A Bad Omen - Finley and the ever present offensive rebound.

[MannyIsGod]

Maggette is worse just by definition because he reportedly DOESN'T WANT to play defense. At least Fin and Barry are willing to work hard and make an effort.

Prior to their coming to San Antonio, neither was known as a hard defensive worker and honestly I'm not sure you'd give either the label now.

[ShoogarBear]

Both Barry and Finley now work reasonably hard at trying to play defense. Occasionally last year Finley would have a decent night at it. But the combination of basic deficiencies and advancing age are catching up with both.

[mabber]

Both Barry and Finley now work reasonably hard at trying to play defense. Occasionally last year Finley would have a decent night at it. But the combination of basic deficiencies and advancing age are catching up with both.

The funny & sad thing about Finley is that he used to be considered one of the Mavs best defenders back in the early 2000's under Nelson

That's how bad the Mavs were on defense back then.

[1Parker1]

I want to remind everyone of a particular game last season in Philly, in which Andre Iguodala (the other AI) soared over Finley, who failed to box out (nothing new), to put back a missed shot by Allen Iverson at the buzzer. Thereby giving the Sixers an upset home win versus the Spurs.

I was at that Game!!! Spurs were up the entire game and totally collapsed in the final 2 minutes, leading to an OT loss on the road against Philly, a sub.500 non playoff team...And I think it was Chris Webber, not Igodala who outrebounded Finley on that last play...

[objective]

Wasn't that Philly game the one where Nazr had a 20/20 game?