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Of course they do!
I think Pop will end up going to the twin towers for substantial minutes, even if not starting them together, with most minutes for BIGS going to them. As much as I am not high on Bonner/Blair, there are worse backup bigs and them getting 15-20 mins can be overcome, but we are going to have to go small ball at times to mix it up. In fact, I think Kawhi could be the BIG we are missing with his 7 foot plus wingspan and inate rebounding and defensive abilities. He's not a PF, but I think he could fill in at times and very effectively when needed. Our guard depth will always give opposing teams fits.Well what is your reasoning. How will the frontline minutes be distributed in the playoffs??
you really think we have a chance with Bonner + Blair playing 20+ minutes???
Of course they do!
Beasley may be on the market. Minn needs to find more minutes for Derrick Williams.
Nuggets of wisdom to be found on ST!!
The Spurs win their first game and this board is full of championship optimism.
Just wait for the meltdown after a couple of losses.
The spurs may get out to a good start because they didn't make any major moves but come playoff time teams will be rounding into form and the spurs will still have the same roster deficiencies we saw last year.
bro, how do you figure the spurs will be the same team as last year with splitter, neal, anderson, leonard, ford?
I understand the reverse jinx from some posters, the ole act like all is lost while secretly hoping for the opposite in the backs of their minds; but some people here shouldnt even post and are the farthest thing from a true fan.
The spurs made one major move exchanging Hill with Leonard and added a couple of backup pgs and lost McDyess. Basically the same team as last year.
Of course not 100% the same team. Players are not static and there are changes (that holds for every team in the league) but they are going into the season with the same core roster as last year. And no upgrade on the frontline other than hoping Splitter is something special.
Bro, your wrong. Exchanging hill for leonard is not apples to apples. Hoping splitter is something special is just asinine, be good. Buckle up son. Spurs are going to be special this year
Memphis lost Darrell Arthur, Lakers lost Odom. Mavericks lost Chandler.
Not sure which teams in the West have such imposing front lines that the Spurs cannot handle with Duncan and Splitter.
The Chicago Bulls seem to do okay with Luc Longley and Will Perdue as their center. Pistons did fine with an undersized Ben Wallace. The Sixers won a championship with Moses Malone and Marc Iavaroni. Marc Iavaroni!?!?
Remind me again which decent bigs the Miami Heat have on their roster?
Chicago(Jordan), Miami(James) and the Sixers(Erving) had the best player in the game at the time. Moses Malone was one of the best big men in the game while with the 76ers.
What front courts are we suppose to be afraid of? Playing good D will get us far. Even thou it was their first game the youngster see that playing good D and being tough will pay off.
So what you're trying to tell everyone is that you don't need defensive bigs as long as you have MJ or Dr J on your team?
And last time I checked the Heat haven't won a le and their lack of a borderline decent bigman actually contributed to them not winning a le. Even still, they are the favorite to win it all this year so I'll play along: Bigs aren't important as long as you have MJ-Pippen, Dr. J-Moses Malone or LeBron-Wade-Bosh. Point taken.
Luc Longley was 7'2 and Will Perdue was 7'1. The Bulls had centers with size. Though Ben Wallace was undersized he was defensive player of the year.
You are soo right man.
I like your thinking on this post, man. We would be even stronger with another solid big, but not totally necessary to having a shot at a fifth ring in this diminished NBA season!
It's your opinion. What's to discuss? We will all see soon enough.
The large majority of the posts on this board are opinion, yes? It is a reasoned opinion and that's what matters.
I didn't see the reasoning behind it.
Teams improve (the word improve means something, fyi) for a reason. To not improve, when you got on by the 8th seed last year, isn't conducive to producing a championship team.
We will not win a championship with obscure rookie acquisitions and ass old rejected players from other teams.
Other teams don't spend so much money to win if it's so easy to just pick an unknown here and there and have them play with Matt Bonner.
Gloom and doom, much?
No, just not cake and rainbows much.
More proof the ST popularity contest "awards" were bull .
Counting the Spurs out for no reason other than age or a negative mindset won't ever be cool with a true fan. Look at Boston, they looked done in 2009 with the KG injury and Davis, DAVIS of all people having to step up, well guess what he did, and they still might contend again in 2012 for God's sake.
I like this team's chances in the West, at the bare minimum. As long as the Big 3 can play at a high level, there's always hope. With Tiago hopefully taking some of the defensive load off of Tim, I can see us *possibly* contending.
Goddamn gloomyweather fans, I swear..
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