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Look up what Marco did for the Bulls in the playoffs last year
I trust Manu and Marco
I trust Marco only,
I trust Manu only
I don't trust either
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Last year Manu was - well disappointing. Seems like he's taken his career seriously as it dwindles down by not joining Argentina over the Summer. He has also rejuvenated his shooting and scoring - despite playing less minutes per game and overall. It seems like he's reformed his "clutch" factor with so many spectacular 2nd half performances. His injuries are still a concern.
With Marco, we basically traded him for Neal. And even though I think he fits better in the system and is slightly better defensively, I do not believe he is as clutch as Neal (although he has shown he can be in games like against Portland).
Do you guys trust these guys in the playoffs?
Look up what Marco did for the Bulls in the playoffs last year
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2011 New Orleans 6 6 28.8 .365 .308 1.000 .8 .7 .8 .0 9.7 2013 Chicago 12 7 27.1 .411 .340 .879 2.9 2.6 .4 .0 11.1 Career 18 13 27.7 .394 .329 .892 2.2 1.9 .6 .0 10.6
I think you should take a look at Marco over the past recent games. Although he couldn't help the Spurs pull a W against Portland and NY earlier in the season with his near career highs, he made some big shots over the span of the past 10 games... as witnessed recently last night against the bobcats. That 3 he made during the final stretch was what helped the Spurs win...
Marco's play has never single handedly lost a championship for his team, so I choose Marco.
Marco is more clutch than Neal. Neal just made a miracle shot against Memphis in a series we got clobbered in and all of a sudden some of our fans thought he was clutch or something...
I've seen Marco miss some shots but I haven't seen him throw the ball to the ref or the front row. Manu still has the tendency to be a spazz. I am starting to get confidence when he touches the ball but not back to where it was a couple seasons ago.
I do like them out there on the court at the same time.
Marco went 1 for 19 in Italy most important game at the Eurobasket, single-handedly preventing them to qualify for the world cup...
I voted Manu because well he earned it, imo it's on Pop to react when he's getting too loose with the ball...
Not sold on Marco being any better than Neal and the Bobcat game only reinforced that belief...
Also Turnobili is a DPOY candidate compared to Marco, was nice to see some vintage blocks (+ much better post defense than Marco).
Edit : the I'm the only one who voted Manu only...
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I trust each of them to play within their capacities. They will be working their tails off, regardless of how effective that work is.
They will both try, and I don't see how we can ask for more.
Manu is the total warrior.
Italian bros are gonna put some work... bank on it
What does Marco have to do before mother in spurfan gives him the benefit of the doubt? He can't prove before the playoffs and he's been way better than most of us expected.
People are confused as to what wins championships. I'm not sure I can trust a guy that gives up almost twice as many points as he scores I'd be remissed to say Manu didn't worry me, but its more of an injury concern than anything else. Pop's new found love for offense over defense is what worries me the most. Hopefully, he won't overplay the Belinelli card in the playoffs because the Spurs aren't winning squat if they can't get a defensive stop. Patty-Diaw-Belinelli-Manu.... yuck!
I may be confused about what exactly wins championships ...but I sure as learned a lot from Manu on how to lose em
Manu of course is better, that's why he makes more, ostensibly.
I trust a small ball manu-marco-mills-leonard-duncan line up...
Where's the honesty? Yeah, you had Manu back, but he was still dinged with the hamstring issue. He gutted it out and while his game 6 was horrible, it's against a team with a defense that was geared to stop him and the Spurs. Tony's calf issue didn't help at all.
I DO NOT MISS GARY NEAL. He was a crappy decision maker at times and he didn't play defense as well as the team needed.
A resounding yeah.
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We're the offense with the most ball movement and depending on assists, passing the basketball. The more of that the more risk of turnovers.
Miami has a unique defense designed to create turnovers, getting into passing lanes. OKC isn't the same but has crazy length and wingspans all over the place from the perimeter to protecting the basket. Jeremy Lamb who will probably guard Manu has a crazy 6'11 wingspan. Some say its even longer. Jackson who's been tormenting us (mostly on offense) also has really long arms.
With the offense the Spurs have whoever will do the playmaking against those teams will have turnovers. It's going to happen again and in a way it's a symptom of why we even have a chance since we're not beating these teams with lower risk iso-ball. We'll just have to be excellent with more positives than negatives within the offense and find very good defense once more.
Why does the poll only include those two players?
Hard to say I trust either. Honestly, nobody should really "trust" Ginobili anymore after his epic collapse last playoffs. He steadily got worse as the playoffs went on and as teams got tougher. It'd be one thing if he was just hurt, or got outplayed a little but he's ALSO making mental mistakes and rushing plays which lead to multiple errors. That doesn't mean I think we have so many better options than Manu, we don't. Spurs FO didn't sign anybody this offseason to help out in Manu's role, so we're stuck relying on him yet again, and hoping he doesn't get hurt or that his brain doesn't melt down on us when it matters most.
Belinelli is a decent role player, and I don't think he'll totally blow it like Manu is capable of, but I wouldn't pin my hopes on him either. He's porous defensively, and offensively tbh I feel like the more offensive responsibility he gets, the worse he does. He has to be kept within his specific role to operate at peak efficiency. So if his role is kept to about what it normally is, then yes I trust him. . .at least on offense.
He was injured as I recall
I don't even understand the point of the question. Trust? Is the OP asking for faith?
Considering about 50 people answered the question, I tend to think it's not a difficult concept to comprehend..
Marco is the most overrated player right now with the spurs tbh.
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