Apologize to Brent Barry in this thread!

[1Parker1]

Damn Whott, must every thread or reply you post include the word "Barry?"

Seriously though, very good game from him..actually very few couple of games in a row from him. He hit that first three pointer in the 4th, you could see he was pissed after that no call from the previous play. You could see it in his face that he was gonna make that three pointer or else. That's the kind of play we've been expected him to come up with all season long. Better late then never I guess Hopefully he keeps it up.

In other news, major Props to Rasho. Very, very good game offensively and defensively. Also, good job Bruce for those spotted up corner 3's.

....Actually, major props to every damn Spurs player who played today, from Wilks and Marks to Barry and Manu, they showed a lot of heart and poise

[Gerryatrics]

I've been in this maze before. Whottt Pop has said he's been disappointed in Barry's play most of the season. Barry's teammates have said they've been disappointed in his play most of the season. , Barry has said he's been disappointed in his play most of the season. Sorry but I'm going to have to go with Barry's opinion of his play over yours and geriatrics.

Nice hackjob with the name there. I've never said Barry was playing great this season, I never said his 3-point percentage was good enough. I know he hasn't played all season as well as he is capable of, I've been as disappointed in his play as anyone. But instead of saying stupid like he's the worst player in the NBA, he's not even a NBDL player or that his signing was the worst free agent signing in the history of basketball; I had faith.

Even with the cold shooting his passing was still solid, he was still a good ball handler on the rare occasion he was allowed to handle the ball, and he was still capable of attacking the basket and laying it in or dropping the runner. I know that Brent Barry brings more to the game then spotup three point shooting, even if you want to say that's the only reason he's here and that's the only thing he should be doing when he's out on the floor. Brent Barry makes the offense better even if his three's aren't dropping, now that they are he makes the offense much, much better.

When Brent gets in the flow of the game the Spurs' offense is smooth as , but because he got buried on the bench and only got sporadic minutes and struggled, he was labeled a choker by you dumbasses. You give him some touches like the Spurs have the last few games, and you can see what he can bring to the table. Stop making excuses and recognize. Brent Barry doesn't suck, he doesn't choke, he's stepped up his game when he was needed and has saved the Spurs' asses in big games. You made him into a scapegoat and you can't even admit he's not as horrible as you've made him out to be. He's averaging 19 points per game with TD out, while Parker is lost and I think Pop might actually be in a coma. Stop hating and give him some props, without the underhanded jabs or "he's temporarally stopped sucking" bull .

[picnroll]

What inside out game are you talking about? Did you miss seeing that guy wearing 20 that's been the focus of the 4th quarter offense much of the year. That number 20 guy isn't posting up if you didn't notice. 4 down was the cliche from three years ago. Catch up with the times.

[ChumpDumper]

He showed he could play the back up PG.

You wasnt those shooting numbers again?

we went 500% with him as the back up and Parker and Duncan both injured...

Apologize for diminishing the guys who were actually resposible for those wins.

That choice made me wonder if Pop secretly hates Duncan...4 down often makes me think Pop hates Duncan...it almost seems as if he is trying to put as much pressure on Duncan as humanly possible.

Yeah, that's it. Shaq hates getting the ball down low too. Hakeem and Kareem and Chamberlain -- they all wanted to park up at the free throw line and base the entire offense on whatever 10ppg career scoring guards their team happened to sign.

Apologize for diminishing Duncan.

[picnroll]

Barry is finally going to the basket hard. Taking the foul. That's the difference. He's getting himself into the game. There wsa a stretch there where he had total loss of confidence and at that point he was an NBDL player. Hopefully he's past that. I want him to succeed as much as anyone Gerryatric.

And he should lose those flick threes. Those aren't the ones he's making.

[whottt]

You wasnt those shooting numbers again?Apologize for diminishing the guys who were actually resposible for those wins.

At that point in the season every was shooting ty from three...including Hdo and Bowen...

Yeah, that's it. Shaq hates getting the ball down low too. Hakeem and Kareem and Chamberlain

They don't like it when they get it and no one else steps up...

They don't like it when the entire team collapses on them because they don't repsect the perimeter game.

Why do you think Shaq always wants a great guard on his team..idiot.

-- they all wanted to park up at the free throw line and base the entire offense on whatever 10ppg career scoring guards their team happened to sign.

Apologize for diminishing Duncan.

Apologize for being an idiot twister.

Anyone can be wrong and skew the issue and refuse to admit it...want to check Malik and Nazr's rebounding averages now?

[whottt]

Barry is finally going to the basket hard. Taking the foul. That's the difference. He's getting himself into the game. There wsa a stretch there where he had total loss of confidence and at that point he was an NBDL player. Hopefully he's past that. I want him to succeed as much as anyone Gerryatric.

And he should lose those flick threes. Those aren't the ones he's making.

Nontheless the Barry haters of note are showing a tremendous lack of character...

They rip the out of him when he struggles in the regular season and say it's his heart...yet when he plays well under pressure in the regular season they say he's just doing his job and they'll give him props in the playoffs...

