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How much have we ran a line up with Mills and De Colo?
PG Neal is only with SG Ginobili .
Neal dribble is but .
How much have we ran a line up with Mills and De Colo?
Patty Mills is a good clubhouse guy, but a nonfactor on the court.
Neal is a designated assassin. Like Vinny Microwave Johnson. A scoring solution when things stagnate. Not a backup PG.
TJ Ford was vastly underrated by most folks around here. He is truly missed.
That said, I see De Colo as the best option. He has a relaxed fluidity to his game that PGs need. He will assimilate. De Colo will absorb the game the more he's allowed to play.
And if it's a really big situation (playoffs) and you need a backup PG -- just go with Manu.
Even with a good backup PG, Spurs won't go far in the playoffs if Manu isn't healthy. Looking at how Spurs are doing when he is healthy is damn relevant because it's the only scenario where Spurs have a shot at winning it all.
I think everybody can agree that Spurs don't have a good backup PG but this weakness hasn't really hurt them when Manu was healthy. It hasn't hurt them a lot is because Manu is helping a lot the PG with his playmaking skills and because, while not being great and stable, the backup PG spot hasn't been a disaster. Mills and De Colo both had their moments.
While a good solid backup PG would be welcomed, Spurs could also stick with what they have without significantly hurting their odds to win it all.
Heh. I lol'ed at "Claxtonian." It's true that a lot of people here are putting him up on a pedestal but a lot of that just stems from our current situation where we haw 3 guys routinely fail at merely getting the offense into their sets, let alone running those sets.
I actually thought Ford was a solid pickup because he was pretty active on defense and was pretty quick, and in an ideal world he was a good stopgap after dealing Indiana George. While he was by no means an efficient outside shooter Ford did play with a true point guards mentality and was usually able to get sufficient dribble penetration to cater to our drive and kick offense. Took some pressure off Manu, allowing him to play more minutes since he would no longer carry the entire burden of creating for the second unit.
I'm pretty confident that CoJo will be able to step into the role by next season, or at the very least we will see improvement from Nando. But as far as this season goes, Manu will be counter on to shoulder the load once he's healthy
this so much.
It's a more glaring need, what with Pop's mad scientist routine and Ginobili constantly being in and out, but backup SF is right there with it as far as being the weakest link goes. Sure, it would be nice to have someone to slot in ahead of Bonner/Blair (I don't see Baynes being a legit candidate this season), but the reality is, one is a fringe rotation player and the other is a non rotation player at this point and they're both competent in those roles.
Backup PG and SF are clear cut rotation spots though and they, along with Ginobili constantly being in and out and Pop's decision to essentially go to a 9 man rotation, have decimated what was the league's best depth. It's nice that they've been winning without Duncan and Ginobili, but the fact that it's taken Parker playing the part of 3rd best player in the world to do so (against weak compe ion, no less), is alarming. In the grand scheme of things, if at most this team can only trust 7 players, then they don't stand a chance at beating the Thunder.
It was a small sample, but TJ looked great as a Spur.
If he would have played like that all season, yes losing him was huge.
What's most amazing about this stat is that we've actually played more minutes without Manu than with him.
Manu was starting at the time we got TJ Ford so he ran the offense and got shots for the second unit. Tbh I think the only reason Manu isn't starting is Pop is afraid of him getting injured. But ultimately I think it makes more sense to start Manu and solve the backup PG issue with a real PG. It also helps conserve Manu and allow him to play of the ball more.
Small forward is pretty well covered honestly, Kawhi Leonard is good for extended starter minutes and Jackson even with his shooting woe due to the bad finger is a strong back-up. Add in boris can play the spot against bigger SF and green or Ginobili against smaller and everything is good. The spurs problem is that they have two to many guys that have pretty good sg skills in point guard bodies. That comes from low draft picks. They are also short a quality back-up power forward or center. Baynes needs a training camp and some nba seasoning; Bonner is himself with the questionable rebounding and suspect man on man inside defense and rim protection (very good team defense and mid range though), Boris I have simply come to believe is a head case, good enough, but completely on autopilot until forced to engage... you just really want someone that combines Boris with Bonners drive and will, or give Baynes 3 of Duncans years of experience With the personal they have they can cover but its very match-up dependent and they simply don't have a guy that can get put in no matter and be counted on to sustain play and eat minutes.
It is? They have one reliable SF and as solid as he is, he's not James, Durant or Anthony.
In theory, he is. In reality, the coach inexplicably refuses to utilize him in that capacity.Kawhi Leonard is good for extended starter minutes
Based on what, your nostalgia? The reality is, if his name were Jefferson/Finley/Udoka, etc. and he were having the exact same season, Spurs fans would would him off the team.Jackson even with his shooting woe due to the bad finger is a strong back-up
The bad finger isn't what caused his percentages to go down the toilet. He's been a sub 30% 3-point shooter for two seasons now . . . it just got obscured because he shot out of his mind in the WCF.
I agree, but if the top three stay healthy (which I admit is doubtful, considering Splitter's injury history and how long he's went without one), then that's a lesser need than backup PG and SF, because those three can eat up the vast majority of the minutes and in many cases, they'll be able to get away with Jackson playing spot minutes at PF.they simply don't have a guy that can get put in no matter and be counted on to sustain play and eat minutes.
According to Wojnarowski, Dudley and Telfair are available. The Spurs should offer Jackson, Neal and a future 1st (the upcoming draft is projected to be weak and the Spurs pick will be a virtual 2nd) for Dudley and Telfair.
Yeah, Robert Horry really sucked ass because he perennially shot <30% on threes in the regular season.
As for the trade... would take it if available, though I don't like Telfair, he surely couldn't be worse than Rafer Alston.
Thats true. He was healthy last year though and we did not win a le, infact all of them will so a le is a longshot now but still not impossible. I hope they can make a run now for another le this year, I don't count on it nor expect it but if they can make a run it will be big surprise!
TJ Ford was and is a non-factor. The goal is a ring. He's not the catalyst.
I don't think people are putting him on a pedestal but more of having a backup PG who can dribble and penetrate and dish which at this time we don't have.
People say that Manu will run PG duties in playoffs but who is going to guard the other teams PG..Neal...Mills...Nando.....Eeeeekkkk
Jackson is not Horry, though.
Telfair isn't really Spurs material, so I seriously doubt they'd want him. He's pretty much irrelevant in this anyway . . . this is about getting Dudley.
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