Spurs sitting Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili against the Nuggets

[JE]

Really? Yet Darius Miles being claimed by the Blazers and not played "for whatever reason they want to isn't allowed by the NBA? Odd

Yup, the Spurs are totally banishing Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili. Locking them away just to save their cap room, never to be seen again. You are so right.

I get bashed for pointing out how ridiculous the mods are here, and others get repped for riding my coattails.

I'll take barfo, Ed O., and especially Minstrel over this JE guy any time, however.

Awww thank you.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Wahhh. They are NBA players, making millions of dollars playing a game. We should all have such problems.

Hey, you don't get it. Duncan and Parker were tired, like physically . . . tired, and Manu had a hang nail.

 

[JE]

The subject at hand is obvious, and the only reason this thread went south is because moderators from other boards came to flame (by far) the most active board on this site for calling BS when they smelled BS.

lol

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Hey, you don't get it. Duncan and Parker were tired, like physically . . . tired, and Manu had a hang nail.

I'm surprised Pop didn't call 9-1-1.

 

[rocketeer]

Wahhh. They are NBA players, making millions of dollars playing a game. We should all have such problems.

he asked for someone to show him when this happened in the past, i simply asked him to show when these same circumstances came about in the past.

you're the one whining about this situation and if it's somehow unfair.

 

[PapaG]

lol

Keep laughing. Nice job in post #5, troll.

http://sportstwo.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1891532&postcount=129

 

[JE]

Keep laughing. Nice job in post #5, troll.

I is a troll, I don't have pro-Blazers opinion.


Do you think before you post? What else would you like me to say in response to a ridiculous conspiracy theory?

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Yup, the Spurs are totally banishing Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili. Locking them away just to save their cap room, never to be seen again. You are so right.

What he was responding to was the general statement that teams can do whatever they want with their players . . . apparently not true.

 

[PapaG]

I is a troll, I don't have pro-Blazers opinion.


Do you think before you post? What else would you like me to say in response to a ridiculous conspiracy theory?

How about nothing? Your childish response in post #5 wasn't at all necessary, and you never responded to Chris's post about the Lakers being fined for sitting Shaq and Kobe for no good reason.

 

[JE]

How about nothing? Your childish response in post #5 wasn't at all necessary.

If I don't have the pro-Blazers opinion, post nothing? Okay.



Childish conspiracy theories deserve childish responses.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

If I don't have the pro-Blazers opinion, post nothing? Okay.

Childish conspiracy theories deserve childish responses.

Really? Okay, Mr. 18-year-old mod. *Inappropriate* - Vinyard

 

[JE]

Really? Okay, Mr. 18-year-old mod. Enjoy your dick-waving.

You just keep helping my case.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

So JE, even if it is allowed, what is your opinion, as a fan, about coaches tanking games?

 

[chris_in_pdx]

You just keep helping my case.

For what? Driving people off the most populated, active board on this site just so you can have schoolyard arguments with people who know a hell of a lot more about the NBA and life than you do?

Congratulations! I assume that you'll have boatloads of fun here when you return to being the only one posting.

 

[PapaG]

You just keep helping my case.

The case that you are a troll who happens to somehow be a mod on a barely active message board? Congrats to that, skippy. Why not just leave us alone?

 

[JE]

So JE, even if it is allowed, what is your opinion, as a fan, about coaches tanking games?

Does it matter? The Spurs are not tanking.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

So JE, even if it is allowed, what is your opinion, as a fan, about coaches tanking games?

Being a Celtic fan, he should know all about it!

 

[JE]

The case that you are a troll who happens to somehow be a mod on a barely active message board? Congrats to that, skippy. Why not just leave us alone?

I'm not a troll, I just have a differing opinion than you.

 

[rocketeer]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=PERDiem-090204

OK, now for the part I can understand: Duncan and Parker played 43 minutes and Ginobili played 35 in an overtime win in Golden State the night before. That game started at 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time; the one last night in Denver started at 6 p.m. Pacific, so the team only had 22½ hours between games and a very long flight; going Oakland to Denver is about as far-flung a back-to-back sa you'll see. Throw in the altitude and it was going to be a very rough night for the Spurs' three stars.

