Bold predictions for the season

[SAGirl]

I am going to give mine: Bertans will end the season as a starter... (frankly I am not really sure on this one, but I prefer it to other possibilities so I am going with this one)

Quixem Ramirez on twitter wrote an entertaining article with 10 BOLD predictions. Thought it was funny so I am sharing:
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What are yours?

[sananspursfan21]

DeMar DeRozan will be top 5 in MVP race

[illusioNtEk]

Spurs lose to Warriors 4-2 in western conference finals

[RD2191]

Spurs will win less than 40 games

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Spurs will be a bottom ten team defensively and finish 6th out West and lose in the first round.

Walker shows flashes of brilliance but Pop won’t give him the minutes he deserves

[rastaspur]

Pondexter will be cut.......... i heard he owes a mexican street gang alot of dough.

[SAGirl]

Pondexter will be cut.......... i heard he owes a mexican street gang alot of dough.
lol that's not so bold. He hasn't looked like a useful player.

[SAGirl]

Spurs will win less than 40 games
This is definitely what I call a bold prediction.

There was a guy last season that early last season had predicted Kiwi would miss the entire season and when he last played in January said it was his last game as a Spur. I can't recall who that guy was. Was that you?

[rastaspur]

I said cut (knife) by a street gang over a debt. Thats super bold.

Its a foregone conclusion he is getting cut from the team.

[SAGirl]

I said cut (knife) by a street gang over a debt. Thats super bold.

Its a foregone conclusion he is getting cut from the team.oh sorry I missed you meant cut in a literal sense, bc there is cut in a different sense... :toast

[Phenomanul]

1) Spurs will finish 2nd in the West.

2) Spurs will face the 7th seeded Lakers and take them out.

3) Spurs will have two all-stars selected for this season's all-star game

4) Kawhi will opt not to play in Toronto's only game in town (he's an all-star at faking the seriousness of injury)

5) DeMar DeRozan will drop at least 30 points in his return to Toronto

6) LMA will be a legitimate MVP candidate

7) At least one article suggesting Manu could make a comeback prior to the playoffs will be written

8) The Spurs will not make a mid-season trade

9) The Warriors will not three-peat

10) Pau Gasol will retire at the end of the season

11) Parker scores 20 on his return to the Alamo-city

[SAGirl]

I have to say the boldest ones are no. 9 and 10 by Phenomanul. I think Pau is one of those guys like Tony he's going to continue to play as long as he's paid somewhere.

[Phenomanul]

The real crazy prediction?

Kawhi signs as an unrestricted free-agent with the Spurs next season.

[gambit1990]

spurs lose to okc in the first round.

[Chinook]

Someone not in the current top-10 of the rotation will end up being a regular starter by the end of the year. Thinking D-Cun. But Forbes/White has a chance, and I don't want to count Walker out.

[picnroll]

Mills will suck.

[Phenomanul]

Trading Mills at this juncture doesn't make any sense... unless he completely and utterly sucks (the catch-22 being that no one would trade for Patty if his value was rock-bottom).

[R. DeMurre]

I said cut (knife) by a street gang over a debt. Thats super bold.

Its a foregone conclusion he is getting cut from the team.


:lmao

[R. DeMurre]

Derrick White puts up a better +/- than Dejounte Murray.

[SAGirl]

Trading Mills at this juncture doesn't make any sense... unless he completely and utterly sucks (the catch-22 being that no one would trade for Patty if his value was rock-bottom).
I personally don't expect trades this season. It's a new roster and what little continuity they have, they aren't going to lose in the middle of the season.

I do think it's possible there are trades next summer. It would depend on specific player's performance and fit with the team, and the need to open up playing time for emerging youth needing playing time. It's really premature to say though, and I doubt it would happen mid-season.

[JeffDuncan]

Pau Gasol will lead the team in 3pt percentage...

[KDKSpurs24]

1) Lonnie Walker will be a part of the regular rotation.

2) Dante Cunningham will be a part of the regular rotation.

3) Dejounte Murray wins most improved player.

