Your Lineup for next season

[spurspokesman]

Not that I'm counting my spurs out or nothing close to that but with the slow burnout this team has been through this year has made it A job to watch them. I don't mind A tough season or A sub par one at that but I believe A team should be built with room for A little error. Even in our championship years we had A little more flexibility with guys like SJAX Kerr. A. Daniels. Claxton and you can name the rest. This year was apparently we go as Tim, Tony and manu, go. Despite the good record we had this year it was obvious that we had no room for error.( LA continued its run withot Bynum, Boston hung on barely without KG and Cle without Ben.) I don't expect A championship every year (NEVER DID I) but I expect my team to beat the beatable teams and go hard at the other Elites in the league.With this in my mind I started to counteract my frustration by imagining my thought of lineup for next season. (KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS FOR SH'S AND GIGGLES AND I STILL GIVE THIS YEARS SPURS A FIGHTERS CHANCE:ihit

MY LINEUP FOR NEXT SEASON;

PF-TD/Gooden or Sheed( Take your pick) Bonner
PG- TP/Hill/ Dooling or A John of orl( Older but A proven backup that can score and will be available with the arrival of alston as backup
SG- Manu/ Mason/Hairston
SF- Bow or Fin?/ Ariza or RJ/ Gist
C-Ian/ Blatche/ Thomas

This is just my thoughts and I'm sure the FO has better ones but I just think this lineup would be interesting.

What's YOURS???

[Muser]

Mahinmi shouldn't be starting C, if we get sheed i'd experiment with a a TD/Sheed backcourt.

[IronMexican]

I doubt LA let's Ariza go.

[Muser]

I doubt LA let's Ariza go.


Iron who do you think L.A will let go in the offseason?

[nadroj117]

Mahinmi shouldn't be starting C, if we get sheed i'd experiment with a a TD/Sheed backcourt.

Man I know Manu has had a tough year, but I really can't see Sheed replacing him in the backcourt. Also I think timmy has done quite fine in the front court. Are you saying we should we start Tony at Center?

[Muser]

Man I know Manu has had a tough year, but I really can't see Sheed replacing him in the backcourt. Also I think timmy has done quite fine in the front court. Are you saying we should we start Tony at Center?

Shit -_-. Frontcourt.

But Tony at center is still better then Bonner, so maybe I was right.

[TDMVPDPOY]

wtf spend the MLE on ariza, when we have the GISTS

[2Cleva]

Iron who do you think L.A will let go in the offseason?

I'm not Iron but first priority for LA will be to re-sign Ariza. He may come in less than MLE with teams wary of paying in this economy plus teams wanting 2010 space.

After that will be the LO question. They will see if he's serious about playing for less. Again the economy almost demands it. If he accepts around 8 per he stays.

LA likely deals Farmar. He has value because many around the league believe the tri restricts him but he's not consistent nor plays the D LA needs to keep him. Its a reason why Shannon Brown is taking his minutes. Ideally they get a 1st round pick back for him. In a weak draft full of PGs, it would make sense for a 2010 team to take Farmar as a PG (he's only 21) in the last year of his deal than take a rook who will eat up space and would be more of a crapshoot.

Lastly, they offer the minimum or a small part of the MLE to any vet who wants to gravy train and fits a need.

This is all assuming LA wins it all. If they don't, I doubt LO is back.

[samikeyp]

I'm not Iron but first priority for LA will be to re-sign Ariza. He may come in less than MLE with teams wary of paying in this economy plus teams wanting 2010 space.

After that will be the LO question. They will see if he's serious about playing for less. Again the economy almost demands it. If he accepts around 8 per he stays.

LA likely deals Farmar. He has value because many around the league believe the tri restricts him but he's not consistent nor plays the D LA needs to keep him. Its a reason why Shannon Brown is taking his minutes. Ideally they get a 1st round pick back for him. In a weak draft full of PGs, it would make sense for a 2010 team to take Farmar as a PG (he's only 21) in the last year of his deal than take a rook who will eat up space and would be more of a crapshoot.

Lastly, they offer the minimum or a small part of the MLE to any vet who wants to gravy train and fits a need.

This is all assuming LA wins it all. If they don't, I doubt LO is back.

If they don't win it all, is Phil back? For that matter is he back if they do win it?

[Gervin44Silas13]

Mahimi this Spurs Generations Alfred Hughes......what a bust!

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEE EEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!
and Timmy would be Bad ass!!!

[2Cleva]

If they don't win it all, is Phil back? For that matter is he back if they do win it?

If they don't win, yeah he'll be back. He likely is back if they win it anyway but I could see him riding off into the sunset. However, if LA won it they would be the heavy favorites the following year so he could add to his ring count, maybe he has visions of another 3-peat.

[spurspokesman]

Mahinmi shouldn't be starting C, if we get sheed i'd experiment with a a TD/Sheed backcourt.
Either would be interesting

[Mal]

Why in every next season lineup is "just kicked his ass out of here" Hairston ?

[xtremesteven33]

Duncan + Rasheed = :lobt:

Bottom Line.

[timaios]

Is there any possibility to have Robertas Javtokas in a Spurs uniform next year ?

[spurspokesman]

Why in every next season lineup is "just kicked his ass out of here" Hairston ?
Because he's A board favorite. I'd rather barnes or someone like that:hat

[024]

luxury tax threshold will be going down next year. spurs can only sign one MLE if any, and give some of their free agents a shot. so for your lineup, it's either sheed or ariza, not both.

i doubt the lakers can afford resigning ariza and odom + bynum's extension. that would put them at around $86 million with only 10 players. i took a quick glance at the top ten payroll of nba teams and it looks like every other team has dramatically lower salaries for 2009-10, with the exception of the celtics. celtics and cavs, the only other teams i see sucking up the luxury tax, will not have to resign anyone important. this probably means that if the lakers do resign odom and ariza, and add enough players for a 15 man roster, the lakers will have the highest payroll in the nba, topping off at $90 million. and the spurs will be down the chart hovering around the luxury tax threshold.

