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Francisco Elson was like a mix of Hakeem Olajuwon and Scottie Pippen in his Spurs debut which, as I'm sure you're hinting, took place against the Mavs in Dallas.
I thought I was wrong after that game. Unfortunately I wasn't
As memorable as he was, Pops only played in three games for the Spurs. The Cavs game was his shining moment.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/.../gamelog/2009/
I thought I was wrong after that game. Unfortunately I wasn't
At least the Spurs won a le with the Oberto/Elson combo in 07'....
I thought I was wrong after that game. Unfortunately I wasn't
BTW, Can't wait to see if Coach Bud throws Baynes into the fire. The fire rises!
Is this the game thread?
If Pop were coaching, I'd bet that he'd play Baynes. Pop loves to just throw new players right into the mix.
With Bud, it's much, much, much less likely unless there is a blowout.
Anyone know if Baynes has even gone through a practice with the team yet?
In all likelihood the Australian National Team's system shares some peripheral similarity w the Spurs bc of Brett Brown (similar to Toros vs. Spurs), so there's a good chance Baynes won't look completely lost out there.
I mean he may not be sitting at the dinner table or anything, but he at least has his foot in the door to the house.
Maybe Bud will put him on the court with Mills, Bonner, Blair and Neal just to see if he can raise the bar?
Just by being 7 foot, Baynes raised the bar.
Question....
If Baynes turns out to be a posterizer, do you think the Spurs popularity among the casual NBA fan will rise? It seems that most of the stars are high flying dunkers. Am I wrong to assume as much?
Unless he turns into the face of the franchise, no I doubt very seriously the Spurs' popularity will rise. Spurs, fair or not, will be viewed by the casual fan as a very efficient, business-like and boring franchise as long as TD is the face and Pop is the coach.
Tiago, the first game you were healthy to play, you were the first player off the bench, tbh.
Yes, it was Tiago's poor health that took him two plus years to start next to Duncan tbh...
throw new players into the mix != start new players forever
tbh
Suffice to say, nobody hopes to tell you how right you are more than me.
Did Matty's Grand Prix break down on the way to that game or somethin?
I don't like Blair but it would be really unfair if Baynes got off the bench before Blair.
Keep playing traditional center throughout the game, Tiago for 36 min, Baynes for the rest.
its also really unfair that blair has been collecting paychecks all season. he's had like 3 games where he wasn't terrible
SJAX is always game guarding Dirk
he might be playing bad, but he has been with the team for over 3 years now. you cant replace him with a guy who probably hasnt even been to a practice yet. its not like baynes was an nba player before this either, so he is still somewhat of an unknown.
Baynes enters with 10 minutes left in the 2nd.
we know what we are getting from blair... and its not good. might as well see what the kid can do, even if its for limited minutes. all he's gna have to do is bang with brand or kaman and stay around the rim on offense. not asking him to play with expertise and knowledge of the offense. we usually play small against Dallas by having jax or diaw on dirk anyway. not seeing many minutes for blair in this one
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