Spurs success translating off the court in more ways than one

I contributed to those sales this year.

I’ve purchased a Splitter and Hill jersey this year, and if I have some extra cash, I’m going to buy a Neal too.

Interesting. Some new fans locally, statewide, and around the country taking notice of the outstanding year. And there’s no denying the color scheme (ala the Raiders- I wonder did the NFL ever send a thank-you note to NWA (Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, etc.)

As all Lakers fans across the world exhaled after just receiving the news that Andrew Bynum is fine and will be a hundred percent for Sunday… I realized the opposite must be true for Spurs, Celtics, and Heat fans. So on behalf of all Lakers fans I wanna send our appologies on Bynum’s good health.

As far as jersey sales go, I’m no expert, but it is almost impossible to find a TD jersey anywhere nowadays. It’s always either Manu or Tony. Kobe, Lebron, and Kevin Durant are easy to find almost anywhere. I’m sure this has something to do with numbers 1, 3, and 6 being on this list.

I have a Vinny Del Negro Jersey, a Dennis Rodman, Avery Johnson, The Admiral (of course), Mario Ellie, Manu, Parker, and Duncan.
It seems like ever since we changed the Spurs color scheme from the pink,white, black to a more black and silver, I have seen more people wearing Spurs apparel. Winning championships sure helps.

@ Austin

Most sports memobilia /sports clothing retail outlets will carry the longtime stars’ jerseys and well as the popular newcomers (Paul, Rose; you will see Blake, Love, and Wall soon).
But hey—you’re just a catalog (paper or website) away from ordering any player’s jersey -from NBAStore.com or East Bay, etc.

Austin - I was on South Beach this past weekend and much to my surprise, saw a Duncan jersey hanging in a store window near where the Jersey Shore cast was housed.

Then went inside and they had a $19.99 sale rack with Lebron’s #23 in both white and blue.

Knick jerseys are probably slightly inflated given everyone who bought a Felton/Gallinari jersey to start the season had to trade it in. I still see Felton on some subway billboards across Manhattan.

@Aaron

“So on behalf of all Lakers fans I wanna send our appologies on Bynum’s good health.”

On behalf of all Spurs fans, I wanna send our appologies to you for having such wonderful school teachers, who didn’t do a very good job teaching you how to spell.

Based on nationwide or worldwide sales?

I have almost an entire chester drawer dedicated to Spurs jerseys. Getting kinda full. Need to throw out some of my wife’s stuff in one of her drawers to make room for more.

Anybody interested in some slightly used under apparel so as to make room for more Spur’s Jerseys?

Please no, You’ve gotta be kidding me. Please no just no. Hopefully it’s not too bad.

Down goes Ginobili. I don’t understand the logic behind playing them in this game, Popovich.

What joke Pop, after tanking last game, put the starters today. Really?
Phoenix killing the Spurs in PnR, and Spurs have one very good PnR defender, and he is in bench.
Really a joke.

@Bruno,

Unfortunately its the same old Pop. And he’s probably going to roll the BB combo out on the floor after Timmy & Dyess sit. Crap! Manu is down. Why the hell do the starters have to play just to get hurt in the last game?

@Titletown99030507
Spurs now is going to be eliminated in 1st round, great. Manu out for 5 days- 30 days

Manu’s injury looked to be a hyperextended elbow so hopefully that’s not too bad and he’s atleast back for game 3/4 of the first round.
It looks like Memphis totally tanked the last two games to ensure they’re playing us. I still think we beat the Grizz even without Manu. Grizz are hugely overrated by a bunch of posters on this board. They have good size and athleticism but we have better players and smarter players and I see that prevailing over a 7 game series. Only Randolph, Battier and Allen have actually played in the post season.

One last thought on the injury is that it was a total freak accident, his arm got trapped between Duncan and Grant Hill. That could have happened on any practice or scrimmage, so don’t blame Pop, and he put Splitt in so we got our wish…. Eventually.

MSteele

I agree. I think they can beat the Grizz without Manu too. But even with MANU some people think they would be a nightmare for the SPURS. If they can’t beat the Grizz then they got no business in there.

