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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
I attended a Raptors game in Toronto a few years ago when he did pretty much the same thing (which they, of course, won anyway), back before he got ridiculously suspended for doing so against the Heat. There's nothing unusual about him doing it, nor is he the only team to do such things (Wade is sitting out of every back-to-back game this season). I suspect he enjoys pissing Stern off too (who wouldn't?), but the bottomline is that he's trying to save these guys up for when the games actually matter. If he can get the kind of effort consistently that he got last night out of his backups, there's really no reason for him not to do it.
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Yes, it's a big reason as to why Tim Duncan is still able to play at the level he is. Pop has managed his minutes great over the last 3-5 years.