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No, currently they have the 3rd best record.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standi...e&seasontype=2
third best record? no no, you are looking at the standings from a few days ago, they are fifth best and sliding
No, currently they have the 3rd best record.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standi...e&seasontype=2
Defense is our problem, scoring 90 plus should be enough, but it hasn't been of late.
ahh, I was looking at it like this
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standi...e&seasontype=2
Whatever happened to our lockdown defense....I mean when we would hold opponents to under 80 on a consistant basis. I miss those days. Sad part it, even though it supposedly "bored spectators", it was much more entertaining. DO YOU HEAR THAT DAVID STERN....I LIKE WATCHING BORING BASKETBALL.
I don't disagree with that. And I think a big defensive problem for the Spurs right now is Tony Parker. Parker does some things well on the defensive end, but I think Parker is way to soft on screens; teams put him in pick and roll situations and are able to get the ball into the middle because Parker goes underneath the screen and the bigs aren't quick enough to stop the ball as it comes over the top. That necessitates a rotation on the baseline (which is there sometimes and not there sometimes) and behind the basketball. That's not when the Spurs are at their best defensively.
Perhaps a nice assortment of gift accessories.
Until he moved to San Antonio and discovered what a burrito was
Our defense sucks because of Pop's infatuation with small ball. With no second big man back there with Duncan to guard the paint, teams are just lifting their post players and going to the rack without fear of our 6'5" "power forwards" contesting their shots.
Pop es about defense, when in reality it's his ty infatuation with small ball that is at the very heart of our defensive problems.
He's been going small a whole lot more with Elson out because of a lack of personnel, I assume.
I'll be interested to see if when Elson returns, we still see long stretches of small ball.
Not that Elson is any good on D at all, but hey - he could "out tall" some players.
The Spurs have been a truely unique team, which may be the appeal, or lack of appeal. We're a half-court team that thrives on transition defense. In order for our offense to be truely effective, to get the shots our shooters need, our defense must be top notch. It isn't right now, but the issues seem to be minor, more or less, motivation. If this is a true dynasty, then you will see that switch flip around late Feburary. Flipping the switch isn't the most accurate description, but seems to provide the easiest explination. This is taking into account the injuries to Elson and Bonner. Unfortunately, due to the hole we've dug, it may be difficult to climb back to full HCA in the WC. Now, that being said, we have a real good track record digging ourselves outta holes, which is why I'm particularly optimistic. Whether it be a game, or an entire season, when we're down early, we find a way to fight back late. I'm not sure why. Maybe our guys get a thrill outta it. I'm not a professional basketball player, so I really can't comment.
I think the Pistons figured out that if you pressure Beno, he wilts. And since then, you'll notice that any halfway decent coach orders their point guard to pressure Beno the moment he steps foot on the court.
I think the Nick Van Exel angle is overblown. Even when Van Exel signed, the Spurs gave Beno every chance they could to win the job. Spurs fans forget, but it was Beno who was the backup at the beginning of last year. And again in March, Pop went back to Beno. But both times, Beno either played bad or got hurt ... giving the coaches little choice but to go with NVE. NVE was doing everything he could to play, while Beno was missing ten days with a cold.
And right now if the rotting carcus of NVE was still on this team, he'd be the backup point guard ... even knowing how bad he got exposed against the Mavs in the playoffs last year.
Bottomline with Beno is the NBA adjusted to his game and Beno hasn't yet put in the effort to improve.
IMHO, Beno really wants to be traded. I think his problem is that he's lost all motivation to play well here because he knows no matter how well he plays, he'll be at the most a 16 mpg guy behind Tony who's only 24 and going nowhere. Some guys play better when they want to be shipped, Beno's playing worse. He doesn't look very happy to be here.
His problem is he's too talented to be a backup and he knows it, but not nearly talented enough to start for a championship level team. He can start for like maybe three or four teams in the league and that's it. I think he's conflicted about being a scrub in the NBA when he could be a star in Europe, kinda like how Pepe Sanchez was. Sanchez went back to Europe and maybe Beno should too.
That reminds me, I think Pepe would be the perfect backup point for us, but he makes too much money in Europe to want to come back I think.
From someone in the know, Beno bought a house in San Antonio "because he loves the breakfast tacos and the latinas".
That explains a lot.
Could Beno be a star in Europe? Wasn't he not good enough to play for Maccabi and didn't he only average like 8 and 2 in Euroleague?
Off topic....Is it just me.... OR does this just scream DIRK....
Oh and look, HERE comes Dirk's BEST BUDDY Devin Harris....
I would agree that Beno is very talented, and has shown so at various times. It would appear that Beno simply lacks consistancy. Now, what would cause this inconsistant play? Isn't that the question that needs to be addressed? He is a very talented guard, but this appears to be a confidence issue. Maybe instead of hiring CHIP ENGLAND, the Spurs should have hired a TEAM PSYCIATRIST
We are 27-13 with Beno as our backup PG....
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