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he's coming back from an injury and being cautionary for the playoffs
also every off-season he wont lead his country to an olympic gold medal
play 40 minutes a game night end and night out?
If he can not correct his physical condition you have to think about this. Only because right now he can not even play back to back games. HE is not as old as shaq even. This could cost the spurs homecourt advantage. If he can only play every game of the season playing off the bench just maybe he should be the 6 man. If spurs do not trade him. By the way I like manu and I think he deserved to go to the allstar game. I think he has proven in the 4 quarter he can bring it. I am just trying to discuss what would be good for the OVERALL TEAM not just MANU.
he's coming back from an injury and being cautionary for the playoffs
also every off-season he wont lead his country to an olympic gold medal
no!
Depends on the All Star.
Not yet. Remember, Manu won a Gold Medal this year and has had little time to rest.
Plus, he brings it when he is playing. I've never seen a player expend so much energy on every possession.
That said, if it starts to be a detriment to the team, then of course you must consider a trade. But I think next year he'll be better... better at pacing himself, and better rested after the Summer.
Trade Duncan...he's not even playing the first game of back to backs.
What trophy do they give out for playing 40 minutes a night? I want to see what it looks like.
*sigh*
Ducks, Manu's problem is not conditioning...he just gets beat to because of his agressive "give 110%" style of play...and there is nothing you can do to "prepare" for that kind of pounding...Manu draws a lot of hard fouls going to the rack agressively and thats just the way he plays...
Do you mean trade him for Lebron Ducks?
Good point. Do we really need Manu to play 40 minutes? Would a less effective all-star who plays more minutes really be that helpful?
(it would help if we had some possible names here...)
Manu's also been playing basketball non stop for like 3 or 4 years now...if you ask me he's holding up better than Drob and Duncan have when they have played international ball...
Its the one right next to the President's Trophy. The one you get in hockey for finishing with the best regular season.What trophy do they give out for playing 40 minutes a night? I want to see what it looks like.
The only guys that do more in 40 minutes than Manu does in 30 are guys that teams aren't going to be willing to trade for Manu anyway...and I'm not sure they'd be a better fit since most of them are low PCT shooting ball hogs.
Dwayne Wade in a heartbeat.
Believe me, Pop will trade him in a minute if he believes Manu can only play effectively every other night, with a night off in between.
This is still a business. Pop has no trouble making decisions on behalf of our team. For that, all of us should be thankful.
Let's see. An even-up trade could be for Allen, Iverson, McGrady, V. Carter, or Kobe. All can play the 2 about as good as Manu, even if not with Manu's heart. Can't have everything be even-Steven.
Yeah I saw how well AI and Duncan played together this summer...as Manu was giving them(and Larry Brown and Pop) a good butt ing.
Can't see any of those player being let go - well, maybe AI or Carter, but would you really want to trade Manu for either of those?
I say pull the trigger on the trade for AI...look at how much he helps the careers of All Star Power Forwards...nothing like having a guy shooting 35% taking 75 shots a game....And it'll keep Duncan from taking all those boring high PCT shots....
and hey...AI misses about 30 games every other season and is entering his 30's.....but he averages 40 minutes a game....That trade is a winner if I've ever seen one.
I actually wanted us to go for Stephen Jackson in the off season and put Ginobili back on the bench. Ginobili still isn't as consistent as Parker, but he has pretty much proven himself a starter. I like the guy and most Spurs fans would be in revolt if he left.
Still wouldn't mind having S-Jax back though. :-)
Classiccc!
Stephen Jackson?!? No way will that thug ever play for the Spurs again after the Pacer Riot.
Sides, we have Robinson now as our resident bad boy.
wade yes
other players play phyisical but they still play back to back games
I would not trade manu for ai NO WAY IN THE WORLD
So what about Lebron Ducks???
Playoffs don't have back to backs, they have lots of TV breaks during games, and big breaks between series when you finish in less than 7.
I'm not worried about Manu bringing it when it counts...
Yes, I'd trade Manu for LeBron James straight up! I typed this on an Intel-based laptop running Microsoft Windows XP. Happy?
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