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I realy don't like the Blair, Bonner on the floor together for our bench frontline.it just doesnt seem like enough size and strength up front. I think someone like Theo is needed with Blair. that is if we want any kind of defence out there.
Now that I think of that it's true but I don't think that Mcdyess will bring as much as energy off the bench as Blair would.
I realy don't like the Blair, Bonner on the floor together for our bench frontline.it just doesnt seem like enough size and strength up front. I think someone like Theo is needed with Blair. that is if we want any kind of defence out there.
We need cohesion more. Dice can spread the floor, since he is a shooter, despite whoever claimed otherwise. Manu and Blair in the second unit makes more sense "energy" wise than either of them starting. The problems with the starting five, as I stated above, are cohesion and adjustments.
Well IMO.
Bonner can still spread the floor and the hope I would assume, is that Blair plays bigger. Although, I dont necessarily like it either in some cases. Again, just my opinion.
blair should play ~30 minutes but still come off the bench. he usually plays with the second unit and meshes well with them, especially manu
Our spacing would be horrible..
Bogans is too inconsistent from outside, Parker is too inconsistent from outside, RJ isn't shooting well, and Blair doesn't have range..
I guess it depends on who's playing better but you don't award Blair by starting him you award Blair by giving him more minutes than Bonner.
And in the next game he could foul out in 10 minutes. Blair is like the whole Spurs team right now...moments of greatness with consistent minutes of inconsistency.
people obsess over 'spreading the floor' way too much. That kind of nonsense led people to believe that Scola sucked and Bonner was sooooooo much better.
in 03 they won with Robinson and Rose next to Duncan, and at that point neither of those guys were superstars from mid-range, especially Robinson. In 05 Nazr was the starter, he rarely took shots from outside 10 feet. In 07 there was Oberto and Elson, and those guys had minimal impact spreading the floor, between them it seemed they'd get about 1 open shot in the midrange a game.
Yes, he had problems next to Duncan like going to set a screen at the same time and place as Duncan. But that won't happen regularly as he plays more. It's like expecting him to score a tip in for the other team every game.
Replacing Dice with Blair will make the Tony/Jefferson problem even more glaring.
The problem isn't just spreading the floor in the frontcourt..
The problem is that Bogans can't shoot on a consistent basis, Parker can't, RJ is struggling and isn't a great shooter anyways..
When you have NO reliable shooters from anywhere on the floor, teams will make you pay..
Blair works better coming off the Bench with energy. He fits the role perfectly.
timmy and dice as starters w/ a steady diet of minutes works. i feel like pop has a certain amount of minutes to go around for two backup bigs once dice has the playbook pat and can fill the big # 2 role (w/ his bbiq and strength he can hopefully give us some heads up oberto plays-buckets when the j isn't falling.)
The nice thing about having three backups is that it gives coach an opportunity to see who can earn their minutes in a given game/series. If/when pop feels good about giving ratliff 10-20 mpg consistently we could offset a night where bonner lays an egg or blair gets lost in the set by cooling him on the bench and letting big theo anchor the paint for a bit.
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Dice has a very dependable jump shot. He plays a lot like Kurt Thomas although he's quicker and he's a better defender
Agreed, Blair is at his mos effective when he's out there with Manu. Maximize the time those two have together. Come to think of it, Mason does a decent job of getting him the ball too.
I like what the bench brings in this current rotation. But our starters were definitely out of synch last night. I'm interested to see how this team gels in the next 4 months. As Blair learns to play in this league I certainly wouldn't object to an increase in his minutes.
As noted previously, everyone plays better when they play alongside Manu. And since Manu's minutes are probably going to be increased to a 25/game limit, and that number will probably hold for a while.
There simply isn't enough Manu to go around. But actually I wouldn't mind having Ginobili start, and allowing Hill, Blair, and, sometimes, RMJr to play the bench sparkplug role. The talent level top to bottom demands at least considering moving back to a more traditional roation. The only question would be concerning Keith Bogans's role on the team, b/c it might be more difficult for him to be effective if he doesn't have star players on the offensive end.
Although, with four players at least capable of being the main option on an offensive unit, that it seems like it wouldn't be difficult to make sure one of them is on the court at all times.
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