The one thing that irks me about our bench.

[Supporter]

ok ok ok, I know it's positivitey day and all that but I had to get this off my chest. Remember last year during fourth quarters down the stretch the bench would go absolutely nuts when somebody hit a shot or if there was a huge dunk or anything! This year we have had some pretty exciting games but I hardly see any emotion out of our bench guys. I mean Josh is the only one doing anything out there and I'm getting tired of him being the only one waving a towel or jumping up or raising a fist. None of our other bench guys show any emotion. It might be because they are really old and their knees are tired (or extremely fat as in jaco's case) but I just don't get why they can't atleast stand up or something. Maybe I'm watching too many college games or something but I feel like our bench guys need to be showing support when they are not out there.

[Guest]

Old - they have been through the rigors of the NBA. Our bench last year was younger.

[coachx]

Ya, Dampier, Collins, and Stack are probably close to being grandfathers.

[Guest]

On another note, speaking of old - Greg Popovich held out Tim Duncan from last night's game. Check the box score and lineup card they submitted. Tim Duncan: DNP-OLD. Hilarious, I like guys who don't take themselves too seriously.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/tim-duncan-missed-sunday-night-spurs-game-because-081218158.html

[thatsmydawg]

Its funny, I ask for more emotion from Joe even though his game has really ramped up of late (you could tell he was upset with himself for missing the close jumper at the end of OT #1 I think) and you ask for the same even though this has been as productive a bench as the Hawks have had in years. I'm not trying to start anything. Just thought it was interesting.