It's been a brutal schedule... tomorrow is game #18 in 31 days, including numerous back to back...
Really appreciate the old guys, TD and Manu, suiting up and giving it their all, but they're so spent right now. Tiago still being babysitted, and all the injuries hasn't helped.
Pop has some tough decisions to make. It's clear Tim and Gino need at least 4-5 days off, but we're in a difficult situation at this juncture if the injured guys don't come back soon.
If Pop rests Manu and Duncan during the Detroit game on Jan 6th, they'll get five days off (with no travel) between the Washington and Phoenix games. And if they skip the away game against the Timberwolves, thats 1 game in 10 days. But can we risk it without Tony and Kawhi? Hopefully one or both will be back by then.
Pistons are playing well now that Josh Smith is gone... Pop might have to wait until Kawhi or TP come back...
One more game, just one more game, hold on!
Rest them. I don't expect us to lose after January tbh.
Rest them. What's one more game tbh?
Just rest them.
This regular season is a huge success if we get the 8th seed tbh.
I think you totally sit them. We're losing games anyway. Those guys need to get their legs back.
I can only hope January is better.
You are counting on all the teams in the West winning the way they are.
Its not gonna stay this way. We will not be the only team with a serious nose dive.
That makes two of us....
Yeah this is the tiest month I have seen from the Spurs in GOD knows how long? I can't remember one recently near as bad.
CIA pop getting us fans ready for life after Tim/Manu. Easing us into a some losing seasons.
Or maybe that's reason to say that we'll probably lose to the Pistons anyway in which case we might as well give Duncan and Manu the rest.
lol we still had enough to win tonight.
Long as we make and enter the playoffs with everybody raring to get 16 more victories, I really don't care about this December. If we're still getting our asses kicked with the whole squad in March then I'll probably like none before but right now...
Spurfan aint got no worries.
This truly has been the roughest December I can remember in a very very long time. The way our guys somehow simultaneously putting forth immense effort yet still comically failing ...
This is the worst record and December we've had since Tim came onboard. Not getting any word about Kawhi is also something that can't end soon enough. If he required surgery it would have happened by now I'd like to think. If we can make it through December.....
Welp. Have to ask if the rash of injuries cultivated our depth since the only takeaway I can gather is that the team totally rode on Duncan's back.
Seems every game has been Western powerhouses, back to backs or both.
Frustrating when you see teams in the East playing against D-leaguers every other night.
CIA pop getting us fans ready for life after Tim/Manu. Easing us into a some losing seasons.
Now here's a dummy with a tad bit of common sense.
Last edited by Buddy Mignon; 12-31-2014 at 10:12 AM.
This is pretty much where I come out. If we are losing the games with them (and god knows we are), then why play them? We aren't winning games against the best in the West without ALL of our starters playing starters minutes, and that hasn't happened all season.
So - just wait and then climb back into 8th place and go from there.
Nothing sticks out to me as a red flag looking at our record:
- Around .500 against +.500 teams (last year this looked much worse)
- Not getting blown out - only MEM, TOR and POR have less 10+ point losses than we do (3)
- Tied for second most losses by one possession (5, IND has 6, we are tied with NY, CHA, PHX) ... not to mention 0-4 in OT games, some of which didn't end up as one possession games. Have played by the most of those types of games (24% plus OT games) ... by comparison, GS has been in only one "close" game, while it has more 10+ point losses than we do
- Have played less than half of games against <.500 teams and half above. Only DAL and MEM have had less among other top west teams.
- Have allowed the third least 3pt FG attempts but teams are shooting 36% against us (OKC, GS, HOU giving up more and all at 32% and below). At 20 attempts per game, that's a three point swing each game.
These numbers should even out as the year progresses. We've been unlucky and have lost significant games played due to injuries, while others may not keep up their pace.
OKC eventually gets in to the playoffs. I'm very concerned we are digging in to too big of a hole...
People keep saying "Well when Spurs are all back 100% healthy they are going to own the league so no worries" Is this really a given though?
I think Spurs will make it to the playoffs but how hard are they going to be playing at the end of the season to get in is the question. All of this resting early in the season is for naught when they have to play themselves into the ground late season. I would rather them had fresh legs going into the playoffs but now they may have to be playing the main players heavy minutes.
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