4) DeMar DeRozan will be an all star starter (will receive votes from Spurs fans and Canadians)

5) Pau will be out of the rotation

6) Spurs finish as the 3rd seed


Note: As for 4.. I did forget that fans only count for 50% of the vote now but will keep it there.

[DAF86]

If Given the chance, by season's end White will clearly be the Spurs' third best player.

[spurraider21]

the warriors will finish with a better record than the spurs

[TheGreatYacht]

Quixem Ramirez comes out as homosexual and reveals he pretends to be a girl on a spurs forum

[Spurs fever]

First time posting. This was fun to read.

[ceperez]

Dejounte Murray and Lonnie Walker IV will not get along, forcing Spurs to consider trading Dejounte Murray by the end of the season.

Spurs will be in top 5 in the West come season end.

[JPB]

https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=275314

:wakeup

[SAGirl]

https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=275314

:wakeup
That's a thread almost 2 months old. I didn't know/remember about it but thanks for sharing.

[Seventyniner]

Spurs will be a bottom ten team defensively and finish 6th out West and lose in the first round.

Walker shows flashes of brilliance but Pop won’t give him the minutes he deserves

Not bold at all. Par for the course for your whiny ass.

[acoelho1]

Spurs win 55 plus games and Rudy Gay will be the best perimeter player this year.

[tonight...you]

Quixem Ramirez comes out as homosexual and reveals he pretends to be a girl on a spurs forum
Dude... HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
And you could very well be on point!

Now that I'm not in instant reaction...

You're an Oracle.

[Namundy]

Murray will be involved in a George Hill style trade landing us a more traditional 3 & D SF.

[phxspurfan]

This is definitely what I call a bold prediction.

There was a guy last season that early last season had predicted Kiwi would miss the entire season and when he last played in January said it was his last game as a Spur. I can't recall who that guy was. Was that you?

I was one of the first to predict he was done for the year, back in like Jan or Feb (forgot exactly when since there were multiple threads). Also predicted he would be traded while all the fluffers were like wtf you're stupid blah blah. #TheForumRealist

Also started the offseason thread in like Feb, when it was abundantly clear Kawhi was gone and the team was going nowhere that year

[phxspurfan]

Here are mine:

kind of sad but w/e, this is all gut feelings anyway

- Amused starts 4 game threads, out of those 4 games 3 Spurs get injured :lol
- Pop hangs it up at the end of the year
- Aldridge demands a trade *during the year*
- Murray gets really hurt (ankle/knee/back/whatever) on one of those reckless drives to the hoop, vows to gain like 20 lbs of muscle in the offseason to never let it happen again
- DeRozan has an off year, doesn't make an all star team or average 20+ points. Spur fan realizes how crappy his defense is. Pop thinks about benching him at least once or twice and starting Belinelli in his place.

[objective]

If Dejounte and White play at least 75 games and average a combined 50 minutes per game the Spurs win 50 games

If that happens plus Mills and Forbes play under a combined 20 minutes per game they win 55

Under a combined 10 they win 60

[Keepin' it real]

Spurstalk favorite Derrick White gets traded.

Rudy's heel snaps.

Spurstalk officially endorses Trump for 2020.

[99 Problems]

They name an expansion team and we are seen as reluctantly giving up Pau to help out.

[twincam]

Might win 50, then 1st round exits.

[gambit1990]

rockets make it to the finals.

[Joseph Kony]

Spurs will be a bottom ten team defensively and finish 6th out West and lose in the first round.

Walker shows flashes of brilliance but Pop won’t give him the minutes he deserves

yeah that's a real BOLD prediction :lmao

[rastaspur]

oh sorry I missed you meant cut in a literal sense, bc there is cut in a different sense... :toast

Intentional play on words to confuse. Just needed one to bite to lay the punchline explanation. Thanks for the assist.

[SAGirl]

Intentional play on words to confuse. Just needed one to bite to lay the punchline explanation. Thanks for the assist.
:bobo;)

[Mr. Body]

The GOP bans basketball for being too black. They will execute WNBA players and lots of other women.

[Uriel]

1) Spurs will finish 2nd in the West.

2) Spurs will face the 7th seeded Lakers and take them out.

