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I agree with you here. The FO has to do their job this year. That much is obvious. I just hope and pray they do b/c I think this is the best and only shot this team will have for a long, long time.
Well sherlock homes, you've solved the case. This site doesn't exist unless your an active member and you post in it.
This spurs team is exactly the same as last year. The only difference is the fact that the spurs have shifted to a half court game which means less possessions for the opposing team. The spurs were a terrible fast break team turning the ball over countless times leading to easy baskets in the other direction. Slowing the game down not only gives the spurs a chance to win games, but prevents further wear and tear on players like duncan.
Furthermore, assuming the lakers don't make a deadline deal, the mavs and lakers loss is the clippers and thunders gain. The west isn't as wide open as you think it is. If the spurs don't seek out another big that can rebound, i don't see a long playoff run.
I agree with you here. The FO has to do their job this year. That much is obvious. I just hope and pray they do b/c I think this is the best and only shot this team will have for a long, long time.
Bonner/Blair experiment has gone on too long. A three man rotation of Tim, Tiago and Dice or a rebounding/defensive power forward is what's needed. Bonner can get some spot minutes to possibly hit shots.
I don't think it's just switching back to half court. It's about controlling pace. They didn't do that great a job last year with that. Last year they tried to play at a fast pace even when they were misfiring. If your missing your shots and or taking bad shots you might want to slow the game down to get your offense back on track. If you're in a flow you want to speed the game up and get more shots. Conversely, you want the opposite to happen for your opponent.
Funny how someone says this every year.
Funny how someone says this every year.
Yes, thats one in the same. You play hallf court to slow down the pace. And yeah, the spurs took a lot of quick unwarranted shot leading to long rebounds and high percentage shots in the other direction. For the spurs to be successful, they need to hold their opponents to roughly 85 to 90 possessions. If they do that, they should win most of their games.
The Spurs will be the same fraud team they were last year in this year's playoffs if Jefferson plays any minutes and Splitter isn't playing 30+ minutes a game. Leonard, Manu, Green, and Neal should get every minute of time in the playoffs at the SG and SF spots, with Anderson in case of foul trouble being last. And Splitter not playing more minutes than either Blair or Bonner by a good margin is forfeiting. So of course the likelihood is that Splitter won't get minutes and Jefferson will play a ton until it's too little too late and the team is facing elimination.
Even then this year they'd be at a severe disadvantage because Duncan and Splitter can't play every minute, and Bonner is proven playoff trash and Blair's defense is atrocious and he's so fat he can't even dunk anymore.
Spurs will not go far in the playoffs with Bonner and Blair getting major minutes. Bonner will choke and Blair's too short. I could see them getting lucky with match ups (OKC, DAL, LAL in the 1,4,5,8 seeds with OKC reaching WCF) and coming out of the West but I don't see them beating a healthy CHI or MIA.
Thanks for the laughs.
If everything breaks the right way we could win it, but I want to see some SPAM in evidence first. This could be a mirage, we've seen a lot of them in the past 4 years.
Finals loss is the ceiling TBH
no Thank YOU for the laughs... It's been great watching the Lakers thus far this season.
I think health is a major concern as everyone is saying, as well as getting another big. I know in 07 we didn't even when everyone said "Spurs should make a move".
Spurs would have to get incredibly lucky, and even then I don't feel like this team has the right formula for winning in the playoffs(but they look more like a good playoff team than last year's squad).
Seeing as how McDyess is gone, Splitter plays a of a lot more, Danny Green gets good minutes, and Leonard is a defensive beast....well, you need to look up the definition of the word "exactly." Spurs defense at this point (and still improving) is better than at any point last season.
Tim Duncan was also in his prime at the time, near the end of it, but still he was much better than he is now. Give us 2007 Duncan and we might be the favorites tbh.
A 2003 Duncan would be the best player in the league by a good margin
Well, I'll never understand that. I guess you can stop watching and come back in November...
As far as I'm concerned the ceiling is a championship, each and every year. An this year more than most, actually.
Definitely agree. 2003 Duncan would be great, and undoubtedly the best player on both ends of the floor.Tim Duncan was also in his prime at the time, near the end of it, but still he was much better than he is now. Give us 2007 Duncan and we might be the favorites tbh.
A 2003 Duncan would be the best player in the league by a good margin
For now, if he can put up 15-16 and 10-11 boards in the playoffs (which he definitely can) and we can continue to play defense, I like our chances. Our back court should do fine (TP is playing with a chip on his shoulder after letting Conley out play him) and Manu has had a lot of rest. Throw in our bench guys (the real wild card) and anythings possible.
Not unusual to see another spurstalk member fail at reading comprehension. What you need to do is check out the stats from last year and compare them to this year. They are league average defensively and just because the sum of the parts change doesn't mean the team changes. The big three wil carry the spurs to a fifth or it isn't happening. As far as the other players you mentioned, green is very sporadic and wouldn't be starting for all but a small handful of teams none of which are thinking playoffs and leonard is far from a beast defensively.
While he may not be Bruce Bowen yet, he is well on his way. He's disruptive and his length has given opposing players problems.
Can't wait to see Leonard take on Kobe.
While he may not be Bruce Bowen yet, he is well on his way. He's disruptive and his length has given opposing players problems.
Can't wait to see Leonard take on Kobe.
I'm not sure if he'll ever be bruce bowen, but i would certainly settle for a shane battier sometime down the line.
The Spurs were lucky the Warriors knocked out the Mavs then they got by a Suns team in a controversial series. The Jazz and Cavs were their easiest opponents.
Guy, that's how playoff systems work. When was the last time you saw a Super bowl with the two best teams in the NFL playing each other?
And if we had a perfect system back in 2000-2007, the finals would have been some combination of Lakers, Spurs, Suns Mavs every year with no east coast representation at all.
I just hope we get lucky with the matchups and get some good breaks for a (recent) change. Then we have a shot at winning it all. If we play the Heat right now in a 7 game series, with the roster as-is, I think we win.
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