Enrique is done!!

:madrun how dare tony miss time with an injury :madrun
:madrun how dare tony not play well immediately :madrun
:cry get well soon kawhi :cry

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Originally Posted by FkLA

What are you talking about? Cory is horrible alongside Manu. Hes been at his best with the starters. Maybe Pop should consider moving Enrique and his 60 % 3PT FG% into the second unit to play off Manu tbh.

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Yes, because he's useless without the ball in his hands. His teammates become useless when Cory does has the ball in his hands. Cory has no clue on how to run an offense. Without Manu on the court, the only one involved in the offense is Cory. No wonder Manu has to close games out as the pg.

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Originally Posted by unleashbaynes

:madrun how dare tony miss time with an injury :madrun
:madrun how dare tony not play well immediately :madrun
:cry get well soon kawhi :cry

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Because he didn't cheat on a latina slut, tbh

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Originally Posted by Hoops Czar

Yes, because he's useless without the ball in his hands. His teammates become useless when Cory does have the ball in his hands. Cory has no clue on how to run an offense. Without Manu on the court, the only one involved in the offense is Cory. No wonder Manu has to close games as the pg.

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Our $60 million point guard doesn't seem to know how to run an offense either - 5 TOs tonight for Enrique.

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Originally Posted by Johnny RIngo

Our $60 million point guard doesn't seem to know how to run an offense either - 5 TOs tonight for Enrique.

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Cut him!!!!

We're gonna need a healthy Tony to make any sort of run. Sure, his impact is overrated (Tony's plus/minus is down there with Kirby's), but his presence makes Cojo and Mills that much better, since we can swarm opposing teams with either a defensive pg (CoJo), a shooting pg (Mills), or a scoring pg (Parker). Teams also still gameplan for Parker, which is a big plus that takes defensive attention away from Mills/Cojo.

Kawhi also needs to tape it up and get out there. Sorry, I don't buy Pop's line of bullshit that he's two weeks away and can't extend his fingers.

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Originally Posted by Hoops Czar

Yes, because he's useless without the ball in his hands. His teammates become useless when Cory does have the ball in his hands. Cory has no clue on how to run an offense. Without Manu on the court, the only one involved in the offense is Cory. No wonder Manu has to close games out as the pg.

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There was a point when Enrique couldn't shoot or run a team very well either. Cory is what, 21 or 22? He has nowhere to go but up...the opposite is true for 32 yr old Enrique unfortunately.

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Originally Posted by Johnny RIngo

Our $60 million point guard doesn't seem to know how to run an offense either - 5 TOs tonight for Enrique.

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He's been done before.

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Originally Posted by midnightpulp

We're gonna need a healthy Tony to make any sort of run.

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This. I'm rooting for the guy even if watching him right now is like having a root canal, tbh

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Originally Posted by midnightpulp

We're gonna need a healthy Tony to make any sort of run. Sure, his impact is overrated (Tony's plus/minus is down there with Kirby's), but his presence makes Cojo and Mills that much better, since we can swarm opposing teams with either a defensive pg (CoJo), a shooting pg (Mills), or a scoring pg (Parker). Teams also still gameplan for Parker, which is a big plus that takes defensive attention away from Mills/Cojo.

Kawhi also needs to tape it up and get out there. Sorry, I don't buy Pop's line of bullshit that he's two weeks away and can't extend his fingers.

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As a former boxer I've had many hand injuries, lots of bruised hands, ligament damage etc. your hand just doesn't work properly, it feels really weak like you have no strength, especially those sharp shooting pains when trying to grab things. Sometimes the pain makes it go numb too. They should hold him out as long as it takes, those injuries are no joke.

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Originally Posted by KL2

As a former boxer I've had many hand injuries, lots of bruised hands, ligament damage etc. your hand just doesn't work properly, it feels really weak like you have no strength, especially those sharp shooting pains when trying to grab things. Sometimes the pain makes it go numb too. They should hold him out as long as it takes, those injuries are no joke.

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I feel you.

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Originally Posted by FkLA

There was a point when Enrique couldn't shoot or run a team very well either. Cory is what, 21 or 22? He has nowhere to go but up...the opposite is true for 32 yr old Enrique unfortunately.

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Nobody said Tony was a spring chicken. You don't realize what it takes to recover from a hamstring injury completely. It's a recurring injury and until Tony gets some games under his belt, while remaining healthy, the possibility of a relapse will play over and over again in his mind. He'll get better as the season progresses.

Parker hasn't looked right all season, even when he took the summer off. This is looking more and more like a steep decline...

Spurs desperately need his penetration to create shots but it's looking more and more unlikely that speed and quickness will ever return.

Problems with Hamstrings? More like ham sandwiches.

Parker looks heavy also. Doing that Boris rehab.

Dude relax. Guy needs to get the rust off.

he'll be back soon

I suppose he's gonna play a lot of minutes against the Wolves tomorrow?

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Originally Posted by ElNono

I suppose he's gonna play a lot of minutes against the Wolves tomorrow?

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the wolves suck so yes

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Originally Posted by objective

Problems with Hamstrings? More like ham sandwiches.

Parker looks heavy also. Doing that Boris rehab.

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Tony Porker and Bobo hanging around too much.

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Originally Posted by Hemotivo

the wolves suck so yes

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So did the Pistons so, we'll see.

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Originally Posted by Hoops Czar

Nobody said Tony was a spring chicken. You don't realize what it takes to recover from a hamstring injury completely. It's a recurring injury and until Tony gets some games under his belt, while remaining healthy, the possibility of a relapse will play over and over again in his mind. He'll get better as the season progresses.

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Oh you mean the mild hamstring strain? Quit treating it like it was a freaking tear. Soft ass Derrick Rose, the guy that sits out games bc he wants to be able to walk when he has children, missed one game with the exact same thing.

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Originally Posted by Hoops Czar

So did the Pistons so, we'll see.

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the pistons post Josh Smith?
besides it was the first game after the injury for TP

We gave that Pistons game away... no other way to look at it...

I'm not going to argue with the TP hate posse anymore. It's clear to me that he is rehabbing and going 70% speed. Pop sees the same game we do. He looks at all the stats. He's not an idiot. He sees the same lackluster performances. Still TP had some nice plays tonight (with terrible ones) and some decent defense.

Everyone just needs to be patient. Pop is playing the long game because he knows he needs a healthy TP for this season and beyond, otherwise the Spurs have no great high usage ball handler. Pop is easing TP back into form. It's possible TP never gets healthy this season.

And yes he has high mileage and will likely be a step slower when healthy, but I withhold judgment on just how much decline there really is. He takes very good care of himself and is a fierce competitor. I hold out hope he'll be mostly back at some point this season.

He's just resting for tomorrow

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