The Spurs Will Be Back

Losing early in the playoffs was the best realistic scenario for Spurs this year.

Duncan will have a 5 months offseason to rest his knees.
Parker will have a 2 and a half month before playing back.

The only disappointment is that most of the supporting cast has been bad in this series. Spurs FO had to do a damn good offseason to put Spurs back in the true contender category.

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Originally Posted by Rogue

Spurs would have broken to the 2nd round at least if their opponent were not our boys in blue. Our boys in blue are just too good this season to be beaten, Mavs will definitely win the title this season. No grief spurs fans.

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Hahahahahaahahahahahahahahah... ahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa

That was great.

You won't make it past the Nuggets, let alone another 3 rounds.

:lmao

Ok, everyone take your spurs car flag down and look at what happened this year....

Don't need Bowen... don't need Vaughn...don't need Oberto...don't need Bonner...don't need Thomas....don't need Ginobili...

This team needs a major overhaul to beat the Lakers/Mavs/Nuggets/Cavs/Celtics/etc.

Dude, come on already...geezus...

the injury season is over. see you guys in training camp.

here's to an injury-free campaign next season.:toast
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Originally Posted by timvp

The Spurs really aren't that far away. But making the right moves this offseason is essential.

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Who starts next to Tim?

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Originally Posted by timvp

Yeah, add Manu to the mix. Hope Hill works on the momentum and confidence he got in these last couple of games. Get Bowen back another season. And then the Spurs just need a couple more capable role players.

The Spurs really aren't that far away. But making the right moves this offseason is essential.

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Plus they have the Warriors' 2nd round pick at #37 which could yield someone of value, provided Pop would be willing to play him....

The MLE could be used on a vet like Wallace or McDyess, or perhaps Gooden, or maybe they use it to bring in a younger rising talent or two. Plus they have enough expiring contracts such that they might be able to pull off a solid trade. There's definitely a black and silver lining in ending this postseason before May, as shitty as it has been. Plus at least now Pop knows he can count on Hill.

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Originally Posted by Das Texan

This somewhat intrigues me....


You would have to get creative, cause you would still want Hill to be the primary backup for Tony at PG, but it could work I suppose.

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I really think hill has the tools to be a starting twoguard in this league. He is really a hybrid of antonio daniels and Jason terry. Backup point? Let him run it. Just have a wing come in for tony then tony comes in for hill.

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Originally Posted by timvp

This Spurs lost to the better team. Props to the Mavericks for advancing. Good luck.

As far as the Spurs are concerned, they still have more gas in the tank. Tim Duncan will have the longest offseason of his career to get his knees right. Tony Parker proved he's taken his game to another level and will be able to carry a bigger portion of the load for the foreseeable future. Manu Ginobili will get healthy, he'll be rested and and he'll once again be once of the best players in the league next year.

Bruce Bowen has another year in him. George Hill should really blossom next season. The Spurs should be able to fill out the roster with younger and better pieces.

Even though any objective Spurs fan knew the Spurs were extreme longshots to do anything this postseason, losing still hurt. Especially to the Mavs. But in the long run, this early loss well help the team. More rest and the roster's deficiencies are now painfully obvious. Winning a few more games in the postseason would have been great but escaping without a major injury to Duncan or Parker is way more important. Duncan could have hurt himself playing on one leg, Parker could have hurt himself trying to carry the whole load.

After a decade on the grind, this rest will do the team good. Come back next year with the Big Three intact, get refueled with better role players and make a run at #5.

Thank you to the Spurs for the effort. Thank you to Spurs fans for supporting your team.

The Spurs will be back.

Believe.

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Well said

We will be back

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Originally Posted by bdubya

First-round exits suck....but at least you didn't get swept, and you're not in full rebuilding mode. Count yer blessings.

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Who did Tayshaun think was off the chain?

And you forgot, the Spurs didn't trade Parker for AI. Pistons used to be my fave East team... when Billups and Big Ben were still there.:toast

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Originally Posted by timvp

Yeah, add Manu to the mix. Hope Hill works on the momentum and confidence he got in these last couple of games. Get Bowen back another season. And then the Spurs just need a couple more capable role players.

The Spurs really aren't that far away. But making the right moves this offseason is essential.

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I would love to see Bowen make Malic his understudy next year.

