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We knew this would come eventually.
Here is my preview on the 2010 Spurs team
The Spurs TEAM (NOT DUNCAN ALONE) have what it takes to accomplish this feat. IMO the San Antonio Spurs have the best starting 5 in the league. The Spurs without Jefferson lost to the Lakers in 08 and I think the Spurs with Jefferson will beat a Lakers team without Ariza or Odom just that simple.
With that being said, Lakers had the easiest trip to the Finals we have ever seen, Injury riddled Jazz, Injury riddled Rockets, and the Denver Nuggets (who ever thought they would make the WCF). I think if you give the Spurs that road, they would have fared well.
We know the Spurs are a good Defensive team, they have been one of the top in the last few years so thats not the problem, but lets take a look at their offensive side.
Tim Duncan 20.3ppg
Tony Parker 22ppg
Richard Jefferson 20.1ppg
Manu Ginobili 16ppg
There is no team in the NBA that has 3 players averaging more than 20ppg than the Spurs and there is no team in the NBA that has at least 4 players averaging more than 16ppg. So you can bet the Spurs offense got much better.
Vaughan and Finley are role players who don't see that much playing time anyway, but are good to have around because of their experience/talent.
Duncan is still playing at a very high level and changing aspects of his game to give himself some longevity (i.e., better outside shooting).
Richard Jefferson is going to add another dimension to the team and take some pressure off from the big three.
We knew this would come eventually.
Well if Tacker says so that's good enough for me.
Hey I wrote this you son of a !
Where'd you copy/paste that from??
Hey I wrote this you son of a !
Lakers are still a better team than the Spurs...even if Spurs get a big man L.A are still better as the lakers have Kobe...Spurs don't.
RJ and probably Duncan won't average 20 ppg next season. The Wizards have three 20 point scorers that actually averaged 20 ppg each in the same season. The Orlando Magic had four players average at least 16 ppg each last season and likely will next season as well.
Solve this equation
Lakers are still a better team than the Spurs...even if Spurs get a big man L.A are still better as the lakers have Kobe...Spurs don't.
Spurs vs Lakers = Lakers win
Spurs + Richard Jefferson vs Lakers = Spurs Win
No they don't, check the basketball database buddy.
Plus you're missing the point, Im not saying adding Richard Jefferson will still mean all those players will average 20ppg its just to show how much offensive firepower the Spurs have.
Nice picture....but Duncan has played well with other great players. Adding RJ will not be an issue!
Tacker,
As a Spurs fan......I like with your thread.
And I do know with getting RJ....has brought the Spurs much closer to the Lakers. The key will be what kind of big-man they can get with the MLE. They need a big who can defend the post and block-shots.
I know most of the Spurs fans in this forum want Rasheed. I'm still ambivalent about him. He's an enigma!
I prefer they get Gortat. He's a good defender at 6"11 and can block shots. That would help TD tremendously. I know he's limited offensively.
But the Spurs will have TP, Mason, Jefferson, and Duncan on the floor and Manu coming from the bench. There's plenty of firepower...so the center doesn't need to be effective offensively.
The key is health for the Spurs.....but it is still late June and we don't get trophies on paper.
I'm looking forward to the Spurs-Lakers battles next season.....but we are a little premature on declaring who the next NBA champion will be.
My mistake. It was 28.4, 19.8, and 19.1 ppg each in 06-07.
Plus, you're missing my point. If you realize that those three Spurs likely won't average 20 ppg each next season, then the point to say that there is "no team in the NBA that has 3 players averaging more than 20ppg than the Spurs" is moot, because neither will the Spurs.
And, you also said, "there is no team in the NBA that has at least 4 players averaging more than 16ppg." That is false because Orlando did it last season. Even replacing Hedo with Vince Carter, it's reasonable to believe Howard, Lewis, Nelson, and now Carter will each still average at least 16 ppg.
Your point that the Spurs have more offensive firepower is fine if you didn't make inaccurate contentions in an attempt to make it seem even more special than it is.
We are in 2010 not 2007......
I said they averaged 20ppg to put emphasis on the fire power they have. You're right they might not average 20ppg because of them sharing the offense but put each of those 3 players on a different team and they will get their 20ppg and maybe even more, thats offensive firepower. However take any other team in the NBA get their top scoring players and put them on a another team and you can bet they wont reach the 20 point mark. Give me an example of one that will.....
Did you copy this post, too?
I'm sorry, I didn't hear you over the sound of how fat you are.
Tacker = KBP without the Greek speech thing.
kill yourself
That's part of the point I was making initially.
If we talk about 2009-1010, then we're not talking about 2008-09, and the 2008-09 stats are irrelevant too. I used the 2006-07 stats of the Wizards because Gilbert has been injured the last two seasons. Gilbert only played 2 games last year. I could have used the 2007-08 season's stats where Butler and Jamison both averaged over 20 ppg and Gilbert averaged 19.4 ppg but Gilbert only played 13 games that season. See why I went back to 06-07? Smh.
As to your last point, that's exactly why stating that no other team besides the Spurs have three 20 point scorers made no sense in the first place, because it won't happen with the Spurs next year either.
I'm not defending the fella's initial argument, but this sounds like defeatist bull .
Lakers are still a better team than the Spurs...even if Spurs get a big man L.A are still better as the lakers have Kobe...Spurs don't.
Change your team back to the Lakers. Why did you ever even switch your team le.
Lakers are still a better team than the Spurs...even if Spurs get a big man L.A are still better as the lakers have Kobe...Spurs don't.
This all seems strangely familiar to me. Like I've read it somewhere before...
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