So, how confident are you?..

[Giuseppe]

Pop is just entertaining himself now. I think he retires when Duncan does.

& that is so chicken & pussy of Pop to keep intimating that.

[dunkman]

10 to win the WCF, however an 7 to win it all. The elite east teams are quite good this season.

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

Assuming that 1 is less confident, and 10 is most confident?



I'd say 8.

[Obstructed_View]

Poor copout, as I have no personal contact with lakaluva or the other person I'm currently betting with...it's through a paypal account mediated by none other than Kori Ellis. You have no balls to back up your convictions and you are afraid of taking risks (and the Lakers), that's the real reason you aren't betting.

I gave you several reasons, and you picked one. You have no balls if you're betting both for and against your own team.

Talking big about how the Spurs handled the Lakers and insinuating the same results will happen in the postseason, yet refusing to make any kind of wager ( , we can do an ELE, sig, or any other kind of bet if you're that broke), shows you have no confidence in your team. Look at it from an outsider's perspective--all talk but no action. Makes you look emasculated, tbh.

I'm not sure I insinuated anything. Maybe you should get a dictionary. I think all I ever said was that the Lakers aren't "clearly better than the Spurs" and pointed out that there's zero evidence to suggest that. You decided to come in here and troll.

Thanks for furthering my point...all those are facts, yet you are STILL scared to put anything on the line. There's a word for that: chicken .

No, the word for that is "analysis". There are two words for you, though: Gambling problem.

I'm smart

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Your idiocy brings the laughs to ST...keep it up, champ

[lurker23]

Realistically? I'm at about a 5 right now. Don't get me wrong, this is a very good team, and no one should be surprised if they make the Finals (though the media, as per usual, is trying their darndest). However, the steps forward on defense that we were all hoping the team would take in the second half of the season have been slow at best.

I think we'll get a much better idea of what this team truly is in the Memphis series. There's been a lot of talk that once the playoffs come around, Tim Duncan is going to become a much more substantial cog in the Spurs machine; that increased minutes and increased role for Duncan (and Splitter?) will lead to a team that can step up it's defense, while still maintaining the free-scoring portion of it's game.

All I can do at this point is wait and see (and, as a fan, enjoy every freaking minute of it). If the Spurs can turn up the defense against Memphis and dispatch them in 4, 5, or an easy 6 games, then my confidence level will go up to 7 out of 10. If they barely squeak by, then it will likely decrease.

If they lose a playoff series before the Finals, my confidence will drop to 0.

[DMC]

& that is so chicken & pussy of Pop to keep intimating that.

Different thread, but look at what Sloan went through post Malone/Stockton. He had some games with Boozer and Williams, but then he's been treated like and left on a bad note (at least that's how it appears).

I don't see Pop wanting to do that, for Tony to be the driving force on the team. I don't know how well Pop and Tony mesh if Tony knows he's the franchise. He seems a bit greedier than Tim, less apt to accept a role.

Then again, like I said, the allure of being "that" guy is strong, and some are forced out.

[ShoogarBear]

After thinking about it a long time, 5.

I've finally figured out the odd sensation I had watching this Spurs team. It's something I hadn't felt in years, and just now, with the playoffs here, I figured it out.

It's the exact same feeling I had when the Spurs went to the playoffs every year before Tim Duncan got here.

The Spurs had some damn good teams before 1998. But after four championships, you realize there's a huge difference between a team that has a core of defensive toughness they can rely on no matter what, and one that is just hoping that their shots will go in.

Maybe it will all change when the bell rings and Duncan comes out turning back the clock, and Manu and Tony are creating havoc, and Bruce is putting the clamps o . . . oh, wait. Well, maybe it'll feel better after seeing them in a couple of games and see if George and Gary can produce.

But as it stands, the postseason is going to depend almost entirely on whether the Spurs can hit a tremendous number of threes.

[Fabbs]

Players 9.5
Coach 3.0

Manus injury or not will be huge. For all Parkers speed, and its been fantastic to watch this season, he still lacks as a distributor.
If Popped runs Corky Bonner out and he's being Corky again it will be over quickly.


Laker Gays receiving rigged reffing is always a possibility/probability in the Stern era so Spurs will have to beat them by 20 in reality to make it a 2 point win on the scoreboard. For at least two of the games.

[ShoogarBear]

1

I feel so much better now.

[SouthernFried]

After thinking about it a long time, 5.

I've finally figured out the odd sensation I had watching this Spurs team. It's something I hadn't felt in years, and just now, with the playoffs here, I figured it out.

It's the exact same feeling I had when the Spurs went to the playoffs every year before Tim Duncan got here.

The Spurs had some damn good teams before 1998. But after four championships, you realize there's a huge difference between a team that has a core of defensive toughness they can rely on no matter what, and one that is just hoping that their shots will go in.

Maybe it will all change when the bell rings and Duncan comes out turning back the clock, and Manu and Tony are creating havoc, and Bruce is putting the clamps o . . . oh, wait. Well, maybe it'll feel better after seeing them in a couple of games and see if George and Gary can produce.

But as it stands, the postseason is going to depend almost entirely on whether the Spurs can hit a tremendous number of threes.

This.

I've been watching the Spurs since the were formed. And this post summarizes what I'm seeing and feeling.

It reminds me of the old days.

Which is why I finally quit watching the regular season.

[Capt Bringdown]

...there's a huge difference between a team that has a core of defensive toughness they can rely on no matter what, and one that is just hoping that their shots will go in.

Bingo. The Spurs haven't even been able to string together 2 quarters of anything resembling elite defense this entire season.

What's frustrating is that the Spurs had an opportunity to get better in the defensive dept, but our coach went another way - presumably because his way (turd towers) was less risky than playing a rookie.

But of course, Pop did roll the dice on another rookie (Neal, and thank goodness for that), so WTF?