3) Spurs will have two all-stars selected for this season's all-star game

4) Kawhi will opt not to play in Toronto's only game in town (he's an all-star at faking the seriousness of injury)

5) DeMar DeRozan will drop at least 30 points in his return to Toronto

6) LMA will be a legitimate MVP candidate

7) At least one article suggesting Manu could make a comeback prior to the playoffs will be written

8) The Spurs will not make a mid-season trade

9) The Warriors will not three-peat

10) Pau Gasol will retire at the end of the season

11) Parker scores 20 on his return to the Alamo-city
Not sure if prediction list or wishlist, tbh.

[Uriel]

Many pundits have the Spurs missing the playoffs entirely. I have them wining 50+ games and getting a top-4 seed in the West.

[coachmac87]

Spurs get #2 seed in the West

[Silver&Black]

First time posting. This was fun to read.

Bold Prediction: Someone will quote you and call you a faggot

[Keepin' it real]

Bold Prediction: Someone will quote you and call you a faggot

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/s3/tls-prod/uploads/2017/02/hurtfeelingssnowflake.jpg

[SAGirl]

Ok here's another one: Murray for MIP this year!

[playbonner15]

Kawhi and Danny Green sign with the Spurs on free agncy

[coachmac87]

Spurs get #2 seed in the West

[Roscoe P. Coltrane]

1) Spurs will finish 2nd in the West.

2) Spurs will face the 7th seeded Lakers and take them out.

3) Spurs will have two all-stars selected for this season's all-star game

4) Kawhi will opt not to play in Toronto's only game in town (he's an all-star at faking the seriousness of injury)

5) DeMar DeRozan will drop at least 30 points in his return to Toronto

6) LMA will be a legitimate MVP candidate

7) At least one article suggesting Manu could make a comeback prior to the playoffs will be written

8) The Spurs will not make a mid-season trade

9) The Warriors will not three-peat

10) Pau Gasol will retire at the end of the season

11) Parker scores 20 on his return to the Alamo-city:bobo

[PhoenixSpursFan]

Pop winscoach of the year

[Stabula]

There will be an AIDS outbreak in the Spurs locker room

[K...]

Pop winscoach of the year

You mean pop wins wines coach of the year? Coach of the year will say "luke walton" but they will hand the award straight to LeBron

[Fireball]

Here are mine:

kind of sad but w/e, this is all gut feelings anyway

- Amused starts 4 game threads, out of those 4 games 3 Spurs get injured :lol
- Pop hangs it up at the end of the year
- Aldridge demands a trade *during the year*
- Murray gets really hurt (ankle/knee/back/whatever) on one of those reckless drives to the hoop, vows to gain like 20 lbs of muscle in the offseason to never let it happen again
- DeRozan has an off year, doesn't make an all star team or average 20+ points. Spur fan realizes how crappy his defense is. Pop thinks about benching him at least once or twice and starting Belinelli in his place.

we are looking for bold predictions here ... keep your realistic opinions somewhere else

[Duncan87]

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[John B]

Dubs implode. Spurs gets 2nd place to beat Hou in WCF. Pops again wins COY and AD and co starts joining Spurs bandwagon.

[phxspurfan]

Dubs implode. Spurs gets 2nd place to beat Hou in WCF. Pops again wins COY and AD and co starts joining Spurs bandwagon.

lol 0% chance. Dubs have all the refs in their pocket, almost as much as LeBroom. They can field a team with KD and a bunch of scrubs and still get 40 FT attempts

[Fusternino]

Mills and Belinelli get put in the doghouse and are supplanted by LWIV and Dante.

[313]

Murray is too arrogant and starts locker room drama with one of Derozen, LMA, or Mills.

[SAGirl]

No one predicted Lonnie tearing a meniscus and missing 2+ months of the season... even the pessimists among us.

[phxspurfan]

Here are mine:

kind of sad but w/e, this is all gut feelings anyway

- Amused starts 4 game threads, out of those 4 games 3 Spurs get injured :lol
- Pop hangs it up at the end of the year
- Aldridge demands a trade *during the year*
- Murray gets really hurt (ankle/knee/back/whatever) on one of those reckless drives to the hoop, vows to gain like 20 lbs of muscle in the offseason to never let it happen again
- DeRozan has an off year, doesn't make an all star team or average 20+ points. Spur fan realizes how crappy his defense is. Pop thinks about benching him at least once or twice and starting Belinelli in his place.


