Who should play next to Duncan

[mystargtr34]

I think we need to play Neal as the small ball 4 and play him next to Duncan...

[TD 21]

The answer is obviously all of the above. But eventually, McDyess should and most likely will be his primary partner.

As I had suspected, we're not going to see much of Duncan-Splitter this season. People can pull the "it's early" excuse all they want, the reality is Pop views Splitter as Duncan's backup; not his sidekick (at least for this season). The only possible exceptions where we may see this pairing with some regularity are the Lakers and the Mavs.

Once the playoff rotation is set, McDyess and Bonner are probably going to basically share the PF position and either Blair or Splitter (I suspect Splitter, though it could be dependent on match-up) are probably going to get roughly a dozen minutes a game backing up Duncan.

[024]

mcdyess will likely start in the playoffs.

[Obstructed_View]

Pop's answer in the Mailbag concerning Splitter shed a bit of light on it. He seemed to indicate that Splitter didn't piss and moan about getting DNP and that he might reward him for that going forward. Maybe he's just been hazing guys that put their own playing time before the team all these years.

[stealthjbravo]

The answer is Scola

[EricB]

When he's ready splitter. I doubt pop will do it though and I think by playoff time it'll be mcdyess...