Nazr Mohammed -underrated in games 5 and 6

[Guru of Nothing]

Probably about 18 teams in the league.

Be patient. The Spurs don't have to and probably won't do anything about this until seeing both players healthy and after at least a training camp + a few months playing time. In the meantime, you have easily one of the better center tandems in the league at a reasonable price. Why mess with that?

You saved me the trouble of saying it.

I'll add that Rasho and Nazr are perfect opposites and represent excellent matchup options for Pop - Nazr offers an aggressive rebounding game with strong put-backs; Rasho brings a very good midrange shot and an excellent grasp of team-defense concepts (and for this alone I think he rightfully earns his relatively moderate salary)

[JUUOT]

i agree with lasts post ohever ithink it is impossible to give acceptable plying time to more than 4 bigs. so rasho, horry or scola, one of them will not be a spurs next season
or maybee horry in a kevin willis steve kerr role

[JUUOT]

duncan scola
nazr rasho
horry as a jocker
would be huge front line, it makes me dreaming

[picnroll]

Between Nazr and Rasho Spurs still have Horry consistently closing out tight games with Duncan. Until the Spurs find the big that can replace Horry at the end of tight games they haven't found their final big man solution.

[Guru of Nothing]

duncan scola
nazr rasho
horry as a jocker
would be huge front line, it makes me dreaming

I'll go into July mode a little early.

I really wish I had a better fix on Scola's game (honest to goodness, the only moving picture of him in my mind is when JO stepped on his head). Although Pop has not given Big Dog many opportunities to succeed in these playoffs so far, I'm kind of hoping we can bring him back next year, which would come at the expense of Scola. Whether you agree or not, it probably won't happen because Cleveland can offer more money and virtually guarantee him his customary 20 ppg, and excepting a Ray Allen or Michael Redd type acquisition, Cleveland would be crazy not to extend GRob a better offer.

And, as my mind shifts and rambles, maybe I should hope more for a Scola signing, because Nazr's expiring $6M contract will have a lot of sex appeal before the next trading deadline, especially if packaged with a relatively small contract like, say, Brent Barry's, for a near-max kind of player.

Here's to a fun June and an interesting July.

[wildbill2u]

Before game 5 they discussed that Nazr should be a little more aggressive looking for his own shots when they are there. That made a big difference. He needs to expect easy baskets and putbacks when Duncan is drawing people, and he did a much better job of that in game 5 and 6.

I think the discussion was more like NASR was open because of the double teams and they should look for him more. It worked. In addition, he's a good foul shooter when the other team tries to make up for being slow to guard him.

I think NASR's hands had been suspect because he'd missed some passes since he'd been here when he wasn't expecting the ball. But look at how he handled those bullet passes from MANU in game five.

I believe he'll be OK when he knows he may be the option as is looking for it--and the team gains some confidence in him. However, I noticed he was open several times in game six and the other players simply didn't get him the ball.