Splitter Expected to Miss 3-5 Weeks w/ Shoulder Sprain

[BatManu20]

Get ready to see a lot more Ayers :depressed


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[RD2191]

FAWWWKKKK

[Skull-1]

What a faker.

[jyra]

Can't wait to see Bonner back in the rotation.
(Let's hope Thomas finally gets some game time.)

[dallasmaverickslose]

Start Baynes?

[loveforthegame]

Damn. :td

More Ayers. More small ball with Leonard at the 4 I'm guessing.

Maybe Thomas will get a shot after all.

[DesignatedT]

Lol wow this guy.

[RD2191]

Is Ayres really that bad? He's garbage on offense but still not that bad on defense, plus he's a decent rebounder.

[Spursfanfromafar]

F*** Ryan Hollins. Useless prick who doesn't play any basketball.

[jARS mEsH sEt]

Is Ayres really that bad? He's garbage on offense but still not that bad on defense, plus he's a decent rebounder.

He's been competent over the last 4 or 5 games, but the first 20 or so he wasn't even fit for the D league. You could make a montage of all the point blank dunks he's missed this season.

[timtonymanu]

Terrible news. More Ayres/Baynes/Bonner is gonna suck.

Oh and another injury on our team occurs when playing the Clippers.

[justinandimcool]

:lol Errors and Baynes are going to be demolished. SCRUBS. Our defense sucks already, now we're gonna give up 120 per game.

[timtonymanu]

3-5 weeks = 2 months for a guy like Splitter.

[look_at_g_shred]

Lol everyone who called Splitter soft and that he sucks freaking out right now lol

[loveforthegame]

Is Ayres really that bad? He's garbage on offense but still not that bad on defense, plus he's a decent rebounder.

I don't think Ayers is as bad as many think here. If Pop really believes he'll be useful come playoff time, it's good that he's letting him play through the aches and pains now.

I hope Baynes will see some more minutes though.

[Skull-1]

I don't think Ayers is as bad as many think here. If Pop really believes he'll be useful come playoff time, it's good that he's letting him play through the aches and pains now.

I hope Baynes will see some more minutes though.


Exactly. Ayers needs to get minutes in order to develop. This may pay dividends, Splitter's fake injury....

[RD2191]

Blame the Spurs, not the Clippers. They screwed around and let a 37 point lead get down to 13. No starter should of played in the 2nd half.

[Brazil]

More Tim of Kawi at the four could be interesting in terms of touches and being involved instead of waiting at the corner

[T Park]

I don't think Ayers is as bad as many think here. If Pop really believes he'll be useful come playoff time, it's good that he's letting him play through the aches and pains now.

I hope Baynes will see some more minutes though.

Ayers is not that bad. Hes very good defensively and if he didnt drop the ball as much, people would notice his defense alot more. very good rebounder as well.

He improves every time out and just needs more PT. This will be a blessing in disguise. Ayers will be very usefull come playoff time.

[jeebus]

Is Ayres really that bad? He's garbage on offense but still not that bad on defense, plus he's a decent rebounder.
Yes. He's awful on both ends. Bad hands, no offensive game, can only dunk and even fucks that up half the time. Can't defend, mostly just stands there and fouls people, only rebounds uncontested boards or when surrounded by guys 6'4 and under. The useless scrub has played just about every game this season, almost 10 minutes per game, and he's still a pile of dog shit. He doesn't need more minutes, he needs more DNPs.

[DPG21920]

Bad bad news.

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol Ayres' defensive on/off metrics are average at best, and his opponent's production metrics are horrible..when a player sucks on offense yet still receives playing time, there's the illusion that he's a quality defender..he's an average defender and poor offensive player..he shouldn't be anything more than a 5th big IMO..


This is a huge blow, especially if Pop keeps Beli in the starting lineup, tbh..the defense is going to be even worse, and they were already struggling..it also hurts because Splitter was beginning to find some offensive rhythm for the first time since returning to the lineup..as we all know by now, it takes Splitter a few weeks(at least) to get his offensive rhythm back following an injury..

Silver linings:

- More Leonard at the 4, which is his most effective position in the NBA..during last year's playoffs, his breakout stretch, he played 36% of his minutes at the 4, with 60% of his Finals minutes being allocated at that position..

- More Leonard/Diaw/Duncan frontcourt minutes..

- If the Spurs struggle, it could expose the need for a change up front..

[RD2191]

Its not like we were beating top teams anyway. :lol At least now we can pull the Splitter injury card.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Can't wait to see the PnR defense without Splitter

[Raven]

it's good, we'll probably suck so bad pops won't be able to play defensless guys so freely.

[UZER]

I guess Baynes is going back to the D League so Pop is not forced to play him.

[ThaBigFundamental21]

Baynes time!

[tmtcsc]

SMFH

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[Robz4000]

See ya after the ASB Golden God..

[DesignatedT]

Maybe this will actually force the spurs to wake up and start trying tbh. Matty better be on target for the next month and Baynes better be ready to play ball. Here's his chance.

[SpurPadre]

Mario Chalmers is probably the most upset about this since he won't get the chance to dunk on him and block 2 of his shot attempts when we play the Heat on the 26th.

