Quick Grades: Spurs vs. Kings - March 1

[Slippy]

Tiago was a man possesed on the boards.

[spurraider21]

It was promising to see Tiago getting double digit rebounds. Hadn't happened since January 25. He needs to make a more conscious effort at all times, though

[letmk]

I hope Tony's injury is a bless in disguise. Assuming Tony can come back as the same player, his absence will force Pop to see other options to get the offense going.

With LeBron's playing and Wade's return to elite form, the Heat has to be heavy favorite no matter what other teams do. But if Kawhi or one of the PGs can step up, it may increase Spurs' still-small chance.

Last, no matter whether Spurs ever have a chance or not, that the team continues playing "boring" Spurs team-basketball is the best gift to us fans. Go Spurs go.

[Brunodf]

It was promising to see Tiago getting double digit rebounds. Hadn't happened since January 25. He needs to make a more conscious effort at all times, though

I think Pop gave him the green light to chase offensive rebounds in the last couple games...

[Hoops Czar]

Like Mills is better.

Not only is he better, but by the time TP comes back, De Colo will have fallen out of the rotation.

[racm]

Mills is the best off-ball PG on the team (excluding Parker, but he's a top 2 PG in the league tbh)

He just needs to hit his shots and not turn the ball over and he'll be fine.

[FireMicoHalili]

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.

gago!!! Took Parker a while to learn the ropes in Pop's system. Tangina bobo ka pare

[Boomersgold]

Mills is only good in garbage time, against weak teams and in meaningless games. He can not play against any kind of preasure whats so ever. He is kind Of like Blair who is productive when you have Manu feeding you open shots.

Mills as the backup Point Guard.

Even I, someone who wants Mills to be the back up over De Colo, don't blindly hate on De Colo just to make Patty seem like the better option. Playing well with Manu seems to be a requirement for the back up point guard, as Manu is guaranteed to remain in the backup unit (if everyone's healthy).

[Hoops Czar]

Mills is only good in garbage time, against weak teams and in meaningless games. He can not play against any kind of preasure whats so ever. He is kind Of like Blair who is productive when you have Manu feeding you open shots.

I hate when posters just regurgitate Timvp in so many words. Mills has pretty much played in garbage time the entire season sans a few games. De Colo has played nearly the entire season as backup to TP but the majority of his contributions come in garbage time, again, sans a few games. Mills is finally going to get his shot and it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he overtakes De Colo once and for all this season.

[Boomersgold]

Your video only validates my point that he is only good against weak teams. I am sure you like him and are proud of him being from your home country and that's cool but I think that blinds you some what. I am not a fan of De Colo but he has shown he can play against top teams and against pressure and is a more rounder player. Mills is like Neal but at least Neal can create his own offense and has shown the ability to play in pressure moments. To me Mills is the worst player on the team but everyone wants to make him out to be some kind of allstar and want to rag on players like Blair, Bonner and Neal, I just don't get it. Hopefully he can prove me wrong in the next few weeks wile Parker is out because the Spurs will need all the pg production they can get.

Patty's never played the backup against "good teams", so there's no evidence that backs up your point that he only plays well against "weak teams". Why do we rag on about Neal, Blair and Bonner? Because at some point in the season, they were in the regular rotation, played regular rotation minutes, and underperformed. Patty, De Colo and Cojo have never been in the regular rotation; they've only filled in for when either Neal or Parker are out.

The video was more to show that he is capable of handling pressure. When a third string point guard comes out, scores 18+ points and is the best player on your team and leads your team to a victory, even it's only for a game, folks on spurstalk.com are always going to praise his performance.