Reply With Quote
Considering the way he face ed your team last year, I'm not surprised you'd be hoping for that.
I wanna see this starting lineup:
Tony
Mason
RJeff
Duncan
Dyess or DeJuan
Considering the way he face ed your team last year, I'm not surprised you'd be hoping for that.
Game 1 starting 5:
Parker
Finley
Jefferson
Bonner
Duncan
+1
And no way in Manu starts, to whoever said it earlier in the thread. Did you even bother to listen to the practice report yesterday? He admitted to not being 100% there as far as basketball skills.
no i didnt listen to it. but if he's still trying to get into game shape, what better way than to start the first few games. We can also see how the 2nd unit does without him. First few games of the season, like it really matters
The only pitcher I can remember that lost a bunch of consecutive games was Anthony Young, back when he was pitching for the Mets in the '90s.
Expected.
McDyess isn't 100%
Ginobili isn't as well.
Doesn't want to get Mason and Hill out of their respective roles too much.
Its not about who starts, but who finishes the game.
Because when your trying to ease someone back to heavy minutes from a stress fracture, you start him.
Yeah, makes sense.
we're trying to ease him? he's healed, he's been off all summer. i'm not saying plays him 35 minutes but the beginning of the game is always the least physical and is a good way for a player and team to set the tone for a game and get into a rhythm
I think we are wrapping up our 3 stars in wool and go easy during regular season, get the 8th seed and win it all. So we are going with this lineup
PG - Hill
SG - Bogans
SF - Hairston
PF - Finley
C - Bonner
Off the bench - Mahinmi, Mason, Blair, Ratliff, Jefferson, McDyess
IR - Duncan, Parker, Ginobili
Yes ease him in.
Bring him off the bench for a while, gradually bring up his minutes.
He's not even in shape, let alone game shape.
i just dont see why he can't be "eased in" and also start. anyways, it's just a prediction, i'm not saying it's the right or wrong thing to do. more than one way to skin a cat.
I also think it will be
Parker
Mason
Jefferson
Bonner
Duncan
I don't see Manu starting, and Dice will hopefully take Bonner's place sometime later this season.
Attention: those in this thread tfighting for the first two pages!
Guys! All that wasted energy! Why don't you use it positively and go and bait some Faker fans in the NBA forum about how thin their bench is!
As for the question at hand, I'd start Dice anyway - this year we need to get away from Bonner as much as possible if we are going to get back to a win by defense philosophy, and that means starting games with serious enough D that it sets a tone for the rest of the game. To me, that screams Dice, even if he only plays half a game at this point. He was always very strong for the Pistons in the 1st quarter and should be here too.
However, Pop is a coaching godhead (except when it comes to rookie PGs), so I'll defer to his greater wisdom, whatever it may be.
I'd like to see:
Parker
Mason
Jefferson
Duncan
Dice
...and the order I'd be using them off the bench
Manu
Hill
Blair
Bonner/Finley
Ratliff
Now THAT is a deep bench.
(I was trying to point out to the Faker fans in the NBA forum that their team is top heavy, and beyond Odom and Brown they don't have much of a bench. Predictably, they disagreed and were ugly in doing so)
This Bonnor hating crap needs to stop. If anything, it's just getting old guys!
Let's at least see him play a few games... geez
I am not questioning you a en at all - you may well be right - but I'm wondering why Finley is even in the discussion? A slimmed-down Mason seems the obvious choice to start for me.
Great 17th post, whoever you are!
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
