The spurs started 17-3 last year, in december. You just have to realize that you all arent going to win unless you get younger legs in there. If you think duncan, parker and ginobli will get better as the season goes on you are wrong, i think the opposite will happen. George hill and mason should be splitting the minutes with parker and ginobli then increasing parker and ginoblis minutes at the end of the season. Also, im not sure why bonner is starting.
-we outplayed New Orleans for 3 and a half quarter..we couldn't make wide open shots..
-back to back vs. a REALLY good Orlando team..the Spurs got in at 3:30 in the morning..
-Manu and Parker are CLEARLY not a 100% and haven't adjusted to the rest of the team yet..
-it's the regular season, where we've been "struggling" at times for years..
-all you babies need to shut the up..
you're a Hornets fan, you don't know anything about winning..
ok, spurs are a playoffs teams so already they are contenders. DUH!
also, we will destroy the cavs; they suck.
it annoys the outta me how panicked people get on this board.
we shot poorly again, it happens. pop will chew them out and they'll have a good home set.
If that's the best you got, you ain't got . Game recognizes game and I'm informing you again, yours is non-existent.
Love,
THE MAN IN BLACK
There is going to come a point where all the early season loses are going to mean something when playoff seedings are determined. I know everyone likes to blame ugly games like this to the rationales you mentioned but I don't think they can afford to do it this year and expect to be in good shape seeding wise come March and April. I'm sure people will want to say homecourt and playoff seeds mean nothing but there is a reason why 5-8 seeds rarely win les...playing on the road every series against the toughest teams takes it's toll.
What are you, dense?
I agree with you but having said that...isn't it Pop who always says no matter what, you have to be able to win on the road. And the Spurs have done that.playing on the road every series against the toughest teams takes it's toll.
Without HCA, I don't know if the Celtics would have won the le last year. They knew the value of seeding and HCA and fought for it all year.
The Spurs strategy has been that the regular season doesn't matter, and that we can just turn the switch on before the playoffs. This gambit has worked for us before, but last year I think it hurt us.
Pretty much every le they have won has come as a 1-3 seed. It's hard to envision them, at this stage in their careers, being able to win 3 straight road series. They always have a chance but it would be nice to see them win some games against the higher echelon teams.
Can someone expressly state how is it that this roster can overcome the Lakers, Hornets, and Rockets in May, and then Celtics in June?
Seriously, ponder that question and rethink the OP's le thread.
It's hard to see it with the front court surrounding Duncan now. I think our guards are fine but our wings and big guys won't match up.
Since when are the New Orleans Hornets and Orlando Magic a measure of greatness in the NBA? The league must really be in trouble if those are the teams that are supposed to be the measuring stick.
It's so funny cause the same exact things were being said last year when the Spurs were having trouble with top 10 teams.
All these same people were back on the bandwagon as soon as Duncan drained the 3 against Phoenix.
Sequ, Whottt, and many others are acting like children...it's kind of embarrassing.
I don't think we're contenders right now, something I said on another thread a while back. But I also think it's too early to be drawing conclusions. If we would have lost these two games like this in March, then I would be concerned. Right now, we gotta keep developing as a team.
Great thread. You are right. The Spurs aren't contenders for the NBA December Championship. There's a trophy for that, right?
Now that D'Antoni is out of PHX, I think the ratings championship is still up for grabs.
With 70 pt games we'll be a sleeper for that too
Timmy DID win the Player of the Week or Month (don't remember) a little while ago... I guess we don't suck as much after all...
No, but it's the games in the regular season (early or late) that determine how things pan out come playoff positioning. Does every non-positive Spurs thread have to be replied to with smarmy sarcasm?
You don't like the responses, you can just scroll.
The guy who started this thread is a troll who is a fan of another team. I can respond to him however the I like, thanks.
Fair enough...I know anyone can post (especially the owner of the site) however they see fit, just don't understand why posters are so defensive when someone doesn't like how the Spurs are playing at a given time. Congrats on your right to post freely ma'am...
Because some people seem to think that how the Spurs play in December dictates the outcome in the playoffs, and there's really no correlation. Especially in a year when 2 out of the 3 best players on the team are coming off injuries.
They are...they just haven't come together yet. Too much firepower on the perimeter might actually be our problem. Also, I'd really like seeing Finley get the Ime treatment and have Mason take his minutes and FGAs, but knowing Pop that'll never happen.
You're the ultimate cheerleader, and I envy that...but forget the date on the calendar, there are 3 teams in the NBA that look like world beaters now, and the point is its very unlikely this Spurs team can beat them all.
, the Spurs could play as well as they did in 03, 05, and 07, but I say this years Celtics and Lakers are even better than those past Spurs teams.
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