Pop to Rest Duncan, Ginobili and Parker Tonight

[007nites]

I think Pop wanted us to lose the streak because he knows that it doesn't mean . He wanted to test the waters and see how well this team can perform under these types of pressures.

[jjktkk]

My brain tells me Tony can handle 20 minutes.

Judging by some of your takes, your due for a transplant.

[jjktkk]

But Pop sucker if it hasn't worked then why now?

Well dip , in case you haven't noticed, this is a short, condensed, lockout schedule. Pop has to find ways to rest the big 3, or risk burning them out before the playoffs. Look around, Pops not the only coach to do this.

[Bruno]

Resting them was the right move to do. Spurs have a very dense April schedule and being fresh for the playoffs is damn important. Getting the 1st or 2nd seed is quite meaningless. It's far from sure the road to the WCF will be easier with the first seed and the HCA edge in a 7 games series is small.

And the best stat about Spurs this year is how they have been able to have 40-15 record and not overplayed a single player. Right now, Parker leads Spurs in minutes played this year and he is only 58th in the NBA for that category. After Parker, Duncan is second and is 108th in the league. That's some crazy .

[Limguogolo]

My brain tells me Tony can handle 20 minutes.

The game was in Utah. If it was in SA, ok, but Tony like Timmy and Manu was "not with team". So it means day off. Frequent trips can be more exhausting than 20m of playing time.

[therealtruth]

It will be interesting to see which teams burn out because they didn't rest their players.

[SA210]

Judging by some of your takes, your due for a transplant.

Because I expect our youngest player of the big 3 to play a basketball game of about 20 minutes he gets paid millions of dollars to play.

[Old School 44]

Resting them was the right move to do. Spurs have a very dense April schedule and being fresh for the playoffs is damn important. Getting the 1st or 2nd seed is quite meaningless. It's far from sure the road to the WCF will be easier with the first seed and the HCA edge in a 7 games series is small.

And the best stat about Spurs this year is how they have been able to have 40-15 record and not overplayed a single player. Right now, Parker leads Spurs in minutes played this year and he is only 58th in the NBA for that category. After Parker, Duncan is second and is 108th in the league. That's some crazy .

So if the Spurs get to the "magic number" to lock at least the second seed do we shut down the big three for the remaining games?

I just hope we didn't give this one a way, only to go full tilt on the last few games of the season to try to secure the number one seed in the west or even worse, the number one seed overall, in case we're fortunate enough to get to the Finals.

[VBM]

Semi-joking here, but maybe Pop really wants to duck the Lakers in the 2nd round. There's no telling if they'll end up as the 3rd or 4th seed, so maybe he's trying to maintain some flexibility to pick and choose SA's playoff matchups during the last week of the season.

[Old School 44]

Semi-joking here, but maybe Pop really wants to duck the Lakers in the 2nd round. There's no telling if they'll end up as the 3rd or 4th seed, so maybe he's trying to maintain some flexibility to pick and choose SA's playoff matchups during the last week of the season.

That's a possibility! j/k

Or as others have suggested, keep Utah in the mix so the 6th through 10th teams have to work harder for their position.

[Legacy]

Semi-joking here, but maybe Pop really wants to duck the Lakers in the 2nd round. There's no telling if they'll end up as the 3rd or 4th seed, so maybe he's trying to maintain some flexibility to pick and choose SA's playoff matchups during the last week of the season.

I guarantee you Pops is just wwaaaaayy ahead of us, as he continues to over-analyze every.single.speck.of.dust. Things we are just too 'dense' to understand or 'compehend' for our own good. Oh, he's at least 365 days ahead of us--at the VERY LEAST. He sees the bigger picture alright. Yes sir, I understand that. But his uber-perfectionism can be 'somewhat' insane. He needs to be medicated. OCD sucks, I know. , whatever. He's "The General"... so everyone else can just "Shut-up and color." Period.

[Legacy]

Sorry for all the edits, BTW. Damn OCD!!

[Bruno]

So if the Spurs get to the "magic number" to lock at least the second seed do we shut down the big three for the remaining games?

I just hope we didn't give this one a way, only to go full tilt on the last few games of the season to try to secure the number one seed in the west or even worse, the number one seed overall, in case we're fortunate enough to get to the Finals.

If you look at the latest Pop quotes, it surely looks like Spurs won't try at all to fight for the 1st seed.

