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Yeah so mason is not hitting his big shots anymore but doesn't mean you gotta diss him.....if he was making his shots yall would be like woo hooo big money shot mason ....woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!give the guy a break
I think coaches (especially Pop) get enamored with percentages and statistics sometimes. Pop reportedly even told Mason, I believe before the last shot against the Cavs, "The percentages are with you."
While I normally agree with this theory throughout the game, percentages go out the window in the clutch. Players are tired, pressure is higher, defenses are changing, and the thought of all your makes and misses before that big shot are riding in the back of your mind.
Yes, with Mason having gone 0-8, he was definitely due for a make. Percentage-wise, he was due for a few. But all that doesn't help a player at all when he just can't feel the right stroke, or is over-adjusting for all of the other shots that have bricked or rimmed out.
It also doesn't help a player when you know you haven't made a shot all afternoon, and suddenly you know the big shot is coming your way. It's hard to turn off that doubt. Even when Mason was hitting his game winners, they usually weren't drawn up for him, which I think benefits a streaky shooter (as they are shooting on instinct).
The games make the percentages. The percentages do not make the games.
Yeah so mason is not hitting his big shots anymore but doesn't mean you gotta diss him.....if he was making his shots yall would be like woo hooo big money shot mason ....woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!give the guy a break
Until Pop finds someone to replace Mason, theres not a whole of a lot Pop can do for the remainder of this season. Hairston, like TD 21 posted earlier in this thread, is more of a SF than SG and other than Ginoboli, and Hill, Mason is that guy next in line. Pop did a admirable job trying to pump up Mason, but Mason choked. Its up to Mason now to get over his shooting funk. I personally don't see Mason back next year.
I think this was more of Pop trying to rebuild Mason's confidence than anything else...in the long run, the Spurs need Mason's long range shooting and right now the guy's pretty broken...it could be that this was Pop's way of trying to reconstruct the guy, by showing him that the coach has confidence in him in the clutch (not that Pop really has any confidence in the guy...it's just that he doesn't have much of a choice in the long run...)
Mason doesn't play well since january of 2009, more than a year.
This guy is a scrub
Funny thing with shooters .. they can get into and out of slumps rather quickly ..
Saying something like that to pump up your player is fine. Player morale is one of the coach's responsibilities.
Leaning on that same theory to draw up the game winning shot for your 0-8 shooter is sketchy, at best.
Most teams go to their hot guy when they need a basket, and they drew it up for the coldest guy on the floor?
I'm all for getting Mason more confidence; despite his struggles I think he could still be a key piece. But not at the cost of winning games.
i dont know if to laugh or to cry at many Spurs fans who prefer Mason over Salmons just not long ago!
Great post!! There are so many different factors that if you change any one of them, the percentages change. Because no percentage accounts for all the factors, including the ones you mentioned like player fatigue, changing defensive schemes, "momentum" etc.
I agree with you. But I think this is another case of Pop focusing on the long-term view over the immediate goal of winning a game. Based on Pop's past behavior/at udes, it seems like he probably thought it was worth the risk of losing a game if it meant Mason starts shooting better. Me, I'd have gone with the hottest (and the clutchiest) guy you have, but I'd prefer winning every game you can. I'm short-sighted that way. ;-)
mason is just missing shots in purpose ....should of traded him
There was a lot of Spurs fans that preferred Jefferson over Sjax too. Most have come around but only after RJ proved to be a failure.
you all suck ers!
shouldnt you be asleep? It's past your bedtime.
Well, it's too bad Mason Jr. can't buy a bucket lately, because he could really help the team by knocking down some threes. Finley's gone, Bogans has an on/off-relationship with the basket, and Bonner's just starting to hit from downtown again (hopefully, it'll continue).
So, unless Manu really has turned the corner shooting-wise, there could be a shortage of guys who can shoot the three (I have to admit I was surprised that George is shooting 40 % from downtown; I'd have thought it to be a couple of percentage points below that).
mason finally hit a shot tonightkeep your head up mas!!!!
All true.
Mason's streaky. Maybe this cold streak now will be balanced out by a hot streak in the playoffs. (We can hope at least.)
Ray Allen went through a brutal shooting streak last year or the year before. When you know a guy can shoot, the only way to ensure that he comes out of it is to let him keep shooting.
i have noticed, that mason has been missing all his shots on purpose too, when he complanied that he wanted to play, pop would never play him. and now that tony is out pop is giving him more minutes but in his stupid mind he is telling pop " you now that you need me you expect me to help you so screw you. i will keep missing my shots and i refuse to bail you out." he never played him when he wanted to play. so he is giving pop a big you. he wants to get pop back so him too
Mason's bad shooting has made him look like like a dleaguer. he's so poor in every other aspect of the game. at least ray allen is a respectable defender.
the Bogans-RMJ-Hariston spot will be decided more on who is scuking less than who is playing good because, let's be honest here, THEY ALL SUCK ASS.
the Spurs should've resigned Bowen to keep playing that role. i'd much rather have him than any of those guys.
Sorry can't agree with you. He's playing for his next contract on his next team, no way he's deliberately trying to miss shots. Even if he were PO'ed at Pop, all it does is cost him money, possibly millions.
hes playing for his next contract. no way mason would sacrifice his livelihood over something so petty.
I don't see how he can keep missing that much. Pros' aren't' supposed to be that bad for so long. He's history after this season, no way the Spurs keep him.
Mason is terrible. I thought maybe starting him would help him but he is clearly in the toilet. Hopefully Cedric Jackson will take the bulk of his minutes. Limit Mason to maybe 5 minutes and please no more game determining shots for the iciest player and shooter on the team; I just cannot comprehend that. Pop keeps mind- ing this team. What a shame Manu's performance was wastetd the other night.
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