West is undersized though. Would get hounded on defense.
Jordan Ramirez, that benjamin button looking troll from Worriers World and Bleacher Report. He compared Duncan to Mo Speights and said it doesn't matter if TD doesn't play.
https://twitter.com/JRAM_91/status/691346965238456320
Pop should have just sat the big three lol
I hate to even think that Pop might be building in an excuse in case of a loss.
This is a good strategy. Duncan can't cover the pnr like that. Start Diaw/Aldridge and bring Boban/West off the bench. I'm happy with this decision. Duncan looked old as against the lakers. My favorite player of all time, but let's face reality.
thats because most of the time we play GS on the second night on a b2b ... this time with two days rest I do not buy this Pop CIA thing ...Pop used to regularly rest guys at the warriettes home. Pop still playing mind games with them and reminding/giving his players confidence.
This CIA Pop 100%
Well this f-ing sucks. Talk about anticlimactic. Way to kill the game pop.
We will still be compe ive, we arent the warriors, we can miss a guy or two and still function fine
Would've loved to have had Timmy play but let's win it regardless of having the services of the GPFOAT.
Substantial sanctions tbh
of all the old guys, I think Duncan is the one we can most afford to sit against the Warriors.
This will be a test for Lamarcus-san.
The Warriors are the team that TD is going to be the least valuable against tbh. Not sure why people are reacting this way. LMA-Boris-Kawhi-Danny/Manu-TP was always going to be our optimal lineup against them. TD is basically only playable against GSW when Bogut or Ezeli is on the floor, and even then our more mobile bigs are going to fare better against their offense.
Sure, we aren't seeing them go head to head at "full strength", but "full strength" against Golden State isn't going to involve much Duncan to begin with.
By who? Bogut is not a low-post threat, and West is more mobile than Tim is at this point. Spurs have done fine with West in the starting unit. They'll continue to roll with that.
Furthermore, this is an extremely low risk, high reward play by Pop. We get to toy around with different combinations of our three mobile bigs and see what works and what doesn't, plus if we lose we didn't have Duncan, and if we win we did it without Duncan.
By the guards and perimeter players. Undersized players can't rotate and help without giving an easy shot.
Just pray to the bball GODS this is CIA Pop.
Duncan is a bad matchup anyways, but he better not be hurt.
If Duncan plays in the next game I will be a lot less concerned.
Tim left team and went back to SA..Starting to feel concerned about this, tbh..
Yeah, kinda sounds real...
Agree - Parker, Green, Kawhi, LMA, Diaw and Manu are all almost certainly more important than Duncan against GS, and you could argue West and Mills too. This could be a game where Pop throws Simmons, Anderson and/or Boban into the fire to get them some reps.
Great excuse if we lose, tbh...
CIA Tim tbh
Father Time is currently in 4th OT game with Timmy, but eventually it will win--like always..You just hope TD can push this thing to an another extra time before the knee gives out...
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