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Quality post son, other than the green/anderson, part. Its good to see your bonner love has dissipated, and you've seen the essence of the matter.
I'm just glad Tiago and G Hill have done well the last few games.
George was in funk and is back where he needs to be.
Tiago is just now healthy and showing good ability. He'll be needed at some point in the playoffs.
Honestly, I don't see a lot of difference in being seed 1 or 2. Portland, OKC, Dallas, Denver are all tough, but beatable (with SA a full or close to full strength). The only break that might be nice is playing NO or Houston in the first round. I don't think those teams can hang for a 7 game series.
Home court advantage is assured (assuming SA can win a few now) for a least the first 2 rounds.
I've never considered The Staples Center as some great home court because of the crowd. Lot's of rich Hollywood transplants wanting to be seen. The loud part of the crowd consists of the putas in the upper deck.
SA has to be healthy in Mid - April regardless to make a long run.
Quality post son, other than the green/anderson, part. Its good to see your bonner love has dissipated, and you've seen the essence of the matter.
Splitter should be in the playoff rotation, and he should have been implemented allot earlier as we all have been saying. However Pop is still the boss, and I have a feeling Pop will try to remind Splitter that in the upcoming games. I hope I'm wrong though.
I Like all my spurs players but I.
I know POP will do whats right. He HAS to.
Tiago last 6 games:
23,1MPG
9,0PPG
8,0RPG
60%FG
Great job on Aldridge yesterday!
I Told for you guys other day
They (Spurs coaches) are trying change Splitter's free throw style... one reasons of his bad %.
I don't care if he only makes 50% of his FTs, Shaq, Howard and Wilt (and Duncan at times) all had limitations at the line, and he does not need to be on the floor at the end just more!
I never had any "Bonner love". That's what I was trying to explain to you, among others, in that thread. My whole thing was what was best for the team. I don't know why it was so difficult to grasp.
As for Green/Anderson, it's a non rotation spot, but it's still an active roster spot and a spot where, if one of the five rotation players on the perimeter suc bs to injury, the player in this spot will be counted on to play some minutes. At this point, Green has a better chance at giving this team adequate minutes than Anderson. Also, for end of quarter defensive stands, he could be an option.
I like Anderson and see him as a better long term prospect, but unfortunately for him, we live in the present. He's just not in good enough shape and has missed too much time to be counted on this season. He's also not like Neal, who thinks he's better than he is (and I mean that in a good way). He's tentative, doesn't want to step on anyone's toes. The Spurs need someone who's sure of themselves, in game shape and capable of playing adhesive defense.
I would love to see Duncan/Splitter to start. If not, I would love for both of these guys to play more minutes together. I've been totally impressed with how Tiago is playing right now and I think he has developed good chemistry with Hill.
George has to stay at the two spot because that's where he's gonna wreck havoc. Hill and Tiago should come off the bench and Manu or TP should play the point.
It's easy to see both sides of the issues with Splitter.
His raw abilities and size make him a great 2 to 3 year project for the team.
His raw abilities and size give the fans hope that he can put the team over the top this year.
Who gets their way in these matters? The Big. It sucks but what can you do...
Bonner and Dice will have the minutes at the 4 in the playoffs. Splitter has taken the 10-15 minutes as the backup 5 off Blair.
He's outplaying Blair as well.
Just quotes, hit the link for the whole piece.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...spots-in-skid/Splitter, Hill have been bright spots in skid
Jeff McDonald
..."I’m getting more confident and feeling like I’m part of the team,” the 25-year-old Brazilian said.
..."It’s been in my head that I need to get back to being aggressive,” Hill, a 6-foot-3 reserve guard, said after totaling 57 points the past two games.
..."You forget he was the best player in Europe the last couple years,” center DeJuan Blair said. “Now he’s finding his way.”
..."Even though I watched a lot of NBA games before I got here, it’s not the same as when you can get on the court and see them work,” said Splitter, who had 14 points and nine rebounds against Portland.
..."We’d like to continue to see George continue to play with that kind of scoring mentality,” Popovich said. “He’s good at it, and we need it.”
I approve of this thread. As hard as I've been on Tiago this year, I've stated that I'd rather be wrong about Tiago and have a servicable big, than be right about Tiago and him sucking forevers.
I hope he plays a meaningful amount of mins tonight.
I think some would agree that Duncan, McDyess and Splitter match up with Bynum, Gasol and Odom much better than the alternatives the Spur's roster has to offer. This would allow Blair and Bonner to share the remaining front court minutes. I personally think that Novak is a 3 position player. Matched up with Artest I think that Novak would come out on the positive end simply because Artest gets lazy on D. This would also give the Spurs a length advantage on the Lakers, which no one seems to have these days. This gives Pop the option of using RJ, Neal and Manu to try to stay with Bryant, and thus keeping Manu from having to spend so much energy trying to stay with Kobe for too much of the game. As always, if Parker is aggresive then DF will be useless.
Tiago is on a roll and needs more action.
Agree. In fact, If I were Pop, I'd look at giving Novak some of Bonner's minutes - which would open up more minutes for Splitter. Novak is simply a more aggressive and confident offensive player.
Solid takes.
There's two things I'm almost positive Pop won't do this season:
1. Start TD/Splitter.
2. Have Splitter off the bench before Bonner.
I wish otherwise but if you still believe that Pop will play Splitter over Bonner then you're gonna be sadly disappointed come playoffs.
I would never wish injury on any player except Jason Terry. Especially not someone on our team. But the only chance Pop does either of those things above is if Bonner got hurt.
I would never wish injury on any player except Jason Terry. Especially not someone on our team. But the only chance Pop does either of those things above is if Bonner got hurt.[/QUOTE]
I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way, haha.
To get back on the thread topic, YES, Splitter absolutely needs to stay in the rotation. He did a fine job against Aldridge in both games vs. the Blazers, and I would love to see him get a crack at KG tonight.
Tiago works extra tweaking his foul shot
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...his-foul-shot/The shot Splitter appeared to have the most success with Thursday morning had a distinct movement where he placed the ball in his right hand and then shot the ball. It completely removed his left hand out of his shooting motion.
It’s a curious looking stroke, but one where improvement is important. His chances of playing more in the fourth quarter will depend on him not being a liability from the foul line in latter stages of the game.
Sigh as good as Duncan and others playing would love to see Splitter as few minutes at least tonight but Pop might be saving him for the back to back?
Splitter won't be seeing the floor tonight unfortunately, looks like it's gonna be all Bonner.
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