Who should rest tomorrow?..

[HarlemHeat37]

-Should Timmy sit out for obvious reasons?..

-Should Manu get a night off tomorrow?..

-Should they both play and just hope the Spurs blow the Nets out and give them an early rest?..

[timtonymanu]

I'd say rest.

Start Hill Bogans Jefferson Bonner Dice.

[Brazil]

^third option we have no room to take a risk with this game

[BanditHiro]

Manu unfortunately can't rest or else our offense becomes stale. timmy should rest since he is hurting and ian should have a 30/15 game

[Death In June]

It's the nets...sit Duncan and Manu.

[50 cent]

Nobody should sit. We need a damn win and no letdown.

Take care of business and the main guys can play limited minutes.

[DAF86]

-Should they both play and just hope the Spurs blow the Nets out and give them an early rest?...

That, but I would give them more extended breaks than usual.

[Spurs Brazil]

Play them and hope we put the Nets aways early

[blkroadrunners]

I still see Tim playing especially only playing under 30 minutes tonight, but I expect more PT for Ian and Blair.

Manu should rest as a precaution of his back. The Nets SG/SFs are horrendous, and I honestly don't see a need for him to play tmrw.

[DesignatedT]

sit duncan..

play manu, he already took half a season off, he should be fine... unless that back is hurting him.

let ian play against NJ...

[murpjf88]

Play your regulars. The nets should not be taken for granted. You let down your guard, and you take a loss. If the Spurs get off to big lead and, then you have the luxury of tinkering with the lineup. The first guy guy out should be duncan.

[Stringer_Bell]

It's all hubris that says to sit ANYONE on the Spurs, but the truth is we can't allow a team like the Nets to hang around or else they'll bother us all game and cause more problems in terms of rest for Timmy/Manu. Jump on them early, jump on them hard...then let the Hairston/Ian/Blair/Hill coalition take care of the rest. :)

[tothrowed]

the whole starting lineup we can win this game with back ups

[pjjrfan]

Nobody should sit. We need a damn win and no letdown.

Take care of business and the main guys can play limited minutes.

I'm afraid this is how it's gotta go. Can't throw games this late in the year with the race we have on in the west.

[ffadicted]

Nobody should sit. We need a damn win and no letdown.

Take care of business and the main guys can play limited minutes.

Woordd :ihit

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Sit Ginobili and Tim.

With such a brutal stretch that barely allows for even 2 days off between games, we may as well take advantage against the Nets. Hell, I'd send Manu and Tim on a flight to SA right now while the rest of the team goes to NJ.

[DesignatedT]

duncan needs to sit this game.. especially with the schedule the way it is... there are not any more chances to get him rest and if we come out motivated we can blow them out without timmy.

[Juanobili]

Sit Duncan. Give Ginobili a few minutes.

[DAF86]

If we rest Tim and/or Manu and we lose to the fricking Nets...

[JR3]

I say blow them out in the first half and rest duncan and ginobili.

[Doe]

It's too tight of a race to rest either right now. The best we can hope for is that we stomp on the Nets throat early and they throw the towel in.

[HarlemHeat37]

The Nets are scorching hot btw, 3-9 in their last 12..hottest streak of the season..

[TD 21]

Duncan I'd strongly consider sitting, but I imagine they'll handle him similar to the Warriors game. Have him in the lineup and starting just in case, but playing limited minutes.

Ginobili has to play or this could easily be a loss, something the Spurs can't afford right now, particularly against the worst team in the league. Still, his minutes need to be managed.

Hill and Jefferson need to carry the load, guys like Blair, Bonner and Mason need to step up as well.

[alchemist]

You don't rest anybody, why fuck up a good thing when it's going great? You give Manu/Tim light minutes but still play them.

[OrEmuN]

Sit Duncan, play Manu for 1st half ( enough to blow them out ) and rest Manu

There's someone that needs to rest and that is Bogan. Bring on Malik Hairston !!

- THC -

[TampaDude]

Sit Duncan, play Manu for 1st half ( enough to blow them out ) and rest Manu

There's someone that needs to rest and that is Bogan. Bring on Malik Hairston !!

- THC -

^ this :toast

[siraulo23]

play manu and duncan at max 20 mins each

[Manu-of-steel]

Play TD and Manu in the first half, and hope we could bury them early. Sit them in the 2nd half. But the nets have a complete line up right now, it would be a game that's tougher than expected.

[CFH]

I'd go with the usual starting lineup and if the Spurs start blowing the Nets out then put the starters on the bench. The Nets stuck with the Spurs for most of the game in the first one, they can't take them for granted based on their record.

[ohmwrecker]

No one rests! Fuck that! The Nets are one win away from not tying the '73 76ers for worst regular season record in NBA history. I don't want the Spurs to be the team they do it against.

[Mel_13]

..

