Spurs need energy of the bench from PG position, especially offensively. Heck, if the Spurs need a french guy only to pass the ball, just get Diaw on a diet and play him at PG.
Creator - no. Passer - yes but can be too flashy for playoff ball against a team like the Grizzlies who live on steals. Shooter?? Haha
Besides, if Conley's blowing past him into the lane then his value decreases and I don't think he's quick enough to handle Conley. The most important things for the Spurs backup point in this series and playoffs are defense, ball security, and defense. Joseph is better at those
I totally agree with both parts of this. This isn't the first time a foreign player has vented to somebody back home, and it won't be the last. But the key is that he gets over whining about it and put in the effort to get better.
If he can get his shooting form and defense into shape, there's no reason he can't take over Gary Neal's minutes next year and use the inevitable injuries and rest days to audition to take over Manu's spot in the rotation when he retires -- not that he'll ever be Manu, of course.
As I said before, that’s the advantage of having two lawyers in the Family as Splitter does.
Bit of a non-story, tbh
-He doesn't need to create when Manu is on the court with him.
-His passing ability isn't that much of a plus because he doesn't/shouldn't have the ball in his hands all too often.
-His shooting is better than Cojos? That's new news to me. Do you have a shot chart? They've always been nearly the same in my mind with Cojo still scoring off those cuts while Nando would drive to the basket then throw the ball away a la Prigioni.
Same reasons why Chalmers is a better fit than like Ricky Rubio in Miami. They don't need a creator. They have Lebron.
Maybe for other teams, but to me it's pretty apparent Pop wants 3 things in a backup PG:
-Defense(this is the main reason i was excited that Pop rolled with Joseph, he awarded the spot to the best defender)
-Can hit the open J
-Can run the offense and not get in the way; iow find a way to contribute without messing up spacing, holding onto the ball too long, or being too timid
Obviously Joseph has number 1 down. In the RS he was a pretty good shooter, and it seems like he hits when comfortable. It remains to be seen if he can keep it up as the stage gets bigger, he hasn't had a confident J so far in the Grizz series, so we'll see. When he hits shots and makes good cuts, 2 and 3 kinda blend together, and the offense runs smoothly.
Another thing i like is his ability to finish at the rim, there have been a couple plays this year where he's made some really crazy layups through contact.
If you really want playing time for pop, this is not the way to get it
Spurs motion offense is not fitting for Decolo to play pg, maybe sg but not pg....
You're a damn rookie... did you really think Pop was going to play you in the playoffs? Do you know how rare that is? Obviously not.
This interview has already been posted and translated yesterday in the Think Tank forum:
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...=1#post6590211
I don't pretend to be great at translating but it's still better than the Google translation posted on that blog.
For the rest, I agree that it's a bit of a non-story. De Colo is just an ambitious player that isn't playing. He can't be satisfied by that. Pop surely deserves a lot of blame for the way he has manage the backcourt this season. He created a logjam of 7 guards and constantly changed his rotation this season. I also agree with De Colo being upset with the way Spurs announced he would be in a suit. No need to be cuddled but Pop could have taken a couple of minutes to explain him why he decided to go with Joseph, Neal and Mills. Communication is a big key in a team.
Everything started going downhill since he started complaining about playing in the D-League.
I'm waiting on you to post NDC's shot chart tbh.
Which is moot anyway, he doesn't play because his skill set doesn't match what the Spurs need. Babby's first NBA thread
Yeah, on the one hand you want Nando to stfu; on the other, you like that he's not satisfied with how things went this season and you hope it makes him push himself a little harder and be a better player next year. I'd love that.
CJ 3 FG%: Career: .250 This season: .286 Playoffs: .222
De Colo 3 FG%: .378
This.
We'll see what kind of drive/work ethic De Colo has this off-season. If it really bothers him and he has the work ethic, then he will find out what areas Pop thinks he needs to improve in and work tirelessly to improve.
That's not a fair comparison. Cory was in the d league for most of the year, where he shot 47% from 3pt land.
I never really saw a clear winner between Nando and CoJo. CoJo does play with a lot of energy, bouncing around like Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, but other than that...?
Oh well, Pop must have seen something that made him chose cojo.
Per 36 minutes
Nando
Pts 10.8 Fg% .436
Cory Joseph 11.7 fg%.464
Cory brings energy and does not disrupt the flow of the offense..
Also Nando fouls more, and turns over the ball more..
Although Nando has better assist average and rebound average
Nando played 72 games Joseph 28.
So obviously nando had way more opportunities this season to accomodate to the team and have better stats than Joseph, which he does not.Joseph scores more, turns over the ball less..
Both shot amazingly well in May, and the shooting of both fell off a cliff in April. Aside from Joseph's advantage at guarding traditional-sized point guards, it could have been a coin toss that determined who got the job.
Both are scrubs. The Spurs can get rid of any of them.
He's been doing it all season. You can go to his thread in the Think Tank for the interviews Bruno has translated if you want to read more.
I think the fact that CoJo performed well when given the chance during the playoffs and Pop has just continued to give him the PT. It's the playoffs and TP is going to play a whole lot more minutes than RS, so there's not a lot of minutes left over.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
