Who did Utah add?
Don't try to get a Jazz fan to be totally unbiased when it comes to the Rockets. I understand you have to back your team no matter what. Reality will set in when we finally smother their team. To get back to the thread subject, if the Spurs can somehow hold out until Ginobili returns, I expect them to be in better shape when the playoffs roll around than last year.
Uh, it went 7 games and the difference was a few loose rebounds that the Rockets should have gotten. The Rockets had the lead in the last few minutes, but blew it when did not scramble for crucial rebounds and they left AK/Okur open for game-tying baskets.My point is it could have gone either way.
Finally, being the operative word. I'll believe it when I see it, so like you alluded to, I'm not going to start sucking the Rocket's s quite yet (no matter how afraid I am secretly). Good luck though- we'll see who's right come April.
Then you should have made it in your first post, but fine. And... if it could've gone either way then why haggle with me about a win/loss/record prediction that most likely, for this year, could go either way?
You're the prediction man, stop fukin' around with the Lakers and tell us about them Spurs this year.
Houston did have a better record than the Jazz and so did NO, just like I said. Before you make a matter of fact reply, you should check your facts:
2007-2008
UTAH: 54 - 28
HOUSTON: 55 - 27
NO: 56 - 26
SPURS: 56 -26
http://www.nba.com/standings/team_re...w_Std_Cnf.html
Wow... Laker fan summed it up nicely... this is how I see it too..
and everyone is overrating Utah... Manu goes down.... and people keep claiming we are a year older... (since when has this been said?) and we are 5th best in the west... now I know you keep saying as far as regular season goes.. but people are ranking them skill wise.
Utah < NOH, Spurs, LA
as of now and that's how it is... Spurs should be top 3
Skill-wise nothing matters, because dude, ain't nobody knocking off LA this year. Although I'll be the first to admit a healthy Spurs team is far better equipped than Utah to win a ring. Boozer is soft and defensively worthless- soft and defensively worthless PF's don't win rings- they win regular season and first round games on the back of their stellar PG's. I just don't think it matters much though because like I said, unless LA gets hurt they're far and away better than the rest of us.
Maybe...
but if there's a team that can do that... I'd say it be a team with experience that wants revenge :P
Dude, I saw you the first time. Great, you were a game better than us instead of a game worse like I thought. My bad. Now off.
I see the Spurs making it to the West finals primarily due to Pop being the best coach in the game. It truly pains me to say so but they'll be stopped there by the Lakers who have just too much fresh big money talent. This is assuming that ing Manu will get his together and play like a guy who owes his team big time...
All this talk about NO is bull . It is a team that never was and someone will bang up Paul during the season and put him in his place - and game over for NO. Houston has got some talent but is a strangely ed up and underperforming organization for some reason. Dallas and Phoenix are just ed up. Period. Utah might pose a problem if they get mentally tougher in games that matter.
If anything the Spurs talent will have eroded compared to last season and now it is really just the big 3...or 2. Oh ! This is depressing...
Who is "you"? I did not play. I also do not root for the Rockets, so you have 3 strikes now, you are outtttttttttttttttttttttttt
I can't tell if he meant that for me or you!
post #33 dumbass. I saw you correct me once and I ignored it because it's trivial and I don't really care. You don't have to point out my minor, minor, error in two separate posts just to get my attention. I saw you the first time. Great, Houston was a game better than us instead of a game worse like I thought. My bad. Now off.
You don't care? Then why, if it is so trivial, did you respond to my initial post trying to correct me and not only that PUT THE CORRECTION IN BOLD LETTERS?
I think it depends on health and the development of Ian and Mason. If Mason and Ian can give us some real fire power say 20ppg and 8 rpg and manu comes back strong then I see use as finishing 1 or 2 in the west.
I think Pops values home court more after last seasons struggles, the west is stronger than ever and Home court will decide the west conf champ!
If Mason and Ian turn out to be bench fodder then I can see us trying to rest players which will cost us games during the season so I say if all works out I can see us winning 58 games...........If not I see 50-52 wins and 5th seed.
I can see the Spurs struggling a little bit with Manu's absense.But once they get him back, I bet they will reach at least the Conf. finals. to meet either the Lakers, Hornets or maybe even Houston.
Spurs will show us some great new basketball from the Spurs and i am looking forward to it...
You mean where Phil outcoaches Pop and exposes the Spurs' weaknesses?
With what? Basketball manna from heaven?
The season depends on two things:
1) How well Manu recovers from his injury. With him missing training camp, it'll take him a while to get into game shape.
2) How good Mason is from the start. It seems a Spurs tradition that newly signed FAs have a slow first year.
Unbiased, I think with a slow start from Manu when he does come back and the Spurs FA tradition, I think we'll finish 4-5 in the West... barring any injuries.
Out in 5 by Round 2.
Still need a lot more help outside the big 3.
it depends on our playoff seed(assuming everything goes as planned and we make it, like we should)..
I'd like to see how Bynum plays before I make a judgment on how we match vs. the Lakers..if he's in the form of his small sample size, we'd NEED another big to step up(Mahinmi) to give us any chance..not likely..
if Bynum isn't as good as he was(which is obviously possible), then we could definitely beat the Lakers if we stay HEALTHY..Roger Mason gives us a major scoring upgrade over Finley, and he's more consistent than Barry(counting injuries)..
we probably need the same fortune against the Rockets..
NO is overrated IMO..we're still better than them..Utah? I would love playing the Jazz in a series..we own them, and Williams is the only player on their team that scares me at all..
I'm gonna say we make the 2nd round if we stay healthy..we can go further if somebody unexpected steps up(Mahinmi, Hill, another player)..
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