Little worried about Mason...

[cnyc3]

heat check

[timvp]

How will he handle the transition with Ginobili? In Harvey's article, he mention a play I immediately notice: Mason forcing a shot when Ginobili was open for a 3. And he considers him just "another guy who make plays."

Thoughts?

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/M...blessings.html

Like others have stated, that Buck Harvey quote from RMJ was horribly out of context. I'm considering YouTube-ing the interview just to show how much of a Harvey was for taking that quote completely out of context to rile up the CoM against RMJ.

And players get passed up all the time when they are open. I don't understand why it's always a global disaster if a player misses Manu when he's open. Plus, with as well as RMJ has been shooting, I don't care at all if he forces a few shots.

[raspsa]

Mason's comments about Manu were 100% complimentary and sincere and had ZERO connection to the play in question. A case of "creative journalism" if I saw one.

[mrspurs]

Having Manu playing will only help open things up for Roger. Roger will be better now with Manu playing. Even less pressure now.

[angelbelow]

mason will have plenty of playing.

[Brazil]

mason>Manu

[AFBlue]

Not worried about chemistry, but I do think it would work best for the flow of the offense if the two were not on the court together. I think the best combinations would be Parker/Mason and Hill/Ginobili.

When both are back I trust Pop to try all combinations and figure out what works best.

[SenorSpur]

Honestly, I remember that play Harvey is talking about and it wasn't a big deal. Yes, Manu was open; yes, Mason forced the shot instead of passing. We see things like that all the time, it doesn't mean .

I hate when people jump at the chance to create controversy where there is none.

Exactly. I've seen Manu do the exact same thing when other guys were open. It's just that he's Manu and has the "green light" to do so. No one should care. It's much to do about nothing. We should be thankful that the Spurs finally have the long-awaited, "cold-blooded", 4th scoring option - the likes of which we've not seen since SJax left the building.