Tony Parker to be back next week.

[WalterBenitez]

Tony and Blair coming off the bench would be great

not sure why but I read Tony Blair, I said .. WTF is former British Prime Minister doing here

I think after Manu/Hills/Blair resurge ... could make some good mix with our bench.

Coming next week means he will start to practice with ball, no contact yet, ok?

[NFGIII]

Tony and Blair coming off the bench would be great

At this point I hope not since every time that I've watched them play together the chemistry just isn't there. Blair needs Manu more than TP. Likewise with RJ.

Spurs will not be playing LA in the first round.

The way Portland, OKC, Phx and Utah arre playing it looks like the Spurs will get the 8th seed. The Spurs schedule is much harder than those teams coming down the stretch. But anything can happen though.

almost certainly will be.

if not then dallas, which for us would be even worse.

Right now the LAL, Mavs and Nuggets aren't playing all that great. In fact all those teams could get bounced in the 1st round if they aren't careful. If the Spurs can just keep improving, get TP back, give TD some rest and Manu heals then they aren't in that bad of a situation.

Of course that's a lot of "ifs" to happen!

[siraulo23]

Full 4 weeks since the injury would be on the 6th or 7th of April

Best Case Scenario.

So he's got 5-6 games to gain rhythm

[Xevious]

his tweaked ankle and PF should be completely healed.. he should be as quick as ever in the open court and getting to the rim.

I doubt his PF is fully healed, especially if he's made any attempt at staying in game shape. That'll heal this summer if he doesn't play basketball.

I had it a couple years ago and it was extremely difficult to get rid of.

[exstatic]

Tony and Blair coming off the bench would be great

WTF? Tony doesn't even SEE Blair on the court. That's a horrible pairing. If Tony does come off the bench, move Dice there, too, and put Blair back with Manu in the starting lineup. Tony can find Dice on the wing.

[Avitus1]

not sure why but I read Tony Blair, I said .. WTF is former British Prime Minister doing here

I think after Manu/Hills/Blair resurge ... could make some good mix with our bench.

Coming next week means he will start to practice with ball, no contact yet, ok?

Tony Blair would be an awesome pickup. Dude is great at handling the ball.

[lennyalderette]

yep will be very interesting how popped brings parker back.

My hope is that pop breaks him into the 2nd unit, and after he gets back to speed keeps him there thus making him the spurs' new 6th man, while starting lineup remains unchanged.

If i was a betting man though, what we'll probably see is 1 or 2 games of coming off the bench then parker back into the starting lineup.

Even though the team will kick major ass in those two games and chemistry will flow like a mountain spring, the whole "parker as a 6th man" idea probably won't even register in popped's brain.

+1 you nailed it!! What if he does bring him off the bench? Ill my pants

[lennyalderette]

Well we don't have time to wait, he and RJ need to learn to play well together since Parker has to be the starter.

They couldn't do it for 50 games but I'm sure with just a little bit more effort and whatnot they'll get it right in the last 3 games.

C'mon we just need to believe it and will happen people!

i agree with you again, dont you think that the problem with jefferson was kinda resolved though?, it was the not playing with manu, i think if manu is in with rj it will work out alot better than bogans and , like you said frenchie would be furious coming off the bench so if pop does start tp right away we better pray pop keeps manu as a starter. hill has grown enough to dominate as a bench PG along with blair should bring our bench points back to where they were

[lennyalderette]

We are ed

ye have no faith??the guy in your avatar was missing the past few years!! esp dallas last year! along with playing alright this is going to be lethal

[DesignatedT]

"frenchie" was a major part in helping us win 3 les and was our 2007 finals MVP.. but yeah, forget about that aspect also.

[lennyalderette]

Full 4 weeks since the injury would be on the 6th or 7th of April

Best Case Scenario.

So he's got 5-6 games to gain rhythm

that should be cutting it a lil short but pop will figure out where tp needs to be, if hes going to be playing like we need him on the bench! BUT if he comes in like the vintage t.parker** thats even more of a problem cause now do you : A.) play parker plenty minutes and keep RJ and Manu together since parker doesnt pass the ball to jefferson?
or
B.) put stupid bogans and jefferson out there with parker??? =disaster i think
C.) put hill,parker,jefferson out there starting and leave ginobili on the bench with blair????

D.) bench T.P keep the same lineup thats been working and use tony as a pure attacking force off the bench??? have blair clean up the missed shots or when tony rolls blair rolls for the put backs???

its going to be interesting to say the least...