Roster Setup as of 7/2

come playoff time:

Points (48 min)..........Wings (96 min)..........Posts (96 min)
Parker 32.................Jefferson 40.............Duncan 30
Hill 16......................Ginobili 24................Bonner 20
(Mason)...................Mason 30.................Blair 20
..............................McClinton 2 .............Mahimni 8
..............................(Finley)............ .......Gist 6

need a Defensive C for the other 12 post minutes, or not, I'm a big believer in Bonner, Blair, Mahimni, and Gist, they can all have 3 more minutes

SL performances can change everything early..

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Originally Posted by vander

come playoff time:

Points (48 min)..........Wings (96 min)..........Posts (96 min)
Parker 32.................Jefferson 40.............Duncan 30
Hill 16......................Ginobili 24................Bonner 20
(Mason)...................Mason 30.................Blair 20
..............................McClinton 2 .............Mahimni 8
..............................(Finley)............ .......Gist 6

need a Defensive C for the other 12 post minutes, or not, I'm a big believer in Bonner, Blair, Mahimni, and Gist, they can all have 3 more minutes

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Are you sure these are your playoff minutes predictions?..PLAYOFFS?..

I heard Pop saying that he wanted Mahinmi to be part of the rotation last year before he got injured, so I expect him to be part of the rotation this season.

How I would like it to be:

Starting line up-

Tony 32 - Manu 30 - Jefferson 32 - Duncan 30 - ??? 28

Bench-

Hill 20 (with some wing minutes) - Mason 30 - Blair 20 - Mahinmi 18 (and save Bonner for certain matchups)

How I think it would be:

Starting line up-

Tony 32 - Mason 28 - Jefferson 32 - Duncan 32 - ??? 28

Bench-

Hill 16 - Manu 26 - Finley 12 - Blair 20 - Bonner/Mahinmi 14

NOTE: I really hope ??? to be Rasheed Wallace.

oh come on.


we all know finley is gonna be closer to 20 minutes than he is to 10 minutes with Pop as coach.


let's not fool ourselves here.

Even keeping expectations low, if the trio of Mahinmi, Blair, and Gist were able to provide
25-30 mpg total, that could go a long ways towards solving some of last year's problems.

we need bigs

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Originally Posted by urunobili

I wish McClinton pans out and makes Mason expendable...

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Guards like Mason don't grow on trees... he had 5 game winning shots in his first year in a new system... (mostly in games where Parker and Manu were drawing defenders away from him)...

You can't say Mason is expendable based on a single series in which he was forced to play a different role (one in which everyone but Pop, knew he would be less effective). Fortunately Pop figured it out, and hopefully that 'experiment' is officially canned... now the team can focus on a title run next season...

Mason will be big next year... even if he is our 5th or 6th offensive option...

Why are so many people intent on starting Manu??? He's 32, and it's time to recognise that Mason is the starter. Manu should be used as a spark in the 2nd/3rd, and to close out the 4th. We brought in Jefferson so that he can be the other slasher in the starting lineup.

Parker-Mason-Jefferson-Duncan-Dice/Sheed is a very balanced starting unit.

Hill-Manu-Fin/Hairston/Gist-Blair/Bonner/Mahinmi (depending on matchups) is a killer second unit.

No reason to play Manu more than half a game until mid-March/April - he needs his legs in the playoffs or we're toast again, so protect him at all costs.