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Pop gives no shiv. He probably applauded Silver when he came up with the No-Rest policy while giving him the mental middle finger, inside.
And here comes the metaphorical physical middle finger.
Ok, thanks. But Silver has indicated he would prefer teams to rest players on the home game, not on the road...
Pop gives no shiv. He probably applauded Silver when he came up with the No-Rest policy while giving him the mental middle finger, inside.
And here comes the metaphorical physical middle finger.
I don't think it's up to Silver to decide which game of a B2B you rest. Priority games get teams two days off before playing, which was the concession the league made to prevent resting. They didn't do that here.
Anyway, NBATV doesn't count as nationally televised. No one paid the league huge money to have that game, so no one will be mad if it's boring. And I'm not sure how far in advance those NBATV games are set. They are definitely more fluid than ABC or TNT
This was Silver's statement:
“There is a recognition from teams that on one hand a certain amount of resting is just inevitable and appropriate to keep the players healthy, but that they shouldn’t be resting multiple starters on the same night,” Silver said at his NBA Finals press conference. “And, incidentally, wherever possible, they should rest at home. Because there, while I feel for the home fans, just as much as the away fans, the away fans may only get a chance to see that team once. And of course, the home team home fans can see that team many times.”
Also, NBA TV is considered as nationally televised. NBA listings include NBA TV in 'nationally televised' listings. ie:
http://stats.nba.com/schedule/#!/?rf...onth=3&BC=NATL
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...eup/566014001/
Don't forget NBA TV is now operated by Turner Sports.
100k is a slap in the wrist anyways, tbh... they should really penalize teams further, IMO... loss of spots in the draft, etc.
Why stop there?
High scorer? Mills, kyle, pau, or who? Real tough one.
Calling an Anderson Triple-double tonight...
NBATV only has actual infrastructure for games during the playoffs. Every other time, they're either just streaming the broadcast or having players BS while it's going on. They aren't part of the huge contracts that caused this push-back. NBATV has situations where they decide a week out or less which game they'll be showing. There are probably actual rules, but I don't know him. Coaches likely set a tentative rest schedule before the season. If Silver isn't going to dictate exact rest dates, he likely can't get on coaches for picking in a situation like this. Pop can legit say that OKC is more beatable than Detroit and that trying to flip the rest schedule could cost them a loss.
Plus on top of everything, the team will be back in OKC in March. And that game is on legit national television.
Nah a fine is fine.
I wonder if Kawhi is playing tomorrow tbh. It would explain Pop wanting everyone at their best for the home game. That’s the one he really wants to win. He calculated his probabilities and said let’s juts go for the home game.
It still doesn’t tell me what he’s doing with Manu. He wants Manu to redeem himself from the 5 TO of the last game against OKC? Or simply a factor of not having Rudy bc of that sore heel?
I honestly don't think Pop remotely cares about or even remembers what Manu did vs OKC last time, tbh.
Touché
I get the sense Manu dictates his own schedule too.
Interesting topic about who will have the career night.
Anderson triple double watch.
Bertans, Forbes have probabilities of getting heat checks and torching OKC. Very capable of putting up a 20 pt game if they are hot.
Verde may bounce back he was 0-7 against the Grizzlies in the last game. He could just all of a sudden go LDN just bc that’s what he does.
Murray is the dark horse. He’s had games where he can go on a flurry and look like the guy many (including me) thought could perhaps keep his starting spot... or he may look like the Murray of garbage time.
Frankly OKC is not scary except for the fact they are desperate and Joff’s rim protection is nonexistent. Maybe Costello plays hmmm?
Also, young Spurs are at risk of TO the ball too much, not enough chemistry or minutes played among them and some are already TO prone anyways.
Last edited by SAGirl; 12-03-2017 at 05:01 PM.
I wasn't previously aware of it until I saw this tweet. The week in general is brutal for the guys, Lamarcus especially. This is a scheduled loss. The hope is that the young guys take advantage of their opportunities and that is all.
Hilliard and Costello have no chance to start and even though he exclusively plays PF, Bertans fits with staying big to start less than Anderson sliding up a position would.
Would think Mills starts because starters need someone who can score on perimeter, plus Forbes can fill his role off the bench. Mills should defend Roberson, Paul defend Westbrook and Green defend George.
Would also think Ginobili, Gasol and maybe even Mills don't play tomorrow.
Manu (19pts
OKC by 20+ tbh
Who gives a ! It's December 3 for Christ sake. This ing fool needs to retire. I'm getting sick and tired of his act. Playing through a back to back in December will have zero relationship of relevance come playoff time. I'm tired of punting games so Pop can stroke his ego.
Would've been the perfect Amuseddaysleeper game thread with all of our best players out tonight.
I/m going to guess that pau and manu are the stars of tonight. I'm giving the edge to pau since he'll play more minutes i think. hopefully mills shows up but he played well last game and so i expect him to flail around this game. OH well. it should be fun.
Spurs last minute debates...
Grats to Murray in getting the start.
REally not voting Manu for high scoring night bc if it goes south quickly he will be pulled and rested for the rest of the game. Garbage time statpadding is there for the taking. Somehow I think Dejounte is going to have a good game, but his matchup is tough. Davis off the bench, if he is hot, he can score in a flurry. Hope he has a good game. He needs a confidence boost.
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It's not just a B2B, but the team is having a stretch of 5 games in a 7 night span while having a thin frontcourt with the injuries (and the choice they made on Joff who hasn't been reliable and has been injured himself)... Rudy has a sore right heel... what do you want to expose Aldridge in a game on the road where they were already going to have a rough time since it's a stretch of 5 games in 7 days and Aldridge has to be exhausted with the heavy minutes and burden.
Let that man go the spa!
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