We definitly need to see more of TMass, he's got toughness that we will need down the road. I was impressed when he came in against Milawaukee and played awesome.
Oh, we're talking about physical toughness? oh that, it's total BS compared to what really counts:
Spurs aren't tough mentally. With mental toughness, there won't be any need for physical toughness, which is highly overrated, like muscles. Spurs aren't a bang-it-up team, they're a finesse team, just like Duncan isn't a power player, he's a finesse player.
Give me a mentally tough Spurs TEAM and you can shove your physical toughness where it feels best.
Nope. It's physical toughness, too. Most of the Spurs big men are unwilling to bang for stretches at a time. Part of Rasho's problem is mental, but he's never going to be a banger even when his head is right.
Sometimes the ability and willingness to bang in the post, get some rebounds, and commit a few hard fouls is exactly what this team needs.
My solution is to at least give Mass a chance since he's been productive in the past. What's yours? Sit back and hope the guys happen to be mentally tough in any particular game?
Rebounding ain't toughness, jumping, height. Rebounding is 1)position 2)blocking out. Fortson ain't tall, his lard-butt can't jump, but dammit, if you watch him, on a shot, he's always in great position right under the basket, arms up.
Watch excellent rebounding shorty guards like Kidd or Francis get their rebounds. On shots, they are drifting in from the perimeter towards the basket, often getting uncontested rebounds JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE NEAR THE BASKET. I'm always yelling at the TV when our guys are spectating at shots, including their own, rather than moving towards the basket, blocking out, cutting off. You're either getting back on defense, or you're rebounding. I catch the Spurs a lot of times doing neither, spectating shots in no-man's land. I think the Spurs G and F let Tim and Rasho do all the rebounding (but Tim got only 6 RB last night. Is Tim he now "deferring" to Rasho, who got 12?
Giving TMass a few more minutes might help when he's playing, but it ain't gonna fix the team softness all 48 minutes. I don't have have solution for the softness. That's each player's job.
WTF is Tim doing getting only 6 RBs in 36 minutes? DAL is a sucky RB team, what was Tim doing?
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