are spurs peaking to soon?

[ducks]

Question

[Johnny RIngo]

Beating a Lebron-less Cavs team by 20 doesn't mean we're "peaking too soon". Just beating a team we're supposed to beat.

[MmP]

are we being too neurotic?

[Barfunk]

Just go with the flow.

[dbestpro]

If you mean by peaking that they are getting a glimpse of how much better they will be, then yeah.

[alchemist]

enjoy the games...

[ChuckD]

Question

No, but you're posting too much.

[Warlord23]

OP is legally retarded. I wouldn't bother typing out serious answers.

[BlairForceDejuan]

weak schedule so far


They are no where close to peaking considering how many new faces/rotations they have.

[ducks]

spurs are beating a team they are suppose to be
but destroying them is another thing

[Cry Havoc]

ducks

shut the fuck up.

[ohmwrecker]

They are playing well and winning, but I don't think they are peaking yet. There's still plenty of room to improve.

[ducks]

ducks

shut the fuck up. do not like the thread scroll


not a hard concept

[spurs1990]

Peaking too soon?

We weren't even supposed to be a top 4 team this season, much a less a contender to win the title.

Enjoy the 11-1 record and gtfo with the devils advocate drivel.

[Juanobili]

lol

[edgar]

So you'd rather we be losing? Retard.

This is nothing. The Spurs have showed there is room for improvement. We are playing good basketball but not great basketball. Our high 3 pt shooting percentage has allowed allowed us to build big leads. Our defense and rotation assignments have got to continue to improve and continue to get the new guys acclamaited. Very good wins that our boys are acquiring and our true peak will happen later in the season. This team has the makings of being the most explosive team in Spurs history so the room for our peak is still there.

[rayray2k8]

Peaking??? There is a lot of room for improvement here.. Splitter has yet to get into the rotation and James Anderson is out, so how exactly can you say they are peaking when they're not at their full potential?

[rasho8]

ducks

shut the fuck up.

Quotin this... ditto.

[GrandeDavid]

No way. The gradual building up method hasn't worked too well since 2007. Spurs need to keep letting it rip and racking up as many wins as they can. They may just be a great team.

[Xevious]

ducks

shut the fuck up.

[alfahdlan]

This is not peaking. This is improving. Little by little each member is integrating in to a whole team concept. Once defense enhanced . . . watch out!!!:lobt:

[it's me]

http://www.iris263.com/dog-on-duck-1.jpg

[phyzik]

I honestly think they still have a ways to go before they peak.

[TDMVPDPOY]

bragging rights, we need it

[pgardn]

We are certainly not peeking defensively.

Its a long season, we are playing well with fewer minutes for our older players. Nothing wrong with this.

[Cry Havoc]

do not like the thread scroll


not a hard concept

Spammers could use that same logic and get away with it.

Do not make stupid threads and I won't have to scroll past them or watch them clog up the from page. "Fire Pop/Bonner Sucks/Trade Paker/etc." This one is right up there with them.

Especially given with our rash of Lakers fans to the site lately, ST.com could deal with a little (lot) less idiocy and a hell of a lot more well thought-out posts.

[BanditHiro]

we haven't peaked at all. our defense needs to improve. stop trying to get people's attention by reaching for stupid complaints. i know this fast start is killing you because it doesn't give you a lot to complain about in spurstalk but just be happy tony parker did not regress after his scandal.

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol Ducks is too good at this..

[Sean Cagney]

No, they are just beating who they are supposed to beat unlike last year and the year before.

[Sigz]

shut up ducks you faggot

[intlspurshk]

Haha, SPURS just improved 3 pt and some post defenses only. That's far from peaked or Championship defense level

[Vito Corleone]

The question is legit, and we won't know the answer until the end of the season.

They do look good right now, and I'll take it. I'd rather be winning right now than losing.

[baseline bum]

http://www.iris263.com/dog-on-duck-1.jpg

:rollin

Seriously, no way it can be called peaking when the defense still looks like shit over most of the season. The team's got a long ways to go, but I love seeing them able to hit the outside shot this season.

[td4mvp21]

Seriously, no way it can be called peaking when the defense still looks like shit over most of the season.

This. The Spurs need to start playing defense for an entire game instead of in halves or quarters before we can make an assessment.

[tim_duncan_fan]

I think Ducks does have a point. Let us not get too carried away.

I take solace in the fact that the D can get better, that Hill, Neal, Splitter and Blair have yet to really get in a groove or find a role, and we also have another 10-15 point shooter we'll have to add into the mix as soon as he is back from injury.


That is A LOT of stuff to work on, but at the same time, we're 11-1...how much better can we get, and what if we only get worse?


I think it's healthy/wise not to be too excited, satisfied or comfortable with this start.

There are 70 games left, and just to temper the excitement, at 11-1 we have more room to worsen than we do to improve.

[TampaDude]

Hey...we're on pace to win 75 games this year. :D

[JustinJDW]

Peaking??? There is a lot of room for improvement here.. Splitter has yet to get into the rotation and James Anderson is out, so how exactly can you say they are peaking when they're not at their full potential?This.

