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duncan228
05-02-2009, 11:54 PM
Media views on the Spurs' future (http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/spursworld/2009/05/media-views-on-the-spurs-futur.html)
By Joe Alexander

Tim Duncan is under contract for three more season, Tony Parker for two more and Manu Ginobili for one more.

Here are some media views on what the future might have in store for the Big Three and the Spurs organization:

Cedric Golden, Austin American-Statesman
San Antonio's three-pronged attack of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker was good enough to bring three championships to the Alamo City -- Duncan won another with David Robinson in 1999 before the other two showed up -- but those titles came with a supporting cast that helped hold things together when things got a little crazy.
http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1549131

Tom Knott, Washington Times
The model franchise of the NBA limped out of the playoffs this week. This was the Spurs of Tim Duncan and Tony Parker and a whole lot of nothing, unable to match the balance and the shot-making volume of the Mavericks.
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/30/age-of-the-spurs-appears-at-its-end/

Sean Stancill, Bleacher Report
One of the fastest ways to go younger is through the NBA Draft. One needed position for the Spurs is the small forward.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/165211-spurs-draft-small-forward-a-position-of-interest

And here is one look back on the what the Spurs' 2008-09 season ended:

Joe Boikess, NBA Outsider
It's hard to believe that two teams (Spurs and Jazz) who had legitimate championship aspirations before this season could be ousted so quickly, but this week it became a reality. So which team was the bigger disappointment? It has to be the Spurs.
http://mvn.com/outsider/2009/04/nba-great-debates-spurs-jazz-are-disappointments.html
Sean Cagney
05-03-2009, 12:37 AM
Spurs with Timmay all messed up and without Manu were due to lose, yeah I thought they would get past round one, but they played a hot team in the Mavs who got healthy instead of Portland or someone else and then bowed out. This season was a huge dissapointment indeed, but damn look at what happened to us.
spursfaninla
05-03-2009, 12:44 AM
a guy giving links to a guy giving links to articles...
Flux451
05-03-2009, 10:27 AM
There is always next year. No big deal if anyone counts us out. THey always will.
Yuixafun
05-04-2009, 02:55 PM
When I read articles like the first one it makes me wonder how his editor felt when it was handed in.
kskonn
05-04-2009, 03:20 PM
When I read articles like the first one it makes me wonder how his editor felt when it was handed in.

It is the Austin American Statesman- enough said.
SenorSpur
05-04-2009, 06:09 PM
Spurs with Timmay all messed up and without Manu were due to lose, yeah I thought they would get past round one, but they played a hot team in the Mavs who got healthy instead of Portland or someone else and then bowed out. This season was a huge dissapointment indeed, but damn look at what happened to us.

True. I'd probably go a step further and say the season was basically a big freaking waste. A waste of Tony taking his game to a career-year, all-NBA-type level. A waste of another year by our HOF power forward - Duncan - who doesn't have very many left. A waste of a lot of hard offseason work by a lot of players.

The more I continue to watch the Western Conference playoffs, the more pissed I get. Especially when hearing how the Nuggets are portrayed as a matchup nightmare for the Mavs. How they present problems for the Mavs that the Spurs simply couldn't provide. Basically, they Nuggets have been protrayed as the total opposite of the Spurs. A talented, athletic team of great length and quickness that plays good defense. It's all true, of course. I just get pissed because it underscores just how poor and how talent-thin the supporting cast of talent was surrounding our Big Three. long.