Manu Ginobili played like crap again

[emanueldavidginobili]

theres 0 evidence to say were going nowhere without him tbh
Spurs played their best last season with ginobili injured most of the time
the only thing stopping them from winning the le last season was the roleplayers disappearing act in the wcf
Manu had his worst playoffs ever since his rookie season

We are not getting out of the West without Manu playing like Manu. FACT

[Man In Black]

The thing is that with him not being as young as he used to be, he is not as unpredictable especially in late game situations. Pop shouldn't use that trick everytime late. He doesn't we know, but it seems like he uses it too much.
The balance is when Kawhi attacks early and often, so much so that when Manu attacks they still have to stay home to defend Kawhi. If the spacing is good, Manu should be able to get off the shot. The missed dunk tonight shows that he can get to the rim. That is a lot of long arms to go through.

[Sean Cagney]

We are not getting out of the West without Manu playing like Manu. FACT

In that case we are ed.. I mean I never expected us to get outta the West but Manu is playing horrible right now and doesn't seem to be righting the ship.

[emanueldavidginobili]

In that case we are ed.. I mean I never expected us to get outta the West but Manu is playing horrible right now and doesn't seem to be righting the ship.

I mean I'm sure he will come through in the playoffs I'm just sick of people on this site saying we don't need Ginobili bench him blah blah blah...if he ain't playing like manu ill be surprised if we get out the second round, the west is loaded this season.

[Slippy]

I'm counting the days until he retires. Hopefully it'll be soon. It's been really painful watching him.

Spurs win or lose you , you focus on manu . Same old predictable Spurs fans. I'ts kind of fanatical.

The questions we should be asking.

Why does Pop insist on giving teams a headstart by playing our weakest and shortest bigs in the first half. He is gambling , fishing, what-ever fans want to call it. He doing no favours to his team. He's had 3 quarters of a full NBA season to see this. Spurs are constantly having to work extra hard to get back into games.

How come Tony parker couldn't keep up with old man Miller? Also, going 1 on 1 to close out games is not the answer. There were many example where a simple screen had Tony free and an easy jumper.

Why is kawai still not getting more touches?

Why your most verastile big in Tiago Splitter doesn't close out games. Just on his defense alone he should of been out there. That first half rotation from Pop was a headscratcher once again but then he ended up overplaying tiago in the 4th. In the end he had to sit the final 3mins.

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Spurs win or lose you , you focus on manu . Same old predictable Spurs fans. I'ts kind of fanatical.

The questions we should be asking.

Why does Pop insist on giving teams a headstart by playing our weakest and shortest bigs in the first half. He is gambling , fishing, what-ever fans want to call it. He doing no favours to his team. He's had 3 quarters of a full NBA season to see this. Spurs are constantly having to work extra hard to get back into games.

How come Tony parker couldn't keep up with old man Miller? Also, going 1 on 1 to close out games is not the answer. There were many example where a simple screen had Tony free and an easy jumper.

Why is kawai still not getting more touches?

Why your most verastile big in Tiago Splitter doesn't close out games. Just on his defense alone he should of been out there. That first half rotation from Pop was a headscratcher once again but then he ended up overplaying tiago in the 4th. In the end he had to sit the final 3mins.

That's what I've been asking. Tiago was playing really well last night and deserves to be out there in the closing minutes of the game.

[weeks]

no question we need manu. i can't see us coming out of the west without him.

but when people say we need him, they have to be realistic about who he is anymore. he's just not the same player so that manu will never return. but he's still dangerous and if he plays to his potential we are a much deadlier team, no question about it.

[boutons_deux]

Sure hope Tiago can figure out to hit those shots again from directly under the basket.

[kaji157]

I think this last game was a good sign of him recovering, sure, he did have some stupid turnovers but so did everyone else.
It is clear that the bigs he is paired with are not good enough, and that SJax is going through a similar path than Manu. I tell you this, put either Leonard or Green to play with the likes Ginobili usualy plays and they would suck.
Back to Manu, he was pretty efficient from the floor, considering his first two shots were last-moments bad shots of broken plays, in the first one he tried to penetrate and didn´t get the call while being an obvious foul, in the second he was foced into a FT line floater, other than those two he was 4 for 7 on the other shots.
I think we have to all be well aware that he was again able to broke the first line of defense and get a couple of kick out assists, and also hat the dunk he missed he was not short of it, but rather long. Meaning that he was able to dunk the ball but overpowered, crashing the ball with the back of the rim, and not the front of it.
Seems to me he´ll be back shortly. His clutch 3 was also from a broken play that was drawn for a Leonard penetration.

[rjv]

denver is long (as the blazers were back in the sheed days) and that causes havoc in the passing lanes. they create TOs and get easy baskets. all in all manu was pretty steady in closing time and that three he hit was huge. he still has the cajones to take those shots and make them.

[Sean Cagney]

I mean I'm sure he will come through in the playoffs I'm just sick of people on this site saying we don't need Ginobili bench him blah blah blah...if he ain't playing like manu ill be surprised if we get out the second round, the west is loaded this season.

I agree.

[AFBlue]

Tortoise and the hare...this race is far from over.