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d2k5 your one of my top 10 favorite posters but the spurs cant be coddling players like that
but really. i think starting should boost his confidence, plus having manu off the bench was good last year. we would have won if it wasnt for 0.4. remember we won like 17 straight games before we lost to the lakers. so i think barry starting should be considered. plus manu plays about 26-30 mins a game anyway. we need that spark plug. and Devin should sub for bowen since his defence is coming along too.
p.s. Devin is a BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR)
d2k5 your one of my top 10 favorite posters but the spurs cant be coddling players like that
not familiar with the word coddling. what do u mean?
they cant protect him. they cant make it easy for him. if hes not playing as well as devin then devin should get the minutes
yea i agree. devin is the man, but i meant instead of devin subbing in for manu, he should sub in for bowen. and barry could be a starter and have manu come off the bench. maybe that would boost barry's confidence.
That's a bold statement. But it's tough to pick anyone from that starting line 1-3 to bench. For the stats that Manu is putting up he should be on the floor as much as they are, and Brown provides plenty of spark off the bench. You could bench Parker but with a guy even younger than Barry there's an even greater risk of bruising his confidence. That just leaves Bowen, whose defense is a key component to what the spurs do, but Barry for Bowen could work. Better offense, and a starting line up of five guys who know how to move the ball around, and then Bowen can come in and put the screws to the opponents scorers down the stretch perhaps. I don't know. There's really no easy answer to this problem but Pop needs to try something because I don't think this is a problem that is going to solve itself any time soon.
Hedo-sized hugs for everyone!
manu has earned his place in the starting lineup.
What does that mean? Earned his place? Rasho starts every game and finishes none. His starting has nothing to do with what he has earned. It should be about what is best for the team. If Ginobili is only going to play 30 minutes, which 30 do you want him to play?
Manu must be a starter, putting him in the bench again will crush him. Barry will never be a starter because he aint that good. IN all cases, consider bowen for brown
i dont think bowen should come off the bench because then he wouldnt be guarding the other team's best player that much. and i agree that manu deserves to be a starter, but i have no doubt he can put up those same numbers coming off the bench while earning the same number of minutes. plus if barry starts to contribute while starting it would be lights out. but if benching manu would bruise his confidence i wouldnt condone it. its the same reason i didnt want Kidd to come. i like tony too much and it would impede his growth and kill his confidence. only if he could be consistent. its like when he has a good passing game, he doesnt score. and vice versa
We did this last year because we had no alternative.
It didn't work.
This year we have an alternative that's kicking ass.
If Pop thought starting Barry over Manu would improve the team he would do it in a second and say "get over it"
If barry wants to be a starter, he must prove it by start hitting some shots
I'd like to see the lineup stay the same, but sub in 5 at once....Rose and the Killer "B's"...Barry, Bob, Brown and Beno
Who is Bob?
Big Shot Bob=Robert Horry
The thing that is limiting Barry's minutes (besides Brown) is the strong play of Beno. I mean if Beno does not play this good Barry would have gotten the backup PG minutes. Also, the defense of Barry would not be exposed as much at the PG spot.
barry should start the cheering
how can barry prove his worth playing 5 and 6 minutes? dont yank him as soon as he misses one shot. i know what barry is going through. before i hardly used to handle the ball, so ppl didnt know my complete game, especially as a PG. but when im trusted more with it i do some good things. barry needs the mins
Barry has not earned a starting role, and is needed in the second rotation more. Kerr's article today was excellent, and really pointed out how even with the two losses recently, Spurs are still the team to beat, because they are so solid. They won 8 straight effortlessly. Their bench went to sleep for two games, except for Brown last night. But it's still the deepest in the league. Rose, Barry, Brown, Horry, and Udrih makes the Spurs the best 8 or 10 man rotation in the league. But they're not playing their best yet. They're still turning over the ball too much and forcing shots. But it's early. They're not playing well, and still they're 16-5 and one of the best in the league.
Make a shot.how can barry prove his worth playing 5 and 6 minutes?
Don't get burned on D.
Rocket science.
step off man
is barry even hitting his shots in warmups?
i would not be suprised to see Pop try barry starting at the point at sometime this season. Parker is obviously 1st man up and beno's minutes dip. So be it.
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