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you man up and fight.
so obviously with Manu's injury, we have absolutely no chance at doing anything significant in the playoffs, barring a miracle..a miracle would be Duncan's knees miraculously healing in his sleep, Pop somehow no longer finding Finley attractive, Bowen and Hill getting minutes, Matt Bonner growing some testicles, Drew Gooden receiving a brain from the Wizard, Roger Mason learning to dribble, Jacque Vaughn and Ime Udoka somehow finding talent..you get the point..
so what to do for the playoffs?..
do we shut Duncan down to preserve his knees? knowing Timmy, he's obviously going to give a 110% in the playoffs..he always goes all out..is it worth it at this point? or save him for next year?..
does Pop start taking risks? we're going to be underdogs in any series now..he can take some risks with playing Hill, and even Hairston..not to mention that it would give them experience..
..or just continue going with the same strategy?..
you man up and fight.
Shut down TD, and , shut down TP as well.
Give Hill some starter minutes and focus on the offseason.
At least now when the Spurs get bounced in round 1 there will be no meltdown, just resigned acceptance.
On to 2010
I say we suprise everyone and go with this lineup:
TP-Mason-Finley-Bonner-Duncan with our 1st bench players being JV and Udoka...
If it's going to cause more damage to Duncan for the rest of his career to play hobbled right now, then I would just shut him down for the season and let Parker go freestyle and go down in the first round fighting with all the youngsters on the court.
TD is also hurt. Tell him to save his energy to defense
Give the ball to TP and tell him to have fun.
Let's hope he can play some games like he did at Atlanta
drink heavily and pray for the best
NEW Rotation:
PG- TP/Hill
SG- Mason/Udoka?
SF- Finley/Bowen
PF- TD/Gooden
C- Thomas/Bonner
I want Spurs to lose as quickly as possible.
Alright for real this time, what about:
TP-Mason-Finley-Udoka-Gooden and run like !!
I agree with that but TD is a warrior. He will play in the Playoffs. He played a lot of games already on those bad knees. He'll play some more
And Pop should play the young players. getting some experience for 09-10 should be the priority.
I really hope Pop gives the youngsters a shot though, although it's unlikely..
in all likelihood, Hill and Hairston are going to be rotation players next year, since the FO must obviously see our need for youth now..since we're going to have a tough time winning a series, why not give them experience in the playoffs?..
Udoka(hopefully), Oberto, and Vaughn aren't even going to be here next season..there's no point of playing them..Oberto doesn't play anyways, but Vaughn? honestly? there's no point of playing him..
since we're going to be underdogs anyways, just live with Hill's "mistakes"..
Time to start Mason again, and use the TP+Hill combo.
And play Bruce too
It's not worth it at this point.
Mason- It's time for you to step up and go back to what you were doing in the beginning of the season.
Tony- It's time for you to prove you are one of the best players in the NBA, let's see what you are made of now.
TD- You are the franchise...I know you are hurting...but you've played hurt before...show people why you are the best PF ever.
Pop- Time to pull off the best coaching job EVER. No more screwing around.
SpursTalk- Believe.
As much as I want to say to sit TD, he's a warrior just like Manu and I know it would kill both of them to sit during the playoffs and not go into battle with TP and the other guys.
But hopefully they do shut him down if he doesn't recover enough by the playoffs, there's no point in destroying his body for a near-hopeless cause.
And damn it would be fun to see TP out there running with the rest of the guys. But man would he take a beating without defenses being forced to cover Manu and Tim, and that'd be really dangerous for him. But maybe the playoff minutes for Hill and Mason and hopefully Malik will make them better like it did in the beginning of the season ans we can come back refreshed and on a tear next season.
shut timmy down unless kobe breaks his leg.
Shut down Tim as well and play the youngsters.
BTW, here's a nice page on tendinosis:
http://www.tendinosis.org/
Sad end to a season that had such promise 6 weeks ago.
I agree, if it's any risk for Duncan to play they might as well pull him now. Maybe the extended down time can help. Who knows.
I also agree it will be trying to convince him to do it.
Guys, lets be for real...Pop is not going to throw some fluff rotation with a bunch of rookies out there!!Hairston might get called up but do not expect much from him. The spurs probably prefer him to bring a championship to Austin than getting his ass kicked in the playoffs!!
TD will not let himself be shut down. I just dont see it.
It would be funny if we win the West without TD and Manu
Let Hill play heavy minutes at PG, Bring Malik back up, and i'm almost willing to say bring Ian up lolol. That is if they are gonna completely shut down Tim lol.
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