Official Talk About Tim's Injury and Poor Performances Thread

[ChumpDumper]

I think because this team's playoff hopes have been dashed by injuries before, longtime fans may be a bit more philosophical about it. Just imagine how much has to go right for team to win it all.

[SequSpur]

Well, this was a legit attempt of a discussion of the lack of the Duncan that we used to know...

Whether its foot problems or whatever, bottom line, the dude can't score.....

so...........

Parker, Manu, Nazr and the rest are picking him up, which is fine, but got damn... its time for some of you all to take a dose of reality and see what is happening...

Can the Spurs still win? yeah.... Duncan becomes a rebounder, shotblocker and defender and drop a few points here and there....

The rest of the team is doing fine.

[Melmart1]

if they are hurting as bad in april as they are now, we aren't getting out of the wcf plain and simple.

It's not homerism, it's the fact that ing and cliff-jumping will not improve the health of the team. Last time I checked, we still had a few weeks until April, so instead of worrying about something we have no control over (injuries), why don't we focus on the fact that this team is still winning despite the health problems and will be a force once they get healthy.

If they don't get healthy and lose, then they have an entire summer to get better and come back next year. Will I be upset? Yes. But will life go on? Absolutely. It's not the end of the world if they are still figuring it out and still winning (despite hurting) in February. It's not homerism, its common sense not to get your panties in a wad over things that are beyond anyone's control. This is the Golden Age, Spurs fans. It may not always be perfect, but here is a novel idea- ing enjoy it.

[ChumpDumper]

Can the Spurs still win? yeah.... Duncan becomes a rebounder, shotblocker and defender and drop a few points here and there....

The rest of the team is doing fine.

I agree with the first part, but I do think the rest of the team still has alot of work to do. Fortunately Duncan's mere presence on offense demands a ton of attention that helps his teammates.

[polandprzem]

It's November god dammit!

Oh wait a minute....

...it's not?

This thread made me a little curious, so I looked up TD's scoring per month:

Nov: 21.3
Dec: 20.6
Jan: 18.4
Feb: 15.3

Interesting.

I then looked at his FG%

Nov: 52.9
Dec: 50.9
Jan: 44.9
Feb: 40.4

Man Timmy had one FG per quarter. That's not good. I thought he figured his shot out and won't be struggling so much in that aspect. But what we can see is Timmy's sgetting more rebounds. I don't know if it's about Nazr in the S5 or it's Tim making a defensive statment. (I haven't seen spurs games lately).
Hopefully the March will be that moth.
Spurs are better in rebounding and seems to click in that aspect oif the game. Still I don't know how nazr play affect mabnus game.

here you have some comment after the GS game

http://www.nba.com/media/spurs/warriors_060225.wmv

[polandprzem]

And I want to add this:

TIM DUNCAN IS THE BEST ROLE SUPERSTAR PLAYER ON THAT FRIGGING SPORT!

[SouthernFried]

Well, this was a legit attempt of a discussion of the lack of the Duncan that we used to know...

Whether its foot problems or whatever, bottom line, the dude can't score.....

so...........

Parker, Manu, Nazr and the rest are picking him up, which is fine, but got damn... its time for some of you all to take a dose of reality and see what is happening...

Can the Spurs still win? yeah.... Duncan becomes a rebounder, shotblocker and defender and drop a few points here and there....

The rest of the team is doing fine.

This is reality.

Timmy just can't elevate or move like before with this injury. He's getting more blocked this year, than in all other years combined. It's gonna be a huge hurdle to climb in the playoffs, for sure.

But, we can still do it. Timmy's defense and rebounding is still one of the tops in the league. Guys like Manu, Tony, and who knows, dare I say...NAZR...are gonna have to pick up the scoring load. Manu's gonna have to step it up as well...he's not moving like the old Manu either.

It's gonna be harder, and we're gonna have to do it differently. But, even with Timmy not being able to be as offensive as he was, the world ain't gonna come to end. We're as deep as anyone in the league...and this year, it just might come down to that.

Have fun watching how we do this...it's gonna be interesting.

