Monroe: Ex-Spur Brent Barry ponders options, including the Spurs

[Xylus]

if he goes to the Suns I would laugh at his face when the Suns get knocked out of the playoffs

And I'm sure you'll get that opportunity some day...

[ChumpDumper]

All throughout that post season...


That was the formula for just about every comeback against them and at least one loss.

I'm talking about this particular game. They only missed five.

[whottt]

Intelligence if the ability to see what's going to happen before it happens...I know Duncan and whott have this trait...I seriously question if anyone else does. So because Kerr prevented it...it wouldn't have happened? It happened in nearly every loss that post season.


The Spurs would get bogged down or they start bricking throws and the opposing team would get back in the game...it was the formula for nearly every loss.


But you are right...whottt is just making up...that team was a great FT shooting team, and they never blew leads...


Well said

[timvp]

I never argue vehemently unless I know I'm right...and I know I'm right on this one. Because I was 100% in agreement with Duncan.

You're dead wrong. You really think Kerr saved a choking Spurs team in that link you provided? And why the would Duncan point to Kerr? You think Pop was going to keep Bowen in the game when the other team was going to foul?

It wasn't that they were on the verge of losing that particular game...it was that the formula for their losses pretty obvious and Duncan finally had something to say about it.

ROFL. Good attempt at a backtrack. That game was over. There was no Heimlich maneuver. No Spur was missing free throws. Duncan didn't tell Pop to do something that Pop had done all playoffs long.

Apology Accepted.

Sincerely,

Reality.

Futher more...in that Dallas come back, you can see Duncan and Kerr working on getting him a shot when Duncan is getting doubled, and you can even see Duncan getting a little irate when Kerr kept passing the ball back...he also commented on it in a post game interview.

ROFL @ the idea of having to work to get an open shot against that version of Steve Nash.

[Spurs Dynasty 21]

why would he seriously want to go to the Suns? doesn't he know he would be getting Jalen Rose playing time?

[timvp]

And then the Spurs were being attacked by a rabid group of unicorns but luckily Steve Kerr pulled out his diamond-studded machete and killed all the rabid unicorns while David Robinson cheered him and jumped around in circles........

[whottt]

I'm talking about this particular game. They only missed five.

I never said they didn't miss any FT's that game...I said that team had a problem with FT shooting and blowing big leads, both late...it was their problem. IT was formula for their losses...and it never happened again in a game Kerr got minutes again...for the rest of that post season.

He was the security blanket.

[FromWayDowntown]

I never said they didn't miss any FT's that game...I said that team had a problem with FT shooting and blowing big leads, both late...it was their problem. IT was formula for their losses...and it never happened again in a game Kerr got minutes again...for the rest of that post season.

He was the security blanket.

You said they were bricking free throws. Not that they had a tendency to brick free throws, but that they were actually bricking free throws:

there was a game where the Spurs were bricking FT's and Duncan flat out tells Pop to put Kerr in to hit a tech or something...

And, again, he shot 4 free throws. I'm not sure how his presence made the Spurs better free throw shooters, but if that's what your argument is, I don't suppose that there's anything to absolutely prove that you're wrong.

[timvp]

You're wrong...there was a game where the Spurs were bricking FT's and Duncan flat out tells Pop to put Kerr in to hit a tech or something...he says it to him as they are going to a commercial break.

Just a reminder of what you actually said. The Spurs were bricking free throws that game before Kerr checked in?

Question.

[easjer]

Blah Blah Blah Fishcakes

Can we please get back to biting our nails over Barry?



















j/k

[whottt]

Find a game Kerr appeared in substantially that we lost a big lead in after that...


Didn't happen...in the games he played in, it did in several that he didn't though.

[ChumpDumper]

I never said they didn't miss any FT's that game...I said that team had a problem with FT shooting and blowing big leads, both late...it was their problem. IT was formula for their losses...and it never happened again in a game Kerr got minutes again...for the rest of that post season.

He was the security blanket.

It just seems like a weird game to use as an example. Are you saying the Spurs good free throw shooting in that game is due to Kerr's hitting two free throws in four seconds of play?

[romad_20]

Enough with Kerr, who cares? He hit huge shots in Dallas in game 6, almost collasped red-faced and that's it.

Is this Barry decision going down today or not?

[timvp]

You didn't answer my question.

