View Full Version : Big 3 have 1 week off.
ironman2886
04-11-2014, 10:28 PM
Playoffs start Saturday, April 19, 2014. Nice.
DesignatedT
04-11-2014, 10:29 PM
They should. Prob starts Sunday for the spurs
N0 LyF3 ScRuB
04-11-2014, 10:30 PM
Let them play vs Houston. Get the W and Houston falls to the 5 seed
Let them play vs Houston. Get the W and Houston falls to the 5 seed
Considering all three are nursing nagging injuries, no way in Hell. Spurs have the only seed that matters to them, let the rest of the cards fall as they may.
Assman
04-11-2014, 10:34 PM
Sit Kawhi too.
DesignatedT
04-11-2014, 10:34 PM
No way should they play vs Houston. They should go home and sit in an ice bath for a week
No way should they play vs Houston. They should go home and sit in a nice bath for a week
That's how you get pruney fingers.
ironman2886
04-11-2014, 10:37 PM
Spurs struggled against Portland and Houston. I'm glad those b@$)&s get to battle it out. If I'm not mistaken the Spurs are 15-1 against 6) Golden State(4-0), 7) Dallas(4-0), 8) Memphis(4-0), and *9) Phoenix(3-1). :wow
SpurPadre
04-11-2014, 10:40 PM
Should Pop play Kawhi vs Houston and give him the green light to take a career high in shot attempts? He could then sit the last game of the season.
gameFACE
04-11-2014, 10:47 PM
Play Tim Tony & Manu for the first half in Houston and then call it a game. Start Cojo, James, Bonner Daye and Ayres against the Lakers.
look_at_g_shred
04-11-2014, 10:51 PM
Let our b squad win the last two out against Houston and la. As crazy as it may sound, our bench needs all the confidence it can get going into the post season.
Raven
04-11-2014, 10:56 PM
Play cojo patty daye beli ayres and baynes tbh
T Park
04-12-2014, 12:16 AM
I'd sit them vs Houston, play sparingly vs the Lakers.
ElNono
04-12-2014, 12:17 AM
Bahamas, IMO
http://i58.tinypic.com/2nghsvn.jpg
Kool Bob Love
04-12-2014, 12:22 AM
^^
If the were the defending champs. Maybe. But you know 6.
Mel_13
04-12-2014, 12:22 AM
Pop indicated he has no plans to shut everyone down to the final two games. Wants to get guys minutes to stay sharp. Plan TBD.
https://twitter.com/JMcDonald_SAEN
ElNono
04-12-2014, 12:26 AM
^^
If the were the defending champs. Maybe. But you know 6.
What happened in Vegas stays in Vegas... now they just need to rest and get ready for the big dance...
jARS mEsH sEt
04-12-2014, 12:37 AM
Yeah let's just sit our best players and let them rust up in time for the playoffs. Great fucking idea.
jARS mEsH sEt
04-12-2014, 12:37 AM
Pop indicated he has no plans to shut everyone down to the final two games. Wants to get guys minutes to stay sharp. Plan TBD.
https://twitter.com/JMcDonald_SAEN
Yeah Pop's not an idiot so I'm not surprised with his sensibility.
ElNono
04-12-2014, 12:53 AM
Yeah let's just sit our best players and let them rust up in time for the playoffs. Great fucking idea.
We have patty, we're good, tbh
Yeah Pop's not an idiot so I'm not surprised with his sensibility.
http://mit.zenfs.com/207/2011/05/112755618.jpg
Pls just let us have that win :cry :cry
Sean Cagney
04-12-2014, 01:19 AM
^^
If the were the defending champs. Maybe. But you know 6.
Who gives a shit, if you are a millionaire then you can go where you want to for a week and relax. Game 6 or not (Which got old already) they can rest for a week so why not go somewhere to enjoy it???????
I don't agree with Pop on this one.
He rests these guys all the time. Every starter has had random days off during the season, and most of the team has been swapped from starter to bench at some point. I don't see two games off really affecting the rhythm of our Big 4 that bad.