The starters can’t just be kept on a shelf forever and suddenly be ready to play when you decide to unwrap them. Manu’s injury was unfortunate, but hopefully he’ll be back before the 2nd round. I think the Spurs win against the Grizzlies without him. Neal is going to step up and have a great series.

The Grizzlies are down by 30 against the Clippers. 30!

I can already see them salivating thinking of the Spurs.

Losing just to be the 8th seed and play the Spurs?

Pathetic.

pop toys with lineup too much. needs to remain consistent with starters and rotations. adjust minutes slightly, accordingly.

if manu played last night, he would not have been injured tonight.

chaos theory.

And we can’t beat the Suns?

Look 1st quarter and 3rd quarter team, this is what we have without Manu. Nobody remember DAllas 2009??

ya memphis is going to be wishing they won these games. tanking games is in poor taste, but if they think they have a shot let em try. postseason spurs will be a different team than regular season spurs. all the matchups they think they have will go right down the drain after a few adjustments and they dont have the talent to keep up…spurs in 5 over memphis…thats my prediction.

Spurs Ginobili-less is like the Cavs

To Aaron. Might be hard for you to believe but I’m glad he will be all right don’t want any excuses if the Spurs win and the Lakers don’t. I would rather see them leave it all on the floor and let the best team win. There are alot of Spurs fans who feel the same way.

Is it just me or does it seem like a Spur player comes up limping every possession!!! Suns are the suns and the Grizz are a totally different animal lol It took as too long to get going but we have played some good ‘D’ for long stretches in this game. Does anyone else think Danny Green could give solid backup mins??

Is Pop trying make Duncan got hurt too?? This game is over. Put the scrubs. Spurs have no power

Come on Kings you can do it! Id love to see memphis reaction when they realized they just traded vsing the Mavs for the Spurs! Thats what you get for tanking games and you are not locked in your seed absolutely pathetic, bad for the league and completly against the spirit of competition.

Spurs enemy of last 15 games attacks again, just he, the most consistent “player” of Spurs in last 14 years, is time to retire, Pop.

@Bruno
Pop has done a great job of managing every one on this teams minutes. He only played Tim 30 mins, he needs mins to get himself in playoff shape so I’m not annoyed with that move and it gave us a chance to win the game so I can’t complain.

Pop didn’t play Splitter today, get over it. We all want him to play but if Pop doesn’t play him there is not a thing me, you or anyone esle on this board can do about it. Pop makes mistakes but he’s one of the best coaches in the league so please just be quiet.

@MSteele
Lol??!!Do u think i am concerned about Splitter?? Ginobili get injury!! Without Manu, Spurs is going to maybe be eliminated in 1st round.
Have no sense put the starters today, he tank last game, why play today??? Who cares about Splitter, Spurs season >>>>>>Splitter

The Grizzlies have no play off winning experience and no closer… Bring them on. And I hope for the lakers sake, they bring it. According to odom they’re to cocky when playing lesser teams to win. They have NO in the 1st round…

Pop shouldn’t have played the starters. There was no reason, really.

And now, we’ll be lucky if we escape round 1.

God I hate to see that “told you so” smile on Barkley’s face when it happens.

Next season they should give the coaching helm to Coach Bud. Pop can go and sip his wine.

During the game, watching Bonner made my eyes hurt. Beyond that, Grizzlies don’t scare me.

Side note, Lakers pretty much get a first round bye for playing the hornets.

“And now, we’ll be lucky if we escape round 1.”

lol this is ridiculous, memphis are missing Rudy Gay, even without manu the spurs are heavy favourites.

The rotations are back to what you’ve been watching the last 15 games or so which really suck. One thing Pop has made it known that the BB combo will be there throughout the playoffs while Timmy and Dyess sit. Not winning anything like that. Even if Bonner makes 3 three pointers in a game it’s still a bad trade off for his defense. You can hustle all you want but that doesn’t mean your being productive if you get scored on over and over. Same goes for Blair he can hustle the hell all he wants and get some rebounds but two points over his head all night long really sucks to watch. Bring on next season. I ain’t watching this shit anymore. Oh yeah its going to be the same next season, right same coach.