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Get ready to see a lot more Ayers :depressed

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[Budkin]

Maybe this will actually force the spurs to wake up and start trying tbh. Matty better be on target for the next month and Baynes better be ready to play ball. Here's his chance.

This is how I'm seeing it.

[jeebus]

Maybe this will actually force the spurs to wake up and start trying tbh. Matty better be on target for the next month and Baynes better be ready to play ball. Here's his chance.
tbh if he does play, at least there's a chance he'll play well 50% in at least half of the games he's in. while that's not great, it's better than Airs and his wetting the bed every game.

[AFBlue]

Good...test the Spurs depth and get needed development from relatively new frontcourt players. Perfect time for a moderate injury.

[ElNono]

As I said in the other thread, not unexpected seeing Tiago history in recovering from injuries... He'll be back post-ASB if there are no setbacks and hopefully he can pick up where he left off... fortunately this injury also prevents him from practicing that horrible hook shot, so it's not all bad, tbh...

[twincam]

Yes...bring on Baynes

[ThaBigFundamental21]

SMFH

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Beautiful! Well done!

[Spurs_Be_Beastin']

Boris or Baynes should start tbh.
but Baynes better get minutes either way.

[UZER]

Yes...bring on Baynes

I wish...but Baynes obviously has not gotten over himself, and Ayers got over himself quickly, so quickly in fact that he changed his name before the season started to prove it to Pop

[jeebus]

I wish...but Baynes obviously has not gotten over himself, and Ayers got over himself quickly, so quickly in fact that he changed his name before the season started to prove it to Pop
:lol reminds me of this tweet from earlier in the day:

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uh, no Pop, Splitter played decent his first year; you just didn't play his ass and got assfucked by Memphis in the playoffs because of it. Ayres is cut from the same cloth as Kwame Brown, except not as good as Brown

[tim_duncan_fan]

Get ready to see a lot more Bonner :depressed


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Fixed that for ya.

[PingPong]

Splitter is expendable. Spurs will get in a winning streak from now. No more waste in the court.

[Jwash_1986]

F*** Ryan Hollins. Useless prick who doesn't play any basketball.
And it doesn't hurt Splitter made out of glass and soft ass toilet paper.

[TDfan2007]

I swear if we start Ayers instead of Diaw...

[exstatic]

He's been competent over the last 4 or 5 games, but the first 20 or so he wasn't even fit for the D league. You could make a montage of all the point blank dunks he's missed this season.

He's actually had only one or two bad games in his last dozen.

[ceperez]

Why is it that every time Tiago starts playing well, he gets injured?

[UZER]

Why is it that every time Tiago starts playing well, he gets injured?

CIA Pop

[Johnny RIngo]

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:lol Pop spouting more bullshit. Not surprising coming from the same man that called Keith Bogans our "centerpiece" on defense a few years back.

Also, like to add that having Ayres replace Splitter will just make the starting lineup even worse than it's already been the past few weeks. Diaw's the obvious choice but I doubt Pop goes that route since he's been pretty incompetent with rotations this year(probably a result of having a shitty coaching staff).

[Bruno]

It could have been worst. Some shoulder injuries are season ending.

Spurs defense has been shitty when Tiago hasn't been on the court. Other bigmen will seriously need to up their defensive level to compensate Splitter's loss.

Regarding the rotation, I would go with Parker/Green/Leonard/Diaw/Duncan as starting unit.

[hater]

he's soft there is no denying this.

he's also the best bigman we have by far.

big loss.

[tholdren]

who gives a shit about splitter? call up thomas or dawson, might as well see what the toros got

[bklynspursfan]

I swear if we start Ayers instead of Diaw...

I'm pretty sure that's what will happen, depending on the matchup. Diaw fits really well with the 2nd unit. He'll probably close games, but doubt he starts. Ayres has looked better, there's no better way for him to learn than just playing.

[tmtcsc]

Beautiful! Well done!

The guy sprained his shoulder by bumping into another player's gut. How F'n soft is that? Ridiculous.

[Chinook]

Start Diaw and Green. That should be a good defensive unit. Rotate Ayres and Baynes at the five, and Bonner and Thomas at the four. Each should get equal opportunity. There's a good rotation in there somewhere.

[3 Legged Dog]

Shoulder? No. He strained his vagina. Again.

[Sean Cagney]

This is just great..

[wildchild]

Regarding the rotation, I would go with Parker/Green/Leonard/Diaw/Duncan as starting unit.

Agree. I've been thinking that Pop wouldn't change his Beli starter experiment until ASG (he didn't change the lineup after Rox/NYK games despite Marco's mistakes on D and I assumed that the experiment would extend for a few weeks more), but Tiago's absence requires the inclusion another defender like Green in starting five.

[SupremeGuy]

Time for some BAYNES!

Seriously, Pop better give him some real pt now.

[Sean Cagney]

Splitter is expendable. Spurs will get in a winning streak from now. No more waste in the court.

We have AYRES man :lol

[Spursfanfromafar]

Spurs always have the ability to turn adversity into bonding and strength. The silver lining is that Splitter only misses a portion of the regular season after establishing the Spurs at a strong position already.

[Brazil]

I'm like wtf saying that but more bonner could be a good thing :lol

seriously tho, having a bit more of Matt during RS will help on the spacing. I wouldn't mind to see a bit more of Tim / Bonner