I am, however, super fucking paranoid that an injury can occur at any time, especially after the Timberwolves game. Tim, Tony, and Manu are all nursing nagging injuries right now (Tony the back, Tim the knee that almost got hyperextended, and Manu the calf contusion). If you've given yourself the luxury to have the #1 seed in the bag and avoid that chance, I say you take full advantage of it.
I get the point to maintaining rhythm...I just hope the reward outweighs the risk.
heyheymymy
04-12-2014, 03:01 AM
#1 is clinched, rest of the season means shit now, main guys don't play a min till game 1 of the 1st round
TampaDude
04-12-2014, 06:51 AM
#1 is clinched, rest of the season means shit now, main guys don't play a min till game 1 of the 1st round
^ this, tbh
We all remember what happened to Manu a few years back in a meaningless game. Rest the starters. If there's any rust, we'll shake it off in the first 12 of Game 1.
PingPong
04-12-2014, 08:44 AM
40 min of Ayres all the games till the plyoffs.
DesignatedT
04-12-2014, 08:46 AM
Rest.
moisaenz
04-12-2014, 09:50 AM
40 min of Ayres all the games till the plyoffs.
u want him to get injured? right?
Manu shouldn't play one second for sure... TP and Tim can play a little...
BackHome
04-12-2014, 11:02 AM
Should Pop play Kawhi vs Houston and give him the green light to take a career high in shot attempts? He could then sit the last game of the season.
+1
cd021
04-12-2014, 09:46 PM
Its tricky,Manu and Duncan would have sat out 9 days while Parker would have played 33 minutes total 16 days.
bklynspursfan
04-12-2014, 10:26 PM
Parker had like 18 days off or whatever of no real basketball activity. Then he sat a couple games the past month. Duncan has played a lot of games, but of course his minutes are managed well. During that 19 game win streak there were only 9 games he played 30+ minutes and he had a handful where he played 25 and under. Manu has played in 66 games and hasn't really done the b2b thing. I don't see any harm in playing them. A freak injury can happen the last game just like it can happen the first game of the playoffs. Duncan/Manu have 3 days off already, it gets risky sitting them for 5-6 more days and losing their rhythm.
I would like to see Marco get his rhythm back hopefully though. These last 2 games would be the perfect opportunity for that.
The_Coyote
04-13-2014, 01:43 PM
The week of rest and preparation is such a wonderful luxury. It'd be stupid to play our starters for more than 20 minutes on Monday.
TampaDude
04-13-2014, 03:11 PM
Manu shouldn't play one second for sure... TP and Tim can play a little...
I wouldn't play Tim, Tony, or Manu AT ALL until the playoffs. This is the time to give the bench some burn while the Big 3 get some rest.
I would play the big 3 the first half of the Rockets game then sit them until the playoffs.
http://mit.zenfs.com/207/2011/05/112755618.jpg
This... this is all I think about regarding playing starters in a meaningless game at the end of the season. Bench every starter. Period.
heyheymymy
04-13-2014, 06:14 PM
wouldn't risk it, just get the bench well accustomed to hou in preparation for round 2, and bench anyone important till round 1 game 1. you have absolutely nothing to gain with the 1st seed throughout all locked up, and you have absolutely everything to lose by risking injury playing key players these last 2 games.
superjames1992
04-13-2014, 06:34 PM
I don't know... I'd like to see the Big Three have some rhythm going into the playoffs. I wouldn't mind seeing them get some burn against the LOLakers, if nothing else, tbh.......... It's a tough call, though, as there are obvious risks. See: 2011. :cry
ElNono
04-13-2014, 06:40 PM
Can't control injuries, they're part of the game... heck, somebody could get hit in the eye by a bottle in a club... you try to make sensible decisions to keep away from rust while not pushing the engine to the max...
That's what's going to be in these last few games...