Before I sign off when is Timmy’s last season?

Wow..Manu gets hurt on game 82 after a great season…just pure bad luck…

I like that POP played his Stars…we have been very inconsistent lately and we need to get in a rhythm..I even hoped they played yesterday but back to back would be too much anyway…

Well now we are at a disadvantage as I think that Memphis & Boston are the 2 best teams to defend TP and reduce his penetration in this league and they know that so that is why they tanked the last 2 games to be #8 to meet SA in 1st round.. so now we have to bring it and win without Manu…

Drive for …Go Spurs Go…

How can anyone complain about other’s tanking when the Spurs have done the same for the last two games? We led the league from day one as the top seed, only to lose it on the last day of the regular season.

The Spurs lost 8 of their last 12 games and now Manu is certainly not going to be 100% for the playoffs.

Seems like there should be a bit more than casual concern. Frankly, Barkley’s predictions of them not making it past round two doesn’t look so foolish now- in fact I’d be surprised if there’s not decent money in Vegas betting against them getting by the Grizzlies.

They will certainly need to figure out something. I hope Pop knows what he’s doing as I just don’t think you can magically “turn things around” just because you’re in the playoffs.

The defense tonight was spectacularly poor. Most of the night, Phoenix had it’s choice of open shots- passing up wide-open 18 footers for other wide open 12 footers. Wow.

It’s obvious that Title only watches the plays that Splitter does well on…… Like he mist have not seen Robin Lopez beat up Splitter tonight…… Or the Lakers last night……. He keeps saying Blair gets shot over as if Splitter doesn’t get scored on at all or something………Blair gives you more positives on a consistent bases…… the rebounds and steals….. and Tiago also gives you some of that, but not as much as Blair………. and his defense isn’t that much better……. so why play him over Blair………

Sorry folks the Bonner/Blair thing has already been exposed for what it really is and quite frankly its not enough. Pop teased us for the last 3 weeks and now I’m waking up from my dream only to be in a nightmare like those Freddy movies. Shit I feel worse than when MSteele showed me that mouse. Damn!

Hey MSteele put the mouse up again. I need a laugh.

@TD,

That’s because the BB boys play a gazillion minutes jackass.

@TD,

Dude is Blair your step brother. Damn you defend his ass to the death with your silly rhetoric. I will be counting the number of points his ass gets scored on throughout the playoffs and give you a nice number to chew on when it’s all over.

Go right ahead title……. Because we all know SPLITTER has NEVER been scored upon…………lmfao………He has played over 700 minutes of shut out basketball……..No one every gets a rebound over him, he rotates over and shuts down every attempt in the lane, and his 1 on 1 D reminds me of TD and Robinson combined…….

DUDE get over it……. Splitter doesn’t get minutes because his game is too dependent on people giving him easy layups……… He needs to work on his skills and until he does he will always be at the Bottom of the list…… POP loves Bonner…… I have no idea why(1 dimensional) and that 1 dimension can be taken away too easy…….So yes Splitter should get minutes……. But Blair has EARNED his minutes and DESERVES some playing time……. So its not Blair that’s taking away his time….. it’s Bonner…….

@ Rafael April 13th, 2011 at 8:19 pm
“Spurs Ginobili-less is like the Cavs”
—-> Reeeeeeeally..I mean Manu is important but CAVS.. you guys are ridiculous…

@ Concerned , April 13th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
“Down goes Ginobili. I don’t understand the logic
behind playing them in this game, Popovich”
—-> They needed to get in rhythm and injuries can happen anytime so it’s just fate & we have to deal with it…..every champ gets lucky(remember LA and the loss of Perkins for BOSTON..)….

@TD,

Blair doesn’t deserve shit. He didn’t earn shit. Pop just loves the guy period. Face it dude Blair is not a center or a power forward. And he’s going to get played. Splitter would kill his ass one on one and I would love to see it.

