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Begining of the Season:
Starting:
Nazr
Duncan
Bowen
Manu
Parker
Bench (by position):
Nesterovic-Oberto (as for now)
Horry
Finley
Barry
Van Exel-Udrih
Playoffs:
Starters: Same
Bench (in order):
Finley
Horry
Van Exel
Barry
Rest Don't Play.
Please post your thoughts on the starting five and your bench sequence.
Thanks.
Begining of the Season:
Starting:
Nazr
Duncan
Bowen
Manu
Parker
Bench (by position):
Nesterovic-Oberto (as for now)
Horry
Finley
Barry
Van Exel-Udrih
Playoffs:
Starters: Same
Bench (in order):
Finley
Horry
Van Exel
Barry
Rest Don't Play.
1Finley,
2Rasho Oberto van Exel
3Horry, Barry , Udrih
The rotation
Ofcourse Horry will be placed in spot 1 in PO
Starters
Tony
Manu
Bruce
Timmy
Nazr
Bench
Mike
Rob
NVE
Fabri
Brent
Rasho
Beno
I mostly agree except:
Rasho starting Nazr from bench.
Beno will play more than NVE in regular season.
&in playoff Rest don't play MUCH. (They will get some minutes esp. Nazr&Beno)
Starters, with minutes breakdown:
Parker - 34
Manu - 30
Bowen - 28
Duncan - 34
Nazr/Rasho (make Nazr win the job in camp) - 28
Bench:
Van Exel - 14
Beno - (may get some of Nick's time or play when Parker struggles)
Finley - 24
Barry - 14
Oberto - 8
Horry - 10 (during the regular season)
Rasho/Nazr - 16
I realize, of course, that Oberto might get more minutes, Nick could get more minutes or fewer minutes, and that Duncan may need to play more minutes if he remains healthy. And injuries are also going to figure into the equation. But I think that's a reasonable breakdown of what we can expect.
Marks showed flashed of decency last season when he got a chance. Now that he's back on the squad, I hope that he gets a chance to play if injuries put one of the bigs on the disabled list.
I think it's too early to think about the playoff rotation. So much happens during the regular season. It's reasonable, however, to think that Duncan, Bowen, Manu, Parker, Nazr/Rasho, Horry, and Finley will be a part of it if healthy.
Nonstop tinkering until at least March.
Starters:
C: Nazr Mohammed
PF: Tim Duncan
SF: Bruce Bowen
SG: Manu Ginobili
PG: Tony Parker
Bench Rotation:
1. Oberto and Finley
2. Van Exel/Udrih, Barry, Horry
situational(3): Rasho
I would subs ute in groups. Oberto and Finley break Duncan and Ginobili. Next bring NVE/Beno for Parker, Barry for Bowen with Finley sliding to the 3, Horry for Nazr with Oberto sliding to the 5, or even playing with two forwards and no defined center. Manu, Parker, and Duncan will see a drop in stats simply because they will be resting, significantly, until the playoffs. And THAT is the scary part. It's scary that the Spurs will enter the playoffs with Duncan and Ginobili running on fresh legs.
The joy of the depth is that our second team will not drop the pace set by the first. There is a STRONG arguement for Finley to start over Bowen, Rasho could easily start over Nazr, and there will be games where NVE or Beno are playing better than Parker. Marks is the only one who is definitively a bench player.
Garbage time will be amazing. Our "scrubs" are former All-Stars, 6th men, starters, and Olympic gold medalists. , even Marks is pretty damn good for a FOURTH string big.
And what's REALLY awsome? The Spurs lost nothing defensively. If anything, they added it (Fin, and especially NVE, underrated defenders as far as I am concerned). But in the process, they also added two players who are capable of a 20 point night, any night. The Spurs just raided the FA market and made off with a bunch of spark plugs.
Now all we need is for someone to turn the ignition.
There is NO sensible argument for Finley to start over Bowen. Bowen was the second or third best player on the team in the finals. As Pop so frequently points out, he is the anchor of the defense. He saves wear and tear on Ginobili. He's one of the league's best three point shooters.
