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And thus opens the can of worms...
Lets keep him there please, its working and we need the energy, from a player like him off the bench.
Last edited by carib; 12-06-2006 at 09:40 PM.
And thus opens the can of worms...
Does Argentina have any historical claim to the Bahamas?
for now
it's hard to justify a $52 million contract for someone coming off the bench. those bif bucks are for starters.
So we should make decisions based on payroll as opposed to how well it works basketball wise? Thats ridiculous.
The Spurs don't care about the money when it comes to playing time. What did Steve Smith make $12M? What about Mercer when he got waived? $7M?
That being said. Once Manu gets all the way back, I think he should start.
Eric Williams needs to play more than Bowen, Horry, Elson and Oberto.
Malik Rose was making a lot too. Ginobili has so much energy that I think Barry and Finley would be better starting, as they're spot up shooters that would benefit from playing with Duncan. Ginobili can create his shot at any time, and he can create shots for others. The Spurs starters don't need more help creating shots.
No need to let blatant pride get in the way of logic, IMO. I don't mean to sound arrogant, but I think it's at least worth trying for a while. Props to Pop for not rushing a comeback, and Ginobili for being so professional about it. Just my 2 cents
Ginobili coming off the bench would be turn him into the biggest bench weapon in the league. I've long been for the move.
Manu coming off the bench makes the Spurs deadly for 48 minutes a night.
Ginobili do not rush it back, do it for the team, its working great. Its about the lineup that works.
Pop keep doing what you are doing, its about the ring. I am sure that we have a team of professional players.
the le should read like this
Ginobili Has found his place, on the bench
One thing for sure, whenever Beno's on the floor Ginobili should be on the floor too.
Pretty good point. Manu is the better ballhandler and it'd free up Beno to be more of a spot up shooter and off the ball slasher.
That's how the Slovenian national team uses Beno -- as a combo guard paired with another combo guard (in their case it's Sani Becirovic). Unless one day Beno wakes up more athletic, I don't think Beno will ever become the classic point guard Spurs fans thought he'd become.
But really, if Beno is a scorer coming off the bench, that's fine as long as he limits his mistakes and plays decent defense.
Same old story.
Every year the same.
These are good points. When Manu is in the game with Tony and Tim he can get lost in the shuffle.
What Pop did tonight with the rotations was a good thing i think. He seemed to bring in a large group at once for the second unit. Beno, Manu, Brent, and Elson seemed to do pretty well together. The white guys really play well together.
I think we should stick with this. The only downside is that Finley gets too many minutes in general, and when he's out there with with Tony there is very little ball movement. Still, I like the idea of a whole new second unit coming in to give a different look.
Both Sean Elliot ( during the broadcast) and Coach Newman ( post game radio show) said Beno played well.
As long as he gets 30 minutes at the end of the day, I don't really care if he starts or not. But the less he plays with Tony, the better it seems.
Yeah, he should be starting. Save the brilliant move of bringing him off the bench for the day we lose a playoff game.
There you go again, mixing the words, good, fine, defense and Beno within the same post.
I don't mind him coming off the bench. It seems like he has a lot more room to play like himself instead of giving it all to Tim and Tony when he starts. Beno, Barry, and Manu all seem to play well with each other anyway. As long as he gets the same minutes he usually gets (once he gets healthy) then I'm fine with it.
We have all seen that Manu has started the season slowly. He can come off the bench and still get 28-32 minutes a game. If he comes off the bench, he's out there more time without Tim and Tony, which means he gets more shots and maybe he gets going quicker.
He can still end the game with Duncan and Parker, even if he comes off the bench. It's a little funny to me how many Manu fanatics care a bit too much about him starting when I'm sure he cares much more that he plays well and the Spurs win.
If only we found a decent shooting guard we could make play D and start, then we'd have the greatest bench player in the league. He'd be like Van Exel of Mavericks 2003.
He could be our Stackhouse. As much as I hate Stack, when he comes off the bench he's deadly because he's matched up with the other teams bench players who aren't as good and he gets more touches against them and it works out well for him.
Its just a way to make our 2nd team that much more deadly while not really harming the first team. I hadn't even though of the benefit to Beno PNR mentioned but that makes perfect sense. Beno looked good tonight shooting spot up jumpers as opposed to trying to be Parker Jr. and chucking up runners.
I thought manu had to play with oberta since he was from his country
but manu playing with beno is smart
or beno playing with barry to is smart
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