Those players are finished based on what? ? They combined for 46 points 19 reb 10 ast on 17 for 37 (46%) shooting 6 for 11 on three’s. Is that your idea of poor contribution? Also, Thomas didn’t play. Did it matter? No.

As for Roger Mason having a career average of less than 6ppg… what’s yur point? Mason at the age of 27 notched 9 ppg last year, his first full season as a pro. Does it really matter what he failed to accomplish before last season??? It might matter as much as Michael Redd averaging less than 3 ppg in his rookie season. It’s all relative, a Pro like Mario Elie didn’t start playing in the NBA untill he was 27… that year he averaged 7ppg and went on to play significant minutes on 3 championship teams over the next 10 years, never averaging more than 11 ppg. It doesn’t matter if Roger Mason’s career average is 6ppg or 16ppg… they got him because of his skill set, not his ability to post averages. They would have went for Bonzi Wells a career 12ppg scorer or kept Stoudemire, his career average is 13ppg.

By the way…
Mahinmi isn’t a rookie, he’s in the second year of his career. He also is coming off an injury, which is the reason he got sent to the NBDL.

Desmond Mason also isn’t a rookie, he’s an 8 year pro who just so happens to be playing for the New Orlean Hornets.

Also… If Tony Parker was slated to be out for 2-4 weeks, and he’s already missed one week…wouldn’t that mean he’s out for less than a month, not another month. As for Manu, if they are talking about him coming back earlier than mid december, and we’re in mid novemeber, wouldn’t that also mean he will be back in less than a month?

U know… just…. throwing it out there.

they just have to make the playoffs. 6th or 7th would do. We know they can win on the road!

Tiaglo Splitter signed a huge extension with Tau Ceramica that will keep him in Spain until 2012. They made a huge mistake in trading Luis Scola to Houston. He would look pretty good alongside Duncan today.

Their future depends upon rookie PG George Hill, rookie PF Anthony Tolliver, rookie center Ian Mahinmi, rookie SG Desmond Mason, new Spur starting SG Roger Mason, a career 6 point per game back-up, and Bruce Bowen’s replacement Ime Udoka. Mahinmi still isn’t ready for prime-time, the Spurs just sent him to the Austin Toros of the “D” league.

Fabricio Oberto, Kurt Thomas, Matt Bonner, Jacque Vaughn, Michael Finley and Bruce Bowen are all FINISHED!

As are the Spurs! Parker and Ginobili are both out for another month.

In 2003-2004, the Spurs had a 3-4 record to start the season, they opened with a 10-10 record after the month of November. They finished with the 3rd best record in the league that year (1 game behind the top team in the West).

It’s rediculous to speculate about the playoffs at this time. For one, the Spurs youth and new additions are getting extra playing time which is never a bad thing when you’re trying to learn a new system. Another, Parker and Manu will start (or resume) there season in December… If time is taken to rehabilitate their injuries, that just means they’ll have less games under their belts come April/June and less season mileage. As for Duncan, it’s rediculou to think Pop won’t taper down his minutes at some point in the season. It’s not like Duncan hasn’t played elivated minutes for a stretch in the past. for example Jan 29tt to Feb 13th Duncan played over 38 minutes a game over 8 games.

People should start looking at the big picture.