Comments on: Learning from Marcus Haislip

By: rj

rj — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:09:44 +0000

i would rather see mahinmi on the floor. his defensive contributions are more valuable than spotty offense from haislip. hairston isn’t really needed considering bogans has suprised us with his hustle and defensive intesnity and earned a spot in the rotation. c’mon pop, let ianny play…

By: Bentley

Bentley — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:14:01 +0000

I agree with Grego, although giving the younger additions on our team more minutes seeems plausible, the fact is, they may not be ready just yet, and them giving up half of the lead and makinh Pop bring Duncan and Parker back is pretty evident of that. Before we worry about developing our younger guys, I think we should develop the chemistry between the guys on the roster who will take us to championship number 5 first.

By: zainn

zainn — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:22:10 +0000

roger mason jr strained his hamstring last nigt. Fml. Hopefully we will have manu back in his place just in time…

By: jacob

jacob — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:37:19 +0000

Tim must have a new relationship on the fire…

By: Grego

Grego — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:33:18 +0000

^I’m just saying that everyone else was shut down. And Ellis scoring had nothing to do with athletic bigs.

George Hill and the other lucky wings played him as well as he could. There were hands in his face on the majority of his jump shots but he couldn’t miss in the first 2.5 quarters.

Guys are going to go off like that. If Hill couldn’t make his life difficult, then no would would. Spurs did play good team defense against a team that is dangerous for scoring.

The Warriors only took 11 3 pointers. And they made 2 of the 3 in the first 10 plays. Spurs chased them off the the line more often than not. They also out-rebounded them on both the offensive and defensive glass. And they limited GS to 15 assists on 40 field goals made.

GS averages
109 ppg
21.7 apg
48.4% fg (even with Ellis, they shot 46.5%)
39% 3pt (attempt 17 3pts/game making 6.8)
37.6 rpg (9 off/game)

All their numbers show drops even with Ellis’ crazy game. It’s not perfect, but for November, that’s pretty good that they could weather the Ellis storm and still cause the rest of the team to underperform.

By: duaneofly

duaneofly — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:02:57 +0000

Yeah you have a point Grego, except Ellis DID have a crazy game. I’m sorry, but you can say “Well if this happened or if this didn’t happen or if he didn’t do this” and make any team look great.
The fact is Ellis had a crazy awesome night, we pulled out a victory this time, but letting someone score as efficiently as Ellis did is never a good thing.

By: Grego

Grego — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:44:22 +0000

^^Hairston and Marcus Haislip got quality minutes. That unit with them gave up so many points Duncan and Parker had to be pulled back against one of those sub .500 teams.

They blew that opportunity. They didn’t do anything super wrong, but they also didn’t do anything to help.

Having said that, if you take away Ellis’ crazy game, GW shot 39%. Spurs played well even as “un-athletic” as the Spurs are.

By: Hicksy

Hicksy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:41:07 +0000

I just don’t understand why the Harriston/Haslip/Mahinmi trio can’t get some quality minutes against these sub .500 teams. Also why not give them the ‘Dirk test’ (ie guarding a slick perimeter shooting bigs) isn’t that why we brought them here?? As these types of players (young long athletic bigs) the same who killed us all last year?? Also saving time for our starters as Dice seems to be getting our rotations

By: Sauce

Sauce — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:56:35 +0000

i wish we never gave away luis scola…

By: Vic De Zen

Vic De Zen — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:30:56 +0000

Pop likes to try new things out. Doubt if Haislip continues to see much time beyond tonight’s game, but I’ve been wrong before.

By: Grego

Grego — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:19:28 +0000

It seems like Pop is sees that McDyess and RJ are starting to become comfortable enough that he can now play with the back end of his roster.

As much as I like Malik Hairston, if Mason continues to play the way he does, there’s no reason to have Malik on the main roster. It’s better suited for big men like Marcus or Ian.

For all Marcus could provide, it makes the most sense why he’s the next to experiment with.

This uncertainty is exciting at the same time. You don’t know what you got. But that’s a good thing because if health is not a factor, the Spurs will be there.

By: GMT

GMT — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:46:38 +0000

I was happy to see Haislip get some minutes and thought it was funny that I was the only one in my family (we had an early Thanksgiving) that knew who he was. I was surprised to see him suited up. I just assumed it would be Ratliff, but like you said, even in limited minutes, Haislip (or even Mahinmi) would make more sense against that Warriors team.

I think you summed up every Spurs fans’ feelings in that last paragraph pretty well.

By: sj_papi

sj_papi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:13:46 +0000

Coming into this season, I was really hoping that Marcus or Ian would make a splash and work there way into a more consistent role in the rotation. I guess I’ll just assume that due to the pre-season and whatever goes on in practice, Pop has decided to go with the old dogs instead. I won’t say I’m necessarily disappointed since I have been surprised by Ratliff’s play and Bonners stubborn knack of making consistent contributions, but one still has to wonder. You look around the league and see these 6 10 guys just throwing down alley oops and put backs… why not us!?! Guess that’s just not the SPURS’ ammo.