This is a short addendum to the Rockets/Spurs recap just down the page. Why does Gregg Popovich like to play small?

Some San Antonio fans are scratching their heads over the Anthony Tolliver pink slip, but not this one. This was an obvious move. Let me count the ways: Tolliver was 31 different flavors of hustle, and a nifty passer, but his role on the team was to create space for Tim Duncan with his shooting. [...]

Many Spurs fans scratched their heads this summer when the Spurs extended a contract offer to Anthony Tolliver. Tolliver had played well for the summer league squad, showing expert three point range, albeit for the first time in his life. Those of us who spend too much time thinking about these things reasoned that the [...]