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Another start Tiago thread as if it hasnt been said 10000 times before.
Pop will keep Blair as a starter?
In the last month or so he barely look a NBA player. He's easily the worst big on the team
Time to wake up Pop. It didn't work last season and won't work now.
Start Tiago already
Another start Tiago thread as if it hasnt been said 10000 times before.
Sad but true Blair will remain the starter probably all year
Blair 2-4 1 FT and 5 boards
Spitter 6-7 2 FT and 5 boards
at the 15:38 of playing time eachThis will definetely earn Blair more playing time.............
It's getting worst day after day.
Pop can't be that stubborn
Although I've always supported Splitter as a starter, I believed Blair's confidence would take a hit, if he's sent to the bench..
However, it appears that his confidence is already dissolving, he may need a spark..coming off the bench could be the solution, it's a win-win, for both Blair and the team..
You people are in dumb I swear.
yeh I suppose Pop has some advanced metrics or model showing Blair's over the top effectiveness that deserves him to stay the starter despite all evidence (and I went to medical school and other advanced degrees.... strictly on my looks).
Blair will look SOOOO much better when Manu is back. That's his P'n'R soul mate.
To add insult to injury for Blair, Bonner has been playing solid basketball, the last few weeks..
I have to be honest, Splitter not getting more minutes at this point with how good he is playing is starting to really bother me. I realize he fouls a lot and in limited time, but it's something that can only be corrected with playing time and practice. Tonight, Splitter 14 points, 6 boards, in 19 minutes, and of course 3 fouls. That's damn good.
Blair needs to compete with other team's bench player, and he will dominate, easily.
This message forum has been over this over and over and over and over
Every step of Pop's logic has been fleshed out and refleshed out
What is not to understand?
And even if he was benched, we know that Bonner would be put in the starting lineup instead of Tiago just to frustrate us fans evens more.
You move to the DeJuan to the bench and you pretty much kill his confidence for the rest of the year.
But its come to the point where he's playing so bad, that it wouldn't really matter. It can't get much worse than this latest stretch.
Sad but probably true.
Um, can't play Bonner and Blair together or you get killed on the boards. Like it or not, that actually makes sense.
I'm no Blair supporter at all ... but Parker to Splitter is like Manu to Blair. Blair is a non factor without Manu out there.
Moreover, Splitter would have been a better fit for last year's team than Dice's concrete legs.
This is therefore the second year in a row in which Pop has played this hand, and it's a problem.
Pop's stubbornness is inexcusable.
Tough situation. Blair, unfortunately has become a huge detriment to the team. praying that, somehow, he gets shipped ouuta here.
I don't think it's stubbornness, so much as it is balance. He knows Blair should be the fourth big and the minutes recently reflect that. But for balance purposes, it makes the most sense for him to start. At least until close to the playoffs. In the playoffs, Duncan's and (hopefully) Splitter's minutes will go up, so they could start together. But right now, doing so would lead to long stretches of Blair-Bonner.
Neither option probably appeals to Pop though, because they just don't seem to view Splitter as someone who can consistently guard power forwards. So I still think they acquire a starting power forward. Maybe it's through trade, maybe it's through post trade deadline buyouts. But they've got to be looking at this team and looking at the West and thinking that if they can just solve this issue, that they'd have as good a chance as anyone to get to the Finals.
Actually did work better last year compared to when Antonio was starting. Im fine with the current starting line up. I dont care for Blair to be a stat filler. Its much more important who finishes the games than who starts. If its not broke, dont fix it.
Splitter should just play 48 minutes a game
I'd rather have Bonner starting right now tbh
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