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Thanks.
I'd actually say the same thing about you.
No problem.Yeah I saw those numbers in another thread. I was just softening my disagreement with your point and ended up understating the wrong thing.
I like what you bring to the board. Thoughtful posts delivered with respect and civility. I may not agree with all of your takes, but that's just fine.
Thanks.
I'd actually say the same thing about you.
Bonner/Blair with guaranteed minutes.
Diaw/Splitter fighting for the 4th big spot.
Pop
Bonner/Blair with guaranteed minutes.
Diaw/Splitter fighting for the 4th big spot.
Should Pop think about getting Leonard some rest? With the depth maybe he should scale him back to about 10 min a game for a few games to see if he can get his legs back and ease past the wall. He look like he's ready to tap out at times.
Free Tiago!
It seems like Leonard hasn't been playing as much as of late.
He's been below his season average for the last 3 games...
So Tiago plays a career record of minutes gets hurt and looks gassed.
But hey, again, Spurstalk are the experts on basketball so Pop obviously is the idiot.
I'm not too worried about the Splitter situation right now. Even if Pop doesn't play him much, he likes him enough to run the offense through him for just about every possession he's on the court. I'd get worried if that changes.
And I completely disagree that Splitter looks upset. Last night he asked to come out of the game twice due to fatigue. A player who is upset about minutes doesn't do that, tbh.
Him being fatigued with that little of minutes is just hilarious.
I like your optimism.
Maybe not this game (I didn't catch all of it) but last season I definitely got the impression that Splitter wasn't okay with sitting and I'd say the difference this season is that he's happy to be getting minutes period.
If anything, the fatigue factor confirms what I'm already thinking which is that he needs to be playing in shorter stints. (Granted he might have been against New Orleans but in general).
Tbh, I'm now resigned to the fact that Pop won't play Duncan and Splitter together in the playoffs. I thought that Pop should have played the two together during the regular season in case he needed that alignment in the postseason ... but it hasn't happened and likely won't happened.
Then again, I'm interested to see what Pop does against the Lakers. Playing them three times before the end of the regular season is actually a good thing because it should allow Pop to figure out if the Spurs can survive without using Duncan and Splitter against Bynum and Gasol. If Pop realizes he needs those two together, it'd be frustrating because he wasted so much time ignoring that combo but there'd probably be enough time for a crash course.
The fat ass is giving the spurs next to nothing. B- is way too generous.
Jack needs to start ahead of Danny Green. Green is way too green and inconsistent to start for a championship team. He needs to come off the bench and if he's making plays then he can play more minutes.
Makes me wonder if Pop is indeed playing Splitter as much as he can. I'm more concerned about if Diaw is going to get some pt in the playoffs.
Diaw is light years better than Blair
I missed that.
Where are the resident euro posters to give us info about Tiago and fatigue issues while playing overseas
I have to lose a little respect for the big guy of he gets tired with 18-22 minutes
That's just sad
Smh
I think Jackson's role is perfect.
unless theprevailing theory wins out and out depth is useless in the playoffs, then I'd definitely start him in a shorter rotation situation.
Danny has been doing a fine job starting so far, IMO
Ah. So that's your angle.
I completely agree with you on this one.
Doesn't he typically play that 18-22 in about 2 shifts though?
thanks for the writeup!
Jax has been a good addition but I'd be fine with him starting. I like Green and he's definitely been a good contributor but I'd be a lot more comfortable with either Manu or Jax starting.
Not to mention that Jax/Leonard makes for a good defensive combination at the wings which we'll need since the interior just won't be very strong imo.
The Spurs will definitely need to go deeper than other teams in the playoffs but I think 13 is too much.
With pops big man rotation he will be forced to play his depth in the playoffs.
What's weirder about Pop refusal to play Splitter alongside Duncan is that he wasn't at against him last summer.
Last may, he said:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/s...ck-1379352.php
Though Splitter did not spend much time paired with Duncan this season, and doesn't have a jumper to spread the floor as McDyess did, Popovich thinks the two could coexist. For proof, he points to Fabricio Oberto, a player similar to Splitter who started next to Duncan on the Spurs' 2007 championship team.
“We played with two bigs before, when Fab was here,” Popovich said. “Fab and Timmy were the starters, and we got it done.”
I'm telling people Pop is not high on Splitter. Everything he says or does points to this conclusion.
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