Beno deserves 1st half minutes

[ata]

Truth is Van Exel has always been more of a shooting guard than a point guard. With the Mavs, he always played off the ball. The thinking is if you can get Nick going, he's a type of player who can win a game for you. With the way this series is going, a bust out performance from Nick would be huge.

Some shoting guard with 0.343 FG%.
Waiting for bust out performance?
Put Nazr in, he busted out with 30 points, NVE bigest bust out (or is just bust) is "huge" 15 points againt Chicago.

[George W Bush]

Hey, Frosty the Snowman.
I didn't know you were a Spurs fan.



God Bless America

[timvp]

What's ironic about Beno fan's talking poundage smack is that if Beno would lose weight like the Spurs have asked him to, he might actually be able to handle playoff level defense.

[snowboarder]

VanX did a good job passing yesterday

but beno needs to play!

[beachbarbie948]

VanX did a good job passing yesterday

but beno needs to play!

amen

[ploto]

That's why he's +1?

I'll admit he's sucking shooting the ball but from your backup point guard behind Tony, if he's keeping the games even I don't know what more you want. He's playing ugly but the net result is decent so I don't see much reason to complain.

You do realize that using that stat- the Spur with the highest BY FAR on court stat for the entire play-offs is actually Beno at +23.7.

[timvp]

You do realize that using that stat- the Spur with the highest BY FAR on court stat for the entire play-offs is actually Beno at +23.7.

Playing 3 minutes in the playoffs will do that to stats.

[timvp]

Got damn. Now do you guys see why Beno shouldn't be in the game?

He's in there for 3 seconds and he turns the ball over in the backcourt. I couldn't believe his azz tried to draw a foul in that situation. He's just lucky there's instant replay nowadays.

WTF. He better not step foot on the court again this playoff run.

[T Park]

Turnover Beno strikes again.....

[Melmart1]

If the person who started this thread isn't ashamed, they SHOULD be!

[ata]

Hmm, I've checked yahoo.com, nba.com, popcoenmashine.net, espn.go.com and I couldn't find TO by Beno.
However I've found proves of bust-out performance of NVE (-1 on +/-; great).

[velik_m]

yes, but Spurs won by the highest margin in this series - coincidence? i think not.

[timvp]

Brent Barry threw an inbounds pass to Beno with 2.5 seconds to go in the half. Beno didn't go and grab the ball and just kinda caught it nonchalantly and tried to flop his way to a foul. Marquis Daniels picked the ball up and hit a three. Luckily, the instant replay showed Daniels didn't quite get it off in time.

[ata]

So, was it trunover or not?

a) yes
b) no

[kris]

So, was it trunover or not?

a) yes
b) no

Probably not statistically a turnover, but Beno's one play at the end of the first half makes whoever made this post and whoever agreed with them owned.

Beno in the NBA world is a chubby white kid, and these athletic black guys on the Mavs can pretty much just run him down and take the ball from him whenever they want.

Van Exel didn't hit a damn thing, but he ran the team well and did fair on defense today and that is all we need from the backup point.

[orhe]

well van exel did what he was supposed to... give the ball to manu and tim w/o turning it over something beno can't do

[timvp]

So, was it trunover or not?

a) yes
b) no

Yes, it should have been Beno's turnover. For some reason the scorers gave it to Barry.

[kris]

Tenny bopper Beno doesn't start running suicides and he's going to be sitting on the street curb chewing his gum.

[aaronstampler]

TimVP and TPark, the Beno haters are insane. Daniels completely ran Beno over and if the refs had any respect for him, it'd be two FTs.

[Kibic]

Probably not statistically a turnover, but Beno's one play at the end of the first half makes whoever made this post and whoever agreed with them owned.

Beno in the NBA world is a chubby white kid, and these athletic black guys on the Mavs can pretty much just run him down and take the ball from him whenever they want.

Van Exel didn't hit a damn thing, but he ran the team well and did fair on defense today and that is all we need from the backup point.

So b) no

Statistics is all about long term...big numbers...than it will tell us something. Few second does not mean anything.

He will play, if not for Spurs than for some other team.

[kris]

So b) no

Statistics is all about long term...big numbers...than it will tell us something. Few second does not mean anything.

Don't try telling that to Robert Horry or Derek Fisher.

This is the playoffs I'm talking about here. Every possession and every second counts.

Beno turnovers aren't a new fad. He nearly coughed up the championship in just a few plays last year in the finals.

[kris]

And a) yes if you must know the truth. Beno should have handled the ball, but he lost it and tried to draw a foul instead.

[Kamnik]

TimVP and TPark, the Beno haters are insane. Daniels completely ran Beno over and if the refs had any respect for him, it'd be two FTs.

word!

that was a foul and you guys are a huge haters!

you are as not objective in regards to Beno as possible

[kris]

word!

that was a foul and you guys are a huge haters!

you are as not objective in regards to Beno as possible

I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say you are from the homeland.

[venitian navigator]

You can't be evaluated in three seconds...when he had the opportunity to play big minutes in the right situation, Beno played realy well!
The point, I think, is he's not as good as a back-up for few minutes...
He's the kind of player that needs minutes, 'cause his ability is to be in control of the team, and place all the players in the right situation for receiving a good pass.
He gives is best at a slow pace...and you can't change the pace of a game in few seconds or two minutes.
Probably he needs to be a starter...and that means that, by now, he's not the right solution for our team...