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I agree...
Guys, we have to look forward to the playoffs now.....
We are going to fight against LA for the Western le......
and against Boston/Miami/Orlando for the NBA le....
Its my opinion that we need another critical big frontliner.....
these aforementioned teams are incredibly stacked in the frontline....
any ideas? thanks!
Go Spurs go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree...
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If we have been blown out by LA in first meeting, I might have gone with you on this. I actually thought LA would crush us with their bigs, but they didnt.
Inside D has been lacking all year and the bigs rotations have been slow, but no team really has and USES their front lines. LA is only team in West we would have trouble with and with what ive seen , still dont use their advantage well.
The other thing is there really is noone who could come in at this point. Who is available? Slim pickings. The only way would be a trade AND that would only happen if Bonner doesnt get better soon.
To sum up, I think we can still win the le with a soso front line. Dont forget we won with Naz at center one yr.
But how about Boston man? im worried about them....
PS...by the way, i love Yoda too...
keep cool!!!!!!!
You beat size with speed. We are a fast team. This is how we have succeeded all year. Going big will slow us down. Instead of trying to match up with teams with inferior records we should stand pat and let them try to catch up with us.
We lost a hard fought one versus Boston on a back to back. I can live with that.
I like Yoda because of his Wisom, Teaching, goodness and if you piss him off, he can kick some ass.
Splitter turned out to be a huge bust
I think David Lee pointed out we basically out smart most teams by doing the little things. If memory serves, during out championships, we had many different players step up on different nights. We really dont have a go to horse( best guess is Manu). but pretty much anyone could be the leading scorer this year. In fact, I thnk just about the whole team was at least once the socring leader for the game. (exception-Splitter and lowson)
I wouldn't call Miami & Orlando exactly frontline stacked...Ilgauskas, Magloire,Pittman,Bosh, & Damp may have size, but they certainly don't have the overall quality as the C's & Lakers. Same for Orlando. The only big man in Orlando to be afraid of imo, is Howard. Sure they have some big forwards & another rook C, but they really need another big just as bad as we do...maybe more. But to answer the question, yes a legit big man would be great & most likely necessary. We were all hoping that could have been Splitter, but that seems unlikely this year.
Also, isn't Okafor a legit 6'10? I wouldn't necessarily call that undersized.
you can't qualify a rookie as a bust yet
in that case Evan Turner is a bust
Have to admit, people thought Splitter would have been a huge part of
Spurs this year. I bet 95% of all fans believed he would have been a huge success by now. Right now not looking any better then Ian was in past few years. Lets hope he can develop.
If all you're looking at is the box scores, you can make that case. They are miles apart in terms of basketball IQ however, and Splitter is just way more talented,
albeit not as athletic.
It's obvious Pop is easing him in, and that Splitter still has a ways to go to be integrated and up to speed, but he will contribute. I hope we start seeing him next to Timmy for small stretches as the season progresses. Wouldn't be a super quick defensive frontcourt, but I think those two would be a quality defensive 4/4 combo.
If Tiago had Ian's athleticism, and Ian had Tiago's IQ then that would make an amazing player
I think it's harder to find a smart big man then a athletic big man.
back to the subject I would love Dalembert, unfortunately I don't think he will be traded, and bought out if we could get any big.
I do think size is overrated, especially with the matchup against the lakers, and spurs need more help on perimeter defense than finding a big man, I think are big man are good enough if no one disappears in the playoffs "crosses fingers" .
The only big I'd look at would be Sean Williams, but he's a nut who doesn't have the NBA body to play his style.
develope splitter
Nah dude is perfect for the spurs, he's a good defender to that dude shut Lebron down.
The playoffs are an entirely different matter, and I'm afraid we will be weighed in the balance and found wanting.
Duncan and Dice will be expected to do all of the heavy lifting, and I think this is where things will break down if we get in a long series.
Maybe we can roll like the '83 76ers, but I doubt it.
Master Yoda,
I also think Splitter can still help
tho i dunno how they can still integrate him at this late stage
perhaps Pop is holding him back and then unleash him later on??
Warm regards
last few years people here had been listing him as THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY of the team, as the ONE THING WE MUST AQUIRE, claiming him as Crucial to our future success, saying things like 'wait till Splitter comes' and 'can Splitter be the next great Big we build around', etc etc etc......
so far he has been exactly what i always said he would be...the great white hope, a flat-footed, slow, unathletic mediocre White euro center.
so far i have been exactly right and the others have been tragically wrong.
The Spurs FO has cold feet to trade Splitter because of the Scola burn. If they were smart, they would dish him to WAS for Blatche since he is on the block, and Splitter is going to end up a 12th man journeyman or otherwise go back to euroball and dominate teenagers again. Dude is worthless.
I heard Blatche has low BBIQ. Anyway, they should hang on to Splitter because he's already shown potential, although he's very soft. He also can provide insurance in case McDyess retires. A lot of teams would kill to have Splitter on their team. A lot of positives by hanging on to him until the end of the season.e
Splitter is getting paid Millions of dollars.
hahaha what a ed up system we live in.
All this bad talk here about Splitter just makes me laugh at the stupidity of some people!
It reminds me of all the bad talk here about Manu when he first came into the league.
He ended up making a lot of fans eat major crow.
I have no doubt Tiago will do the same.
It's almost surreal about how the Mavs and Carlisle keep talking up Mahinmi. They are even playing him alongside some of their other centers because they feel he is versatile enough to play there because according to Carlisle in today's DMN he is one of their better defenders and rebounders.
Carlisle also said something in their paper a few days ago about how the Spurs let him go because he couldn't grasp the offense and defense--eg, low basketball IQ.
I guess it depends on the coach and the system. We are system oriented and the Mavs are playing a lot of zone on defense which allows for more free-lancing.
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