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Consider this season tanked. We are going for the lottery!
The Spurs play should make you sicker...only lottery magic is going to fix this sinking ship....
Consider this season tanked. We are going for the lottery!
Is something wrong with Tim? His stats haven't been great the last couple of games (well, his points anyway).
Why don't we sit Parker for a month (in a boot) in the hopes that his pf goes away? Either it heals and we can squeak into the playoffs firing on all cylinders (hopefully), or it doesn't and we evade going into the playoffs only to get shredded in the first round.
If the latter, hopefully we get a pretty good pick (maybe someone falls to us like Al-Farouq Aminu from Wake Forest, a lengthy small forward), we re-sign Ginobili (who agrees that he's done with NT), Parker stays away from NT to make sure his pf heals (or we trade him), Splitter comes over, and if Jefferson doesn't pick up the system better in the second year we trade his expiring contract for Iguodala or someone else who can help us.
Splitter McDyess
Duncan Blair
Jefferson Aminu
Hairston Ginobili
Parker Hill
Duncan is 33 years old with TONS of mileage..we're lucky he even looks this good, look at how bad KG looks right now..he shouldn't have to completely carry a team for half a season, which is what he did last year in the 1st half of the season and what he's done this season..
He can't do that anymore, so he's going to break down..
We lost to the Sixer's tonight. I think we are well on our way to tanking...
I'm not even sure the Spurs have to TRY to tank.
I'm disappointed that the Spurs didn't do any big trades. It seems that the FO has already decided on trying again next year.
Spurs have 29 games left
21 games are against Playoff/Borderline teams
17 are Road games
10 games are against the top teams (Cavs/Mavs/Lakers/Nuggz/Hawks/Magic)
7 back 2 backs
If these last 2 losses haven't turned around the minds of the non-tankers...nothing will.
There's no point of not resting Tony and Tim for the rest of the season at this point..let them rest up and make one more run next season after getting in the lottery and trying to trade Jefferson's expiring contract in the off-season..
Let Manu play and talk to him about what he wants to do for the future..
Let the youth play..
It's going be pretty rough the next two weeks.
Next 7 games straight are against Playoff level teams. 4 on the road.
To late to tank. However before the season I thought it would be impossible to miss the playoffs, now it seems very likely. The best we can hope for now is some serious overhaul in offseason.
I am beginning to give up on the spurs
Don't sit anyone and we might not win much more than 41 games anyway.
Agree with TD, but Parker needs to play until he completely breakdown so he won't be stupid enough to play another summer.
I hope TP play 48 minutes in all games until the end
Nice L9 coming on.
That reloading process would've accelerated considerably had the FO "flipped" those expiring contracts for a talent upgrade. Swapping out players like Bonner, Finley and Mason in exchange for say, Thomas and Salmons. or even Brewer would've been an immediate and longer-term benefit.
You and me both.
Tough schedule may complete the tank.
I don't believe in tanking, those that want the Spurs to just tank aren't true fans IMO. That means they have given up, if they don't make the playoffs, so be it. Giving up is never the answer. I want 100% effort all the time from all players, that is what they payed for, not to tank a season. I would like to see Pop give more playing time to Ian and others. It would not surprise me to see someone blame the Detroit loss on Bonner or Finley.
What makes you think they didn't try that but were told no thanks?
I hated this thread initially. After back to back losses...maybe its time to give the young guys like Mahinmi and Hairston more playing time. We have young talent in Hill and Blair. Some argue they were the past two draft steals. We still have a shot at a top 10 pick next season. Would be nice for the rebuilding process. Not saying we should tank; but its clear that this team won't gel this season.
Agreed there, Allanon. TT/Salmons were being shopped for weeks and Popa did nothing. Salmons would be ava lot better than any of Bogans, Jefferson, or Mason as a starter. And Thomas would have really helped the rim protection.
I'm sure the probably tried. It doesn't matter to me the degree to which they tried. The bottom line is NOTHING got done. At the end of the day, was the talent level of the roster upgraded? No.
So, if no one wanted to trade what would you propose they should have done to upgrade the roster?
It's clear to me that Hill and Blair are 2 players providing some of the best energy of any players on the floor. Of course, Manu was sensational versus Detroit.
My point is I agree with you. Actually, it's past time to give the young players some burn. As someone pointed out in another thread, had Pop given Ian valuable playing time while Bonner was out, they would probably be seeing some significant contributions from him by now.
Now that the losses are mounting, it'll be interesting to see what Pop decides to do. Knowing him he'll continue to play the starters and his brand of "small ball" up to the 4th quarter of the 82nd game.
Personally, I don't buy that that "no one wanted to play ball" with the Spurs. I don't believe that GMs were in collusion and conspiringn against doing trades deals with the Spurs. RC has built up relationships with other GM trading partners in the past. He's leveraged those before.
Judging by the spare parts that other teams threw around to secure players in other trade scenarios, anything was possible. I question how committed they were to actually doing anything along those lines.
Like anything else, it's a bottom line business. All that matters is results.
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