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If Diaw commits to being in shape and we can keep a healthy pg i concur. cuz neal scares the out of me at the pg spot
...as in real contenders. That's a statement I have not made about the Spurs in a very long time. If they are full strength when the playoffs roll around, it's gg NBA.
If Diaw commits to being in shape and we can keep a healthy pg i concur
Funny thing is your statement applies to every single season for the last 10 years. They just haven't been healthy when the playoffs started.
Skip Bayless has convinced me if Manu was full strength in 2011 the Spurs would have been contenders.
Since 2008 I havent thought of the Spurs are true contenders, but this year this team is special. They have flew by expectations, also adding Diaw and Jackson not only added depth they added playoff experience and toughness. Spurs if healthy are not going to be easy to beat.
Not really. That team was still depending on Blair and Bonner to play a big role in getting them there. That wasn't going to happen. They haven't been true contenders since the '07 le tbh.
Skip Bayless convincing you of anything.
On the real though, the Spurs look better than they have looked in the last 4-5 years or so from a talent standpoint.
Yea i really like this team we are stacked in all our positions and we are starting to get better defensively that's what matters most so once we get healthy I think we are the favorites in the west Go Spurs Go!!!
There is also the fact that the West is really a toss up. OKC is the only true front runner and they are beatable.
They are more talented but we are to them what memphis was to us. Just a bad style matchup.
I wanted to start another thread, but this is a good place for it. Flash back to the pre-season threads. Nobody saw this coming.
I need to see a little more time with how the defense gets and how the Spurs will handle teams with size.
Definitely the most optimistic to be about the Spurs in years though.
Bayless is a contender at the neighborhood glory hole.
it feels good to flirt with the word contender. better than sex with an ex
I think they can offset a lot of the interior size differences with superior length on the perimeter and superior team rebounding. Bigger teams on the inside will still give them problems, but the Spurs depth will carry them.
On the real though, the Spurs look better than they have looked in the last 4-5 years or so from a talent standpoint.
That is still the case this year.
Shut up, got.
I thought we would go farther last year, not necessarily to the finals though. I'm feeling the same effect as the previous championship years. These last 2 players we added were critical. Cya all at finals in JUNE
I will wait till we have played the Lakers a few times and see how we handle their size.
West is still a tossup. We were contenders when the season started as Dallas gambled on a Howard/Williams combo for next season and really gutted themselves this year.
If we handle the Lakers then I will be a bit more confident. OKC is definitely beatable.
The Lakers mystique is gone. Yes, they still have Gasol and Bynum but losing Odom and Fisher puts them out of championship contention imo. They Spurs would overwhelm them with their depth in a seven game series.
Let's not jump into anything but gotta admit i feel encouraged by this team, a feeling that i didn't have 2 weeks ago.
Last year collapse made me thing that anything can happen, especially in the west by I trust this team
o Month of June
I had an exchange with ElNono back in December in a thread about winning it all. I said they wouldn't and he said there was still time to make a move. This was my reply:
The FO has this type of move in shipping out RJ and bringing in Buckets and Diaw. I would agree with those who say this team still has some flaws, but in looking at the rest of the West I don't see a team that I can say is better than this Spurs team. Health is now the key.
Yep, we already taken care of the mavs and okc, just the lakers. And also the first round opponents are always dangerous but with this depth....
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