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He should be the 12th man at most.
going into the playoffs should we bench mason because he can hurt this team bad if he continues to play the way he is but then again if he gets on fire he can help us what yall think
He should be the 12th man at most.
He doesn't hurt the team any more than anyone else who misses jump shots. He's a decent defender, he hustles and fights for rebounds, he can handle the ball and he has the potential to suddenly get his shooting stroke back and help the team tremendously. He should keep getting subbed in just in case he starts to shoot well again, but if he's not hitting shots he's not really contributing anything you can't get from someone else.
yea i feel you but what about the bad shots he takes
Bogans will definitely get minutes Pop loves him so it comes down to Mason or Hairston. I would play Hairston over him. The rap on younger players like Hairston is they get lost on defense, don't make rotations quickly, don't have proper defensive fundamentals, etc. etc. but Mason is really awful on defense himself, so his major advantage is 3 pt shooting which he's been subpar lately anyway.
His hand has to heal completely.. he has to keep shooting. Spurs are going to need all the help they can get.
He really doesn't take that many shots. His problem is that he needs to take more shots to get his stroke back and he is not getting the minutes to be effective. Of course, he doesn't really deserve the minutes, so it's quite the conundrum. He looks really confused a lot of the time and I don't see him getting much run in the playoffs, but I keep hoping he gets hot and has a "Jaren Jackson moment" because I want to like the kid. It's really hard to watch him struggle. I feel like he is throwing his career away with every brick.
Last edited by ohmwrecker; 04-06-2010 at 06:14 PM.
He should and will be the 10th man. Clearly, his torn ligament has significantly impacted his shooting, which is his greatest strength. He more than likely won't get his touch back this season and when healthy, the Spurs should and will go to a three guard rotation. Two of the three are shooting close to 40% from three, as is Bonner, so the Spurs aren't as desperate for Mason's shooting as they were a while ago.
After I see Temple and Mason I'd rather have Temple active and Mason behind the bench. The kid plays hard.
Mason plays like he doesn't care
He pretty much sits most of the time these days, anyways.
True, but behind the bench it's safe he can't enter the game
The Ghost of Jaren Jackson is exactly what I chanting in the back of my mind when I see Mason, hoping he gets possessed in the postseason.
not even
At this point, no, but once Hill comes back, I don't see him logging a lot of minutes.
Lol ironicaly when jaren left the spurs his hair-do was like mason's.
Anywho...to answer the thread's question, YES
Mason's just beyond done at this point..I don't see his confidence coming back, he just looks defeated..I don't even care about his shot, his defense and energy is horrible, as usual..just a liability..
If the Spurs need a wing ball handler on the floor, go with Temple..if they need athleticism/defender, go with Hairston.. Mason..
Same here, problem is he's shooting like 2000 2001 Jaren.
Mason's shot is all over the place.
Look at Bonner - he never takes a jumper unless his feet are set and his shoulders are squared. That's the way it should be.
I haven't seen Mason take a shot in three months where he was actually set. Every single jumper is leaning, rushed, or floating. It's ridiculous. If it doesn't looklike he's in rhythm, it's because he's not.
The guy plays - and shoots - like his pants are on fire.
So...no, Mason should not play. If he's in the building, I'm nervous. If he's in uniform, I'm terrified. And if Garrett Temple can actually hit threes, there's absolutely no reason for Mason to ever play another minute. Temple was more smooth against Sacramento than Mason has been in any game all year.
I've never seen the evidence that Mason is a decent defender, nor any hustle from him. Mason just doesn't even seem to want to compete. As far as his ballhandling, hes average for a sg, below average for a pg. Basically if mason isn't hitting his jumper, hes worthless. Maybe, once his hand fully heals he can make a come back for some other team, but, man I haven't seen a guy just totally go from a solid role player, to in one season.
Read le as "should we hit mason" and came in here to say "yes"
I hate Mason as much as the next guy, but I'm not going to necessarily dog him on his form.
That's just his quirky form, he (used to) shoot those weird off the dribble, not-entirely-set-with-feet shots with terrific percentage.
Honestly I think doing a maneuver like that helps him get into rhythm or something.
Obviously he's shooting like but the point is, I don't think he'd be much better (maybe even WORSE than he already is, if that's possible) if he had only taken 3s with his feet set.
If we want the game more like a show, Mason certainly is the last guy to trim because his catch-shoots are so clutch and I've only seen Ray Allen with the same quick hands TBH. But it doesn't win games to play a colander there against the opposing SG or SF. I think Mason should be used the same way Mavs use Barea who's also a liability but sometimes can bring some changes of tune into the game when his team is down and needs such changes.
when you think about it theres really no point in playing him as he has no future with the team, the only way id play him is to make sure we have an intense lead and just over work his ass to make sure ginobili and our main men are safe from havin to play or make him be the rough crazy guy that fouls particular people to throw off rhythm and this assignment can apply for bogans and mason whichever wants to enforce some violence hahaha just for ron psycho artest
oh yeah and its almost official, mason is NOT Clutch !!! when the games actually mean something like L.A, orlando the guy is no where to be found, but lets say its preseason time and theres no worries, the guy is busting shots left and right. i may be wrong but last playoffs were terrible im sure pop isnt risking that nonsense again well see again tomorrow
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