest in Emeka, this season's deadline is probably the best time to get him for essentially nothing.
With Nene back they've come pretty close to winning. You have to wonder if they will break through against us.
You're right, winning the game for us should be worth a A at least
For once I disagree with you. There are 4 things I can think about that will get in Pop's doghouse (namely missing defensive rotations, fouls, taking stupid shots as a roleplayer, and turnovers) and low production simply isn't one of them. I'm quite sure that Pop, Tony and Boris made it clear to Nando that he wasn't going to be assessed on his scoring ability. I'm convinced Pop (and the rest of the coaching staff) are looking first at his behavior on the court, leadership, passing, general at ude, defensive at ude, ability to learn a system, ballhandling way more than his scoring.
And Nando has been average or positive in all these areas, which is getting him more playing time, and not only in garbage time. I like that Pop seems to understand De Colo is not ready for prime time and is easing him into the game slowly but surely, as well as trying to assess what kind of guard he got (shooting, combo or point). The points will come later. I am not worried in the least. All indicators point to De Colo being a more likely rotation player than Mills or Joseph.
Parker has been pretty damn impressive in quite a number of games already this season. It's amazing how good he can be when he is fit and really focused: He can score efficiently and at a high clip, rack up very good assist-turnover ratios more often than not and still play engaged, often times even good defense.
I'm with Bruno, Nando (who can't shoot atm) vs Patty (who can't really pass) is a close call. Anyway I don't see either of them making the playoff rotation if Gary is healthy.
double post
I'd rather play Patty than De Colo. Patty's a proven NBA player. He averaged 10+ points a game last season, whilst playing under 15 minutes a game.
Has everyone forgotten his performance in the last game of the regular season (last season)?
As the starting point guard, he ended the game with 34 points and 12 assists!! De Colo will never get these kinds of numbers, based of how he's performed on the international level and his performance so far in the season.
The Warriors were in desperate tank mode to keep their first round pick in that Mills game. OTOH, Mills game against the Suns was legit.
What's this Mills or De Colo debate. Mills and De Colo.
Shockingly a guy called BoomersGold wants Patty Mills to play.
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