Call it a season and do not play Kawhi in game 4

[polandprzem]

Tbh I can't imagine that Pop wold risk Leo now with Spurs down 0-3, all in all chances to win the series is below 1%

[Robz4000]

Agreed.

[noles1983]

Too bad we cant play a bunch of scrubs in front of GS crowd

[DMX7]

Totally agree. They would have to win game 4 and 5 without Leonard before you seriously consider playing him at this point.

[illusioNtEk]

Rest him and reload tbh

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Even Darius Bieber didn't get it right when he said GS would win in 3.

Turned out they've won in 1.

[DarrinS]

Agreed

[baseline bum]

Too bad we cant play a bunch of scrubs in front of GS crowd

That was Game 2.

[Ron Swanson]

No sense in playing him.

[urunobili]

No sense in playing him.

[Horse]

Sadly agree but I think the future is bright and Kawhi is gonna take the league over. Murray needs to bust his ass over the summer and he can be the future Pg. Saw a lot from Simmons of we can keep him. Bring back manu all the other old fuckers can go.

[polandprzem]

Sadly agree but I think the future is bright and Kawhi is gonna take the league over. Murray needs to bust his ass over the summer and he can be the future Pg. Saw a lot from Simmons of we can keep him. Bring back manu all the other old fuckers can go.

bad thing is Simmons value went up when he is not as good tbh...

Do not know about Murray but looks like he can be backup PG next season

[DPG21920]

Yup. Luckily, knowing Kawh, this is going to burn a Tony Stark level hole in his chest for next year.

[BillMc]

Yup. Luckily, knowing Kawh, this is going to burn a Tony Stark level hole in his chest for next year.

Iron Klaw has a ring to it. :lol

[cjw]

Treat next year as a rebuild with any playoff series won as gravy. Too bad Kawhi is too good for them to tank and get young talent.

[Nathan89]

If he's good enough to play then play him.

[polandprzem]

If leo will make another progress - he is basically a monster.
RC needs to figure out how to support this man

[polandprzem]

If he's good enough to play then play him.

He is not on practice sessions so it's highly doubtful he is good to play. Still a 'bad ankle' he would have to play on

[boutons_deux]

zaza mvp

season over, let the scrubs start

[BatManu20]

Tank for Fultz tbh.

[DPG21920]

Iron Klaw has a ring to it. :lol

:lol

[100%duncan]

Yeah even if he's healthy, this season's over anyway.

[itzsoweezee]

bad thing is Simmons value went up when he is not as good tbh...

Do not know about Murray but looks like he can be backup PG next season

Backup to who?

[Nathan89]

He is not on practice sessions so it's highly doubtful he is good to play. Still a 'bad ankle' he would have to play on

He wasn't practice ready yesterday. Today he wasn't game ready.

[Quiet Strength]

Let Timmy coach next game

[itzsoweezee]

Spurs have no roster flexibility, right? I thought they were capped out. Whatever roster they put together next year, it's not going to be as good as this one.

[polandprzem]

He wasn't practice ready yesterday. Today he wasn't game ready.

Correct

[Trainwreck2100]

if he's 100% play him

[SpursforSix]

If he's good enough to play then play him.

Yep. If he's healthy, play him. If he's not, then sit him. Easy decision.

[polandprzem]

Backup to who?

That is the question - we do not know how pg spot will look like begining next season

[polandprzem]

if he's 100% play him

So he won't play :)

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Start Joel Anthony tbh and just fuck with the ratings

[MultiTroll]

Leonard might steal minutes and shots from Aldridge.
We can't have that.

[therealtruth]

No one is 100% at this point. As long as chance of reinjury isn't high play him.

[John Petrucci]

Playing Kawhi even if he's somewhat healthy by game 4 would be like playing your star in the 4th quarter when you're up by 30. There's literally no point and only potential for something bad to happen.

[playbonner15]

If he's good enough to play then play him.
This. It would destroy kawhi if he can play and Pop wont let him

[John Petrucci]

This. It would destroy kawhi if he can play and Pop wont let him

Knowing what would and wouldn't destroy Kawhi mentally is quite impressive. Even his teammates don't know what he's thinking. Would love to know who your insider is.

