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Or maybe I personally don't give a about your opinion, and I don't want to waste anymore time talking about a case that has already reached it's main points.
So much for the:
No one is holding a gun to your head, skippy
Manu just posted: "there is not such a big difference between being a starter or a bench player."
Or maybe I personally don't give a about your opinion, and I don't want to waste anymore time talking about a case that has already reached it's main points.
So much for the:
No one is holding a gun to your head, skippy
And this helps your "Manu must start" argument?
Your prerogative. One has to wonder why you "wasted" so much time in the first place.Or maybe I personally don't give a about your opinion, and I don't want to waste anymore time talking about a case that has already reached it's main points.
Chumpie...u r no compe ion for me... Don't make me look for last year threads and make u look more stupid as u already do. Coz boy...u were so wrooooong!!!
Peace
Are you saying you don't have anything to say about the past game and what you would've done differently?
Just admit it.
There's no shame in wanting glory for Manu above everything else, just be honest about it.
Are you saying Hedo would've played better off the bench? Manu played the same, even better off the bench -- so that can't be it.Don't make me look for last year threads
We had no choice last year. You are acting like we have a choice this year. Step up and say what you would've done to adjust between games one and two.
Many of the Argentinians and other Manu fans are making the same arguments in this thread. Lets get some things out on the table:
- Manu seems O.K. with coming off the bench for now.
- Manu has free reign when he is playing with the second unit. In theory, he should get even more shots.
- Manu wants to win. We only have one game to look at, but the starting rotation change was one of many adjustments that helped the team win. The move was effective, at least to some extent.
If the team is winning, Manu is still getting lots of minutes, he's finishing games, and he's getting lots of shot opportunities, I'm apt to believe him when he says he's O.K. with the move for now.
So if Manu is happy, then it's clear that most of the Argentinians aren't really concerned about Manu. They don't seem to care about what Manu thinks, how happy he is, or whether or not he wins. It's clearly not about Manu, because they would be happy for him if he is content and winning basketball games. If they don't really care about Manu, what's the issue?
It's certainly not team success. The team won and the ing hasn't stopped.
I'm convinced that it's an issue of national pride. I really believe that many of the Argentinians see the change as some sort of diss tof their country. What else could it be? They aren't happy that Manu is happy, and they aren't happy that the team won.
It's a change that probably won't be permanent. It's working so far. Manu seems happy. Yet I don't want to be anywhere near this forum after game three if any of these three things happen:
- The Spurs lose
- Barry plays ty
- Manu plays well
Er...he did.- Manu plays well
Yeah, and if he plays well again, there is going to a flood of posts ing about him not starting. That's all I'm saying.
Understood. All I've done here is ask the Manunites why they are so against this move. The only halfway coherent answer I've gotten is "because Hedo plays bad in the playoffs."
For all his idiocy, Al came closest to admitting the real reason.
You're not going to get one because they aren't going to admit that it's really about them and not about Manu. Manu is O.K. with the move. And the team won. So it's not a matter of wanting what's best for Manu. They obviously don't care about him...it's either a personal or a nationalistic thing.
That's what it looks like to me.
I hate seeing Manu go to the bench but I really think it has helped the team. We pretty much weren't getting anything from our bench so they needed someone to save them. It'll be interesting how his minutes come out to. The assistant coach the other night was saying the problem will be getting enough minutes for him to play.
1 number and 3 words
2004 Second round exit
Ahhh...and I remember Brodels too heeheehee
Um, what the does that have to do with Manu playing on the bench last game?1 number and 3 words
2004 Second round exit
Ahhh...and I remember Brodels too heeheehee
And why do you care so little about what Manu thinks? I thought you liked him.
Athenea is just crazy. Why do people try to reason with somebody who obviously has a fatal attraction?
True. I'm done with that.
This IMO might go down as a fantastic move up there with
Jackson for Smith
and Elie for Jackson
in the starting lineups.
The funny thing, it was one player replacing another cause the starter had stunk.
This time, its for the bench player's confidence.
IMO, keep it, and ride the wave, Barry has proven, with the big minutes, and playing with Duncan, Bowen, Mohammed/Nesterovic, that he can put up good size numbers.
I hope saturday night, he not only gets 3s, but he cuts to the basket for some easy layups, cause IMO, he is the best finisher at the rim on the team.
Who is this Manu guy?
Typical chauvinist comment...go figure...
I didn't read into that.Typical chauvinist comment...go figure...
spin away baby...
In other matters regarding Ginobili, he really needs a hair cut. The pic on my avatar is the best way Ginobili should have his hair. What about you guys?
I would love for Manu to start. That being said, if him coming of the bench, provided he plays +30 mpg and the entire 4th Qs, is the reason the Spurs win the championship, I'm all for the move.
I would not like to see this as a permanent move, though.
Note to Pop: Please, stop bringing dudes who need to be pampered to perform.
Now, to all those people who say that coming off the bench is the same as starting, provided that you play the same minutes, blah, blah, ing-blah . . . guess what . . . ITS NOT!
If it were, the 6 MOY award would be as prestigious as the MVP award.
Manu has proven once again the class act he really is. Not many AS would've accepted this move, and be supportive as he has been. He has posted twice in his website about how he is OK with it.
SA fans are ing lucky to have him in their roster. I can't believe there are some ungrateful s who still bash him (sequ, although it appears that even in his Manu-bashing he is a phony) or want to trade him (Mr Pitiful himself, rascal).
A: I like you and I admire how you stick up for Manu, specially with chump, who said "Hedo>Manu" and now, every time whottt, or yourself, remind of that thread, he dances in circles, and makes up qualifications about his statements. Not one has he shown the cojones to say, "I admit it, I was wrong". I hope timvp could bump that thread just for laughs.
But A, after reading what Manu had to say about the move, I believe its time to drop the subject.
Shoog: Yes there is a Church of Manu because the guy is a national hero. This is a concept that Americans who follow basketball might not be familiar with. Some of you guys even rooted against your National Team in the Olympics (don't try to explain it because its ing unbelievable).
Maybe there is something to be learned about how Athenea and the other Argentines defend Manu.
Sorry to bust your bubble.
It was only one game.
I too hope he can keep it up. But you need to have some perspective.
Actually Smeagol if you wouldve watched game 1 this year, you would've noticed that, the Numbers for Barry when he started, were awesome.
I do have perspective, he can keep it up.
Get your tounge off of Ginobili's boots.
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