official Kyle Anderson playoff minute thread

[Brazil]

He would have played less, but he would have played more than you're assuming. That's what I think, anyway. Obviously, if the Spurs only have 33 meaningful minutes a game, they won't play 10 guys. That's 165 minutes to spread out. So I think it's completely uninformative. I can say that Anderson came in right before the beginning of garbage time when Martin and Simmons came in in the fourth when the Spurs were up by even more. In a real series, Pop would still have needed to rest Leonard and Green. People who are assuming otherwise took the exact wrong message from this game.

yup Anderson entered with 22 pts lead, Martin with 30 pts. Anderson played yes 3 more minutes. still not very meaningful

Again, agree it would be nice if the Spurs always blew teams out so early. But it's clear Anderson is ahead of Martin right now in the rotation, attempts to qualify notwithstanding.

good thing we are both consistent

I believe those two are pretty even regarding rotation, first game yes Anderson has the edge. When games will be closer and tougher we will see in function also of Martin's evolution. As I said with Anderson we pretty much know what we have... not so much yet for Martin but so far he is bit more than a simple garbage time no minutes end of the bench dude you described.

[Blake]

The OP said to guess how many minutes he would play. I posted up how many minutes he played so you could keep track of it.

You're welcome.

Thanks.

[Obstructed_View]

Thanks.

[Blake]

[Blake]

I think you are the one who keeps moving the goalposts as what you consider integral or nor is your subjective opinion. He played. You said he wouldn't play.

I never said he wouldn't play. I did say this:

You want to talk Pop's past history on playoff rotations, but there's little to no history of Pop trusting a young end of the bench player in the playoffs for anything more than emergency or garbage minutes.

You were even pressuring guys and gals to put a number of minutes he would play. That was all you cared about. You acted like it was ridiculous and preposterous to think he would play at all.

I don't care what you think. Minutes in the playoffs are minutes and even a garbage time crew has a role. Had they come in and allowed the Grizz back in the game, they would have been benched. So whatever.

You moved Kyle to the garbage time crew?

[GSH]

The OP said to guess how many minutes he would play. I posted up how many minutes he played so you could keep track of it.

You're welcome.

Nothing wrong with that part. , how else will I know when I'm wrong? So, yeah, thanks.

The "discussion" after that just gave me a little brain hemorrhage. Arguing about things that nobody actually said does that to me.

[Blake]

Being up 22 in the third is not garbage time. He came in with Mills, Ginobili, West and Duncan. That's not a garbage-time lineup.

Lol there were 3 minutes left in the 3rd when Kyle came in. That's Pop sliding his way into garbage time.

People need to cool it with the talk of Anderson not getting minutes past the second round. That's NOT how Pop does it. He shortens his rotations if he has to. He doesn't start off playing fewer guys.

I like how you put "not" in caps.

[JeffDuncan]

Take your guess at how many minutes Slo-mo averages in the playoffs. ...

After significant effort involving the correlated and iterated summation of various factors, I am now prepared to post my initial estimate of the amount Kyle will play in the first playoff game. My guess is that he will probably play approximately 15 minutes and 20 seconds against Memphis in game 1, give or take a couple of seconds.

I am now hard at work on my initial estimate for the amount of court time Anderson will have in game 2, and I expect to be able to post that tomorrow afternoon. Also, at that time, I should be able to provide a first approximation of a playoff minute average.

The drawback of my method is in the amount of computer time it can take to produce a result, because of the many factors involved. It might be a month or more until I can post my final estimate of Kyle Anderson's average playoff minutes. However, I think people will be surprised by the accuracy I can achieve using the special method I have developed.

[SAGirl]

Exactly what Chinook said about engaging Blake happened. It's a waste of time.

[SAGirl]

After significant effort involving the correlated and iterated summation of various factors, I am now prepared to post my initial estimate of the amount Kyle will play in the first playoff game. My guess is that he will probably play approximately 15 minutes and 20 seconds against Memphis in game 1, give or take a couple of seconds.

I am now hard at work on my initial estimate for the amount of court time Anderson will have in game 2, and I expect to be able to post that tomorrow afternoon. Also, at that time, I should be able to provide a first approximation of a playoff minute average.

The drawback of my method is in the amount of computer time it can take to produce a result, because of the many factors involved. It might be a month or more until I can post my final estimate of Kyle Anderson's average playoff minutes. However, I think people will be surprised by the accuracy I can achieve using the special method I have developed.

Props! This was elaborately funny and witty. Let Blake with his own prognostications. Lol

[Blake]

Exactly what Chinook said about engaging Blake happened. It's a waste of time.

Well you're the one that blurted this out:

I think if they value him for the future they have to give him a chance. These guys are ppl and bust their assets for the coach. Win him games he could have lost without key players. You have to reward that effort, now if he goes out there and he can't handle the pressure that is another matter.

That is the part that is entirely opinion. You think he's not ready. Me, I think he's a compe or and will bust his was at the role you give him and will not disappoint. But the opportunity, he's earned that TBH.

If you want to back track and say now he's really part of the garbage time crew, that's fine.

Why are you getting so butthurt about this? It's just a discussion and I'm asking you to elaborate on your opinion. That's all.

[MVPCues]

He won't play when the game is on the line.

He will likely play a FEW meaningful minutes here and there to spell a few guys, but won't play a huge role during and it will vary from series to series.

He will play lots of minutes in blowouts.

Doesn't seem to difficult of a subject...

[SAGirl]

This thread is really hilarious at this point.

[K...]

He got minutes tonight that weren't garbage. Case closed.

[Chinook]

He got minutes tonight that weren't garbage. Case closed.

Eh, we had all agreed that the first round didn't count prior to this thread, and that's why Blake bragging about last game was so puzzling. It's like he doesn't even know what's going on, but just picks a random position he wants to attack.

[dabom]

Pop just like the DRob yawing cause this is a weak round.

[Brazil]

for now this serie is like pre season games tbh.. There is not much indication of pop rotation going forward

[GSH]

Uriel (I think) said it in the game thread - there's just not much you can take from this game, good or bad. Other than the fact that Bonner looks good in a suit.

[Blake]

Eh, we had all agreed that the first round didn't count prior to this thread, and that's why Blake bragging about last game was so puzzling. It's like he doesn't even know what's going on, but just picks a random position he wants to attack.

Lol bragging. Sure.

[SAGirl]

Well for the record it was 17:37 in the second game. No qualifiers from me.

[DrSteffo]

He is cementing his role as a not so valuable/filler player and that might earn him garbage time/meaningless minutes tbh.

[Kawhitstorm]

He is cementing his role as a not so valuable/filler player and that might earn him garbage time/meaningless minutes tbh.

His only value is against the Duds when D-West becomes unplayable.

[TheGreatYacht]

His only value is against the Duds when D-West becomes unplayable.

Kyle is and always will be unplayable

[Kawhitstorm]

Kyle is and always will be unplayable

........just like Kawhi

[TheGreatYacht]

........just like Kawhi

You said it not me