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And next year Manu and Tim will be one year older.
It's over.Time to rebuilt.
The OP brings up a salient point. The gap between the defending champions and the rest of the conference is pretty huge right now.
The Spurs roster flaws and deficiencies were duly exposed during the Suns series. The supporting cast wasn't quite good enough to push the Spurs over the hump. With the minutes and age of the Big Three, it's imperative that the remaining rotational players be solid enough, and good enough, to make consistent contributions on a game-to-game basis. Some of those same question marks will still be there, when the season starts.
Compounding the Spurs issues are the fact that they have very little financial flexibility to make further roster upgrades. The potential additions of Anderson and Splitter are nice and should help considerably. However, the big question is will that be enough to provide the lift the Spurs need? Can those additions supercede the existing roster flaws? Personally, I looking forward to seeing what RJ can do in Year 2, if he remains on the team. However, I have to admit, I'm very skeptical as to how he'll be any better next season.
There is no doubt the Spurs will be a playoff team. While it's premature to deem the run over, to say or think of the Spurs as legitimate NBA le contenders, right now, is also premature. Let's see how the rest of the summer plays out.
And next year Manu and Tim will be one year older.
It's over.Time to rebuilt.
At least next year
Good post
It all pretty much comes down to two things, perhaps three:
1) Will Splitter have the same impact here as he had in Europe? I heart wants to say yes, but my brain tells me no. It will be his first year and we all know how that goes......
2) Will RJ be that reliable scorer/defender that we need if and when one of the big three has an off game. He wasn't last year and the results were disastrous. I wanna stress that he doesn't need to be "the man" but he needs to be "a man".......
3) Will Anderson and RJ be able to provide consistent 3 point shooting. This to be extended to any FA that the Spurs sign as well. So collectively, will they have enough from downtown to keep them in games down the stretch?
Injuries are always a potential factor so this goes without saying. There's no fixing the defense unless a surprise acquisition occurs at the 3 and 5. The existing personnel don't inspire much confidence in that department.
The Spurs are done with the roster they have now, but as long as you're gonna keep Tim, Tony, and Manu you might as well keep punching buttons and maybe you'll get lucky and pull off a Gasol-like trade
1)Of course Splitter will not have the same impact here as he had in Europe. He was a star in Europe. He will be going up against bigger quicker players in the NBA.
2)RJ can be better but only if Pop takes the reigns off the structured offense and let the spurs and RJ run more. RJ is not a consistent 3 point shooter. I do not know why so many here are counting on him to be a reliable 3 point shooter.
3) Anderson will be a good player but he is 4th in line for minutes in the backcourt and that will slow his development.
I wouldnt say its over....ecspecially after watching Boston end up in the Finals this year. There isnt a poster here who picked them to be in the Finals when the playoffs started. With the way we are made up, we need to be very healthy and rested going into the playoffs and go back to making the games a very low scoring affair. We tried outscoring people this year and that was our doom against Phoenix.
1) Of course......we will see. I think that he needs to operate at a level well above the average NBA center in order for the Spurs to be a legitimate threat. Whether or not that makes him a star is subjective banter at best.
2) Probably because no one on the current roster other than Hill has shown a tendency to hit 3's consistently. Manu is the closest, and he's really streaky. That leaves Anderson and RJ. As you point out in #3, Anderson probably wont get a lot of minutes, thus he won't develop into significant threat before next years playoffs. Yeah, RJ needs to build confidence in that shot in order to improve the spacing. That was the genesis of many problems on the offensive end last year.
Man some people are big babies. I still believe in the spurs and i'll always be a fan when they win and when they lose. The spurs still have duncan, parker, and manu and I still believe that with them the spurs can compete with the best. Hopefully blair has a monster second season and hill has an even better season than last. Go spurs!
If he thinks that it’s on him, and I am sure there are Spurs fans out there that will concur with this proclamation.
The Spurs are not built to contend with the Lakers, and there is zilch that they can do in this off season to get better, or shall I say the front office is trying to do with the money they can spend.
Are the Spurs going out there to Win Yes, but there is only so much you can do with what you have.
Oh another it's over thread how original.
I choose to look at things on the bright side. I'm just glad that, over the past dozen years, Timmy D. hasn't sliced off a hand with one of his swords.
With this trade you have decreased this team's projected wins by 4.
Love,
John Hollinger
Indeed, this was I believe the last "let's give it all we got" year.. The FO tried, the players tried, but it is now time to try to build the next contender in a multiyear plan while trying to stay compe ive in the meanwhile (aka no tanking).
Gino/TD are great players still, and soon great trade assets. TP is already a great trade asset. Splitter would be great to be mentored by TD...
Time to get on working on a 2013-2014 plan.
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