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Agreed, as bad as Gary was on D (and Marco is not better) when he got an open 3 i always felt it was going in. When Marco gets an open shot.. I'm expecting a miss most of the time.
agreed. a betting man would too. Benchinelli's shot always look on target. he's just having a ROUGH year
Agreed, as bad as Gary was on D (and Marco is not better) when he got an open 3 i always felt it was going in. When Marco gets an open shot.. I'm expecting a miss most of the time.
He can occasionally have a good game here, and there but he has been pretty bad lately even on the offensive end. Hope we don't have to rely on him in the post season too much, rather give the minutes to CoJo. If there is a player available at the trade deadline that requires Marco to go, I won't shed a tear tbh.
Matty Ice has been very serviceable. Not sure why you are putting him in the same class as Belly.
He led the league in 3pt % all the way until Feb IIRC, last season... He's having a bad season now, but you can't say he wasn't helpful for us before...
last year during the RS he was a treat tbh... played better than most of us anticipated. wilted in the playoffs (props to harlem for the turkoglu comparison
Yeah? So you'd be comfortable with Bonner suiting up in the post-season and getting on the floor in close games?
Yep, Spurs fans have become beyond vitriolic toward their own players on this board. Sad to see. Beli even has had a couple of great games for us this year.
I made that topic a while back advocating Joseph/Mills/Manu for the bench unit with CoJo taking Belinelli's unit...I'm leaning more and more towards that as the season goes on. CoJo continues to impress, meanwhile Belinelli is playing some of the worst defense I've ever seen.
Sure, depending on the match-up. Hes a solid 4th big man. Belly isn't a solid anything.
because we need to get to the play offs first and he is a big issue for that. Just ing admit you were wrong all the time.
About what? Why so aggressive? Did I shoot down one of your takes recently? Can't remember doing so.
If marco doesnt hit that 3 in game 3 against the heat to push a 30 pt lead that was cut to 8 back to 11 we may have had a different outlook on the finals!
theres a video around of pop helping him stretch and telling him big shot!
that showed balls the miami crowd was ridiculously loud and to have the balls to hit that shot and quiet them down some at the end of the 3rd, that shot alone is worth his contract!
i've been on his hatewagon from the start pointing out all his flaws and you were negating them with awful take after awful take, so you may want to start taking them back. Things such as "he is a lot better on D than neal" or "has a great bball iq" or "hits big shots" or "good passer" are not my invention.
Marco was also a primary cause of the lead dropping to 8
You hate your own players and are proud of it.
Bro, you're just too edgy for me. I can't handle how cool you are.
so far i hated: Drew gooden, Ime Udoka, Marco belinelli. not many, are they?
Anybody that watched the game could see how much better the team played when Belinelli was off the floor. That lineup to close the game was glorious. Hard nosed D from all the players, great execution on offense.
Marco's low IQ, defense, and inefficient scoring just doesn't belong on this team. He makes the team so unwatchable any time he steps on the court. He doesn't have the work ethic to improve either - came into camp fat and overweight instead of improving his game over the summer.
Which is still more than all but the worst of Lakerfandom or Philly fans would. You're truly in rarefied air.
So just to be clear, Beli, who was on the court for a total of 6 minutes in Game 3, was responsible for the erosion of a 25 point lead from the midpoint of the 2nd quarter to the end of the 3rd quarter? Where he also hit a 3 point shot in that span?
K.
His offense is serviceable but, his defense is and always has been atrocious. The MLE doesn't double the next year if it goes unused. It's pretty laughable to think the FO didn't think that a backup SF was necessary when taking into account injuries, rest and age. Belinelli is not a playmaker and should NEVER be asked to play more than 15 minutes in a game.
But, to be fair... he was better than Gary Neal with Plantar Fasciitis.
I liked last season's Marco. He fulfilled the role that was asked of him, helped us secure HCA on a 60-win RS and he didn't get in the way of winning the LOBT. This season's Marco has been pretty terrible, tbh... then again, I don't think it's entirely fair to single him out... a bunch of guys have been playing disinterested basketball...
If Beli would be playing at last regular season level, we wouldn't be having this convo. The Spurs had no way of knowing beforehand Kawhi would be hurt again, Marco would be sucking up a storm and Kyle would look like a bust. Everything looks a lot clearer in hindsight, but there's still time to make a move if the Spurs feel they need to shore up any specific position...
Problem with Marco isn't offense. It's his defense. He can have a 20 point game but will probably give up more on the defensive end. He's clueless and a turnstile on defense, unfortunately. I agree he's an asset to have if his role is to come in and a hit a couple of threes to ignite a run or something, but he shouldn't be getting any more than 10 minutes per game right now.
Defense was never his role on this team, much like Neal. It's all about his offense. We now need defense from him because Kawhi is out, but Pop already knows he's not going to get that from Marco. You're looking at this wrong if you expect anything resembling average D from him. The big problem for Marco this season is that he's not excelling at anything on offense. That's a huge problem because that and burning RS minutes is basically his role on this team.
If Kawhi could play for 30-32 mins, that gives Marco about 15 to play, that's all you would need from him, tbh
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