More Tiago and Novak? Good or Bad?

We will need depth in the playoffs. Granted eight guys will get most of the burn, but we don't want everybody worn out when we beat the Lakers and go to the Finals. I know it's been said many times , but it is probably a blessing in disguise that Tiago is going to get some meaningful minutes. If he plays his ass off, which I think he will, it's possible he might get some pt in the playoffs. That probably wasn't going to be the case had Tim not got sidelined (yeah, I know it's hard to find the silver lining in that). I'd like to hope that this will bring out the best in everybody. Hill, RJ, Bonner, and Neil will have to play much better for us to go far...even with a rested and healthy Tim. 6 of the next 10 ought to do it. I also think it's not a bad thing with the Lakers playing hard right now because Kobe is pretty banged up and I wouldn't bet the ranch on Bynum's knees.

Tiago Splitter saves the day. Its all part of the plan.

Novak has proven to be a great shooter, but his defense is suspect.

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Originally Posted by Mel_13

More Tiago- good.

More Novak- bad.

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This

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Originally Posted by doldrums

Novak has proven to be a great shooter, but his defense is suspect.

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.. as opposed to bonner's?

right now i'm thinking that Novak makes bonner near-redundant

Novak is 18/31 3G 58% as a Spur.

And that hasn't been all in garbage time. iow, he's doing exactly what the Spurs want him to do.

I don't see that he's nullifying his 3Gs with bad play elsewhere.

Blog brother notes how important Tiago and Novak have become

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...k-have-become/

The only sure thing is that less Duncan is bad.