This loss doesn't bother me much ...

[polandprzem]

Again - good regular season with bad ending. Right now with unknown, but what to expect when TP plays his worst in the season and does not look good. Gino is far from a level of a 6th man and still injured. And our frontcourt guy from a base rotation is also injured.
Plus the spurs have not played on the highest level since month and more. And the bar in the playoffs is even higher.

TD is not enough

[jjktkk]

Starts at the top

How? Who ordered injuries to Manu, Tp, Diaw, etc...? RC, Pop?

[team-work]

How are those stupid pills working out for you? Resting Duncan two games is going to prolong his career and resurgence? If you say so. But what the team really needs is to start playing like a team and not like a bunch of collective induals trying to their best demonstrtion of hero ball. You don't build team unity and cohesion from the bench.

Of course I don't mean resting Duncan for 2 games will do the wonder. Instead I was referring to the season-long management of his minutes, which plays a role in his performance we enjoyed watching for the majority of the RS. For other veterans the effect may not be so drastic. Sadly, the strategy does not guarantee they are healthy at a specific point of the season, ie the beginning of then POs.

I do agree with the latter part of your argument, though.

[SA210]

How? Who ordered injuries to Manu, Tp, Diaw, etc...? RC, Pop?

Coach can't keep his team motivated. Coach puts grudges before team goals (SJax), Resting players never worked, ty lineups, No backup point guard set. The coach is an egotistical, senile, maniac who once was great and then he became too full of himself while pretending that's the problem with everyone else. The coach is soft. It starts with him.

[jjktkk]

Coach can't keep his team motivated. Coach puts grudges before team goals (SJax)

I find it odd that Pop would hold a "grudge" against SJAX, considering he traded for him. Do you have a inside source on this "grudge"?

Resting players never worked, ty lineups, No backup point guard set. The coach is an egotistical, senile, maniac who once was great and then he became too full of himself while pretending that's the problem with everyone else. The coach is soft. It starts with him.

Did you have this opinion before or after all of the team's injuries? I can't recall you sharing this take, when the Spurs were rolling, and Tp was a strong MVP candidate, prior to his injuries.

[superjames1992]

Coach can't keep his team motivated. Coach puts grudges before team goals (SJax), Resting players never worked, ty lineups, No backup point guard set. The coach is an egotistical, senile, maniac who once was great and then he became too full of himself while pretending that's the problem with everyone else. The coach is soft. It starts with him.

Worst post of the year award, tbh. Calling Pop a senile maniac should get you pinked, tbh, per par.

[SA210]

I find it odd that Pop would hold a "grudge" against SJAX, considering he traded for him. Do you have a inside source on this "grudge"?



Did you have this opinion before or after all of the team's injuries? I can't recall you sharing this take, when the Spurs were rolling, and Tp was a strong MVP candidate, prior to his injuries.

SJax complaining is enough to get on Pop's bad-side, Pop let it get in the way of Playoff goals by cutting him, thereby losing our much needed gangster mentality against OKC, and whomever else we play and making us softer than we already were. We all know Pop gets personal. And yea, my opinion has been this way always, you know kinda like last year when we were healthy and I talked about this same stuff, and you were still sucking Pop's . Yea, that time.

[SA210]

Worst post of the year award, tbh. Calling Pop a senile maniac should get you pinked, tbh, per par.

I should get Most honest of the year, tbh. Truth hurts.

[Bruno]

To explain his crappy game against Lakers, Parker said yesterday in his radio show that he was just in a horrible shooting day where he couldn't hit shots that he usually always hit. He said that he hasn't shot that bad the ball in the last 4-5 years.

While it's possible that Parker is hidding some physical issues, it's somewhat reassuring that he didn't put his struggles on that.

[jjktkk]

SJax complaining is enough to get on Pop's bad-side, Pop let it get in the way of Playoff goals by cutting him, thereby losing our much needed gangster mentality against OKC, and whomever else we play and making us softer than we already were. We all know Pop gets personal. And yea, my opinion has been this way always, you know kinda like last year when we were healthy and I talked about this same stuff, and you were still sucking Pop's . Yea, that time.

Unless you enjoyy sucking yourself, why do get all phobe, when I questioned your ty take?

[SA210]

Unless you enjoyy sucking yourself, why do get all phobe, when I questioned your ty take?

It's a factual take, that's why you are now hurt and changing the subject.

[jjktkk]

It's a factual take, that's why you are now hurt and changing the subject.

Link? Please explain why your ty takes are "factual"?

[SA210]

Link? Please explain why your ty takes are "factual"?

There is a forum full of factual proof of your ty takes, and Pop's softness and personal grudges.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

To explain his crappy game against Lakers, Parker said yesterday in his radio show that he was just in a horrible shooting day where he couldn't hit shots that he usually always hit. He said that he hasn't shot that bad the ball in the last 4-5 years.

While it's possible that Parker is hidding some physical issues, it's somewhat reassuring that he didn't put his struggles on that.

Did Parker say anything else about the team's mental state or how he feels about the Spurs heading into the playoffs?

One thing I love about TP is that he is brutally honest.

[Budkin]

Did Parker say anything else about the team's mental state or how he feels about the Spurs heading into the playoffs?

One thing I love about TP is that he is brutally honest.

"Definlee, definlee."

[Bruno]

Did Parker say anything else about the team's mental state or how he feels about the Spurs heading into the playoffs?

One thing I love about TP is that he is brutally honest.

He didn't really speak about the team's mindset but he sounded really focused and he said that he was eager to start the playoffs.

Something that surprised me is how he categorically refused to say a single about Jackson being fired. My guess is that he hasn't at all appreciated Jackson selfishness while he has made "sacrifices" over the year for Spurs.

Diaw was also invited in the show and said that the surgery went really well but he needed some times of to recover from the cut and opening created by the surgery. He said he would miss the full first round but also said he would still be out for about 2 weeks if his rehab goes well. If he came back in 2 weeks, it would make him available for a potential game 6 or 7 in the first round.

[TJastal]

Worst post of the year award, tbh. Calling Pop a senile maniac should get you pinked, tbh, per par.

As should being an annoying Pop homer.

[jjktkk]

There is a forum full of factual proof of your ty takes, and Pop's softness and personal grudges.

Is this factual, or a random thought again? Cmon, post some of these facts.

[SA210]

Is this factual, or a random thought again? Cmon, post some of these facts.

You have ty takes? lol

[superjames1992]

As should being an annoying Pop homer.

At least my bro has four rings, tbh.

Yeah, he has a bit of a love affair with our Hero, but he's still the best coach in the NBA, per par. If only we could fix his Gary Neal at Point Guard Syndrome, we'd be set.

[therealtruth]

Pop is like a poker player who plays the odds and often folds for the good of the big picture. He doesn't use up his money (i.e players in this analogy) when he doesn't have a likely winning hand.

It seems like a sound strategy on the surface but psychology factors so much into it. Winning game 3 basically guarantees you win a playoff series. By giving the Thunder such an easy victory he gave them enough confidence to know they could win the series. Maybe against a team that isn't that good and you can get away with that but not against a team that is that good and there is less margin for error.