1. With JA out not so good. 2. Very long way to go. 6. Perhaps would be a good idea to have more than one SF?
but wit JA out, could this help our bench? help create more opportunites for the inexperienced so when the playoffs come around they don't have the deer in the headlights look, kinda like Hill last year. he got a lot of valuable playing time cuz of parkers injury.
As Ginobili and Parker point to the 2003 ship banner......
It's possible that Splitter and our other rooks come up big in the playoffs, yu never know. Besides, Splitter isn't exactly wet behind the ears
If the spurs have a chance the #1 thing that has to happen is splitter needs to be a 30 mpg guy who can grab 6.5+ rebs. Then you can have mcdyess and blair come off the bench. This along w/rj playing like I thought he would actually creating his own offense in the half court game combined w/the 3 pt shooting from the rookies the spurs plugged some holes that were there last year. Still manu, tony, and td have to be healthy along w/ the above to have a fighting chance to win it all.
lal and bos have good bigs that make it tough to drive to the hoop and rebound. You have to match them w/ good bigs who can do the same as well as have shooters that can spread the floor out. After watching the 1st part of the season I'm more hopeful then I was before the season started. Still lal and bos are the clear favorites.
Great piece here on Tiago's defense. If Splitter is as good as it looks like he will be on that end of the floor, that could be the key ingredient to legitimately compete for another championship.
I don't think that the Spurs can win another championship until there is an injury to both Kobe and KG in the playoffs.
the spurs can definitely win a championship! if the celtics are being talked about then the spurs must be talked about i think we have a better mixture of youth and vets. yes the celtics look good right now so does L.A but going to the finals 3 years in a row ??
has to have some effect and if it doesnt maybe kobe sold his soul to the devil haha but i think the celtics are going to gas out towards the end, and i dont see how all that playing time doesnt catch up with L.A Duncan_21 is right about splitters minutes and hopefully pop stops being a dumbass and plays the kid. im thinking pop is easing tiago into the season and i do believe tiago will get those minutes, once he does i see the spurs competing for a championship tiago will make this team much better defensively
It's safe to say at this stage with RJ coming to his own , we are odds on bets to make it to the western conference finals opposite LA.
The question really is , can we get to the next level and be reasonable threats to beat LA ?
For us to get to that next level, it's got to come from the defensive end and I can't overemphasize the need for Tiago Splitter to play a major role.
We need Tiago to transform the big four to the BIG FIVE. Front court defense against LA's bigs Gasol, Bynum and Odom is critical, so is the last line of defense on switch offs. Tiago showing and switching on Kobe's drives.
Having your 5 best players playing 5 different positions: PG to center is a huge bonus to seriously competing for the ring.
If Tiago can fill that last piece of the 5, and change the complexion of the team from a mainly perimeter offensive oriented team to adding a interior defensive presence compliementing TD for that last line of D. .. Then only can we really say we will seriously be competing for that 5th ring !
Of course when a player gets injured it might help another player gain experience but I do hope JA will be back in time for the PO and it would have been much better if he got the PT and experience. Also we need to limit our starters minutes a bit and injuries will not help.but wit JA out, could this help our bench? help create more opportunites for the inexperienced so when the playoffs come around they don't have the deer in the headlights look, kinda like Hill last year. he got a lot of valuable playing time cuz of parkers injury.
At first I didn't understand your George Hill example because I thought Hill looked kind of lost against Nash and the Suns in the PO, like the deer in the headlights look. Experience is important but regular season and the PO is not the same thing.
Only positive thing to come out of the JA injury would be if we somehow would discover another SF who can be part of the rotation also in the PO.
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I have to disagree. We DID need another big. Splitter IS that big. We're set now in the front court, IMO.
I can't wait for Texas 2 Step's meltdown when Miami signs Dampier.
Let's be clear that we are talking about whether the Spurs can beat the Lakers. The Spurs can compete for a championship, but Splitter would have to be a defensive force in the post. If Splitter and McDyess can give Gasol a little trouble then the Spurs equalize the big adavntage the Lakers have had over them the last couple years. If Parker is playing up to potential he runs all over Fisher. But right now the Lakers are the clear favorites and they're playing great so far. Boston did take them to game 7 and would have won if Kendrick Perkins stayed healthy, so I think sometimes the Lakers are made out to be more un-beatable than they are.
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