After a loss there's always a tendency to overract as a fan. After watching a team lose in the same exact fashion time and time again, something has to be done! We've watched the Spurs lose games at times when some guys just flat out refused to compete. I don't think we can win them all, but effort is something that has to be given, night in and night out! I might be in the minority, but I wasn't too disappointed when we lost to Memphis a few years back and after we lost to OKC. I was disappointed that we still have a couple of the culprits from the OKC collaspe still on the team. So, fix the team within the constraints of the salary cap and the rules of the NBA. The ultimate goal is to hoist the le in 2012.
Bonner's Out
Trade for Hansbrough
Blair's Out
Find ANY team willing to trade scrub for scrub. There are many cheap towl wavers in the league.
De Colo as primary backup PG.
Neal stays
Jax contributes more to the team before the trade deadline or we salary dump him. No need to prolong this thing.
What are your thoughts?
Dumping Jax for nothing no, not even when he can help later on towards playoffs. De Colo is with the toros again, Pop even with Neal out will not use the guy at backup PG it seems. Blair out I agree, cool! Trade him for anything that might help. I would do Bonner for Hansborough though, that would not be a bad trade but I doubt anyone would do that.
Go over the tax and pick up Tyson Chandler. Trade Tiago, Blair, Bonner for a 7 ft stop sign.
Since the team that waxed them isn't a bonafide championship contender, the Spurs are doomed. Tied for the best record in the league, but doomed.
It could be worse.
Spurs could have Pop regress and start Bonner and start giving Tiago DNP's coach's decision.
"Fear is sickness. It will crawl into the soul of everyone who engages it. It has tainted your peace already!" That's the quote from Apocalypto! I refer to it as the "Richard Jefferson Syndrome!" I want to get rid of Blair and Bonner at all costs!
Spurs can make layups when teams play them straight up
but when they switch on the pick and rolls the team collapses
parker and ginobili arent good 1v1 players when theyre suppose to beat their man 1v1 when its a big
or duncan should be posting up the small guy
spurs should get a good 1v1 scorer at the guard position
and strengthen the perimeter defense
need to be able to trap the pick and rolls and recover
currently with the "athletes" we have this isnt viable unless you like seeing the other team shoot wide open 3s
teams like the heat philldelphia okc and clippers all have strong defenders who can blow up pick and rolls
Hmm... I wouldn't say Parker (or even Manu) aren't good 1v1 players. Parker can run past anybody in the NBA 1v1. The issue are the 1 or 2 bigs waiting for him in the paint after that. Most of the time it's actually 1v3.
posting a laughing gif great reponse you proved your point...
so why does the team crumple when a pick and roll is switched
parker and ginobili cant beat their man 1v1 anymore
and if 3 guys are waiting inside that means 2 3 point shooters are open
and these teams are playing small
serge switching on him with kevin durant in the middle
chandler switching on him with carmelo in the middle
not really a lot of resistance
he had trouble scoring on chris copeland last night
the images of perkins switching onto ginobili and getting his step back 3 blocked are still in my mind tbh
Easy to say when not paying the bills but the answer is a no brainer.
Pay some lux tax and win this show while TD in win mode.
A few moves can be made that cons utes addition by subtraction. Matching salaries will keep us at our current level. The "we overachieved, we tried our best, can't win'em all, we'll get'em next year" mentality has to stop! From what I've read and observed, Richard Jefferson seemed like a good teammate. Good teammate doesn't mean compe or. Would you rather lose with a friend or win with an enemy? Just a thought.
First, they're still a championship contender, they're just behind LAC, OKC, and MIA right now. The Spurs are a top 4 threat, top 5 at the worst if you want to throw NY ahead of them.
They need a superstar. Duncan is doing amazing this season and Parker is too, but they currently have no one on the roster who is unstoppable. I think that's the root of the problem, and unfortunately it can't be fixed at the moment.
The team offense is gonna need a very elite defense if it's going to win a championship. So far, despite their progress this season, the Spurs don't seem to have that type of defense, especially against other elite teams.
lol u clowns still thinkn of a championship
no move is going to get you a championship...
The spurs are close but they just don't get players good enough to get them over the top anymore. They still need Duncan to carry the weight with little help on the inside. Jackson and Diaw are just not good enough difference makers and before that the players they add year in year out are the same end of the career types that just can't get the core over the top. 2007 was a long time ago and yet the Spurs are still trying to win with that core bringing back the same core team every year.
They made two significant moves since 2007- Jefferson which did not work out then turned it into Jackson who fits the bill of the type of player that isn't good enough to get the team over the top and the Leonard for Hill trade.
The Spurs would still be trotting out gray haired Duncan and Manu as their top core players if they wanted to play into their mid 40s and some in here would still believe the Spurs are le contenders.
How to make the Spurs legit ? Give us 25-27 years old Duncan, or even 28-30 yrs old Ginobili, LOL.
The Spurs superstars are old, or not really respected by the league (Parker). These guys can still beat opponent on 1v1, but unlike the likes of Durant, James, Bryant, those guys are always helped & bailed on the way to the hoop, even if their outside shooters go cold and have to force the issues in the paint.
The Spurs superstars will always look for outside shooters, but if they're go cold, and have to force the issues, the result is mostly TOs or hacked missed shots. That's why it's imperative that our role players play at high level to get any success in the post season, as simple as that. And that's much harder to happen than expecting prime superstars to play like one.
Ouch, this is basically mostly true.
Yep, most Spurs fans are still delusional about the team. Yes, the team is still a le contending level one, but are they favorite ? NOPE, not all that probable at all. But do we want to blow this team while they can still, even with just the slightest of hope, contend for the le ? I think that's stupid too. The improbable can still happen afterall.
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=b68amce
This should turn the team into a contender
TD and TP are still getting it done. Manu isn't, and won't - he's finished producing at a consistently high level. The writing was on the wall, but the Spurs ignored it.
Sentimentality will get you nowhere in the pursuit of rings.
Enjoy the regular season.
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=begygbe
Im sure this would to
And that's not a bad proposition to have at all, considering all the factors in the hand. It's not like the Spurs an old compe ive team that never win a ring ala early 2000's Jazz, or a prime superstar led team who can't get it done in the post season like the mid 90's Spurs. We have our moment under the sun, and now just enjoying the final phase of the journey. If we won, great, if not, so be it, that's just life, can't always have your cake and eat it too. The Spurs are still entertaining and good in the regular season, i think that's decent when you see a team like this year Lakers in perspective.
Umm, that kinda surprises me. Griffin isn't under rookie contract anymore, right ? That seems quite a bargain for a player his caliber (he seems to have a genuine drive to get better each year, not mailing his game after getting a fat contract).
committing ourselves to better defense seems the only way... i trade Neal and BOnner/Blair and 1st round pick for best defensive Big i can get. bring up and PLAY Cojo (best defensive PG). Play SJax PF fulltime. give blair away if nesd be. i think hes a distraction at this point. i tell Parker Splitter N Kawhi to get used to playing 40 minutes a game. and Duncan 35+. and Ginobili 30. if their going to win, it will be everyone momentarily turning back the clock.
Maybe Griffin's contract get's bigger as the years go on. Quite often happens. I thought he signed like a 5 year 95 million extention. So the latter part of his contract must be back heavy. He'll get more expensive as the next few years roll by.
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