TP to return tonight vs Detroit

[Beaverfuzz]

A good 20+ minutes from Tony gives Mills and CoJo their proper minutes too.

Win/win/win.

[Dex]

The team is finally getting healthy thank you science

As soon as Kawhi gets back, we should give Manu and Timmy some time off, tbh.

Not sure if anybody noticed, but the Spurs are game-and-a-half away from the 8th seed right now. Yet everyone keeps suggesting to rest X, Y, or Z.

Injuries have already made the Spurs miss more time than they would have liked. I know we would all love for the rotation guys to get their midseason vacations, but this team can't really afford to coast right now until it bolsters its record a bit.

[tholdren]

Not sure if anybody noticed, but the Spurs are game-and-a-half away from the 8th seed right now. Yet everyone keeps suggesting to rest X, Y, or Z.

Injuries have already made the Spurs miss more time than they would have liked. I know we would all love for the rotation guys to get their midseason vacations, but this team can't really afford to coast right now until it bolsters its record a bit.

Is there a link to minutes played per player to this point last year to compare minutes per game and total minutes played?

I thought I recently read an article or post about it.

[Dex]

Is there a link to minutes played per player to this point last year to compare minutes per game and total minutes played?

I thought I recently read an article or post about it.

Not that I'm aware of. The data could be mined out of BBall Reference for anyone who had the patience to do it, but I sure as am not THAT bored at work.

I was really just speaking in generalities, but that's pretty easy to do since the Spurs stayed remarkably healthy over the course of last season, whereas this season we have had several players miss significant time already (Splitter, Mills, Parker, Leonard).

[Pauleta14]

Thanks I love this gif...

[hater]

Not sure if anybody noticed, but the Spurs are game-and-a-half away from the 8th seed right now. Yet everyone keeps suggesting to rest X, Y, or Z.

Injuries have already made the Spurs miss more time than they would have liked. I know we would all love for the rotation guys to get their midseason vacations, but this team can't really afford to coast right now until it bolsters its record a bit.

well we were missing our best player and our best defensive wing. 2 of our 3 best players basically. plus the December schedule was just off the charts.

I think it's fair to say Duncan could be due some reduced minutes and Evita a couple nights off.

[apalisoc_9]

Oh..picks a ty team to make a return..How convenient.

[cd98]

The more Parker plays, the more the price to resign COJO goes down. Hard to get teams to sign you to a big contract when you finish the season with 5 minutes a game. That said, I'll be interested to see how Pop handles the point guard rotation given that all three point guards are playing well.

[romain.star]

the person benefiting from MVParker's return mostly is Evita imo

the man can't play over 20 meaningful minutes per game in a ballhandling assignment imo. his body just can't. Now he can parade around the perimeter and wait for Parker to destabilize the opponent's defense, so then he can take either the easy shot or easy layup.

Argentina should send a few million cows to France as a sign of thanks imo

Patty comes back. We start winning. Ship has been righted. Parker decides to stop his usual midseason vacation.
Parker fans will place win on parker coming back though.

Too bad the classiest North American sport organisation has the tiest fan base worldwide. Is it so hard to root for 2 HOFs who have been part of a 4 ships run for your favorite team?

[apalisoc_9]

Parker best player..

[lefty]

Parker best player..

[hater]

yup

we form like Boltron and MVParker jus happens to be the head. Team leader, Captain.

glad he's back yall

[Brazil]

Oh..picks a ty team to make a return..How convenient.

brah... I do hope Kawhi will make his return against a top team tbh

not sure what's wrong to come back against ty teams btw... that's the best way to get PT without needing forcing the issue.. perfect in fact

[apalisoc_9]

Not even TOP 50 among PG in adjusted RPM..



Best player

[hater]

...

didn't read. too busy looking forward to MVP's return

[Dex]

well we were missing our best player and our best defensive wing. 2 of our 3 best players basically. plus the December schedule was just off the charts.

I think it's fair to say Duncan could be due some reduced minutes and Evita a couple nights off.

I'm certainly not advocating any early January cliff-jumping, for exactly the reasons you stated. All things considered, the Spurs have stayed afloat and kept themselves in the mix.

I just think some people don't give credit to the INCREDIBLE luck the team had last season in staying healthy...moreso than any recent season that I can remember. That, along with the bench stepping up to win games that otherwise probably should've been losses, is what allowed this team to manage only 21 losses throughout the 82 games while still giving the Big 3 regular DNPs.

This season, the Spurs already have 14 losses through 35 games. There's still plenty of time for things to come around and for the Spurs to make their typical late season push...but there is less room for error (or cushion for resting players) when you are trying to climb the standings ladder.

[hater]

I'm certainly not advocating any early January cliff-jumping, for exactly the reasons you stated. All things considered, the Spurs have stayed afloat and kept themselves in the mix.

I just think some people don't give credit to the INCREDIBLE luck the team had last season in staying healthy...moreso than any recent season that I can remember. That, along with the bench stepping up to win games that otherwise probably should've been losses, is what allowed this team to manage only 21 losses throughout the 82 games while still giving the Big 3 regular DNPs.

This season, the Spurs already have 14 losses through 35 games. There's still plenty of time for things to come around and for the Spurs to make their typical late season push...but there is less room for error (or cushion for resting players) when you are trying to climb the standings ladder.

well we are not catching the top 3 seeds in the West. Forget about that. So is gunning for the 4th seed worth tiring out our stars? IMO rather than trying to climb the ladder, the Spurs are just trying to find their game.

[Brunodf]

Oh..picks a ty team to make a return..How convenient.

5-0 without J.Smith...

[apalisoc_9]

Detroit is Detroit...

[Dex]

well we are not catching the top 3 seeds in the West. Forget about that. So is gunning for the 4th seed worth tiring out our stars? IMO rather than trying to climb the ladder, the Spurs are just trying to find their game.

Spurs are only 4.5 games behind third-seed Memphis and 6 games behind second-seed Portland with 47 games to play. The only team in the West who seems unbeatable right now is Golden State (of all ing teams). A little mid-season lull from either of those two other teams and those spots are wide open.

But I agree, the Spurs' main priority is to find their game and start establishing a little rhythm while they wait for the loss records of the other teams in the standings to catch up to theirs.

[ElNono]

Too bad the classiest North American sport organisation has the tiest fan base worldwide. Is it so hard to root for 2 HOFs who have been part of a 4 ships run for your favorite team?

yeah, I don't get the TP hate at all, tbh...

[Brazil]

Oh..picks a ty team to make a return..How convenient.

oh and because I'm on a mood to check assholes... last time he came back from injury it was against the Clips... I probably must assume LAC is a ty team ala Detroit... or you are just full of

yeah I'd go with the last one

[Brazil]

yeah, I don't get the TP hate at all, tbh...

[ElNono]

what? I defend TP all the time... I don't get where all the hate is coming from, tbh...

[Brazil]

what? I defend TP all the time... I don't get where all the hate is coming from, tbh...

true... you are the king of the back handed compliment