GO SPURS GO!
FYI, Suns have posted something like the 4th best offense (pace-adjusted) in the league since the All-star break (per Schuhmann on nba.com's most recent power rankings).
Despite their record, this will be a good test to see if our defense is up to snuff.
Yeah I'm thrilled the secOnd best big man on the team is a china doll.
Way to avoid the rooting for an injury part of the post there.new age
I missed T Park / EricB. Pop's balls were getting pretty lonely without you round these parts.
I'm rooting for the Spurs to win a championship this year. Unfortunately, their chances go up a -ton if Matty B is out for the playoffs with an injury and Pop can't play him.
I don't want him to die or anything. He can recover just in time for the parade after the guys who actually perform under pressure win his sandwich loving ass a ring.
It'll be nice to watch some of the individual matchups, but without Splitter I don't think you can really take a whole lot from this as far as overall team defense is concerned. Even with the first unit, Diaw's addition makes it hard to say if Pop is going to stay with the Blair/Duncan pairing for his postseason starting lineup. I just think it'll be hard to get a feel for what does and doesn't work considering how different the rotations and lineups are with Tiago out.
I haven't looked at the Suns recent points in the paint numbers, but they aren't going to have a lot of length to deal with when it comes to the Spurs 2nd unit.
This is assuming Tiago will not see the floor tonight.
Last edited by jag; 03-27-2012 at 05:31 PM.
Pop put Dice in the starting lineup last season and claimed they need better defense for the playoffs. This season Blair's defense isn't much better. He should do the same with Splitter this year if he's being consistent. Why do it last year and not this year?
Because Splitter and McDyess are two completely different players.
I think Diaw is more likely.
I think Pop will keep Bonner and Splitter paired together.
Hopefully Splitter can get healthy soon, because I think Blair will eventually be the odd man out, with Diaw moving into the starting lineup.
How is that even relevant? I don't think anyone on this site wants Splitter to play less. If Splitter is healthy and only gets 18-20 minutes per game, I would still complain about it.
Him being injury prone was a possible explanation for his time being limited, not something that Pop's said about Tiago this year.
It says they won't let him go b2b "for now." Doesn't say for the whole year.
Point is Manu is way more injury prone than Tiago and plays more minutes; Tiago's minutes weren't being monitored by Pop because of injury. They were being monitored because Pop doesn't like playing him more minutes for whatever reason.
Pop also says a lot of bull about Tiago's injuries (see training camp bull excuse "not fair to the team...") that really doesn't hold weight when examined closer.
DPG speaks truth.
Angelbelow is really reaching, tbh.
I was responding to EricB not DPG.
I agree with what DPG has said which is why I responded to Eric the way I did.
@poundingtherock
Tiago is out, Jax is out (rest), Neal in.
Tiago is out tonight. Jax is out (rest).
I agree, it's completely ridiculous that they're still babying him. They should be more concerned with getting him in peak condition at this point. Unless they think their odds of winning four rounds are better with him being able to play 28 mpg instead of 34 mpg. Funny, they have no problem letting Parker run himself ragged for 37-39 minutes a lot of games, as if he has an unlimited supply of energy, but heaven forbid Ginobili play a back to back where he plays a whole 50-something combined minutes. Even for them, this is extreme. You usually only see this with someone coming off a major injury, that's been out for most or all of a season.
I disagree, though, about them not being true contenders. They've mostly fixed their personnel issues (the utilization of them is another story) and despite their babying of Ginobili and Splitter, if this were the playoffs, I presume both would be able to play and do so at least close to their peak. So if they're not contenders, then no one in the West is.
I think that's a good move for Jax. He was lookin pretty tired out there against Philly
WTF. Is Jack going to get the old treatment as well ?
It's amazing how this team wins at the rate they do with cycling players in and out. Pop is really amazing at that considering they don't have what is considered a lot of top flight talent either.
Understandable for Jax. Hopefully him and Tiago play tomorrow night. Knowing Pop though he's gonna rest Manu and someone else.
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