Rearranging the deck chairs amid this meltdown

[weebo]

NoNo, you're still not understanding it. Tony had an awful game, but the Spurs got Deebo'd at home w/o the leading scorer in the league. I know you'll comeback with, "well they're better without Kobe!," but this is the same lineup that got butt ed by the Suns and nearly lost to the freaking Hornets.

Our bigs also shot 16-44 from the field, a terrible percentage for them.

Like I've been telling you since Day 1. The playoffs is all about matchups, and the Spurs want NO part of the Lakers in that regard (or Memphis).

Why Memphis?

ZBO is not playing like last year's ZBO.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Yeah your bigs shot 16-44 but then rebounded the out of the ball and kicked it out to Artest who scored 26 fluke ass points and Blake made fade-away fluke ass 3's....

I think it's adorable that you still have hope.

[Koolaid_Man]

timpp

tim pee-pee

[DeadlyDynasty]

Why Memphis?

ZBO is not playing like last year's ZBO.

He's still averaging 10+ rbs a game in limit minutes while working himself into game shape. He would punish whomever the Spurs put on him (AGAIN)

[mexicanjunior]

If Pop wants to start Splitter and Duncan next game, go ahead. But there's no way that's what he does.

Then there really is no hope...

[HarlemHeat37]

If Duncan is going to launch jump shots all game, why not have Splitter on the court for some pick and roll action?..let Tim shoot jump shots, once LA's bigs leave him..

Duncan and Parker doesn't work against LA..

[Mugen]

Bonner didn't have much to do, if anything, with the loss. I guess you missed the 20 straight trips down the floor where no one besides Tim and Tony touched the ball.

Pop's love affair with Bon Bon for almost 4 years now is the reason Tiago/Tim aren't playing together, tbh.

McBob posterizing Bonner. Pop takes Bonner out. Chews him out. Throws him right back in the game. Gets ted on again.

Last 4 years in a nuts .

[acoelho1]

I think the Spurs fans overreact by far to bad losses. Sure, the Lakers present issues down low but you can also include the Grizzles and Clippers for that matter and we will have to face one of those teams in the 2nd round. The problem as I see it (which everyone knows) is Pop refusal to play Splitter and Duncan together. The best D I saw out there was from Splitter. He was physical and showed a lot of toughness but again only gets limited minutes.

We won't make through these playoffs with Blair/Bonner playing heavy minutes in the playoffs. Tiago should start with Diaw and Bonner as the backups. It was painful to watch in the first half Bynum dominating the boards as 6ft turd Blair trying to block him out. Hopefully, these next couple of weeks will knock some sense into Pop as we are being pummeled down low, he finally decides to change course.

[GSH]

Somewhere in there you should mention that an MVP candidate has to be a go-to guy. I have a lot of respect for Tony, and what he brings to this team. But that was no MVP candidate on the floor. And it's not because he missed shots - everybody has a bad shooting night now and then. It was his inability (or unwillingness?) to take it to the rack, and try and draw a few fouls. When he did try to penetrate, he just failed miserably. Even his floaters were more like desperation shots, instead of him taking the shot that he wanted.

I will say this though: early in the game, Bynum was camping in the paint longer than I have ever seen. (We re-wound and checked one in particular that was between 7 and 8 seconds, without even an attempt to guard anyone.) He's a big guy, and when he doesn't have to move laterally, he's damned hard to get by. That set the tone for the night, and it was pretty much an avalance after that. But Tony still has to go at him, and try to sell a few fouls. He bailed on way too many of those plays.

Also, tonight I saw one of the same things I saw against Memphis in last year's playoffs. The Lakers were throwing up shots like they didn't care, because they KNEW that their bigs were going to scrape the glass. And when a guy shoots like he doesn't have a care in the world, he's going to make a lot more shots. Even the bad shooters in the NBA can still hit shots when they're free-wheeling.

[Mugen]

Then there really is no hope...

lol that should be on your gravestone, tbh.

