Antonio Daniels: Manu returning for one last year not that helpful to San Antonio

**ElNono** · 08-14-2016

Are really going to compare Antonio Daniels to Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, man? Daniels was never a defensive stopper and was at a huge disadvantage going against the BEST SG IN THE LEAGUE in Kobe Bryant. That was a complete mismatch on both ends and Kobe utterly destroyed him. And like I said, him being much smaller than Kobe - and forced to start cause of the Anderson injury - only exacerbated the problem.

The '01 and '02 Spurs were poorly constructed to deal with the combined size, athleticism and skill of prime Shaquille O'Neal and (near prime) Kobe Bryant. Too many small or old players on the perimeter to even come close to slowing down Kobe.

When was Tony Parker a defensive stopper? This is the kind of ridiculous arguments you're making. Also, Bowen was with the Spurs since 2001. The fact that he was targeted by the Lakers has everything to do with the fact that they knew he wasn't going to put the effort. The fact he was a walking mismatch is a knock on HIM, not his teammates or the rest of the team. Shaq and Kobe weren't in their primes in 2003, or even 2004 (where we were .4 secs from beating them again)?

**baseline bum** · 08-14-2016

Originally Posted by hater

Negatory. Fiat takes over and we win. Manu has been unnecessary since 2011

No ing way son

**J_Paco** · 08-14-2016

Originally Posted by ElNono

When was Tony Parker a defensive stopper? This is the kind of ridiculous arguments you're making. Also, Bowen was with the Spurs since 2001. The fact that he was targeted by the Lakers has everything to do with the fact that they knew he wasn't going to put the effort. The fact he was a walking mismatch is a knock on HIM, not his teammates or the rest of the team. Shaq and Kobe weren't in their primes in 2003, or even 2004 (where we were .4 secs from beating them again)?

When was Parker asked to guard Kobe Bryant one-on-one, sir?

You are completely missing my point. It has nothing to do with the other players, but the role he was asked to play and the position he was put in. It was too much to ask a combo guard with a limited skillset, who is undersized to guard the best 2 guard in the game. He was going to fail 100 times out 100.

Obviously, they realized that and replaced him with better talent. It just goes to show that Pop has thrown limited players into the deep end of the pool since the beginning.

Sometimes it succeeded (Jaren Jackson, Bruce Bowen, Danny Green, Stephen Jackson) and somethimes the result weren't good (West, Daniels, et cetera).

**TheGreatYacht** · 08-14-2016

Manure is already getting outplayed by 5-7 players in Argentina. He might be the worst player on the team with Bonner off the team

**From Downtown** · 08-14-2016

Originally Posted by TheGreatYacht

Manure is already getting outplayed by 5-7 players in Argentina. He might be the worst player on the team with Bonner off the team

He's averaging 15/3/2,5/1 with only 2 turnovers in 4 games despite a terrible game on saturday ffs

**DJR210** · 08-14-2016

Originally Posted by ElNono

and the fans in rows 1-5...

how much did it pain you typing that?

**ElNono** · 08-14-2016

Originally Posted by DJR210

how much did it pain you typing that?

nothing, it's part of the show.... we still get the Ws, tbh

**ElNono** · 08-14-2016

Originally Posted by J_Paco

When was Parker asked to guard Kobe Bryant one-on-one, sir?

You are completely missing my point. It has nothing to do with the other players, but the role he was asked to play and the position he was put in. It was too much to ask a combo guard with a limited skillset, who is undersized to guard the best 2 guard in the game. He was going to fail 100 times out 100.

Obviously, they realized that and replaced him with better talent. It just goes to show that Pop has thrown limited players into the deep end of the pool since the beginning.

Sometimes it succeeded (Jaren Jackson, Bruce Bowen, Danny Green, Stephen Jackson) and somethimes the result weren't good (West, Daniels, et cetera).

Tony's been asked to guard Dirk Nowitzki at times, that happens to every player. Then teams know who to attack for obvious reasons. It's like every team but the Blazers knew that Beli was a huge liability and attacked him relentlessly, and Pop knew when to sit his ass too. And eventually the Spurs didn't hesitate to parts ways, because he could only play one side of the ball.

Even Bruce got torched against Kobe at times, but you could never question the effort on defense. For some other guys, that's just not in them. AD simply wasn't good enough, or didn't recognize the extra effort would've landed him more than one ring.

**Harry Callahan** · 08-14-2016

Antonio Daniels? Really?

Antonio was nothing but an average player. Period. Manu was a big reason that guy was shipped out of town 15 years ago. Nothing but jealousy.

**SpurOutofTownFan** · 08-14-2016

Originally Posted by DarrinS

This stuff never gets old

**Play Boban** · 08-14-2016

Antonio Daniels is a Black Panther.

**YGWHI** · 08-14-2016

Originally Posted by MaNu4Tres

Antonio is a great guy, but he also thought Clippers had the best offseason last yr. I got in a few debates with him on Twitter about several things. Take his opinion for what it is.

To be fair, he wasn't the only one. Most guys on national media said that Pierce and Stephenson were the right fit for the Clips, making them "contenders"...
It's just L.A. and Doc, everything about them is fantastic, truly amazing...until it goes bad.

**DJR210** · 08-14-2016

Antonio Daniels is just salty because Jim's Restaurant fired his ass as their "mascot"

**urunobili** · 08-15-2016

I'm sure Antonio knows more than Pop and the Spurs front office about what's good for them and what's not...

**UNT Eagles 2016** · 08-15-2016

Originally Posted by ElNono

this. talk about losers... Spurs immediately got better once he was gone.

went from bowing out in 5 to winning the le, tbh

AD was a good guy, just couldn't defend anybody to save his life and was basically George Hill 1.0 on offense, proficient but erratic combo guard scorer and not really a point guard.

**sammy** · 08-15-2016

Who cares of what Antonio Daniels says! Any of his takes are questionable at most! He's works for the OKC Thunder! Manu is the general for the second unit so it's not like he's going to play heavy minutes!