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Sounds like normal player minutes to me. .4 minutes less than Perk. More minutes than Koufous. More minutes than DeAndre Jordan. Could keep going on tbh.
it didn't work for us, but it worked for miami, didn't it?
Sounds like normal player minutes to me. .4 minutes less than Perk. More minutes than Koufous. More minutes than DeAndre Jordan. Could keep going on tbh.
Don't rest him, play him.
So how does this prove he needs rest? Splitter is a rhythm player. We've all seen how he plays when he misses games.
Nah he's been healthy all year for a change. He's just a soft Euro big.
I have to agree and it's about time someone said it.Necessary at times, yes. But Pop has taken this thing to a whole new level of ridiculousness
If he is fatigued (and I agree that he might be), then a game or two off is not going to solve the problem. He's got several days off til the next game. If that doesn't rejuvenate him, another day or two won't either. Splitter has been slumping lately, but part of the problem is that the team does not go to him often enough. He plays with Duncan a lot now, and he is sets most of the screens now, leaving Splitter to have to score on the low block. This is not his area of strength, and it has shown.
Well he should be tired, hes the center, and an undersized one at that, and has NO outside game to speak of. Its so much BS that players dont play according to their sizes nowadays. Big men want to be guards and little guys want to be centers.
How is seven feet tall undersized?
6'11", 240+ lbs. is undersized?
Splitter is soft. He grew in a middle class environment, in one of most europeanized cities of Brazil, studied in private schools. Even if he left his family early to play in Europe, he gone to a friendly place. Somebody needs to take him to the places where most of the NBA players grow. Somebody needs to tell him he is playing against kids who got spanked by their drunk stepfathers or single mothers, in a rough neighborhood. Somebody needs to show him the s shooting each other. Splitter needs to figure that NBA is a place for tough guys.
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You are an idiot those centers don't get minutes because they suck. Koufous plays with McGee and on a loaded team , Perk sucks that is well do ented and Jordan never plays in 4th QTs . Jordan actually wants more minutes . Guys lile Asik , Marc , Lee , Dwight and Jefferson don't nag and they play 33-36 minutes and Tiago is worse than all of them . For a player like him he should be happy he even gets minutes tbh .
If only we had another 7'er we could use to spell Tiago, limit his minutes without giving up too much size.
Why not play Baynes against ty or half squad-injured teams like atlanta?
but it wouldn't be fair to Blair and Bonner.
It's not about them, it's about the syyyyyyyyyystem *spooky voice*
but it wouldn't be fair to Blair and Bonner.
Lol 24 mpg and he's worn out
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I don't want Tiago to play more minutes right now. (at least how he's playing right now) He's around the level of the guys I listed earlier and they all get similar minutes.
It doesn't. It was as meaningless a statement as yours. How does his age and his minutes per game dictate whether or not he needs rest? It's all about the condition of your body, not your age.
Splitter is a soft player. We've all seen how he plays when he's played 60+ games in a row. His body just can't handle it. And tbh, playing worse when you come back from injury doesn't make you a rhythm player. I'd say he is a rhythm player, but his bad games usually just come at random times. His MO is have a monster game and then disappear the next.
NOT resting Manu got him a broken arm two years ago in ing game #82
Really? He's talking about resting them during winning streaks or when there really do not need to rest.
He isn't playing that much, the team has undergone some changes with Manu and Parker out.
BINGO!!! It's not like the guy has played 35 minutes a game an is worn out. This is unreal. Pop needs to start coaching these players to have some fight in them. They seem to be so darn weak minded the past couple years. I remember Memphis knocking the out of us 2 years ago, everyone looked sad and felt bad for themselves. Same with last year against OKC when things went south. No one on the planet other than your fans feel bad for you. Other teams have the same goal you do, and you have to rise up and out muscle, out will, out punch your opponent. We need some fight, the only guy I really see fighting is a near 37 year old Tim Duncan. It's sad.
and not resting d rose in game 1 cost him a blown out knee. Should they have sat him until round 2? My point is you can't predict or prevent injury. Its part of the game.
but resting guys throughout the season as early as November when they're not even hurt is just weak.
edit: and you can't just cherry pick one line. If you read the entire thread, I'm ok with resting guys 2-3 games....at the end of the season. But someone averaging 24 minutes a game does not need rest.
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I agree Pop has coached the team to have such a weak mentality. They don't handle adversity well. The fact is if you're going to be a champion you have to be able to handle adversity. Most every championship team faces it and overcomes it. The Heat trailed a couple of times in the playoffs last year. The Mavs had several big comebacks in '11. I thought I might be seeing signs of it when the team came back against the Clippers last year. I think that even convinced alot of the skeptics like Magic. Then the team promptly folded after losing game 3 in OKC. First of all they should never have given up on that game. You simply can't give teams anything easy in the playoffs. It may be just one loss but it allows the team to get more confident.
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