He's not a bad player. His mid range shot is pretty good and he plays decent on the ball defense and is a terrific rebounding guard. He's not a starter in this league, but he shows promise as a back up. He's definitely grown as a player. I wasn't sure he could play in this league, but he's proven me wrong. He'll never be a starter, but he can be a high end backup who can guard both backcourt positions.
I'm actually getting off the bandwagon. Harlem has convinced me that he's not much better than a third stringer.
I'm most disappointed with his defense, which is the reason I've been in his corner for so long. I thought he had the defensive potential to be much better than he's shown this season. He doesn't seem up to the challenge of trying to stop the best PGs in the league.
I'm not too fussed with his offense, as that is not the reason I wanted him to play. I thought he could be a very, very good defender, but he just hasn't shown it much this season or really improved and taken it to the next level like I thought he would with this extra court time to start the season.
cojo = amazing ability to get to the rim & finish....................... cojo doubters will become believers.........................
I agree with you here. I though he was supposed to have stellar defense. Not happening with his lack of length and apparent lack of quickness.
He hustles, he plays hard, and he's fearless. I love him but unfortunately he isn't talented enough to be a consistent back-up.
cojo................
Solid game, a lot more tolerable when Mills is out there with him for spacing/shooting, tbh..
Permaban.
This team is going to be a monster when healthy. I've had my doubts about CoJo, but dude stepped it up bigtime tonight and could be another big piece of a deep playoff run.
I wish he was more consistent with his outside shot, so that he could take Belinelli out of the rotation, tbh..
Yeah, that would really unlock his game.I wish he was more consistent with his outside shot, so that he could take Belinelli out of the rotation, tbh
What do you guys think about his driving and finishing ability that he's showing lately. I'm really liking him getting to the rack and finishing. He's worked hard and it's showing in games. Do you guys think he should try to drive to the rack and look for his own offense a bit more?
He has the strength to finish for sure. I wish he wouldn't deter. Kind of reminds me of eric Bledsoe.
That has always been his strength... But we rarely do ISO, and he doesn't have good court vision yet in case the lane closes for the kick out... He would be better doing cuts off the ball, which is easier with Patty spacing or even initiating the offense...
Really like the Patty/Cojo pairing. They're a bit small, but good handles between them and a nice blend of shooting, defense, and driving. Put them out there with a good passing big like Diaw, and you've got a nice start for a second unit.
Even better, leave a Kawhi or Danny out there to guard any of the other team's top wing scorers and let Patty cheat off on the least skilled scorer in the backcourt.
Yeah, he's surprisingly turned into a pretty good finisher. If he improves his shot we are probably looking at the guy that kicks old ass Enrique to the curb a couple years from now tbh.
Eh, Manu would be the SF in that unit, so there'd be no room for Green/Leonard. Don't forget Baynes, though. He'd be good as a bruiser/finisher in that unit.
I'm pretty sure in the last game or the game before against the Clippers, they said Cory has really been working on his finishing. I can't remember the exact quote as I was upset with the game, but they said something along the lines of finishing in the NBA is very, very hard and Cory's been working on it with the coaching staff a lot this season.
It may have been a strength of his before the NBA (if that's what you're saying), but he hasn't really been consistently good at it until this season in the NBA.
he needs to add the three ball to his game
I'm honestly surprised the Joseph/Mills lineup was so effective on offense AND defense. Any lineup that keeps Marco out of the game is okay with me.
True, I can't argue with that.
What about TP though, he still hasn't added that shot to his game. I thought he should have consistently added it to his game around 2010 onwards. I thought they were gradually building up to that when they first got Chip in 2006 or so. I've said it numerous times and I still feel the same, it's bordering on negligence that they didn't make the 3 point shot a part of Parker's arsenal years ago. It would have helped offset some of the decline in his later years when he gets older. He might not be in this situation now where he's almost useless if he doesn't have a decent amount of speed.
tp and mills worked in past
tp and cojo need to take the three point shot
there was games where co jo was wide open for a three and he did not take it
tp usually does especially in the corner if he is shooting ok that game
I think that they are finally getting TP to be a three point shooter. It is obvious that he is not that comfortable shooting it, and he will never be the quick-release type of three point shooter that Green or Bellinelli is, but he is better at it than he has been.
Reason he hasn't developed it before this, I believe, is that his role was always to penetrate into the paint and either take the shot or have the defense collapse on him and then kick it out to the three point specialists. That was his job. He was hardly ever in a position to shoot a three pointer, so it wasn't something that they cared about him developing. Kind of like Duncan not really being considered a three point shooter. He can do it, but it is not his 'thing'. The Spurs' offensive sets were built around Tony penetrating the paint.
I honestly think that the Spurs trying to get Kawhi more into a post threat offensively is one of the reasons that they have Tony taking threes more this year. The attempts to have Kawhi as a primary offensive threat have met with some odd sequences from the team and a lot of turnovers, but if Kawhi is 'on the post' or driving, someone has to be on the three point line (where Kawhi would have been in years past), and that is why Tony has 1) been in that position and 2) taking the shots.
Question is how they will play it all out once (and if) everyone gets back to health.
I don't think the team ever has gotten quite comfortable with their early attempts to have the offense focus around Kawhi, and I don't know how that will play out for the rest of the season (assuming everyone gets healthy) since we don't have much room for error in the win-loss column.
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