Reply With QuoteA myth, really.
Splitter's minutes went down every month from December on.
Unless you are saying his great play forced Pop to play him less....
I agree with you for once. Wasn't all Pop's fault-but to be fair-we have all seen other players suck worse yet Pop continued to practice patience with those players.
Somehow Pop had to be persuaded to even play Splitter-and for awhile Splitter forced Pop to play him due to his great play in his designated role-yet at the first sign of Splitter struggling Pop was ready to make him a scapegoat.
A myth, really.
Splitter's minutes went down every month from December on.
Unless you are saying his great play forced Pop to play him less....
Agree. If the Spurs can net a 1st round pick in this years draft they should move Splitter.
IF the Spurs could get a good 1st round player they like for Splitter, I think it should be done. Anything can happen, but my feeling is that Splitter and Pop don't work well together. I think that's obvious at this point. As Bruno mentioned his contract is coming up down the line. IF there's interest I think he has to be moved.
Well his minutes and what he was contributing are two different things. Splitter was learning his role and when Timmy rested the game didn't go to . Of course the Spurs are leagues better with TD on the court but Splitter was adequate for relief.
Pairing them together was never given a real chance. Any other coach would have made that a priority.
If Splitter is the starting center expect to be lottery bound.
If the Thunder blows it in the Finals, is the window still cracked?
Regarding Duncan...considering the Spurs just got back door swept for not having enough talent to compete, WHY would he want to come back unless the Spurs improve the team to really try and compete for a le again. I don't see how the team can improve if he's getting a lion share of the money.
If he wants a big contract, YES, he deserves it but it will almost automatically ensure nothing more than a swan song farewell season, which to be honest, would mean an inferior team and be a bunch of PR advertising ploys to get people to buy tickets, and he probably couldn't give a crap about that sort of scenario.
In my mind Tim wants to win first. I think he takes a low contract or considers retirement. I don't think retirement is more than 20% of a possibility but I'd imagine, as the cerebral person/player that he is, that he must be looking hard at the realities of what his chances are and what next season will be like.
Maybe he just wants to play and see what happens, but he seems like a player who only wants to play to win. Should be interesting. A lot of decisions for the FO to make as the draft looms near...
Untrue. Never happened with Gortat and Howard, for example.
OK if you have to be right you win.
Pretty much my thoughts exactly, only if i had to put it on paper it with be very bitterly angry, one thing needs to be said this team is one quality 7 footer away from a championship caliber team to say it in Pop's fashion...
I don't have to be right. In this case, you were just wrong.
OK you were right I was wrong.
Pop gave him a fair chance -Splitter just plain sucks. Hope another team even wants him.
Straw man.
I think I know where this is headed.
No one can ever be right when arguing with you so you win.
You were right. I was wrong. End.
Is this how you handle being wrong on a single point in real life?
What difference does it make?
You win.
You were right.
It would be funny were it true.
There's nothing to win.You win.
No reason for you to cry.You were right.
Chump is right, Splitter regressed terribly in the playoffs, the whole "hack a splitter" thing affected his confidence or something. It would be silly to rely on a guy for heavy rotation minutes when you can't count on him come fourth quarter because of his ft shooting.
Silverblk - Chump is just saying that it's not always as clear as it seems to play your most talented players together (hence the Gortat/Dwight).
The difference in that scenario obviously though is with Dwight in his prime and a defensive/rebounding beast, you didn't have to force anything that might not be a natural fit (Dwight could also play tons of minutes without tiring or injury until this year).
With Tim's situation and the Spurs trying to win with what they had however, Tiago & Tim should have gotten more time together simply for the potential that was there. Not a guarantee it would work and the small sample size showed mixed results, but, it's not always natural to put your best guys together.
The Spurs need two things:
1) A young center
2) A backup point guard
I think we already have #2 in Mills. We still need #1. Splitter should be kept, but Blair and Bonner should be traded or let go.
I understood all that. Hence why he is right.
We won't ever know if the pairing would have worked and I sincerely do hope that Splitter plays elsewhere.
I'm saying it now, I wouldn't be surprised to see Manu hang it up. Think about it, he has been leveled by injuries for 4 years now. It's pretty clear the Spurs will not win another le in the Tim Duncan era. This was our legitimate last shot. Everyone can roll their eyes, I get it. But you can't discount the fact that Tim is 36 and will be 37 come playoff time next year. Manu will be 35 in a month. The media has buried us for years, now the end is a reality. I have no facts, I just have a gut feeling.
This. I know we have been excited about rookies in the past (e.g., Blair and Hill), but Leonard doesn't have any huge holes in his game and I can't wait to see him next season with a training camp and a year of experience under his belt.
The only way I could see Manu retiring in the next couple of seasons is if he blows out his knee or has a similar devastating kind of injury. I wonder if he has any interest in being an assistant coach (or if he'd be any good at it) after retiring.
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