Popo at it again; this is INEXCUSABLE.

[ChumpDumper]

Surely that's not a serious question? Look at his education. lol

Higher or lower than you?

Serious question.

[TJastal]

Still not 100% sold that the call to basically wave the white flag and forfeit a game was the right move. I just don't see the logic in not playing Tony and Tim at all (10-15 minutes apiece would have been about right in keeping injury concerns at a minimum) plus it would have given the young'uns a little structure to work off of so they wouldn't have looked totally dazed and confused the entire game. Plus the last thing you want to do is give a potential playoff opponent an enormous confidence boost like that.

And while it tentatively looks like the team wasn't affected mentally by the beating, I'm going to hold my judgement on that seeing as the nuggets have been struggling even worse than the blazers and were short key guys. They made Dejuan Blair look like an all-star, 'nuff said.

The upshot to all this is Tim & Tony will be getting a whole lot of rest now with the
all-star break, so they should be good and rested for the next couple weeks so we won't have to worry about Pop going into tinker mode for the time being.

[TheCerebral1]

You are both ing re ed.

My thoughts entirely.

[ChumpDumper]

I'm blaming the next loss on Pop's benching Tim and Tony.

Whenever that is....

[manufan10]

Still not 100% sold that the call to basically wave the white flag and forfeit a game was the right move. I just don't see the logic in not playing Tony and Tim at all (10-15 minutes apiece would have been about right in keeping injury concerns at a minimum) plus it would have given the young'uns a little structure to work off of so they wouldn't have looked totally dazed and confused the entire game. Plus the last thing you want to do is give a potential playoff opponent an enormous confidence boost like that.

And while it tentatively looks like the team wasn't affected mentally by the beating, I'm going to hold my judgement on that seeing as the nuggets have been struggling even worse than the blazers and were short key guys. They made Dejuan Blair look like an all-star, 'nuff said.

The upshot to all this is Tim & Tony will be getting a whole lot of rest now with the
all-star break, so they should be good and rested for the next couple weeks so we won't have to worry about Pop going into tinker mode for the time being.

In one you say that the Spurs gave an enormous confidence boost to a team when the Spurs rested their 2 best healthy players. Then you go on to imply that we can't judge the Spurs off of the game against the Nuggets because they were "short key guys." How does that work?

[manufan10]

I can hear them now.. "But the Nuggets weren't at full strength, so this doesn't count."

[jjktkk]

In one you say that the Spurs gave an enormous confidence boost to a team when the Spurs rested their 2 best healthy players. Then you go on to imply that we can't judge the Spurs off of the game against the Nuggets because they were "short key guys." How does that work?

Classic Tjastal mode: Post a ty take, get throughly ted on ty take, tries to backtrack ty take, with another ty take. In conclusion, I would have to come away with the opinion, that Tjastal is full of .

[DesignatedT]

Classic Tjastal mode: Post a ty take, get throughly ted on ty take, tries to backtrack ty take, with another ty take. In conclusion, I would have to come away with the opinion, that Tjastal is full of .

lmao

[UnWantedTheory]

OMG....Your psychic.

[TJastal]

In one you say that the Spurs gave an enormous confidence boost to a team when the Spurs rested their 2 best healthy players. Then you go on to imply that we can't judge the Spurs off of the game against the Nuggets because they were "short key guys." How does that work?

Invalid comparison.

Even if Pop thought there was no possible way to win the blazer game, I think Pop shouldn't have revealed that to the blazers. And by holding out not one, but BOTH his best players he did just that. Obviously since there was plenty of rest to be had in just 3 days, it wasn't just all about rest. A head coach should never show fear or weakness to an opponent. He should have just played his two big guns albeit limited minutes. The bench scrubs would have still lost the game most likely but at least the blazers wouldn't have been stoked into a feeding frenzy of epic proportions. What if the spurs face those same blazers in the 1st round of the playoffs?

[manufan10]

Invalid comparison.

Even if Pop thought there was no possible way to win the blazer game, I think Pop shouldn't have revealed that to the blazers. And by holding out not one, but BOTH his best players he did just that. Obviously since there was plenty of rest to be had in just 3 days, it wasn't just all about rest. A head coach should never show fear or weakness to an opponent. He should have just played his two big guns albeit limited minutes. The bench scrubs would have still lost the game most likely but at least the blazers wouldn't have been stoked into a feeding frenzy of epic proportions. What if the spurs face those same blazers in the 1st round of the playoffs?

All he did was rest two players. He didn't reveal anything.

[UnWantedTheory]

Invalid comparison.

Even if Pop thought there was no possible way to win the blazer game, I think Pop shouldn't have revealed that to the blazers. And by holding out not one, but BOTH his best players he did just that. Obviously since there was plenty of rest to be had in just 3 days, it wasn't just all about rest. A head coach should never show fear or weakness to an opponent. He should have just played his two big guns albeit limited minutes. The bench scrubs would have still lost the game most likely but at least the blazers wouldn't have been stoked into a feeding frenzy of epic proportions. What if the spurs face those same blazers in the 1st round of the playoffs?

Yeah, what if?

[DesignatedT]

Even if Pop thought there was no possible way to win the blazer game, I think Pop shouldn't have revealed that to the blazers.

The only thing he revealed are his thoughts on a lockout condensed schedule. It's not safe.

What if the spurs face those same blazers in the 1st round of the playoffs?