Given that the Spurs have one two of the last three les in large part because Bowen has successfully taken opposing swing men out of playoff games from the very beginning, it wouldn't make much sense to make a change now.
He's always near the top of the defensive player of the year voting. The Spurs are a team built on defense. According to the coach, he anchors the defense.
It wouldn't make much sense to start Finley over Bowen. It could very well make sense on other teams, but not on this team. That's exactly why Pop made it clear that Finley would be coming off the bench.
There's no sensible argument to not start Bowen, it's true. The starters have enough offense, he's vital in setting a tone on defense, and he needs to play with Duncan in order to get his roach-corner threes.
There WILL, however, be plenty of temptation to start Finley in Manu's spot. Ginobili plays extremely well off the bench, no matter how upset Argentina gets about this. Plus, it gives him an opportunity to play with Oberto. Even if he does start (and I'm not advocating he doesn't) I hope subs ution patterns allows him time to run with Fabricio, since they know each other's games so well.
Well, pending matchups, I could see Bowen taking a breather once and a while. Parker/Manu/Finley would be too much for teams to handle. You lose some D, but the offensive firepower would be overwhelming.
I'm not saying he should start over Bowen, but he could.
I think that will be cruical in regular season and it may bring them many wins: spurs simply won't have "garbage" time. Other tims will have to play their best all the time or risk their bench get trampled.
starting lineup:I think that will be cruical in regular season and it may bring them many wins: spurs simply won't have "garbage" time. Other tims will have to play their best all the time or risk their bench get trampled.
Nazr
Duncan
Bowen
Ginobili
Parker
crunch time lineup:
Duncan
Horry
Bowen/Finley (situational)
Ginobili
Van Exel
GARBAGE TIME!!!!
Marks
Rasho/Oberto (pending skill)
Barry
Finley/NVE
Beno
Now tell me that last part doesn't just send chills down your spine. *gulp*
1: Parker, NVE
2: Manu, Finley
3. Bowen, Barry
4. Duncan, Horry
5. Muhammed, Oberto
Elevator Monitor: Rasho
Parking Lot Attendant: Beno
Cotton Candy Maker: Marks
Nazr has got to show more if he gets the automatic starter label, like holding on to the ball, and hopefully 80% less pumpfake action.
Whoever thinks Beno have more MPG than Exel needs to put the beer down and goto bed... it's Saturday afternoon
Who cares what ours is? Here's Pops:
1: TP, with NVE spelling him except for the week-long trips to the doghouse.
2: Manu, then Barry, then Sean Marks. 20 games into the season Finley suddenly starts playing 35 MPG and averages 20 PPG, then he gets benched for hitting a 3 out of the offense.
3: Bowen Forever. Every once in a while Barry will come off to try to guard Ray Allen for laughs.
4. TD. Horry is never seen until the playoffs.
5. Nazr, then Pop gets Malik's doghouse refitted. Rasho resumes the starters role with a sparkling .014 FTP.
We got nuts about the rotations, Spurs repeat anyway.
Just thought I would take a stab at this for now.
2 things I am not sure of: How Van Exel will be used in the regular season versus Beno. Secondly, how much Rasho and Oberto will play?
Duncan 34
Mohammed 26
Rasho 12
Horry 14
Oberto 10
Bowen 30
Manu 30
Finley 23
Barry 13
Parker 33
Van Exel 13
Udrih 2
Not bad, Nikos. However, I don't think Rasho will have a spot in the rotation and I think Finley will play more.
Yeah the more I think of it, your right about Rasho.
If Finley does play more, that essentially means Barry plays even less right?
Yeah, I don't see much of a role for Barry right now. The only way that changes is if Finley bombs.
I get the feeling Barry might have improved in the system this season, at least in terms of his shooting and confidence. But he might regress like last season considering Finley coming in. Kind of sucks, but I just hope Finley can be a much more efficient player then he was last season due to the fact he is playing in a better system and playing LESS minutes. He is getting pretty old at 32, and I am not sure how good his defense is anymore.
If the coach was smart he would not play Finley. Finley sucks.
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