Welcome back, MJ!

[DeadlyDynasty]

Also, when your best player is a PG--you're ed in the playoffs.

[Venti Quattro]

Also, when your best player is a PG--you're ed in the playoffs.

Chicago

[Josepatches_]

Stick with Blair in the starting lineup for now. You can always change that at the very end of the regular season or in the playoffs. But against the Lakers, Splitter should be the first bigman off the bench and play 30 minutes at least.

Ok,Stick with Blair in the starting lineup....no problem

But...he should start to play Tiago & Tim together some minutes....not only against the Lakers.

To built chemistry and to play our size advantage sometimes too.

[Spurs Brazil]

Somewhere in there you should mention that an MVP candidate has to be a go-to guy. I have a lot of respect for Tony, and what he brings to this team. But that was no MVP candidate on the floor. And it's not because he missed shots - everybody has a bad shooting night now and then. It was his inability (or unwillingness?) to take it to the rack, and try and draw a few fouls. When he did try to penetrate, he just failed miserably. Even his floaters were more like desperation shots, instead of him taking the shot that he wanted.

I will say this though: early in the game, Bynum was camping in the paint longer than I have ever seen. (We rewound and checked one in particular that was between 7 and 8 seconds, without even an attempt to guard anyone.) He's a big guy, and when he doesn't have to move laterally, he's damned hard to get by. That set the tone for the night, and it was pretty much an avalance after that. But Tony still has to go at him, and try to seel a few fouls. He bailed on way too many of those plays.

Also, tonight I saw one of the same things I saw against Memphis in last year's playoffs. The Lakers were throwing up shots like they didn't care, because they KNEW that their bigs were going to scrape the glass. And when a guy shoots like he doesn't have a care in the world, he's going to make a lot more shots. Even the bad shooters in the NBA can still hit shots when they're freehweeling.

great take

[DeadlyDynasty]

I'm hittin' up Taco Bell for a victory meal...you scros want something?

[Yuixafun]

The last thing Pop should do is go with this ridiculous status qou of giving Blair starter minutes and putting a Berlin wall between Duncan and Splitter on the court. If this loss doesn't open his eyes Clockwork Orange style to make a significant change in the rotation, nothing will.

WOW great allusion man!

Because at the end of the book, the bloke does decide to mend his ways.

Or was it a reference to the rehab he was forced to endure in the movie, where his eyes were kept forced open.

Either way kudos. (more if you meant the book ending, because in the movie he just stays a sicko, and we don't want that from POP)

[mexicanjunior]

lol that should be on your gravestone, tbh.

Welcome back, MJ!

Believe me...I would have preferred to keep my post count low while watching the Spurs win...

[crc21209]

I think it's adorable that you still have hope.

Whatever you say....

[Keepin' it real]

Stick with Blair in the starting lineup for now. You can always change that at the very end of the regular season or in the playoffs.

Yeah, because that worked soooo well last season.

[cheguevara]

watch timvp give bonner and blair a B tonight

[timvp]

timpp

tim pee-pee

Good idea.

[acoelho1]

Stick with Blair in the starting lineup for now. You can always change that at the very end of the regular season or in the playoffs. But against the Lakers, Splitter should be the first bigman off the bench and play 30 minutes at least.

Sorry, this makes no sense. Why should they stick with Blair exactly? Why should we allow Bynum to go off early in the game with turd ball trying to guard him. How about start Splitter and Diaw as the first bigman off the bench. Sure, Pop will not do that but it doesn't mean it shouldn't be done.

[Obstructed_View]

This was classic Phil Jackson strategy, to focus on stopping Parker. Perfectly executed.

[DPG21920]

What are your real thoughts, timvp

[FkLA]

Why are people just now realizing Parker isnt a franchise type player? Hes a PG who gets most of his points in the paint and who has an inconsistent jumpshot. He dissapears against these type of defenses all the time. Youre a foo if it took this game for you to realize that.