So... what happens when SA plays MIA again?

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Originally Posted by Kidd K

Green won't hit threes like that again.

TP will more than likely play better. His worst series of the postseason was against the Heat (you can blame injury for that, or just say he choked, but the fact remains he can certainly be better).

I don't think Duncan will have a super game like he did in game 6 again, and he may not be as good as he was throughout this year, but if there's one guy who always gives you 100% when it counts, it's Timmy. Not worried about Mr. Duncan's contributions.

Did our role players knock down shots this year? Neal had a net negative presence besides one game, Manu shat the bed throughout the series, Splitter was a ghost, and outside of a couple games Diaw didn't appear to make an offensive impact at any point. Joseph didn't do much. So yeah I would assume we'd at least get the mediocre performance from them again.

I agree though about Leonard. Sadly, with our lack of additions, we're going to need Leonard to improve to top level immediately and somehow hope Duncan doesn't decline from last year while hoping everyone else stays the same and that Manu not only stops his noticable and swift decline, but that he actually reverses it and plays better. Unlikely scenerio. We needed to add a playmaker and it didn't happen.

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Disagree. TP is not going to be able to do much if they have Lebron guarding him.

Hopefully Spurs coach will not be outcoached again

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Originally Posted by therealtruth

Disagree. TP is not going to be able to do much if they have Lebron guarding him.

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Not only did LeBron not guard him that well, the national announcers (who are usually dense to all things not related to mega stars) even pointed out during the game why he wasn't effective guarding him. LeBron plays good iso defense. Parker is not usually an iso player, he uses screens all the time and also plays off the ball to lose his man.

In a nutshell, the best part of LeBron's defense doesn't work on Parker since he plays around it. LeBron's defense isn't geared towards guys like him, it's geared towards guys like Rose, Melo, and his teammate Wade's kind of games.

Parker was playing with a partially torn hamstring. It's a safe bet to assume he'll play better next time we meet. Parker was good/better the whole year until he tore the hamstring in the Finals.

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Originally Posted by Russo21

The F/O is riding on the success of over a decade ago. The winning % is due to drafting a fella by the name of Tim Duncan who was a fucking lock to go number 1 no matter who had the top pick. A fucking retard would have picked him at no.1. Got lucky with Tony and Manu. Hill turned into Leonard who has turned into a machine but what else have they done. Overpayed Tiago and Manu, re-signed Boner more times then you can count, got rid of Scola for Jackie Butler, traded for Richard Jefferson, have a coach who benches Duncan in the final posessions of a closeout championship game. Drafted Javtakos, Karaulov, Sanikidze, Lorbek, Richards, Bertans, Hanga, most of whom will never play for the team. I wouldn't say the precious front office of ours are faultless.

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1. They traded nothing of value for RJ. They didn't have money to lure a free agent, so tried that route. Didn't work, but can't fault them for trying.

2. They didn't draft Lorbek. Just traded for his draft rights. Bertrans was drafted in the second round of the same draft with another pick they got in the Hill / Kawhi trade. Speaking of that trade, we possibly ended up with the #2 player from that draft.

3. Javtakos, Karaulov, Hanga drafted in the 50s. You almost never get an impact player there. Sanikidze also a second rounder. Richards was 49th overall. You almost never hit on a second rounder. But wait, we have multiple times! Last year's roster had 8 guys drafted in the second round / undrafted and if I remember correctly was a pretty good team.


For a team that hasn't owned a draft pick in the top 20 since 1997 - and yes, Duncan is a generational talent - I'd say they've done pretty well. Especially when considering that the last non-Spur drafted #1 overall to win a title with his original team was Hakeem.

maybe OP doesn't realize we didn't even sweat to come out of the west.

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Originally Posted by Kidd K

Not only did LeBron not guard him that well, the national announcers (who are usually dense to all things not related to mega stars) even pointed out during the game why he wasn't effective guarding him. LeBron plays good iso defense. Parker is not usually an iso player, he uses screens all the time and also plays off the ball to lose his man.