That mouse is hilarious… haha. Anyways you can blame Pop for putting Blair and Bonner in together, obviously, and not playing Splitter butno one can blame him for getting the starters some minutes. A lot of people, myself included, were saying over the last few days ‘Rest starters against LA, Play starters at PHX’ and I have no problem with them playing today. They need some game time to get up to speed. Imagine if they had of came out against Mem, the way they came out tonight - they would be down 10-15 points in the 1st game of the playoffs which isn’t the way to start off. They needed to play to get rid of the rust.
And finally on that Manu injury - total freak accident, could have happened in any scrimmage or practice… heck Tony could injure himself getting out of bed. I still think we have way too much to get put out by a very flawed Memphis team.

Early Indications are Manu’s injury isn’t serious.

TD even said “Luckily, its not serious…..”

According to ESPN.

Best case scenario Manu just misses Game 1.

@TD,

I expected a double double from Blair for all those minutes he played. 8 points. Not impressed but he gave up twice as much. That’s sad. Expect to see more of that. And you think that’s great?

@ Title………

Blair doesn’t deserve shit. He didn’t earn shit. Pop just loves the guy period. Face it dude Blair is not a center or a power forward. And he’s going to get played. Splitter would kill his ass one on one and I would love to see it.

So Blair didn’t out play Splitter in the preseason………. hmmmm okay… I remember folks on this board talking about him being an ALL-Star one day…….

And if Blair isn’t a C/PF why does he out rebound Splitter……. Since Splitter is the TRUE embodiment of a Center……..

“Splitter would kill his ass one on one and I would love to see it.”

REALLY…… And how would Splitter score on Blair…….. Please don’t tell me that he would use that RIDICULOUS hook shot of his……. And he doesn’t handle the ball better than Blair and has no Face up game…….. LOL w/o TP/Manu feeding Splitter easy buckets he wouldn’t score much if at all on Blair……..

Oh and before you say Blair can’t shoot over him to score, just look at these past 2 games…… Blair has a little dribble drive game and is used to scoring over taller players…… That plus Splitter isn’t a shot blocker anyway…. Blair could just miss and go get his rebound on TS…….

@MSteele,

Talk about the bad karma some people were unloading on Bynum. We almost got paid back.

@ Title & TD=bestever….

Listen guys..you won’t ever reach an agreement so be civil about it.

I do agree that Blair is the best of the 3 but POP uses Bonner much as our offense is predicated on 3-point shooting availability to allow open lanes for TP & Manu and he is a better rebounder than RJ at the 4-spot or Steve Novak(although I say play Novak more if Bonner is not hitting shots and both are poor defensively anyway)….

I think POP focused on the new offense & resting Duncan too much and not done enough to occasionally “Pound the rock” and get defensive…

Well hope we can still beat Memphis without Rudy Gay coz if we loose to them it will sting and Barkley will chew our behinds on TNT….

Anyway, next year we should work on pounding the rock at least 30-35% of the time..and go out and get Dalembert for shot blocking/altering…

Go Spurs Go…

#5 Atlanta would have missed the playoffs in the West and #11 Utah would have made it in the East. Shows how the West is still dominant and that we should be proud of coming out of it with 61 wins and the 1 seed.

Title - just keep on digging yourself in to a hole of stupidity……………

NO ONE GETS A DOUBLE DOUBLE in 16 minutes……… PERIOD!! Are you kidding me……. and for the few that do, it’s not an average, just a GREAT game for them…….As long as Blair can rebound the ball at his current rate he will always warrant minutes off the bench……… Like I said before, It’s Bonner that needs fewer minutes, not Blair….. Blair gives you his positives on a more consistent level……

@TD = Best EVER

No way Blair is better than Splitter. Period.

But Pop loves Blair, and loves much more the second worst thing that ever happened to Spurs: Bonner. Bonner only isn’t worse than Finley because Finley made Manu come from the bench.

