More Belinelli less Green?

[Diego20]

Sure green dissapears. But the Ferrari still doing his warmup laps so I dont see how he merits more minutes yet. Nig is just crusing until he is neede to save the team imo

Stop calling him a Ferrari when he's not more than a FIAT.

[Malik Hairston]

Stop calling him a Ferrari when he's not more than a FIAT.

He's The Hooptie for now, tbh..

[Biernutz]

Danny and Marco couldn't hit anything yesterday but you have to let them play for what they can do.
Dallas tried to take the 3pt away and make us go inside but we were cold outside anyway. We were lucky Tim burned
them inside and Tony had a inside a run with a 15ft jumper also. Danny plays better defense than Marco so between the two
you play Danny more. If one of the two gets hot shooting they will play more......

[Kidd K]

Anyone who would rather have Belinelli on the floor instead must be one of those newbie fans who only think scoring makes a big difference in the game. Green isn't even a bad scorer either.

Green's defense is worlds better than Belinelli's.

[LakerHater]

Green plays way better D!

[hater]

Belinelli has shown on the Spurs that he is even more one dimensional than Green.

only productive if Manu spoon feeds him a basket
you ignoring Green's value on defense

can't argue with this at the moment. Beli thou, can dribble in an empty gym. but no use arguing at the moment, Ferrari is still doing his warmup laps, but I agree he was terrible, he even made my Worst players of the Playoffs list, you can examine my list here:
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...1782&p=7258901

but let's not get carried away here. Ray Allen had a worst game 1 and I still pick Ray on a buzzer beater shot over anyone else in the playoffs.

[cd021]

Stop calling him a Ferrari when he's not more than a FIAT.

He can't be a FIAT they don't have 4 doors.

[Arcadian]

I would like to see Bellinelli play more, yes, but not necessarily at the expense of Green. I do think Marco is potentially our best player off the bench and would be a starter on many teams.

[cd021]

Beli will lose all his minutes if doesn't start making some shots. Yesterday, Green played 24 minutes and Beli played 12. If neither one are going to score, then the Spurs would be better off playing Danny for all 36 minutes.

If Pop plans to have Leonard lead the team in minutes (like he said) then Beli is directly affected. Manu has played the majority of his minutes at SF with Beli playing alongside him at 2 guard. Leonard logging 30 minutes at SF with 5-8 minutes from Green and the rest from Manu.

At SG, Green will probably only play about 20 minutes a game while Manu plays 10-15 minutes there. Beli will probably only play up to 18 minutes on any given night.

[cd021]

Beli's biggest asset is his 3pt shooting and Green is every bit as good. Both are streaky but when Green is hot he is among the very best in the NBA from down town. Beli is best served off the bench where he can play off Manu.

[Sean Cagney]

no.

Yep, I agree. OP get the outta here. These new posters man, they are the worst.

BTW like Chinook said, LOL after yesterdays game how can you even talk about more minutes????

[MI21]

Not to stressed out about Beli's offense, but his defense has actually gotten worse as the season has worn on.

Matt Bonner could of defended Devin Harris' drive to the rim just before half-time..

[ShoogarBear]

If Green, Belinelli, and Patty keep stinking like they did in Game 1, the Spurs aren't getting out of the WC no matter who gets the minutes.