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1. Tony Parker
He is the one player most capable of performing at a high level every night. He is the one player capable of taking the team on his back each and every night.
2. Tim Duncan
While Tim is definitely not the player that he once was, he does have the ability to step up his level of play and make a huge impact on the game when needed. He is our defensive center piece and while Tony clearly leads the charge, the team still revolves around Tim.
3. Kawhi Leonard
Now is the time, Spursfans, for Kawhi to step into his rightful position as the future of this team. Our next 'big 3' will be Tony, Kawhi and...... ? While it is a painful pill to swallow, Manu is no longer able to consistently maintain the level of play that we have come to expect a from him. Overall, Kawhi may become our most versatile player. Best perimeter defender, top 3 rebounder, and top 5 scorer.
4. Tiago Splitter
What have we had issues with in recent playoffs? BIGS. Memphis beat us in 2011 behind strong play from Z-Bo and Gasol. Oklahoma played us great last year, but one of the most notable areas that they beat us in was performance from their bigs. The Spurs have to be able to dominate the paint on both ends of the floor in order to go deep into the playoffs. We will need strong and reliable play from Tiago.
5. Manu Ginobilli
Of all the big 3, Manu is the one who has seen the sharpest decline in recent years. As always, we will need his firepower and creativity off the bench. Whatever he has left in the tank will be invaluable to this teams success in the playoffs.
6. Danny Green
The Spurs do not expect much of Danny, but it is imperative to the success of this team that he do the few things that we do ask of him... and that he do them well. Green is perhaps our 2nd best perimeter defender and a deep threat. I do not think it is unreasonable to expect 14 - 18 ppg from him in the playoffs. Hopefully we don't have a repeat of last years choke job.
7. Gary Neal
Volume scorer, will be needed to score in volume. Historically, the Spurs have gone into scoring ruts that can last a quarter, sometimes more. I remember watching Spurs teams that would start games on fire go ice cold coming out of the half. We need to be able to look to Gary to make big shots when other players shots are not falling. Gary IS the best pure shooter on the team, make no mistake about that.
8. Boris Diaw
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9. Stephen Jackson
10. Matt Bonner
11. Nando De Colo
12. Patty Mills
13. Aaron Baynes
14. Corey Joseph
15. Dejuan Blair
I hated to see Blair start for us, but I also hate to see him have fallen so far on the depth chart. I see Blair as our 3rd big... first big off the bench. He is one of our strongest rebounders, and best post player. He doesn't bring much on the defensive end, but... well... paint defense is just not an area that we're very strong in outside of Timmy. The only reason Blair is this low is because I do not expect him to be here much longer.
