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Sunday was the first time Miami had scored 100 points against the Spurs since March 14, 1996.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b...s.18e522e.html
Web Posted: 02/11/2007 10:25 PM CST
Johnny Ludden
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MIAMI Having lost his spot in the rotation again, Beno Udrih isn't quite ready to say he'd welcome a trade.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has used Jacque Vaughn to back up Tony Parker the past three games and has indicated he doesn't consider the move to be short term.
"Right now, I'm here, so I like it," Udrih said Sunday. "I'm not thinking about anything, really, like going somewhere else.
"Of course, I do want to play, but I still have a contract here in San Antonio. If they're going to trade me, that's their decision, not mine."
Udrih has been in and out of the rotation. Popovich sat him in late December, before giving the backup point guard job back to him in January.
A little more than two weeks ago, Popovich said he would back off Udrih in hopes he would start playing more confidently. Udrih responded with a productive performance, but his play and minutes were uneven the next three games.
Udrih didn't play against Miami. It was the second-straight game he did not play, and he is averaging only four minutes in the past six games.
Popovich has long been frustrated by Udrih's lack of aggression, but Udrih also is shooting a career-worst 35.4 percent, including 25.3 percent from the 3-point line, this season.
"I'm trying to get my confidence back in the practices," Udrih said. "It's harder than playing in the game, but that's how it is."
With his minutes fluctuating by the week, Udrih admitted he's pressed too much when he has been on the floor.
"It is harder because when you go into the game, then you're thinking about it," he said. "If I miss (a shot) ... all kind of stuff is going through my mind.
"I think that's maybe a little bit of my problem, too. Maybe I shouldn't think about it so much and just play."
While the Spurs are expected to explore trade opportunities, Udrih hopes his situation with the team will improve.
"I love San Antonio," he said. "I love the team. The organization is great.
"I'm going to keep working hard. If I get an opportunity, I'm going to take it and try to do my best, and then we'll see."
Elson cleared to play: An MRI on Francisco Elson's left knee revealed no structural damage.
Elson met with a local doctor and underwent the test Saturday night. The Spurs received the results Sunday morning and cleared him to play after he worked out before the game.
Elson still has some swelling in the knee and will be considered "day to day" depending how painful the injury becomes.
Elson hurt his knee in Friday's loss to Orlando but said he didn't notice the injury until his knee swelled after the game.
"I can't even tell you when it happened," Elson said.
Shaq on way back: Shaquille O'Neal gave the Spurs some trouble, particularly when he scored seven of his 16 points early in the third quarter, but played only 25 minutes overall.
He spent the entire fourth quarter on the bench.
Miami coach Ron Rothstein elected not to bring O'Neal back in part because the Spurs had gone to a small lineup. O'Neal also is still recovering from left knee surgery, which kept him out 32 games.
"He's not 100 percent yet," Rothstein said. "He's still working his way back. Later on in the year, it may require him to come back in. But this particular day, at this particular time, the way this group was playing, I just decided I wanted to go small."
Tim Duncan took the initial assignment of guarding O'Neal. In past years, Duncan wouldn't usually guard O'Neal until the fourth quarter.
Briefly: Sunday was the first time Miami had scored 100 points against the Spurs since March 14, 1996. ... The Heat were missing starting point guard Jason Williams, who has a slight abdominal tear. Rothstein said Williams will not return until after the All-Star break.
Sunday was the first time Miami had scored 100 points against the Spurs since March 14, 1996.
scary indeed, when teams start to score above their average against the Spurs.Sunday was the first time Miami had scored 100 points against the Spurs since March 14, 1996.
Scored 100 points, easy to see .. turnovers, Bruceīs low batteries and many of our guys lost in traffic.
For the record they got 2 kids on fire yesterday.
is pop not playing beno because he wants to work a trade to get rid of him
beno is so injury prone
things you can get in a trade for beno...
He's screwed. When you KNOW you're pressing and thinking too much it just makes it worse. So sad....
a player, who can't stand the pressure as a back-up in the regular season, is absolutly worthless for a PO team, even more for a le contender.With his minutes fluctuating by the week, Udrih admitted he's pressed too much when he has been on the floor.
