Manu back to the bench?

[ducks]

What does his contract have anything to do with him starting or coming from the bench ducks?

manu would not be happy if he was playing for a contract coming off the bench

[Cant_Be_Faded]

oh my f'kn god its true

wtf would he do this at this point in the season for

at this point in the season

omg

it seriously takes them 83 games to realize barry needs to start to hit his shots, wTF?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!

[ducks]

I give pop props for changing things in a middle of a serries has pop ever went this far?

[GerM]

ducks would you be happy if you were on a team and played every game as a starter and suddenly you come from the bench? I really don?t get how you can write so much BS without thinking about the confidence loss manu will suffer.

[Nikos]

Give him props if the team plays well (and Barry).

A win does not mean the move worked wonders. The Spurs are SUPPOSED to win this game.

And they better.

[dn0]

pop better pray for barry to show up tonight or he's going to have to hide on a anti-nuclear bunker for a few years.

[whottt]

Yeah he did it last year in game 6 VS the Lakers...Manu started the second half.

Manu can be a better energy guy than Barry but I really don't think it's a good idea to move him to the bench on the Spur of the moment...besides, our problems were in the 4th quarter. If Pop refuses to adjust again we'll still have the same problems.

Maybe Pop doesn't want Manu running out of gas late in the 4th.

[Tobias]

Yeah, why not bench Parker?? It's not like Barry hasn't been playing PG for umpteen years or anything.

[ducks]

I do not think manu has any confidence problem
now if tp was benched yes
but manu has done this before

lets see how he does then we can all know if this is a good move
rember manu was really worn out early and pop was worried he would last thru the playoffs

[exstatic]

OK, the rationale behind the move, as expalined by Sean, was to

a) get Brent some better looks with the first team.

b) have his matchup be DerMarr Johnson, and not Carmello, whom he struggled against in game 1.

As long as he plays DerMarr type minutes, it won't be awful. It must suck for Manu, though.

[ducks]

Maybe Pop doesn't want Manu running out of gas late in the 4th.

we have a winner!

[CosmicCowboy]

WOAI confirmed. Well...Pop knows more about basketball than anyone in this forum...I figure that Pops plan is to give Manu about the same amount of minutes just reserve them for later in the game..I am sure that Barry has his marching orders tonight to shoot the ing ball when he is open...and the guy has a beautiful high percentage stroke when he uses it so we will see..hopefully there will be a lot of naysayers eating their words tomorrow...

[Obstructed_View]

I don't think it's a good move.

I don't get why you can't just let Barry run the offense for a bit off the bench.

I agree that it isn't a good move;it smacks of desperation. However, whott, didn't you dislike the fact that they weren't making any changes after game 1? In response to that claim it would seem a bold stroke to shake things up trying to get a shooter out of his funk.

Just playing devil's advocate.

[Nikos]

Maybe the Spurs need some good players in for most of the game ducks? It is the playoffs after all no?

With Duncan hurt, and Parker shooting poorly do you really want Manu on the bench for that long.

Manu is not Ben Gordon. He can't score 20pts in 15minutes. Hes not a clutch jump shooter in general. Why do you think he would be better with less minutes?

[ducks]

I hope they eat their words tonight and tomorrow!

[dn0]

OK, the rationale behind the move, as expalined by Sean, was to

a) get Brent some better looks with the first team.

This is starting to sound like Hedo Turkoglu.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

what is to prevent barry from getting taken advantage of on the defensive end

[nkdlunch]

I don't give a damn if Pop starts as PG himself. Just WIN THE GAME.

btw. barry is a , he better step up

[Duncanoypi]

i think its true based on the lineup in yahoo.com

Name Min FG 3Pt FT Off Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF Pts
B. Bowen 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Duncan 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N. Mohammed 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Parker 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Barry 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Horry 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G. Robinson 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Massenburg 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Nesterovic 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. Ginobili 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Brown 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Udrih 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[ducks]

Maybe the Spurs need some good players in for most of the game ducks? It is the playoffs after all no?

With Duncan hurt, and Parker shooting poorly do you really want Manu on the bench for that long.

Manu is not Ben Gordon. He can't score 20pts in 15minutes. Hes not a clutch jump shooter in general. Why do you think he would be better with less minutes?

he would get more steals in 4 if played less minutes to that point

[Man In Black]

More duckisms.

Hey you know what? I got a sig for you.

You and Sequ can share it,

We know more about hoops...than Lakergod.

[diego]

the only explanation is pop wants either duncan or manu on the floor at all times, or manu is injured and we dont know about it. otherwise, this is the wackiest decision ive seen pop make

[Ginobilly]

I got mixed feeling about this............ I don't think now is the time to be changing lineups. It's only the second game??? Unless Pop sees something we don't and is already in panic mode.

I only know one thing............Brent Barry is a in panocha, mama verga, pinche joto. The guy better have the huevos to produce as a starter. He better not turn out like that pussy fart Hedo Panochaglu.

[firepopovich]

This will never work all it will do is give denver a big lead early. Mark my words

[Duncanoypi]

If it went well....Manu for 6th man of the Year!