once again the spurs are on its way to be the NBA best in the regular season, but once we are again playing for the playoffs spurs vulnerabilities starts to stock up preventing us from reaching our goal --->what do you think are the spurs current weaknesses and what solutions we could use. IMHO our priority weakness would be rebound due to lack of athletic back up bigs. when TS and TD were both on the floor we were able to match up our opponent on the boards eventhough both players are not athletic their skills in out boxing their opponents are excellent but when blair/bonner were on the floor either being combined with either TS/TD or both on the floor, opponents were starting to gobble up offensive rebound leading to 2nd chance points. proposed solution: add a big with height and enough athleticism to box out and also produce in limited minutes: i think RC already made a move here when the spurs got baynes but due to lack of nba experience and not enough exposure to our system he might end up as a liability on the floor. just my opinion i hope we could try to get byron mullens from bobcats his a 7footer with athleticism IMO is better than blair in rebounding and also can shoot the 3ball not as good though compared with bonner but our priority is his rebounding his offense is not a priority but would certainly a blessing to provide additional scoring with the 2nd unit.
In what world is that a coherent sentence? Basically all I got from your body text was that the Spurs need to go after Byron Mullens. If Byron Mullens is ever, EVER the difference between a team winning or not winning a championship, I will a chicken. When the words "Byron Mullens would improve this Spurs team" ever even approach being the truth, you know surely and definitively that we are ed beyond all measure.
There are times when I wonder why I keep reading Spurstalk.
I agree! Rebounding is what is killing us. The Bulls got far too many offensive boards the other day, but lucky for us they committed a heap of TO's too.
Baynes could help. Not necessarily to 'fit in our game plan', but perhaps as a disruption to the other teams plans. If you stick him in for a couple of minutes while Timmy and Tiago are off, just to make the other teams feel like there is a big body under the glass! Might effect their play??
Ultimately you want to move some 'non-essentials' for another big, but without a move, this could help!
Byron Mullens is poop. I don't want him to ever play for the Spurs.
Give PED'S to Bonner TBH
thats what the spurs need another pussy stretch 4
is that Jefferson's legal name ?
once again the spurs are on its way to be the NBA best in the regular season, but once we are again playing for the playoffs spurs vulnerabilities starts to stock up preventing us from reaching our goal --->
Periods Motha.. !!!!! They are your friend.
The chances of the Spurs getting a big that can both defend and rebound are slim to none with the pieces the Spurs have and what's available out there.
There is 1 position the Spurs need a lot of help with and that's the backup pg position, a pg that could run the offense and just not mess things up with TP/Manu on the bench would do wonders for this team. PG's are a dime a dozen in this league and a much easier position to acquire.
With Jack really underperforming and his big contract I will really be surprised should he remain in SA after the deadline. Trade Jack for another SF and backup PG and we're good, the SF SA gets could easily replace Jack's production and the Spurs get much better with a backup pg.
if your read and understand my post im not saying that mullens is the key for our championship, my argument here is about rebounds, which we really sucks at, teams that defeated us, examples were OKC and clippers always outrebounded us. if we could address this problem preventing our opponent to have 2nd chance points it would certainly have a bearing on the result of the match. i suggested mullens aside from having a cheap contract his with the bobcats (eastern conference team) IMO its better to have a trade with our conference counterpart, instead of trading our players with same conference team that could affect the stiff compe ion here at the western conference
Rebounding and interior defense. Opposing teams run lay up lines against us for about half of each game. If we had an interior shot blocking presence, it would completely change the defense of this team. Duncan is our only presence in side and he can't do it alone. And as soon as ge goes out, it's time for the lay up drill. Unfortunately, we're stuck with Splitter and his 3-inch vertical trying to alter shots or Diaw, Blair, and Bonner watching the ball go through the hoop. THat's my only complaint with this team. Unfortunately, those 2 things can and will single handedly lose you some games, esp against good teams like MIA, OKC, and LAC.
The point is that the trade machine took too long to process his trade but yes he does want that scrub Mullens
Need a backup PG more than a big. The big rotation is Duncan/Splitter/Diaw with Bonner/Blair/Baynes all seeing situational minutes.
Now, Tony has behind him:
Neal (not a point)
De Colo (teams don't respect his scoring ability)
Mills (smaller Neal with better handles but less knowledge of the system)
Joseph (has yet to see meaningful PT)
Unreadable
Spurs get anthony randolph in a 3 team trade
nuggets and spurs send depth
3rd team send star out to nuggets (josh smith?)
The playoffs are a theater of small sample sizes. There are never any guarantees in the post season. When you have had the roughest road schedule in the league and still, at the All-Star Break, have the best record, making anything other than minor changes is foolish. The team, demonstrably, ain't broke.
It's more of a project, But what do you guys think of Arnett Moultrie?
hey bong. i understand you, brotha. mind these people that play grammar police. dont put a big blob. space your ideas out, it really is easier to read.
to with that guy talking about "oh is scrub mullens really gonna make a difference?" you bet your ass mullens makes a difference. he'd add bench depth, rebounds, defense, 3's. a team is only as strong as it's weakest player. spurs weakest player is blair. he's hopelessly outsized. cutting him = good move. getting somebody as well rounded as mullens = championship level move.
forget the backup point guard issue. pop just needs to settle on nando. issue solved.
rebounds and blocks are the biggest issue, really they shouldn't be. wait for a healthy timmy. pop plays baynes. issue solved...but, new issue.
there's no injury depth at big. diaw is serviceable. bonner is a 3 specialist. but blair is just useless. ideally the spurs can trade him straight up. every other player on this team fits, considering pop figures out the rotation. pick(s)/ draft rights are the only tools the fo should use to move blair.
perry jones, trey thompkins, or quincy miller. unproven, young, well round talentwise. with the body blair just doesn't have. also, players on non-division playoff threats. imagine koufos in foul trouble, faried got hurt, mcgee is trippin, mozgov is gone. round 2 game 7. the nuggets need blair in san antonio for good minutes! what are timmy and tiago gonna do?
i wouldn't see mj taking blair for mullens straight. mullens is good. youth, 3's, boards, and post defense. i dunno why the haters are hating on him. prob cause he's a bobcat. i consider the last bobcat the spurs picked up, no not derrick brown. maybe with the picks or draft rights blair could fetch mullens. but what about keeping the picks and rights? instead give the bobcats a quality sjax. and add tyrus thomas?
i do also like moultrie. sending blair to pennsylvania seems like the kinda no brainer the spurs shoulda pulled in the draft when moultrie was moving around.
hit the Bong and you'll feel better.
Their biggest weakness is relying on players that no show in the playoffs
what this guy said.
Note to self: If ever invited to Bestanfield's house for chicken, politely decline.
Don't be such a chicken .
and what this guy said as well
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