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Who won?
is babying our 24-yo star player in do or die games.. this pos ego-driven coach...he is holding back Kawhi..
Keep it simple: you have no depth; play your best player (s) as much as you can instead of trotting out opponent run-exploding ty lineups..
Who won?
The Spurs were up 19-18 in game 6 only to be blitzzed from the three minute mark till the 8 minute mark when Anderson subed in.
It was the right decision to rest Kawhi but only because he's not accustomed to playing major minutes even as a 24 year old. Its not just him, even our other younger guys get tired easily. Green sometimes too.
Its a product of too much resting in the regular season. They need to play him like any other 24 year old superstar.
now, now, Kawhi is only 24 and is still growing into his lungsYou'll need to get over yourself. Kawhi will play till he's 45 the way Pop manages his minutes.
Man, pop changed so much since the 2000's(2014 was anomaly). I remember he would play Tim, Manu, Parker 40+ minutes every close playoff game except for blowouts and foul trouble. You gotta play your top players almost the whole game if you want to win. It's always been that way in the playoffs. Pop has gotten too cute and enamored with rest, and his love affair with cheap ass players who should be outta the league or playing in the D-league.
Are you a Parker fan? Does Tony encourage his fans to hate on young players? Kyle is about to be 23, okay, so relax. He needs this playoff experience because he will be a key peace in the future. He has tons of potential and high bball IQ. Give him a pass. Why not go after Parker, Leonard, Aldridge, Duncan, Ginobili, Green, Diaw, Mills, West, Martin, Miller, Boban, Bonner, Simmons???? Leave Kyle alone
Game 2 was the worst, Kawhi only played 14 mins in the first half, Pop could have easily played him the entire 2nd half (only would have ended up with 38 mins). Instead Pop had both Kawhi and LMA on the bench to start the 4th, Kyle and company go -6 in the first 2 mins. Spurs end up losing by 1. Now Kawhi didn't have the best game that day but even a subpar Kawhi is a better option, especially when he barely played the 1st half.
We can complain as much as we want but the harsh reality is that Pop isn't going anywhere and he probably isn't changing any time soon, as disappointing as it may sound.
Kawhi is getting plenty of rest now.
Kawhi is not an elite athlete. Having to guard elite athletes at an elite level takes an elite amount of endurance, without adding the offensive load he's expected to offer as well. Kawhi Always looked gassed when playing extended minutes. Defense isn't nearly as easy as offense on the body. Especially when you're expected to cover whoever has the ball while you're on the court, since you're team can't score and HAS to get stops.
Like it or not, the rest is needed for Kawhi. Lma has always played big minutes, but never the intense consistent defense the spurs employ. Being the only legitimate big on offense and defense for the series obviously took a toll on him as well. Two way players are rare for a reason.
I agree with everything except that Kawhi is indeed an elite athlete
Is landing Lebron a possibility nigs?
Nope, unfortunately. He cares too much about his stats and Poop let's stars know the deal before they sign here. LMA was aware his stats were going to get wrecked.
What would Lebron average on the Spurs in his first season? Pop would give him 14 shot attempts a game tbh
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Yeah but why not put him on someone other than the other teams best? Spurs should be good enough to survive with KL not guarding 100%-max-effort all the time.
Pop was resting him so he'd be fresh for the Olympics.
Hmm, curious you describe him as cute. I thought ruggedly handsome would be more apropos.and our cute coach
Kawhi is not an elite athlete ...
I don't think it's a great idea to compare anyone to Lebron.
Lebron is like a made in lab athlete. He has always had top durability.
Only if the riverwalk and churros interest him.
Except when the A/C goes off
Is there someone here with access to STATS? SportsVU has the answer to this.
Really? You hang out with him and know that he is sleeping all day?
Last edited by palangi; 05-24-2016 at 10:00 AM.
Except when the A/C goes off
Lebron has run out of gas a couple of times. But with all the time and work he has put into taking games over, he's very durable.
Imagine Kawhi trying to play every minute and run every play.
Trade Kyle Anderson for whatever this machine is. Maybe this will help Kawhi
Don't bring up this resting . I've been mad about it for 5 years. I disagree with it completely.
Only players like Tim and Manu should be resting due to obvious reasons, but apart from those two, no one else should be unless they're legitimately injured. I agree with Tim Grover 100% where he says limit minutes within games instead of outright resting, and also for young players, resting them when they're not injured isn't allowing them to learn to mentally push through fatigue.
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