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Only caught the 2nd half, but Hill looked atrocious trying to run the offense.
Quick Grades – Spurs at Bobcats
By LJ Ellis | San Antonio Dispatch
After an extremely ugly first half, the San Antonio Spurs finally found their footing in the third quarter against the Charlotte Bobcats. Thanks to a barrage of three-pointers, the Spurs were up by nine points with less than three minutes remaining. Somehow, the Spurs managed to blow the lead. Up by two points with the ball, Manu Ginobili hit a banker with five seconds to go to seal the 95-91 victory.
Tim Duncan B The Bobcats swarmed Duncan all night but he fought through it and came up big — especially defensively.
Manu Ginobili B+ Questionable decisions in the first half. Much better all-around play in final two quarters.
Tony Parker B Fantastic defensively. Nice passing. Struggled with shot and collapsed at the end.
Richard Jefferson B- Though shooting was off for first time this season, he rebounded and passed extremely well.
DeJuan Blair C+ Better on the defensive end. A little better offensively. Still nowhere near potential.
Antonio McDyess A- Another quality outing for McDyess. His four blocks were huge in this physical battle.
George Hill D Way too passive. Not making plays for himself or others. Not very good on defense, either.
Gary Neal A+ His shooting was the key for San Antonio’s win. Willing and able to take open shots. Battled on D.
James Anderson C+ Forced into a number of tough shots. Made a handful of mistakes. Shooting still a plus.
Tiago Splitter B+ Wonderful defense at times. Good work on the boards. Two big follow slams.
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Only caught the 2nd half, but Hill looked atrocious trying to run the offense.
HIll had problems with the trapping defense in the first half, and in the second I think he got saddled with an inexperienced group and the Bobcats focused on him the enitre time that unit was on the floor. Manu, Manu, Manu, damn he is far from being consistent, but like saturday he came up big in the clutch. I thought Tony played excellent defense especially in the first half in fact the whole unit of Tony, Tim, Manu, Jefferson and HIll showed some big time D in the last qtr.
I want to point out that Blair has played better every single game this season. He's still got a long way to go, but he's progressing a little bit and become more comfortable each game.
Hill looked like he did two years ago....
Tiago needs to get in game shape and move into the starting role at Center.
At this rate he should be rounding into form by game 70.....
Solid grades. I hate to be part of the blow-timvp-bandwagon, but you're good at what you do.
What's happening with Hill?
Did he put too much pressure on himself about the "next step" for him?
Is he still injured?
He's not the same confident guy, he is playing like a rookie right now...
Nice win on the road, but turnovers still a killer.
Too many unnecessary telegraphed long passes.
Pretty much agree with everything except Anderson. I thought he deserved at least a B tonight. He got put into some tough situations with the shot clock running down which hurt his fg % but hit a couple big threes during the game, hustled his ass off and played solid defense IMO.
Hill has absolutely no confidence and no balls right now..he isn't even looking to attack..when he has the ball and Manu/Tony are on the floor, he's just dribbling the ball out, waiting to hand it off to them every time, unlike last year, where he finally learned to do his own thing..
When the lanes are opening up for him, he isn't taking them..
He can't make his corner 3 anymore..
What the did he do during the off-season?..is ducks going to tell us that he's been on Twitter too much?..
I think he plays well with Blair...Would not mind seeing a TD/mcdyess starting unit with Tiago/Blair unit to follow
A guy McDyess' age, playing for the MLE? We should probably be happy for a B performance. He's playing like someone a lot younger, and without him we would have been in trouble in most of these early games. He looks like he could keep going for several more years. And he's making me hope he will.
Tiago still isn't into regular season game shape, but he's been showing us what to expect. He sucked out one foul that salvaged a possession. And that monster follow-up dunk really changed the momentum of the game. We had been struggling to get separation, and that play put us over the hump. He's a smart player. I'm really excited about what he's going to look like by the All-Star break.
Last edited by GSH; 11-08-2010 at 10:14 PM.
cool thing is that while there is A LOT of room for improvement, the spurs still seem to be cruising against the sub .500 teams. this is where pop will really have to step up in coaching to elevate this team to the next level when meeting higher level compe ion like the thunder.
Hill looks like he isn't 100%. I haven't seen that explosive first step. Blair continues to struggle but I've noticed he does better when he isn't matched against much taller players. Hopefully once Spliiter fits in and Bonner is healthy again, they can use Blair more in the right situations and limit having him face up against 7 ftrs.
McDyess really has been playing well.
Is there any word about lingering effects from Hill's injury? I'm wondering if the fact that Tony was out for such a long stretch last year is contributing to Hill's iden y crisis. Last year, he had to step up, and there weren't many stretches when the Big Three were healthy at the same time. When they were, Hill ran in the second unit, and worked with them. It seems to me like he's busy deferring to the stars, and not sure where the line is for him in terms of creating his own play. That has nothing to do with defense, mind. No excuse for the lackluster efforts he's been displaying. He IS a better defender than what we're seeing this season.
Hope he breaks out of this little slump soon.
This years schedule could not have been any better for the spurs right now, especially when they are relying on so many young players to contribute.
Anyone else wondering where Splitter's minutes will come from once Bonner returns? Can't help but the think The Beast is playing his way out of the rotation, yet somehow still starting.
It's not Hill's injury. He was playing terrible before that. It is a mental thing with Hill. Almost any time he struggles it's mental.
Hill is RJ of last year. Trade anyone?
Hill and Blair are playing absolutely terrible, good thing is its still very early in the season.
I wish Hill would take a page from Ginobili and learn the "cradle" drive, thereby greatly increasing his chances of getting to the line, thereby giving him the chance to regain his confidence by (hopefully) getting a couple of easy points at the FT line each game.
Ginobili doesn't need to drive as much because his outside shot is so consistent (especially for this game). What does Ginobili do when his outside shot doesn't fall? He starts to drive with the intention of drawing contact, thereby helping to jumpstart his confidence.
There's a difference between driving to the hole looking first and foremost for contact, and driving to the line looking first and foremost to actually score the ball (any contact is just an added bonus).
Ginobili is using the latter on his relatively rare drives to the basket so far.
I want Hill to employ the former to regain his confidence. We've seen Ginobili employ the former in the past. I'd like to see Hill employ it now. He has the ball handling ability and control to pull it off.
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