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I don't know what it is but why would the Spurs give a about the Pistons?
Should the Spurs be worried?
I don't know what it is but why would the Spurs give a about the Pistons?
No offense, but why should the Spurs be worried about...
a) a team in the other conference
b) a team they wont play for a month
c) a team doing really well less than 10 games into the season
Spurs, I think, couldnt care less about what the Pistons are doing, nonetheless any team in the Eastern Conference.
My opinion anyway. I didnt want to sound rude, so please dont take it that way.
Nope too early in the season. Long way to go.
Were you not aware that Detroit is good? I seem to remember them making deep playoff runs recently...
what has saunders teams did in playoffs?
everything is a honeymoon right now in piston land
just what for a few losses look at the nuggets now compared to them last year
I think Spurs fans shouldn't feel so confident as to dismiss Detroit out of hand. This isn't based so much on Detroit's start as it is on how close the Finals were as well as the fact that Detroit returned pretty much everyone. Spurs fans seem to believe in this myth that the Finals were not that compe ive. They were 12 minutes away from having choked away two elimination games at home and losing the Finals. How soon Spurs fans forget.
Then again, when have Spurs fans never been overconfident?
Worried about what? that the Pistons are gonna be better than last season? they might, but they'll miss Larry Brown in the Playoffs and anyway Spurs should be way way better than last year also.
so, no, not worried at all, even if they go 82-0
in conclusion, check my sig
no joke
all they can do is wait for the finals
which det has about a 60% chance of reaching
True, the Pistons are for real. They are playing some great ball right now. Still remains to be seen about Saunders and the play-offs, but for right now - I have to admit that I'm keeping tabs on how well the Pistons are playing.
Right now, and before the season even started, I said Detroit would be the team to beat in the East. I still say it'll be a repeat of Detroit and SA in the finals, and until Miami or Indiana prove they're for real, I'm standing by that. They're the last to champions for a reason. They're the best defensive teams in the league and they're both stronger offensively than ever before.
But injuries can change everything to anyone. Indiana could pull their together and pass up the Pistons. Then again, Artest could explode, and one incident and I think he'll be done in the NBA. Has he ever gone a whole season without a flagrant foul or a fight? Miami could pulls their together, Shaq could get healthy, and they could dominate. Then again, they could fall apart completely.
In the West, the only thing that stands in the SPurs way from the Finals and another championship is (GOD FORBID) an injury to Timmy.
WHY? IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH DETROIT?
The 7-0 is solid, some tough, close wins in there, incl b2b road wins vs Phx & hot- shooting Portland (Det won with 3Gs).
Can't take anything away from Det at this point, except maybe Flip's extremely tight, playoff-style rotation, esp seeing how big their pts +diff is.
Pistons are playing good defense and pushing the ball more on offense, as well as good half-court offense. They are playing the best in the NBA by far, SA is not even close. Pistons are setting the pace for Finals HCA. I wouldn't give SA without Finals HCA much chance in June 06 (or 05) vs Pistons.
I've enjoyed watching the Pistons play more than I have watching the Spurs.
It's simply better basketball.
I suppose SA could play that well, and I'd really like to see them do it before next March. This slow-starting and inconsistency of Spurs traditions are really kind of cheating the fans. WTF is wrong with "coming to play every night"?
Personally, I'd feel better if we had an eighth swingman.
The Spurs have lost half of their swing rotation, had greater turnover in their roster and Pop usually tries different during the early season.
I mean, it's not the records that concern me. It's that the difference between the Spurs and Pistons last June was not all that great.
Last edited by Marcus Bryant; 11-18-2005 at 12:54 PM.
I'd feel better if our top reserve swingman wasn't Melvin Sanders.
Then Detroit had better watch out.
Marcus, you must realize that that Sanders isn't bad for a 14th man. The only real better fit for Spurs, they could have signed this summer was Barnes: not a big upgrade over Sanders.
We went 14-0 to start the season and look at the success we had!
Sincerely,
The 2002-03 Dallas Mavericks.
Considering that these two teams will only hook up twice in the regular season, neither team will be a stakeholder in the other teams' regular season success.
And quite frankly, the Spurs are not going to get caught looking ahead to a potential Finals matchup when they need to get through three series in their own conference. Whether we choose to admit it or not, we are one Timmy ankle roll away from being the Sonics.
If the Spurs get to the Finals? If Detroit gets to the Finals. Then definitely worry about them then. They didn't roll over like the Knicks and Nets when we won the first two.
Last year early for quite a stretch the Spurs were setting a near NBA record in point differential and dismantling opponents, whle healthy and before getting tested by some hot teams, Denver etc in the playoffs. Spurs have another gear they can go to, and I believe will, rather than starting out of the gate and falling flat.
Granted the Pistons were a worthy finals opponent but you Duncan's ankles had a lot to do with that - he fought through it and like the team kept their cool, and when it counted down the stretch it was them, not basically the same Pistons squad who played like champs.
Now they have:
1) a healthier team except for some minor injuries but nothing like Duncans and Rasho's ankles (laugh at that but against some teams Rasho is huge on defense)
2) a deeper team period
3) a seemingly greatly improved Parker, and a more active, lighter Duncan who can shoot FTs! (Recall that if Duncan had hit simply any FTs down the stretch in game 5 - it would have been a cinch rather than requiring Horry's heroics and Wallace to go brain dead.
Pistons could well be the Suns of last year with an inspiring start - then a thud for a fall.
With Flip on the sidelines that surely would not be unexpected!
Finally, the Pistons, who are a very good team granted, have played a light schedule so far, only the Suns (without Amare) were an especially strong opponent. They are hot right now, but not "awe inspiring" or something to be feard, and I still see the Pacers coming out of the East and a currently ailing giant named Shaq and a kid named Wade will also play a factor in the East when all is said and done.
Last edited by Rummpd; 11-18-2005 at 01:11 PM.
Sanders should be the 15th man, a project. The Spurs need someone more experienced with some size. Glenn Robinson immediately comes to mind.
Will see if the Pacers can bounce back in tonight's game vs BCats. Have they "looked into their heart" as Rick said after the BCats blew them out in Charlotte?
Det @Hou tonight (easy, hou sucks, and on back of B2B), and Dal tomorrow night. Dal will obviously be playing hard for their credibilty, with the benefit of catching Det on 2nd of B2B. Tough test for Det.
Det shooting 43% had to find a way to beat Por shooting 49%. Not a tough team, but Por did the same last year to beat SA @Por.
Sure we lack a vet with a good shooting touch who can't defend. It's not like we have Finley and Barry.
It's like you have two guys who are already out with injuries this season. You need something more than a project as your 5th swing. Depth is not a luxury with such an aged rotation.
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