Find a game Kerr appeared in substantially that we lost a big lead in after that...

How about a game that Kerr played in where the Spurs fell into a hole while he played and then went on a run when he came out?

[whottt]

Just a reminder of what you actually said. The Spurs were bricking free throws that game before Kerr checked in?

Question.

Hmmm...it's possible they bricked a couple right before that happened yeah...but it's also possible that they were looking like they were about to...again, and Duncan told Pop to put Kerr's ass out there....because he didn't want it to happen again. That team lost games at the FT line late(among other things)...in the playoffs...particularly when they had the lead.


at me having to prove that team was a ty FT shooting team lol.

If they weren't the worst int he NBA they were the second worst and IIRC they lost one of the Phoenix game at the FT line.

Pretty sure FT's were a part of their game 1 loss...

They hacked the crap out of Bruce Bowen several times including one loss.


I hate to break this to you...but I did not one stumble upon this boxscore and come up with some elaborate fantasy behind it...

I rememebered the sequence between Duncan and Pop and their just so happens to be a boxscore completely inline with my recollection.


My recollections can be faulty...but not about this sort of thing. This one is right.



There's a reason that was the game where Kerr got back into the rotation...and it was Duncan. And the sequence was on TV.



You tell me timvp...why do you think Kerr suddenly started getting minutes in the WCF?


Pop just decided to pull that one out of his ass for entertainement purposes?

[whottt]

You didn't answer my question.

How about a game that Kerr played in where the Spurs fell into a hole while he played and then went on a run when he came out?

That's meaningless...that was the recipe for just about every Spurs win in the post season...


It was when they had the big leads that they would lose.

I never said he was the come backking...I said he was the heimlich manuever, and we stopped choking games away like we had been in our losses when he got into the game...

[timvp]

You tell me timvp...why do you think Kerr suddenly started getting minutes in the WCF?


Pop just decided to pull that one out of his ass for entertainement purposes?

Where you even a Spurs fan back then? Parker was sick for Game 6 and Speedy was sucking. Kerr was the third string point guard.

Was it really that hard to piece together?

But yeah, tell us more about the unicorns.

[whottt]

It just seems like a weird game to use as an example. Are you saying the Spurs good free throw shooting in that game is due to Kerr's hitting two free throws in seven seconds of play?

Yes...I think that team didn't have confidence in their FT shooting in close games...and I think Kerr steadied that.


I think they also had trouble getting back into an offensive flow once they had huge lead...and Kerr fixed that too...in fact I know he did that...becase we never lost another game like that for the reast of that post season when he got to play enough to have an impact.


And that's very similar to Barry does too...and why I've always said he should get minutes in games where we have big leads and our offense is stalling.

[timvp]

I never said he was the come backking...I said he was the heimlich manuever, and we stopped choking games away like we had been in our losses when he got into the game...

Kerr was part of the Comeback Kings in Game 6 against the Mavs. In Game 5 against the Nets, his big plays came after the game was already over. The Spurs were comfortably up. In Game 6 against the Nets, Kerr was part of the reason the Spurs fell into the hole. When he came out, that's when the Spurs went on their run.

That was the only three games he played in. Show me one example of what you are talking about.

Or stop making up crap.

Thanks.

[whottt]

Where you even a Spurs fan back then? Parker was sick for Game 6 and Speedy was sucking. Kerr was the third string point guard.

Was it really that hard to piece together?

But yeah, tell us more about the unicorns.

I see...so Parker was sick for the rest of the post season and Speedy sucked for the rest of the post season? Because Kerr got minutes more or less regularly for the rest of the post season(in wins)...

Explain it...

[Holt's Cat]

I recall Kerr sucking so much in Game 2 of the '99 WCF (yes, MDM) that the Blazers left his ass wide open with the rock at the arc.

How many other white role players does whottt fantasize about?

[whottt]

Ehh...I got to go work...I'll be back to deal with you asswipes later.


I'm right...



Just like I was right about Horry...and Barry.


You guys be good little property till I return...

[Shred]

At this point, no matter who Barry signs with, it will be very anticlimactic and not worth the wait.

[ChumpDumper]

At this point, no matter who Barry signs with, it will be very anticlimactic and not worth the wait.

Nah, there will be much rejoicing somewhere.

[duncan228]

What fun!

timvp, whottt, ChumpDumper and FromWayDowntown!