@TD,

For one Blair wouldn’t be able to make any put backs against Splitter when he misses. Two he would have a field day against Blair with his hook, you saw what he does against the shorter ones. Swisshh! Your dreaming now that he would get his rebound against Splitter what a joke. In your own little world. Don’t you think Splitter knows (shorty’s)Blair’s game. He’s a little crafty himself you know.
And as for the preseason Splitter was hurt remember? By the time the regular season came around Pop didn’t even try playing Splitter and that’s not Splitter’s fault then the jackass realized hey he can play this Splitter guy. But by the time he proved himself Pop was knee deep into Blair and didn’t want to hurt his feelings by not playing him remember? Blair got his feelings hurt when Splitter started showing his ass up. So Pop went back to the old way and now this what you get. You should be happy and proud of that. It will come out in the wash dude. And yes Splitter is that better than Blair whether you like it or not. They’ll tank this playoffs and then Splitter will take his minutes next season as everyone battles for their spots.

@hassan,

formulate your opinion fine, but will as well. and I beg to differ. Splitter is way better than Blair. No contest. He dive for all the balls he wants but it aint gonna cure the buckets being scored over his head. I can’t wait for Memphis. Put his ass on Marc Gasol if you think he’s that much of a bad ass. I want to see that. I want a double double out of him if he plays 15 or more minutes. He’s a bad ass right? 8 pts tonight didn’t impress me one bit especially if he’s giving up way more than he scores. Stick to your opinion and I have mine. the shit is starting all over agin because Pop is going back to same old shit.

I think next year, get Dalembert and play him with Bonner in Second unit and he will cover for him a lot and put Blair back with the 1st unit as it worked very well in begining of the year as he husstles, rebounds and passes well…. Splitter should be 5th big.

Divide 96 mins at the 2 front court positions as such:

Duncan: 26 mins(even less court time-but pound
it to him more in 2nd half od season at
least 1/3 possessions)….
Blair: 18- 20 mins
Dalembert: 20 mins + Bonner: 16 mins(with Dal)
Splitter: 14-16 mins(covering for Duncan, Dal or Blair in-case of foul trouble/Injury or DNPs-rest).
McDyess May retire if not them he should play a few mins a game to stay fresh.

POP already has a new offense- more G.hill & JA hopefully on offense to rest Manu….., but we need to go more at defense next year esp if Dal & Splitter improve the defense…

Also Pop we need to play Danny Green more as I feel he can be a good perimeter defensive player….

Go Spurs this year and Next too before Duncan Retires….

@TD,

Oh so getting rebounds at that rate warrants minutes. Then you and Pop need to take a hard look at Splitters efforts in the same amount of time. The stretch where Timmy was out Splitter annihilated Blair in production. I even posted it on one of the threads minutes and production for that 6 game stretch Splitter vs Bonner vs Blair and neither of those two came close to what Splitter put up. And that’s when lots of people were asking for Blair’s head. But then Timmy came back and everything slowly but surely came back to its old self again in regards to minutes for these 3. Why? so that chemistry wouldn’t wreck the team. Bull shit. Well this chemistry is going to wreck this team the way it is. People are sick and tired of these stupid rotations but Pop does it just to keep shorty happy. Truth is in the pudding.

Let me see, Blair can score over Pau Gasol/Marcin Gortat in consecutive nights, as well as pry loose rebounds from Both of them…..Be he can’t versus Tiago the Almighty…… what a joke…..You and others just CAN’T have a rational conversation about Splitter w/o foaming at the mouth anytime someone brings up any negatives, or anytime Splitter doesn’t get as many minutes as you would like…..And I’m living in my own little world……..Also you might recall Splitter against Memphis this year when Darrell Arthur wipe the floor with him…….. or did you forget that already…….So Splitter can get scored on as well…….

@hassan,

Oh hell no. Splitter gets minutes before Blair. I don’t want to see that tired ass on the floor anymore period. Blair should be traded to get Dal. Splitter can give us more than Blair can in 20 minutes or more.
Splitter can draw more fouls than Blair can in a shorter amount of time and that will get the opposing team in the penalty sooner than they want allowing our guys to attack freely at will. Splitter can get more rebounds than Blair if they play the same amount of minutes. And Splitter can clog the lane much better than Blair. This last game I saw a lot of Suns blowing past Blair and scoring as if he was invisible. Size matters. Blair needs to come off the bench next season to make room for Splitter. Or if they are that high on Blair and I don’t know why, then trade Splitter for the big man you want. Because someone like him needs to play with the starting unit. It’s just a waste of player personnel.