If you look at the schedule, there are 3 games where Spurs will likely sit again the big 3. The first one is @LAL on the 17th in the middle of a b2b2b. The last 2 games of the season (b2b @Pho and @Den) should be thrown away too. What's funny is that these three games are nationally televised. Stern will hate Spurs even more after that. In addition of these 3 games, minutes should be limited for Manu and Duncan during b2b. Other players like Parker, Green or Leonard should also get some games with limited minutes of some games off.

[Mel_13]

If you look at the latest Pop quotes, it surely looks like Spurs won't try at all to fight for the 1st seed.

If you look at the schedule, there are 3 games where Spurs will likely sit again the big 3. The first one is @LAL on the 17th in the middle of a b2b2b. The last 2 games of the season (b2b @Pho and @Den) should be thrown away too. What's funny is that these three games are nationally televised. Pop will hate Spurs even more after that. In addition of these 3 games, minutes should be limited for Manu and Duncan during b2b. Other players like Parker, Green or Leonard should also get some games with limited minutes of some games off.

Stern?

And you're right. The Big 3 won't play in those three games. The Spurs only need 5 more wins to secure the #2 seed even if the Lakers run the table.

[T Park]

You don't seriously think Tony would've had to play more than 20 minutes to lock this up do you?

Run him into the ground!!!

Damn the consequences!!!

[Bruno]

Stern?

And you're right. The Big 3 won't play in those three games. The Spurs only need 5 more wins to secure the #2 seed even if the Lakers run the table.

Yep, Stern, my bad.

[T Park]

It's called being an NBA player, and a professional that's required to play every game that you aren't injured. Nuff said. And get ur facts straight, I love Pop, but he does stupid a lot, and mainly in the past few years.

You love pop about as much as Rick Santorum likes sexuals. Gmafb.

[Bruno]

Spurs latest b2b2b (@GS, @LAL and @ SAC) is perfectly designed for Spurs to throw away the Lakers game. Players who won't play the Lakers game don't need to travel with the team to LA. They can directly go from GS to SAC by the road.

[DesignatedT]

That LA game is a national tv game as well . Pop could very well cost himself COY as well as the NBA continuing to hate the Spurs for sitting guys like that.

Shows he really dgaf what anyone thinks.

[SA210]

You love pop about as much as Rick Santorum likes sexuals. Gmafb.

You're talking out of your ass. I hate how he has managed this team for the past so many years and I just want him to coach how he used to. I can criticize him if I want. And I guess you can kiss his ass all you want. Major e-points to you on the brown-nosing job.. You always give 110%.

[T Park]

You're talking out of your ass. I hate how he has managed this team for the past so many years and I just want him to coach how he used to. I can criticize him if I want. And I guess you can kiss his ass all you want. Major e-points to you on the brown-nosing job.. You always give 110%.

That posts holds as much truth as an NbC edited soundbite.


But hey! Whatever floats your boat

[Old School 44]

If you look at the latest Pop quotes, it surely looks like Spurs won't try at all to fight for the 1st seed.

If you look at the schedule, there are 3 games where Spurs will likely sit again the big 3. The first one is @LAL on the 17th in the middle of a b2b2b. The last 2 games of the season (b2b @Pho and @Den) should be thrown away too. What's funny is that these three games are nationally televised. Stern will hate Spurs even more after that. In addition of these 3 games, minutes should be limited for Manu and Duncan during b2b. Other players like Parker, Green or Leonard should also get some games with limited minutes of some games off.

The last game is at Golden State. If things line up right, the outcome of the Phoenix game could have major implications on 3 or 4 teams post season, possibly even including the champion Mavericks.

[T Park]

The last game is at Golden State. If things line up right, the outcome of the Phoenix game could have major implications on 3 or 4 teams post season, possibly even including the champion Mavericks.

Pop's answer?


Whoopee.

[Mel_13]

The last game is at Golden State. If things line up right, the outcome of the Phoenix game could have major implications on 3 or 4 teams post season, possibly even including the champion Mavericks.

Those other teams should have won more of the first 65 games. If our seeding is locked up, then the only objective is avoiding this:

[Old School 44]

^ I get that Pop's going to do whatever Pop wants to do, but it will make some interesting discussions, especially if the Mavs are the team on the bubble.