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10.10 @Rockets Former Spur Barry likes his old team's chances




Former Spur Barry likes his old team's chances

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/Former_Spur_Barry_likes_his_old_teams_chances.html

Web Posted: 10/10/2008 12:00 CDT
Jeff McDonald - Express-News


HOUSTON — Michael Finley had just lofted a warm-up jumper from the top of the key before the Spurs' preseason opener Thursday night in Houston, when a member of the Houston Rockets snuck up from behind and pinched him on the backside.

Finley whirled around to see Brent Barry, smiling.

It was good to see Barry hadn't lost his since of humor in the three months since leaving the Spurs.

“It was nice to see the guys and get the pleasantries out of the way before we see them in the regular season,” Barry said. “It was nice to say hello.”

Barry hasn't been in Rockets red for very long, so his opinion of his former team still carries some weight.

It should please his erstwhile teammates to know Barry believes the Spurs will be competitive to start the regular season, even with leading scorer Manu Ginobili expected to be sidelined until December while recovering from ankle surgery.

“A lot of teams are thinking the good news is that Manu is out for a month and a half,” Barry said. “Well the bad news is he's going to be back in a month and a half. He's going to have a month and a half of rest, and a few hard weeks of conditioning, and he's going to be fresh for most of the season.”

Knowing what he knows about the Spurs, Barry says he will be shocked if coach Gregg Popovich doesn't find a way to keep his team's head above water while Ginobili is out.

“There's no way with Coach Pop and Tony (Parker) and Tim (Duncan) and the experience that squad has that they're going to find themselves in a hole they can't get out of,” Barry said. “It would be ridiculous to think that.”

Injured pair closer: Popovich said he expects injured forward Kurt Thomas (strained hamstring) and injured guard Salim Stoudamire (strained groin) to return to practice “in a week at the most.”

Thomas arrived at training camp last week hobbled, while Stoudamire suffered his injury on the first day of workouts and hasn't practiced since.

The timing was particularly bad for Stoudamire, who must first make the team before he receives a fully guaranteed contract.

Popovich says if Stoudamire does indeed get back to practice next week, he would still have plenty of time to earn his spot.

“There are four or five games after these two, and another three weeks of practice,” Popovich said. “So he'll still have time to show us what he can do.”

Praise for Ron-Ron: A certain segment of the NBA seems to be awaiting the first bout of weirdness in Houston from volatile forward Ron Artest.

Popovich isn't one of them.

“He's someone who is at the stage of his career where I think he is probably willing to accept a role and do whatever he has to do to help a team get to a championship,” Popovich said. “I think he probably wants that more than anything.”

Live from Houston: In what might become a running gag for as long has he keeps his razor retired, Popovich took some good-natured grief about his beard from a pair of Toyota Center security guards before Thursday's game.

“Hey, it's Donald Sutherland!” one of them said as the coach emerged from the Spurs' locker room.

“What is this, Saturday Night Live?” Popovich retorted with a chuckle.
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[10.10 @Rockets] Spurs' Mason rebounds after slow start

Spurs' Mason rebounds after slow start

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/Spurs_Mason_rebounds_after_slow_start.html

Web Posted: 10/10/2008 12:00 CDT
Jeff McDonald - Express-News

HOUSTON — Two quarters into his first preseason game in a Spurs uniform, Roger Mason Jr. felt a little lost.

It wasn't just that he was thinking too much.

“I was thinking about not trying to think too much,” Mason said.

Mason, a 6-foot-5 guard signed away from Washington in the offseason to replace Brent Barry and now needed to pick up some scoring slack with Manu Ginobili out, missed all four of his first-half shots in the Spurs' 85-78 loss to Houston.

A halftime powwow with coach Gregg Popovich set his mind right. In the first half, Mason said he spent too much time worried about being in the right place at the right time.

“In the second half, Pop told me to just go out and play,” Mason said.

The results weren't groundbreaking, but they were encouraging. Mason made two of his four field goals in the third quarter, scoring his only four points of the game.

More than that, he just looked more at home in his new No. 8 Spurs jersey after intermission. There was a reason for that.

“The second half, I felt much more comfortable,” Mason said. “I just played more off instinct.”

Barry likes Spurs' chances: Barry hasn't been in Rockets red for very long, so his opinion of his former team still carries some weight.

It should please his erstwhile teammates to know Barry believes the Spurs will be competitive to start the season, even with Ginobili expected to be sidelined until December while recovering from ankle surgery.

“A lot of teams are thinking the good news is that Manu is out for a month and a half,” Barry said. “Well the bad news is he's going to be back in a month and a half. He's going to have a month and a half of rest, and a few hard weeks of conditioning, and he's going to be fresh for most of the season.”

