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First off, I hope everyone had a good summer, it's good to be back on the boards in time for the upcoming season.
I was just curious on who you guys felt would be SA's biggest threat this year.
While Dallas may have had a very rough playoff outing last season, I still see them as our biggest obstacle in repeating, and I'd much rather face Houston or Phoenix in the playoffs than Dallas.
Who do you guys see as our biggest threat?
Last edited by Amuseddaysleeper; 10-13-2007 at 12:42 AM.
Dallas
Injuries
Dallas is a non-factor in the playoff picture unless they trade for Kobe. THEN Dallas would be a threat. But with Dirk/Howard/Terry/Harris, etc. no threat.
SA's biggest obstacle is themselves.
Complacency in the Spurs front office after winning #4.
This is my order
1) Dallas
2) Houston
3) Nuggets
4) Suns
Mavs in the West and maybe Boston in the East. Other than that the Spurs can't play as if they are satisfied or complacent they need to have that motivation/fire to want to win another 'ship and Pop needs to remind them that and motivate the Spurs.
BTW I had 6 people try to scalp tix from me on your show tomorrow night. Your show sold out and now it has been moved from the Superpit to Fouts Field. Some teeny bopper Band (2 of them) will open around midnight then your badass performance follows around 1am. You better put on a great show. I am getting excited already. It is going to be so jam packed it isnt even funny. Good luck man!
Getting back on topic, the Mavs stand in the way of the Spurs 5th le. If they get past my boys (which they are more than capable of doing) I expect another riverwalk parade.
Being an old team, they will definetely take few games off.
But we can't question their motivation because they really want to repeat badly. Even tony admitted it in an interview few months ago.
The threat we have this year might be PHX. Dallas though as talented lost its confidence and swagger while PHX has a revenge mentality.
On the East side, I always respect the pistons
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BTW I had 6 people try to scalp tix from me on your show tomorrow night. Your show sold out and now it has been moved from the Superpit to Fouts Field. Some teeny bopper Band (2 of them) will open around midnight then your badass performance follows around 1am. You better put on a great show. I am getting excited already. It is going to be so jam packed it isnt even funny. Good luck man!
Getting back on topic, the Mavs stand in the way of the Spurs 5th le. If they get past my boys (which they are more than capable of doing) I expect another riverwalk parade.
I can't believe you're giving my boys some props in that post.
You're growing up on us Dirk.
Dallas
Regular season? Im worried about us still not being able to beat Milwaukee.
round 1 2 & 3.
Dallas is easily the biggest threat. They always seem to match up very well against the Spurs. After them comes the Rockets.
I'm still on the fence about the Nuggets and Jazz. While either of these two could pose a threat to a team like the S0ns I doubt they'll be much trouble for the Spurs. Denver and Utah's lineups still need some fine-tuning if they hope to compete against the Texas Trio.
As for Phoenix...lol. They're 15-6 against the Spurs over the past three years. No threat whatsoever.
Dallas - no doubt
I agree with the complacency train of thought.
I expect them to go through the first part of the season on auto pilot and turn it on after the ASG, SPAM time.
The regular season is their tune up. Their mind set is what will matter coming into the playoffs. If they're healthy and have a chip on their shoulder about a repeat, (especially Duncan), I don't see a team that will beat them in a 7 game series.
Houston
1. Age
2. Injury
3. Dallas
4. Phoenix
5. Houston
Houston
1. Pop's adjustments
2. Complacency
3. Injury
4. Lack of focus
5. Dallas
6. Golden State
Welcome back, Amused.
using small ball as our offense for extended periods of time.
Houston. Dallas' playoff exit could have a Brad Lidge Effect on the Mavs' collective psyche, plus that team was awfully dependant on older players like Stackhouse.
The Rockets meanwhile have a healthy McGrady, healthy Yao who gets better every year, Shane Battier (who'd fit in well with the Spurs!), plus some good young role players.
I'm not impressed by Dallas; when they beat us, TD and Manu weren't healthy, and Manu made the most horrible mistake of the playoffs.
If we're healthy and meet them in the playoffs, TD and Co will take care of them, don't worry.
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