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The Dejuan Blair improvement tour continues, let's see how long it lasts. Go Blair Go!
Tim Duncan A-
Still a bit arrhythmic but looked better. D was very active in all areas. Athleticism still lacking but improving.
Manu Ginobili A
Wow, congrats on the career-high 15 assists. To say he passed well would be an understatement. Amazing.
Tony Parker B-
Up and down play forgotten after he twisted his ankle. Let's hope for the best.
Kawhi Leonard B+
His decision-making was atypically slow and got in the way at times but continues to produce across the board.
Danny Green C+
Shot well. Passed well. Defended well. But ballhandling and decision-making were so poor it torpedoed his positives.
Tiago Splitter A
Quietly a monster this evening. Fantastic on the boards. Finished efficiently. Played with chutzpah.
DeJuan Blair A-
Second straight quality outing. Converted flips plus a few Js. D was underwhelming but he's providing energy.
Matt Bonner A-
Rabidly aggressive on O. Looked to shoot or make a play when he got a touch. Lively on D but limited effectiveness.
Cory Joseph B-
Looks in great shape. Made his shots, handled well and orchestrated nicely. Peppy on D. Way too many fouls.
Nando De Colo C-
Looked awkward on O shooting, dribbling or passing. Played off the ball more than usual with limited success.
Patrick Mills Inc.
Came in when the Spurs were up a whole bunch. Buckets in garbage time helped keep cushion hefty.
Aron Baynes Inc.
Wow, congrats on the first career assist.
Pop B+
Was reportedly agree about the lack of passing vs. Suns. The 41 assists tonight say message got through.
Last edited by timvp; 03-02-2013 at 02:18 PM.
The Dejuan Blair improvement tour continues, let's see how long it lasts. Go Blair Go!
TIMVP, It's march already brah.
CoJo's come a long way since last year. He'll be a legit role player in the league soon.
CoJo should have been given a chance to play backup point earlier in the season.
Timmy with 12/10/3/3/3
If this keeps up Blair could retain his rotation spot barring facing against LAC/LAL/MEM in the playoffs
I didn't even notice Tiago tallied a double-double tonight. Nice!
i seriously hope pop doesn't add blair to the line up... his defense is so bad it's not even funny. whatever you do pop, don't fall in love with blair's offense. we're a defensive team this year, goddammit!
Tough break with TP, hopefully he's back soon but the silver lining could be that De Colo will finally play himself out of the rotation. He's so many shades of awful this season. I'm not really sure what Pop promised De Colo when the Spurs signed him, but he's D-league quality and that's where he belongs. The Spurs win by 28 and little old Nando has a +/- of -7.
I agree partially. Guy has been frustrating as to watch, but he's shown flashes of being a competent NBA player. IMO he's playing out of position and still trying to find consistency in a new league. He's prolly a year away from being a solid rotation player.
There is a steep learning curve especially at PG for the Spurs system so lets not expect De Colo to be confident his rookie season with limited minutes and a role that usually involves him not having the ball in his hands more than 30%-40% when he's on the floor.
word.......................... blair has earned a legit playoff rotation spot ......................CoJo should have been given a chance to play backup point earlier in the season.
Timmy with 12/10/3/3/3
If this keeps up Blair could retain his rotation spot barring facing against LAC/LAL/MEM in the playoffs
Nando would probably be better if he could either shoot well or learn to drive.
You can't be a rotational PG in this league if you can't keep defenses honest with a modi of scoring ability.
I'm sick of these kind of excuses. Don't expect much but use him as the backup pg. De Colo is the de facto poster boy for everything the D-league stands for. Why should he be playing 10-12 inconsistent minutes per game at a level he's clearly not ready for when he could be getting 20+ minutes/game for the Toros while fine tuning his game for this level.
Not yet, he's still got a lot more games to get better but it's a contract year and he wants to go elsewhere so I don't see why when given minutes he's nt gonna go balls to wall crazy.
So which is it
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How did CoJo got fouled out in just 10 mins o_O
Parker gone...time to put our PG situation to the test. Also Kawhi shall get the ball a lot more.
Yeah, that was unbelievable. Amazing court-vision and precision (most of the night), even for a guy of his high standards.
He sure did. That dunk in the third quarter was great and showed some determination and nastiness. We haven't seen many of those from Tiago.
I'm not usually impressed by Blair's offense because it often seems he goes into 'black hole' mode when he gets into the game and tries to impress with his shooting. However, today I noticed something that impressed me. At one point, late in garbage time, Blair kept looking for Baynes and finally got him the ball in position to score. That was a nice thing for a veteran to do for a rookie who is vying for his job.
The more you watch these guys play basketball in such a team-oriented, pass to the open man, offense, the more you realize that this team has to have a very happy locker room. All egos are left behind.
Also Danny Green's handles are atrocious he can make the extra pass, he not that horrible at passing in itself but he should never get the green light to drive ever, much like Bonner who thinks he cute with his ty off the dribble game.
Cojo should start the next game tbh, wouold show the other scrubs playing PGs they don't cut it and it'd give the kid a big opportunity to show what he can do. And then go from there. The PG situation should have been clarified sooner so that we could still have the option to make a trade but whatever.
So which is it
with Parker and Neal out it looks like Joseph will be getting at least 10 minutes a game now
So which is it
Bingo. Out of the (admittedly not so great) backup pg candidates, De Colo's probably the best option. CoJo should hopefully be able to get some minutes in, but at least we know that De Colo can play against starters and make sure our offense doesn't get too disorganized. That's valuable since Manu's the only other playmaker left with Parker out.
Thanks as always Timvp. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to catch this one.
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