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[TDMVPDPOY]

if its not broken dont change it

been broken for 5 seasons,....

[ChumpDumper]

Please tell us your grand plan to build the team around Leonard.

This should be good.

[timvp]

naw your defense mechanisms are just up.
2008 it was super obvious Manu was injured.
Instead of going to available and ready Brent Barrdog, Coach Numb Nutts tries to milk GNob and he sucks on O and D. Duh, he was operating at 55%.
Barrdog responds with 23/5/5 on only 14 shots. Altho he fails to jump into DeReek Swisher to get the game winning FTAs.
Point being, CIA No Adjustments boggled two games away with 55% GNob. Ya i know Ginobili had one good game. Big deal, he was obviously injured.
So was it our roster or Coach Numb Nutts? Oh yeah Mike Finley with 9 minutes of all zeros and his usual matador defense.

Did I miss the point in time when your nicknames were amusing? Must have, tbh.


@ thinking "Barrdog" could ever replicate and replace a 55% Manu.

[jjktkk]

When TDMVPDPOY and Fabbs agree on something, run -- don't walk -- to the other side of the argument.

Or just continue to laugh at their posts.

[Obstructed_View]

Fabbs is so ing re ed. Please stop quoting his posts.

[Fabbs]

Did I miss the point in time when your nicknames were amusing? Must have, tbh.


@ thinking "Barrdog" could ever replicate and replace a 55% Manu.

Keep hiding.
23/5/5 on 14 shots.
20 point lead mid 3rd quarter blown.

Do NOT address these.

[Fabbs]

Which of the previous five seasons did the Spurs have the personnel and injury/ref fortune to be considered the le favorite?

Are you saying after the Spurs were rigged into sitting on the Tarmac overnight and yet getting to here in Game 1:

2008 Ahead of the Lakers by 20 pts (65-45) 3rd qtr with only 6 minutes left. Coach Numb Nutts pulls Bowen off Kobe. One poster called it the worst coaching decision of CIP Poops career. Also for the game:
Mrs Michael Finley-Pop 22 minutes 0-5. Bob Horry? 5 minutes.
CIA Dipstick completely wastes a 30/18 effort by Duncan.
We in Game 1 yes i say we win the Series.

That the Lakers had the better roster?

[ElNono]

In hindsight, you could argue the Spurs are stuck in that "good enough team not to tank/land a high pick but not good enough to win it all" position, but neither Kawhi or Splitter are the answer to get out of that situation, IMO.

[exstatic]

In hindsight, you could argue the Spurs are stuck in that "good enough team not to tank/land a high pick but not good enough to win it all" position, but neither Kawhi or Splitter are the answer to get out of that situation, IMO.

I disagree with that sentiment. I see those teams as being like Houston the last 2 years, the number 9 seed, hovering in the low 40s in wins. You never blow up a top 2 or 3 conference seed. All you need is a couple of breaks.

[ElNono]

I disagree with that sentiment. I see those teams as being like Houston the last 2 years, the number 9 seed, hovering in the low 40s in wins. You never blow up a top 2 or 3 conference seed. All you need is a couple of breaks.

I thought the Spurs had a couple of breaks last playoffs in landing Utah and a hobbled last season's Clippers. If you have to also hope that Durant + Lebron go down, it's a bit unrealistic, right? And that's kind of the conundrum: If our aging stars + superior team game can't trump the current generation of stars...

[exstatic]

I thought the Spurs had a couple of breaks last playoffs in landing Utah and a hobbled last season's Clippers. If you have to also hope that Durant + Lebron go down, it's a bit unrealistic, right? And that's kind of the conundrum: If our aging stars + superior team game can't trump the current generation of stars...

The alternative is horrible, if you don't absolutely HAVE to rebuild. I'll be content with 55-60 wins for another 2-3 years, THEN we can blow it up.

I may be in the minority here, but I felt that Miami was a good matchup for us last year. Their two biggest defensive weaknesses are a post scoring big man and uber-quick PGs. We have both. I agree that our first two rounds were easy matchups, but I think we were going to the WCFs regardless. We did well against Memphis and LA last year. The matchups just made it a quick trip to the WCFs.

[ElNono]

The alternative is horrible, if you don't absolutely HAVE to rebuild. I'll be content with 55-60 wins for another 2-3 years, THEN we can blow it up.

I'm on record having no problem with an extended farewell tour for the Duncan era...

[therealtruth]

The alternative is horrible, if you don't absolutely HAVE to rebuild. I'll be content with 55-60 wins for another 2-3 years, THEN we can blow it up.

I may be in the minority here, but I felt that Miami was a good matchup for us last year. Their two biggest defensive weaknesses are a post scoring big man and uber-quick PGs. We have both. I agree that our first two rounds were easy matchups, but I think we were going to the WCFs regardless. We did well against Memphis and LA last year. The matchups just made it a quick trip to the WCFs.

Ironically having the easy path was probably detrimental. We didn't really face any challenge and get to see how we responded to a loss. I also think one mistake was Pop starting Green and Kawhi. It's unheard of two rely on basically two rookies. Pop should probably have started Manu during the season and then we could have worked out any lineup issues. Or he should have stayed with Green and hope he would eventually find his shot.

I also agree Miami was the perfect matchup for us. Duncan would have had a field day scoring on their frontcourt and TP would have won the matchup against Chalmers.

[therealtruth]

In hindsight, you could argue the Spurs are stuck in that "good enough team not to tank/land a high pick but not good enough to win it all" position, but neither Kawhi or Splitter are the answer to get out of that situation, IMO.

That's probably why so many wanted to tank for Anthony Davis last year. Can you imagine pairing Davis with TD?