Does Mills deserve more time?

[MI21]

Why stop there, Mills looks even better than Duncan at this age/stage of career.

[benfti]

Neal sadly has better handles than Mills

No, he does not.

[MI21]

No, he does not.

It's close. Neal has better dribble moves but a looser handle everywhere else. Mills is pretty limited with his moves, probably because he has never needed them much due to speed, but his handle in general is a bit tighter in straight lines and in traffic.

[Raven]

Neither Neal nor Mills are true point guards. That being said, they are backups, and either are serviceable. Can't expect to have a Tony Parker coming off the bench. Neal can always explode and give you a game like tonight, and Mills is capable of big games as well.

well neal is 6-4 and mills is 6-0, so mills can only be a pg while neal is a pure sg but is playing a bit of a pg with manu since he is the passer anyway, the only thing neal does is to get the ball to the other side of the court. The real problem is the defensive matchups, since neal can't guard the speed of an nba pg.

[will_spurs]

I actually thought Mills was younger than he actually is. I worded it wrong in that case. Mills looks better than Parker did with his current amount of NBA experience.

Given that Pop gave Parker the reins of the team after only 5 games into his rookie season, and that the Spurs were a championship caliber team back then (and have been ever since), I'm pretty sure your 2nd assessment is as colored with pink glasses as the 1st.

[timvp]

Rookie prepubescent Parker >>>>> Mills





As for this thread subject, it's difficult for me to advocate taking Neal out of the rotation in order to insert Mills. I like Mills but Neal has been pretty darn good this season (outside of the Clippers game). And if Neal has genuinely improved his defense, I don't see an area where Mills is that much better than Neal.

[Manu-of-steel]

Yes, I get blood pressure everytime I see Neal handling the ball

Everyone alive has blood pressure. You're dead if you don't have one.

[benfti]

Rookie prepubescent Parker >>>>> Mills

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As for this thread subject, it's difficult for me to advocate taking Neal out of the rotation in order to insert Mills. I like Mills but Neal has been pretty darn good this season (outside of the Clippers game). And if Neal has genuinely improved his defense, I don't see an area where Mills is that much better than Neal.

Agree with this, that being said I kind of like the idea of whilst the team still has the amazing experience of the big 3, I see long term futures with Patty, Kawai, Nando and Tiago as guys we can build the new team post Duncan and Manu around. Neal to me seems like a bit of a beacon in the night sky, some nights he looks great but he will be gone by the morning.

Does anyone else see this. Unpopular view but I really can see with the right coaching and opportunity Mills could run a team, he did it so well at the Olympics and is still easily young enough to be moulded

[Rapper]

Yes, I get blood pressure everytime I see Neal handling the ball

But everytime Neal makes it