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Yeah, I don't buy a lot of the "soft" stuff... Don't forget Manu wanted to play in Game 1 against Memphis last playoffs and Pop sat him out, presumably thinking we didn't need him or "playing it safe" (only Pop knows).
Imagine if he had a bigger role on this time like you guys wanted all season, we would be ed right now.
Yeah, I don't buy a lot of the "soft" stuff... Don't forget Manu wanted to play in Game 1 against Memphis last playoffs and Pop sat him out, presumably thinking we didn't need him or "playing it safe" (only Pop knows).
Nah, he would just play.
I can get where you're coming from with the back spasms, but what players have played through a strained calf or hamstring?
Although it's called a "strain" instead of "tear", if I were a coach I would never tell a player to play through a strained muscle. That'd be an irresponsible move at best.
And speaking for myself as a Splitter fan, I reserve the term injury-prone for guys like Bogut, T-Mac, Derrick Rose this year...Tiago's been relatively healthy this season. Even missing less games than I thought he would before the season began. At this point I think the label's unfair.
He's wearing a cast on a sprained wrist? It must be a lot more serious then believed
cast. Please tell me it's not a hard cast.
...if Splitter would have taken the elbow that Harden took we might be looking at medical retirement.
Hopefully he's good to go by Saturday for Game 3....
This makes no sense whatsoever.
So basically, he's definitely not playing in game two and I wouldn't put it past them to attempt to avoid using him in game three, if at all possible.
They shouldn't be taking anything for granted. It doesn't matter that they'll probably still win game two anyway. The task becomes that much more difficult and let's face it, anytime a team is on an extended winning streak, they're due to lose anyway. At some point, there's going to come a game where they shoot in the low 40s from the field and the 20s from three.
I don't see the Jazz winning game two, but let's say they find a way to. Then the Spurs have got to win two games in one of the toughest buildings in the league to avoid have to take another flight to Utah and playing another game. That may not mean much now, but down the road it might. They shouldn't increase the chances of that happening because of some minor injury.
I meant in terms of durability
That still doesn't make sense.
time to pull out rascal's toughness and make splitter swallow the whole damn thing....
Its just being worn as precaution to prevent further aggravation. The Lakers did the same thing with Kobe earlier this year when he sprained his wrist.
I expect him to be back by game 3.
We'll have a better idea by Wednesday. I'm definitely hoping he's back by game 3 as well. Normally I'd be fine with sitting him until game 5 (if it was warranted) but I really don't want him to be rusty heading into the second round. Memphis is no joke and I don't think this is all that serious anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler%27s_fallacy
Lay-man version of the fallacy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_averages
I was just rewatching part of yesterday's game. After Tiago's tip-in on the Spurs' last possession of the first quarter, he goes down, braces himself with the right arm, and avoids landing on his left hand. But he pushes himself to his feet with his left hand and arm. That's not the sign of a badly sprained wrist.
Kudos to you for loving your team so much, but do you EVER get out of your mountain-cabin closet much? At all?? You should at least try to.
Utah people are funny.
Could it maybe just maybe be a combination of BOTH? If people don't like the word "soft" -- fine -- whatever word, phrase, etc, etc, that works for you, use it. I guess if I were Tiago, I'd probably be doing a UVA lot more if it was really my decision to make, and weren't for Pop's over-cautiousness? *clasps hand over mouth* ... But then when someone here points anything of the sort out, they are labeled a "Pop Hater."
So what exactly wants to be heard and done here? How can we make it all happen? NOW? At this moment. The situation is as it is, and we won't even know for sure what is really going to happen till Wednesday, like Pop has already stated (unless he has retracted his statement w/in the last few hours).
Sounds like a "damned if we do, damned if we don't scenario" we're complaining about yet again. I think some people just enjoy chasing their damn tails endlessly for some reason.
smh
Last edited by Legacy; 05-01-2012 at 12:02 AM.
Is this already posted?
Tiago with bone bruise on left wrist...
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...tter-doubtful/
If that's his diagnoses then he probably could play in game 2, but since the opponent were facing is the jazz I would say sit him out and play him game 3 or even game 4 maybe, really good news tbh that this was just a bone bruise and nothing season ending like some other players have had in the playoffs.
If he can go play. It's the playoffs, no rest because it's the jazz. Pound them and eliminate them early, then rest...
Not really worried tbh, the jazz played as well as they possibly could and the Spurs had a very mediocre game.
I'm guessing Tiago missing a playoff game because of a bruise isn't going to help his reputation. Next round Tiago will miss another game due to an ant bite.
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