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h) Dirk's syndrome
what's wrong with manu?
a) his wife is pregnant
b) he's mad at the front office because they are not letting him play for Argentina
c) he's hurt and he is not telling
d) he wants to start
e) he has not eaten food in a very long time (he looks so much skinnier that previous years)
f) manu does not like pop and does not want to play under his coaching
g) raja bell's defense
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h) Dirk's syndrome
g) Raja Bell's defense.
Those years when Manu was scoring 30-40 points, they didn't have Raja Bell.
yes that is one of the reasons but not even one free throw in game 2.....his energy is way down....
It's hard to get to the line when you can't even get to the paint.
nobody can say the suns didn't play good defense against parker and ginobili in game 2
i think most of the teams know that he will penetrate , they try to limit his penetrations
but also manu don't play as well as usual in this PO maybe soon.......
It was just an off-night for Parker. I think he'll do better the next game.
Manu just has been so consistent with this poor performance that I dont know whether he'll be aggressive in Game 3 or not.
manu is suffering from head in ass syndrome. as soon as he pulls it out, he'll be fine. he needs to attack the basket, get a few layups of foul shots to go down so then he'll be in a good rhythym for his jumper. right now, his jumper isn't on and his game is because of it.
I have a feeling he will GO OFF in Saytown......he is due a good 25-30pt game. If Manu plays well, the Spurs usually win.
that;s what we said in series one and now here ...he will not have 20pt in the playoffs if he plays like this
what's wrong with manu?
a) his wife is pregnant
b) he's mad at the front office because they are not letting him play for Argentina
c) he's hurt and he is not telling
d) he wants to start
e) he has not eaten food in a very long time (he looks so much skinnier that previous years)
f) manu does not like pop and does not want to play under his coaching
g) raja bell's defense
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this is a sorry excuse. Manu missed wide open jumpers. He did not even TRY to attack the basket. he just dribbles it like an idiot and passes up. time to stop this .
best description of manu's effort
Yeah, Manu just doesn't have it right now. I'm not sure what his problem is at this point.
He's just had a couple of subpar games...give the guy a break. The problem is not with him but with how much some of you over-rate him. He's a good player but many of you think he's a great player.
why so much buzz for a reserve player?
He Sucks!
Manu was always his best at driving. His most impressive moves are near the hoop. He's very hesitant now and looks like he's content to shoot a jumper or pass. Him and Parker both going into the lane created problems for the opposing team's defense. Two slashers in Parker and Manu plus a Duncan to clean up worked before. I think the big 3 need to be on the floor together much more in this series.
Last edited by steppy; 05-09-2007 at 11:29 AM.
Ginobili carried the Spurs to a le in 2005. I don't think any of us overrate him. He is easily the second best player on the Spurs, and their second-best big-game player. I don't know what the is going on right now, because this is not the Manu we've seen here since 2003-04. All the talk about him needing to start is garbage too, since he's coming off the best season of his career as a bench player.
I guess Eva cut him off.
Yeah, but wasn't that the exception more than the rule in regards to his career with the Spurs? He had a great playoff run that year but he's been no where near that level before nor since. I'm not dissing Manu as I'd take him on my team any day. I just think he had an awesome playoff run in 2005 and now everyone assumes he should play like that all of the time.
Also, I think Parker is the 2nd best player on the Spurs but that's a different argument.
No, people aren't expecting him to play like 2005 Playoff Manu, they are expecting him to play like 2007 Regular Season Manu - a guy who average 17/4/4, shooting 46% (and 40% from 3). Instead, he's some guy we've never seen before- he's shooting 32% in the playoffs and 25% from 3. It's disheartening.
It's true Manu has gotten way too jump shot and 3pt happy these days. He needs to go back to being that slasher to the hoop he was 2 years ago in games 3 and 4. We have to have both him and Tony playing well in those games to win them. We can not expect Tim to go for 30 every game in this series.
Manu is a very good player who on any given night can be the best player on the floor. We have not seen that in some time from him in the playoffs, so it is worrisome to Spurs fans.
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