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Baynes spot minutes. Duncan and Splitter will rotate at Center with Diaw playing 4. Small ball Diaw might get a shot at the 5 with Leonard at the 4.
Boris Diaw
Tiago Splitter
Jeff Ayres
Aron Baynes
Austin "All Day" Daye
Pop clearly doesn't have much confidence in Ayres and Baynes, and he usually plays Tiago and Duncan together in the starting lineup. That leaves Diaw, whose natural position is PF. Who is our back up center in the playoffs?
Baynes spot minutes. Duncan and Splitter will rotate at Center with Diaw playing 4. Small ball Diaw might get a shot at the 5 with Leonard at the 4.
Duncan/ Tiago rotate at the 5. Duncan/Diaw rotate at the 4. Playoff rotations are supposed to be smaller anyways, right?
Baynes if we need someone to check Howard in R2 is the only way I see anyone but Splitter/Duncan/Diaw playing (besides blowouts). That being said, we'll probably have to play smallball against Dallas, Houston, OKC, and Miami.
Look for Bonner as a desperation adjustment if we go down by 2 games though.
Baynes for sure, his minutes may be limited but he's far better than the other options. I mean, would you rather have Errors or Bonner out there? Besides, Baynes is a good defender against the right opponent. I actually could see him playing decent defense on Gasol or Randolph at times. But when the Spurs were playing their best basketball this season during March, they're starters were the usual starters, Parker-Green-Leonard-Duncan-Splitter, but their second rotation was Mills-Ginobili-Bellinelli-Diaw-Baynes with other players only playing for really bad matchups or foul trouble.
Errors is more familiar with the system than Baynes. All he really needs to do when he's out there is set decent screens for Manu and Mills. He does this quite well, imo.
Ya but then he gives up constant easy baskets. At least Baynes makes you work for points.
Duncan/Tiago/Diaw/Small-Ball is the playoff rotation...
We might see some Baynes/Ayres in case of foul trouble, but it's emergency cases only.
Splitter
For our sake, hopefully no one besides Duncan/Splitter/Diaw sees any meaningful minutes.
Splitter.
Remember this is Pop. In the playoffs, he plays the people he trusts, and he trusts no one on the bench more than Bonner.
Any bigs beyond Duncan/Splitter/Diaw will only get minutes in emergencies.
I don't see Bonner in there
Bonner's a given at the PF position.
Bonner would have been the 4th big against the Grizz. He won't be in the rotation against the Mavs.
The people who said that the true rotation is Duncan/Splitter/Diaw/small ball have got it right. Most of the meaningful minutes will go to that rotation, with Baynes and Bonner getting spot/situational minutes.
Splitter and Diaw will guard Dirk in the first round. From there all will depends on wich team the spurs will face. But trade Ayres, Bonner and Baynes for some used rim nets in the offseason.
Baynes/Ayres just have not been consistent enough. Each have had stretches where they looked good, and just crappy. It'll probably be Duncan/Diaw/Splitter, especially against Dallas. In meaningful minutes at least. It'll change from series to series depending on the opponent. If we end up facing Houston, Pop may throw Baynes and/or Ayres on Dwight if nothing else to frustrate/hack a dwight, etc....
Pop has finally moved out of that stage, Bonner won't see any minutes unless they are garbage in these playoffs (just like last season).
Um, no. I guess you missed Bonner getting major minutes in two playoff series, including the WCF against the Grizzlies? That was hardly garbage time.
Um, yes. You're talking about the team we swept last season?
Bonner is not going to control the Spurs' playoff destiny ya nitwit.
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