Pop must play the tank game every carefully, clippers need to start losing if we are 1 seed, if we are 2 seed then they need to keep winning
Spurs can't beat the lakers in a 7 game series unless they are worn down by the thunder
Harsh reality
Very true.
Tanking tonight only makes the 2-3 Spurs-Lakers matchup THAT much closer to reality. A Spurs win gives them hope of avoiding LA. Keep in mind that LA has only 5 games left and have a 2 game lead on LAC--by virtue of tiebreaker.
The big 3 need to play tonight
well, this is not anything close to reality based.
a) Not only is Pop not playing a tank game, Pop is not spending one microsecond thinking about tanking at all.
b) What does it matter whether the Lakers are met in round 2 or the WCF? And how can you even think that you are controlling things so that some outcome of who you meet in later rounds is somehow made more probable? There are so many variables and so much that can happen in the next few weeks as the season winds down and the first round happens, that you may end up finagling yourself into a situation that's not what you expected.
c) No one gets "worn down" in the playoffs. There are no back to backs, there is sometimes more than one day off between games, and there is much less travel. The playoffs are much less taxing than the regular season.
Well the problem here is you beat LA twice and maybe push them to fourth, you will play them in the semifinals as a 1 vs 4 seed.. you lose to LA twice and that keeps them in third, you will play them in the semifinals as a 2 vs 3 seed.. Best situation is we go 1-1 against LA and hope that keeps us in 1st place by winning out the other games. It seems more likely than not that these 2 teams will meet cuz with 2 matches left against each other, odds are against us ending up 1st and the lakers ending up 3rd at the same time..
ppl thinking Pop looks into playoff matchups are delusional.
All Pop cares about it resting his players. he doesn't give 2 s who he rests them against, regular season moral victories, which seed we end up with, which team we play in round 1. He doesn't give 2 s.
Agreed.
This is the same thing he thought last season when he pussied out against the lakers and then thought he was clever in throwing Manu out there against Phoenix ...so that they could have a "rhythm" heading into the playoffs...
that seemed to "cement" his standing as a genius....
Look at it this way:
If Pop rests the big 3 (after they had minimal work) against a team they badly need a psychological edge on, then the Lakers once again confirm Daddy-Status over San Antonio.
LMAO
psychological edge afer a regular season win
no wonder laker dynasty is over.
Just look at the main forum after the Laker loss last week...everybody (you included) was reduced to a quivering, sobbing mess
Nothing like reaching for the ultimate prize by desperately trying to avoid formidable compe ion. Playing ANY sort of seeding game is pathetic.
I think you do your best to get the top seed and let everyone else shuffle where they may. When has trying to avoid tough compe ion ever led to a successful Championship season for anyone ?
Memphis tanked to get us and with good reason. But where did it get them ? No where. They got bounced in the following round. Eventually, everyone gets tested and overcoming those challenges is the mark of a Champion.
The Spurs had a terrible matchup with the Grizz last year because of injuries and a lack of Post game. But truthfully, they just put us out of our misery sooner than later. We weren't going win it all last year without being healthy.
Just look at the main forum after the Laker loss last week...everybody (you includedcomparing a fan forum psyche to professional 4 time champ psyche
newsflash, spurstalk posters don't play the games. neither do you btw
lolwut?
The Spurs never recovered after the Laker loss last season
But you also don't deny that you and your kin were quivering, sobbing messes after the game. Wins against GSW and PHX got you swole againnewsflash, spurstalk posters don't play the games. neither do you btw
The Spurs never recovered after the Laker loss last season
What don't you get ? Memphis got bounced in the following round.
I've been here the entire time, ask your fellow spurfan Mugen, who is viewing this thread
That outrebounded your 4-time champ 30 to 2
So your defense of tanking is that an 8th seed didn't win a championship?
They tanked to get a favorable first round matchup, and it paid dividends as they beat the out of you guys
Then they lost a close 7-game series with OKC. Are you insinuating that they hurt their championship chances by tanking?
You must be from Latin or South America too with that line of thinking
I dunno, but I def. wouldn't complain if the Spurs ended up on one side of the bracket and OKC, LA and Dallas were all stuck on the other.
It is very probable that it ends up
1- Spurs
2-OK City
3-Lakers
I will predict that it ends up this way.
The Lakers beat OK City then knock off the Spurs is the WCF then lose to Miami in the finals. That is how it will go.
Lakers vs Miami a dream matchup for Stern and the NBA. That is how it will go.
Last edited by rascal; 04-17-2012 at 11:37 AM.
We have no answer for Bynum... if we play them in the playoffs at all we are ed.
Sucking the nuts of a rival to talk smack about the Lakers bc your team is helpless against them
Stings, don't it?
my opinion is: the more you tank, the more you fu*k up yourself. just play as you are supposed to, don't worry about other teams because we can beat anybody. we can calculate and predict what to do, but in the end, we may make our position even worse.
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