Knowing all he knows about the Spurs, Barry says he will be shocked if Popovich doesn't find a way to keep his team's head above water while Ginobili is out.

“There's no way with coach Pop and Tony (Parker) and Tim (Duncan) and the experience that squad has that they're going to find themselves in a hole they can't get out of,” Barry said. “It would be ridiculous to think that.”

Bring in the vets: Tonight's exhibition against New Orleans at the AT&T Center should feature an appearance by a few of the more recognizable Spurs.

Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen and Michael Finley all sat out the team's loss to Houston. Popovich says at least some of those veterans will play against the Hornets, though he's not quite sure who or for how long.

Injured pair closer to action: Popovich said he expects injured forward Kurt Thomas (strained hamstring) and injured guard Salim Stoudamire (strained groin) to return to return to practice “in a week at the most.”

Thomas arrived at training camp last week hobbled, while Stoudamire suffered his injury on the first day of workouts and hasn't practiced since.

The timing is particularly bad for Stoudamire, who must first make the team before he receives a fully guaranteed contract.

Popovich says if Stoudamire does indeed get back to practice next week, he would still have plenty of time to earn his spot.

“There are four or five games after these two, and another three weeks of practice,” Popovich said. “So he'll still have time to show us what he can do.”
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[10.10 @Rockets] Spurs go young in preseason loss

Spurs go young in preseason loss

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/Game_updates_Spurs_vs_Rockets.html

Web Posted: 10/09/2008 6:57 CDT
Jeff McDonald - Express-News

HOUSTON — Gregg Popovich emerged from the visitors' locker room at the Toyota Center on Thursday night, and immediately two nearby security guards became star-struck.

“Hey,” one of them said, motioning to the white-bearded Spurs coach, “it's Donald Sutherland.”

Popovich laughed.

The Spurs dropped their preseason opener against Houston, 85-78, and got a pretty sobering look at the damage Ron Artest might wreak in a red and white Houston uniform, but Popovich couldn't have cared less about the outcome had he really been his movie-acting doppelganger.

With a “who's who” of veteran Spurs either seated behind his bench in street clothes or watching from the comfort of their home sofas, Popovich was eager to see how his younger players might respond to their first real taste of NBA action.

“It's a fun time of year to see those young guys play, to see how they go up against the big boys, so to speak, and watch how they react,” Popovich said. “That's the fun of it. If we win, nobody cares, and if we lose nobody cares.”

Popovich gave veteran starters Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen and Michael Finley the night off, while Manu Ginobili, Kurt Thomas, Salim Stoudamire and Ian Mahinmi remained in San Antonio to nurse varying degrees of injury.

The Spurs would be hard-pressed to win a game with even half of the above out.

“That's kind of a hit to our personnel right there,” Matt Bonner noted.

Playing in the first game of a preseason-opening back-to-back — the Spurs face New Orleans at home tonight — the Spurs turned large portions of the game over to a collection of players who had not set foot on an NBA floor until Thursday. Most of them won't be on the team in a month.

There were bright spots — Darryl Watkins swatting Artest and Aaron Brooks on the same possession.

And there were not-so-bright spots — Anthony Tolliver, the shooting star of summer league, going 3-of-11.

Malik Hairston, who the Spurs acquired on a draft-day trade with Phoenix, fell on the plus side of the ledger, leading the team with 10 points.

Artest, the Rockets' marquee offseason addition, scored 18, including 10 in a row during a second quarter that Houston won 28-12. He probably will start to scare the Spurs once the games begin to count.

For the Spurs' part, most eyes were on rookie point guard George Hill, the team's first-round pick out of IUPUI.

If the Spurs worried the 22-year-old might be overwhelmed by his first game against NBA competition, those fears were alleviated even before tipoff. Then, Hill strutted out to the court for warm-ups, and immediately raised his fist to salute Artest on the other end of the court.

Artest, who knows Hill from his days with the Indiana Pacers, saluted back.

“As a player, you always think you belong,” Hill said.

Once he got in the game, midway through the third quarter, Hill set about to prove it.

He had his ups and downs — throwing in a 20-footer and a teardrop, but later blowing an open layup and committing a critical charge. In keeping with what he has shown in training camp, Hill was masterful on the defensive end, swiping five steals in 17 minutes.

“You have to learn how to crawl before you walk, and tonight I learned to crawl,” said Hill, who also had six points and three assists. “As we keep going, I'll learn how to walk.”
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每次看到波波的冷笑话我就很困难。。。

是我太肤浅还是大家都选择保持沉默。。。。
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“It's a fun time of year to see those young guys play, to see how they go up against the big boys, so to speak, and watch how they react,” Popovich said. “That's the fun of it. If we win, nobody cares, and if we lose nobody cares.”

这个其实倒还真不是冷笑话……
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第一篇下面的那个。。。
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