Send 'em home, Pop

They'll make the trip imo but only manu and tony will play with limited minutes imho

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Originally Posted by timvp

The Spurs gutted out a win in Houston when they were obviously tired. Tonight, they were tired again and almost pulled it out before the late collapse and the buzzer-beater.

Get the Big 3 and whoever else you want on a Southwest Airlines flight and get them to San Antonio ASAP.

F David Stern.

F National Television.

This ‘bout winning championships in June; not regular season games in December.

If it’s $250,000 decision, so be it.

Do it, Pop.

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Easy to say when its not your paycheck, tbh.

:lol NBA players on tiny Southwest seats

I suspect it will be more than 250K for recurring... IIRC, per the NBA books, the max fine Stern can asses 'arbitrarily' is $1M...

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Originally Posted by timvp

Duncan put in a lot of work tonight. Manu looks dead tired. TP was running at about 70%. I really wouldn't risk a potential injury.

Three long road trips early in the season have taken their toll.

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:( That makes me feel better they are tired this early in the year.

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Originally Posted by Mugen

Amen.

GNSF is going to say that we can't lose b2b with Bos/OKC coming up but that's why they're GNSF tbh.

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I don't know. We are facing Portland tomorrow who we can easily beat. I rather we lose 3 out of 4 games instead of losing all 4.

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Originally Posted by timvp

Duncan put in a lot of work tonight. Manu looks dead tired. TP was running at about 70%. I really wouldn't risk a potential injury.

Three long road trips early in the season have taken their toll.

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When you're pursuing the 1 seed, as this team is, you don't throw away should be wins like the one tomorrow night. That team has five credible players, two might not play and one of the other three isn't much of a scorer.

The Thunder-Nuggets back to back is much more difficult and they're probably all but guaranteed at least one loss, so why compound matters?

You know full well what's going to happen if they sit the big three tomorrow. They'll play hard, have a decent lead late, then predictably blow it and lose at the end.

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Originally Posted by timtonymanu

I don't know. We are facing Portland tomorrow who we can easily beat. I rather we lose 3 out of 4 games instead of losing all 4.

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Exactly. That Boston and back to back with OKC and Denver stretch is pretty damn tough....

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Originally Posted by TD 21

When you're pursuing the 1 seed, as this team is, you don't throw away should be wins like the one tomorrow night. That team has five credible players, two might not play and one of the other three isn't much of a scorer.

The Thunder-Nuggets back to back is much more difficult and they're probably all but guaranteed at least one loss, so why compound matters?

You know full well what's going to happen if they sit the big three tomorrow. They'll play hard, have a decent lead late, then predictably blow it and lose at the end.

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Health > 1 seed, no matter what.

Then again, if the Spurs bench can't even beat the Blazers' bench without the Big 3, then they don't belong in the NBA.

If they want to send a message and skirt around Stern's new bs rule, just play them for like a minute then sit them the rest of the game. I'm cool with sending them home, this loss has to be taxing, but Stern will react more harshly.

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Originally Posted by crc21209

Exactly. That Boston and back to back with OKC and Denver stretch is pretty damn tough....

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Not to worried with Boston at home.

That Denver game will be tough after playing OKC the night before.

Timmy has no business being in uniform tomorrow. Other than that I think everyone else should play. Our guys shouldn't be this tired. Just load the charter plane w/ Red Bull...

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Originally Posted by TD 21

The Thunder-Nuggets back to back is much more difficult

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Scheduling-wise, it doesn't make sense to rest the Nuggets game because they have a two-day break after that game anyways.

Rest tomorrow. No practice the next day. Play three games in four days. Rest two days. Then try to fatten your record on the four-game homestand. Makes a lot more sense to me, tbh.

Frankly, the Spurs looked SLOW tonight. The Jazz blew by them in transition like they were standing still.

Don't forget, SLC is at 4200+ feet altitude. That does make a difference. Probably the main reason the Jazz are so good at home.

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Originally Posted by timvp

Scheduling-wise, it doesn't make sense to rest the Nuggets game because they have a two-day break after that game anyways.

Rest tomorrow. No practice the next day. Play three games in four days. Rest two days. Then try to fatten your record on the four-game homestand. Makes a lot more sense to me, tbh.

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It's not about how many days off they get after, it's about throwing the games that are going to be extremely difficult either way. The Heat game was a perfect example of that. They had a day off after it, so why didn't they sit them in one of the three that preceded it? Because they wanted to make sure they got those. The same logic applies here.

Mugen, what does sitting them tomorrow as opposed to next Tuesday change/guarantee, health-wise?

i dont think manu is fatigued....his just playin like shit as usual

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It's not about how many days off they get after, it's about throwing the games that are going to be extremely difficult either way.

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According to who? Obviously not Pop since last year the Spurs tanked "winnable" games against Portland and Utah to name two.

tommarow without the big3 or duncan, the law of avges comes into affect for those who had a shitty game today to start statpadding....

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According to who? Obviously not Pop since last year the Spurs tanked "winnable" games against Portland and Utah to name two.

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Last year was a different animal altogether.

It's common sense; you tank the games you're probably not winning anyway.

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It's not about how many days off they get after, it's about throwing the games that are going to be extremely difficult either way. The Heat game was a perfect example of that. They had a day off after it, so why didn't they sit them in one of the three that preceded it? Because they wanted to make sure they got those. The same logic applies here.

Mugen, what does sitting them tomorrow as opposed to next Tuesday change/guarantee, health-wise?

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No guarantees of course. I'd sit em out on Tuesday as well if it were up to me. I'd be just fine with Tim not playing a b2b the rest of the year regardless of seeding implications.

To me, it's pretty simple for Pop. If they look gassed, you err on the side of caution and sit them. You'll lose winnable games, sure, but an injury to one of the Big 3 and the season is done.

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According to who? Obviously not Pop since last year the Spurs tanked "winnable" games against Portland and Utah to name two.

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For some reason, I couldn't see us winning that portland game last year, even if we had the big 3.

This year we should blow them out in the first half.

"Duncan, Parker, Ginobili got food poisoning and got sent home to be re-evaluated by doctors" = avoiding the fine right there.

That's how you do it, problem solved.

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Originally Posted by TDMVPDPOY

i dont think manu is fatigued....his just playin like shit as usual

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Yes as usual, he has been bad his whole damn career! YES you are right. Get it?

if it means spending 250k of somebody else's money, DO IT... :lol

I think it wouldn't be "just" 250k this time...