Yep, Neal is Neal and he is a horrible Backup PG and a horrible D player! He is a volume shooter.
Last edited by Sean Cagney; 03-30-2013 at 01:48 AM.
I don't think Neal deserves an A-, but he didn't play badly tonight. His shot has been broken for a while and I think he hit some important shots tonight.
Of course Neal will get torched by guys like Bledsoe and Crawford, so I don't think Neal was completely useless today.
Neal's passing gave him an A-
Sorry backup PG! He is a horrible backup PG. He is a shooter or volume shooter as they say. If he is on keep him in you can use his O, if he is off get him out he is useless.
A player like Neal is much more valuable than guys like De Colo and Joseph, tbh..
Neal is a speciality player that excels at one aspect of basketball and sucks at the rest..the other two are well-rounded players that don't excel at any particular facet of basketball(Joseph plays hard on D, but PG individual D is overrated)..
If you've noticed, Pop no longer plays Neal at the point. He's always on the floor with Parker or De Colo these days.
Thanks, agree on all except on your questioning of Tiago's physicality. I'd have to say he's grown more physical in each game that passes.
And it'll continue with, Manu out. Hopefully he's back where he belongs, and comfortable.
Neal is shooting worse than Joseph and DeColo
Yeah if Manu is gonna miss some significant time coming up we're gonna need Neal to step up and provide some quality minutes...
Damn fine win and good write up. The Spurs need more of these type of games where the refs seem to favor the opponent and the opponent is physical. Winning the last two games by gutting it out on defense in the 4th looks good to me. It seems pretty obvious that the Spurs are going to have to win the games despite the refs or fan coverage. These games will forge the steel that the Spurs team will become.
Drunk talk aside, Timmy was beyond words tonight. If this guy shows up during the playoffs, just start making those new ring logos now. When the Clippers woke him up in the second quarter, it was something to behold. He was furious and determined and the young clippers were a bit unsure what to do. You have to think a player who idolized a certain player would get a bit disturbed when said player started looking like his memory. Unstoppable. Ok, maybe not drunk talk aside...
Great game!
Great game. I missed the live telecast but I saw a replay just now.
Bring on the Heat!
I agree with the second part. Neal is like Jason Terry in that he can hit clutch shots and is not afraid to do it. Terry is more of a punk or thug, and Neal is willing to work for the team and improve his game. Either player is an offensive threat, but defensively, it seems that Neal is working on his game. Good at ude to boot.
Good tools if you know how to use them and they are willing to play the part. I like De Colo and Joseph as PGs, and leave Neal as a situational SG.
Nando deserves props for his recent toughness but also for taking more care of the ball. Turnovers were a big with him issue earlier this season but he has only turned the ball 4 times this month while he played 135 minutes and had 16 assists.
KL set a perfect screen to get TD open for that last shot....B
I think he's been playing better since his last D-League stint.
I hope Nando doesn't go back to France this summer. Give him an offseason with Chip and he'll become a major asset.
Tony was definitely tired in the 4th, but everybody was missing shots.
google "beet juice", Tony
I told you!
While true, Splitter wasnt as physical last night. His shot getting thrown back down his throat in the last minute was evidence of that.
Ho hum. Another game, another blown 4th quarter lead. I don't take solace in winning games at the buzzer in a home game that was well in hand five minutes prior. The Spurs need to show home court dominance and save the last second buzzer beaters for the road.
Last edited by Hoops Czar; 03-30-2013 at 11:55 AM.
De Colo was also a -7 in +/- in 11 minutes of playing time. Playing with toughness is great, but if you're not helping your team outscore the opposition then you've played poorly.
Terrible take.
How so? Isn't the object of basketball to score more points than the other team?
Last edited by Boomersgold; 03-30-2013 at 11:52 AM.
You said that any player on the court when his team is outscored has, by virtue of that fact, played poorly.
That's an incredibly simplistic and terrible take.
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