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I'm asking, for example, how was Hedo put down by Pop? He was coddled by Pop and put in the starting lineup. How much more of a position to succeed could he have been put in?
Well I thought I was done. They make sense to me. Each was supposed to be an answer to a need. I could add Charley Ward to the list. For some reason....the players fault or whatever, they just don't seem to perform the way we all expected. Is it always the players fault? Or does Pop insist on fitting everyone neatly in a similar package? Just couldn't there be some shared blame?
I'm asking, for example, how was Hedo put down by Pop? He was coddled by Pop and put in the starting lineup. How much more of a position to succeed could he have been put in?
Charley Ward stunk out loud on defense. I was so glad Pop sat him.
Fair enough. I concede on Hedo. Bad example on my part.
My point exactly. Why was he signed? Pop had watched him play for years.
Hedo just sucked period you can't blame that on Pop.
Ward seem to be glued to the floor when he played defense he was really slow.
With only a three game lead?You honestly feel that if Barry had more minutes the team will fall out of first place?
Sure.
Feel the same way about overplaying Horry now too.
Makes no sense if you have another team member who can actually do the job. Pop is a system coach and a very successful one. He is by no means perfect but it's hard to argue with the results. If a freewheeler like Manu can't fit into the system, there's no reason Barry can't. I believe he will.
Time will tell. I sure hope you are right.
I'm more worried about maintaining the confidence of Beno and Devin than I am about Barry right now...they are playing well and it would make our season much easier if they continue to do so.
I just have a feeling Barry will be ok though...I disagree with this article on one thing...Barry is getting wide open looks at the basket...I can sit here and look at old games and see that he is, he's getting enough time to think and you can see him thinking before he shoots...this is what is new to him...
I think this is a problem for a lot of shooters who are used to just shooting quick, I think Barry is that type of player...
Jax on the other hand was different, when Jax would get wide open you could see him just stop and think about it and set himself up...Jax was a guy that was better when he got time to think.
I think Barry is thinking about it too much and I think he is trying to hard to make every shot..
I'm not that worried about it though, Barry is a veteran who has an all around excellence to his game, he will figure out his problems...and I think he will be better in the post season because he struggled early and had to work through his problems.
I tend to get mad at Pop when he lets good players get stuck on the bench, either because he is pissed at them or because they don't play D like Michael Cooper...but this is one time I agree with Pop...We can't sacrifice the progress and momentum of Devin Brown right now to wait on Barry's shot...we need Devin to shoot well too...
Besides, I thought Pop was pretty smart about the way he put Barry in for the FT's...that should have answered any questions to most fans about Barry's ability to come through in the clutch...it also stood a good chance to get Barry's confidence going and let him know the team trusts him, but IMO he still hasn't made the adjustment to being open, and he still hasn't adjusted to the fact that he doesn't actually have to be like Steve Kerr. IMO Barry will be fine when it is all said and done...and he will get minutes no matter what because he is such a smart player.
^^^Ditto
I think Stephen has better shooting mechanics than Brent. Stephen shoots with more of his his body involved, good hang time, release a TDC, a better use of the arm and wrist working smoothly together, and gets himself well "under" ball to put up those beautiful work-or-art rainbows. I was watching Steve Nash. Big soft, slow rainbows, even at short-range, often ing the right leg to ballast/correct his "platform".
Brent, like Tim, Rasho and other flat/wristy shooters, have such poor mechanics that the margin of error is very small. The more the body, shoulders, arm are involved and under the ball in the longest possible stroke, the more/different muscles can work together with a greater range of adjustment possibiliities to make corrections. Wrist-snapping/wristy shooters with poor full-arm extension have almost no margin of error.
Of course, mid-season is no time to start ing aroiund with your shot (or with your swing in baseball), esp when you haven't messed with your shot in years and it has worked. I'd love to know if Brent is doing anything in practice.
One of these night, Brent will finally see the basket as "huge" (like tennis and baseball players see the balls as huge when they are on their hitting game), he'll shoot 8 for 12 from 3pt range like QRich last night, and the forum will be able to move onto something else.
Brent is a far better shooter than SJax. He will come around.I think Stephen has better shooting mechanics than Brent. Stephen shoots with more of his his body involved, good hang time, release a TDC, a better use of the arm and wrist working smoothly together, and gets himself well "under" ball to put up those beautiful work-or-art rainbows. I was watching Steve Nash. Big soft, slow rainbows, even at short-range, often ing the right leg to ballast/correct his "platform".
Brent, like Tim, Rasho and other flat/wristy shooters, have such poor mechanics that the margin of error is very small. The more the body, shoulders, arm are involved and under the ball in the longest possible stroke, the more/different muscles can work together with a greater range of adjustment possibiliities to make corrections. Wrist-snapping/wristy shooters with poor full-arm extension have almost no margin of error.
Of course, mid-season is no time to start ing aroiund with your shot (or with your swing in baseball), esp when you haven't messed with your shot in years and it has worked. I'd love to know if Brent is doing anything in practice.
One of these night, Brent will finally see the basket as "huge" (like tennis and baseball players see the balls as huge when they are on their hitting game), he'll shoot 8 for 12 from 3pt range like QRich last night, and the forum will be able to move onto something else.
Barry>Devin. Reason:outside shooting & he can pass. The sooner he get used to Spurs' offensive/defensive plays, the better. We had Devin last season, still we lost in the 2nd round of the playoffs. And that's why we signed Barry.
Barry shot a midrange jumper too long, a frickin airball, jeez is this guy spooked.
Brent has been a better career shooter, agreed, but if Stephen was having Brent's troubles, I'd much rather work to help SJAx rather than Brent, since SJax has better mechanics, easier to fix, adjust.
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