Grades: Spurs @ Timberwolves - Jan. 27

[weebo]

The Spurs need one more Big that can come in and do all the dirty work and get none of the glory ala Will Perdue, Malik Rose, Kevin Willis, Danny Ferry...etc. Although Bonner and Blair have their moments, one is too short and one is too soft to have any sort of consistent play that can help Tim.

[xmas1997]

Pop needs to play Thomas more IMHO.

[Fabbs]

Pop C
I've been begging for Pop to play Splitter more minutes and to finish the game with the Brazilian on the court. Against the T'Wolves, Pop did just that -- so I give him credit for that decision. I'll take a few losses now because I think it'll translate into more wins later. But there were definitely some other areas where I'm second-guessing Pop's decisions. The Spurs were going under the screen against Rubio all night long, and though it was a sound strategy since Rubio was in a massive shooting slump of late (22.8% in his last five games), Pop should have changed it up at some point. Rubio made the Spurs pay for showing him so little respect, finishing 7-for-12 from the floor. Pop also played Jefferson way too much and probably should have found more minutes for Parker to rest in the first three quarters. And that offensive implosion at the end was partially due to some poor playcalling by Pop. To be blunt, he should have called more plays that didn't involve Duncan.

timvp,
How can CIA Popped get a C when he leaves Soft in for the top game minutes?

It's like the bar has been lowered so much for Popped that when he actually does things correctly he gets over rewarded.

[Canibspur]

Stop being to easy on CJ. Hes consistently being graded higher than his play deserves. I understand a rookie 2nd round pick has lower expectations but still. Lets be real. Right now he is the backup point and we need more from him every night.

[ducks]

Parker and Duncan need to learn to play off of Splitter better. Feed the big man and he will send it back if they are open. No need to force so many shots. They both need to have greater self awareness of when they are tired and they don't have the lift for their shot.

It's kind of funny, but it looks like Splitter may be the best player on the team at the moment. He sure took a lot of heat to get to this point from all the haters.

tell pop to have them involve splitter more


if you are not doing what you are suppose to you get benched
rember pop benched blair,rj, tp one minute into third before