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Would have loved him, but right now I'm just hoping T-Mac comes back and tutors KL a little bit.
again, they have no money for him now, obviously they're out
Would have loved him, but right now I'm just hoping T-Mac comes back and tutors KL a little bit.
The Spurs are done for the off season. Manu will be moved into the starting lineup. Danny Green will play backup SF. Marco is the backup SG. Thomas will get a chance in summer league to prove he should get a chance for a roster spot. The only signing will be vet minimum SF, if that.
If the plan does not work, then the Spurs will look to do a midseason swap of Diaw and Bonner for a player whose team wants to shed salary.
You know you may have something. With his explosiveness gone he no longer fits the bill of being the punch off the bench, so inserting him into a lineup where he is possible scoring option number 4 is more likely??
This is getting interesting, manu could be the spot up shooter in the starting lineup, the expectations drop a little and he might be a bit more comfortable with that. That being said, if the roster stands as it is that means nando and green share the 2 and 3 spots.
Roster as it stands today:
Parker/Joseph/DeColo/Mills
Ginobili,Belinelli,Green
Leonard
Duncan/Bonner/Pendegraph/Diaw
Splitter/Baynes
14 players already on the payroll.... and word out is that Spurs are talking to Morrow (as a backup plan if Neal isn't signed... which he hasn't yet)
I hope they don't sign Morrow unless they have a trade in place. Belinelli would seem to make Morrow redundant...
Yeah, it looks more like the Spurs are trying to work a trade than anything. If it doesn't work out in the offseason, those expiring deals aren't going anywhere and rolling with the current lineup is far from a disaster despite what is being posted lately.
Only in your world.
Danny Green is not being taken out of the starting lineup. His offense is entirely dependent on other creating shots for him. He's also the second best perimeter defender so the Spurs get much more benefit if he's guarding a starter.
i'm not exactly sure what people expect from him, he's neal with worse shooting, worse defense and worse playmaking ability.
Neal was a terrible shooter this season. Neal is not a better defender. Last part is debatable.
Belinelli was asked to do a ton in Chicago this year with all their injuries. His numbers don't tell the kind of season he had.
Neal was the worst player on the team besides Jackson during the regular season.
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Neal's stats don't tell his story either. He was injured.
Not buying it.
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Did you see him at the beginning of the year and the finals compared to the beginning of the playoff and end of regular season?
Without the game three barrage of three pointers by Green and Neal, Gary shot 36% from the field in the Finals (15-41). He had one good game, which he deserves credit for but this game is seriously clouding peoples judgment. Not to mention his horrendous defense all series long.
I'm not saying Belinelli is some huge upgrade but he is indeed an upgrade.
he shot .395 and .357 from 3, i'm not sure if that's clear to everyone.. he's been a fredette type of defender until thibs got something out of him, something completely irrelevant since even robinson looked like he could defend there.. i'm not hating, but i know him well enough to expect the worst tbh..
Neal shot an even worse % than Belinelli last season from three. Belinelli was also asked to do a lot of things he isn't comfortable doing with all the injuries Chicago was dealing with. He was practically running point some games. Neal was playing in his normal role off the bench, playing in the Spurs high octane offense, off of players like Tim, Tony and Manu and shot a worse % than Beli. Belinelli was playing next to guys like Robinson and Jimmy Butler in a horrible offensive system.
Why are you discluding the barrage?
That's like me saying "without averaging 17 rebounds per game for his career, Rodman averaged 12 in his final year"
No he didn't. Bellineli didn't shoot very well this year, but that was due to them making him become a playmaker. He will do good on the Spurs, but you're making stuff up.
Add in the game 3 and it brings his fg% up to 41%. Hardly spectacular.
I was pointing out that all people seem to remember is that one game.
Gary Neal shot .355 from three this season.
Marco Belinelli shot .357 from three this season.
So no I am not making stuff up.
Neal got to play in his normal role off the bench, play next to guys like tim tony and manu, play in the spurs high octane offense which creates tons of open looks.
Belinelli had to play out of position all season, play in a horrible offensive system, play with guys like nate robinson and joakim noah.
People are discounting the shooting in the one game because it's just one game. If he shot like that the entire Finals then we'd have already resigned him ourselves, tbh. According to you, we should give DB a ten year max contract because he had 23 rebounds in a game??
Don't give big paydays to the inconsistent guys (yeah yeah, Manu Manu whatever) and you keep your team compe ive.
Show me where I said he needs a max.
It doesn't matter if it's just "one game". That "one game" counts.
Spurs fans logic: Lets not count the games where the player did good, only the bad games, so we can talk about him.
I specifically said he deserved credit for that game. Was just trying to show you how awful he was in the other 6.
I also said, counting game 3 he shot 41% from the field in the series.
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