"All three Americans..."
Angel, Ploto, Rasho8.
Well, that was my comment....
Angel, Ploto, Rasho8.
Thanks,
I left a comment, but most of the existing comments were already spot on.
Sad.
I can't believe that Beno say that :
First, This game was on November 24th. Beno was still Spurs backup PG at the start of February.
Second, I remember very well this game and Beno doesn't tell the whole story.
Beno has entered in the game at the start of the second quarter.
At the 11:45 mark, he let Johnson scoring a wide open layup. Pop take a 20sec timeout few second later to say to Beno to play some defense.
At the 10:43 mark, Beno let again Johnson scoring a wide open layup on the same kind of play.
After that, Pop pull Beno out of the game.
I'm not optimistic at all about Beno's future with Spurs and in the nba. Between partying, saying that he is mentally broken, downplaying his failure last year and not playing with Slovenia or Spurs SL team, it doesn't look good at all.
Unfortunately he did. The quote is genuine and the translation fair.
I know, I wasn't saying that he hasn't said that. I just find that it's unreal how Beno can lie to himself.
Last edited by Bruno; 08-11-2007 at 03:31 PM.
Angel, Ploto, Rasho8.
Good people all.
What was the general theme of the comments?
Yo, you can't leave all of us hanging. What were the comments?
A few blind apologists.
Quite a few people that obviously follow the NBA and a few who don't but are smart enough to understand that you don't get benched for the whole season because of a "small mistake".
Angel_Luvich.
Last edited by angel_luv; 08-11-2007 at 04:08 PM.
Basically a repeat of my earlier post in this thread. Asked him to STFU and play basketball. I also said that he has the privilege to play in a team choke full of future basketball legends and he should take his cues from them and not MTV. Also stated my opinion about why he rode the bench the whole season and mentioned his two welcome home parties.
I'd love to see his response to the parties.
If you want to be the ultimate Beno optimist, there are three reasons to hold out hope.
1) He's in a contract year. Beno, while he doesn't really care about basketball, cares about living the NBA lifestyle. Perhaps he will use that as motivation to play well this year.
2) If he can get in shape, that could do wonders for his game. The last time he was in shape was when he was getting his first contract (summer of 2004). He partied his way out of shape by midseason that year, but the first half of the season he was very good for a rookie.
3) Point guards historically take a while to mature. We are spoiled in that Parker came out of the womb ready to play. That's rarely the case with point guards. Nash sucked his first handful of years in the league. It took players like Stockton and Payton a few years to figure it all out. The NBA has adjusted to Beno, now he has to make the next adjustment.
Beno is officially a
he went from my favourite player (had great hopes for him) to a player who i would just like to see disapear in third Macedonian league so i wouldnt have to hear about him anymore
sad
It just makes me sad.
I've always liked Beno, to me he's like the "Little Brother" of the team.
I had hope for him, I guess we all did. He certainly has talent, it's a shame and a waste if he can't get it together to salvage his career.
At this point I'd be happy if he could play well for another team, he obviously can't for the Spurs. But it's beginning to feel like he may throw it all away.
I wonder if Beno panics when he goes on the dance floor as well
Yeah, but the trajectory for Nash, Stockton, and Payton was pretty clear over their first few years. Plus, they worked at it.
I know you're not saying Beno is on that level, but for him to make the leap after three downtrending years to adequate backup would be unprecedented. Not saying it can't happen, but I can't think of a comparison.
No one will be more disappointed than I am to see Beno throw away his unbelievable chance. He has had the opportunity to win 2 NBA championships at his early age when there are legends who never got to experience the joy of even one. It truly saddens me to watch it. He had the fortune of being drafted into the perfect situation- onto a top team with players from whom he could learn and develop, and he just has never quite gotten how blessed he is. The guy has amazing natural talent that he has not taken the personal responsibilty for developing.
I am hoping that a settling in his personal life will bring back what we saw in the first half of his rookie year, but my hopes for that are dwindling. All Beno has to do is put forth the effort and he could be one of the best back-up point guards in the whole league. As to the parties, Beno's friends have ties to clubs and they use it for promotion, and that is not a good situation for what Beno needs to be focusing on.
How could he be so worn out-- he hardly played. He should be dying to get onto a basketball court to prove what he can do. When he does get to play, he should be showing that he wants to be there. I just don't think he has any passion for the game- just a boatload of natural talent. A player does show how much he cares by how hard he works in practice and in the off-season. He can go out after a game and have a drink or two with teammates or friends- it is what he does the other 20 hours per day that matters.
Beno just does not seem to get it, and he has new excuses every year. I hoped a contract year and some time to think would get through to him, but the proof will be over the next couple of months. Does Beno want to play in the NBA?
Well, I might be even more disappointed, or at least just as much as you.
Let me explain a few things.
I am very proud of our athletes in general and basketball players in particular. We have somehow put in place one of the best basketball programs in the world. For a nation of barely 2 millions we have not only players in the NBA but in many top clubs in the European leagues. Such a program is the result of dedication and hard work of a lot of people who will never be justly rewarded for their efforts - financially or otherwise.
So to see the reputation of so many good people and athletes tarnished by an idiot of this proportions really pisses me off.
He does not get it. He does not understand life or the NBA. And judging by his public remarks he's not very smart. If somebody close to him is reading this please, please tell him to shut up and to hire a publicist his latest interview in the sport newspaper EKIPA is incredibly stupid and damaging - so if you know him help him by kicking him real hard in the ass - I hope it will waken him from whatever dreamworld he seems to live in.
I will post the article in a separate thread since it has nothing to do with the parties. But I warn you it's like a bad car accident - you know you should look away but just can't.
Last edited by Slomo; 08-11-2007 at 06:02 PM.
The article is here: http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...=1#post1902200
Beno hasn't hurt anybody's reputation except Beno's.
Beno sucks.
But, I guess everybody already knows that.
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