Well if the playoffs are when you are going to judge his heart...then stop judging it in the regular season when he plays bad...

[MannyIsGod]

Props to Barry for hopefully turning it on a few games back. This is great, and if he can keep it up, I'll be one of his biggest fans.

Rasho was awesome today as well, I just hope they can keep it up.

[Gerryatrics]

The reason he's playing better is because of instead of randomly coming off the bench for two or three minutes at a time and being told to stand in the corner with his thumb up his ass while Timmy pumpfakes for 20 seconds while he balance his checkbook, writes folk music and eventually starts working on whether he should shoot or pass the ball; he's part of a more or less set rotation, he gets enough consistant minutes that he can get into the flow of the game instead of standing in the corner waiting for the pass so he can dump it back in to Duncan, he gets touches and handles the ball, he gets screens so he can run the give and go or split the defense and attack the basket, he leads the fast break so he can put up a streaking layup or dunk or drop a sweet pass to a teammate running the break with him, he can play aggressive without having to worry if Pop is going to pull him because the pass he tried to thread the needle with got batted down or he got caught in the air, he can draw the foul to get to the line where he's automatic, he can do touch passes and drop passes because the floor is spread out... and so on and so forth.

When he gets the rest of his game going his three's start dropping. Instead of calling him a spotup shooter and sticking him in the corner, maybe the Spurs should integrate him into the offense. Not only does the Spurs offense run much better, but when Brent gets into the flow of the game his three's start dropping. But then the Barry haters would have to find another scapegoat, and I guess we can't have that can we.

[boutons]

Everybody admit it!! When Barry shot a three, you held your breath!!

I think we're finally getting our money's worth. With everybody shooting so bad today, a lot of pressure on the every shot, and Brent didn't flinch. Wonderful.

[picnroll]

If it was Marks or Wilks or Beno or even Brown expectations would not be so high. Fact is Barry is a critical piece with high expectations of him to make the Spurs' champioship a likelihood. Specifically his shooting. That's why he was signed. I'm sure if Duncan were averageing 15 poits and 7 rebounds I and everybody else would be on his case too. That's about the equivalent of how Barry has been meeting expectations up to the last few games. Barry should have been averaging 13 - 15 points and easily in the top 10 in 3 point FG%. Those were and are reasonbale expectations for him to fulfill his role. Or maybe it should be "he's such a nice guy let's just say he's been playing great".

[picnroll]

Gerryatrics he had a very defined role for much of the early season and then he started stinking it up for an extended period which is when he lost his consistent spot in the rotation.

And nobody was telling Barry to stand in the corner with his thumb up his ass. He chose to do that on his own.

[dcole50]

his performance today has me very confident. i'm convinced that he is going to make some big shots in the playoffs for us.

[boutons]

A LOT of pressure on Brent today, since nobody's shots were falling in the 2nd, and 3rd.

This should fully kill any doubts he or anybody else had about his ability to take pressure.

[E20]

It's only been 2 games...........

[whottt]

It's only been 2 games...........

3 games...all with Duncan out.

He lead the team in scoring twice in a row...off the bench...with Duncan out.

That's stepping up whe the pressure is on...and the lack of a dominant bigman is something Barry is used too...

This is why when Duncan is on the bench Barry should be running the team...this is the way I thought was he going to be used, and early in the season when we were doing that, our bench looked to be one of the best in NBA history...we were doing it even with Duncan in the game.

and then Pop turned into a head becuase we were winning too easily and Barry can't defend as well as Devin Brown, and put Barry in a compe ion with a rookie and an NBDL player... and Barry and our bench and our team have never as looked as good again.

[Kori Ellis]

Brent Barry was frickin' HUGE today.

He was fearless and knocked down big shots.

I'm not sure if I'm sorry for bashing him when he was playing poorly though.


But awesome game by Brent.

[E20]

OK 3 games........

[whottt]

Kori, Manny, and even 1Parker have crediblity

PicNRoll continues his slide from elite to scrub poster, and E20 and ducks get no props whatsoever.

It looks like it's going to take ducks hitting rockbottom on his vbookie total for him to realize the error of his ways. karma is a .

[timvp]

Barry is finally is playing like he should.

Props.

[whottt]

And don't evne get me started on Chump...for Chump to be losing credibility he/she/it would first have had to have some to lose.

[E20]

WTF, I've supported Barry when everybody called him a garbage scrub.

[exstatic]

I'll apologize when his good efforts have outnumbered his stinker games. He's about 40 in the hole now.

Gee, Gerry, I guess all we have to do is get rid of that Duncan scrub, and Barry might play worth a , huh?

[whottt]

erratic continues to show the winning form he often exhibits in political debates[/sarcasm]

TimVP continues to be Barry's harshest critic in bad games and his most reluctant to give props after good ones.

[toosmallshoes]

This is the way we expected Barry to play all season. This is what the hype was all about. This is what he was capable of all along. Keep it up dude.