Splitter Expected to Miss 3-5 Weeks w/ Shoulder Sprain

[BatManu20]

Get ready to see a lot more Ayers

[RD2191]

FAWWWKKKK

[Skull-1]

What a faker.

[jyra]

Can't wait to see Bonner back in the rotation.
(Let's hope Thomas finally gets some game time.)

[dallasmaverickslose]

Start Baynes?

[loveforthegame]

Damn.

More Ayers. More small ball with Leonard at the 4 I'm guessing.

Maybe Thomas will get a shot after all.

[DesignatedT]

Lol wow this guy.

[RD2191]

Is Ayres really that bad? He's garbage on offense but still not that bad on defense, plus he's a decent rebounder.

[Spursfanfromafar]

F*** Ryan Hollins. Useless prick who doesn't play any basketball.

[jARS mEsH sEt]

Is Ayres really that bad? He's garbage on offense but still not that bad on defense, plus he's a decent rebounder.

He's been competent over the last 4 or 5 games, but the first 20 or so he wasn't even fit for the D league. You could make a montage of all the point blank dunks he's missed this season.

[timtonymanu]

Terrible news. More Ayres/Baynes/Bonner is gonna suck.

Oh and another injury on our team occurs when playing the Clippers.

[justinandimcool]

Errors and Baynes are going to be demolished. SCRUBS. Our defense sucks already, now we're gonna give up 120 per game.

[timtonymanu]

3-5 weeks = 2 months for a guy like Splitter.

[look_at_g_shred]

Lol everyone who called Splitter soft and that he sucks freaking out right now lol

[loveforthegame]

Is Ayres really that bad? He's garbage on offense but still not that bad on defense, plus he's a decent rebounder.

I don't think Ayers is as bad as many think here. If Pop really believes he'll be useful come playoff time, it's good that he's letting him play through the aches and pains now.

I hope Baynes will see some more minutes though.

[Skull-1]

I don't think Ayers is as bad as many think here. If Pop really believes he'll be useful come playoff time, it's good that he's letting him play through the aches and pains now.

I hope Baynes will see some more minutes though.

Exactly. Ayers needs to get minutes in order to develop. This may pay dividends, Splitter's fake injury....

[RD2191]

Blame the Spurs, not the Clippers. They screwed around and let a 37 point lead get down to 13. No starter should of played in the 2nd half.

[Brazil]

More Tim of Kawi at the four could be interesting in terms of touches and being involved instead of waiting at the corner

[T Park]

I don't think Ayers is as bad as many think here. If Pop really believes he'll be useful come playoff time, it's good that he's letting him play through the aches and pains now.

I hope Baynes will see some more minutes though.

Ayers is not that bad. Hes very good defensively and if he didnt drop the ball as much, people would notice his defense alot more. very good rebounder as well.

He improves every time out and just needs more PT. This will be a blessing in disguise. Ayers will be very usefull come playoff time.

[jeebus]

Is Ayres really that bad? He's garbage on offense but still not that bad on defense, plus he's a decent rebounder.

Yes. He's awful on both ends. Bad hands, no offensive game, can only dunk and even s that up half the time. Can't defend, mostly just stands there and fouls people, only rebounds uncontested boards or when surrounded by guys 6'4 and under. The useless scrub has played just about every game this season, almost 10 minutes per game, and he's still a pile of dog . He doesn't need more minutes, he needs more DNPs.

[DPG21920]

Bad bad news.

[HarlemHeat37]

Ayres' defensive on/off metrics are average at best, and his opponent's production metrics are horrible..when a player sucks on offense yet still receives playing time, there's the illusion that he's a quality defender..he's an average defender and poor offensive player..he shouldn't be anything more than a 5th big IMO..


This is a huge blow, especially if Pop keeps Beli in the starting lineup, tbh..the defense is going to be even worse, and they were already struggling..it also hurts because Splitter was beginning to find some offensive rhythm for the first time since returning to the lineup..as we all know by now, it takes Splitter a few weeks(at least) to get his offensive rhythm back following an injury..

Silver linings:

- More Leonard at the 4, which is his most effective position in the NBA..during last year's playoffs, his breakout stretch, he played 36% of his minutes at the 4, with 60% of his Finals minutes being allocated at that position..

- More Leonard/Diaw/Duncan frontcourt minutes..

- If the Spurs struggle, it could expose the need for a change up front..

[RD2191]

Its not like we were beating top teams anyway. At least now we can pull the Splitter injury card.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Can't wait to see the PnR defense without Splitter

[Raven]

it's good, we'll probably suck so bad pops won't be able to play defensless guys so freely.