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No, I think the lineup we have is made to beat the Lakers. A healthy Manu and Tim would have made things close. The pieces we've added should put us over the top.
they've spent a lot but they have the lle or mle or something with le at the end of it, right? could trying to further get over the hump would the spurs go for it, particularly with so many still not bad free agents out there? i liked td, tp, mcdyess, rj, and mason with manu and this blair guy off the bench, but the lakers would have artest and odom, seems to change things.
No, I think the lineup we have is made to beat the Lakers. A healthy Manu and Tim would have made things close. The pieces we've added should put us over the top.
No. We're done with the big acquisitions unless something falls in our lap.
The lineup you have is probably not good enough to beat the Lakers with Odom.
no
there isnt much left to do except add bowen and drop a few more guys, plus figure out which rookies are going to fit in the rotation
i hope they reget bowen, and hope the silence on any deals with him (unlike oberto) bodes well. duncan takes gasol, mcdyess handles bynum, kobe on mason, artest over rj, tp over fisher, manu and odom are about even, i could see it going either way if they were to meet. hopefully our bench eviscerates theirs.
Odom over Manu ? Are you kidding me ? Sheesh...man, how soon we forget.
Manu is going to kick ass and take names this year.
he better as one more injury and his career may be done.
The Spurs have plugged the needed holes to get pass the Lakers. The one hole beyond control is health so as long as it doesn't become a problem then the series could go either way.
Technically the matchup is:
Tim/Blair vs Bynum/Mbenga
McDyess/Mahinmi vs Gasol/Odom(Should he sign)
Jefferson/Finley vs Artest/Walton
Mason/Ginobili vs Bryant/Vujacic
Parker/Hill vs Fisher/Farmar
On paper and assuming they are all healthy(Right now they are healthy per Pop), Spurs have enough weapons. Pop calling the Lakers the best is his way of making sure the Spurs play with what he terms, "appropriate fear."
it'll be interesting to see what skill set haislip brings to the second unit and if he is able to play odom even. we should have a nice bench this season.
The Spurs weren't making moves this summer with the thought that Odom was leaving. They've done about all that is possible to make the best possible roster. There might be a final trade out there but it's not like a re-signing of Odom would make them try harder to find that trade.
you know, i hadn't thought of it that way. that puts it into a better perspective. the guy who pointed out finley in the lineup gave me pause, i'm not sure what he still brings to the table. still, very excited at this point, probably more so than i've been in a while about a season.
sa's peter burns posted this on his twitter
PeterBurns760Odom signs with Miami. Well, they goes my late May 2010 vacation. Spurs favorites to win West now. Awesome.17 minutes ago from mobile web
Exactly.
If Odom leaves the Fakers it's a nice cherry on top of the off-season for us, but I don't think it affects what we do in any way.
How would Burns know anything about Odom?
dont know he posted it on his twitter about 30 minutes ago take it for what its worth
I don't think it really means anything..I'd still be absolutely shocked if Odom isn't a Laker..
I'd be absolutely thrilled if Odom isn't a Laker
Last LAL source said they've moved on from LO. LO source suspects same, hopes otherwise. Me? Can't fathom LAL letting Ariza and LO go.
Thats from Ric Buchers Twitter!! Goddaaamnnn I hope so. I used to hate Miami but they will be my second favorite team if they take Odom and Boozer out of the West!
Don't be so sure. Your team is one Ron Artest freak out away from melting down.
I can't wait to see Kobe's fat ass ego crash with Artest it's going to be hilarious.
Not so sure about that. The addition of Jefferson really changes things for teams that are defending the Spurs. For years, Spurs only had 3 scoring threats on the floor. Now they'll have four. That hasn't been the case in a longggg time. And if the line-up is Parker, Ginobili, Jefferson, McDyess and Duncan, then holy , that's 5 scorers.
And on top of that, the Spurs have been really impaired by the fact that we've only had one good rebounder (Duncan) for years. If Blair is on the floor with Duncan, I see some glass domination the likes of which we haven't seen in San Antonio since the days of the Twin Towers.
The Lakers may still have an edge on paper, but I'm feeling pretty confident that the Spurs are going to rise back to the top.
Jefferson was a good addition as was McDyess.
Think of it this way. Last year's Spurs team fully healthy was not good enough to beat the Lakers in a 7 game series. The additions they made in the offseason probably get them close to last year's Laker team. I sincerely believe next year's Laker team, assuming Odom is still a Laker, will be even better than last year's team. A fully healthy Bynum, Artest, Brown.....the team is going to be very special. The only weakness I can see is at the PG spot, but I expect Brown to become a surprise player just like Ariza did for us last season.
A lot of wishful thinking assuming Ron Artest is just going to implode. If anyone is going to keep him in check it's Phil Jackson. In a system where Ron does not have to shoulder any offensive responsibility he will be allowed to play to his strengths (i.e. his defense). He will flourish just like Ariza flourished last season, a natural byproduct of playing with Kobe and Gasol. I will tell you right now opposing teams are not licking their chops at the idea of facing Ron and Kobe on the perimeter.
i just hope la doesnt resign odom i know its proably a longshot but i have to hope. without odom i figure the spurs have a shot at taking the champs out .
With odom/artest la is gonna be a real handful to dethrone
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