Popovich also manages the big picture as well as any coach in the league, which is why his teams always hit their peak in the spring. So you have to respect his track record in this department.

Nonetheless, this game in particular was an odd time to make this choice, as it could end up putting the Spurs on the road in the second round of the playoffs.

Of course, perhaps it was all a ploy to avoid giving Denver a psychological advantage. The Spurs have had the Nuggets' number in recent playoff series, and perhaps Popovich thought taking a tired team into Denver and losing would embolden the Nuggets come May. Thus, perhaps he figured a calculated gamble in February was worth potentially losing a Game 7 at home in the playoffs.

One other idle thought: I'm not sure if Spurs fans are upset by what happened last night. But I guarantee Blazers fans are.

 

[JE]

For what? Driving people off the most populated, active board on this site just so you can have schoolyard arguments with people who know a hell of a lot more about the NBA and life than you do?

Congratulations! I assume that you'll have boatloads of fun here when you return to being the only one posting.

Me posting about how ridiculous this whole 'Spurs are tanking' thing is will drive you away from the site?

 

[JE]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=PERDiem-090204

Nopes. They were tanking. Sry.

 

[PapaG]

I'm not a troll, I just have a differing opinion than you.

A lot of us here have differing opinions. Very few write garbage like you did in post #5. I'll give our mods credit and say they don't seem to hop on other boards and use childish gibberish to try and "disagree" with someone's opinion.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Does it matter? The Spurs are not tanking.

Well they clearly tanked one game. Is this a good thing for the NBA, to just allow coaches to decide when they want, to give a game up?

 

[alex42083]

edit: rocketeer beat me to it.

 

[PapaG]

Me posting about how ridiculous this whole 'Spurs are tanking' thing is will drive you away from the site?

Who said the Spurs are tanking? It was unusual to sit all 3 players without any of them being severly injured. You decided to act like a child in response. It's a "you" problem.

 

[JE]

A lot of us here have differing opinions. Very few write garbage like you did in post #5. I'll give our mods credit and say they don't seem to hop on other boards and use childish gibberish to try and "disagree" with someone's opinion.

Oh I get it. I'm a troll because I root for another team.



I love how you make it seem like I have something against this forum. I don't.

 

[JE]

Well they clearly tanked one game. Is this a good thing for the NBA, to just allow coaches to decide when they want, to give a game up?

Wow. Read the article rocketeer posted please.

 

[JE]

Who said the Spurs are tanking? It was unusual to sit all 3 players without any of them being severly injured. You decided to act like a child in response. It's a "you" problem.

Yup, I am the root of evil, the monument of all your sins.


GO_time said the Spurs were tanking, by the way.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Nopes. They were tanking. Sry.

This completely unneccesary post is a prime example of why you are a troll and not interested in a civil disagreement about the facts of the matter.

John Hollinger knows about 10 billion times more about the situation than you do.

Still, it's pretty amazing to see three All-Star-caliber players sit out a game, given how tightly packed the Western Conference seeding race is. It's even more amazing when that game is against the Spurs' likely rival for the conference's second seed, or when you just saw all three players looking spry and healthy a night earlier in an overtime win against Golden State.

Nonetheless, Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker all sat out last night's 104-96 loss to Denver, a game the Nuggets tried very hard to give away, and probably would have had the Spurs sent in the varsity.

The loss pulled Denver within a game of San Antonio in the race for the West's No. 2 seed; since the two don't play again this season, it also handed the Nuggets the season tiebreaker at 2-1.

Here's the really weird part: The Spurs have four days off before playing in Boston on Sunday, and next week they get the All-Star break.

So even if he justifies it later in the article, he still sees the potential shananigans.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=PERDiem-090204

To add to that, Denver, via Anthony, was saying that the game against the spurs at home would be a good indication where their team is at. Denver was getting really pumped for this game . . . but I don't think this win had the same effect Carmello was hoping for.