21 Shump Street
Benchwarmer
We are getting blasted on the boards so far this year. Luckily Spurs are 28th in rebounding with only 39 per game. So we are going to have to hit the boards extra hard to get a leg up.
Why did Felton take 23 shots today?
Felton has been playing very well this year and he made some big shots against Orlando. He also made a couple of high light passes, but he took more shots than Melo. That should not happen.
Melo almost disappeared in the second half. Felton was holding the ball too much and too often did not give the ball up until only few seconds left in the shot clock. He has to remember that his principal job is distributing the ball.
We need our bigs to start having a real impact. I thought Chandler was just a step up from awful last night. Dude hasn't been great man, let's be honest. What'd he have last night, like 6 or 7 boards or something? Come on man..Unacceptable. Dude's gotta be up over 10 a game, esp. against a team like Orlando. And his defense wasn't good last night either. Looked like he was just going thru the motions out there for most of the game to me.. Hopefully he'll be into it more next game against Duncan.
And Melo's gotta take it if and when Woody gets on him, which Woody had every right to last night during that one stretch where Melo didn't bother switching on D. The effort wasn't there on D up to that point and Woody let him know about it. Can't have any "and Melo's yelling back at him" moments like Breeny observed on the telecast. I didn't like hearing that. Melo, if he truly wants to win finally, has got to buy in 100%, not 95%. No more prima donna BS. Everyone's accountable now. EVERYONE. Thought he understood that.
JR has been GREAT. The man has talent coming outta all pores. A little concerned that he got winded there -- In fact, I saw him breathing heavily the other night against Dallas too during a stoppage -- a little concerning, although he's giving it his all on both ends so it's probably nothing.
I thought Pablo looked damn good during that one stretch he played, then Woody went away from him. I guess that's nothing too -- Felt was very good throughout so I guess there wasn't a need for him. Nice to see though.
Kidd's been as good as advertised. Doesn't even need to play a ton of mins -- in the mins he does get, he restores order and always manages to have an impact. Did again last night...Our bigs should take notice.
I hope that young lady cheerleader is OK man. That was some spill she took. Scary. Very relieved when she waved to the crowd with both hands as she left. That was a good sign. Hoping and praying she wasn't hurt too bad..