Hey mate, You won't hear any talking from me. Both LA and Boston are a lot better than the Spurs right now.
Always good to see what other fans think of some of our players. Especially someone like Blair who should be getting more court time.
Its too far in the season for that 'too many new faces' excuse, at this point in time the Spurs simply arent good enough. Fortunately for us there's still alot of season and room for improvement. Manu on the bench late in the game is inexplicable though, still scratching my head over that .
So what do you LA fans think?
Did the Spurs blow the game or do you think Pop coached a piss poor game like I do?
You've officially derailed your OWN thread, IM.
Blair played well tonight, but he is still very far from doing this on a consistent basis. Most of his success stemmed from "energy" and "hustle" and that is not something that always translates.
He certainly has shown a lot of good things and he needs minutes to grow.
I love Blair...I hope him and Sam Young turn into great pros
So who else on the team is showing that hustle for them to play ahead of him. Name one ing player that is consistently bringing that.
Why not start Blair in the first quarter because that is something the Spurs need to start games. They always start like .
I do agree with you though that you can't rely on hustle as that doesn't always work out every game or is consistent, but you never know starting Blair might help the team a lot and he might even become a lot better player if he is allowed to play through his mistakes.
Because over the long haul, McDyess should be better on a consistent basis next to Duncan. I am not opposed to having Blair start, but I don't think it would theoretically be the best option.
Blair was such a steal for the spurs.. very solid addition.
Blair>>>most NBA centres. He's always a beast when he gets minutes.
Blair was a steal. Too bad he has to play on a franchise that won't be winning any championships in the near future.
must be sad to have no life.
You got beat, simple as that. You could have won just as readily. Aside from Perkins, the Celtics were scattered, though Rondo is a cold blooded little who'd slice your throat in an instant. He's lethal, and understand the pro game.
Pop put you into position to win, you just lost instead.
Keeping Mason on the floor instead of Manu seemed a bit odd. However if Mason had knocked down a few of his 3 point attempts you could have won.
Pops is a little like Phil we don't always understand them but who can argue with their rings right?
Phil will refuse to call a timeout during a 10-0 run against us. It drives me crazy. Phil also loves Luke for whatever reason.
Spurs and Lakers fans have been spoiled the past 10 years compared to so many other franchises in the league. So we should be able to take the bad years when there is so many great seasons.
By the way Blair is a bad mother er.
It's quite simple we lost but:
Celctics
Off. Rebounds2Def. Rebounds30Total Rebounds32
Spurs
Off. Rebounds20Def. Rebounds35Total Rebounds55
^btw is that stat line is for real, I mean there is no mistake ?
What? The exact opposite is true. Over the long haul, Antonio has no where near the upside as Blair. If these early season games are just the throwaways Pop is treating them as then he shouldn't be playing Antonio very much and he should be playing Blair.
McDyess is a known commodity who isn't going to get much better. Blair on the other hand is likely to get much better and be a of a contributor. He woudln't be the first undersized power power forward to help the Spurs to a le. Malik Rose anyone?
Blair looked great, coming off the bench for McDyess as the third big and playing 16-25 minutes (depending on cir stance) seems like a solid role for him to grow with.
Because if he was drafted in the top 10 he'd definitely be on a contender.
Blair will make you sorry.
I'm still pissed. There were so many opportunities Spurs flushed down the toilet.
Although, I'm impressed with our rebounding. That's what kept us in the game considering all the TO's we had. We got very little contributions from several players.
Blair and Timmy were SOLID.
when duncan retires next month spurs already got their next building block
I think you misunderstood. When I said long haul, I meant over the course of this season. Dice is a much better player at this point than Blair and is a better fit next to Duncan.
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