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Maybe there is too much pressure on him now when both SF's are not able to play.
Bowen as well had troubles with dribbling and creating his shot and was bad as you can be in drives. But he was a gr8 player.
That post made me LOL.
As far as this thread is concerned, as long as Green shots ~40% on three-pointers, he's a useful player on a reasonable contract. I'm not sure what is so mysterious about that which causes this thread to be bumped repeatedly. Yeah, he has holes in his game and won't ever improve much, but that's why he's signed at the price of a 8th or 9th man.
Maybe there is too much pressure on him now when both SF's are not able to play.
Bowen as well had troubles with dribbling and creating his shot and was bad as you can be in drives. But he was a gr8 player.
He should be coming off the bench.
He fits in well with the starting unit, especially when the small forwards are healthy, and Manu can run the offense without a legitimate backup. He plays good defense, he shoots well, he's never lazy, and he's not prone to mistakes for the most part. Some of you guys need to think about Keith Bogans and Richard Jefferson and realize he's the bargain of the century.
He's a starter that Pop trusts in key situations..ideally, he would be an 8th or 9th man on a good team, but on this Spurs team, he's a starter that Pop wants to groom as a key player down the stretch..
The reason this thread has been continuously bumped is because I don't want to make multiple Danny Green threads, tbh, especially now that others have begun to notice(there will be an abundance of Green threads)..
The human toad needs to be benched. End of story.
Manu needs to start and Green needs to come off the bench. He's just too one-dimensional to be getting starters minutes.
Tony, Manu, Leonard, Duncan and Tiago for the last playoffs' run, imho.
what did you expect from him. He's OK for shooting wide open threes and that's pretty much it. Sometimes he makes them, sometimes he doesn't. In playoffs I bet he won't be that good at it, but that's also why I see him as around 9th option on this team. He can't finish layups and he also can't dribble. Some of you praise his defense, but to me it looks just solid, nothing special. The guy is a role player, so just live with his good or bad games.
sadly, this is a very prescient thread tbh..
How many teams have their 8th or 9th man in the starting lineup? I'm starting to think that Green is expendable. He's the 8th-best player on the team imo, behind Parker, Duncan, Ginobili, Splitter, Leonard, Jackson, and Diaw. Given that a classic 8-man playoff rotation features 3 bigs, 3 wings, and 2 PGs, Green is the odd man out because he's the 4th-best wing. The Spurs don't have a backup PG with more talent than Green, though, so the roster remains unbalanced.
I agree. Manu will improve the offense and make everyone work less. Plus the defensive attention everyone else draws should make the game easier for him to get going. De Colo can fill the Manu role of the bench. The starting lineup needs to have some proven winners. There's no point in waiting to see if Green drops the ball in the playoffs.
I basically agree with this post but how many teams have Manu Ginobili leading the second unit? Compared to the likes of Bogans and Roger Mason Jr Green is ok. On the Spurs you certainly dont have to be among the five best players to start. Also we have been without a real SF until SJax came back so we have had a very unbalanced team for a while.
Only in Spursland do role players get starting jobs and 25+ mpg and that is the issue. We'd be fine if he was actually utilized as the role player he is. But when he is cast into a starter role, things start to go wrong. Of course this is nothing new to Spurs fan as it happened many time before (exhibit A: Bonner, Mason, etc.).
The only reason for Green to start over Manu would be for his defense but if he can't consistently defend then it's harder to defend him starting. Maybe his defense gets better when Kawhi gets back. At the same time I don't like the idea of going into the playoffs with unproven players starting.
The main reason for Manu not to start is that he makes players such as Neal and other bench players so much better. Basically it provides balance between the first and second unit. I wouldn't mind if Manu starts but there are also perfectly rational reasons for him not to start but still play many minutes.
Last edited by DrSteffo; 12-20-2012 at 09:31 AM.
I think with DeColos capabilities we could really put Manu back in the starting lineup, because Nando is at least partially able to replicate Manus abilities in the second unit. Green, Neal and Mills should play more if they make their shots ...
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