Yahoo: Tony Parker expects Spurs to rest everyone vs. Warriors in April

[Brazil]

I'm not so sure I like this. I get wanting to rest players. But I would want all of the Spurs to get some time in the games just so they can become more familiar with GS. It cuts both ways imo. And the "not showing your hand" is overrated I think.

it has nothing to do with showing your hands, it has all to do with rest... number 2 in the west is a lock, GS at number is a lock.... no need to play more than you need. Give as much as rest as possible to tony, manu, tim and boris tbh before the POs. It is just common sense knowing their ages and mileage.

If you play there and one of them suffer an injury we would never hear the end of it from fans

[Spurs9]

We don't need to really play them seriously the last 2 games. They beat us and we beat them last time. Theres 0 reason why we need to play them seriously in regular season. We have beat them before in the past, they aren't some unstoppable team, they are beatable. Pop can experiment non starters against them, because Warriors probably won't rest starts in either games against us. Records of wins at home or beating regular season record mean nothing tbh. If you achieve undeafted at home or best record ever, and lose in the finals what does it amount to? Let warriors burn themselves out. They aren't having a cake walk in the first 2 rounds with every team going at them trying to bang them up. I'll worry about Warriors in the ECF tbh, I'm not worried about starters performing. They got to get everyone else up on pace, which we have plenty of opportunity fine tuning them the rest games of the season.

i expect spurs to rest most in golden state.

i expect warriors to rest most in san antonio.

do each other a solid.

Warriors aren't going to rest players rest of the season against us tbh. Even if we play our bench, they will play starters. They can only lose 2 more games, and they are trying everything to beat record. If they rest Curry/Klay in a game against us, I'll take us easily over them tbh even missing most of our starters.

[SASdynasty!]

Everyone saying to only rest players on the road must be from San Antonio. Because out of state fans sometimes travel hours on end to see the Spurs and if Pop sits them it sucks because depending on the city Spurs only come once a year. Why are hometown fans more valuable then out of state ones?

I feel you, that would suck. I'm from SA.

[SASdynasty!]

lmao not surprising

They barely beat a Dubs team missing half their roster at home on the 6th game in 9 days, obviously they dont want an even strength game like the 1st time these teams met

1 for 12. How is that even possible? One of the worst 3-point performances of all-time. Curry takes chucking to a new level, tbh.

[LakerHater]

Isnt it National TV?

[spursparker9]

Spurs should do whatever they can to stop Dubs get 73 wins and make history tbh

[daslicer]

Spurs figured out defensive schemes they could throw at the Warriors the last game. There is no need to give the Warriors a chance to adjust to those schemes. I perfectly fine with tanking the next two match ups with the Warriors.

[Dex]

Championship or bust. Wins in the regular season no longer help the Spurs.

[Hoops Czar]

Pop knows his team is mentally weak. It's better to play your best against weak compe ion and look good rather than play against better compe ion and get face bombed. Too bad, this team could really use the push especially on the road where they've been less than stellar against elite compe ion. I'm not sure how playing against scrub compe ion is going to prepare them for the playoffs.

[lefty20]

i expect spurs to rest most in golden state.

i expect warriors to rest most in san antonio.

do each other a solid.

[Hoops Czar]

Spurs figured out defensive schemes they could throw at the Warriors the last game. There is no need to give the Warriors a chance to adjust to those schemes. I perfectly fine with tanking the next two match ups with the Warriors.

So your best bet is hoping Kerr isn't smart enough to make adjustments and praying the Warriors miss all the three's they normally make 4 times in a 7 game series. Good luck with that.

[Budkin]

Realistically our chances of beating them in a 7 game series with no home court is probably pretty low. I understand not wanting to give anything away. If we could steal just one game it would be huge.

[AFMadison]

Spurs figured out defensive schemes they could throw at the Warriors the last game. There is no need to give the Warriors a chance to adjust to those schemes. I perfectly fine with tanking the next two match ups with the Warriors.

I agree with this, let them get all the glory they want in the regular season. Can't wait to see the Spurs kill their dreams in the playoffs.

[daslicer]

So your best bet is hoping Kerr isn't smart enough to make adjustments and praying the Warriors miss all the three's they normally make 4 times in a 7 game series. Good luck with that.

Majority of those 3's were contested in that game and they were only a few open 3's the Warriors got. I expect the Warriors outside of Curry to continue to miss the majority of contested 3's. Both teams will make adjustments as the series progresses. Might as well not give the Warriors any time to adjust and prepare for what the Spurs will throw at them.

[daslicer]

Realistically our chances of beating them in a 7 game series with no home court is probably pretty low. I understand not wanting to give anything away. If we could steal just one game it would be huge.

The way I see a 7 game series playing out with the Warriors is that if the Warriors win the series they will sweep or take out the Spurs in 5 games. If the Spurs beat the Warriors it will be in 6 or 7 games. If the Spurs are tied 2-2 after 4 games they will beat the Warriors. By then the Spurs will have figured out the Warriors and I think the Warriors confidence would be shot. So it really comes down to the spurs breaking even in the first 4 games of the series.

[mbass]

All those people that bought expecsive ass seats.

Not funny to me - only game I will probably see all year - and planning to take my 2 grandsons. So no, not funny.

[MultiTroll]

Why does Porker appoint himself as spokesperson?

[Proxy]

who cares about the regular season tbh

"hey remember when the spurs went undefeated at home and the warriors won their second le?"

[dabom]

Not funny to me - only game I will probably see all year - and planning to take my 2 grandsons. So no, not funny.

Sorry man. Fly to SA for the last Spur Warrior game. Spurs won't rest in SA.

[SpurPadre]

Spurs should do whatever they can to stop Dubs get 73 wins and make history tbh

Pop most likely wants Kerr to get the record, tbh.

[SAGirl]

Good. the ratings!

Lol Pop giving some fans the finger!!!
At least Kyle, Boban, Simmons, Martin, Miller, Bonner will be ready to play in the playoffs TBH.

[SAGirl]

Pop most likely wants Kerr to get the record, tbh.

To make it more significant when we win!

[Spurtacular]

Go 41-0 at home and make history. Rest on road games.

[SAGirl]

Realistically our chances of beating them in a 7 game series with no home court is probably pretty low. I understand not wanting to give anything away. If we could steal just one game it would be huge.

A very good point... and beyond that if even one if these roleplayers show you a possible wrinkle in one of these games you can use, you take that guy I out and press the save button. That would effectively be tanking these games.

We go as far as Kawhi and LMA takes us but like in so many series sometimes schemes are devised to take away option 1 and option 2 or 3 even. It might be a roleplayer having a good game which takes them by surprise and helps us steal one.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

I don't give a about the rest of the games or losing against GSW because the Spurs secured the #2 seed.

But Pop should show some respect to the Spurs fans who have bought AT&T tickets for that game.

Damn...It's a ing home game!!! Limit their minutes but...Don't rest your players Pop!

Agrees 100%. I will always, forever and ever, hold a grudge against Popa for stealing ~$70 from my mom and I when I went to that Nuggets home game at the end of the 2006-07 season that we had bought so far in advance and had no idea that zit face would punt that one at home and deny me of the only opportunity I had that year to see Tim/Tony/Manu. Of course the Nuggets won by 20+ and I didn't get a refund even though my mom called and asked for one. Popa for that one, I was pissed and earnestly rooting for the Nuggets/Suns in the playoffs to beat the Spurs that year and to this day that remains my least favorite le run... by far (for many reasons, but that's a huge one). I wanted Nash to get a ring that year and hated Stern for the BS suspension crap, but oh well.