Averaging 115.5 PPG and 4-0 Since Neal's Injury

[BanditHiro]

Now we give up 110 points to the BUCKS

we still got over 115

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Neal comes back and our defense goes into the ter against a scrub team. 110 points is absolutely PATHETIC. Last game against our RIVALS we only gave up 73 points...

Brandon Jennings goes off for 31 points. Nice job Neal and Parker.

[FkLA]

If Neal is the primary backup option the team is in trouble. He can't dribble well nor create or penetrate, he is a spot up shooter basically and thats what he is. He is a slightly better RMJ as someone said. I would just stick to letting him be a volume shooter, thats his game. I still don't get at all where anyone thinks this guy is any kind of PG or can run the PG.

Hes alot more than a spot-up shooter. He knows how to get his shot off. It may not be by elevating over or blowing by a defender or even by a crossover but the dude gets his shots up and puts up points. He isnt RMJ or even Green who are both awkward one-on-one players. Neals ability to do that offensively is pretty valuable, especially as a bench player.

Defense is a different story.

[Raven]

more than 115.5 and another win. Yes it was coincidence.

[racm]

The defense blew because the Spurs gave up a lot of offensive rebounds and the lead was still double digits until Pop subbed in the bench warmers.

[Brunodf]

Bump.

[FkLA]

[FkLA]

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Neal: 3-11 FG, 1-5 3PT, 1 Ast, 2 TOs, -17 +/- (worst on the team).

LOL at him being a point guard with a 1-2 AST/TO margin.

[TDMVPDPOY]

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[TE]

Neal got badly exposed last year as a PG both defensively and offensively.

Saying that:
- Neal has reportedly worked on his PG skills last summer and he is also a little thinner.
- Neal has played very little PG this year.
- Mills and De Colo haven't been so-so this year.
- If Neal doesn't get the backup PG minutes, he will collect DNP-CD.
- Neal is a good player that has helped a lot Spurs.

Because of all that, Neal deserves a shot at the backup PG slot. I personally think it won't work but it's worth a try. If after 5-10 games, it's clear that he still can't be an effective backup PG, it will be time to look at other options.

Despite working on his PG skills, Neal still is no legit point guard. That's quite evident. It's a failed experiment already. He's a shoot first tweener guard. Not a point guard in this system.

I'd rather have De Colo (preferably) or Mills get baptized in fire and learn how to handle the rock, living with the mistakes they make and all.

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Neal has a 1.35 AST/TO margin on the season, which is laughable for a "point guard." In comparison, even Tony has a 3.42 AST/TO margin and Manu (who isn't even a damn point guard) has a 2.09 margin.

[Dr. Robert Lee]

I hate to say I told you so ... but I told you so...

This thread deserves a bump.

Looks like the Gary Neal train is becoming rather sparsely populated these days. Better late than never, I suppose.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Indeed.

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Dude looked okay hero balling it up tonight at shooting guard. That is where he should stay. Let the Grand Wizard play PG, tbh.

[Werdsniper2]

Should trade him, but Blair and Neal for who?

They could try Patrick Patterson or Greg Smith, then if they wanted they could take the time to pull up Wilkerson from the Toros.

But neither of those dudes are on the trading block as far as I know, but I'd much rather have one of them than Blair, Neal would be the to make the trade look a lot better. Then again, I'm not sure the Rockets would trade them to us.

Neal + Blair would also work for Larry Sanders as some others may have pointed out, but again, he isn't on the trading block.

This is all just wishful thinking, though.

You have got to be kidding me... Neal + Blair for....Sanders?

Hahaha, no way are the Bucks pulling the trigger on that.

People are describing Sanders as a possible replacement for Bogut. He is a double-double machine, has incredible length, and leads the league in BPG at 3.3

He is an absolute monster on the defensive end with incredible length, to go with a quickly developing offensive game.

To top it all off, he plays just 24 MPG. If he can stay out of foul trouble and play a full 36 MPG, you are looking at 13/13/5/2 (Points/Boards/Blocks/Steals) at just 24 years old. His stock is skyrocketing. With far more time to improve, the estimates on his numbers are fairly conservative.

The Bucks already have an abundance of shooters with Jennings, Ellis and Dunleavy thus negating the use for Neal.

They also have a giant logjam at the forward position with Gooden, Henson, Udoh, Mbah a Moute and Ilyasova, thus negating the use for an extremely undersized forward in Blair.

I just don't see any reason as to why the Bucks would even consider.

[DapDaGenius]

You have got to be kidding me... Neal + Blair for....Sanders?

Hahaha, no way are the Bucks pulling the trigger on that.

People are describing Sanders as a possible replacement for Bogut. He is a double-double machine, has incredible length, and leads the league in BPG at 3.3

He is an absolute monster on the defensive end with incredible length, to go with a quickly developing offensive game.

To top it all off, he plays just 24 MPG. If he can stay out of foul trouble and play a full 36 MPG, you are looking at 13/13/5/2 (Points/Boards/Blocks/Steals) at just 24 years old. His stock is skyrocketing. With far more time to improve, the estimates on his numbers are fairly conservative.

The Bucks already have an abundance of shooters with Jennings, Ellis and Dunleavy thus negating the use for Neal.

They also have a giant logjam at the forward position with Gooden, Henson, Udoh, Mbah a Moute and Ilyasova, thus negating the use for an extremely undersized forward in Blair.

I just don't see any reason as to why the Bucks would even consider.

First off, I wasn't the one who originally mentioned a Sanders trade in the first place. Second, I was only confirming that the a Sanders for Blair + Neal trade would work(through the trade machine). Third I'm fully aware that a Sanders for Blair and Neal trade is damn near impossible..."he(Sanders) isn't on the trading block" and "This is all just wishful thinking, though(Meaning, no way we are getting him)" I said the trade was possible(again, referring to the trade machine). Like I said, he isn't on the trading block, so they have no reason to get rid of him(At least not for players who would just be useless scraps on that team like Blair and Neal) seeing how well he is doing.

Good coverage on Sanders, though.

[Werdsniper2]

My mistake, Dap, I didn't realize you were speaking on behalf of the trade machine.

Yea...that trade machine can certainly calculate numbers. It most certainly, however, cannot calculate reality.

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Our favorite hero is now down to 42.2% from the field on the season. ing pathetic, tbh.

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Our favorite hero is now down to 42.2% from the field on the season. ing pathetic, tbh.

Make that 41.8% after another pathetic scrub performance by our favorite hero.

[TDMVPDPOY]

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