Before everyone starts saying (see previous thread) I want to discuss the only thing that is bothering me right now. Now that we are stacked, it seems like Pop is just running players out there in no order what so ever. Keep in mind, we have yet to see what Patrick Mills can do.
Anyway, playoffs are just around the corner, and I was wondering if any of you have seen anything I haven't seen? Or am I right in thinking its a crap shoot of a scramble to figure something out? I also understand it has been tough to tell on the b2b2b because of the fact 1 of the big 3 were missing every game.
Let's sort out this mess here.
Last edited by Beanzamillion21; 03-26-2012 at 12:19 AM.
They traded away the guy leading the team in minutes and games, added three new guys who will likely make it into the rotation, and have struggled with injuries, inculding one that required a player in the rotation to retire. How many days would you like the Spurs to have a complete team before they figure everything out?
So far it's been zero.
that was my bad lol, just a little accident.
Yeah that is a good point. The guys have 19 games left so hopefully that was the last game any of the big 3 miss, at least until the next b2b2b on the west coast. That or when they clench a playoff spot. I guess i'm running with a crap shoot for the rest of the season.
who will be the odd man out of the playoff rotation besides James Anderson?
I doubt Patty Mills is in the playoff rotation
Insurance for TP? Idk man, I would rather him run the point to get Gary Neal back to his natural position. I am betting on him seeing a little time in the playoffs. At least 10-15 a game, no?
Unless the Spurs plan to run a 10-11 man playoff rotation I'm not sure how he fits.
Possible but unlikely.
I think we'll run a 12 man rotation in the playoffs because everyone is a contributor except James Anderson. Pop will probably decide who'll be inactive depending on matchups though, or from game to game depending on how a certain guy performs.
TP/Neal
Green/Manu
Leonard/S-Jax
Diaw/Bonner
Duncan/Splitter
It would be hard to let Blair out of the rotation after starting the whole season and his good play recently but at the end that's the rotation I would feel more comfortable with.
POP has his cot damn hands full now........... I am guessing that is a good thing?
Dentmon will be gone within a week
#goodteamproblem
It's pretty hard to imagine Blair being left out, though I'm sure most here would like that, I just doing see it happening. I think Pop likes the energy he brings to the start of games.
I have always thought the same, He is always sharp in the first quarter. Role players everywhere!
I think so to
Yeah, it's a stretch. He'll have to fit in pretty well. That said, the bar isn't very high on backup point guards; Manu and Neal have been really bad.
If Patty Mills is able to grasp the system early on (does the Australian team use Spurs offensive sets, Brett Brown??), the Spurs were able to add 3 players late in the season that have had some former knowledge of the Spurs system.
Spurs are just riding an emotional wave after kissing Jefferson's arse goodbye. It'll pass and they'll come back down to earth sooner or later.
Last edited by TJastal; 03-26-2012 at 04:30 AM.
+1
Color me worried as well. Pop's comments after the game also have me worried a bit.
It appears winning 3 games on a tough B2B2B has convinced Pop that his helter skelter lineups and rotations really will work in the playoffs. Most troublesome."They show a lot of toughness, a lot of character to do that three nights in a row with different combinations and different players playing on each night," Popovich said. "What's really great is that they appreciate or are happy with the success of their teammates. Whoever's not playing isn't hoping something bad happens so he can get in the game or anything like. They really pull for each other."
Remember how well the second unit played together once they gelled? There's time for the same thing to happen again before the playoffs. Part of the emotional wave is because they have a team full of players who give a . That's not going to "pass".
Agreed, but that can't stop some from hoping it will.
I think the only way Pop can make it work if he goes with defense first. There are alot of talented offensive players on the roster.
we will most likely see a 9 man rotation of:
Duncan
Diaw
Jackson
green
Parker
Manu
Leanord
Splitter
Neal
bonner &/or blair seeing time if a big gets in foul trouble & garbage time.
This is the best-case scenario assuming Diaw fits in well enough, but it's nowhere near "likely". It's hard to see Pop pushing even one of Blair and Bonner out of the rotation, let alone both.
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