Spurs key weaknesses and how they've been addressed (so far...)

50 win seasons, back to back WCF and NBA Finals is a curse?

There's probably 20+ teams that would love to be cursed, tbh

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Originally Posted by Man In Black

Last year Shaun Livingston made 773K. He's a Pick and Roll Playmaker with size at 6'7" and now, the Nets are making a run at him. They see what I do, that he's a very solid backup PG with necessary skills to help a team win. The Nets are going to use their new pieces to try and force their way to the top of the Eastern Conference and beyond.

So, why not Shaun Livingston? Spurs can take him away from a possible contender plus get a solid backup PG who gives Pop an added playmaker and removes the over reliance on Manu.

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I think it's useful to have a playmaker that is tall enough to pass over the defense.

Blair was a weakness (albeit, a small one considering how he never played). Pendergraph on paper looks to be an upgrade.

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Originally Posted by Man In Black

Last year Shaun Livingston made 773K. He's a Pick and Roll Playmaker with size at 6'7" and now, the Nets are making a run at him. They see what I do, that he's a very solid backup PG with necessary skills to help a team win. The Nets are going to use their new pieces to try and force their way to the top of the Eastern Conference and beyond.

So, why not Shaun Livingston? Spurs can take him away from a possible contender plus get a solid backup PG who gives Pop an added playmaker and removes the over reliance on Manu.

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I'm definitely open to Shaun Livingston.

The problem is that I don't want to dip into the MLE to get him. This basically means another minimum contract. But then you have to convince him about playing time when you'll have Joseph, Mills and De Colo all around on the same roster and all making more money than him (except perhaps Mills).

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Originally Posted by SpursRock20

Thanks for getting back to me and I liked your analysis. As for me being so wrong on Prigoni, it might have been because the most I saw out of him was in the playoffs and I was pretty impressed. He only averaged a little more than 1 turnover per 42 minutes of playing time.

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His stats look worse than I remember him being too. Sometimes we don't catch everything though, especially if we don't catch every game. It's weird how high his turnover frequency was. He has a good assist to turnover ratio though, so it seems to be a matter of "forcing it" a bit too often but still being successful a decent portion of the itme rather than just throwing it away all the time with no success behind it.

I've gotten kinda paranoid about playmakers after Manu in the Finals last year, so I'd like to go with a safer bet and not grab up another gambler, ya know? We need someone more in the vein of Parker (his ballhandling and passing mentality, not his game which obviously we can't replicate) who makes plays but doesn't take dumb risks with his passes which keeps his turnovers down when it counts.

I'm really hoping the front office comes through and brings in someone though. I don't trust Nando at all, and CJo (while not sloppy) doesn't seem to have a high enough ceiling to carry our 2nd unit to a title.

Shaun's officially a Net. And that ends my support for him to come to SA. Still, If he does what I think he can, Brooklyn will be happy that CJ Watson bailed on them.