Comments on: The Spurs and Mavs Hit Reset

By: zack

zack — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:39:32 +0000

jt i noticed that too its funny. if everyone is bashing someone, it may seem crazy but if alot of people are noticing the same thing it usually has some truth to it! when pop brings in finley our d gets bad. pop should not put him in during the critical points of a game, which he has been doing. i understand finley knows are system and is a veteran, but thats even more of a reason to judge his play. he should know better.

By: JT

JT — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:03:59 +0000

gotta love the fact that when the Spurs win, their website has all sort of comments and Post game interviews, when they lose… is as if they didn’t play at all…

By: JT

JT — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:54:45 +0000

I’m so angry I won’t even say anything…. I bought the NBA League Pass so I could watch the Spurs from Chicago and so far… it isn’t paying off…

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:49:13 +0000

I agree with Ian, that was as good a loss as we could have had. The guys played well, and if we had our top two offensive players we probably win pretty easily. It isn’t time to panic. This team will be good… it’s just a matter of getting some consistancy from guys we KNOW can play.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:20:56 +0000

The loss in the last game was at least more encouraging than the last four losses. It was a closely contested match in a road game against a tough Dallas team. Sure, Dallas was without three of their key players, but Spurs also had Manu and Tony out of the game, so I’d say it was pretty even.

At this moment, I don’t think Splitter would have been given a major playing time even if he joined the Spurs in the summer. Neither Haislip nor Mahinmi saw a single minute of playing time this season so far, and Hairston hasn’t played that much either. I know finding a regular rotation around the Big 3 is a huge priority for Pop, but he also needs to realise that maintaining their good health is equally high priority. He needs to give younger guys a chance while the Big 3 takes a rest. The recent injuries to Parker and Ginobili are quite concerning – I’m afraid that they will not last through the entire season and the post-season if they continue on logging heavy minutes.

By: duaneofly

duaneofly — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:56:32 +0000

*Make that the last two years, plus this year, for Finley. In 08, against the Lakers, I swear he had a “Hey if we lose its all cool, I got my ring last year” look while on the court.

By: duaneofly

duaneofly — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:53:48 +0000

This is really pathetic. So we bring in a bunch of new guys and we are 4-5??? The Celtics brought in KG and Allen, plus had a first or second year? Rondo as point, they were cruising from opening tip til the playoffs, staggered a bit, then pounded the Lakers.
Please don’t reply with the “Well it takes a lot of time to gel” or “Pop’s plays are complex” because its just frustrating. If Pop’s tactics are so complex it takes a whole season to learn them, well then maybe he should change then.

PS: I know Finley isn’t responsible for all of our troubles, but the guy sucks. Next year cannot get here fast enough because his contract runs out this summer and hopefully he’ll retire because I’m tired of seeing his lackluster ass on the court last year+ this year when we have some young hungry guys on our team who I am sure could play circles around this guy. He got a ring then he checked out and its sad Pop doesn’t realize it. I could be wrong, but hey, thats just how I see it.

By: Grego

Grego — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:34:02 +0000

^Finley wasn’t as much a problem as the times when Spurs were depending upon Mason to run the team. It got pretty ugly sometimes. I wish Pop put Malik out there when Hill, Duncan, McDyess, RJ were all on the bench.

There were of course some defensive miscues, but some of the big ones came from other players. Hill had to tone it down at times to stay in the game. That foul trouble hurt him midway in the 3rd.

Bonner played Dirk pretty well. You know its a long night when Gooden is going for a double double on your team though.

By: Ferenc

Ferenc — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:51:43 +0000

How long is Pop gonna take to finish tinkering with the rotations and come to the inevitable conclusion that nothing will work for Finley and Mason? If it’s really true that they want to mess around with the rotations to see what kind of combination of players work, why are we still seeing these two liabilities night in, night out when our best young players are stoning on the bench?

By: zack

zack — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:46:50 +0000

i really liked the way our defense is coming in, however i have a problem with pop and his infatuation with finley i mean yes the guy hit some shots tonight but his defense (except maybe one play 2nite) is always very poor, and you see the change as soon as the guy gets thrown in. i really do think that this is going to be a bad year for him. i hope im wrong. pop really needs to give hairston some p.t that kid is working hard, and you know what! he makes a mistake and pop is angry, but if finley makes a mistake he can play through it, im tired of that! let them play through it as well. i mean when we lose it’s easy to point out the bad things. so i do have to say i liked malik’s energy, george hills great performance, appreciate timmys play, and i really hope manu is ok he needs a healthy season.

By: Chris K.

Chris K. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:09:21 +0000

Yuck.
That game left an awful taste in my mouth. Ginobili hurt, Parker hurt, Jefferson ineffective, Bonner overmatched, Mason “playing” point guard, very few minutes for younger players, etc, etc.

We lost to a team that was missing 3 starters, and we had several days to prepare for them.

Losing always sucks, but losing like this, to them, really hurts.
Yuck.

By: SpursfanSteve

SpursfanSteve — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:51:08 +0000

Kaveh, check the stats. Dirk was 0-2 against Hill, 0-1 against Blair, and decent to above average against everyone else. I dont think George is Pippen, and i dont think he deserves Parker’s job- but he is an excellent defender. He is 6′2 but his wingspan is much, much longer than that. I’m one of the realistic George lovers. And nobody is going to stop Dirk- put a hand in his face and thats the best you can do. Hill can do that. Hell, Bonner did an excellent job on it tonight. All Dirk made in the second half was an open 3, a tip in, and lots and lots of contested fade a ways. I was happy with how we covered him. It was a tough loss.

And George is better than your PG at this point.

By: Kaveh

Kaveh — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:05:21 +0000

I’m sorry, but what the hell are you guys talking about? The new love fest with George Hill, aka, George Pippen Hill, aka, George i’mgoingtostealparker’sjob Hill, is getting out of hand.

Here is what someone wrote above:
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I’d like to see him get some time. Nowitzki likes to put the ball on the floor and if he does George will poke it right away. Dirk has an advantage if he posts up, but he would have to make his move quick. If Dirk goes into catch and shoot mode, George still has the length and athleticism to at least face guard. But like you said, worst case scenario is Pop tries it and he gets burnt a few possessions and switches onto Terry and shuts him down
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You’re going to guard Dirk with 6′2″ George Hill? I understand you all think that you should trade Parker now, and that George Hill is Scottie Pippen, the best perimeter defender in NBA history, but how INSANE is this? LOL. Dirk is almost 7 feet tall. He gets more offensive rebounds in a game than George Hill gets rebounds in a career.

Sorry folks, George Hill is not Pippen and he is not stealing Parker’s job. George Hill is a backup guard who is an average NBA player. He can’t stop Lebron and he cannot guard Dwight Howard.

By: dingo

dingo — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:37:39 +0000

Parker’s out tonight..ankle, again.

By: zack

zack — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:28:11 +0000

yeah i do feel pretty nervous about this one, like Rye stated, they aren’t consistent, and i am actually concerned about parkers lack of sharing. i want to see the aggresive spurs tonight!!!!