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Nov 30, 2012

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The NBA’s Night Off That Wasn’t

    • This was uncall for, they get the money to play so they should play if they are not hurt. Hit them in the pocket and games at least six figures and give them all the rest they need by suspending them at least five games with no pay!!! This is not fair to the true NBA fan!

    • Don't you get it? The Spurs could have WON that game with their starters. That means Pop THREW THE GAME. Has to be a fine or suspension for this.

    • This is not the way real coaches act. Lets see if everyone will agree with Doc Rivers leaving Kevin Garnett, Rondo and Paul Pierce in Boston when they go visit the Spurs. Those Celtics players are as old as the Spurs 3. How will the San Antonio people will see that then?
      Lets have the Lakers keep Gasol, Kobe and Nash in La when they visit the Spurs, or Memphis resting Z-bo, Gasol and Conley... now it does not sound like such a great idea by Pope, does it?

    • "There are Spurs fans in Miami"

      Perhaps, but probably not enough to use the plural form of "fan."

    • So how do real coaches act? Pop has 13 consecutive 50+ win seasons and during that time the Spurs have the best winning percentage in all the major sports combined!!!! I think he has a little bit more wisdom than some other coaches in the league. And other than a handful of coaches, what other "real" coaches have won any NBA titles? Do some research before you make stupid comments. The Spurs fans could care less if the Celtics, Lakers, or whoever left their starters at home. Pop did what he had to do last night and many analysts agree with it. The NBA should have told him several years back when he first started doing it but then again what are you going to tell those playoff teams that sit their players towards the end of the season? You can't have it both ways...all teams do this you just don't hear about it because it was a national game. The Spurs reserves gave the Heat a very competitive game. If Stern wanted to showcase this game so bad he should not have scheduled it on the last game of a 5-game road trip but we all know LeBron and Kobe are his favorite sons. You can never see the point of view from someone who lives in San Antonio and has had to put up with Sterns antics towards small market teams as the Spurs over the years.

    • I was thinking I'll find some smart comments here, but you're as stupid as Stern. You should keep your opinion to yourself, because it makes you look stupid in front of the smart people, and continue to watch you circus aka NBA. I hope someday you'll understand what sport is all about. I should send a list of suggestions to the NBA to make your clowns league more interesting. First suggestion would be a new rule - If you foul a star player when there is a possibility that the play you stopped could have been a dunk, the player who committed the foul gets suspended for 5 days.

    • We would have smoked those chumps even if they brought their big 3. It wouldn't be the first time anyways. Nuff said - FACEPALM -

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