The other thing is that it should be perfectly clear to the FO that a healthy Manu is not necessarily the complete answer. If the 2010 plan is not to wait but rather to use the cap flexibility now, we may see more turnover than we expect.

what I do hope is for Georgie to spend some time getting to know Chip this summer.

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Originally Posted by Marcus Bryant

Plus they have the Warriors' 2nd round pick at #37 which could yield someone of value, provided Pop would be willing to play him....

The MLE could be used on a vet like Wallace or McDyess, or perhaps Gooden, or maybe they use it to bring in a younger rising talent or two. Plus they have enough expiring contracts such that they might be able to pull off a solid trade. There's definitely a black and silver lining in ending this postseason before May, as shitty as it has been. Plus at least now Pop knows he can count on Hill.

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I'm interested to see if the spurs can man up and to after a Richard Jefferson.

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Originally Posted by Manufan909

Who did Tayshaun think was off the chain?

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Sheed and Rip (a reporter had just asked him about their T's)

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Originally Posted by Rogue

Spurs would have broken to the 2nd round at least if their opponent were not our boys in blue. Our boys in blue are just too good this season to be beaten, Mavs will definitely win the title this season. No grief spurs fans.

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We would've lost to any playoff team this season. We barely beat the Hornets (at home) and Denver just nuked them.

BTW enough with your sarcastic crap already. The Mavs ain't going nowhere. Denver will probably beat them in 5 or 6.

The Spurs were literally limping into the playoffs, they didn't have an flow going into the playoffs (which they usually did in the years past).

Hill, Hairston, Williams, Gist, Mahinmi. Those are the young guys I'd like to see get a fair shot next year. Except for Gist, they all know the system now. They cover all positions. They need to deliver, of course, but Pop needs to trust them and not bail on them.

In addition, another big is needed to take the load off of Duncan. Duncan doesn't rely on athleticism, but he needs frontline help.

But yeah, next year will be better: CHAMPIONSHIP!

Yes,you're right

We must be back!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by timvp

This Spurs lost to the better team. Props to the Mavericks for advancing. Good luck.

As far as the Spurs are concerned, they still have more gas in the tank. Tim Duncan will have the longest offseason of his career to get his knees right. Tony Parker proved he's taken his game to another level and will be able to carry a bigger portion of the load for the foreseeable future. Manu Ginobili will get healthy, he'll be rested and and he'll once again be once of the best players in the league next year.

Bruce Bowen has another year in him. George Hill should really blossom next season. The Spurs should be able to fill out the roster with younger and better pieces.

Even though any objective Spurs fan knew the Spurs were extreme longshots to do anything this postseason, losing still hurt. Especially to the Mavs. But in the long run, this early loss well help the team. More rest and the roster's deficiencies are now painfully obvious. Winning a few more games in the postseason would have been great but escaping without a major injury to Duncan or Parker is way more important. Duncan could have hurt himself playing on one leg, Parker could have hurt himself trying to carry the whole load.

After a decade on the grind, this rest will do the team good. Come back next year with the Big Three intact, get refueled with better role players and make a run at #5.

Thank you to the Spurs for the effort. Thank you to Spurs fans for supporting your team.

The Spurs will be back.

Believe.

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yea when I was watching that game I was pissed off most of the time but I said, oh well. At least I will get some sleep now, and the spurs will have longer vacations. This team would not go deep in the playoffs this year anyway.
But you always have a belive in you.

Umm, bring some good players to the san antonio cause right now spurs have only 3 starters and 2 bench players

I keep hearing bonner is under contract for next year, I thought he was a fa?!

bring back horry! better defender than bonner, worse shooter, but can finish around the rim and will BE THERE IN THE CLUTCH. or sheed or dyce. a clutch center is what we need really

Under contract for $3.2M

Very proud of the team for not giving up tonight. Udoka probably played the best defense of his career during that 2nd quarter. That's two memorable playoff performances from a player that gets alot of crap.

Thanks for the memories guys.

All I have to say, that with our very first pick, we need to draft someone, ANYONE, that is 6'9" SF that has long arms and can grab some fucking rebounds!!!! That alone will fix half our problems!
Let's draft us some new recruits i saidddd

Nice post timvp! I'm disappointed the way the season ended but this team wasn't going to make much noise in the playoffs.

I hope our big 3 come back rested and most importantly, in good health. The FO needs to find some younger, capable role players. I still believe that if the right choices are made, this team w/the big 3 have one more good run in them.

Still Love the Spurs! :toast

James Gist!