[carina_gino20]

We know that the Spurs are playing hurt right now--Tim with the PF, fragile Manu, Rob, etc. But we can't honestly blame all their woes on that reason alone and ignore the fact that they still look lost on that court at times.

[z0sa]

Tim's last really good game was against Minnesota right after they made the big trade. Tim's foot is really bothering him on offense, which is why he's taking alot more jumpshots and hes less aggressive calling for the ball.

That said, everyone is really understanding the defensive rotations now and moving their feet, and on offense we're doing much better executing. I think everyone is gelling great going into the final stretch and its just injuries holding us back. The playoffs are still a ways away so theres still time for things to work their course even better.

[GoSpurs21]

when Tim had that awful game in the Spur's loss to Washington? We all said his performance was a fluke and that he would only have around 3 of those in a season.

Boy how wrong were we? This guy has basically laid an egg offensively every game of this month (and most of last month) and looked beyond bad tonight against the Warriors. All I can say is we are ed in the playoffs if these craptacular performances keep up.

Spurs win and all you can do is whine...pathetic, spoiled so called Duncan fan...grow up

if you want to get off the bandwagon then get off, we wont miss you

[GoSpurs21]

get off the steriods jackass or get off the Spurs bandwagon...
we wont miss you

[dbreiden83080]

when Tim had that awful game in the Spur's loss to Washington? We all said his performance was a fluke and that he would only have around 3 of those in a season.

Boy how wrong were we? This guy has basically laid an egg offensively every game of this month (and most of last month) and looked beyond bad tonight against the Warriors. All I can say is we are ed in the playoffs if these craptacular performances keep up.

My man he's hurt alright he is giving us all he's got. A mentally weaker player would have gone on the injured list probably a month ago. Timmy is by far my favorite player of all time and it is killing me to watch him stuggle like this. I was like a lot of people, expecting him to come back healthy and ready to be Tim Duncan again this year. When i saw the shape he came in i figured it would be a big year for him. I still have faith in him that when we need him the most come playoff time he will give us some great games.

[ZStomp]

Why couldn't u post this one of the other TD threads/

[smeagol]

Some people will never be happy.

Unless we blow out teams with Timmy scoring 26 and 16, Tony scoring 20 and 10 assists, and Manu scoring 20 points, 10 of them circus shots, SM will not be happy

[Melmart1]

I wish we could have one "down-with-TD" thread so the forum isn't so cluttered with all the idiots who want to trade/bench/criticize our Franchise Player because he is human and injured. I can't help but feel like this would be a loss that feels like a victory if we did this.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

this whole season w/ the injuries and all feels like one big loss

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Nazr, Barry, Rasho all playecd great plus we won big, but I can't stop thinking of Duncan's offensive game. He had 9pts against the Warriors D!!


If he's that hurt, then why doesn't he just rest till April?

Haven't you got it yet? Pop and TD only do this to piss you off.

[Leetonidas]

Who the cares? Quit your ing.

[v2freak]

That's a lot of flaming!!

Don't worry too much SM, the Spurs always turn it up in the playoffs. I know it's not a good thing to try to sleepwalk through the regular season but just take a win for what it's worth

[samikeyp]

I can't help but feel like the win last night was a loss

Then you're a moron.

Please slit your wrists and quit taking our oxygen.

[boutons_]

"Spurs always turn it up in the playoffs"

but the point is, this year, "Tim's PF permitting".

[Dario]

Dont you think its better for tim to just play trough it, than sit on the bench and wait for his game to miracleously appear?

[Kori Ellis]

Here's a thread about Tim's "bad" game.

No need for another one.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35500

[thispego]

Whoa now, since when is it OK for your team's star player to shoot 4-17 from the field? If we played against a playoff caliber team the Spurs would have most certainly lost. And btw dumbass, I said he's been awful offensively. His defense has been better recently though. Next time read the WHOLE post before going on an angry tirade.

[ChumpDumper]

If he's that hurt, then why doesn't he just rest till April?

Because he'd be the same after all that time and all those losses.

Just think of it this way role-wise - instead of Tim Duncan we have Ben Wallace, except he still consistently draws double and triple teams and can hit the occasional jumper.

I'll take that.