@ Titletown

Yeah we all have our opinions and we should be civil with it anyway…..

I agree Splitter is better than POP’s playing time suggests but he still seems to be gassed easily in the games which leads to lots of fouls and this is a conditioning problem which is on the player not the coaches.

Also injuries must have reduced his conditioning a lot as well as longer NBA season and difficulty of POP’s system as all players struggle in year 1 to get comfortable in POP’s system so there are myriad of reason why he doesn’t play much this year along with the unexpectedly quick/great start we had to the season and POP went for the #1 seed knowing he may need it against LAL, DAL, Thunder or east teams but then the unprecedented 6-game loosing streak messed things up by 1 game(BTW)… great season anyway…

But now we have an injury at a bad time but this is fate.. still liked that he played starters so we try to get back into a rhythm….

Go to bed TD,

You need sleep your delirious. Didn’t you read my post. Splitter tore Blair a new one when Timmy was out. But now everything is back to normal so you should see shorty in there being a liability. Hey it doesn’t matter your boy is going to play the entire playoffs relax and chill. And I’ll be counting the points going over his head.

Goodnight TD.

@ Title

We have already discussed TS starting and realized that unless it’s a team tailored for his skills that it ain’t happening……. He simply ain’t that good yet….. And also we saw Both players in the starting lineup VS LA….. and we saw who played the best….. Yes Splitter is better at scoring off the pick and roll….. but that’s about it as far as his offense goes…… And his position Defense is better but he doesn’t rebound as well so the gain there is also minimal……… And as far as his rebounding if given the minutes….. Well he was against LA and didn’t out rebounded him…… Splitter if you watch games doesn’t come up with a lot of low percentage rebounds like Blair does….. he did like 2-3 times last night……….

@ Titletown

In my mins. scheme Blair & Splitter get similar mins but Blair starts as he is quicker than splitter & a better passer from the high post for Duncan in the low post when the latter is down there(or do you want Duncan coming off the bench so Splitter can Start).

Splitter should then be able to play with Bonner as Splitter is only better near the basket(no range at all..needs to work on that and FTs…takes about 2 yrs to get it done) and Bonner can spread the floor for him to to his thing down there…

Dalembert can play with Duncan, Splitter or Bonner as he has a decent 14-16 foot shot like McDyess but is a more atheletic & Intuitive shot blocker compared to McDyess(only 29 yrs old with carrer averages of 8 points, 8 rebounds & 2 blocks in 24 mins- no stats for altered shots)…

Go Spurs Go..

And yes I did read your post but pointing out how well Splitter played over a 5-6 game stretch doesn’t make him a better player…….Blair has done well over the entire season, that’s why he gets his minutes…….and he has adjustedto his bench role and is playing well there as of the last 5-6 games…….

Good Nite you’ll …..

Hope to wake up to good news about Manu….
Go Spurs Go……

honestly, i think i’m one of the few that thinks we’re ok playing the grizz.

yes, they’re a long, talented team, but without gay, i think we can take them in 5, 6 games max. they just don’t have the depth and talent that we have. our top 3 are better than theirs, and our 4-8 are too. end of story.

also, with okc playing denver, we might get a ton of rest. i could easily see that series going to 7. either way, with dallas and l.a. locked into a 2nd round meeting, i’m not sweating our seeding.

How about RJ as a Spur for two whole seasons now? Didn’t we trade our whole defense to get him and his ability to slash and finish at the rim. He’s been consistently invisible ever since he got here, with few decent games here and there. With all the minutes he is getting you would think he can step up and take over couple games for us. Can some of you guys that are calling sick to attend his autograph signing sesions ask the man why he’s become non factor. Or maybe some of you senior guys can grow a pair of huevos and ask the coach same question.
And don’t start me on Matt Bonner, please.

