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You make a valid point ... I respect your opinion. Thanks.
Phil Jackson won 11 les and he is against the idea of resting players in the regular season. How many championships do you think he missed by not resting his players?
You make a valid point ... I respect your opinion. Thanks.
baloney. You can get injured anytime. Resting players already backfired on Pop last year. He rested Manu 1 or 2 games, then inserted a "fresh" Manu for last game vs. Phoenix and boom. Oops.
I agree you can rest players, but what is wrong with playing them 10-20 minutes.
Agree. NBA has too many games and this season is 10x worse with shortened season. That is why players are dropping like flies to injuries this year.Professional basketball teams around the world plays about two 40-minutes games per weak. NBA teams are playing this season about four 48-minutes games per weak. With that crazy amount of minutes played, some fans will be screwed and see crap games. That's unavoidable.
A tool of survival given the many foul-mouthed, immature people around here. They pushed me over the edge once (before I knew about the ignore list), but never again.
thread, tbh
all this crying reminds me of this:
http://robbieandbobby.com/shelf-life/
LOL, it's not like every NBA analyst since the season started hadn't been talking about teams having to find rest for their players and throw games. It's hilarious seeing all the whining from idiots who think a game in February means compared to the health of the team.
I still don't get this complaint. Do you think the Spurs can win a road game in Portland on the second night of a B2B with Bonner and Blair taking all but 15 of Duncan's minutes and Corey Jospeh taking all but 20 of Parker's? They would have still gotten slaughtered, maybe just by 25 instead of 40.
but at least the fans get to see them.
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Would have been prudent tbh.
I was happy to see this as a topic on PTI and Around the Horn today. In summary, in case you missed it, no it's not pop's job to worry about fans getting to see star players. His job is to win les. BUT, it should be the league's responsibility to take a close look at this on behalf of the fans. Kornheiser even suggested a $500k fine be imposed on pop.
The Blazers just blew out the Spurs by 40 points and Tlong starts a thread complaining?
You answered your own question.
All that would do is bring back the old practice of making up fake injuries for your player and putting him on IR.
I think Tlong should be fined every time he starts one of these dumb-ass threads.
This is one of the most nonsensical threads I have ever read.
A coach has a right to sit or play whomever he likes. Kobe Bryant can be benched even if there are 16,000 fans at Staples wearing #24 jerseys. Erik Spoelstra can bench Wade, James, and Bosh if he wants to.
Exactly. I don't see how they can regulate that anyway. All Pop would have to do is dress Duncan and give him a DNP-CD? What can they do about that?
You can't possibly be that short sighted.
Do you not understand that being completely healthy and fresh for the Playoffs is far more important than regular season wins in February?
Do you not understand that its Pop's job to improve and prepare his team as much as possible to win a Championship, and not to please fans in Portland.
Do you not understand this? This isn't complicated.
Being healthy in the Playoffs is more important.
I'll say it again.
Being healthy in the Playoffs is more important.
Why is it more important you ask? Because its nearly impossible to win a Championship when you're beat tired from trying to stat pad and win meaningless games in February.
Tim and Tony have been going balls to the wall this Rodeo Road Trip, and it has payed off with great road wins and building chemistry and momentum. Now being near the All-Star break, we can afford to rest our players. Why? Because being healthy in the Playoffs is more important.
You cry and say "What about the fans?" That's not Pop's concern. Not one bit. It literally isn't a priority of his in any way shape or form. So that argument is out the window.
Do you know what is Pop's priority? Being healthy in the Playoffs. Why? Because its important. Being healthy for the Playoffs is more important than winning regular season games in February.
I'll say it again, being healthy for the Playoffs is more important than winning regular season games in February.
I feel like I'm saying the same stuff over and over again. Oh wait, that's because I am.
So what have we concluded today?
Being healthy for the Playoffs is important.
Things like winning in February and Portland aren't.
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Way too many games. And this b2b2b are beyond ridiculous. There was lockout, everybody lost their money. You cant earn it back, by pushing players beyond limits.
And 100k fine for coach, who wont play their best players
The great irony about this thread is this wasn't even a home game, and people are ing.
You think Pop really cares what Portland fans (and maybe a few Portland Spurs fans) think about his lineups?
I'm a season ticket holder and I don't give 2 s if pop rests players. I'm glad he has a good enough record to do it.
So don't speak for us paying fans who are multiple year season ticket holders. I got a line of pins on my jerseys. What do you have?
And BTW, Pop being cautious with players when they are tired or injured is a big reason why Spurs' fans can still seeing enjoy Duncan play at a good level.
Speaking of Portland, I find the parallel between Duncan and Brandon Roy crazy:
April 11th, 2000: Duncan tore his meniscus. Spurs/Pop take the careful road and shut him down for the rest of the season while Spurs were the defending champion.
April 11th, 2010: Roy tore his meniscus. Blazers rush him after a knee surgery to have him playing the end of the playoffs.
Roy is medically retired, Duncan is still playing 12 years after this injury...
And the same is true with Parker and Ginobili.
Parker has sprained his right ankle a dozen of times. Him being still in his prime despite a big mileage has surely a lot to do with Spurs being careful with these injuries.
Pop has done a tremendous job over the years at limiting Ginobili's minutes. He's an all star player who has never played 32mpg during a season. That's crazy.
While there are some aspect of Pop that I don't like, his way to manage players health is remarkable. He is the best NBA coach in that area and it's not even close.
So then by Kornheiser's logic Rick Carlisle should be fined $3 million for not playing his best player.
$500k times the 6 games that Dirk missed = $3 million.
I agree with others saying that there is no way the NBA can enforce this. If they try, coaches will just find a way around it.
Clearly I can't speak on behalf of ALL paying customers, so from now on, when I argue on behalf of paying customers, know that in my mind I'm excluding you.
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