[BanditHiro]

Hey...we're on pace to win 75 games this year. :D

as long as we end the oppression of the lakers i will be happy camper this season

[Budkin]

We need as many of these early wins as we can get because eventually the schedule is going to get brutal.

[ceperez]

weak schedule so far


They are no where close to peaking considering how many new faces/rotations they have.


Agree. Very easy schedule. Let's see how they fair against some title contenders.

[temujin]

Spurs are probably 60% of the potential.

1) Defense is pretty suspect for most of first halves.
2) Splitter will be much better, with better conditioning.
3) Neal can be much more deadly, once ball movement is improved, and against zones.
4) Bonner could play less (as Splitter plays more).
5) Blair couln't be any worse than he was in the first 10 games.
6) Anderson might be back, in March.

Most importantly, Manu is not really serious at things right now.
He is not tearing apart defenses on penetrations. No reasons to do that yet.

[TJastal]

Spurs are probably 60% of the potential.

1) Defense is pretty suspect for most of first halves.
2) Splitter will be much better, with better conditioning.
3) Neal can be much more deadly, once ball movement is improved, and against zones.
4) Bonner could play less (as Splitter plays more).
5) Blair couln't be any worse than he was in the first 10 games.
6) Anderson might be back, in March.

Most importantly, Manu is not really serious at things right now.
He is not tearing apart defenses on penetrations. No reasons to do that yet.

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8803/270911970db35fdd4ca.jpg

[TampaDude]

as long as we end the oppression of the lakers i will be happy camper this season

Agreed. The Lakers must fucking die.

[rascal]

So you'd rather we be losing? Retard.

This is nothing. The Spurs have showed there is room for improvement. We are playing good basketball but not great basketball. Our high 3 pt shooting percentage has allowed allowed us to build big leads. Our defense and rotation assignments have got to continue to improve and continue to get the new guys acclamaited. Very good wins that our boys are acquiring and our true peak will happen later in the season. This team has the makings of being the most explosive team in Spurs history so the room for our peak is still there.

You must not have watched the spurs of the 1970s if you think this team has the makings of the most explosive in Spurs history.

[Spursfan092120]

Stupid...we don't win in the beginning and people say we suck, and don't have a prayer in the playoffs. We go 11-1, and people ask if we're peaking too soon? Just STFU and enjoy the ride...we're playing the best I've seen this team play since the playoffs of '99.

[smeagol]

ducks is the new rascal

[Spurminator]

Yes, they're peaking too soon, and it's probably Manu's fault.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Just enjoy the games. Would you rather have them lose? I have no idea why you think they are "peaking" too early.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Agreed. The Lakers must fucking die.
I hope the Spurs give them a good ass-whopping. Those fuckers deserve it.

[DPG21920]

do not like the thread scroll


not a hard concept

So we've gone from TPark, to EricB and now Ducks. I can't keep up with all the name changes.

[spurs10]

The Spurs are winning in many ways right now. D, 3 pointers, bench, etc..that's a good thing. We're a long way from peaking. Hoping for a win tomorrow, as I'll be there screaming my ass off. GSG!!!!

[JR3]

We are not peaking. The defense is far from there. So the question doesn't apply.

[Oh, Gee!!]

you really can't start peaking until after all-star break. right now spurs are collecting wins that will be helpful come playoffs when the difference between a 1st and a 8th seed is 7 games.

[Vito Corleone]

The definition of Peaking is playing your best at a single period of time. Yes you can peak to start out a season. So the question is are the Spurs Peaking? Again, the only way to know for sure is to look back on the entire season. I can guarantee that this team is going to lose 20+ games, we have lost one. The odds are when we look back on the season we likely might just decide we peaked in November.

[Trill Clinton]

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[ShoogarBear]

WTF, this isn't Hide and Seek.

[Chase_the_Bass]

bragging rights, we need it
This.

If you ever try to argue that the Spurs are contenders all you hear in response is "Over the hill, old, done, 1st round exit"

The Spurs have to look twice as impressive just to get the benefit of the doubt, sadly.

[UnWantedTheory]

We have a good record, I am not sure I would call it peaking.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Stupid thread. This team is nowhere near its potential, especially defensively. This run is cause for optimism, not pessimism. :rolleyes

[rascal]

I see a western conference loss to the lakers will be coming up this year. Its better than last year but still not all the way there yet.

[Dex]

Losing games now isn't going to help the team win games later.

[ducks]

I see a western conference loss to the lakers will be coming up this year. Its better than last year but still not all the way there yet.

I would like to see spurs play the lakers before I say one way or the other

[xellos88330]

No they are not peaking too soon. They are peaking too late. They should have been playing like this in the postseason.



















*nyuk nyuk*

[Pauleta14]

The team needs/needed to see what they are capable of!
They may not be able to sunstain this energy all games long, but after last year, they needed to know if they can be contender again.

They know they can compete offensively, now they have all season to have a better D through 48 min...
+Splitter Neal and Anderson are not yet the players they will (supposely) be comming the PO...
+Tim is paying at 60% max... (offensively)

So NO, we are not peaking...

[Spur_Fanatic]

question


burn the jinxer heretic!
Burn ducks!

[ducks]

any differnet thoughts after the last two games