Holy sh*t I am Nostradamus again. Trade Dominos about to start falling on the Spurs

[Avitus1]

Spurs will finish in 4th seed.

[SAGirl]

Holy sh*t I am Nostradamus again. Trade Dominos about to start falling on the Spurs
:wow

[michaelwcho]

Bold Prediction: The Spurs are going to be sneaky good this year, despite losing KL and two promising guards.

Just joking!

[phxspurfan]

Bold Prediction: The Spurs are going to be sneaky good this year, despite losing KL and two promising guards.

Just joking!

If the Spurs are usually under the radar, they now will be really really really under the radar! Like flying so low like under the ocean floor low! w00t!

[BackHome]

Hate to say it but we better get a high draft pick next year.

Timmy is going to make special “Punisher” knee braces for Walker and Murray “.

[tesseractive]

Someone not in the current top-10 of the rotation will end up being a regular starter by the end of the year. Thinking D-Cun. But Forbes/White has a chance, and I don't want to count Walker out.
Unfortunately, this is looking pretty good.

[Spurtacular]

Spurs finish in the 11th spot. Frankly, they're one injury away from it. Would be great if we could get a high lottery pick, anyhow.

[DAF86]

If Given the chance, by season's end White will clearly be the Spurs' third best player.

I want to change this prediction to "clearly the Spurs best player".

[gambit1990]

rockets make it to the finals.
rockets crushed GS by 21 tonight.

[JeffDuncan]

The Warriors only made 4 3ptrs.

[RD2191]

Spurs will win less than 40 games

:wakeup

[phxspurfan]

Here are mine:

kind of sad but w/e, this is all gut feelings anyway

- Amused starts 4 game threads, out of those 4 games 3 Spurs get injured :lol
- Pop hangs it up at the end of the year
- Aldridge demands a trade *during the year*
- Murray gets really hurt (ankle/knee/back/whatever) on one of those reckless drives to the hoop, vows to gain like 20 lbs of muscle in the offseason to never let it happen again
- DeRozan has an off year, doesn't make an all star team or average 20+ points. Spur fan realizes how crappy his defense is. Pop thinks about benching him at least once or twice and starting Belinelli in his place.

:reading

[JakeCuenca]

Lol

[DAF86]

If Given the chance, by season's end White will clearly be the Spurs' third best player.

Is this truth already?

[FkLA]

Is this truth already?

Easily.

[Pavlov]

I want to change this prediction to "clearly the Spurs best player".Did you change it back?

[DAF86]

Did you change it back?

In a week I will change it to the best player in the World.

[DAF86]

And after that, "the best Spurs player ever".

[DAF86]

And then, "the GOAT".

[DAF86]

Did you change it back?

Seriously, how can you not get that's a joke post? :lol

[Pavlov]

So flip flopping?

[DAF86]

So flip flopping?

Sure son, sure. :lol

[Dancelot]

In a week I will change it to the best player in the World.
Move over MJ

[DAF86]

So flip flopping?

Great edit, btw. :lmao

[phxspurfan]

Here are mine:

kind of sad but w/e, this is all gut feelings anyway

- Amused starts 4 game threads, out of those 4 games 3 Spurs get injured :lol
- Pop hangs it up at the end of the year
- Aldridge demands a trade *during the year*
- Murray gets really hurt (ankle/knee/back/whatever) on one of those reckless drives to the hoop, vows to gain like 20 lbs of muscle in the offseason to never let it happen again
- DeRozan has an off year, doesn't make an all star team or average 20+ points. Spur fan realizes how crappy his defense is. Pop thinks about benching him at least once or twice and starting Belinelli in his place.

:reading

[gambit1990]

the article in the op was about half right. nothing really bold though.

[gambit1990]

still liking my rockets make the finals prediction :tu

also called okc being a lot better than they were last year.