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[ChumpDumper]

You're en led.

But Barry isn't. No welfare minutes.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

On the 17th the spurs have a btb against the hornets and warriors. Get him a ton of minutes against those clowns and see what he can do. It may not be a perfect test of them but I think Pop has needed to challenge him like he did Tony and Manu a year or two ago.

[Rummpd]

One can say anything with statistics as he has been mainly in blowouts. Right now Rasho and Barry have a head case club ala Turk going.

Until he makes multiple clutch and/or regular shots - no more than 15 minutes per game for Barry.

MadDoc ( a physician epidemiologist).

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Until he makes multiple clutch and/or regular shots

What do you call the FTs against Detroit last week when the rest of the team had been anything but clutch in blowing a 21 point lead in the second half?

[TwoHandJam]

I think Pop should definitely give Barry more than 6mpg to break out of his slump. Barry is no Hedo. This is a guy who is a proven veteran with a career fg% of .462 that shot over .50 just last year. How many guards have ever shot above .50 for an entire season? It's a pretty select group. I can only think of Cassell and Sczerbiak off the top of my head. Barry has done it twice. He's not some washed up has-been to kick to the curb because he's having trouble integrating with a new team.

I don't agree that he should neccessarily see more minutes than Devin the way Devin has been playing lately but he definitely deserves more time than the 6mpg Pop has doled out to him the past 2 games. Barry is a seasoned vet who brings a lot of experience to the table. He has pg skills to bail out Beno when he is sucking and his passing is always great even when he's not shooting well. Not to bash Devin but it was evident he's still very green in some situations (e.g. driving into Ming with the game in hand). I'm sure Barry could see more time than 6mpg. No one is going to break out of a slump with that kind of time and we will need all our guns to win a le this year. Pop shouldn't underestimate him like he did with Kerr in 2003.

[SequSpur]

If you give him 20-25 minutes per game and his shooting and D still suck, how many games are you willing to do that at the expense of the team? One game? A week? A month? Longer?

I'm not disagreeing or agreeing with anyone. Just curious how much rope people are willing to give Barry?

The Spurs without Barry and Beno went home in the second round.

I would hope that they play Barry more and let him learn the system. Dude will come around. The Spurs have a solid record right now and he is not the reason the Spurs lost a few games.

Close games = Spurs loss = Poor Execution = Team Coached by Pop.

[Dex]

What do you call the FTs against Detroit last week when the rest of the team had been anything but clutch in blowing a 21 point lead in the second half?

Great call. He iced that game for our team after sitting on the bench for the majority of the game.

Other than that, he hasn't had the CHANCE to make any spectacular plays or clutch shots. When you come in for the last half of the first quarter and a few minutes in the third, it's hard to do ANYTHING that is considered clutch. Everything just gets lost in that flow of the game, and he's always sitting back on the bench before he's able to make an impact, even if he's hit a couple shots.

I'm not saying his play has been spectecular lately. His defense has been stagnant and his stroke is definitely not what it should be. Regardless, Barry is never in the game at a time to prove himself, and the only way he can impress anybody is to have another 5/5 night from the arc. Which is incredibly hard to do when your playing like 10 mpg.