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Remember when you choked on a baguette????
Remember when Green choked against OKC?
Remember when you choked on a baguette????
No. I eat croissants.
Most of the people blowing Belli haven't even seem him play before. They assume every game he plays for us for will be like the Portland night. Harlem said it best in another thread - Belli will have more bad games than good ones.
how groundbreaking
the same can be said about every single Spur with the exception of Parker + Duncan (and maybe Kawhi)
it's not about the quan y of good games or even the % of good games. It's about having the good games when your team needs them most. Belli will excell on this aspect (unless Pop s it up)
for example how ing good is it if a player has a great season and then turns it over 8 times in a championship clinching Finals game????
Like how Danny Green was the Spurs top scorer in the Finals through the first five games?
I was commenting on your statement "(blank) will have more bad games than good"
most NBA players qualify (including Green + Beli)
Danny Green was awesome in the Finals and Playoffs. He's a decent NBA player who was coming in HOT to the Finals and finally cooled off.
For 3 mil/year, he did a of a lot more than was asked of him through those first five games. If the other two players in our "big 3" stepped up in games 6 or 7, we would have won the 'ship. Only Duncan showed up unfortunately.
amen bro
So Boozer, Deng, Noah, Robinson and Hinrick aren't experienced? each of them have played atleast 5 seasons, 4 of those guys are near a decade in the NBA.
I didn't say Marco would have a bad year, I just think Marco shouldn't start over Green.
Did he got injured or something? I missed parts of the game.
Play Nando mentioned how better Beli was than Green, and attempted to aid his argument by downplaying Greens 27 finals 3 pointers. Thats why I mentioned it in my post.nobody is comparing Belli to 2013 Finals Green
2013 Green was an aberration, a fluke. Please. I love Green, but I really doubt he can repeat last years playoffs and Finals performance. Let's face it, Green faced the Lakers/Warriors/Grizzlies defenses, some of the worst perimeter defenses in the league. He was just on another planet by the time the Heat series started, but as you watch closely, the better Heat perimeter defense eventually brought him back to earth.
THIS SEASON so far, IMO Bellinelli is the better more all around player. AND Belli brings what Spurs sorely lack which is great off ball IQ and playmaking, something Green just doesn't have.
Of course the run was a fluke, but really anytime you get to the finals their are bound to be plenty of flukes. Rather in seeding or a player gets hot or hits big shots. Green played very well against GSW & the Heat. He struggled with additional defensive attention against the Heat after game 5. But that is to be expected, a spot up shooter needs space to shoot. Miami didn't give him space and he couldn't take advantage. His shooting really saved us in Game 1, keep us afloat in game 2 (before the avalanche of points by Miami) and basically won game 3.
He has proven that he is an starting caliber player (at least on the Spurs) bringing him off the bench would be a mistake. Less play making less open looks from deep.
Memphis was a better defensive team than we were, I don't know why you mentioned the 3rd best defensive team in the same breath as the Lakers 21st ranked defense. Conley and Allen are by far the best defensive back court in the NBA. You can't really tell me that Wade and Allen are better. Golden State played better defense than they had in the regular season.
Beli has been better ,but we can agree, 3 games is pretty small a sample size. Green is notorious for his hot-cold stretches. Riding them out and then being rewarded with stretch incredible shooting (like when he went 35-65 3pt during the RRT last season and the NBA Finals)
Beli has skills that Green just doesn't have but Green is a far better shooter than Beli has been, and clearly a much better defender. Its not like we can bench Green and have Marco "Gary Neal" it up against the seemingly endless scorers his position has to offer (Harden, Kobe, Thompson, Ellis- just in the west). Beli is better served off the bench. Playing with Manu, Diaw and Mills could make our second unit much better scoring the ball that it has been in a while. Both are in the right spot to help the Spurs this season.
can't really argue with any of your points. My thread was comparing they play of each player THIS season. I hope Green can somehow at least regain some form. Ideally Green will get all his minutes back and Belli will take nobilis minutes. That would be ideal.
We need all three players to have successful seasons. We can't really afford for one of them to have a bad year, given we really only have 4 wings. Manu has looked pretty good thus far, better health and better shooting and he could be a very good 4th option. But Beli is certainly an X Factor along with Diaw. Our bench has a lot of upside if we can get something consistent out of Ayers or Baynes and Mills plays consistently.
pretty obvious belinelli hurts this team.
Fixed.
told u negros
Bellinelli has quickly become one of my favorite Spurs. The chemistry between him and Manu off the bench is crazy good....
Anybody at this point that doesn't think Mr. Bellinelli was a tremendous upgrade from Gary Neal is likely a hater from one of the other teams. Dude be ballin. His cuts to the basket, his court vision and passing - all skills that Gary Neal didn't have. Now, don't get me wrong, I like Gary Neal and I think he had a chance to improve. But I think this was definitely an upgrade to the Spurs.
The Ferrari!!!
just not Haters series
Bellinelli will help us win a le.
But no, he is not better than Danny. Danny can catch fire so damn quick, and Danny plays much better D.
Ima make a quick list of players people wanted to start ahead of Green at the two over the last couple of years.
Beli
Neal
CJ McCollum
2013 Stephen Jackson
2014 Danny Granger
JJ Re
Evan Turner
Nando De Colo
Am I missing anyone? Feel free to let me know, and I'll add.
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