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I like this thread though. Ya'll are getting worried.
I think you're wrong. Manu started game 1 and then Pop brought him off the bench in game 2 and onward. You guys then won the series.
I like this thread though. Ya'll are getting worried.
Last edited by cambrad; 04-24-2007 at 06:49 PM.
hmmm to be creative send the french to bench and starts Beno!
i just remembered why i tried to avoid the Spurs forum in the past, the amount of ridiculously stupid Spurs fans is staggering. if i were Kori or a moderator i might have killed myself by now. how can so many of you stand some of these posts? and be around such idiots? its like some of you started watching the Spurs yesterday...
...if the Spurs lose the series to Denver (in this current playoffs) i won't post on this site for 6 months. a win/win if you ask me.
If you were Kori ... SpursTalk wouldn't exist!
A forum is open to interchange opinions and point of view it is not about being smart and coherent 100% of the time; I think that this forum is great because of that
In 2005 Manu's stats were as follows (pts/ast/rbd): Starter: Game 1: 23/5/3 (in 37 minutes), Bench: Game 2: 17/2/4 (in 19 minutes), Game 3: 32/3/9 (in 31 min) , Game 4: 24/6/4 (in 37 min), Game 5: 18/4/9 (in 29 min).
That was the season where Brent Barry was much more comfortable starting and Duncan and Parker were playing amazing. Manu was needed off the bench as a second unit scorer. That bench consisted of the immortal combination of Horry/Udrih/Nesterovic. Not exactly a group that is gonna light it up (oh yes, and an out of shape, washed up Glenn Robinson). Manu was needed as the centerpiece of that unit...just as he is this year.
He was also already in a rhythm. He's a rhythm player, always has been, always will be. Moving him from starter to bench didn't matter, he was playing well already. It was the second unit that needed a jump-start.
It doesn't really matter where they put him (starting or bench), his stats are similar in either case. What's much more important is getting him in rhythm. As long as he comes out in the next game aggressive and driving to the hoop, putting pressure on a suspect Denver half-court defense, and gets into a rhythm, he'll get his numbers and the Spurs will win.
But if he comes as he has been lately, chucking 3 pts like Antoine Walker and basically playing with the same rhythm as Steve Urkel break-dancing, the Spurs lose; whether he's coming off the bench or starting.
No Way.
Finley played great. why take him to the bench?
no time to panic!
Dude WTF. NSFW!!!!
Come ON now. Seriously.
she's more patient than i...If you were Kori ... SpursTalk wouldn't exist!
John loves the freckles.
Finley, 0 asst 0 rebounds in 33 minutes....GREEAAATT.
Pop isn't changing the line up. Its the same. Same assignments defensively as well.
Yeah...I was thinking the same thing. I saw what kori ellis wrote on here about manu starting after game 1 in the 2005 playoffs and I thought there was something wrong with that. I watched the recent roundtable (I don't usually catch them) and it seemed like she said (or told don harris) the same thing on there.
I'm pretty sure manu started game 1, then pop got fancy and put barry in the starting lineup, bringing manu off the bench the rest of the way.
yeah! kori finally gets corrected for once. in the limited time i've been using this forum, it seems that she always had at least her facts pretty much straight and made sure to straighten everybody else out...and she finally slipped up (i think...). And as human beings, we always sort of enjoy seeing someone slip up once in a while
Last edited by mikekim; 04-25-2007 at 12:26 AM. Reason: in 2005
Manu is proven great off the bench...
Stick to the old plan...
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