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Is this the point differential conspiracy now?
POINT DIFFERENTIAL
Cleveland Cavaliers +7.1
Orlando Magic +6.9
Los Angeles Lakers +6.0
Utah Jazz +5.3
Denver Nuggets +5.2
San Antonio Spurs +5.0
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/stats/by...ar=season_2009
The Spurs are two points away from being the best team in the NBA. That's it. Two points. In top of that, we have been experimenting all season with new lineups. All the death knell gloom & doomers need to understand that point differential is the best predictor of playoff sucess.
Is this the point differential conspiracy now?
No, its the Tim Duncan conspiracy. The Spurs have the best player in NBA history, so they have the best chance to win.
i wouldnt count us out like most people seem to be doing. thats all i would say.
The Spurs have been the best team in the NBA against ty teams this season, which is why they have good rankings in advanced stats..
The team has been underwhelming against good teams..with the schedule getting more difficult and packed with good teams, expect the stats rankings to even out, unless the Spurs miraculously shape up..
too bad point differences don't win championships.
Imagine how great they would be if Ian Mahinmi was playing.
or imagine how great they would be if they only had to play crappy teams.
We're 14-20 vs .500 teams. If you go by efficiency differential, we're ranked 8th in the league. If you filter the efficiency differential to vs .500 teams we're ranked 11th in the league:POINT DIFFERENTIAL
Cleveland Cavaliers +7.1
Orlando Magic +6.9
Los Angeles Lakers +6.0
Utah Jazz +5.3
Denver Nuggets +5.2
San Antonio Spurs +5.0
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/stats/by...ar=season_2009
The Spurs are two points away from being the best team in the NBA. That's it. Two points. In top of that, we have been experimenting all season with new lineups. All the death knell gloom & doomers need to understand that point differential is the best predictor of playoff sucess.
http://www.hoopsstats.com/basketball...1/diffeff/13-1
The Spurs have, historically, been a top 3 team(in the efficency differential category) for most of Duncan's prime(2000-2007). Most of those years they were ranked first. The first noticeable drop came in the 2007-2008 season when Spurs dropped to 9th in the league. I still maintain that the FO ed up by not reloading in the 2007 summer.
only Mavfan and Sunfan get off from these stats, Spurfan has bigger fish to fry
Reloading wouldn't have meant a damn thing if things with Tim/Manu/Parker played out the way they have.
Here are some more indicators:
* Blair and Hill;
Both are young improving players. Hill is touted as the most improved by CIA Pop, while Blair is a rookie who has had a whole season to learn Pop's system. Both have future all-star talent.
These two players make the Spurs a better team in the playoffs than they were during the season.
* Dice, Jefferson, and Bogans
These are new players learning the system. Pop has a very complicated system, unlike other teams. We just read what Finley said, he said the Celtics just send him out to play.
Dice & Jefferson will be good players in the playoffs even though they sucked in the regular season. Bogans will be better in the playoffs as well.
* Tim Duncan
Duncan is pacing himself for the playoffs. He is not injured. He makes the Spurs instantly better in the playoffs by playing 37 minutes instead of 32 minutes.
* Lebron James
James is playing 40 minutes a game and is not pacing himself for the playoffs. He does not make his team better in the playoffs because he is shooting his wad in the regular season. If he ups his minutes to 45 a game, he will get tired and become a ballhog.
* Kobe Bryant
Kobe is also playing an insane 40 minutes per game. This is great news for Spurs fans.
* Bonner
Bonner sucks as a starter, but is great off the bench, which is what he will do in the playoffs.
* Mason
Mson sucks in the playoffs. He can still hit a key three, but his minutes will be way down from last year's playoffs.
* Parker
Our only injury, Parker will be back for the playoffs. We are lucky that we have the best backup point guard in thre NBA, so his injury is not as significant. If Parker comes off the bench in the playoffs, he will be deadly.
* Manu
Manu didn't even play last year in the playoffs, and he's been really good and really healthy lately.
So if you are a Doubting Thomas, go away.
Last edited by SpursRulez4eVeR; 03-15-2010 at 12:12 AM.
Galileo...
you're clutching at straws man.
Pop is an idiot.
Mahinmi >> Blair
If Ian could help he would be playing minutes. Do you question GOD?
Besides, Ian has only had *3 good games like Malik, except Malik is better in practice, and since the SANews Pop-proxy now spoonfeed us pre-approved Hairston tidbits: That means we are allowed to get excited about him now.
*(IMO more like 4 or 5 )
You can prove anything with stats.
The fact is, the Spurs will be battle tested by playing a lot of good teams from now until season end. This effect is more often noted in college basketball, but it will come into play for the Spurs this year.
This probably has something to do with the fact that we haven't really had any blowout losses this year. Out of our 25 losses only 6 have been by double-digits with the worst one being a 16 point loss the the Bobcats.
omg...there are 8 teams in the nba that the spurs couldn't beat in a 7 game series...why do I need stats to show how good the spurs are?
they are terrible...you will see this next coming week.
come on man. one hollinger is enough re ation for the sports world.
I actually agree with this. The problems the Spurs have had this season are mostly of their own design and are easily fixable. As someone else mentioned, they've been in most games this season but have just found some way to give it away in the end against some of the tougher teams, generally by running some gimmick lineup or by giving heavy minutes to guys who can't play their position. Most of those self-inflicted problems are going away and we've seen some better play as a result.POINT DIFFERENTIAL
Cleveland Cavaliers +7.1
Orlando Magic +6.9
Los Angeles Lakers +6.0
Utah Jazz +5.3
Denver Nuggets +5.2
San Antonio Spurs +5.0
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/stats/by...ar=season_2009
The Spurs are two points away from being the best team in the NBA. That's it. Two points. In top of that, we have been experimenting all season with new lineups. All the death knell gloom & doomers need to understand that point differential is the best predictor of playoff sucess.
The stats don't really mean anything if the team doesn't step up, but all the indicators are there that this team can be dangerous if they get their together.
so i see we have spurs fans still trying to find excuses to call this team a le contender.
Far better than finding excuses to fail. As much as this team has shot themselves in the foot this season, they still find themselves four games in the loss column out of second place in an extremely tough conference, and only three games behind a Mavs team that just won 13 in a row.
The one big question mark early in the season was Parker's plantar fasciitis, and the conventional wisdom suggested that a few weeks off would do him a world of good. Wish granted.
I know you married yourself to the doom and gloom "tank the season" strategy some time ago, but today's a new day. Ready to admit your mistake? Everyone else is ready to forgive you.
no the "tank the season" belief. Spurs are still a playoff team so why should they tank? I just dont think they're a le contender at this point so it's pointless to be finding ways to see if they can still contend for a le. But thats my opinion and I'm sticking to it. If im wrong, then im wrong.
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