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Spurs are a match up nightmare for every team in the league.
Hoping Sessions is a mistake like Blake. The fact that they play Metta World Nut so much gives me hope you are right. They got no bench. But Kobe... and then every other night Gasol or Bynum or both...
Hope you are right because I loathe this group.
Spurs are a match up nightmare for every team in the league.
Gasol and Bynum are to big and slow for our super hybrid team.
I haven't believed in the Spurs since '08, but as I said at the beginning of the year, this current team has the best shot at a le since '07..at the time, I said that due to the weak state of the West..
The West is still weak, but the Spurs didn't rely on the weakness of the conference to contend, they have actually made moves to improve the team..
The West has 3 top teams: Thunder, Spurs, Lakers..and 2 wildcard teams: Mavs, Grizzlies..
Spurs match up very well with OKC..as for the Lakers, while their size will overwhelm the Spurs, they are at a severe disadvantage on the perimeter, in depth and athleticism, against the Spurs..
If Diaw is motivated and plays well enough to negate Blair and/or Bonner, this could be the best team in the West, tbh..
Even if healthy the spurs still have zero margin for error. Spurs have to avoid playing more than one of the following: LA, DAL & MEM. Playing two from that group would likely be too much in addition to likely having to go through OKC.
You could say the same about those teams, too, though..
None of the teams in the West are great IMO..
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It's easy. With the kind of depth they Spurs had and then just brought in. Pop has the most tools he's ever had in his Swiss Army Knife of a system.
The only one he's missing is the venerable defensive stretch 4. But truthfully, the Spurs don't need that to win the le. Should Manu go down again, the Jackson being back gives them what's need(albeit differently) to push them past opponents. It's Finals or bust and my Spurs need an EVEN YEAR LE.
and for 2012?->
+1. This is the best I have felt about the Spurs since 07'-08'. What a difference a year makes. We went from Hill, Jefferson, and an aging McDyess to Leonard, Jackson, Splitter, Diaw, and throw Green in there too. We're so deep on the wings this year both offensively AND defensively compared to last year. We can throw an offensive line-up of TP, Manu/Neal, Jackson, Diaw and Duncan. Or we can throw a defensive line-up of TP, Manu/Green, Leonard, Duncan, and Splitter. even a small-ball line-up of TP, Manu, Jackson, Leonard and Duncan sounds good. Should they stay healthy, this could be a very, very interesting playoff run....
Probably the Spurs deepest team ever.
I doubt if they care, and I don't think it really matters, but I believe the Spurs will catch OKC for the top seed. I also wouldn't be surprised if their point differential skyrockets as we move towards the end of the season.
One thing for sure, integration doesn't seem to be an issue with this team. EGO has been tossed by the wayside and well...It just goes to show that TEAM means more than Individual.
One thing for sure, integration doesn't seem to be an issue with this team. EGO has been tossed by the wayside and well...It just goes to show that TEAM means more than Individual.
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Tim Duncan says flurry of roster moves has sent unmistakable message to Spurs locker room: "We're trying to win this thing."
Timmy, Manu, and Tony gotta feel pretty damn good about this roster. This is probably the deepest team they've had in 3 or 4 years. You know Timmy wants to win 1 more ring badly.....
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Manu knows #Spurs are definetly making a run for June this season: "I don’t remember adding three guys at this time in the season, ever."
I'm thinking the same thing - we are now true contenders, can match up with anyone, and give them nightmares with what we can put on the court. We need to lift the D a notch and get the rotations right, but I see us making the WCFs at the very least (as long as the team stays relatively healthy).
If healthy going into the postseason, I feel very good about this Spurs squad chances...
I just put $200 on the Spurs to win the thing at 15-1 odds. Can't wait to collect
Can we beat Chicago or Miami in a 7 game series? I'm not sure. We can definitely win the west though if Pop plays Splitter big minutes against the likes of LA and Memphis
I don't know the Lakers are looking pretty damn scary & if Pop doesn't realize Tim can't defend 2 people at once then we're screwed!
I'm not sold yet simply on the fact that Blair/Bonner are still with the team, which means they could still be asked and put in a situation where they play important roles (I suspect less so wrt Blair).
Ejecting RJ AND adding Jack in exchange was half of the road to recovery.
All in all, this is a better, more talented team that started the season. I'm still skeptical in how the minutes are going to get distributed, because you know that sooner rather than later rotations will have to be set, they will involve less players, and those selected will be handed big roles. So let's get there, and then I'll tell you what I think about the playoffs.
i like this post here!
If we catch OKC for the #1 seed then you can pencil us in for the finals as OKC will much likely have to play L.A which will soften either of the two up as the try to take each others heads off. However, that really doesn't matter to me as I feel we can definitely take them with that #1 seed anyway tbh
I think he would be forced to start Splitter against a frontline like the Lakers or Grizzlies. That would pretty much neutralize their frontline as much as possible. That's the advantage Dallas had with Dirk/Tyson plus they had Haywood coming of the bench.
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The lack of size and Pop's affinity for smaller balls combined with his allergic reaction whenever the subject of Tim and Tiago is brought up could very easily be exploited come playoff time.
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