What if we do? That game will have no effect on what will happen in the playoffs. Plus we still play POR one more time this season, a game that will much much closer to the playoffs and much fresher to the minds of the players.


Plus, How would suiting up Tim and Tony and still getting blown out have been better? Also, when guys dress out and know they are going to be playing limited minutes they tend to get hurt because they aren't going full speed/don't stretch out right/ etc. Your argument is re ed.

You either thought Tim and Tony didn't need rest and wanted them to play 35 minutes and go for the win or not play at all. Those are the only valid arguments here, not "should have played them 10 minutes" what the would that have done.

[Drachen]

Invalid comparison.

Even if Pop thought there was no possible way to win the blazer game, I think Pop shouldn't have revealed that to the blazers. And by holding out not one, but BOTH his best players he did just that. Obviously since there was plenty of rest to be had in just 3 days, it wasn't just all about rest. A head coach should never show fear or weakness to an opponent. He should have just played his two big guns albeit limited minutes. The bench scrubs would have still lost the game most likely but at least the blazers wouldn't have been stoked into a feeding frenzy of epic proportions. What if the spurs face those same blazers in the 1st round of the playoffs?

I can't see anyone getting all happy about beating a spurs team without tim tony manu and splitter. Pop made them play his game which was a glorified practice for his young guys. It was a Seniors V Freshmen Scrimmage and everyone, Seniors and Freshmen alike, knew this. The young guys needed some practice and some run and so Pop imposed his will on the situation. The game itself was meaningless.

[rogcl1]

Invalid comparison.

Even if Pop thought there was no possible way to win the blazer game, I think Pop shouldn't have revealed that to the blazers. And by holding out not one, but BOTH his best players he did just that. Obviously since there was plenty of rest to be had in just 3 days, it wasn't just all about rest. A head coach should never show fear or weakness to an opponent. He should have just played his two big guns albeit limited minutes. The bench scrubs would have still lost the game most likely but at least the blazers wouldn't have been stoked into a feeding frenzy of epic proportions. What if the spurs face those same blazers in the 1st round of the playoffs?

If they face each other, the ref will thow the ball up, the clock will start, and the score will be kept, and the teams will compete and there will be an outcome. Do you really think that Duncan, Parker , Ginobli, and Splitter will be influenced by a game several months ago that they weren't even a part of. The role players ,if they are worth a crap ,will remember and respond with extra effort also and be bolstered by the presence of the core players.
Now if key players are injured for the Spurs they wll lose anyway so what difference would it make. There has to be better points to make.

[TJastal]

If they face each other, the ref will thow the ball up, the clock will start, and the score will be kept, and the teams will compete and there will be an outcome. Do you really think that Duncan, Parker , Ginobli, and Splitter will be influenced by a game several months ago that they weren't even a part of. The role players ,if they are worth a crap ,will remember and respond with extra effort also and be bolstered by the presence of the core players.
Now if key players are injured for the Spurs they wll lose anyway so what difference would it make. There has to be better points to make.

I do think the blazers will have a mental edge on the spurs the rest of this year, up to and including a potential playoff matchup. However slight that is.

[DisAsTerBot]

I do think the blazers will have a mental edge on the spurs the rest of this year, up to and including a potential playoff matchup. However slight that is.

lol, because the starters beat our bench???

[DisAsTerBot]

talk about false confidence, im fine with them thinking that game gives them an edge.

[Blake]

I do think the blazers will have a mental edge on the spurs the rest of this year, up to and including a potential playoff matchup. However slight that is.

Rofl

[jjktkk]

A head coach should never show fear or weakness to an opponent.

The Ditz Brigade General with, yet another gem. Pop was resting his top players in a short, compressed, lockout, schedule. Lol, Pop showing fear.

[manufan10]

I do think the blazers will have a mental edge on the spurs the rest of this year, up to and including a potential playoff matchup. However slight that is.

The Spurs had already beaten the Blazes once before.. This game does nothing for their confidence.

http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=320113024

[rogcl1]

I do think the blazers will have a mental edge on the spurs the rest of this year, up to and including a potential playoff matchup. However slight that is.

And then the game starts and there are entirely different players out there than at the massacre. .What happened to all of the scrubs? We beat their scrubs badly.Who are these guys out here now? Duncan, Parker, Manu, Splitter. Where they come from? We had an edge but these guys are different.
Come on, slaughtering a bunch of scrubs has no effect when playing against the real players, it actually might hurt because the looks and opportunities are going to be way different. I can't believe I am engaged in this conversation.

[ChumpDumper]

Invalid comparison.

Even if Pop thought there was no possible way to win the blazer game, I think Pop shouldn't have revealed that to the blazers. And by holding out not one, but BOTH his best players he did just that. Obviously since there was plenty of rest to be had in just 3 days, it wasn't just all about rest. A head coach should never show fear or weakness to an opponent. He should have just played his two big guns albeit limited minutes. The bench scrubs would have still lost the game most likely but at least the blazers wouldn't have been stoked into a feeding frenzy of epic proportions. What if the spurs face those same blazers in the 1st round of the playoffs?

You think the Blazers are as stupid as you are.

[TJastal]

The Spurs had already beaten the Blazes once before.. This game does nothing for their confidence.

http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=320113024

"We needed to get back on track, we needed to bounce back from that loss that we had and we did it tonight," Aldridge said.

[manufan10]

^ I would venture to say he was referring to the loss the night before against the Lakers, but nice try.