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Still so put out by that Anderson injury. We had a chance for perfect depth.
I like the fact that we're racking up wins early.....but....something's gotta give eventually.
No way Manu can just start playing career high minutes for an entire season at his age with his history, without asking for major trouble.
I guess we can blame Anderson's glass foot, partly.
Still so put out by that Anderson injury. We had a chance for perfect depth.
If Hill would ever develop some consistency . . . he could be soaking up a lot Anderson's minutes and get Manu back under the 30 MPG mark.
Better now than later in the season..
Okay, now why is Manu in with a 20 point lead and three minutes left????
Pop is chastising Manu for asking for a quick start.
"You want to start fast!?"
Hill is starting to play well. Lets see Hill start to up his minutes.
I like hill starting and manu subs in ~6 min mark in 1st quarter.
I've heard Manu said that he wants to play around 35 mins per game, I think Pop is pleasing him.
Manu sat down and the Warriors cut it to 12... he's on a roll right now. Milk up the wins then we can ship him to Hawaii in February once we already have a sizeable lead in the standings
he's fine. Now that hes in the starting unit there's actually less pressure on him plus with him jacking up more threes and not going super hard he saves a lot on his body.
he played 30 mins tonight at GS
I´ve read that he wanted to play 35 on average and the staff agreed on 33 average. He is at 33.3 but those 33.3 are a lot lighter playing with the starters than playing 29 with the reserves and (let´s face it) coming from behind, because last year when coming off the bench he usually needed to cut back leads.
You can rationalize it any way you want, 33-35 MPG is too many.
Yes, he's shooting more threes than before, but he's also going to the line at about the same rate (6.1/36 min) as his career average (6.2).
In March, people are going to be screaming when the dead legs catch up to him.
I kind of agree, with the way the Spurs are playing right now I think people are forgetting how much mileage the Spur's core has on them.
Would like to see them being paced a bit better.
Manu has been playing unbelievable but the minute situation does worry me. He is playing too many minutes. If he god forbids hurts something it would absolutely kill us, its just not worth it and pop needs to limit his minutes more.
I'm starting to wonder if that nagging foot injury he had last season is creeping back up on him. I hope not.
Alternatively, maybe we have a dream record of like ~28-30 games over .500 at the break and can coast into the playoffs, getting Manu rest in March and April so he can play more minutes in the playoffs, as opposed to needing to play him at full tilt late in the season to lock up a top 4 seed.
Anderson injury is the one reason manu is really playing an extended amount of minutes.
FWIW, he's definitely adjusted his game to suit his body better. He is relying on his 3 point shot to open things up, helping him avoid contact in the lanes, and he's throwing a lot of floaters.
yeah parker is already starting to have trouble finishing. just like last year
34 minutes against Dallas and NOLA, and we needed every one. He only played 30 tonight, and I thought that was the plan. Am I missing something here? It's fine. It's Tony I'm more worried about at this point.
People make way too big of a deal regarding Ginobili's minutes.
He's not as fragile as people make him out to be, and he's clearly been capable of playing consistently big minutes over the course of a year if you factor in his NT play.
He didn't play during the summer this year so he could reasonably be expected to play 31-32 minutes per game. Not only that, it's not like he's sacrificing his body excessively during those extra minutes. He's being prudent with that extra time and attempting more 3 point shots.
He's not Gilbert ing Arenas (as far as being injury-prone goes)
That's what eva said.
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