In a nutshell, the best part of LeBron's defense doesn't work on Parker since he plays around it. LeBron's defense isn't geared towards guys like him, it's geared towards guys like Rose, Melo, and his teammate Wade's kind of games.

Parker was playing with a partially torn hamstring. It's a safe bet to assume he'll play better next time we meet. Parker was good/better the whole year until he tore the hamstring in the Finals.

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That is what sucks when a team relies on a point guard as a franchise player. How do you stop most point guards in the NBA that are 6' 2" or shorter? Just put a bigger defender on them. That is why Danny Green was so successful guarding Steph Curry and Mike Conley Jr. Parker has the quickness to get by bigger defenders and get to the rim but instead he does the opposite by settling for jump shots. So long as Danny Green doesn't develop a post game, TP will always be guarded by bigger defenders come playoff time. No doubt that Parker's hamstring injury was also a major reason why Parker was slowed down.

It'll be a lot tougher this year to make it to the WCF imo, esp with a healthy Westbrook back. But, if the Spurs do somehow make it back, they would likely lose if they play Miami again imo. Duncan's another year older, Splitter can't play against them, and Manu is essentially done as a reliable scorer. Miami is bringing back the same championship team again. We didn't really improve the team much this offseason. Belli is solid, but he certainly doesn't put us over the top by any means. We still have no backup SF. Hopefully Kawhi continues to improve, but I don't think it will be enough. PLus injuries are always a concern with our old players.

If another team can somehow defeat Miami in the ECF (highly doubtful cause the East is so weak), then I think we'd have a good shot to win it all. I think we'd beat Indy or Brooklyn in 5 or 6. But I don't see Indy, Brooklyn, or NYC overtaking Miami. I think they make it to a 4th straight Finals, which would result in a 3-peat unfortunately.

same result

Spurs will get #6 on the B2B. :hat

Some people think that they can predict the future in detail. It's human nature to try but of course it's impossible. Injuries will happen, some players will be better than expected, some worse, someone will miss one FT out of two and someone will hit an important 3-pointer. Before last season the Lakers were the favourites. Shit happens and some of it ís good shit.

Well they will both have 5 players that start. Typically a center, power forward, small forward, shooting guard, and a point guard. They will then play exactly 4 quarters which are 12 minutes each. Three points if they make a shot outside that half moon looking line and two within it. The team that scores the most wins. I am almost sure that is what exactly will happen.

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Originally Posted by cjw

1. They traded nothing of value for RJ. They didn't have money to lure a free agent, so tried that route. Didn't work, but can't fault them for trying.

2. They didn't draft Lorbek. Just traded for his draft rights. Bertrans was drafted in the second round of the same draft with another pick they got in the Hill / Kawhi trade. Speaking of that trade, we possibly ended up with the #2 player from that draft.

3. Javtakos, Karaulov, Hanga drafted in the 50s. You almost never get an impact player there. Sanikidze also a second rounder. Richards was 49th overall. You almost never hit on a second rounder. But wait, we have multiple times! Last year's roster had 8 guys drafted in the second round / undrafted and if I remember correctly was a pretty good team.


For a team that hasn't owned a draft pick in the top 20 since 1997 - and yes, Duncan is a generational talent - I'd say they've done pretty well. Especially when considering that the last non-Spur drafted #1 overall to win a title with his original team was Hakeem.

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Strained hamstring. Anyway TP's own words are that he played bad and he can't blame it on the hamstring.

They will have to guard Leonard. There will be no "hiding" LeBron on him next time, if there is a next time.

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Originally Posted by phxspurfan

They will have to guard Leonard. There will be no "hiding" LeBron on him next time, if there is a next time.

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Leonard played his butt off on those finals, I think he awoke Lebron a few times with some of his moves out there and the Heat as well.... If there is a next time! I hope there is a next time we make the finals and we win. I don't care who they play when they get there as long as there is a win! Heat, Bulls or Indy etc.

Pop will rest Tim.

Spurs will have homecourt and will win in 6 or 7 games. Proving homecourt made all the difference this past year.

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Originally Posted by TDomination

Spurs will have homecourt and will win in 6 or 7 games. Proving homecourt made all the difference this past year.

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