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Typical Udrih at ude.
Well he isn't giving me a chance sniff sniff.
Grow a pair, play defense, and toughen up you piece of crap.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b...g.209f0a7.html
Web Posted: 12/24/2006 06:14 PM CST
Johnny Ludden
Express-News
Jacque Vaughn jabbed the ball from the hands of New Orleans guard Jannero Pargo, deflected it ahead to himself then burst up the sideline.
Sitting on the bench, watching Vaughn hustle from one end of the court to the other Saturday night, was Beno Udrih.
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Which is exactly what Spurs coach Gregg Popovich hoped the young point guard was doing.
"I want to have Beno see what it's like to have somebody come off the bench with fire and passion and aggressiveness," Popovich said. "When he does that, he'll become a more valuable player to us."
In the meantime, Udrih apparently will sit. Popovich has used Vaughn to back up Tony Parker the past three games — and judging from the 11 assists, four points, three rebounds and two steals Vaughn totaled in just 19 minutes against the Hornets, that's probably not going to change when the Spurs play host to Milwaukee on Tuesday.
In addition to being a tireless worker, Vaughn is a tough on-the-ball defender who can pressure opposing point guards the length of the floor. Popovich had asked the same of Udrih, hoping it would raise his aggressiveness.
"It might help me get into the game a little faster," Udrih said. "I tried to do it, but then he started playing Jacque.
"What can you say? He's the head coach. He decides who to play, who not to play."
Udrih didn't play Wednesday against Memphis — the first game he has sat out this season. He logged eight minutes in each of the past two games, almost all of which came during mop-up time.
For the season, Udrih is averaging 6.0 points and 2.0 assists in 15.4 minutes per game, numbers nearly identical to what he averaged as a rookie. He hasn't shot well (36.3 percent from the field, 29.3 percent from the 3-point line), but that isn't what bothers Popovich.
The coaches think Udrih sometimes drifts through games, perhaps because he is so skilled. While Udrih has shown his potential — he helped jump-start the Spurs' 19-point comeback in the second half against Houston on Nov. 14 — Popovich wants to see some consistency and toughness from him.
"He's obviously talented," Popovich said, "but talent doesn't get you anywhere without the other qualities."
Udrih is frustrated. But he knows he now has to prove himself in practice and take advantage of whatever minutes Popovich does give him.
"Sometimes it's hard," he said. "Sometimes you get two minutes and two fouls. Sometimes you can be in seven, eight minutes and you can't show your aggressiveness.
"It's hard to say I'm not aggressive. I always felt great on the court and trying to help my teammates.
"I just need to be positive. My head has to be clear, like it is. Sooner or later I'll get my chance and I'll be ready."
Udrih has clearly tested his coach's patience. Popovich called him the team's "fourth point guard" during training camp when he was sidelined with a hamstring injury.
But Popovich also said Udrih did a "decent job" during his rookie season and admitted the Spurs didn't really give him a chance last season after signing Nick Van Exel to be Parker's backup.
"So the jury is still out on Beno," Popovich said. "But he knows exactly what he has to do to get on the court, and when he does it he'll be on the court."
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Typical Udrih at ude.
Well he isn't giving me a chance sniff sniff.
Grow a pair, play defense, and toughen up you piece of crap.
He is coming off sounding like a whiny little in this piece.
I really just don't like this line:
I know he goes on to say that he knows Pop's the coach, blah blah. But he can't be making the excuse that he's not aggressive and focused because he doesn't get the game fast enough. He's obviously not doing what he needs to do in practice and in games. Pop and the rest of the coaching staff WANT him to succeed. Though JVaughn is doing a decent job, he's really a third string guard and the Spurs know Beno has the talent to be a good backup point guard. I really wish he'd do it."It might help me get into the game a little faster," Udrih said. "I tried to do it, but then he started playing Jacque.
When someone isn't talented and is a hardworker who just doesn't cut it, then that's okay. But when someone is talented but just doesn't do what they need to do, that's very frustrating.
all the talent in the world with no passion to succeed is pretty worthless. beno just doesn't have the fire in his belly to realize his full potential. it may best to part ways with him.
At different points, I've heard Pop and the Spurs' coaching staff say Beno is the team's best passer and best shooter. However, there comes a time when Beno has to translate those skills to the basketball court.
Hopefully Beno can find his will and determination in his eggnog.
This is your chance. No excuses- go play!
Ditto.At different points, I've heard Pop and the Spurs' coaching staff say Beno is the team's best passer and best shooter. However, there comes a time when Beno has to translate those skills to the basketball court.
Hopefully Beno can find his will and determination in his eggnog.
That seems to be the theme when talking about Beno. We're always waiting for him to come around. it, game over. When Vaughn has beat you out you should just be finished. Maybe the Spurs can move im for a 2nd round pick in the NBDL draft.