:lol

I know it's your calling card, but even after the question mark in the thread title?..

:lol

[tim_duncan_fan]

Timothy Theodore Duncan should most definitely sit out tomorrow. The guy is hurt and just needs a rest in general. I hate to admit it even though we're winning, it sucks watching Tim out on the floor looking like some average nobody and I enjoy the game less. Let's give the guy a rest so he can come back and play his game like we know he can.

[ohmwrecker]

Timothy Theodore Duncan should most definitely sit out tomorrow. The guy is hurt and just needs a rest in general. I hate to admit it even though we're winning, it sucks watching Tim out on the floor looking like some average nobody and I enjoy the game less. Let's give the guy a rest so he can come back and play his game like we know he can.

Timmy looked a lot better tonight than he has in a couple of weeks. He looked a hell of a lot better than Garnett. He shouldn't sit out of any more games this year. Limit his minutes sure, but don't let him rust.

[Josepatches_]

I don't know it could be good to sit Duncan.He's out and we need him.Imo his health is not going to improve a lot if he doesn't play tomorrow.Instead he could recover his confidence with a good game.

No Manu,No Tim,No Tony........Are we enough good to win without the big3?? I'm not sure.If I were Pop then Manu and Tim would play.

[tim_duncan_fan]

I don't know it could be good to sit Duncan.He's out and we need him.Imo his health is not going to improve a lot if he doesn't play tomorrow.Instead he could recover his confidence with a good game.

No Manu,No Tim,No Tony........Are we enough good to win without the big3?? I'm not sure.If I were Pop then Manu and Tim would play.

They'd best take advantage of the fact that the other team is the Nets and put them down early then.

[Sisk]

i don't mind seeing timmy as a DNP and play manu limited (hopefully just first half minutes)

we all know that we are capable of losing to the nets, it's our luck they'll come out and harris drops 45

crush their spirits early, then rest the guys

[polandprzem]

All of sudden most fans feel so confident and even cocky.

Let us lose to the Nets and there will be synchronic jumping off the cliff championships in here

[kaji157]

We cannot rest anyone, maybe Duncan, because he is a non factor as of late so not really much to loose there but a lot to win if he recovers.
If we can limit Manu´s minutes would be a plus. But start the best you can.

[Xevious]

Nobody. The Spurs blew way too many winnable games early in the season to take any off now. Take no opponent for granted. Look at the standings. A win solidifies their hold on the 6th seed by half a game. A loss drops them to 8. Start your regulars and Tim (and hopefully Manu) can play limited minutes once the game is under control.

That said, it wouldn't surprise me one bit to see Tim in a suit.

[EricB]

Duncan hardly played last night so I'd play him so decent minutes in the second half if its semi close.

Ginobili should get a rest.

Release Hairston and let him get some run. Good matchups and good test.

Give Garret Temple some time too. Jerrells too what the hell.

[polandprzem]

Yea why not play Pop ? - what the hell

[jestersmash]

You can't play ginobili without duncan or vice versa. They rely on each other, they are as of current the only two players on the team with near flawless positioning on pick and rolls.

Blair rolls too early but gets rewarded most of the time anyway because ginobili is just an excellent passer, but nonetheless he's a lot less reliable.

McDyess is just god awful and can't do anything.

You need duncan and ginobili on the floor at the same time to do most damage.

[Flux451]

Hubie should rest tomorrow. Called a hell of a game tonight

[NFGIII]

Right now every win is critical so I wouldn't sit anyone to start the game. If the Spurs give the same effort against the Nets that they did against the Celtics then Manu, TD and others could sit the entire 2nd half and let the youngsters go at it. The only reason to sit Manu may be that he has twesked his lower back and needs some rest. Portland is breathing down our necks and the last thing we want is the 8th seed. The standings are really tight now with the spread of 4 losses separating the 8th seed from the 2nd:

----------------W - L-------------- Last 10
Dallas (http://www.nba.com/mavericks/index.html) ----------48 - 25--------------- 6-4
Denver (http://www.nba.com/nuggets/index.html) ---------48 - 26--------------- 5-5
Utah (http://www.nba.com/jazz/index.html) -----------48 - 26----------------6-4
Phoenix (http://www.nba.com/suns/index.html) --------47 - 26----------------8-2
San Antonio (http://www.nba.com/spurs/index.html) ----44 - 28----------------7-3
Oklahoma City (http://www.nba.com/thunder/index.html) --44 - 28----------------6-4
Portland (http://www.nba.com/blazers/index.html) --------45 - 29----------------8-2

With the Nuggets lost the difference between them and the Spurs is 2 games in the lost column and Dallas is 3. If the Spurs can continue to play at this level there is a distinct possibility of getting a much higher seed. I'm not thinking 2 or 3 but 4 or 5 could happen. And looking at the last ten games for each of those teams the Suns and Trailblazers are playing better than all the others. If not for the last 2 minutes of the Hawks game the Spurs could also be at 8-2 for their last ten games, too. Nuggets and Mavs haven't looked so mightly as of late and if K. Martin doens't return to the Nuggets soon they might end up in the lower half of the bracket come PO time.

