Tony Parker Returns Tonight

[ginobilized]

Good news!

[yavozerb]

Who is sitting tonight? Ian or Malik...

[Beaverfuzz]

Go Kings!

Where do you want the Kings to go tlong? :

[Blackjack]

As it pertains to Temple and his starting tonight, I give you Tyreke Evans. Sure, Temple isn't the ideal person you'd like to got to but when you look at the physical matchup, the options available (Tony's likely to just get his feet wet) and the fact that he spent some time with Sacramento this year, I can understand the decision; it's hard to be up in arms when Mason's the alternative.

I don't think Temple's starting has any real bearing on Tony's status moving forward; if all goes well tonight, it wouldn't shock me if he starts against Phoenix.

[Brazil]

1995 is not an exceptional millesim I'd go with the legendaries 1921 or 1928. More recently the Dr. No preference is the 1955 while James Bond is a 1953 fan.

All in all I'd go with a Krug 1928 or the 1996 that could be the best millesim ever.

[ffadicted]

Who is sitting tonight? Ian or Malik...

Neither... Hill does, obviously lol

[Blackjack]

We'll see how long that pumped up feeling last.

You give new meaning to butthurt . . .

[DesignatedT]

Express news is such a joke.

[ohmwrecker]

We'll see how long that pumped up feeling last.

There should be an "s" on the end of last, dummy.
We should ask you how long you cried about your team getting their asses handed to them on Sunday.

[pookenstein]

Great news.


And btw, although I have to admit that 3 days ago for me SPAM was only some disgusting food, I LOVE the new meaning this word has for me.
And the Jetcomic is awesome.

[FkLA]

there goes our season

but seriously nice to get him back considering hill's injury, still think we should ship him out in the off-season though.

[phxspurfan]

I like the decision to start Temple tonight. It's relatively low-risk strategy against the Queens and if he succeeds he will gain confidence that he needs to play with the squad. If he falls on his face, we have Parker in there anyway to take over the ball handling duties, if not the scoring load.

And there's no way Parker was waiting until the end of the season or start of the playoffs to come back. If we had lost two of those games vs. Orlando, Boston, Cleveland or LA I think he would have convinved Pop to bring him back even sooner. He's ready to go.

[Mel_13]

Inactives are likely Jerralls and Hill.

Don't you mean Gee and Hill?

[tothrowed]

Inactives are likely Jerralls and Hill.

i passed chamberlain i hit 30,000 chicks - lil flip

[pad300]

I understand the defensive strategy, it just seems strange to me that Pop would go with Temple this late in the season over Mason, I'm sure Mase won't be too happy..Temple's D has been very poor so far as a Spur, even though he has a defensive reputation..hopefully he steps up with the added pressure tonight..even with Mason's horrible D, the Spurs recent defensive resurgence has been more about the team D IMO, but hopefully it's a good move..

Hopefully he steps up though, I can't stand seeing Mason on the floor at this point, he's too much of a liability..I still think this is a move to motivate Mason IMO..

It's going to be scary whenever TP drives in the lane and somebody slaps down, but it'll be exciting to see him out there..I assume he's going to have a lot of his speed and quickness back with this long rest..has he spoken about his PF and other injuries recently?..

Assume an 8 man playoff rotation. (numbers in brackets are minutes)

Duncan (36) - McDyess-Bonner (60 minutes between them, maybe some Blair for a good measure)
Bogans (6, please pop!)- Manu (36) -Jefferson (36)
Hill (30) - Parker (36)

Mason has been sucking. Mason isn't in the playoff rotation unless we have another long-term injury. Pop is looking at Temple to see what he can do, and does he have the balls to handle starting pressure...He might also be looking to see if Temple can actually play PG - he did in the D-league.

[Mel_13]

14 man roster and Jerralls will be in Austin with the Toros. Unless he was brought up without anyone hearing about it?

They have 15 players on the roster. Jerrells in Austin, Hill and Gee behind the bench in suits.

[scottspurs]

The Big Three Return. GO Spurs GO!!!!!

[JR3]

This is great news.. the sooner we intigrate him the better.

[G-Nob]

J-Mac broke it before TP did it himself. http://twitter.com/JMac_SAEN

Give the boy some props!

[crc21209]

Awesome! Welcome back TP!

[Dex]

If Tony can truly come back healthy and play at anything resembling full tilt, then that was a miraculous recovery, and better than I think any of us would've logically hoped for.

[Spurs7794]

Mason has been sucking. Mason isn't in the playoff rotation unless we have another long-term injury. Pop is looking at Temple to see what he can do, and does he have the balls to handle starting pressure...He might also be looking to see if Temple can actually play PG - he did in the D-league.

I would be STUNNED if Pop is actually thinking of letting Temple play in the playoffs. This is the same guy who claimed "this playoffs isn't for George" last year.

[DesignatedT]

Sweet! Can't wait to see Tony out there!!

[santymrc]

Finally, the BIG 3 ARE BACK BABYYY!!
yeah. Sweet!!

[HarlemHeat37]

Assume an 8 man playoff rotation. (numbers in brackets are minutes)

Duncan (36) - McDyess-Bonner (60 minutes between them, maybe some Blair for a good measure)
Bogans (6, please pop!)- Manu (36) -Jefferson (36)
Hill (30) - Parker (36)

Mason has been sucking. Mason isn't in the playoff rotation unless we have another long-term injury. Pop is looking at Temple to see what he can do, and does he have the balls to handle starting pressure...He might also be looking to see if Temple can actually play PG - he did in the D-league.

I agree that Mason won't, or at least shouldn't be in the playoff rotation, as I said in the thread about playoff minutes..he would have to play big down the stretch to the end the season..I hate seeing him on the floor at this point..

My point is the same though..I see no chance that Pop goes with Temple in the playoffs, he's barely played with this team..it would be a very stupid move in general and something that goes against what Pop usually does..

I still believe it's a motivational tactic more than a chance for Temple to prove himself, although that could be a possibility too..