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You are HIGH!
Van Exel has NOTHING left. Pick up some scrub PG from the NBDL.
You are HIGH!
other than a couple of lame ass teams, please name a team where NVE hasnt been burned like a rented mule in April?
NVE has been getting burned by younger guards all season and hasnt really hit any big shots to help the Spurs win
so why does he continue to get minutes...other than to stunt Beno's development
And Beno is better?
Nice stat line tonight.
Case in point.
miss the Memphis and Dallas games did you?please name a team where NVE hasnt been burned like a rented mule in April?
NVE has been getting burned by younger guards all season and hasnt really hit any big shots to help the Spurs win
so why does he continue to get minutes...other than to stunt Beno's development
Nick will be big for us during the playoffs. He has helped us win games. Without his points, we would have lost the recent Memphis game. He was big in the dallas game, even though we lost.
Nick has ice in his veins and will not be rattled during the playoffs. We don't know what Beno will do but he seems to get rattled easy.
Since 13 players can be on the playoff roster, I think it's a no brainer to just leave off Sanders.
But Sanders has been CLUTCH in garbage time!!
As bad as NVE has been I still think he will be more valuable in the playoffs than Sanders, Marks, or Oberto. Sanders will be left off without a doubt.
Right now being assked to chose between NVE and Beno as your backup PG is like being asked which foot you'd like to step in dog with.
Nick is better than Beno.
Nick's value will show up come playoff time. Not that he's just like Robert Horry, but I just think Nick is conserving much of his energy and focus until the games really matter. Nick has always been the type of player who plays much harder in pressure situations. I can't guarantee he'll be great, especially with some of the injuries he's had over the last few years, but I certainly think he will be better than what he's shown so far this season.
NVE has nothing left and the problem is come playoff time he might think he still has something left.
I suspect some of you are gonna be eating your words. NVE is not gonna blow the doors off every night, but I am confident that he will be the "hero" of at least one playoff game. He is one of those players that when he gets hot he gets REALLY hot and can blow a game wide open and he has done it all of his career.
I would rather still have NVE than Beno getting the bulk of the backup minutes behind Tony. He knows his window of opportunity is closing and will play as such. He can have ice blood in his veins, and I think we will see that during the playoffs.
I'd rather have Barry and Manu sharing backup PG duties.
Nick reminds me of Strickland when he came back to play with the Rockets. Some people have a looonggg memory of the way NVE use to be. Now they're hoping/praying he can get hot from the outside a game or two.
Finally! Someone said it. NVE has everyone "duped" into thinking he's got something left. He doesn't.
Sure he's had some flashes (Memphis and Dallas), but the season is 82 games long. He's had WAY more bad games that good ones. In the games, he wasn't injured, he's done nothing. Look at the turnovers, the line of missed shots, the defensive breakdowns, his lack of quickness, his body language.
, look at the shape his BODY is in. It's clear that at this point his body is betraying him and he can't summon the skills, energy and effort the Spurs expected when they signed him. I blame him for not keeping himself in better shape.
My thing is he had no business trying to play this year. Like the old sayin' goes, "anytime you start talking about retirement, you've already done so"
I, for one, don't buy into the bullsh!t that he's "saving himself for the playoffs". The Fakers always said that about Shaq. As we saw in 2004 versus the Pistons, it's harder to "turn it on" when you're older and when you're not in great shape.
I hope I'm wrong and he can somehow give us a boost in the playoffs. I just don't see it happening. If so, I'll be the first to say I was wrong.
Last edited by SenorSpur; 04-14-2006 at 12:04 PM.
Mondo-re ed.
I agree that NVE is done. I haven't seen anything this year that gives me any hope. All he provides is poor shot selection and no defense. I'd like to see Barry get the majority of the backup pg minutes with Manu getting spot minutes at the end of games. Beno might also see spot minutes where appropriate.
NVE can be clutch but he can also shoot you out of games with his terrible shot selection and poor fg%. The risk just isn't worth the return anymore.
Spurs aren't build around NVE, he won't play 30mpg if he can't. Spurs only need him for 10mpg (at the start of the 2nd quarter and at the start of the 4th quarter)as backup PG.
With the playoff rotation, Manu will likely play when NVE will be on the floor : his task can only be to shoot 3's, not to be a too big defense liability and to bring up the ball.
Can he do that ? Without a doubt.
Haters, NVE will be very solid for us during the playoff and can even win one game or two only by himself.
Van Exel can take over games. Anyone recall the 2003 WC Finals when he was a Mav? Yes, he has been inconsistent this year, and injured. But he is gonna bring it in the playoffs.
What have you guys been watching all season? That was four ing years ago. Even Shaq has been reduced to living off his past reputation.
Inconsistent? That's a grotesque understatement. Dude has had two good games out of maybe 60 games played. Injured? Of course, probably could't be helped. I ask again. Have anyone seen how out of shape this guy is? He's so out of shape that he looks a lot older than he is.
It's obvious to anyone, this guy can't get it done anymore. He's through. The only saving grace for him is the end of the season is near.
Don't call it hate, just realistic.
undefinedReally high.......thats when he contributes the most.
At least picnroll doesn't think Beno is the second coming of Alvin Robertson anymore.
I still trust NVE to come up big in the playoffs. He won't be playing many minutes but I think he'll at least buy time for Tony Parker. He can still handle the ball well and has been passing it better lately. Other teams aren't going to leave him open for threes in the playoffs -- they know better.
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