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someone like a nicolas batum
Let's get something straight... everyone is saying that the Spurs need a big man, that would be our missing piece. I can say that I couldn't disagree more. The bigs we have on the roster are completely sufficient to win a le. What we need to find is an athletic swingman who can guard 2s and 3s. We really need Shane Battier. I wish we had kept Thomas this summer and gone after Artest instead of trading for RJ, cause I would've loved Artest on this team too. I'd be really interested to know if Raja Bell is coming back too, cause he's in a contract year and will be playing at a high level, not to mention we could probably get him cheaper than Shane.
I also wanna note how under appreciated Bonner is. The dude plays passable defense, and is very efficient at the offensive end and fits in very well with our system.
Cliffnotes:
Should've kept Thomas/gone after Artest,
We should go after Shane Battier.
We can win a le with the bigs we have.
Bonner is under appreciated.
someone like a nicolas batum
Any of the following are on my wish list: Corey or Ronnie Brewer, battier, batum, Dahntay Jones, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, g.wallace, Ariza pietrus.
i'll trade a wing for a big
What big are you talking about? Everyone says Camby or Haywood, but they would be terrible fits in our system. Imagine them playing next to Duncan, who plays center on defense now. They would just be sitting within 2 feet of each other under the basket. Who would guard Gasol? Our offense would immediately become worse, when it has been the only thing that has kept us good all season. The only spot on this roster that wouldn't bring down our offense would be on the wing.
id trade manu for mbah a moute and charlie bell any day.
Shoulda, woulda, coulda, I could care less about improving the offense. Every practice, every time out, every coaching move from here on out should focus on the defense. Bump, get physical and push people around. I don't care if they call 50 fouls on us. Eventually our identiy will surface. We need to get back to who we are, a defensive first team.
What we REALLY need is spurs fans posting their trade ideas in the trade thread
...is RJ to grow a pair and start avg. 20PPG.
I agree.
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In other words, you agree with me
As the fourth scoring option?
I don't know why you would think this is a bad thing.
First off, Duncan standing 2 feet within another 7' shot blocker would vastly improve our defense. Duncan isn't the anchor he used to be, he needs a little help now. Duncan could guard Gasol while the other big picks up the slack (assuming Duncan is the more agile big).
Our offense has been inconsistent all season, so I don't think our offense would miss one or two pieces as bad as you think.
Your description is amazingly pathetic!!!!
These are the number of players who would fit in the Spurs System
.Marcus Camby
.Corey Maggette
.Raja Bell
.Amar'e Stoudemire
.J.R. Smith
.Shane Battier
.Anthony Randolph
.Brendan Haywood
.Sasha Vujacic
.Louis Williams
.Channing Frye
.Anderson Varejao
.Carl Landry
.Erick Dampier
.Sam Young
.Morris Peterson
.Chris Kaman
.Richard Hamilton
.Chris Wilcox
.Kelenna Azubuike
.Nenê
.Arron Afflalo
.Mickael Pietrus
.Al Jefferson
.Stephen Jackson
.Tyson Chandler
.Eduardo Najera
.Nicolas Batum
.Joe Johnson
.LaMarcus Aldridge
.Courtney Lee
.Brook Lopez
.Danny Granger
.Anthony Parker
.Dahntay Jones
.Roy Hibbert
.Al Harrington
.Joakim Noah
.Jason Thompson
Last edited by DynastySpurs210; 02-01-2010 at 07:10 PM.
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Cant believe this has so many replies.
If it's pathetic tell me why instead of just saying its pathetic
I mean honestly tell me why you think I'm wrong. I think McDyess/Bonner/Blair/Mahinmi(if he ever gets consistent PT) are perfectly fine. The twin towers worked so well in SA in the 90s/early 00s because Duncan and Robinson were two of the most athletic guys at their position and could guard people who came out to the perimeter or guys who played with their back to the basket. Now, Duncan needs someone who can guard stretch 4s/5s next to him, because he takes the back to the basket guy on defense. We already have those guys in Mahinmi/Dice, and Bonner does a decent job on stretch bigs. If we bring in an athletic shotblocker, sure its nice to have, but do we REALLY need it? What do Haywood/Camby bring to the table that we don't already have in Duncan on defense?It's not like they bring anything to the offensive end either.
We need a guy to guard the Kobe's/Carmelo's/Pierce's/Johnson's etc. and that should be out PRIORITY. We need to focus on getting a defensive minded wing, someone exactly in the mold of Bowen. If we had a Bowen in his prime on this team we would be contenders right now. As constructed, we're a second round exit. Adding Haywood/Camby will not change that. I'm not interested in a center who's gonna clog the lane on offense and have 2 shot blocking centers on defense when our perimeter defense is so poor right now.
Our offense is so good right now, I don't wanna mess with it. We just need to make stop and force turnovers in the fourth quarter, and only way we can cure that is to trade for someone who can get the job done. Bogans is not the solution.
Duncan plays center because theirs no viable option on the Spurs with Duncan's size. Why would you think they would be 2 feet apart from each other. Don't you remember when Duncan and Robinson played together? Or currently look at the Lakers front court tandem of Gasol and Bynum. I never see Gasol or Bynum having problems spacing the floor. Now Camby, nor Haywood will never be mistaken for the Admiral, but if the Spurs were to add either Camby or Haywood, having another 7 footer to play alongside Duncan would at the very least improve the The Spurs interior defense.
Thanks for the laffs gang. This thread is a good reminder of how our guys have been playing this season.
If what you posted means the same thing that I said then yeah we agree. I just don't think we need to add anybody to do it.
If you read my previous post, I explained why Camby/Haywood playing next to Duncan is nothing like the twin towers of the late 90s/early 00s. Bynum and Gasol DO have trouble spacing the floor, it's why they don't finish games together, when the best team is on the floor. We won a le with a stretch four/five our last two championships, when Horry finished games for us. We have been very successful playing with a stretch big instead of 2 7-footers since 2003, but the first time we have a rough stretch of games everyone wants to punch the panic button. Dice will fill the Horry roll, except shoot a much higher percentage. As I said though, this team desperately needs to upgrade their perimeter defense, and if we don't do so we aren't winning a championship this year. Bottom line. Our current bigs can get the job done.
All we REALLY need is...
What we need is...better coaching.
- Develop our youth. Give Ian some meaningful playing time.
If someone can give me 15 and 9 (even if it's against NJ), don't you think I want to see if they can possibly duplicate the effort in another game, especially if we are losing?
- Better in game decisions. I alway think of Pop as a good manager of personalities, but not so much an X's and O's guy. Yeah...I know "He's got 4 rings".
- Stop limiting player minutes (if they are not injured), I am not saying play everybody 40+ minutes. My thought is if you play 30 minutes, that is what they are going to be conditioned to play at the end of the year and in the playoffs.
- Stop treating the regular season as an extension of the preseason. Put the best personnel on the floor and win some games!
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