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I like the way the first round schedule has played out. Of course if he is out for the playoffs then the scheduling won't matter.
Right on Timvp! Great to have a positive take on this. Nothing we can do but to think positive. If you think negatively, then you have already lost even before it even started. This is exactly what the enemy wants. GO Spurs GO!
I like the way the first round schedule has played out. Of course if he is out for the playoffs then the scheduling won't matter.
Guess its time to take the training wheels off #21 for the season.
Remember that we beat the mighty Dallas team last year with Tony not 100%. I know Tony isn't Manu...but Marc Gasol isn't Dirk either.
There is no silver lining to any injury to any of the Big 3. Maybe if it was Bonner, but not Manu.
Lingering injuries have been problematic for this team the last years in the playoffs and it would have been nice just for once to go into them completely healthy.
With all this talk from Pop about being healthy for the playoffs as the most important thing, he really screwed our chances with his stupid decision to play them, especially if it ends up being serious.
I completely agree. Manu is a big part of the game, but wouldn't mind him resting and getting healthy for 2nd round.
The man's nose was completely displaced, last playoffs, and he just shrugged it off and came back for seconds. Manu's latino, baby, he thrives off of pain and adversity. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but its gonna take a lot to keep Manu out of the playoffs. Its in our creator's hands now.
It's been like 4 years since Manu has been healthy through a playoff run.
There is no silver lining as spurs lose their mvp potentially in a game pop did not want to win anyway and then also grizz tanked like the pussies they are to avoid lal.
Moreover spurs in big trouble with bonner and blair as the second big rotation despite pop.
1. The knowledge of the definition of "silver lining" is severely lacking in this thread. Obviously Manu getting hurt is a horrible thing. We know this. But everything in life has a silver lining. If timvp dropped dead tomorrow, I'm sure a silver lining or two could be found.
2. Tony Allen on Tony Parker isn't too worrisome. If Allen has a defensive weakness, it's against speed (especially since he tore up his knee). His main strengths are to bully wings and play the passing lanes. Those strength are minimized versus TP. And by putting a point guard on a shooter (for example, Conley on Neal), that will allow for cleaner looks off of penetration.
My thoughts exactly.
It's the in grizzlies. People need to stop freaking out and just wait on the MRI results. Then we can go from there.
C'mon RPD. If Manu scored 25 and was resting by the 3rd qtr..admit it, you'd have been elated. The
Problem with all the what if statements make it seem as if Pop's omniscient. He isn't and the truth is No one is.
I don't think so. Parker's too fast for Allen. Allen has the wingspan to guard the 2 or 3 spots (MEM put him on Durant IIRC), but I really don't think he can stay in front of Parker.
Yea the silver lining is that Manu will at least be able to rest any other nagging injuries he's got....
But when it comes to the Grizz I don't see how that team is going to be a tougher out than last year's Mavs who had a much better player in Dirk. And the Spurs had poor floor spacing/3 point shooting and an almost empty jersey in Richard Jefferson - they were the first team to win a playoffs game without making a single 3 pointer in several years.The Grizzlies lack the floor spacing, scorers, and playmakers to be considered a legit playoffs threat.
Fans underestimate just how different a team the Spurs are in the playoffs imo, at least for the first round anyway. They always amp up their play, especially Duncan whose been playing great since his injury. The Grizz just don't have the offense to compete. However they do have 2 good/great defenders in Tony Allen and Battier but imo Conley's defense is whats going to be even more important since he'll likely be matched up against Parker.
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Nothing that we don't really know here. Just news off the RotoWire:
Manu Ginobili: (Elbow) MRI Lined Up - 4/14/2011 6:33:24 AM
Update:
Ginobili suffered a hyperextended right elbow during the first quarter of Wednesday's regular season finale, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
Recommendation:
Ginobili will undergo an MRI on his elbow on Thursday, though x-rays were negative. This should not be considered a serious injury, but Manu could miss the beginning of the team's opening round series against Memphis.
http://www.rotowire.com/Emmanuel-Gin...4457-spnba.htm
That would have been great, but again pretty unlikely. I just thought the risk far outweighed the reward in playing them in that game.
I thought it was dumb move by Pop to play them before the game and that ended up being confirmed as soon as Manu went down.
I just don't get why you spend the whole season micromanaging minutes and talking about health as the most important thing in the playoffs only to risk it all in a relatively meaningless game.
The issue here is that what you think is meaningless is based on the reaction after the fact. It's not meaningless to go for the overall #1.
Again, none of the what if people would be saying had Manu had a rythym game and the Spurs won easily.
None of us are omniscient or all-knowing like GOD.
Allen won't be able to stay with Tony. That's a mismatch, despite how well Allen defends.
I'm not really sure why you think that I came to these conclusions after the fact. Before the game, I thought Pop should rest them because to me it was pretty much a meaningless game. For this game to have had meaning, all of the following would have had to happen:
-Spurs beat a Suns team on their home floor
-Spurs win a coin toss with the Bulls
-Spurs and Bulls both advance to the NBA Finals when neither team is really considered a favorite to do so.
-Everybody comes out healthy and they look sharp from the opening tip of Game 1
I thought all of those things happening were pretty much a longshot so i considered it a toss-away game and thought Pop should just err on the side of caution as he had done all season long. Obviously, you thought otherwise which is understandable. Hence the term "relatively".
I agree that there's no sense in arguing about it now since it's done and just gotta hope that Manu will be okay.
Good points. He really becomes ineffective vs smaller/faster players as well as the bigger and stronger ones.
Actually IIRC Manu was never completely the same after Dirk did that to him. And we lost in embarassing fashion to the Suns thereafter.
Allen will compensate a part of his lack of quickness by his length. Allen surely match up better with Manu but if Manu is out, Allen can certainly do a better job on Parker Than Conley. If Neal or Hill takes fire, you can always put back Ginobili on him.
Allen is 6-foot-4. TP is susceptible to length ... but I wouldn't call Allen "long".
And when TP was going for 37 and 9 against Memphis earlier this year, I didn't see Allen switch off onto TP. I didn't see it either in the other game where Manu got hurt and was out for most of the second half.
That could obviously change with Memphis having more time to prepare for the Spurs but, if I had to guess, Memphis will hesitate to put Allen on TP. They'll want him causing havoc off the ball instead of trying to stay in front of TP, IMO.
A fluke injury and the Pop's an idiot chants begin, you armchair NBA coaches are brilliant.
Tiago started 4 straight games, wtf are you smoking?
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