Barry is worthless

[E20]

Brent will come around.


P.S I lived in Barry's hood when he was a wee tad, about my age.

[team-work]

Basically Brent Barry was brought in this season after the setback to the Lakers in the playoffs last summer.The major problem then was lack of a consistent shooter to relieve some of Tim and Tony's duties. Right now we have seen improved plays by Manu and Tony (especially the higher consistency shown by the latter) as the major reason as this year's success. The reserves I would count onnow are Beno and Devin. They deserves big minutes. It's a pity that Barry hasn't met the high expectations on him. I especially admire Devin's hard-working at ude. (Does he still practise for extra hours like he did last year under Mario Ellie?) Let's hope they bring the championship back, and see what Luis Scola can do for this team next season.

[taruky]

Poor Barry, suffering the wrath of San Antonio fan. Listen, it's not all about nuts shriveling. It has alot to do with your role on the team and if you're being asked to do something you're good at. Barry is being asked to shoot a high percentage (threes in particular) on only a few shots per game and really only a few touches per game. There are some people that can't get into a rhythm like that. I'm not blaming the Spurs, certainly Parker, Ginobilli, ad Duncan should get the most touches. But it's just not a role the guy is used to.

Similarly, if you watched the Orlando-Minnesota game, Hedo got just about all his points on isolation plays. That's more of his niche. With three better one on one players on the Spurs, he was not a fit. Doesn't mean he has shrivelling nuts, he just was not in the right role for him. The Spurs need a Fred Hoiberg or Kyle Korver type, someone who can sit on the wings, drain threes, but not much else.

[MannyIsGod]

No, Hedo's nuts just were too small. I'm sure Steve Francis doesn't mind though.

[cqsallie]

WTFCAM?!
This argument can rage forever, but the fact remains that players recruited straight from college (or high school) more easily fit into a team than do players who have been with other NBA teams for a number of years (especially an NBA team whose coach's system is tremendously dissimilar).
For the sake of argument, pretend that you're 30 years old and you have been working in sales for a communications company for the past nine years - straight out of college. For nine years, you've been doing everything that particular company's way. Not only have you been adequate, but you've become a super-salesman.
Your company either buys out, or is sold to, another company. Nothing is the same - your comfortable niche is gone, many of your co-workers are gone. The rules aren't quite the same; the sales quotas are raised; you have more super-salesmen to compete against with the inclusion of the merger company's high-rollers; you have a new sales manager that has a totally different outlook on your job.
You think of yourself as a professional, but for a while, you find it hard to adjust to the new methods, the additional compe ion, the new products, the new manager...

[charmie21]

no he's not..

[ChumpDumper]

WTFCAM?!
This argument can rage forever, but the fact remains that players recruited straight from college (or high school) more easily fit into a team than do players who have been with other NBA teams for a number of years (especially an NBA team whose coach's system is tremendously dissimilar).
For the sake of argument, pretend that you're 30 years old and you have been working in sales for a communications company for the past nine years - straight out of college. For nine years, you've been doing everything that particular company's way. Not only have you been adequate, but you've become a super-salesman.
Your company either buys out, or is sold to, another company. Nothing is the same - your comfortable niche is gone, many of your co-workers are gone. The rules aren't quite the same; the sales quotas are raised; you have more super-salesmen to compete against with the inclusion of the merger company's high-rollers; you have a new sales manager that has a totally different outlook on your job.
You think of yourself as a professional, but for a while, you find it hard to adjust to the new methods, the additional compe ion, the new products, the new manager...

Mobley, Skinner, Williamson, Thomas.

Those guys are really sucking right now after two weeks or more in the new system....