Excuses, Excuses

Well written. I agree and have now put the Nets loss behind me. I love the optimism and the positive way of looking at the last week of Spurs basketball.

Appreicate the post. May I add, however, that the Spurs are not as old as their reputation. Check out the NBA games played resumes of some of the guys now playing meaningful minutes, especially last night: Hill. Blair. Hairston. Now add those 12 minutes you mentioned from Temple. Bonner, RJ, Bogans, Mason and Tony are all under 30. The real issue is the health of Manu and Tony plus the age of Timmy. Plus that Dyce’s knee is obviously not 100% which at his age is an issue but completely overcomeable if any of the the big-3 were healthy last night.

They can better handle back to backs this year than season past if Manu and Tony are healthy.

I didn’t know Mason got hurt. I’m not too let down by the loss. The Spurs are who we thought they were, getting older but still able to outveteran you if we have rest.

Very well written. Wrecked! Recc’d.

Didn’t get to see the game, but those were some points I’d already figured out, and it makes for a give-no-attention-to-this-loss-loss.
Wednesday is more important.

Good post and valid points. In addition, hope we all realize that though George Hill has improved a lot, he has ways to go before he becomes a good PG. His Pick n Roll yesterday left a lot to be desired from. It took him good half the shot clock to set the offense and think what to do next. Many times TD got the ball, it was with the shot clock running down.

However, I’m positive that he is going to continue growing leaps and bounds these coming years.

Good read. Let’s not get too high or too low.

Love how you purposefully misspelled Derek Fishers first name.

But I vote for Dewreck Fisher.

recced btw

Err, I don’t think the Spurs are that old anymore. Duncan, McDyess and Ginobili are the only ones on the wrong side of thirty.

Nice post Fred with some very good points. I was totally expecting some entertaining player-shredding here but this is much more appropriate given our current mood. Thanks.

Great post, Fred. Now, to play that Feel Good, Inc. song.

You’re so much more positive lately. What’s going on, Fred? :)

Recced, m’good man.

I agree that many things stacked up against us in that game. I would add that NJ actually won 3 out of last 4, they play the best ball of their pathetic season, which doesn’t make them good by any stretch of imagination, but which makes them a legit threat for a severely depleted team playing SEGABABA away from home. We probably would still win with a healthy Mason. I am still much more concerned about the loss to the Lakers at home. We looked too outmatched in that game for my liking.

Great article. One thing that bothered me about this game. RJ had a great line but didn’t get nearly enough shots. With Tony and Manu out, Duncan and Hill had the most shots, 34 of our 82. Bonner and RJ each had 11 shots. That’s too many for Bonner and too few for RJ. Blair had 9 for 5th place.

Blair, Mason, and RJ were the only players to exceed 1.0 PPS and they took 25 shots. For the Nets, only Lopez, Harris, and Lee were above 1.0, but they took 43 shots. I think an expected field goal percentage analysis would show those three destroying us.

So I’m happy RJ had a good game, but like you’ve said 100 times, Fred, we still need him to be more aggressive….especially if Manu is out.

RJ doesn’t suck anymore.
by CapHill on Mar 29, 2010 5:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

. That might be subjective. [remember, Fred is here]
by Tim C. on Mar 29, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

. RJ scores when he gets shots. And he can’t defer tonight because there is no one else out there. I think he sucks because he hides, not because he lacks talent.
by Fred Silva on Mar 29, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This was written during the game thread after RJ got off to that great start. What happened? He hid and managed to find people to defer to, even without Tony and Manu on the floor. So the sucking continued.

They had the deck stacked against them and didn’t help themselves much. Ginobili and Parker being out is like having one hand tied behind the team’s collective back, then turning the ball over at the rate they did (maybe half of which were miscommunications) and the night they had at the free-throw line was shooting themselves in the foot on top of it. Then coming on a back-to-back after getting in at 3 a.m. … any team might’ve been vulnerable with all those factors.

I noticed some sneaky person added what I said about Cornell to my quotes. For the record, I was wrong with them but if W Virginia beats Duke, I will finish 1st and 2nd in the two pools I entered, winning about $400.

So, you know this is the best Duke team ever. I mean, top to bottom no one can compete with them. W Virginia lucked out so far and will get destroyed. Let’s go DUKE! America’s college basketball team.