Holy , Vaugh had 11 assists in 19 minutes?In the meantime, Udrih apparently will sit. Popovich has used Vaughn to back up Tony Parker the past three games — and judging from the 11 assists, four points, three rebounds and two steals Vaughn totaled in just 19 minutes against the Hornets
It's already been determined that Beno can't be sent to the NBDL with his current contract.
It doesn't really have anything to do with his contract. It's because he's been in the league more than two years. They should have sent him last season if they weren't going to play him.
I determined two years ago that Beno was ty. It's on Pop now. Pop is a selfish hardheaded coach and it's starting to bite him right in the ass.
Spot on Manny.
Hes Cory Alexander all over again.
Its the JR Reid syndrome also.
All that talent, nothing in the head to take advantage of it.
This is pointless, they'll not change how he plays. Either accept him for the player he is, or trade him away. The current situation benefits nobody, not the Spurs and not the Beno. The spurs FO needs to sack up and solve this problem once and for all.
Ludden - Udrih relegated to third-string status for SpursSo, he has progressed, right ?Udrih has clearly tested his coach's patience. Popovich called him the team's "fourth point guard" during training camp when he was sidelined with a hamstring injury.
1. Beno was great the first season.
2.Beno hardly ever played in the second season.
3.Beno is getting f***ed in the 3rd season.
4.Pop obviously decided that Beno is to be the victim of the fact that Spurs didn't repeat. If Rasho or Beno get his due praise, people would ask why didn't they play in the playoffs.
Beno must stop making excuses and play hard
He's playing the worst defense in the team
If he keep playing like that the Spurs will trade him in the dedline
The good news is that Pop hasn't given up on Beno. It's now up to Beno to show that he really wants to play by playing hard in pratice and during games."So the jury is still out on Beno," Popovich said. "But he knows exactly what he has to do to get on the court, and when he does it he'll be on the court."
Last time, Pop has called Beno "a fourth string point guard" and Beno has well answered with two good games against Dallas (the last game of the preseason and the first of the regular season). Let's hope that he will have a good reaction this time too and that this reaction will be longer because after some good games, Beno has been quite bad this season. Anyway, I find it's quite disapointing about Beno that Pop needs to speak to media when he try to motivate him.
I had hopes for and supported Beno for a long time but that time has long since past now. Beno came into the draft with a lot of baggage, a reputation about effort and intensity, from other team's coaches he'd played saying he just had no heart. Then Beno put out the effort in the Chicago camp and made himself a first round pick. Since then Beno has reverted back to the player all those other coaches knew and got frustrated with. He simply has no hearts, no nuts or both.
Beno's re ed development is of great concern. He should be a lot further along than he is. He needs to get his head and his act together.
His troubles aside, of everything in that article, this is the line I struggle with:
But Popovich also said Udrih did a "decent job" during his rookie season and admitted the Spurs didn't really give him a chance last season after signing Nick Van Exel to be Parker's backup.
No Sherlock. If NVE's diminished skills and poor play weren't already a ringing indictment against the Spurs for signing him in the first place, now Pop reminds everyone of the adverse affect it had on Beno's development.
I'd be interested in seeing how far Beno would have progessed had it not been for last season's failed NVE experiment.
1.- True
2.- Also true - and I am holding that against Pop.
3.- False - He's ing himself. Playing in the NBA requires very solid work ethics and the motiviation to push yourself beyond your limits almost every game (see TP or maybe a little closer to home look at Primoz Brezec).
4.- I don't understand item 4. Rasho didn't fit in Pop's system - and he wasn't the first and probably not the last player to whom it happened - but he's work ethics and comitment to the team were/are beyond reproach and that's the main criticism of Beno at this point. Beno didn't play in the playoffs because of the mistakes he made on the court (and with Pop one mistake will put you in the dog house for a long time - see Malik). And finally I sometimes have a problem with Pop's coaching decisions, but I do not think that the fear of having to explain something to the media influences his decisions during the season - I think he just doesn't care about his public persona enough.
Beno may be already, but if he is unhappy with his situation, he needs to follow Rasho's example.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...id=968867503640
Nesterovic, who didn't get off the bench for two straight Raptor games, heard his name called yesterday and answered with a solid performance, just four points, but seven rebounds in Toronto's 92-83 win over the Indiana Pacers.
Surprised? His coach wasn't.
"After the first DNP-CD (NBA boxscore-speak for sat and watched all night), after the game, Rasho was upstairs working out, running, lifting, getting some shots and he did the same thing yesterday," Sam Mitc said. "Rasho's a pro, he understands we've got a new team, we're feeling our way around a little bit ... trying to find minutes and a niche for each guy and we needed him."
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