dunkman
04-30-2011, 07:59 AM
1. The roster isn't built to be successful in the playoffs. The Spurs have excellent players in Parker, Manu, Hill and RJ, but those players are taking shot attempts one from the other. On the other hand, the team lacks an all-star big besides Duncan. There were many obviously talented players available for trade: Al Jefferson, Boozer, Z-Bo, Amare, before that Pau Gasol and many others. I think that the Spurs could have parted ways with Parker for example, all-star PG's and SG's can be drafted even with lower first rounders, besides the Spurs have redundancy there.
What's worse, two rotation bigs (Bonner and Blair) play no defense!
The Lakers, that have an even better SG, always knew they needed 3 solid bigs to succeed, as those players are really hard to stop.
With that kind of roster, the Spurs had to play Suns type of bball, which was never successful in the playoffs.
2. When the Spurs opted to avoid trading, why Pop didn't try it harder with Splitter? Sure it would be fair for Bonner, Blair or Dice as he missed the training camp, but the other players lack in size, talent or both, or can't play enough minutes.
3. Another question for the FO, is what happened with the wing defender? There were various available as FAs and various were traded during the season.
4. The team lost their confidence during that 0:6 run, 5 close defeats crushed the close out swagger. The Spurs slipped game 1 vs the Grizzlies, which was fatal as the Spurs were hardly any better if now worse that the Grizzlies.
5. Why were the Spurs best players in the last RS game, when Pop choose to concede the best record to the Bulls. With Manu, the Spurs would have won game 1, and the Spurs would be playing game 7 at home.
6. The team lost the confidence too easy. Dice was right with what he said after game 4. The Grizzlies started playing better as the series advanced, with the Spurs it was the opposite. Phil is much better coach in that aspect than Pop.
7. The Spurs are victims of their own success during the Duncan era. If the Spurs were to miss some playoffs, they could have drafted in the lottery and that's how the Lakers got Bynum.
8. The Spurs traded away too many draft picks and they were caught in talent by the rest of the league as Duncan got too old.
9. The FO never does a bolder trade during mid season, when many teams often want to get rid of talented players with some problems. Pop's corporate knowledge won't replace size or talent, that was well proven during the last 4 seasons.
10. The Spurs owners care too much about luxury tax, it seems that it was the reason why the Spurs didn't get a wing defender this season. However, that alone wouldn't solve the unbalanced roster.
What's worse, two rotation bigs (Bonner and Blair) play no defense!
The Lakers, that have an even better SG, always knew they needed 3 solid bigs to succeed, as those players are really hard to stop.
With that kind of roster, the Spurs had to play Suns type of bball, which was never successful in the playoffs.
2. When the Spurs opted to avoid trading, why Pop didn't try it harder with Splitter? Sure it would be fair for Bonner, Blair or Dice as he missed the training camp, but the other players lack in size, talent or both, or can't play enough minutes.
3. Another question for the FO, is what happened with the wing defender? There were various available as FAs and various were traded during the season.
4. The team lost their confidence during that 0:6 run, 5 close defeats crushed the close out swagger. The Spurs slipped game 1 vs the Grizzlies, which was fatal as the Spurs were hardly any better if now worse that the Grizzlies.
5. Why were the Spurs best players in the last RS game, when Pop choose to concede the best record to the Bulls. With Manu, the Spurs would have won game 1, and the Spurs would be playing game 7 at home.
6. The team lost the confidence too easy. Dice was right with what he said after game 4. The Grizzlies started playing better as the series advanced, with the Spurs it was the opposite. Phil is much better coach in that aspect than Pop.
7. The Spurs are victims of their own success during the Duncan era. If the Spurs were to miss some playoffs, they could have drafted in the lottery and that's how the Lakers got Bynum.
8. The Spurs traded away too many draft picks and they were caught in talent by the rest of the league as Duncan got too old.
9. The FO never does a bolder trade during mid season, when many teams often want to get rid of talented players with some problems. Pop's corporate knowledge won't replace size or talent, that was well proven during the last 4 seasons.
10. The Spurs owners care too much about luxury tax, it seems that it was the reason why the Spurs didn't get a wing defender this season. However, that alone wouldn't solve the unbalanced roster.