chazley
10-13-2011, 10:20 PM
Never thought I would say this, but I believe the media gave Manu and Tony appropriate ranks, but severely overrated Duncan. Tim was a top 30 player last year, but to rank him 18 is definitely overvaluing him, especially seeing the difference between a Zach Randolph (20) and Duncan in the playoffs.
Spurs were massive losers in this lockout. It was quite obvious that R.C. was going to make drastic changes this summer, mostly through trades, and we were not able to have a full summer to do that. These NBARanks I believe are more than fair, but what it points out to me is that fact that you can't win a title with the 17,18,28th best players in the NBA being your top 3. You have to have at least one top five guy, or a guy that is at least performing as a top 5 guy, plus 2 other guys who are playing top 20 ball. We don't have that anymore. We needed this offseason badly, but unfortunately, we'll never get the time we needed to work the phones and improve our team. This team is setup to go to the second round, and with the right matchup, get to the Western Conference Finals, but they don't have enough to get over the hump.
I still believe we would've come out of the West last year if Manu doesn't get hurt. We basically forfeited home court because Manu couldn't play Game 1, and Memphis was the only team last year that could've beaten us. We would've beat the Lakers and annihilated the Mavericks.
Spurs were massive losers in this lockout. It was quite obvious that R.C. was going to make drastic changes this summer, mostly through trades, and we were not able to have a full summer to do that. These NBARanks I believe are more than fair, but what it points out to me is that fact that you can't win a title with the 17,18,28th best players in the NBA being your top 3. You have to have at least one top five guy, or a guy that is at least performing as a top 5 guy, plus 2 other guys who are playing top 20 ball. We don't have that anymore. We needed this offseason badly, but unfortunately, we'll never get the time we needed to work the phones and improve our team. This team is setup to go to the second round, and with the right matchup, get to the Western Conference Finals, but they don't have enough to get over the hump.
I still believe we would've come out of the West last year if Manu doesn't get hurt. We basically forfeited home court because Manu couldn't play Game 1, and Memphis was the only team last year that could've beaten us. We would've beat the Lakers and annihilated the Mavericks.