Pop: "Splitter's getting as much time as I can play him."

[Blake]

2006 was taking a team built for the playoffs and removing their interior defense and rebounding.

remarkable interior defense and rebounding in these regular season games:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...604070SAS.html

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...512010DAL.html

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...603020SAS.html

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...511050DAL.html

[SA210]

I'm certainly not irritated, however you certainly got butthurt after I questioned your "facts".

It's right here in this thread.

Your stupidity makes me laugh. It's funny how you're so butt hurt that the majority disagree with you and how you have been wrong this whole time and how you try to twist and turn things around just to try to seem as if you might have a point. haha

[SA210]

Except Pop didn't keep the lineup the same. He suddenly inserted Splitter when it finally became obvious to him that Gasol and Randolph were killing Blair and Dice. 2006 was taking a team built for the playoffs and removing their interior defense and rebounding. 2011 was taking a team built for the regular season into a bad playoff matchup.

He already knows all this, and he knows that's what I was saying too. He's just butt hurt and irritated about the truth, so he has to do his best trolling effort to be someone else.

[Blake]

Your stupidity makes me laugh. It's funny how you're so butt hurt that the majority disagree with you and how you have been wrong this whole time and how you try to twist and turn things around just to try to seem as if you might have a point. haha

your "facts" that Pop sucks make me laugh more.

haha

ha

[Blake]

He already knows all this, and he knows that's what I was saying too. He's just butt hurt and irritated about the truth, so he has to do his best trolling effort to be someone else.

I know exactly what you implied: Smaller ball without Nazr or Rasho is fool's gold.

At least you can walk away from this knowing that there are many of you riding the 2006 Rasho/Nazr nutsack.

[SA210]

You're still butthurt.

[ElNono]

I haven't counted up all the people ing in this thread.

Don't forget to count yourself

I know who's trolling now.

you calling anybody a troll

[DisAsTerBot]

It takes a special kind of person to get on by everyone in a thread, and still carry on completely oblivious to the doo running down their face. We've all seen it before though; there's always one.

where is koriwhat?

[rmt]

"not fair to the others"? What's not fair to them is when they again get their a**** handed to them in the first round of the playoffs.

Blue collar - that's for players like Nick Collison, Oberto, garbage players who clean up misses - not someone who can go 25/11/4 in 31 minutes (when given the chance).

After Pop told Westbrooke and Griffin - don't expect much pt in the All-Star game, you'd think he's got something against those who haven't paid their dues. So it's all the more baffling that Leonard gets so much playing time while Splitter who's much more experienced than he is - gets last big man minutes. I guess Pop thinks he's put in his dues and can do whatever he wants and unfortunately, the press/media is letting him get away with it. Can't stand people who don't learn from their mistakes (MEM).

[therealtruth]

"not fair to the others"? What's not fair to them is when they again get their a**** handed to them in the first round of the playoffs.

Blue collar - that's for players like Nick Collison, Oberto, garbage players who clean up misses - not someone who can go 25/11/4 in 31 minutes (when given the chance).

After Pop told Westbrooke and Griffin - don't expect much pt in the All-Star game, you'd think he's got something against those who haven't paid their dues. So it's all the more baffling that Leonard gets so much playing time while Splitter who's much more experienced than he is - gets last big man minutes. I guess Pop thinks he's put in his dues and can do whatever he wants and unfortunately, the press/media is letting him get away with it. Can't stand people who don't learn from their mistakes (MEM).

Pop has been saying stupid stuff for the last couple of years like his "centerpiece" talk. If Pop had any decency he would step down or admit making mistakes. But he just keeps getting more stubborn and proud. I'm sure if Splitter had gotten more burn last year the last game wouldn't have been his first 20 and 10 game. Pop re edly held back his development to the hurt of the team. Bonner does not have that upside. 20 and 10 will win a playoff series for you like Zach Randolph showed not a streaky three point shooter who shrinks from the moment.

[MaNu4Tres]

LOL @ Bonner being first big off the bench.


WTF is Pop's problem.

[timvp]

@ Bonner being the first bigman off the bench.

Pop may very well be trolling Spurs fans.

[timtonymanu]

This is getting so ing ridiculous.

[taps]

Splitter playing 10 more minutes a night means less minutes for turd towers regardless of whether he starts

[dbestpro]

So I wonder between Blair and Bonner who is more deserving of the nickname borehog .

[urunobili]

I have a new theory of why Pop doesn't play Tim and Tiago together. Just like the public belief he confessed with Scola, Pop believes Tiago gets on Tim's spots that's why they dont work well together in theory...

[timvp]

Ugh. Pop finally put Duncan and Splitter in together and the offense looked horrible.

Now Pop has an excuse not to try it again for another few weeks.

[Obstructed_View]

Well you can't actually play the guy because he might prove you wrong.

[Obstructed_View]

Ugh. Pop finally put Duncan and Splitter in together and the offense looked horrible.

Now Pop has an excuse not to try it again for another few weeks.

Two big guys in the post is really nice to launch jumpers over the top of.

[ElNono]

Ugh. Pop finally put Duncan and Splitter in together and the offense looked horrible.

Now Pop has an excuse not to try it again for another few weeks.

I thought it was no more horrible that when Blair was out there... what I was looking forward but didn't happen was a couple stops...

[ElNono]

solid line for Tiago in that 1st half too...

12 mins, 8 points, 4 boards, 1 steal

[Obstructed_View]

I'm re-watching it at the moment and I've seen one of them touch the ball on offense once. Everything has been a jumper.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

The offense definitely slowed down, but the defense tightened up.

The best the offense looked, RJ pissed away an open 3 for a travel TO.

Quite frankly, I still don't get why they don't keep Splitter low, feed him, and have Duncan up top for jumpers. Why make both of them get on the low block?

Duncan can hit that jumper, and Tiago was showing us yet again he can score down low.

Puzzling.

[MaNu4Tres]

I'm re-watching it at the moment and I've seen one of them touch the ball on offense once. Everything has been a jumper.

Tony was forcing the issue a bit more with Tim and Tiago on the floor (Why? I'm not too sure).

Whenever Tim and Tiago are on the floor, I'd like to see Tony go to Tiago on the block more so than Duncan.

[timtonymanu]

Good stats for a guy that's not that skilled.