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yes sit him and give him that rest, right now we're in and him healthy is more important than seeding
I know their is not much time left 9 days or so, but I think the Spurs need to sit Duncan untill playoffs to let him recover. Because the only reason I think he is playing is because they are trying to hang on to the 2nd seed. But the way this team is playing and Duncan not 100% they are not going anywhere anyway. But if they finish 4th seed (Duncan 100% now) lets say and face lackers earlier than conf finals they'll have just as good a chance as any. I know this is highly unlikly because Duncan is tough, plays through injuries blah, blah, blah but Pop being as wise as he is about the importance of reg season v playoffs , he should really consider this as an option.
yes sit him and give him that rest, right now we're in and him healthy is more important than seeding
I agree
Let's go KG on TD
agreed. He looked like he was hurting bad out there, reminded me of T-Mac playing injured and not even making it to the top of the rim.
Dont let this game fool you in thinking Tim Duncan is hurt that much. Tim didnt get alot of touches and therfore wont shoot alot.
Spurs lost this game due to horrible coaching again. Sitting Tim,Tony and Manu out at the same time for an extended period of time will lose you the game.
I say let him play the last game of the reg season just to get a little flow going but the seeding still matters a little right now. We want home court in the first round at least.
It's not about the touches
His mobility didn't look great
I agree..our seeding is pretty much irrelevant at this point..
Will 10 days really make a difference in duncan's health? sorry I dont know the extent of his injuries except for his knees
TD just played bad. Don't think it was his health because he's looked good and better the past week. He had the big tip-in at Indy to pretty much seal the game.
10days to pro athl. like this is a huge diff. thats like saying manu could have come back 10days before he did and have been the same. That is why injuries are discussed in weeks because in days much recovery can be done much less weeks.
Tim is not playing with any energy. slow on defense. not aggressive. Trickled down to the whole team except for drew. Even if Tim sits, Pop still probably won't start drew.
I disagree. Tim's mobility has been the same ever since he's returned from the injury. Most of his scoring since coming back is from Parker creating or from an offensive rebound. Very seldom did he ever dominate a game on the block since he's returned. I wish we had just sat him from the beginning until the playoffs started. I think 5 weeks of rehab and rest would have helped him.
Looks like our season will be cut short.
Duncan's health is going to be on a game-to-game basis..that's how it's going to be for the rest of the year..there's no predicting how he's going to feel..
Drew should get some more minutes especially early, but the importance is that Duncan can't be aggressive on either side of the floor because of PAIN. Your body will naturally make adjustments when their is pain. Reaction is the fastest movement and pain causes natural body reaction to slow your movment.
I understand ur argument...maybe I agree but I dont see any other teams rest their players just got the fresh start in playoffs. Anyone same as DUncan age or even more: KG,Shaq,etc all other big man didnt rest. What happened, why Spurs need more rest than other teams? I think somehow Spurs just falling. Today only Tony and Gooden preforms...others just dissapear. This is more teams problems....Pop did rest him in some games and Manu got his rest because he just got injured. NOONE ELSE EXCEPT TONY CAN GIVE RELIABLE NUMBERS DAY IN DAY OUT. THAT IS THE PROBLEM. As much as I love DUncan he is not the only solution. Teams just sucks, TP need help..he got only from Gooden this game. Spurs will fall for sure.. I watch Spurs last 10 games and no improvement. Playoff should be the same
Again, I'm not sure what you guys are seeing from this game that's such an indication of problems with Timmy's health. He was very good in the first quarter, and then the rotations fell apart around him, offensively and defensively, and he didn't play very many minutes and had almost zero plays run for him in the final 38 minutes of the game.
If there is a problem with his health, it's the tendonosis and resting him for two weeks isn't going to help it at all.
"I understand ur argument...maybe I agree but I dont see any other teams rest their players just got the fresh start in playoffs. Anyone same as DUncan age or even more: KG,Shaq,etc all other big man didnt rest. What happened, why Spurs need more rest than other teams?"
But see that last statment you made is what I am talking about. Spurs have never won a championship by being like the other teams. Pop doesn't care if we go in 1st or 8th seed it's about your team being ready to play at their best at the right time. Another propblem is our 3pt % was best about 3 months ago and back and playoffs is no time to find your teams 3pt shot. We do things diff. and win the war not every battle.
I think some rest will sevre him wonders....Wouldn't hurt for the rest of the games were already in the play offs....I think it will help
+1. you don't want timmy going into the playoffs with too much rust on his game. if you want to help him, you can reduce his minutes but he's got to play for the simple fact that he has to learn to play with this injury since he won't be fully healed until the off season. he's gotta play through this one.
Timmy's been putting up about 20-10 the past couple games and he looked better out there for the past week. And 1 week is not going to help his overall health anyway.
What I see is that no matter what the rest of the team would do, Duncan would still get his and dominate DOMINATE his position especially 1on1s. Now they may lose a game because other players did not do their part or were missing shots. But the fact of the matter is Duncan would never be shut down by 1 player and this has happend more times than ever as of recent thats why he needs rest.
Play him no more than 25 mins a game like I said. Keeps him sharp while resting him. Gooden has played pretty well and can only get better with experience.
Kill 2 birds with one stone.
Also, Oberto (if healthy) needs to play more than Bonner, for defensive purposes. When Bonner's shot isn't falling, he's useless. In the playoffs we need toughness over a guy who can't shoot (at the moment to be fair) and gets muscled around on defense.
Rest Duncan if you want to win games.
Period.
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