His points, his assists, his rebounds and his field goal percentage go up in the playoffs. NBA has a clutch stat you can generate, and Beli has a better winning percentage and a higher field goal percentage than Neal last season.
Some people still making excuses for Neal
My s Neal and Blair had always been my favorite spurs while they were playing in San Antonio and I'm still regretting that we only got Blair last summer, instead of them both. It's not like the spurs would've been playing better now with Neal still on their squad. Going 14-2 to start the season justifies itself but I do believe they should've re-signed him and made him a valuable trading asset.
This play by Belinelli would've been either a turnover or a chucked three by Neal.
Some of you guys are idiots.
I hated Gary Neal on the defensive side of the ball, he hurt us a lot some games defensively, but on offense the guy is a cold blooded shooter.
Can any of you guys shoot the ball? If you can, then you should realize that Neal's shooting in big situations is not something you can teach or practice. You can hit every shot before the game and in practice, but when it comes down to the pressure of the game and pressure moments, a lot of players either shrivel up or struggle to shoot the ball with the same confidence. Neal isn't one of those guys.
Edit : I actually missed Neal's shooting tonight, especially down the stretch when Kawhi, Danny, Tony, Manu, didn't look like they have confidence shooting the ball in a tight, high pressure game. Neal has the confidence to take and make tough shots. It's just too bad that he's undersized and doesn't have the body and speed to play good defense.
Last edited by Ice009; 12-01-2013 at 01:59 AM.
Yes he will.
Belli has never been an impact player, except for maybe one year in Toronto or New Orleans. In fact, his presence on the court made the Bulls worse last year. I don't know where the notion came from that he was the Italian Ginobili. He's more like the Italian Neal.
Bump.
8 pts(2-6 FG) in 16 minutes vs the Celtics, -11.
Neal average 11.3 ppg on 38% FG in the season
Plus, who'd have thought that Beli would be leading the league in 3pt % 18 games in.
Neal's clutch heroics are blown out of proportion. He's had his fair share of late game blunders. I simply wouldn't trust him to make late game free throws.
-Last season. He collapsed in the paint on a drive and allow Conley to hit a game tying 3 pointer. The Spurs were up 3 with less than 45 seconds left. Had he stayed home, chances are we would have held on to win that game.
-Missed 4 shots and had a turnover in the final 90 seconds of the game. We say a 98-93 lead evaporate as Miami won 105-100. He also had an offensive foul with 20 seconds left (we were trailing by 2 points at the time)
-Two seasons ago, Neal got fouled from behind the arc at Dallas (we rallied from 20 down using Anderson, Splitter, Bonner, Green and Neal) he missed a free-throw that would have tied the game up with less than 20 seconds left. We were forced to foul and lost the game
-Missed a free throw late at Clippers that would have tied the game. We were forced to foul and then failed to score on the next possession. To his credit, he capitalize on a horrid pass from Randy Foye and hit a game tying 3 to force OT.
The Hero hits one fluke three against Memphis in a series that we got CRUSHED in and he's suddenly Mr. Clutch.
Neal's a good shooter, but clutch guys can hit shots when the offense is struggling, and Neal wasn't a guy to do that. He hit as many clutch shots as Roger Mason did for this team.
Ice I agree he could shoot no doubt but he also would pull up some very ill advised threes and shoot you out of a game too! He would take some of the worst ill advised shots I have seen and just way out of the flow of the game (He thought he could make anything which worked against him at times IMO). He was a pure shooter or should I say Volume Shooter though and that brought instant O alot of times and I will give him that. Overall though I like Belli so far alot better.
Why the heck are we so dirt cheap? Neal was only asking for like 3-4M. The big 3 are in their final 2 years... u have the entire next decade to be cheap. just pay the guy jesus
It seems that spurs thought that he was going to get paid more, even more than Bellinelli was asking..
I won't disagree with anything you said, it's all valid, and I agree with pretty much all of it, but I'm talking about shooting only, and nothing else. It's not easy to find a shooter like Neal. What's making it worse, easier to discard him, is that he looks like a low percentage chucker in Milwaukee, but he's been on the big stage with the Spurs and we saw that he is not afraid in the biggest games and moment, sure, he is a complete up on defense and isn't too great on offense when he isn't shooting the ball, but the guy can shoot. The guy has a lot of confidence in his shot, even players like Kawhi, Danny, Manu, Tim, they all get down on themselves at times when their jumper is not going down. Neal never did, and I think that is what makes a great/fearless shooter. That's the type of at ude someone like Horry had. Too many players buckle under pressure and miss the shot before it even leaves their hand because they're nervous before shooting it.
I like Marco's overall game better than Neal's, so I wouldn't pick Neal over him, but I would take Neal over some of the other players on the team. It's just too bad Neal is in an undersized body without much athleticism.
I didn't realize Belinelli had an asking price. It had to do with RC overvaluing the market.
Yours truly,
Jeff Ayres
anyone with half a brain that has watched Belinelli and his stats.
step up and give the money then.
I agree and loved the HORRY part in there, he really did not care and would just be loose and let it fly and thats why he hit more than most in the clutch IMO.... Thats a good post there.
He hit fewer. In one season Mason Jr. hit 4 game winners. Neal had none.
39 %3pt doesn't really foreshadow hitting 56%3pt in his 1st 18 games with a new team. I watched him alot last season, it certainly didn't hint at this production either.
Unfortunately for Mason, those 4 shots summed up his entire career.
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