Boris Diaw Out for 2-3 Weeks (Edit: surgery, out 3-4 weeks) (Update: Sunday return?)

[HI-FI]

....the hits keep on coming.

The Finals this year will be the most anticlimactic ever.

I guess Boris can pump out some more Lego movies though.

[TheGoldStandard]

Walking a very slippery slope.

[capek]

Baynes is a C and Diaw is a PF. Pretty horrible comparison tbh.

Just seems that way to you because you're either not that smart, or fetishize being intentionally dense.

So when both Timmy and Tiago aren't on the court, which happens for some span every game, Diaw is in with either Bonner/Blair or sometimes Jax(who's playing the 4). This occurs quite frequently in game situations. So what point do you think you're making? Because you could switch Baynes for Diaw in those situations, and all the pieces would still fit.

[Johnny RIngo]

Diaw out 2-3 sucks. So at minimum, he's going to miss the first team games of the playoffs?

Got damn this team is falling apart

They fell apart in 2011 and the same thing is happening this year. This squad isn't built for an 82 game season. They had their shot last year, during the shortened season, and blew it.

[Brox6]

Falling and breaking apart

[DesignatedT]

Well from the ATL game when he got hurt, 2 weeks would fall exactly on the first 2 games of the first round. Hopefully be back by then.

[timtonymanu]

Maybe it's time to rebump timvp's thread about playing Jack at PF.

[capek]

Work a 15th man into the rotation who signed at the 50 game mark and has no NBA experience instead of using Bonner or Blair who have years of both corp. knowledge and NBA experience? That seems like a great idea.


Just cause he can board doesn't mean he can walk on a team and play meaningful minutes at this point in the season IMO.

Ya but they suck. They don't contribute positively to us winning ball games. Hence the impetus to not be such a pussy about throw a new player (who btw was averaging a double double in Euroleague, but most importantly is 7') in the fire. I mean, who gives a about "oh oh yikes he doesn't have NBA experience and didn't go through training camp" when we know for a fact that our 4-5 bigs are . Work this 7' dude into being that 4th big, so that if bigs 1-3 get injured, you at least have the possibility of a decent replacement. The possibility of a decent replacement > the certainty of the tiness of the replacements this team currently has, is the ing point.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

fuk......

hope this is just pop throwing a bull time table out their per par

[The Whopper]

I better not see him at Taste of New Orleans.

[DJR210]

They're reactivating Udoka because he knows the system.

OMFG, I swear I'll stream my suicide for all of you if this happens..

[Libri]

No worries. Bonner will hold the fort.

[benefactor]

Just seems that way to you because you're either not that smart, or fetishize being intentionally dense.

So when both Timmy and Tiago aren't on the court, which happens for some span every game, Diaw is in with either Bonner/Blair or sometimes Jax(who's playing the 4). This occurs quite frequently in game situations. So what point do you think you're making? Because you could switch Baynes for Diaw in those situations, and all the pieces would still fit.

Baynes and Diaw are completely different players. Diaw works as a passing/shooting big out of the high post. Bayes is a banger who works in the paint. He might be able to cover a few minutes with Duncan but he and Splitter would not work at all as neither has a consistently reliable outside shot. The ball movement would worsen which would lead to even more offensive breakdowns.

Do you even watch the Spurs?

[hater]

No worries. Bonner will hold the fort.

for Diaw's next video?

[loveforthegame]

Sucks about Diaw.

[capek]

Baynes and Diaw are completely different players. Diaw works as a passing/shooting big out of the high post. Bayes is a banger who works in the paint. He might be able to cover a few minutes with Duncan but he and Splitter would not work at all as neither has a consistently reliable outside shot. The ball movement would worsen which would lead to even more offensive breakdowns.

Do you even watch the Spurs?

Yes, various things would have to be adapted depending on whether one of the other player were on the court. That's basic personnel considerations. The phrase "no sherlock" comes to mind. How much paint you been sniffing today?

[Sean Cagney]

We should hope for the Lakers. They don't rotate on D, so it will be just like the regular season for Matty.

Matt starts to miss earlier than the playoffs tbh, he sees the month of April coming up and just starts to run and hide. I doubt even if open he would hit

No worries. Bonner will hold the fort.

That is a huge reason to worry.

[Libri]

for Diaw's next video?

lol

[benefactor]

Yes, various things would have to be adapted depending on whether one of the other player were on the court. That's basic personnel considerations. The phrase "no sherlock" comes to mind. How much paint you been sniffing today?

lol adapted....like magically morphing Baynes into a shooting/passing big.

Gr8 plan.

[SpurSwag]

Everyone will be ready to go for game 1, everyone settle down

[capek]

lol adapted....like magically morphing Baynes into a shooting/passing big.

Gr8 plan.

Adapting the rotations. Shouldn't be that hard to grasp...

[baseline bum]

Diaw being out that long is horrible news.The Spurs could easily drop a series even to the D'Antoni version of the Lakers with Ginger got guarding Gasol.

[benefactor]

Adapting the rotations. Shouldn't be that hard to grasp...

Not sure what "he can't replace Diaw because they aren't anything close to the same ing player" you are failing to grasp.

[cd021]

Ya but they suck. They don't contribute positively to us winning ball games. Hence the impetus to not be such a pussy about throw a new player (who btw was averaging a double double in Euroleague, but most importantly is 7') in the fire. I mean, who gives a about "oh oh yikes he doesn't have NBA experience and didn't go through training camp" when we know for a fact that our 4-5 bigs are . Work this 7' dude into being that 4th big, so that if bigs 1-3 get injured, you at least have the possibility of a decent replacement. The possibility of a decent replacement > the certainty of the tiness of the replacements this team currently has, is the ing point.

Pop and company used the full training camp and experience as the basis for their offseason (or lack there of) Jackson, Mills & Diaw having a full training camp to better understand the spurs system. Leonard, Green & Splitter having more NBA experience.


You know its April 10th not the 1st right? So you're saying because he's a 7 footer he should be on the floor? That's laughable. How can you be sure he is better than Blair anyhow just cause he's bigger? Diaw isn't a starter we're disagreeing over minimal minutes and you can do worse than Blair or Bonner for stretches when playing along side Duncan or Splitter. I'd trust Blair for 10 minutes as opposed to Baynes. Adam Morrison is averaging 12ppg in the Euroleague and didn't even make a NBA roster. So I'm missing the logic on how him being a double-double player over seas makes him ideal as a rotation player. Blair is in his 4th season I'd trust him more to board and score off the P&R. Than Baynes who the Spurs signed essentially as a project for the future.


We are talking about the playoffs Duncan & Splitter are going to be at 36 and 32 minutes so their is essentially only 28 total minutes between the two which would likely go to Jackson/ Leonard anyway in Diaws absence. It really isn't a major deal anyway that Diaw could miss a game or 2 at the most in the 1st round against the GSW/Houston or Lakers/ Jazz/. Pop mentioned that the Spurs would be playing some small ball in the post season any way.

[boutons_deux]

3 weeks is some serious back cramps