$66 on Nooch.

1.  Manolis is a real person.  It's a Greek name.  In fact, he's the best friend I went to Vegas with, along with Roh.  I have never seen him dislike anyone in my entire life until that weekend, so there your exhibit A about Roh.

2.  You accuse me of misogyny like it's a bad thing.  

3.  Jeff Van Gundy deserves the credit for Big Chief Triangle, not I.  Sadly, I'm noticing a pattern in my posts where most of the lines you enjoy the most don't in fact come from me.  But I'll take credit for Nooch and the wee rapping Frenchman (TWaRF) and Frenchie McWonderbutt.  And I'm surprised "Schnozzo" didn't send you into a giggle fit as well.  It even had your requisite letter "z"s in it.  

But thats Pops decision not Tony's. If Pop lets Tony do what he wants I can't blame Tony It's like leaving your children with Michael Jackson, and being suprised when they tell you Mr. Jackson tried give them Jesus juice and sleep in the same bed as them.

If I've got Bibby on Tony and Ron-Ron the maniac on Manu, I'd go with Tony too.  

Pop wants these guys to be self-motivated instead of having to yell at them all night.

Yeah, he falls in love with his 20 ft jumper now and  then, but if it's not consistantly going in, it's not like he's forcing the issue. This isn't Steve Francis or Juan Dixon or Gilbert jacking up 23 shots on a night when they missed their first 8 or 9. Tony's getting good shots, and he's doing a decent job of mixing his penetration and his jumper so that team's can't pack the paint in the 4th quarter and hope to contain him.

This whole assumption that Manu's not getting his because Tony is a chucker has transcended the realm of borderline offensive to the realms of completely asnine. Manu and Tony have shared the spotlight before, and nothing from their actions or their play suggests they can't now. The problem so far this season is that Manu and Tony have both been maddeningly inconsistant game to game, and that when either one heads to the bench, the offense loses most of its punch. Realize that the part where the Lakers game was lost was when Tony went to the bench and the Lakers proceeded to demolish the Spurs to the tune of 10-2 run and about 3 straight turnovers on 3 straight Spurs possessions. This team's problems are way greater than "well, Tony is being selfish" or "Manu is not being aggressive enough." Our problem is simply this "The makeup of our roster is seriously flawed."

This isn't a problem that can be solved by passing more and more to Manu, it's a problem that can only be solved by 1) getting a playmaking PG to play with the 2nd unit or 2) getting a guy who can create his own shot to come off the bench. There are guys like this avaliable, but it'd require a large investment and risk (Andrei Kirilenko, Corey Maggette, Andre Miller). So I think for the next month, what we should be focused on is whether or not the Spurs front office responds to our roster's flaws.

Also, while I was also terribly disappointed by that 2-1 break at the end, you're just making up shit to justify your hate now stampler. You're crafting a personality for a player you dislike in order to dislike him even more. Shit, why not give him a Harry Potter obsession? Then he'd be French and an mal-adjusted mid-20s something who's apparently self-obsessed and only concerned with being the man despite the fact that there's 3 years of evidence that point to the contrary. There's a difference between having poor court vision (which I think is the problem) and being a selfish player. You can say that Tony has the former, but I don't think it's fair to say that he's the latter. I think more than anything, the problem now is that Tony and Manu and maybe even Tim, are pressing. They see this team becoming slower and more apathetic every day. So right now, everyone is trying to pick up the offense in hopes of keeping this team in contention until the front office fixes the personel issue or that Finley and Bowen discover the fountain of youth. I can't fault any of the big three right now because right now, they're probably as frustrated as we are. You think Manu should get to shoot more, and I agree, but don't denigrate another player for this team's shortcomings, especially when that player has been probably our most consistant offensive threat this year.

I think we can win playoff games on the road, and I think Finley and Bowen will give it their last gasp in the playoffs, so I'm not going to write us off yet. And I also think Red Rocket and Elson are surprisingly underrated given that they bring things (hustle, athleticism, shooting), that this team sorely lacks right now. Right now, things are going bad, but to heap shit at the feet of one player and accuse him of being selfish while allowing another to be let off with a slap to the wrist is rather disingenuous.

Oh, and Bowen did play Kobe like he always plays Kobe, and Kobe responded as he always does - by screening him off at the top of the key and elevating over him. He's been doing it since 2003. There are many signs that Bowen has lost a step or 3 (the Denver game comes to mind), but that wasn't one of them. Sometimes, I wonder how much you watch Spurs games, and how much it is an execercise in Manu worship. It's a sad day when my Saints, Wild and Rangers blogs are more positive than a Spurs blog.

 If you read the article he did rag on Manu too, just because he isn't praising our point guard doesn't make him delusional. Actually the game was lost when Manu picked up his 4th foul and went to the bench, and because of Manu's defense the Spurs came back.

    Now Tony can score 20 points per game, I don't care , but he should become a better defender and average at least 8 to 9 assists per game. Then he can be a complete player. And there is nothing wrong with Tony's court vision, as I have seen him make some great passes, but that is far and few. Having poor court vision wouldn't have given him 12 assists in one half against the Clippers.

And with his turnovers we know he tries to make great passes, and a lot of times his teammates don't catch the ball. At least he makes up for it by averaging almost 2 steals per game.