duncan228
05-22-2009, 02:18 PM
Out of Austin.
Spurs done? Not quite (http://www.keyetv.com/content/sports/localsports/story/Spurs-done-Not-quite/vay0hYdBx0ezV4Jbl9wAJw.cspx)
Bob Ballou
For the first time with a healthy Tim Duncan, the Spurs were knocked out in the first round.
For the sixth straight year following the playoffs, everyone is ready to write them off as too old – and this time – done.
Is everyone serious? How quickly you forget.
This is the best franchise in the NBA over the course of the last decade. You don’t become the NBA’s model franchise without a coach and General Manager making good decision after good decision, in the end putting them in that position. In case you forgot, the Spurs did win three titles this decade.
Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan will all play for the Spurs again next year. What am I missing?
People tend to think Tim Duncan’s knees are done. Charles Barkley said it best last night – at Duncan’s age he won’t get healthier, he’ll only get rested-er.
Fine – I’m pretty sure we’ve watched Hakeem Olajuwon and Shaquille O’Neal and Bill Walton and etc etc etc win NBA titles late in their career, most with injuries plaguing them. Pop has experience with older players and will watch Timmy’s minutes as his career winds down.
I said two years ago the Spurs should trade Manu Ginobili while they could – figuring his body wouldn’t be able to keep up with his style of play forever. I’m sure Spurs fans would have lost it had it happened.
But that’s not to say Manu doesn’t have good months left in him – in fact, just the opposite. He’s still an elite NBA player when healthy.
Nothing needs to be said about Tony Parker. He’s simply fantastic.
Put all of this together, and it’s pretty obvious that with some more good offseason decisions from Pop and RC – which seem likely when given their past – and a little minute-management, this team has at least 2-3 good years left in them.
Maybe even a 5th championship.
Spurs done? Not quite (http://www.keyetv.com/content/sports/localsports/story/Spurs-done-Not-quite/vay0hYdBx0ezV4Jbl9wAJw.cspx)
Bob Ballou
For the first time with a healthy Tim Duncan, the Spurs were knocked out in the first round.
For the sixth straight year following the playoffs, everyone is ready to write them off as too old – and this time – done.
Is everyone serious? How quickly you forget.
This is the best franchise in the NBA over the course of the last decade. You don’t become the NBA’s model franchise without a coach and General Manager making good decision after good decision, in the end putting them in that position. In case you forgot, the Spurs did win three titles this decade.
Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan will all play for the Spurs again next year. What am I missing?
People tend to think Tim Duncan’s knees are done. Charles Barkley said it best last night – at Duncan’s age he won’t get healthier, he’ll only get rested-er.
Fine – I’m pretty sure we’ve watched Hakeem Olajuwon and Shaquille O’Neal and Bill Walton and etc etc etc win NBA titles late in their career, most with injuries plaguing them. Pop has experience with older players and will watch Timmy’s minutes as his career winds down.
I said two years ago the Spurs should trade Manu Ginobili while they could – figuring his body wouldn’t be able to keep up with his style of play forever. I’m sure Spurs fans would have lost it had it happened.
But that’s not to say Manu doesn’t have good months left in him – in fact, just the opposite. He’s still an elite NBA player when healthy.
Nothing needs to be said about Tony Parker. He’s simply fantastic.
Put all of this together, and it’s pretty obvious that with some more good offseason decisions from Pop and RC – which seem likely when given their past – and a little minute-management, this team has at least 2-3 good years left in them.
Maybe even a 5th championship.