I would like to sit both TD and Manu along with Dice but unfortunately the situation is such that the Spurs can't afford to do that now.

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Can't afford to rest. No more mulligans.

Jump on these fools early and break their spirit. Then there'll be plenty of rest to go around.

[onarollbaby]

NO MERCY! Don't sit anyone

[HarlemHeat37]

..

:lol

I know it's your calling card, but even after the question mark in the thread title?..

:lol

:lol;)..

[TDMVPDPOY]

we go as far ghill3 is going to take us...

[raspsa]

Play Timmy only in the 2nd half. Let Manu play.

[the crimson blur]

we go as far ghill3 is going to take us...

George Hill can probably beat the Nets on his own.

Sitting Manu+Duncan and letting Hill improve his career high sounds like the go-to move for me. Then again, I don't want to ruin this team's groove by changing starting lineups. Its not like Tim and Manu would play more than 20 minutes if they did play...

Hrm.

[Bruno]

Nets have been less horrible lately.

Unless someone is injurer or tired, I wouldn't rest a player against them.
I would open a little more the bench and hope the 4th quarter end up as garbage time.

[TJastal]

Too much at stake now to risk blowing a game and the momentum of the 2 big wins.

Guys are just going to have to play, esp Duncan, who looks like he needs a confidence game. Only guy that might be afforded some rest if the spurs get up a bunch is Manu, since he's been carrying the team on his back for the past 3 weeks.

[BillMc]

Sit Timmy, Manu light minutes if we can...

[101A]

Sit too many, or even ONE starter; and the Nets feel disrespected; however many games they've lost - they are an NBA team, with NBA talent; don't give them ANYTHING, no matter how meaningless it may seem, to play for. Start everyone; beat them down; THEN rest.

[RamReddy]

Starting Lineup:

Ian Mahinmi
Matt Bonner
Keith Bogans
Roger Mason
Malik Hairston

The rest coming off the pine...

:flag::flag::flag:

[TJastal]

Starting Lineup:

Ian Mahinmi
Matt Bonner
Keith Bogans
Roger Mason
Malik Hairston

The rest coming off the pine...

:flag::flag::flag:

This is a joke, right?

[Dex]

Nobody should rest. Nobody played really extended minutes last night, and the 4th was half garbage time.

I don't like Manu's ballooning minutes, but I also don't like the team falling to shit when he's not on the floor. :lol

One loss is worth as much as another right now, so the Spurs can't afford to take a night off. Losing to the Nets would just negate the hard work from the Cleveland and Boston games.

[BillMc]

Nobody should rest. Nobody played extended minutes last night, and the 4th was half garbage time.

I don't like Manu's extended minutes, but I also don't like the team falling to shit when he's not on the floor. :lol

One loss is worth as much as another right now, so the Spurs can't afford to take a night off. Losing to the Nets would just negate the hard work from the Cleveland and Boston games.

I agree with you with the exception of Timmy. He looks tired and this is a good chance to let him rest. Blair and Ian are hungry for minutes, and Bonner and Dice are pros who are still getting some kinks out. (Bonner from his injury Dice from his really slow adaption to our system.) All 4 of them could use minutes, so put Tim in a suit for this game.

[JR3]

Mason should rest tomorrow!

I agree.. I'm starting to call him Roger Missin Jr.

[silverblk mystix]

...rest Bogans, Mason & Bonner...

these guys have been playing hard and deserve a break...

[JR3]

...rest Bogans, Mason & Bonner...

these guys have been playing hard and deserve a break...

lol

[it's me]

LOL .................you idiots ... jinxed the shit out of the spurs....after a big win... all of the sudden we should rest people..............fuck........ I'm fucking mad.

[HarlemHeat37]

It wasn't a jinx, it was a prediction that became reality..it actually happened, he did end up resting Manu..I obviously made this thread knowing Pop has thought like this before..

[DAF86]

If we rest Tim and/or Manu and we lose to the fricking Nets...

I fucking knew it :bang

[dastrey]

http://www.fallen-legion.eu/news/data/upimages/DoubleFacePalm.jpg

[polandprzem]

Duncan hardly played last night so I'd play him so decent minutes in the second half if its semi close.

Ginobili should get a rest.

Release Hairston and let him get some run. Good matchups and good test.

Give Garret Temple some time too. Jerrells too what the hell.

:lmao

[Basileus777]

Talk about a jinx.....

[UnWantedTheory]

Mason should rest tomorrow!

Cutely ironic isnt it?