With the stacked roster, do you guys think this upcoming years' Spurs will get close to 70 wins during the regular season?
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With the stacked roster, do you guys think this upcoming years' Spurs will get close to 70 wins during the regular season?
No.
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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
Pop doesn't care enough and chemistry might take some time
Not even close.
70? No....
We will lose 4 games due to missed FTs in crunch time.
We will lose 3 games due to resting everybody on the 2nd night of a b2b.
We will lose 3 games due to not being able to inbound the ball properly.
We will lose 2 games in 3 OT.
That's 12 games right there. Add 10 more games due to just getting outplayed that night...60-22 record IMO.
Nope.
At best, the Spurs could win 60+ games. But that's assuming everyone stays reasonably healthy for the length of the season and the team is immediately able to work out the inevitable chemistry issues. More likely, the team will finish in the high 50's and end up as the 2 or 3 seed in the West.
I see two consecutive years of 60 wins. Chemistry is crucial. Training camp and preseason will be very telling.
Pop has to work in
LaMarcus Aldridge
David West
Ray McCallum
Jonathan Simmons
Boban Marjanovic
Jimmer Fredette
and give Kyle Anderson increased playing time along with watching the Big 3's minutes.
Coach Pop will earn Coach of the year if he does all this.
How high does 60+ go?Quote:
Originally Posted by Uriel
I doubt they get close unless it's necessary to chase a seed. Seeding definitely hurt them last year.
Low 60's. 65 is probably the absolute ceiling for this team, but that would require extraordinary amounts of luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aztecfan03
No...While why Pop will give an extra care about seeding this year after what happened in previous season, it will still not prevent him from punting a few with mad scientist/rest/extra cautious injury timetable schemes..With that being sad, as lackadaisical the Spurs were last year vs. bottomfeeders, we would still get to 60 wins if Kawhi misses 10 games instead instead of 17 in December-Jan..
70? I like OP's optimism, I really do, but we need to temper expectations a bit. Remember when the Lakers got Howard and Nash and Artest predicted they'd break the Bulls' record? As others have said, they'll need some time for chemistry, and we still rely on several very old players. That and Pop isn't really interested in records. It'd be a real shame if this team won 60 games and everyone is somehow disappointed.
Western Conference is so tough you don't get many easy games.
Spurs are winning 73 games then will go 16-2 in the playoffs.
If everyone is on the same page right out of the gates, then yes.
The reality is that this most likely won't be the case. It usually takes time to absorb the Spurs system and defensive schemes. Couple this with players getting nights of rest and running out a second unit that doesn't know each other well enough yet and getting past 65 wins is stretching it. I am guessing around 62 wins for this team. Don't get me wrong though. I would love to see the Spurs win 70+ games.
Negative.
You know that Swaggy P game will happen, but I think 65+ is possible
definitely think 60-65 is more than possible. our core is still there from last year and will help the newcomers along in the beginning most likely, and the pure talent level and versatility/compatibility will pull us through the early hiccups.
If the Spurs were in the east, the question would be especially serious.
When I say come close, I was imagining around 62-63 games. Then again, the fluidity of the team is a big question to work out the kinks. Heck, even Miami Heat didn't work out the kinks since they lost to the Mavs the first year the big 3 formed together.
Not sure if serious.....
Whole lot of resting by Pop and a loaded WC ... I do not see it
If lamarcus and David West integrate quickly and no injuries I can see the franchise record for wins being broken, but not 70
Not a chance, Pop will make sure we lose around 15-20 games. We all know how much he hates reg season winning streaks.
Pretty high expectations.
Perhaps 55-60 wins in the season
And 16-3 in the playoffs
As Long as we get 16 in the Playoffs I don't care. Should win enough to have home court in the first two rounds (at least) though.
If Spurs would aim to win 70 games, I would say it`s possible but highly unlikly. But they wont aim at number of wins. They could aim for spot and there wont be a team that going pass it require 70 wins
No but they might break the franchise record of 62
I don't think Spurs care about a regular season record. Spurs care about coming into the playoffs healthy.
So expect Pop to again sit a lot of his older players.
Now, I expect the Spurs to have several 70 point halves. Complete blow outs.
82-0
60 wins i think. Pop will take care of our veterans during the season and will work in chemistry issues, so it will cost us a few games.
Let us all remember that most of the Superteams recently assembled did not win a title in their first year together, and sometimes not at all.
2004 - Lakers
2011 - Heat
2015 - Cavs
The lone exception would be the 2008 Celtics.
Spurs have made seemingly every right move this offseason and put themselves in a great position...but they are still a LOOOONG way from winning anything. Gotta play the games tbh.