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I'm looking forward to more Bonner at SF. Awesome.
Harden, Durant, and Fisher ripped the soul out of our team last year(especially Parker/Ginobili). The Spurs are basically being carried by the ghost of Tim Duncan right now but that won't last very long at his age.
I'm looking forward to more Bonner at SF. Awesome.
Why would you play Manu in the last game of the season? Think about 2011.
It's depends on how the Rockets go. I'd rather play GS than Hou in the first round(We'd be favourites against both, but HOU has large variance in their play so they are more likely to upset someone, and HOU is a better team(Far ahead by Season PD, and far better in 2013). It means winning against GS increases our chances of playing them 1st round.
I don't really mind. We're a 5-10% shot of winning the le, so we need breaks to go our way. I just hope that there aren't many people who complain about the decision 15 games later, saying "Pop ed up by playing/Not playing TP/TD/Manu etc"
Can we reach 60 wins?
Bonner + Blair in Kobe mode for 48. Hopefully Ginger can tear his Achilles too.
Golden State was also in the most blatant tank mode the league has seen since the Sampson/Olajuwon back-to-back. LOL starting 4 rookies. Still, can't fault them since they got an amazing player in Harrison Barnes for it (1 more win and that pick would have been Toronto's).
Can't really sweat last year tbh. I mean everything fell into place: perfect health, easy opponents the first two rounds, HCA, but Durant >> anyone the Spurs could throw out there.
I'm starting to think Pop wouldn't even give Baynes minutes with Tim/Tiago/Diaw/Bonner/Blair all out
FFS earlier this year members of this forum were thumping their chest and strutting like it was sat night fever (look it up kids) and marveling at how deep the roster was.
Now we have the 'oh noes, what we will do (run around in circles)!!!'
Look at the matchups. Plug Duncan in for 5 minutes, then play Baynes on Bogut. THey know each other and baynes is stronger. Run a three guard point rotation will mills swapping out to SG at times. You want Bonner to have confidence - give him the green light and tell him to put up 10 and run plays for him.
the game is there to be USED, the purpose is yet to be defined. But the Spurs are hurt and old. Hurt and old do not recover like a 20 year old - they need time and this is a way of giving them time as well as giving confidence and burn to the bench
recall the whole d-league team?
lmao no reason to rest anyone. round 1 spurs are playing for their playoff lives. Play everyone. Resting A or B means . Spurs are not going to get miraculously better with a game of rest.
IMO Ibaka, Harden and Fisher won that series. spurs didn't have them in the plans. and who can blame them.
Rest everyone
Sorry, but we have to play TD for 40 minutes.
TD needs to be battle hardened come playoff time. If we wrap him in cotton wool, he will suffer when he has to suddenly play more minutes and he will no doubt have to play extra.
Run him to the ground, then give him a 3-4 day break before game 1.
battle hardened..geez, he's brittle and tired, he needs to heal the bumps and bruises.
I'd actually play them all. Parker did want these last few games for his rhythm. Tim can play limited minutes, if he looks bad out there, same with Kawhi. But I wouldn't sit anyone. Let them get as much run in as possible, they've each sat enough games this year.
Battle hardened? Have you been watching a different season of Spurs basketball? TD has been the only player on our team during this second half of the season playing with cajones and giving it 100%.
Last season we sputtered during the WCF's; this season we are down-spinning before the playoffs even start. It's hard to watch, but as always I'll never lose faith until we are fishing in the Cayman.
This is such a bull post. ing pathetic.
I thought this was a question about the 1st round of the playoffs...
And I still agreed with sitting all of the above.
Marc J. Spears @SpearsNBAYahoo 12s Spurs Tony Parker (sore neck), Kawhi Leonard (sore left knee) and Tim Duncan (sore left knee) are out for tonight’s game at Golden State.
I AM BECOME DEATH, THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS
LOL Pop tanking. Nah, I think he's just giving rest now for the playoffs. We've got the number 2 seed locked up anyways.
I chuckled tbh.
Splitter shouldn't be playing either IMO.
I'd let any Spurfan in attendance get 10-15mins of gametime if they wanted tbh. I think Cry Havoc went to the Dubs game earlier this season so Pop could conceivably throw him out there, could probably get some really good pics to share of his experience.
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