Leonard hasn't being playing back-to-backs so I would rest him.
Parker is obviously still hurt so he shouldn't play.
Duncan played 34 tough minutes tonight and had to carry a huge load ... so I wouldn't play him either.
, I'd probably sit Neal too. The Spurs need Neal to come up huge in the playoffs so they can't risk him reaggravating one of his leg/foot injuries.
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, with as worn down as Splitter has looked the last two or three weeks, shouldn't he be rested too?
Maybe I should have asked who should play............
There's really no reason to play anyone meaningful at this point. Aside from getting to the 60-win milestone, there's really nothing meaningful whatsoever about these final two games.
If Manu was healthy enough to play against Minnesota, I'd say play him there, but other than that, we don't need the Big Three or Kawhi in these final games, tbh.
Should've sat everyone tonight tbh. Would've rather beaten the Dubs and locked them in at the 7 seed.
No joke, are you allowed to forfeit games?
Sit em. Five or six days of rest is more important than 59 or 60 Wins. My hopes aren't very high right now with the injuries and wear on the players. These guys need to fill up the fuel tank to have a chance to be successful in the playoffs. Sounds like some of these guys are worn down pretty bad.
You absolutely cannot play Tim/TP/Tiago/Kawhi/Green. Neal too. Whomever is left you can play.
3 big rotation with bon blair and baynes
danny and neal at the 3
3 man rotation at the 1 & 2 spot between mills, cojo, decolo
Rest Tim/Tony/Kawhi, all the other players split the minutes evenly so nobody gets too much work.
Play Mills, De Colo, Joseph, Bonner, Blair, Baynes, and Neal and Green if you have to..
Can we take a forfeit and just call it a day? The bench will stink it up.
Splitter needs to rest, tbh. I'm certain Duncan/Kawhi/TP are sitting tomorrow.
Start Baynes/Bonner/Green/De Colo/Mills.
Neal, Blair, CoJo off the bench
Play Bonner, Blair, Baynes, Mills, De Colo, Joseph, Neal
Sit: Timmy, Kawhi, Tony, Splitter, and Neal
Start: Cojo, De Colo, Green, Blair, Bonner
Bench:
The last game of last year against GSW we started Mills, Anderson, Blair, Diaw, Green with Byars and CoJo playing 30+ min and Bud coached the game... and we won.
Sad how much we regressed this year and makes last year's blown opportunity hurt that much more.
Rest Tony/Green/Kawhi/TD/Splitter. Play Bonner/Blair/Neal 48 minutes
As stated ad nauseum, nothing good can come from playing your main guys/winning this game.
Maybe the Spurs will sign whoever for the 15th man and give him some minutes tomorrow. Dominic McGuire was born in California and did play 64 games for the Warriors in '11-12 season, so he might have a place there in offseason, might be easily accessible.
a GS win locks them into the 7th seed at least
2 losses and LA can sneak into the 7th
Bonner should play, seeing he's going to get Diaw's minutes in the 1st round...
Duncan, Leonard and Parker shouldn't play that game.
Green, Neal and Splitter should either not play or play limited minutes.
Bonner, Blair, Baynes, De Colo, Joseph and Mills should get the majority of the minutes.
And it would help if Spurs sign a player with their 15th roster spot before that game.
Makes too much sense. Why would you want another body around to soak up minutes in a few meaningless games when you can just embarrass yourself by attempting to have Neal/De Colo masquerade as SF's defensively for stretches?
I don't get why they're apparently fine going with one natural SF for the remainder of the season. Even though whoever they bring in has no shot at being in the playoff rotation, there's no downside to having another body around, even if it's just some project they want to get the rights to for the summer.
After tonight there is no good reason to play Tim, TP, Kawhi, or Splitter. I think it's possible we play everyone on Wednesday, if Manu is ready. If he isn't, then I would expect more rest for others. Using the last game as a symbolic gesture to announce "we're back" might be a good idea, but after 2011 it's hard to say. Playing scared is not a great way to go into the playoffs, but it's hard to risk another fluke injury. I hope TP was simply playing tentatively because he didn't look good. Tim Duncan was the only silver lining. You know his teammates didn't want to let him down, but they sure did. With the Warriors winning tomorrow, the Rockets will probably take care of business against the Lakers.
I just said this tonight in here a few times.... I said it all over infact. This is the truth. Last year we played our bench and could not lose games, this year late we can't win vs Bench players even with starters in. This year late is sad, a sad sad way to end this thing. Last year shortened year, healthy, 20 game winning streak! The stars nearly aligned.
If Tony really is healthy but out of rhythm as Pop claims he should at lease play 1 of these 2 remaining games. But not sure Pop isn't masking something with Tony's ankle...
Splitter looks gassed. He should sit out the next 2.
Hanga, Lorbek, Baynes, Baynes, and Paranoid Pop.
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