RD2191
04-13-2014, 06:44 PM
:lol
RD2191
04-13-2014, 06:45 PM
Can't control injuries, they're part of the game... heck, somebody could get hit in the eye by a bottle in a club... you try to make sensible decisions to keep away from rust while not pushing the engine to the max...
That's what's going to be in these last few games...
:stirpot:
Meanwhile, Scottie Brooks continues to take the opposite approach and runs Durant out there for 40+ minutes yet again in a relatively meaningless game (and given how badly the Thunder match up with the Heat, one the Thunder should have lost to try to give Indy the best chance possible of coming out of the East). And they lose anyway. If Pop did that in a similar situation, this board would be hanging him.
ElNono
04-13-2014, 07:18 PM
Meanwhile, Scottie Brooks continues to take the opposite approach and runs Durant out there for 40+ minutes yet again in a relatively meaningless game (and given how badly the Thunder match up with the Heat, one the Thunder should have lost to try to give Indy the best chance possible of coming out of the East). And they lose anyway. If Pop did that in a similar situation, this board would be hanging him.
It's different though, their stars are young...
Mikeanaro
04-13-2014, 07:26 PM
Meanwhile, Scottie Brooks continues to take the opposite approach and runs Durant out there for 40+ minutes yet again in a relatively meaningless game (and given how badly the Thunder match up with the Heat, one the Thunder should have lost to try to give Indy the best chance possible of coming out of the East). And they lose anyway. If Pop did that in a similar situation, this board would be hanging him.
Who cares about Scottie Bricks he never won a ring, Pop did that approach in 2011 and the last game of that season Grant Hill parachuted on Manu and guess what Spurs didnt win.
Mel_13
04-13-2014, 07:31 PM
Meanwhile, Scottie Brooks continues to take the opposite approach and runs Durant out there for 40+ minutes yet again in a relatively meaningless game (and given how badly the Thunder match up with the Heat, one the Thunder should have lost to try to give Indy the best chance possible of coming out of the East). And they lose anyway. If Pop did that in a similar situation, this board would be hanging him.
The Thunder haven't clinched the second seed yet.
When Duncan was Durant's age, Pop played him more minutes than Durant plays now.
The Thunder haven't clinched the second seed yet.
When Duncan was Durant's age, Pop played him more minutes than Durant plays now.
They'd have to lose out to two lottery teams (Pelicans have dropped eight straight), though I guess Pop and Brooks are just cut from two different cloths. Only argument to average 40 minutes a game in April is to get conditioning up for the playoffs, when he'll see the bench even less than that.
My thought was more one where if there was ever a night to give Durant off, it would have been the Indy game (first game of a B2B no less) if for no other reason than to hurt the Heat's chances.
Mel_13
04-13-2014, 09:23 PM
They'd have to lose out to two lottery teams (Pelicans have dropped eight straight), though I guess Pop and Brooks are just cut from two different cloths. Only argument to average 40 minutes a game in April is to get conditioning up for the playoffs, when he'll see the bench even less than that.
My thought was more one where if there was ever a night to give Durant off, it would have been the Indy game (first game of a B2B no less) if for no other reason than to hurt the Heat's chances.
Let's see how much he plays in the next two. If he plays 40 minutes in those games, I'll agree with you.
jARS mEsH sEt
04-13-2014, 09:33 PM
see you guys monday :tu
Monday? Don't you mean round 2?
superjames1992
04-13-2014, 10:00 PM
Can't control injuries, they're part of the game... heck, somebody could get hit in the eye by a bottle in a club... you try to make sensible decisions to keep away from rust while not pushing the engine to the max...
That's what's going to be in these last few games...
:lol
:tu
Monday? Don't you mean round 2?
Well...the rockets play the spurs tomorrow.
Let's see how much he plays in the next two. If he plays 40 minutes in those games, I'll agree with you.
Halfway there... I'd imagine Detroit isn't looking to win the next game but it's a must-win for the Thunder if the Clippers win tonight. Durant will probably go 35+ and sit once they are up comfortably.
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