Spurs Win But Popovich Not Pleased

[angel_luv]

yeah, but unfortunately the Spurs share the ball with the other team way too much.

[aaronstampler]

Did you miss the part where HE ING SUCKED IN THE THIRD QUARTER!?!?!?!?

GOOD GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beno has stunk, and if Vaughn didn't stink on offense out loud, Beno would have splinters so far up his as, hed sneeze sawdust.

Now you Beno apologists need to get the off Pop's ass, and look at BENO'S poor play for once.




Now Fabbs, and other pop haters, will never acknowledge that, and say that statement is bull .

Fabb's head is so far up his ass he cant see straight.

I don't understand why everyone is ripping Beno, but nobody else. Yeah, Beno had two straight turnovers and was benched, but then Vaughn came in, and the Spurs has two MORE straight turnovers, one by Vaughn.

Then Tony played the whole 4th quarter and was GOD AWFUL. I've been waiting for one person to bring up that Tony had 5 TURNOVERS in the 4th quarter.

Beno didn't almost cost the Spurs the game. It was Tony, Robert with his horrid free throw shooting, (he missed his last six) and Finley with his overall suckiness, letting Salmons score on him all night long. We would've gotten killed tonight if Bibby wasn't the most atrocious defensive player in the NBA, repeatedly leaving Bruce in the corner to collapse on the driver, as if he's going to draw a charge or something. Every 3 Bruce hit was with Bibby sagging off him, and he even did it to Brent a couple times, but he clanked.

I think after this 4th quarter Pop must be really looking forward to having Manu back so he can hand it to him in a tight game and end the foolishness. Tony was great in the 1st and 3rd, but just miserable in the 4th.

[Rick Von Braun]

I can't judge a lot from these games though. No Manu means that things are extremely different on both ends. The only positive thing that I thought would come out of Manu's absence is that Finley and Beno would get on track shooting-wise. And so far, the only one that has improved is Bowen. Go figure.

Hmm... I just look at the numbers... you are right, this is an interesting observation.

[venitian navigator]

I hate to say that, 'cause I've always liked Beno, but looks like the relationship with the team is not going the way it should...the point is that we can't have trouble anytime he is in the court looking for something bad to happen.
I think thta, when he necessarly had time to play, and i mean big time (when tony has been injured) he proved to be an excellent player and maybe better than tony in playing the team.
But in limited time, thuings are different...'cause he's not the kind of "energy player" (a la Speedy Claxton) that cames out of bench and give you a push to winning...

So, at this point, maybe should be better to look in another direction...and explore his market value.

A team that needs a (very) good play maker, imho, could make a ral bargain with Beno, considering his actual low market value... but... is there any "reserve" point man available worth a look ? I'm just thinking to some names :
1) Watson
2) Claxton
3) Knight
4) Duhon
5) Jasikeviciuos
6) Spanoulis
7)M. Williams
8) Blake
9) Delonte West

any ideas ?

[Fabbs]

You are funny because you always think Pop controls the ball movement. Like he tells the players to stop moving. Last night one of the main reasons he was pissed is because the players stopped moving without the ball.

So for every 40Xs he sits and watches 4 Dumb with no ball movement and does not say a thing nay condones nay promotes, he does it once like last night.

Tossing it to Duncan and at least two (better 3) of the other players moving I do not consider 4 Dumb. But we have history de jour of Dump it To Tim and all other four Stand "4 Dumb".