Quote Originally Posted by Obstructed_View
Bonner's defense has been good all year. He just started out defending Amare, Aldridge, Dirk, Harrington and Beasley. That's a tough matchup to start the season, particularly when nobody else was playing defense.
I think Bonner's defense was decent to start the season but not nearly as good as it's been since he's gotten back in the rotation. To begin the season he was playing sturdy post defense but he wasn't do as good a job of fighting his man for position and coming out and breaking up pick-and-rolls. It truthfully looked like Bonner saw what Tolliver did as far as how to defend the pick-and-rolls and being physical and copied it once he got back into the rotation. Right now, Bonner is playing really good defense.

Quote Originally Posted by Whisky Dog
Only if you're in the New York State of Mind.
Well played.

Quote Originally Posted by exstatic
We'll need Ime's rebounding for small ball sets.
Even with Ime not playing well, the Spurs are once again having a lot of success in small ball sets. Ime spending time at small ball power forward is why he currently leads the team in +/-. Now if he can rediscover his offensive game and start rebounding like he did earlier in the season, they'll continue to be a role in small ball lineups.