[playbonner15]

Knowing what would and wouldn't destroy Kawhi mentally is quite impressive. Even his teammates don't know what he's thinking. Would love to know who your insider is.
He said hello to me one time

[John Petrucci]

He said hello to me one time

:lol Aaahhh shit this all sucks...

[Horse]

bad thing is Simmons value went up when he is not as good tbh...

Do not know about Murray but looks like he can be backup PG next season
Let Murray and Simmons practice with Kawhi. If their shots improve even half as much they'd be great with their ability to beat you off the dribble.

[playbonner15]

:lol Aaahhh shit this all sucks...
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2017/5/20/15671154/kawhi-leonard-sad-game-3-warriors-spurs

How can you not let the guy play??

[Ditty]

If he's healthy he should play. If not I hope we play our asses off to have this series go back to Oakland. You never know what could happen in a series. Why can't we be the first? Maybe KD or Curry get injured, and that changes the momentum or Pop finally figures out that playing Gasol & Aldridge together doesn't work against GS. At least extend our season a bit to get our younger guys more playoff experience.

[InRareForm]

Let manu have a Kobe game where he shoots 60 shots and gets 50+ points

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

If he's healthy he should play. If not I hope we play our asses off to have this series go back to Oakland. You never know what could happen in a series. Why can't we be the first? Maybe KD or Curry get injured, and that changes the momentum or Pop finally figures out that playing Gasol & Aldridge together doesn't work against GS. At least extend our season a bit to get our younger guys more playoff experience.
If Kawhi is playing, I'm not counting out this series until the final horn sounds.

[RD2191]

I don't think he should play. It wouldn't be fair to throw him out there coming off an injury in an elimination game against a historically great team. He doesn't deserve the criticism that will come his way if they lose, which they more than likely will.

[Ice009]

If he's healthy he should play. If not I hope we play our asses off to have this series go back to Oakland. You never know what could happen in a series. Why can't we be the first? Maybe KD or Curry get injured, and that changes the momentum or Pop finally figures out that playing Gasol & Aldridge together doesn't work against GS. At least extend our season a bit to get our younger guys more playoff experience.

yeah, I'm all for this. Just extending the series to get the younger players more exposure and experience at this level would be great. I mean, they're going against the most loaded up team in NBA history. It can't be a bad thing getting the young guys more time on this stage. Even if it only goes 5 games, I don't want to get swept. Try and win game 4 with everything you've got. If Kawhi can play and he wants to, you gotta let him play IMO.

[DarrinS]

Shut him down. Season is over.

Next game, give Manu standing o. I seriously think this will be his last game.

[bklynspursfan]

If Kawhi can play, play him.

[ace3g]

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[LkrFan]

Yup. Luckily, knowing Kawh, this is going to burn a Tony Stark level hole in his chest for next year.

You know him personally? That's awesome. :toast

[tholdren]

Start Joel Anthony tbh and just fuck with the ratings

100%

[TheyCallMePro]

Don't worry, Pop decided to call it a 'season' after game 1. Bitched to media about Kawhi injury, because he had absolutely no intention of playing him for the rest of the series. Pretty clear now.

[Raven]

there you go :(

[Ice009]

Fucking shit. Should have realized that Pop was likely going to shut him down after that rant as it was his third ankle sprain in about a week. I guess that is why Pop went on that rant. Theycallmepro may be onto something there.

[Splits]

866350495878623232

[Ice009]

Shit. Just fucking great.

[Splits]

Pop says “it wouldn’t make much sense” to play Kawhi Leonard in Game 4

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2017/05/21/pop-says-it-wouldnt-make-much-sense-to-play-kawhi-leonard-in-game-4/

[DMC]

Too bad we cant play a bunch of scrubs in front of GS crowd

We did that already.

[tholdren]

Let Murray and Simmons practice with Kawhi. If their shots improve even half as much they'd be great with their ability to beat you off the dribble.

