Elson = Worthless

[AFBlue]

Discuss....

[Chr!s Childs]

What's to discuss besides Elson being Worthless?

[nkdlunch]

Oberto is a future allstar

[OldDirtMcGirt]

Look on the bright side... at least you don't have Boris Diaw on your team.

[violentkitten]

every team needs a boris, no?

[Johnny RIngo]

Dammit. Elson's probably gonna play the whole 3rd.

[zekes]

i think what hinders elson most is the fact he isnt a "lifelong" basketball player. since he's only been playing the game since he was 17, he just doesnt have the countless hours of experience to rely on in many situations that players who started playing the game much earlier have. he just doesnt know how to react in certain situations that are instinctive to most players and ends up looking clumsy when he's really quite athletic and nimble ie. going up and grabing rebounds with two hands, using his dribble (not travelling), defensive positioning, dunking, put backs around the basket, etc. im not saying this applies to all players who pick up the game in their late teens but in elson's case it does and he can't completely compensate for it with his athleticism alone.

[michaelwcho]

i think what hinders elson most is the fact he isnt a "lifelong" basketball player. since he's only been playing the game since he was 17, he just doesnt have the countless hours of experience to rely on in many situations that players who started playing the game much earlier have. he just doesnt know how to react in certain situations that are instinctive to most players and ends up looking clumsy when he's really quite athletic and nimble ie. going up and grabing rebounds with two hands, using his dribble (not travelling), defensive positioning, dunking, put backs around the basket, etc. im not saying this applies to all players who pick up the game in their late teens but in elson's case it does and he can't completely compensate for it with his athleticism alone.

Didn't Duncan only start after his pool got destroyed in a hurricane?

anyway, the discussion about Elson must begin and end with "he sucks." We could really use an athletic finisher around the basket--if only he weren't so clumsy!

[itzsoweezee]

yeah, he sucked at times this game. but there were some stretches where elson just played some great interior defense. with elson and duncan clogging the paint, the suns were getting NOTHING down low.

[T Park]

Uh, Elson's good rotations, forced turnovers and what not didn't factor into tonight?

ok.

[Obstructed_View]

Elson was great. Whoever ran two offensive plays for him should be kicked in the ing nuts.

[possessed]

There's nobody in the league better at touching the ball right before it goes out of bounds. Give the guy his props.

[BeerIsGood!]

Elson did everything Pop could expect from him except grab onto the ball at times. With Oberto picking up a couple of stupid fouls and getting 4 early in the 3rd, Elson had to come up big to pull this one out. His rotations were strong, he was active as , and he finally showed his guts and willingness to fight to win.

[BeerIsGood!]

Elson picked up the slack left by Horry's absence in this game. Dude picked up Horry nicely. Hardly worthless.

[T Park]

agreed, he lost some rebounds, and screwed up the one play run for him.


But come on. He fought, he competed, his defensive rotations were good. He forced a couple turnovers.

Especially that one in the third where he forced barbosa out of bounds.


Elson ges a B tonight IMO.

[celldweller]

Elson is in Fact WORTHLESS!!! It's like he himself kept the Suns in this series. He should of just put a damn Suns jersey on. It was like we were playing 4 on 6 Basketball when he was on the court!!!!

[Kori Ellis]

i think what hinders elson most is the fact he isnt a "lifelong" basketball player. since he's only been playing the game since he was 17, he just doesnt have the countless hours of experience to rely on in many situations that players who started playing the game much earlier have. he just doesnt know how to react in certain situations that are instinctive to most players and ends up looking clumsy when he's really quite athletic and nimble ie. going up and grabing rebounds with two hands, using his dribble (not travelling), defensive positioning, dunking, put backs around the basket, etc. im not saying this applies to all players who pick up the game in their late teens but in elson's case it does and he can't completely compensate for it with his athleticism alone.

Even if he started playing basketball late - he's 31 now. He should have caught up a while ago. He just isn't very good.

[Man of Steel]

Nazr and Rasho were All-Stars compared to Elson.

[Obstructed_View]

Nazr and Rasho were All-Stars compared to Elson.

Yet neither of them could even get in the last five games of the western conference semis against a lower seeded team.

[Obstructed_View]

this kills me about this guy. he always seems to be the last guy to hit the ball out of bounds...like he doesn't know how to grab the ball and hold it.

or how to not reach for it. He did that a ton of times, and it was slightly annoying. The rest of his play made up for it, though.

[T Park]

Nazr and Rasho were All-Stars compared to Elson

Yet are doing what now?

Oh yeah, Nazr is a 12th man, and Rasho is in slovenia pounding his pud and enjoying his overpaid contract.

[Borosai]

Elson has yet to make a major impact, BUT he owns the Pistons this year, so if the Spurs make it that far, you never know.

[timvp]

If Elson would have pulled down half the rebounds he could have grabbed, this game would have been over in the third.

[Obstructed_View]

If Elson would have pulled down half the rebounds he could have grabbed, this game would have been over in the third.

If he had just not reached for three or four of them the Spurs would have gotten possession. That's as good as a rebound. Seriously, he did play pretty well. I almost forgive him for that horrible missed dunk. Again, they should know better to run offensive plays for him like that. Those rolls to the basket are successful maybe 20 percent of the time with him.

[timvp]

"Cisco Will Your Grab The Damn Ball?!?!?!" -- Tim Duncan

"Come on Cisco, damn" -- Tony Parker

Usually other Spurs don't say anything to him, but he was even unnerving his own teammates tonight.