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A blowout? And Haslip and Ian comes on...
He's perfect to play against the Thunder. He'll be pumped and be full of energy on a night where most of the rest of the team is likely to look dead-legged. I wouldn't at all be surprised if Duncan doesn't play and now that we know Parker has plantar fasciitis, it wouldn't be a bad idea to rest him as well. Even if they both played, the Spurs will have a tough time winning this game, so it's best to play Mahinmi, play Hairston and play Hill, Mason and Blair extended minutes.
A blowout? And Haslip and Ian comes on...
TD played a lot of minutes tonight so Pop will definitely rest him tomorrow. Expect Ian to gobble up tons of playing time against Durant.
Pop wanted to play Ian. but he fouled out on his way from the locker room to the arena.
Really!? Damn that sux! I was one of the ones that really had high hopes for him.... just never developed into the NBA level player like I hoped he would...Well hopefully some other NBA team will take a chance on him if the Spurs let him go... maybe they can package him in a trade before the deadline.
Pop better not pull that crap he did against Toronto with TD...
Will see what Ian does against OKC tomorrow night.
Yeah, unfortunately even a lot of Spurs fans think the way to watch basketball is to check the starting lineup and the box score for 'pts'
They're the same people who probably think that I'm trying to say that starting lineups and individual scoring stats don't matter.
There might even be someone that replies to this, "So What. So what do you know about basketball? huh? In case you didn't realize championship teams have good starting lineups and the team with the most points wins."
See how I used both "They're" and "There" ...........
There's a lot of replies and I didn't get to read them but just in case this wasn't already addressed:
a) Ian went to the scorer's table just after Blair went back in. It was about 1:00 minute left in the game. There was never a whistle and once we got the ball back with 0:28 or whatever there was just no point.
b) If we kept the lead at 22 and the game dried out I bet Ian would have gone in. Maybe even as early as late-3rd quarter. But the game got weird. Even though the Lakers' post up strategy would seem like a good opportunity for Ian, the game got way too close so there was no chance of Ian getting in until the W was a sure shot. So long story short, Ian didn't get in because we lost our momentum in the 3rd quarter.
c) If you're still not convinced think of it this way: Pop went to Ratliff in the second quarter. He played only four minutes and never came back. If he wasn't bringing Theo back he was cutting the rotation after McDyess and allowing the 'small ball squad' to play it through.
Yeah, as are early double digit defecits and losses.
You're still the king, Kelso.
Ian will play tonight
If Dice guards Odom and he scores Pop will snarl. If Ian guards Odom and he scores Pop will send him shopping to the big and tall men store for another suit.
It was more about Pop knowing himself and how he might react. I expect he will give Ian some run against a less challenging yet more athletic OKC team.
1 minute isn't even really "playing", more like a jog around the house.
The fact that he's suiting up is a good sign, guys. Don't get too worked up this soon.
No worries, Ian will play plenty tonight. I was happy he was suited up last night, but I didn't expect Pop to play him much given the caliber of team LA is.
Tonight, we will see a lot of Ian. He will prove whether or not he deserves more playing time tonight against a super athletic Durant and Green team.
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