But it’s not all bad. We are number 8 in jersey sales.

Bruno
April 13th, 2011 at 7:10 pm
What joke Pop, after tanking last game, put the starters today. Really?
Phoenix killing the Spurs in PnR, and Spurs have one very good PnR defender, and he is in bench.
Really a joke.

Bruno
April 13th, 2011 at 7:31 pm

Spurs now is going to be eliminated in 1st round, great. Manu out for 5 days- 30 days

Bruno
April 13th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Is Pop trying make Duncan got hurt too?? This game is over. Put the scrubs. Spurs have no power

Bruno
April 13th, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Spurs enemy of last 15 games attacks again, just he, the most consistent “player” of Spurs in last 14 years, is time to retire, Pop.

The joke is you coming onto this blog and saying that you are a Spurs fan! The fucking playoffs have not even started and you are already jumping ship!

Bruno, Titletown, etc.
You guys are idiots if you really think you could coach the team better than the 100% sure Hall of Famer that’s coaching them now. It’s so boring to hear you talk about Popovich playing the B/B combo. Are you serious? Pop transformed this team from a defensive team to an offensive team, not because he just loves his guys to shoot threes but because he had to. What other coach in the NBA has had to do that? If the winningest coach in franchise history goes with a certain lineup, I say I’ll back him up. Besides, Bruno, Pop already explained his reasoning for resting the players yesterday and playing them today. He wanted to give them rest and then not have too many days without playing so that they wouldn’t be out of rhythm.

But maybe you whiners should just freak out. Or is all your whining and moaning just a ploy to be able to say “I told you so” just in case we lose. You guys, along with TD=BE have been second-guessing Pop all year. I guess it makes you feel safer. Now, even if we win the whole thing, you geniuses will say that Coach was able to win “despite” your brilliant suggestions of resting the starters 45 minutes a game, or starting Splitter, or playing five centers.
NO. Coach has won with this team, because he’s alot smarter than you guys. He’s won because he knows how to put together the pieces he has. He’s won because he’s the best small market coach of all time. Hey, maybe Bob Hill or Larry Brown are still available. Or better yet, we’ll hire Bruno to be the Coach so that he can hide all of the starters and hope that we can make the playoffs with a .500 record. Or even better, Coach Bruno with Asst. Coach Titletown could coach the Spurs and run around panicking and wringing their hands any time things don’t go exactly the way you want them.
In the meantime, Pop will keep going out there, tweaking here and there, always working, always thinking, almost always winning.

btw, don’t actually know if TD=BE has been questioning Pop or just the idiots in the front office.

@Titletown: “Well this chemistry is going to wreck this team the way it is. People are sick and tired of these stupid rotations but Pop does it just to keep shorty happy. Truth is in the pudding.”

Are you insane? You are, aren’t you. How do you win 61 games in the toughest division of the Western Conference of the NBA with bad chemistry?

You, my friend, are a jackass.

@Manufan: “But it’s not all bad. We are number 8 in jersey sales.”

No, it’s not all bad, Chicken Little. We have the second best record in the entire league.

I swear you guys are a bunch of little girls. I used to like reading your comments at the beginning of this season, but now you’ve been so spoiled by success you want some sort of guarantee that we’ll win it all.

btw, I still enjoy reading the well formed and informed opinions of Alex Babaie, NYC, Tim in Surrey, Spurs Fan in Dubai(?), and (yes, you too) TD=BE.

I think I am 10% dumber from reading all of the above arguments about our 9th and 10th players. We are about to enter the first round of the playoffs, and all you can do is argue over who is better out of Blair and Splitter.

How about some insightful analysis on matchups in this series (matchups that don’t involve guys that will play no more than 10 minutes)? How about praising the team for one of our best regular seasons in history? How about backing the team and getting excited about the upcoming games?

The ridiculousness above is mindboggling.

Titletown if you aren’t going to watch this anymore because Tiago won’t play in front of Blair and Bonner, then please don’t. We don’t need to hear about how upset you are with a team that just won 61 games, and how upset you are with a coach that is clearly one of the best of all-time. You’ve said before that you have been a Spur for a long time, and if that is the case, how can an issue such as Splitter vs Blair cause you to not want to watch what could be our fifth title. Terrible fan.