[Mal]

Is there any possibility to have Robertas Javtokas in a Spurs uniform next year ?


Russian team have financial problems. He is athletic big. All we need.

[SenorSpur]

I'm not Iron but first priority for LA will be to re-sign Ariza. He may come in less than MLE with teams wary of paying in this economy plus teams wanting 2010 space.

After that will be the LO question. They will see if he's serious about playing for less. Again the economy almost demands it. If he accepts around 8 per he stays.

LA likely deals Farmar. He has value because many around the league believe the tri restricts him but he's not consistent nor plays the D LA needs to keep him. Its a reason why Shannon Brown is taking his minutes. Ideally they get a 1st round pick back for him. In a weak draft full of PGs, it would make sense for a 2010 team to take Farmar as a PG (he's only 21) in the last year of his deal than take a rook who will eat up space and would be more of a crapshoot.

Lastly, they offer the minimum or a small part of the MLE to any vet who wants to gravy train and fits a need.

This is all assuming LA wins it all. If they don't, I doubt LO is back.

In your opinion, is Shannon Brown a better fit than Farmar? Or would this just a pure $$$ move?

[Morg1411]

Because he's A board favorite. I'd rather barnes or someone like that:hat

Salmons!

[poop]

why does everyone include 'sheed' and also assume Manu will play a key role for years to come? :rolleyes

[SenorSpur]

Not that I'm counting my spurs out or nothing close to that but with the slow burnout this team has been through this year has made it A job to watch them. I don't mind A tough season or A sub par one at that but I believe A team should be built with room for A little error. Even in our championship years we had A little more flexibility with guys like SJAX Kerr. A. Daniels. Claxton and you can name the rest. This year was apparently we go as Tim, Tony and manu, go. Despite the good record we had this year it was obvious that we had no room for error.( LA continued its run withot Bynum, Boston hung on barely without KG and Cle without Ben.) I don't expect A championship every year (NEVER DID I) but I expect my team to beat the beatable teams and go hard at the other Elites in the league.With this in my mind I started to counteract my frustration by imagining my thought of lineup for next season. (KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS FOR SH'S AND GIGGLES AND I STILL GIVE THIS YEARS SPURS A FIGHTERS CHANCE:ihit

MY LINEUP FOR NEXT SEASON;

PF-TD/Gooden or Sheed( Take your pick) Bonner
PG- TP/Hill/ Dooling or A John of orl( Older but A proven backup that can score and will be available with the arrival of alston as backup
SG- Manu/ Mason/Hairston
SF- Bow or Fin?/ Ariza or RJ/ Gist
C-Ian/ Blatche/ Thomas

This is just my thoughts and I'm sure the FO has better ones but I just think this lineup would be interesting.

What's YOURS???

For the record, I like your projected lineups. It's a bit liberal in that you're assuming the Spurs will have a lot of cash to throw around. Especially if they're going after some of those high-priced guys. Here's mine:

PF- Duncan/Gooden or Rasheed Wallace/Bonner
PG- Parker/Hill/Jason Hart or Mike Wilks
SG- Manu/ Mason/John Salmons (w/Hairston as a fallback option)
SF- Bowen/Gist/Luc Richard Bhah Amoute (w/Williams as fallback option)
C - Ian/Chris Andersen/Thomas

[SAhoops]

^ Sig above is retarded

[poop]

^ Sig above is retarded

agree big time.

[montgod]

agree big time.

+1

[Rogue]

C- TD/KT
PF- Bonner/Gooden
SF- Fin/Bowen/Gist
SG- Mason/Manu
PG- T Longoria/G Hill/ J Vaughn

I see no chance those star-caliber players like Sheed and Salmons will be traded or signed to SA.

[spurspokesman]

For the record, I like your projected lineups. It's a bit liberal in that you're assuming the Spurs will have a lot of cash to throw around. Especially if they're going after some of those high-priced guys. Here's mine:

PF- Duncan/Gooden or Rasheed Wallace/Bonner
PG- Parker/Hill/Jason Hart or Mike Wilks
SG- Manu/ Mason/John Salmons (w/Hairston as a fallback option)
SF- Bowen/Gist/Luc Richard Bhah Amoute (w/Williams as fallback option)
C - Ian/Chris Andersen/Thomas

I can roll with either lineup. +1 Senor

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

C Duncan/Thomas/draft pick
PF Bonner/Wallace/Mahinmi
SF Finley/Gist/Udoka
SG Mason/Manu/between Hairston and Williams
PG Parker/Hill

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

IMO it's nearly impossible to determine what their rotation will be next year. This team has obvious weaknesses but for some reason based on some of Popovich's odd rotation decisions he doesn't care as much as he used to about fine-tuning. It's not nearly this bad (so don't get angry at me Popovich loyalists), but it's very similar to D'antoni's blind love for certain players. The way Popovich has let Finley and Bonner shoot the team out of games is like Deja Vu of D'antoni giving Bell and Barbosa the green light too much.

Even the most faithful Spurs fans on this board will agree the Spurs need to add a few pieces if they are going to contend. The big question is whether or not Popovich still has the ability/patience to deal with the mistakes of younger players who need to learn his system and have them fully acclimated by March, or if he will have another year where he kills the confidence of all his young players by finding any given reason to cut their minutes and give Finley and Vaughn more minutes, so the young players end up worrying about screwing up whenever they're on the court.

This off-season will be interesting for a lot of teams.