You're so damn lucky he raped.
I'd give my eye teeth to have him on the Lakers.
Actually We've been lucky since the Spurs got here. Gervin, Robinson and Duncan. There was a little gap there between Gervin and Robinson but this franchise has been extremely fortunate and early on the credit went to Drossos and now to Pop and Holt. The Duncan era though did produce those 4 les so the transition will be harder to swallow .
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I agree that matchups matter, that OKC was better than the Griz and that the better team wins a 7 game series. Disagree with pretty much everything else.
"happened" my ass.
They ruthlessly cut you out & stalked you.
You have no room ^, the Mavs did the same thing to your team.
quotes from NBA.com
""The Big Three still have the ability and punch to get the Spurs into the upper half of the playoff bracket, but they can no longer be expected to do it all every night. Unless the supporting cast can carry more of the weight, the elite contending days are over and the curtain falls on an era of greatness in San Antonio.
At No. 15, Leonard is the highest draft pick since Duncan in 1997 and it might not be overstating the case too much to say the direction of the season is in his hands. If he can hit the corner jumper, rebound, defend and somehow force his way into the Rookie of the Year conversation, the Spurs could challenge the Mavs, Lakers and Thunder in the West again."
And if I could add: if Splitter can provide Impact on both ends. (30 min a game). Neal and Anderson provide decent back-up contributions. then we can challenge for the west.
That in summary is what it boils down to
Since 08 tbh
It won't open anytime soon either.
If he's not the de-facto starting center at this point alongside Duncan, then Popovich should really consider checking in to a treatment center.
^^^^^^^ This.
Agree. Also it's not that Splitter's always taking charges. He tries to contest the shot. It's the same thing Tyson Chandler does. Chandler doesn't block alot of shots but he's able to alter shots. It counts more to be able to alter 10 shots than to block 2 shots and allow 8 shots at the rim. Somehow it's easy to think that the guy who gets more blocks is better than who just plays solid defense. Defense is played before the shot. Going for the block alot of times says that you made a mistake playing defense.
The one thing I'm looking forward to is seeing a frontline of Duncan , Splinter and Leonard playing together. A big borometer for competing for a ring is how well you protect and compete in the paint, something we haven't done well in the past few years. This frontline gives me the confidence that we can change that.
It goes without saying how important integrating Leonard and Splitter are to being compe ive.
The worst thing is to see both players getting little PT. remember Pop hardly used TD together with Splitter last season. So I would'nt be surprised if this dosent happen
I'm hopeful both Leonard and Splitter will get enough playing time. But Pop and RC view both Splitter and Duncan as centers, therefore I think Splitter will sub in for Duncan. Without a 5th big man this avoids heavy minutes from the Blair/Bonner Combo which is a killer defensively. I hope the rotation is tweaked in a a way that Duncan and Splitter are on the court together at least at the end of the game.
Hmmmmmmm.........
Doubters! Round them up and bring out the sterilization tongs!
We can discuss this matter after Duncan and Co. have hoisted their 5th trophy this June.
Nice bump, Despot! Props to Obstructed View, chazley and other defenders of the Alamo.
Have to keep it upfront till the OP comes out the woods.
What now, es???
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