I'm thinking about going to this game but not sure about it since you never know when it comes to Pop if he's going to play guys or rest them. The Hornets are my home team so I follow them a lot. Right now they are peaking and are playing for a chance to have HCA in the first round. This can definitely be a trap game if the Spurs don't take the Hornets seriously.
Thats not the Spurs way. Its tempting to look past the Warriors and have their minds on the mighty Hornets but the Spurs wouldnt be the team they are if they didnt take one game at a time.
I'm thinking about going to this game but not sure about it since you never know when it comes to Pop if he's going to play guys or rest them. The Hornets are my home team so I follow them a lot. Right now they are peaking and are playing for a chance to have HCA in the first round. This can definitely be a trap game if the Spurs don't take the Hornets seriously.
A chance to see Old Man Riverwalk one more time? You should def go...
Yeah I have always bought Hornet-Spur tickets at the last minute. It's always been easy to get good tickets for the Spurs. For some reason Jordan never really jacks up the price for Spur games but whenever Lebron or Curry comes in town the tickets ski high.
They have the 6th best home record in the league. Won't be an easy win.
At least Tim should have plenty of energy. They should probably just leave Boris in San Antonio. He had only played more than 26 minutes in one game this season before playing 35 minutes tonight.
We aren't catching the Warriors and the Thunder aren't catching the Spurs, so every game hereafter carries a lot less weight in my opinion. Stay healthy, integrate K-Mart and Miller, and I'll be happy.
The Hornets start Marvin Williams at PF & he has been basically playing stretch 4 (shooting 45% from 3 the past 2 months). They are also bringing Al Jefferson coming off the bench & he killed the Heat recently.
IMO, it would be better to start Boris at the 4 & LMA at center since Zeller is a athletic/finesse type player like Plumblee. Kemba (who has been scorching HOT) also runs a high PnR w/ Marvin so it would be best to have a mobile big that's able to switch like Diaw (Kemba will leave Tim in his wake like Monta Ellis).
I'm also not sure Diaw/West will be able to handle Big Al in the paint especially on the offensive boards.
This has total chance for a major trap game, imo. The Spurs will relax after the Warriors game, and it will be very difficult for them to get 'up' for this game.
It surprises me how high Charlotte is in the standings with how little talent they have. Winning this game after that big win against GS would indicate that this team has the mental focus to be ready for the playoffs.
Should Pop bring Timmay off the bench? The Hornets start Marvin Williams at PF & he has been basically playing stretch 4 (shooting 45% from 3 the past 2 months). They are also bringing Al Jefferson coming off the bench & he killed the Heat recently. IMO, it would be better to start Boris at the 4 & LMA at center since Zeller is a athletic/finesse type player like Plumblee. Kemba (who has been scorching HOT) also runs a high PnR w/ Marvin so it would be best to have a mobile big that's able to switch like Diaw (Kemba will leave Tim in his wake like Monta Ellis). I'm also not sure Diaw/West will be able to handle Big Al in the paint especially on the offensive boards.
No. I've thought about this too, but the reality is, I don't care how great of a teammate he is, if they want to keep him engaged enough to play out his contract, at some point they have to stop looking for excuses to slash his role.
I question whether he's going to want to put in the amount of work he has to, year round, to play 20 mpg max (they way it's been going), never close games and be yanked in and out of the starting lineup due to match-ups.
The Hornets start Marvin Williams at PF & he has been basically playing stretch 4 (shooting 45% from 3 the past 2 months). They are also bringing Al Jefferson coming off the bench & he killed the Heat recently.
IMO, it would be better to start Boris at the 4 & LMA at center since Zeller is a athletic/finesse type player like Plumblee. Kemba (who has been scorching HOT) also runs a high PnR w/ Marvin so it would be best to have a mobile big that's able to switch like Diaw (Kemba will leave Tim in his wake like Monta Ellis).
I'm also not sure Diaw/West will be able to handle Big Al in the paint especially on the offensive boards.
LOL; Al looking fat and slow. I wasn't even sure if he was still in the league, tbh.