Initial Reaction: Spurs vs. Rockets Mar. 22

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Playoff inexperience is going to be a HUGE factor for players like Hill, Mason, and especially Bonner. I have very little faith in them to be able to handle the defensive pressures in critical playoff situations when they have next to no playoff experience.

That being said, this is all Ginobili's fault :pctoss :lol All his d*mn injuries forced Pop to rely very heavily on Duncan early on and all those minutes are catching up to him. He can't get the rest he needs because Ginobili is still out. And Parker...I am getting very concerned about all these minutes he's having to log, not only because the backup PG situation is in shambles until Ginobili comes back, but also the extra minutes he has to log because Duncan is hurting and Ginobili is out.

That being said, this team has wayyyyy too many holes and question marks for it being March. I am getting really unsure if Duncan will be healthy for the playoffs...even if he does get a little rest in, his injury doesn't sound like something that can make it through 3 tough grueling rounds in the Western conference...especially if they are all on the road. Not only that, but I'm begining to wonder if the playoff Ginobili that people are expecting will even show up this season. He's played in far too less games and he's out of rythmn and I'm not sure how healthy he will come back.

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yeah I am really concerned about Timmy's health. I'm not as concerned about Tony since he's young and can handle things while Manu's out. I am concerned also about the Backup PG spot. Using Mason as the backup PG hasn't been working and I don't want Manu to be the backup PG when he comes back especially when he first comes back. He's going to try to do way too much and will turn it over a thousand times trying to do something.

I'm still trying to wrap my brain around how the backup PG situation became such a mess. Early in the season it looked like George Hill was the perfect backup player the Spurs wanted, especially when he filled in so well with Parker out.

Then Parker came back, Hill had a couple stretches of bad games (as expected seeing as he's a bench player and a rookie), and now he's completely out of it. Pop should have given him consistent minutes throughout the season, whether he's playing good or bad to get him through this. Pulling him and then switching to Mason as backup PG or overplaying Parker isn't going to help anyone in the long run. I thought Hill had all the tools neccesary to play at least a couple solid minutes in the playoff rotation.

How
could we even lost when timmy was listening to their last play
y was listening to their last play
http://hiphotos.baidu.com/%B8%F9%B1%...54623e8f1.jpeg

If pop didn't have 4 rings, you'd really start to think this guy couldn't coach worth a shit.

Pop is really a moron when it comes to dealing out minutes between players.

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Originally Posted by crc21209

Out of the Spurs' next 6 games, only 2 are against good teams. They play Golden State, Atlanta, LA Clips, New Orleans, OK City, and Indiana. We will be fine.

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The Spurs have already proven (OKC, Toronto without Bosh & Calderon, Knicks) that they can lose to any one of those teams if they continue playing like this...nothing is a given at this point.