Belinelli is a much better all around player than Neal. No question about that.
Hes definitely under-appreciated on this forum. The guy was a stud for us while playing for minimum wage. Plus he was generally a smart player that was willing to change his role (ie, play PG) when the team needed it.
And complaints that he didn't play D, while also praising Mills and Belinelli, are stupid. None of those guys play D.
Don't criticize the Argentine prince for jacking up bad shots. People will call you names.
Gary Neal was what he was. He was a streaky shooter who could get hot, and wasn't afraid to take big shots.
I'd encourage those who want to point to Neal's 24-point Finals Game 3 performance to try to defend him scoring 12 points on 5/19 shooting over the last THREE games?
Tbh, he was pretty mediocre through the rest of the playoff run shooting 32%, and only scored more than 11 points one other time.
Don't get me wrong. Neal was a good soldier, provided some clutch shots during his tenure, and had a great game when the Spurs really needed it. But he also was undersized, could not defend or get around a pick to save his life, and was in chucker mode 95% of the time. The Spurs felt it was time to move on, and even though I liked Neal on the team, I can't say I disagree with the decision.
not missing him or anything, but it's obvious we are far worse off with belinelli. I completely agree with not resigning him, we have a lot of sg that should be played more, BUT:
-belinelli is a faaaar worse defender
-a far worse shooter
-as streaky as green which makes him useless in the play off (neal being able to move the chains when none else could is what made him so valuable)
-a terrible ballhandler, and i mean it in the sense of setting a play, he does not do that well. He has a decent dribbling but we are not that kind of team
-as stupid as they come (of course mcgee doesn't count), honestly listening to him being a high bball iq player has to be the worse take anyone has ever had, ever.
all in all, we'll still be good, but this was not a lateral move but a big step backward.
Same here. I'm not missing him at all. You'd have to be deseperate to miss someone as crappy as Neal. I'm more disappointed that Spurs wasted their MLE on two scrubs in Belli and Ayers. These are Tim and Manu's final two years with the team and the Spurs decide to fill out the roster with these two awful players? Embarrassing. They would have been better off resigning Neal and using the entire MLE on an impact player.
Good to see there are some people bringing some sense to this thread, Belli>>>>Neal.
Belli still needs to find how exactly he fits into this system, remember he was one of the main offensive options on the bulls last year. Now he's playing in a new system, surrounded by talented offensive players that are also his brand new teammates.
Once he finds that rhythm and his team starts trusting him he's going to be extremely valuable.
No he won't.
Belli has never been an impact player, except for maybe one year in Toronto or New Orleans. In fact, his presence on the court made the Bulls worse last year. I don't know where the notion came from that he was the Italian Ginobili. He's more like the Italian Neal.
People like making odd ball statements. Don't forget Mini Manu (De Colo)
Belli has never been an impact player, except for maybe one year in Toronto or New Orleans. In fact, his presence on the court made the Bulls worse last year. I don't know where the notion came from that he was the Italian Ginobili. He's more like the Italian Neal.
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This is 100% dead on. I won't forget his three he allowed either where he let Chalmers run up the floor and bank it at the end of the third to take the lead, that one hurt.
How in the is he a far worse defender than Neal? Nobody in the league is far worse on defense than him. This part made me laugh. I had to stop reading there.
Miss Gary Neal?! , bucks fans don't even act like they want him.
I don't know why SA even gave DeColo a roster spot. Anybody that's watched him in Europe could tell you he wasn't NBA calibre. Never thought the Spurs would find a European player worse than Beno. , it's insulting to even compare DeColo to Udrih. At least Beno carved an NBA career for himself while DeColo's fleeing back to Europe next season.
Belli's not worse than Neal but he's not exactly a good defender either. He was pretty awful in Chicago last year.
you may up this in february, let's see if you change your mind by then.
40% from the field
I think you people forgot how bad of a defender Neal was...
And before the finals, Neal was averaging 5 points on .364%
OH YEAH, How could we forget his whoopin' 0.6 assists!
There's no way anyone logical would currently trade Marco for Gary straight up
lol @ saying belli is a worse defender than smh. belli has much quicker feet to stay in frount of his man, and I have yet to see him sag off his man and leave a 3 point shooter wide open ala gary neal.
Neal was and is trash. He is a chucker who can do nothing else. Neal with it.
To be fair, 40% isn't that bad when all you shoot are threes
They were extremely grateful with Manu...Spurs
You'd be one of those people...
But he's not making that money in Milwaukee. Are we all in agreement that the Spurs would have been insane to pay that much for him?
BTW, I'm wondering how long before he's the starting point guard for that team. They're abysmal.
this n wat OP said dat green cant do wat neal can... beli to suks on D so spurs did a sh*t job der...
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