(as happened in 2005, when people thought it was just because of his inexpirience)
So, is there like a record this year for records being reset ???
Because I've noticed an unsettling trend of opposing team statistics falling out of our favor this year alone!
IMO Pop ruined Beno with is NVE experiment.
And Beno admits just exactly to what I have alluded to before here. He is thinking too much about making a mistake and being pulled.
I don't think Beno will ever get his confidence back with this team. He may never get it back. But that's on Pop.
The only thing left to do is trade Beno for the sake of both him and the Spurs. It's a shame, because he certainly had possibilities of being a great backup to Tony.
Howcome Pop doesn't try to start Beno and bring Tony off the bench?
try anything Pop, what the does it matter, we losing anyway, Miami beat us without even breaking a sweat
This has been an interesting development in the past couple of years as the Spurs reportedly having such a deep team with so many guys who could play. Players got yanked for making a mistake because they could just send someone else in-- and so on and so on. Imagine if Manu or Tony had been handled that way.
they were genius. Obviously you haven't watched games before Beno came in to the Spurs.
Who cares about beno anyways.Spurs have worse issues righ now tham the back up PG.+Vaughn can do the same things he was doing,when parker is on the bench(nothing).
Actually, I think the backup PG spot is a serious issue (two decent games by Vaughn don't change that) and it's one of the easiest to remedy as there are teams looking to unload excess.
BTW, I use the word "decent" as a term relative to his potential (5pts 5asts at most) and the lack of production from the other option.
Honestly PHAT,I really donīt think the spurs reality will change if they bring another point guard.I say letīs get rid of Beno and bring a buckup SF,why?cause like you said Vaughn is doing decent(at least for 2 games so far)and we still look horendous out there.
Thatīs why I said we have worse issues tham a lack of a decent buck up PG.Like rebounding and lack of Energy right now.
It really looks like most spurs players run slower tham other teamīs players,like when going to a loose ball for example.
Well, there are rumors that the Knicks really want to trade Francis before the deadline. If that doesn't happen, they are going to buyout his contract. That would make him a free agent and hopefully the Spurs can pick him up. He isn't the best fit for San Antonio, but the Spurs need a backup really bad. Vaughn isn't good enough when it comes to the playoffs. Beno is going to be traded. I think Beno has a lot of talent. I think Pop messed him up. You have to put the blame on both Pop and Beno though.
Not sure how recent those rumors are (he reported back to the Knicks and has had some PT), but if he does get bought out, I'd take him in a heartbeat. Someone alluded in another thread to the veteran character of this team and that one role player wouldn't destroy team chemistry...even if that player is Stevie "I am the" Franchise
A month ago I started a Francis thread and nobody seemed to like my idea.
Iīd love to have Francis,but honestly He wonīt come to the spurs to be a buck up.
Iīd play him as a Starting SG with tony and they can share the PG spot as well,and keep on bringing manu from the bench.
Another thing is that he may like to go back to houston,he was actaully there this past two or three weeks trying to get some rest while recovering from his injury.
I read that rumor this morning. Don't know which online news source it was though.
Problem is, Manu still avgs 30 mins or so off the bench regardless. With the Franchise it'd be more like 24. Neither he nor Manu would be happy about 24-27 mpg.
edit: maybe manu, but not francis.
What are you even tallking about? If Pop had pulled Manu every time he made a mistake, he would have spent all his time on the bench. Pop learned to deal with those mistakes as part of his nature. But guys like Nazr got pulled every time they made an error and were never given the chance of working through their mistakes. It creates the issue where the player is thinking about messing up because he knows he will get pulled immediately.
Again, you obviously have not watched previous games. He did pull Manu everytime he made a mistake on his rookie year, he did that to Tony too. The difference is that even through their mistakes, manu and tony would contribute. Nazr, Beno, don't contribute , that's why they stay on the bench.
In Beno's case I beleive Pop has given up, goddam Beno sucks ass
I wouldn't mind Franchise at this point. Spurs need some scoring with Finley, Horry, Beno and company struggling.
Doubt he'd come here to play limited minutes though as a backup. He'd want a starting job somewhere...
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