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whatever... bruce will be in prime condition come PO time and will most likely resign with spurs when that day comes or retire.
There's no coincidence that the Spurs tried to deal Bruce at the deadline in Feb and that he's now out of the rotation. His contract is partially guaranteed next season so the Spurs will likely tell him that 'it's been fun' and set him free. Yet another brilliant basketball decision to be made in pursuit of winning the Lux Tax Championship.
whatever... bruce will be in prime condition come PO time and will most likely resign with spurs when that day comes or retire.
ROFL. Pop is preparing for life after Bruce already.
I sincerely hope you're wrong. This would be the biggest mistake of Pop's reign.
Coach should pit Bruce and Fin 1 on 1 in practice with the winner getting Fin's minutes
If that's the case, Bowen's lack of offense is the kicker to me. If he had some 1-1 game this would have never happened. At the same time as many times as our defense has gotten served this year, I'm surprised he isn't in the rotation.
I can't see Bruce finding a way to outscore Fin. The match might take 6 hours to get to 21, but Mike would still end up winning.
On to next season. Can't wait to see what Gist can do and hopefully Ian can pan out.
I would start
Oberto
Duncan
Bowen
Manu
Parker
as this starting 5 won us the 07 championship - Bowen might be old but give him one more chance to prove himself. This starting lineup knows there rolls and can dominate with Bowen in the side conor busting 3s, Manu driving, parker doing hes thing
Then coming off the Bench I would like to see
Hill
Mason
Finley
Gooden
Kurt
No more Udoka and JV bull
Bowen is not coming back...therefore we are not winning anything. Face reality people.
All is not lost. Things do not look good, but there is always a chance. If you don't win it all, then you are like 29 other teams in the league. Enjoy the compe ion.
Well , if we're not gonna play him anyway, maybe he can help another team. Let's just hope it's not a Conference rival. The thought of Bowen guarding Parker or Manu makes my stomach turn.
yeah but at this point, rest leads to rust. Bowen gone. Just say thank you, goodbye and see ya in mighty Bruce
Looks like that's the case. That player option for Finley for next season just keeps looking more and more brilliant.
Sadly, this looks like the case. The final hope for Bowen to re-enter the rotation is this next game. Pop unearthed Vaughn to put him in the rotation last game so I guess there is a flicker of hope.
But yeah, it's a damn shame that Pop has let a number of other veterans play until they couldn't play any longer but has decided to give up on Bowen without ever giving him a chance. , Beno got about 20 chances to prove he wasn't a failure. Somehow Bowen doesn't get that same opportunity.
And the lamest part might be Finley being the one chosen over Bowen. If it were a player like Hill or Hairston, then yeah I could somewhat agree that the Spurs needed to make the tough decision to go with more youth. But to turn the page on Bowen to go with someone a couple months younger who has about twice the mileage on him and simply isn't as good of a player? Disgusting.
Guys don't worry
Pop will use Bruce A LOT in the playoffs.
He knows what he is doing
News flash: April fools was yesterday.
Good.
I think Oberto will be gone before Bowen. He has the same type of partial guaranteed contract.
Let's see. Pop drastically reduces Bowen's minutes and banishes him to the bench, yet relys on Finley to play 30+ mins a game and gives him the responsibility of taking on the opposition's toughest perimeter player each night.
The only thing I'm surprised about all this is that would start the Bowen phase out during the season. Especially when he has absolutely NO ONE on the roster remotely capable of providing what Bruce does. Excellent transition planning for the SF position on the part of Pop and R.C.
So much for SPAM?
This officially makes this a bad move.
Because our team has looked so bad this year without him?
I wish I wouldn't have even read this thread, it just makes me even more mad than I already am about Pop choosing Finley over Bowen. They have to be having a love affair, that is the only thing to explain it. Seriously. I have never seen Pop give a player so much ing leniency as he has Finley. , he'll still pull Parker and Ginobili out for ONE play to scold them for missing a defensive rotation (two of our stars), yet Finley gets free pass after free pass. I don't get Pop at all. I like Finley but when he is having an off night or is getting burned on defense, DON'T play him 30+ minutes! WTF.
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