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Maybe he's trying to use reverse, reverse phychology on Ginobili this year. Since saying his game was ugly didn't faze Manu, maybe somehow putting him on a pedastal he's hoping to put pressure on him to live up to it.
So GK goes from he flops too much and it's an ugly style of play that nobody wants to watch to I would do anything to get him on our team after Manu whips them up
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...497922,00.html
Karl weary of Spurs Ginobili
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April 21, 2007
George Karl enjoys the start of the NBA playoffs and the opening of training camp like few of his coaching peers.
Yet the Denver Nuggets coach looked tired and mentally and physically drained Saturday as the Nuggets completed their final workout before departing for San Antonio and the start of the playoffs. Denver plays the Spurs Sunday night in the initial game of their best-of-seven series.
Why so worn out? He said he had some restless nights with concerns about one player. And it wasn't Spurs center Tim Duncan.
"It's (Manu) Ginobili," Karl said with a yawn. "He's the guy I have a tremendous respect for."
Ginobili (16.5 points a game) is San Antonio's third-leading scorer, behind Tim Duncan (20.0) and Tony Parker (18.6). But it's his unusual style of drawing contact and getting under the skin of opponents that has made the 6-foot-6 player such a pest to the Nuggets and the rest of the NBA.
"I have two, three or four different ways on Duncan and we can mix it up on Parker," Karl said. "But Ginobili? I don't have that many weapons for him."
There are other pressing matters on his mind. He knows that history has not been kind to the Nuggets. They haven't won a playoff series since 1994 when as the eighth-seed they stunned top Western Conference seed Seattle in the first round that year.
Denver was eliminated in the conference semifinals by the Utah Jazz in seven games and has appeared in the playoffs only four times since.
The Nuggets were swept in a three-game series by these same Spurs the following season. They've gotten to the postseason the last three years only to lose in five games in succession to Minnesota, San Antonio and the Los Angeles Clippers.
None of that concerns Karl.
"There is a possibility of upsets, but what I see there is a possibility of a lot of teams moving and becoming better in the eyes of the basketball world," he said. "I think we are one of them and Houston is one of them. Behind closed doors we're going to get angry and compe ive. I think we're serious about this thing."
Although no last-minute comments were offered Saturday by Carmelo Anthony, Allen Iverson or Marcus Camby, forward Reggie Evans said the team has set its sights high during its two-game stay in San Antonio.
"You want to get two (wins)," Evans said. "Why settle for one when you have an opportunity to get two?"
As for Karl, he and his staff have watched every video of San Antonio in the days leading up to Sunday. They have plotted every move to counter what the Spurs might show them.
"We just turned in a 50-page term paper of the San Antonio Spurs," Karl said. "The final exam starts Sunday.
"I hope we are ready for anything."
Maybe he's trying to use reverse, reverse phychology on Ginobili this year. Since saying his game was ugly didn't faze Manu, maybe somehow putting him on a pedastal he's hoping to put pressure on him to live up to it.
weary?
He's tired of,
or weakened by,
or his "patience, tolerance, or pleasure exhausted" by Manu?
or wary? He's "marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchful prudence in detecting and escaping danger". He's cautious about Manu?
Puttin the pussy on the pedastal...mistake #1maybe somehow putting him on a pedastal he's hoping to put pressure on him to live up to it.
They should have said weary because of Manu- that was the correct context for their not so interesting article.
Denver sucks
Nuggets suck
Nuggets trolls suck
Denver sports "journalists" suck and master English as well as dubya.
First round is a waste of time for the Spurs. Get through it in 4 and without injury.
Parker is going to destroy them.
In the next sentence he says that he believes the SUns are the best team in the NBA and they'll win the championship.
Karl is stupid, Spurs will defeat them, since Melo have no chemistry with AI ... period.
at least I hopa :P
Where are all of the rational and intelligent hoops fans?
At first i thought it was wary, but i guess it's weary.
there aren't many on Spurstalk sadly.
I think Every big forum has its share of fans that know bball and then those who just show up on a bandwagon and say stuff like 'ohmygosh <player x> is so cool and he is going to destroy <opposing team> or <opposing team> sucks and noone can even beat <favourite team>.
The door out is open. Don't let us keep you from the GOOD forums.there aren't many on Spurstalk sadly.
I think Every big forum has its share of fans that know bball and then those who just show up on a bandwagon and say stuff like 'ohmygosh <player x> is so cool and he is going to destroy <opposing team> or <opposing team> sucks and noone can even beat <favourite team>.
I thought it was mispelled too...
<---- u must be on it. Where did i say this forum wasnt good?
I said it was BIG and thus you get legit NBA posters and also some posters who just turn up this time of the year and spout crap.
ok karl sure. you're full of and Manu knows it.
GK says:
"I have two, three or four different ways on Duncan and we can mix it up on Parker," Karl said. "But Ginobili? I don't have that many weapons for him."
... convinces me it should be "wary", ie, "We can handle Duncan and Parker, but we remain WARY, cautious of, worried by undpredictable Ginobili."
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