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lol, Ghost Writer.
lol, NCIS
-Mars
lol, Ghost Writer.
You try to argue (i assume while sitting in front of your computer with a straight face) that the Grizzlies(10-20) and wolves(5-24) are "legit"... then claim that the Spurs (20-10) need to get through Jan/Feb before you can assess whether or not they are a playoff caliber team. Then, not 30 min later, you claim that the Spurs are easily a playoff caliber team.
You must have been bored...cause you were basically just posting out of your ass.
he's a classic example of a fence sitter.
Then the spurs already took the wussy way out when they tanked to increase their odds to land Duncan. It was the smart move not to play Robinson at the end of that season because even a couple of more wins could have cost the chance to get Duncan. No Duncan- no les.
Thats the difference between good playoff teams and bad lottery teams. The lottery teams lose the close games.
The spurs won't beat the Lakers in any round.
Its the Lakers vs Boston in a repeat from last years finals with the Lakers winning this time.
I'm always jealous of the realist/pessimist Spurs fan - they live in a happy world of the absolute realization of our imminent failure while I'm drowning in optimism and hope.
Or while you're watching the Lakers' ty defense. Any of those.
thats a damn good post.
hahaha we're 2nd in the West after our worst start in 10 years, really.
I'm pretty satisfied with where we're at, we're still gelling with the new cast
you should know we don't get FULLY rollin till the All Star break
or maybe you don't...because you're not a die hard like I
carry on
they might as well put a chainsaw on DRob's back since that's what's gonna happen if they forced the Admiral to play that year. and the spur's chances of getting duncan was miniscule compared to boston's chances.
they're a good lottery team, imo.
1. Someone who's been around longer than you have beenWho are you and why should I give a what you think.
2. Because I've had to suffer through years and years of your drama queen antics (you were around at Spursreport too, preggo) and it feels great to catch you on the front end of your I'm-better-than-everyone-even-though-I-have-the-mental-capacity-of-a-peanut one day and wah-wah-nobody-loves-me-I'm-leaving-/emo the next day routine and tell you to shut the up.
bump preemptively
I stand by this wish.
Look at the Spurs current record and roster.
In your mind's eye and heart of hearts, do you really see the Spurs having the same commitment to defense, offensive cohesion, energetic athleticism and/or sheer basketball talent to defeat the Jazz, Hornets or Lakers in a best of seven this year?
The answer is "no" with all things being equal (meaning if all the teams have their best players available for the playoffs).
Since the Spurs can't compete for a le this year and the front office either can't or won't acquire the kind of help necessary to re-open the championship window, why not do what got the Spurs the four les in the first place?
Tank and hope to Pop they can get some help though the draft.
You see, the Spurs' best players (at least the better ones that have actually re-upped with San Antonio) since I have been following the Spurs since 1988 have all come via the draft.
Sean Elliott
David Robinson
Tim Duncan
Manu Ginobili
Tony Parker
You "fans" need to finally come to terms with the fact that we owe the four les mostly to blind luck -- two #1 lottery picks (D-Rob and Duncan) that yielded a couple of Shaqs instead of Olowokandis. And then two deep picks (which I applaud the front office for, credit where credit is due) that resulted in the Spurs' current Big Three (Manu and Parker).
(By the way, you people genuflect to the Spurs front office for the Manu and Parker picks, but what about the countless other wasted drafts?)
The bottom line is that since we know the Spurs front office can't/won't bring in real, tangible help for one more le push and we can look at history to see how the Spurs got really good, why fvck would you NOT beg to tank this year (especially with manu and Parker out for a good part of 2008)?
Question.
Because we still have a chance to win the championship.
You and your analysis suck... You should change your nick to 'KneeJerk'...
There is no chance with the roster as it is. Stop fooling yourself in believing the spurs will win.
I disagree.
there is chance. look around the NBA... all elite teams are losing. There is no favorite right now.
If Orlando, New Orleans have a clear chance for a championship, the Spurs do too
Not unless there are significant injuries to the Lakers and Hornets and I'll even throw the Jazz in there.
Who says Orlando has a chance? That team is not playoff tested or ready yet.
they have had a nice start to the season but thats it. No way are they ready to knock off the Lakers or Boston in a 7 game series. Those are the top 2 teams for the le this year.
First, if we were to lose every game from here on out, which is not really possible unless we tried to lose those games, we would still not be sure to get a player that would 1) necessarily fit our needs, i.e. another bigman that can rebound, block shots, and score outside the paint. We have already won too many games to effectively tank.
Second, the Jazz are not contending. Maybe you don't keep up with the news, but they are having major injury problems that make them a big question mark.
New Orleans? They are not looking like they improved from last year. Paul is playing great, but I think they have not proven they are in a different class than the Spurs. If we are playing as well as we have so far, and if Manu continues to recover, we are fine against them.
Lakers: Well, you have to give them that they are very deep, great scorers and they CAN turn up the defensive intensity to a great degree. But I"m not sold on them being clutch outside of Kobe, and if we can just survive their inside scoring, we should be ok. Realistically, I consider us significant underdogs, but we have the best chance in the west.
We do have talent on this roster outside of the big 3.
Bonner, Mason and Hill are all playing well this year. Bruce has finally started to show his age, but we have guys coming in next year anyway. Ian should be ready to try again next year from his fluke injuries. Ian, Hairston, Gist, and free agency?
Tanking makes sense when you have NO chance, and I don't think most Spurs fans, much less the coach, think that is the case. Each year, probably 80% of the teams have NO chance to win; should they all be tanking? Maybe the Spurs are now underdogs, but underdogs do sometimes win it (see Spurs 03, 05).
If you are close, you are foolish to just blow it up. And that is what it would take to legitimately "tank." We would have to sell off Manu, Parker, and Probably Mason in order to start actually losing enough to get into the lottery.
Sorry, but this is just idiotic.
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