Yea that was just an accident.
You gotta love Blair. He was telling the Celtics I'll spot you 2 points and still make you wish you'd drafted me.
The loss for me was frustrating more than anything because of all the turnovers and missed free throws. Blair kept us in the game in the end and Duncan kept us in the game the other 3 quarters. I don't expect Blair to play like this every night, but I do think he gained Pops and his team mates confidence which is a good thing, however on the flip side RJ and Mason stunk it up. If Pop can give RJ a bigger role in the offense it may help, he seems to need that to be effective.
Sorry, but the guy that did Whataburger "pop a shot" or whatever it's called was pretty impressive too - he hit back to back shots in the final trash can just for fun
mason played pretty good, he just missed shots
Of all of the players on the court, I was MOST disappointed in dice's game tonight.
At least, jefferson's defense on pierce made him a non factor. But dice did nothing.
Loved Blair though.![]()
I didn't like the limited minutes Mcdyess got in the last game and his minutes were too spread out this game. When he gets out there and they're trying to run plays he doesn't look "natural" to me. He hasn't yet adjusted to the way the offense runs and looks like he's trying to remember where to be rather than playing ball. He'll need more minutes to settle in the way he did in Houston. On defense I watched 2 plays where Garnett then Perkins both tried to drive in, both used their elbow to create space, and because dice didn't budge he got called for a foul.
The other team also did a great job of reading the play when they'd try and get Dice an open shot.
If his minutes continue to be what they are he'll continue to play up and down ball.
I thought the effort was mostly solid tonight. Best example of that IMO was Bonner who couldn't get his shot to drop tonight, but found a way nonetheless to impact the game through his offensive rebounding. Also, RJ's defense on Pierce was solid.
Don't confuse lack of "effort" with sloppiness, turnovers, and missed shots from 3-range. Blair is a great player but some folks here have formed an emotional attachment to the guy that borders on the unreasonable.
Of interest was Reggie Miller and his observations about Blair. He was impressed and said the one guy Blair should get with to advance his game over the summer is Barkley. Blair showed something tonight that he had not shown in previous games and that is a quick first step. He actually has a game facing the basket that we had not seen until now.
Could he develop an outside shot?
Could he develop a three point shot?
If so, we would go from star prospect to superstar prospect. Maybe spending some time with Barley ain't so bad of an idea.
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