spursfaninla
09-30-2005, 09:34 AM
It was pretty inspiring. I have to say this championship was the toughest of the 3 for sure.
Looking back on how much trouble Detroit gave us, I am thinking Spurs fans who don't consider them our chief rival for the next year at least are doing some serious wishful thinking; they are young enough in their core, and have a firm foundation at defense. The players there LIKE to play defense. They forced us into countless turnovers with their length and ability to crowd the lane. Lucky for us Manu was hitting at a career pace from 3pt land, and that Horry had a career playoff game against them.
That said, with Fin and Van Excel here, two of our main issues are addressed; who can spell Parker reliably, and who is going to provide scoring punch off the bench.
With Oberto we will (hopefully) have yet another option and skill set to use in the front court.
I'm optimistic (who wouldn't be), and watching the DVD was great, but I'm not going to go so far as to say we should be prohibative favorites over the Pistons.
Looking back on how much trouble Detroit gave us, I am thinking Spurs fans who don't consider them our chief rival for the next year at least are doing some serious wishful thinking; they are young enough in their core, and have a firm foundation at defense. The players there LIKE to play defense. They forced us into countless turnovers with their length and ability to crowd the lane. Lucky for us Manu was hitting at a career pace from 3pt land, and that Horry had a career playoff game against them.
That said, with Fin and Van Excel here, two of our main issues are addressed; who can spell Parker reliably, and who is going to provide scoring punch off the bench.
With Oberto we will (hopefully) have yet another option and skill set to use in the front court.
I'm optimistic (who wouldn't be), and watching the DVD was great, but I'm not going to go so far as to say we should be prohibative favorites over the Pistons.