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playblair please ban yourself
........ @ baynes having a better game than blair ............ the guards continuously drove @ baynes .............
blair = better defender & rebounder..........
playblair please ban yourself
so what was the excuse with the airball 3ft from the ring?
I love watching Splitter now he keeps on getting better and better and my man is dunking the ball...YEAH
Neal needs to visit a sport shrink man he is playing bad.
Bonner and Diaw are twins........
SJ is pretty much done as a player that air ball.....well at least he will retire a Spur
whoever makes these scouting reports for the spurs should be fired tbh
theyve overhelped vs all the pass first point guards with no offensive game
prigioni rondo and rubio all had big games running the pick and roll and finding open shooters and making simple passes to the roll man who no Spur would step up to defend after Tiago stopped penetration
Popovich is giving too much respect to the PGs
if we play OKC he should force westbrook to beat us and cover Abaka better
also i liked what i saw from Diaw tonight minus the missing shots
he actually posted up quite a few times and drew double teams
but the guys at the top of the key who he passed it to were Leonard and Parker and they never shoot elbow/straight on 3s
if it was Manu or Neal they would have converted them
Neals also supposedly playing injured
if manu wasnt always questionable to play then spurs should shut him down
they can probably get away with playing mills in his place anyway
Baynes looks lost and fatigued
i remember him not going to the high post for a pass and Leonard had to keep signaling him to be there
also getting stripped by Ridnour on a hook shot..
Which one? I think at least 5 players had airballs tonight, including Green, Parker and Jackson on the Spurs.SJ is pretty much done as a player that air ball.
And damn, Rubio is shooting 31% from the field this year? Not from 3, but from the field? Thats just terrible.
Yeah there were a crazy number of air balls. And no idea why Rubio keeps shooting, they're leaving you open for a reason!!
I think the grading should be based on the context. SAy like, Green's 3-pointers in the rout against Bobcats in their home court is just one of hot-hands of the team.
But tonight, each and every one of his 3-pointers is much needed. This game was written as a losing trap game all over the place. More often than not, nobody other than Tony can create anything. And the momentum was totally shifted to Timberwolves in many occasions in 4th quarter alone. But each time, Green's timely 3-pointer brings Spurs back into the game.
Actually not only his shooting, he has a few very impressive assists. One is in early 4th quarter, when the Spurs were in offense drought, he had one very neat pick-n-roll assist to Tiago. That play is rarely seen outside of Tony and Manu. Another one is toward the end of 4th quarter, he set up Tony beautifully with a cut to secure the victory.
Granted, he leaves a lot to be desired in this game, as the 5 seconds timeout (or even less?) by Pop after only 2-and-half-minute can attest for that. But overall, this win largely owes to Green's performance, and I think he deserves an A-.
splitter takes so few shots that if he misses 2 out of 5, it seems he missed too much... he made 60%, and 100% FT
It wsa the first time I have seen a Spur not be moved around at will by Pek. Baynes is his size. Not a great game from him, but his screens were effective.
manu is the true backup pg... its why neal usually starts in the second unit
Baynes doesn't have to fill up the stat sheet. Just set great screens (Tony can attest to Pek being a great screener), clean up on the boards, and finish.
Matt Bonner pulled down a one handed rebound in traffic and made a basket when the Spurs were down 1. If that's not an A- performance at least then I don't know what is.
For a guy who just joined the team, Baynes' defensive position is incredible. His ability to block shots and set screens is very good as well. Joey Crawford had a hard-on for rookie meat; I have no idea what fouls he was calling, but given minutes the whistles will start to get more friendly. He looks like a real NBA player.
Tony Parker made Luke Ridnour look like Tim Hardaway in slow motion with his inability to defend the world's slowest crossover. That was embarrassing.
Something's wrong with Gary Neal. If it's not physical, they need to let him work his way through it. He's a bargain, and if he returns to form, he's got a ton of value.
If the Spurs decide that they're likely to move Jack, they should consider picking up Gelabele if the Wolves don't.
Call up Cojo, get rid of Nando and Blair. Bring in Adam Hanga. Alternate Cojo and Hanga in Dleague trips.
He is overrated even before he was drafted in the NBA. Not surprised of his FG %. And if you're the starting point guard of Spain NT, you don't need to do much TBH.
Rubio's jump shot is broken and he can't finish at the rim (even pre-ACL injury he was last in the league at at-rim shot percentage).
He made "weird decisions" whatever that means.....
I liked Baynes. He has only played in what...3 games? He faced Pek, which is not an easy task, and he didn’t look completely overmatched.
Let’s see how he plays against Detroit: Monroe, Drummond (?), Maxiel.
K Leonard is getting more creative offensively, taking medium range jumpers and layups. Cool.
That was his game in college. Being the Spurs' starting 3 has forced him to learn the corner 3.
Pop's rotations were a C at best.
isnt his ball control always dodgy
I actually agree with most of these grades. Baynes is looking fine, imo, for being as new as he is out there. And one the best things he does that the offense hasn't had since the days of Oberto and Nesterovich is play pulling guard. He sets great blocks for the guards making the runs to the basket. That can prove invaluable to our point and shooting guards who have been continually getting pounded as the 'go to the rim'. And if we don't get people going to the rim, we won't open up the three pointers, so that is a real plus for the team. I know he's going to get a lot of fouls called on him because he is new. He just has to be out there to do it. I foresee a second unit with Baynes and Diaw on the court at the same time as a good back up to the starting lineup with Splitter and Duncan.
And I am really pleased with DeColo. He looked confident to me, was finding open guys, made a few mistakes but so did everybody else out there. That's okay, he's a better back up than anyone other than Ginobili, imo, and I'm glad he is getting the burn in his first year to make him better.
I was glad that Green made his threes, and we needed them. But man, that man is the worst finisher on fast breaks in the history of basketball. He can blow a layup, a pull-up, a floater, etc. etc. His three has to be good for him to be on the team, imo.
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