Its nit thwir shots, in fact their offense os the best part of thwir gane. They are both juat so stupid bb wise

[Barfunk]

He can play he should play no questions asked.

[GSH]

The worst possible thing would be to have him get hurt again, and wind up needing surgery. We know he works on his game in the offseason, and he's always come back better. Missing that would be bad enough. But if he was still recovering when training camp opens, it would be a disaster.

Taking a chance on that, to try and come back from being down 0-3 doesn't sound like a good idea. I would be shocked to see him play in Game 4. Especially if it's anything more than a cameo appearance to give the crowd a chance to cheer.

[dbreiden83080]

He won't play. Doesn't matter now. We are not pulling a Boston 2004..

[GSH]

That is the question - we do not know how pg spot will look like begining next season


I bet the FO has a pretty good idea already of whether they will be counting on Tony to be the starter.

[GSH]

Isiah Thomas injured his hip in mid-March. They sat him for 2 games. He re-aggravated it. Then re-aggravated it again during the playoffs. I just saw that he has a labral tear in his hip. A torn labrum won't heal, which means sooner or later he'll have to have it surgically repaired. I don't know when it tore, but continuing to play almost certainly made things worse.

It's not the same injury, but it's the same idea. Risking an injury that could require surgery would be one thing if it was 3-3 in the Finals, because you never know if/when you get another chance. But at 0-3 in the WCF, it's just not worth it. I think they'll sit him for Game 4. I hope they do, anyway.

[therealtruth]

Guys get ankle sprains all the time and play through it.

[SAGirl]

Isiah Thomas injured his hip in mid-March. They sat him for 2 games. He re-aggravated it. Then re-aggravated it again during the playoffs. I just saw that he has a labral tear in his hip. A torn labrum won't heal, which means sooner or later he'll have to have it surgically repaired. I don't know when it tore, but continuing to play almost certainly made things worse.

It's not the same injury, but it's the same idea. Risking an injury that could require surgery would be one thing if it was 3-3 in the Finals, because you never know if/when you get another chance. But at 0-3 in the WCF, it's just not worth it. I think they'll sit him for Game 4. I hope they do, anyway.
Good perspective.

[GSH]

Guys get ankle sprains all the time and play through it.


Most of those guys aren't the entire future of their franchises.

But just out of curiosity, since you know all about it. How many of the guys you're talking about play through three injuries on the same ankle in a matter of a few days? No side-stepping bullshit - how many do you know about that roll the same ankle three times and jump right back into action?

[UNT Eagles 2016]

He won't play. Doesn't matter now. We are not pulling a Boston 2004..
Baseball is different anyway, there's a lot of variability and parity, no team is that much better than one another... look at the season records every year to confirm that.

NBA is the least parity sport in the world. There will never be a 3-0 comeback. Last season's two 3-1 comebacks in a row is the best you're ever going to see.

[ffadicted]

tbqh that's a foregone conclusion at this point

[illusioNtEk]

Guys get ankle sprains all the time and play through it.

Yea like grant hill right ?

[Spurs 4 The Win]

tbqh that's a foregone conclusion at this point

Yeah, the only way he comes back is if we take Games 4 and 5. And lets be real, that aint happening

[JR3]

Agreed. Let's make this game about Manu's last game and send him off right.

[jbspurs]

Playing Kawhi even if he's somewhat healthy by game 4 would be like playing your star in the 4th quarter when you're up by 30. There's literally no point and only potential for something bad to happen.

If it is meant to happen, its going to happen. It can happen in practice, You'll just never know.

[polandprzem]

No way Pop pulls a trigger and play Leonard when he was not able for game 3.
Let's win 2 without him and then we can talk :)

[Splits]

Kobe would play

[kaji157]

A week it's normally enough for a sprained ankle, i had it many times playing soccer and you really can play without any problem with painkillers.
I am pretty sure that aggravating an ankle sprain usually isn't anything to worry about as it will just extend the recovery period.
That's why most players usually play thru sprains, Tim, Tony and Manu did many times, it's not big deal, actually he could have came back in game one with a shot and a strong bracing taping on the ankle.