Tim Duncan A-
Dominant defensively in the paint. Strong on offense; variety of moves in the lane. Passing was great early.
Manu Ginobili A
Another outstanding performance. Made numerous plays off the dribble – scoring and passing. D was impressive.
Tony Parker A
Competed commendably on D against Williams. Nearly flawless on offense. Ran the show beautifully.
Kawhi Leonard A-
Extremely efficient offensively. Passing much better than usual. Stout defensively against Johnson.
Danny Green B
Quiet offensively. Didn’t get any looks from deep. On D, he had a few quality possessions against Williams.
Tiago Splitter A-
Very productive in the lane, whether scoring, finding open man or blocking shots. Boarding was lackluster.
Boris Diaw A-
Much better rebounding-wise. D was admirable. A little sloppy with passing but aggressiveness a plus.
Stephen Jackson C-
Didn’t play well ... though to be fair a lot of his statistical ugliness came in garbage time.
Nando De Colo C
Was the backup point guard again and again underwhelmed. Passing was particularly deficient.
Matt Bonner B+
D wasn’t remarkable but he rebounded and was very decisive on offense.
Patrick Mills Inc.
Aggressive in garbage time. Had some positive moments running the show.
DeJuan Blair Inc.
Still can’t run or jump.
Pop A-
Dealt with rare Duncan foul trouble easily. Whatever he said at halftime should be bottled and sold.
Thanks for the grades!
Tbh, Matt Bonner probably deserves to be ahead of Jackson on the rotation as of right now. Jackson's playing like someone who had retired, hasn't played in years and is trying to make a comeback. i.e. He looks abysmal out there.
DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEFENSE!
Tony, Manu, Stephen, Timmy... the Nets... Spurs amazing defense... hmm...
well, there's no SARS, Bush or Donald Rumsfeldoh well.....
Disagree 110%; Jack's impact goes well beyond his mediocre regular season shooting. He's excellent on defense and overpowering inside, provides energy and mojoe, and shoots >50% from three in the playoffs. Are you the same kind of guy that thought Bonner should have played instead of Robert Horry in 2007?
It's just me or De Colo looks much better playing the PnR with Splitter...
Pop A-
Dealt with rare Duncan foul trouble easily. Whatever he said at halftime should be bottled and sold
I'm not even a Bonner fan. I just think that Bonner does everything that Jack has displayed the last few games: the mediocre inside defense, occasional rebounding, wide open jump shots, but more efficiently.
Jackson may be the better player, but he hasn't shown it in his last few performances.
thanks for grades since I missed out on most of game. I saw the Kawhi 3 pointer, badass. Those giant hands are like glue.
Jack looked totally out of sync
I disagree wholeheartedly with S-jax's grade. You have to look past his 1-6 shooting and fourth quarter TO's and look into his heart. It's his determination, backbone, decisiveness, for ude, grit, iron will, persistence, pluck, purposefulness, will power, ferociousness, fearlessness, hardihood, tenacity, constancy, gutsiness, grit (oops, I used that one twice), cer ude, heart and singlemindness that makes S-jax stand out. The little things that don't show up in the box score is what makes his contributions invaluable.
I agree I like Jack being the leader of the second team he gets them ready to play good defense and gets them to play with an at ude which I think people like Bonner and Splitter need
Little things like standing straight up on D, playing sloppy and looking disinterested is more like it. He's capable of much better, obviously.
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and ginobilis D was terrible
he gambled way too much individually and his team defense was kobe-esque tonight
he had 3 failed gambles which led to 3 brooklyn 3s
they only had like 40-50 points at that point in the game and he was directly responsible for 9 of them
not like this is a once every while thing either
does it every game and he just cant do it anymore without his speed/athleticism
should just stick to playing solid fundamental defense
Jax has been in a funk. How does you get a player out of a funk? Letting him ride the pine? No and no. How does a bad shooter get out of a slump? Shoot.
Jax is a better player than Bonner and thus is ahead of Bonner in the rotation.
Who cares about Bonner's at ude? It's not like he's going to be playing.
Thanks Timvp. Only thing I have to say is that De Colo was disappointing this game. He obviously shouldn't get extended minutes over TP or Manu or Neal, but maybe Pop needs to have NDC on the court with Splitter for now to get the most out of him. Patty's still better off being a change of pace kind of a guard and I really don't want him as a backup pg in the POs...or the regular season for that matter.
jax when his playin with bench fillers...he tends to take it upon himself to jack up alot of shots, usually bad selections also
when his playin with the starters...he tends to sit back and take shots whatever the offense gives him...
blame pop for playin certain players with bench scrubs who dont overlap skill sets for the system he wants out there
I didn't think DeColo was too bad but totally agree with Brunodf Splitter or Duncan has to be on the court when DColo is playing PG - I think Neal can work as backup PG IF Pop follows the same playbook he did with Mills the previos two games - Let Neal be TPs primary backup BUT let Manu carry the majority of ball handling duties - then its just a matter of Neal playing good enough defense to not offset what he brings offensively - while the Spurs have three nice players in Mills, Neal, and DeColo none is really a complete backup PG. Looking to add a big should be FO's #1 priority but I think the Spurs may want to to explore backup PG possibilities in case the right player came available
I think of it this way:
Mills is better when the Spurs play a fast paced team like Houston or Dallas because of his quickness. De Colo is a better backup in the half court setting.
It all depends on the matchups.
AGREED, Bonner sucks and we know what we have and what he will do later with BONNER. I am done even talking about that bum.
You know Brooklyn's bigs are BAD when they let Bonner cut to the basket and hold them to 0 points for a considerable stretch.
LOL.......You know Brooklyn's bigs are BAD when they let Bonner cut to the basket and hold them to 0 points for a considerable stretch.
when will cojo get a shot at being the back up pg ...... cojo is a complete true pg ......
He also opened up the lane for Humphries at some point, def not a great outing on D for him.
Bonner's a 1.2 million per year mop up man(making 3.6) that can play the 3,4 and 5 position on offense and the 4 and 5 on D, though somewhat lacking. I realize most are tired of looking at the guy but I don't mind him near as much now that he's not affecting the outcome of games. Hopefully PATFO will get his pay right or get him out of here.
He might be the Spurs' best option on ZBo.Bonner's a 1.2 million per year mop up man(making 3.6) that can play the 3,4 and 5 position on offense and the 4 and 5 on D, though somewhat lacking. I realize most are tired of looking at the guy but I don't mind him near as much now that he's not affecting the outcome of games. Hopefully PATFO will get his pay right or get him out of here.
Thanks LJ.
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