TD=BE, you should know better than to even get into a discussion about it with this guy.

I’m not in the States, and I think we probably had only one games coverage of the Griz on TV this year, so I would appreciate people’s insights into this team and the matchups, positives, negatives, etc. I can’t really get a handle on them from highlights and stats.

We all love our Spurs, otherwise we wouldn’t even know of this sight, but can’t we use it to offer some meaningful conversation. Splitter vs Blair really means jack this season. Next season or the season after it may be relevant, but right now, campaigning for your favourite non-playoff factor isn’t worth it.

Look forward to reading some people’s thoughts on the Griz.

Personally, I’m optimistic against a team with such little playoff experience. Spurs to sweep, with Manu not missing any time.

Aw, you forgot about me, igkc…

Seriously, nothing’s guaranteed - either as a positive or a negative. The League is NOT rigged. If our guys play better than the other guys for four games per series, we move on to the next round. Do that a total of 16 times and that equals Championship. All they can do is play against the people on the court and do what they can do. I really think Pop’s been playing a bit of a shell game this regular season and there are going to be some big differences in the Silver & Black in the Post-season - which is the only part of the season that really matters.
Go Spurs GO!

So who’s better…Blair or Splitter?

C’mon man. It’s like some are preparing their negative comments to a forgone conclusion in their head that the Spurs have NO Chance winning the championship.

For me…I look forward to the best part of the season. Where regular season records and early expectations are cast out the window.

Now’s the time to suit up for the big show. All the maneuvering, training, learning and focus will be exhibited in the games that Really do matter.

As far as the Grizzlies…they are a young dynamic team that when running on all cylinders can give ANY team in this league a hard time. If they click during playoffs …then it’s more about them pulling it all together at the right time more so than ANY team faultering at the wrong time.

I look forward to a highly contested series against the Grizzlies. My hope is it will be a no contest for the Spurs.

We’ll see.

Go Spurs Go!!!

Hey guys can I have my own opinion or I must agree with other people on this blog. Does that make me less Spurs fan than you. I didn’t call anybody moron, idiot, little girl, etc. And I have been called one.
All I am saying is that we spend too much time and money on RJ and Bonner. They got brand new contracts after absolute no show last year in the playoffs.

Who gives a crap what Rank spurs are in jersey sales…. Lebron is Number 1.. and he has no rings.. same with Carmelo and all the other clowns.. Keep sellin them jerseys guys! Job Well done! Keep losing in the First Round!

“Who gives a crap what Rank spurs are in jersey sales…. Lebron is Number 1.. and he has no rings.. same with Carmelo and all the other clowns.. Keep sellin them jerseys guys! Job Well done! Keep losing in the First Round!”

AND THEY ARE NOT AS PROFITABLE AS THE NFL TEAMS!!!!

“Hey guys can I have my own opinion or I must agree with other people on this blog. Does that make me less Spurs fan than you. I didn’t call anybody moron, idiot, little girl, etc. And I have been called one.
All I am saying is that we spend too much time and money on RJ and Bonner. They got brand new contracts after absolute no show last year in the playoffs.”

Probably nobody will read this post today, but I just wanted to respond to this. One, I didn’t call you a moron, just a little girl. If you’re going to be hurt, get it right. Two, if you had just said that the team spent too much money on RJ and Bonner then you wouldn’t have gotten such a visceral response. Three, apparently, the money was well spent because, despite all the hand-wringing Bonner and RJ have been a huge part of the reason this team has 61 wins.

Melbourne Spur: How about some insightful analysis on matchups in this series (matchups that don’t involve guys that will play no more than 10 minutes)? How about praising the team for one of our best regular seasons in history? How about backing the team and getting excited about the upcoming games?

+10

Sorry, SAJKinBigD, I have a hard enough time remembering how to spell your name. But I do actually remember some of your posts about the Mavs and comments about the media in Dallas.