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You, SIR... are as stubborn as Pop. Seriously, you are (actually MORE now, heh). BAH!! Not even worth it.
Thank you, ST, for The Ignore Function.
This would make too much sense for Pop. And this is what should have been done LAST season...by now they would be a very good tandem.
Pop is so overrated....any other coach would have seen this.
You, SIR... are as stubborn as Pop. Seriously, you are (actually MORE now, heh). BAH!! Not even worth it.
Thank you, ST, for The Ignore Function.
Pairing Tim and Tiago was the right thing to do.
After a bad loss being out rebounded as by the Lakers, the first minutes of the game were critical for the team confidence. We needed size, defense and rebounds to start, I think Pop recognized that. After having set the tone, pop came back to use duncan with matt, splitter with diaw.
I do think against Lakers the plan is now the first minutes of the game and the first minutes of the second half with Tiago and Tim then Tiago will play when Tim is on the bench for his usual role, his minutes will increase a bit but it's not the return of the twin towers in SA.
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I'm honored by obtaining ignore status for suggesting that 3 fouls at half time is not "foul trouble".
Ehh, Shaddup, Mr. "Vampire".
Umm, yeah, in college.
In the NBA, you get 6 fouls per game. 2 fouls in the 1st period gets you benched. 3 fouls in the first half gets you benched. A 4th foul in the 3rd gets you benched. 3 fouls in the 1st half is not "foul trouble".
I fell like I'm in bizzar-o-land.
He / She is going to have 90% of ST on ignore in no time if he / she uses the ignore function on that kind of stubbornness
I do hope Legacy for mental health reason will never go down stairs to see what's going on
are you a naruto fan ?Ehh, Shaddup, Mr. "Vampire".
I'm afraid Legacy is a Luva troll
Splitter got "benched" because he had three fouls. Splitter, even though he was starting, was still Duncan's backup. Pop didn't want him picking up a fourth and then having to play Duncan the entire third quarter.
If Splitter wasn't in foul trouble, he would have started the second half.
Edit to add:
It's foul trouble when you're also the backup of a fellow starter. Pop has done the same thing numerous times in the past. For example, when Neal started next to Parker and was also the backup PG, he would come off the bench in the second half if he had three fouls. Same when Ginobili was the de facto backup point guard while also the starting shooting guard.
Pop doesn't do it with Blair because Blair doesn't backup Duncan ... and because he doesn't care if Blair gets in foul trouble. But Pop used to do the same thing with Oberto when he was starting next to Duncan and also backing him up.
Last edited by timvp; 04-18-2012 at 11:18 AM.
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Can't see any of ya'll's funny-arse posts, sorry. Dur-Hurrr.
No , Sherlock. That's why Pop didn't want to have Tiago starting the 2nd half because if he picks up a 4th early then he's out til the 4th qtr. He wanted to use him as a backup so he wouldnt be stuck with nobody to guard bynum when TD rested towards the end of the 3rd qtr. Tiago was in foul trouble. If he wasn't, he probably starts the 2nd half as well.
Read these two sentences again:
"3 fouls in the first half gets you benched. 3 fouls in the 1st half is not "foul trouble"
And tell me how you're not a ing idiot.
Your Pop mindreading skills are tremendous. I will never underestimate you again.
I read them and they make perfect sense. 3 fouls in the 1st half gets you benched so you don't have 4 going into halftime
Is this the best you can come up with? Are you 12?
This is such a far stretch. I'm not buying it. But what do I know, LJ and Mugen have Pop mindreading skills I can never obtain.
Good. I'll continue to underestimate you because you're probably the worst poster in the forum I don't even think it's close.
Doesn't getting benched for having 3 fouls = being in "foul trouble." Are you struggling with the definition of "trouble"?
You've been consistently wrong and ted on for 2 seasons now. I pray to god that you're 12 because that would go a long way in explaining your thought process.
It's not mindreading skills when you've watched the team for longer than 2 seasons, tbh.
Except I'm constantly right. For example, going into last night's game where some people were convinced that a random comment made by Sean was a command sent by god that the big 3 wouldn't play and I called bull . And that's just the past 24 hours.
Continue on in your fantasy world. I'll go ahead and inform the rest of the coaches in the league that if any player has 3 fouls at halftime they must not start the 2nd half. That's the only plausible explanation for Diaw starting the 3rd last night. No other possibilities. Because you said so.
Good. Don't forget to put on your helmet when you leave the house today.
Yep, it'd be more constricted than Tiago has had to work with in the NBA, but I'd still try it. Tiago's been awfully good at the PnR so far; I think he could adapt quite effectively. The only way to find out is to run it a bit...
caught that to in the highlights going to be physical game this friday
Nice job avoiding the argument and jumping straight to personal insults.
Just so I have this straight....
Splitter picks up his 2nd foul in the first quarter, but is not immediately subs uted because he is Duncan's backup and Pop is worried about his foul trouble.
Edit: He starts the 2nd quarter with his 2 fouls (foul trouble)
He has 3 fouls at the half.
He doesn't start the 3rd because he has 3 fouls (foul trouble).
He doesn't play at all in the 3rd because he has 3 fouls (foul trouble).
He starts the 4th and plays the first 3:26 and goes back to the bench with 3 fouls (foul trouble).
He re-enters the game in garbage time with his 3 fouls (foul trouble).
He picks up this 4th foul with :26 left (foul trouble).
Got it. It all makes sense now.
Splitter picked up his 2nd foul in the 1st quarter. That is foul trouble. 2 fouls in the 1st quarter.
But Pop started him in the 2nd quarter. Was he not aware of this? Was he not worried about "foul trouble" in the first half, only the 2nd half? This argument makes no sense.
Edit: And Duncan played the entire 3rd quarter.
I was trying to explain to you Pop's thinking on starting the 2nd half with Diaw based on how Pop has approached similar situations in the past (which timvp provided examples of). You either didn't understand or didn't accept it because it didn't fit in with your anti-Tiago stance that you've had for 2 seasons now.
There's really not much more anybody else can do for you. So just move along.
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