Spurs will be fine..

[DejuanorwhatDude]

Yes. They aren't good defenders bro.
That team had many flaws, it's easy to ignore after everything went right.

The Spurs are not Dallas 2011. They are a soft team that is increasingly looking like second round fodder. All of their role players played out of their mind last year and have regressed to the that they generally are.

[thunderup]

The Spurs will be fine. Yall will put it in the right gear when it counts.

[jestersmash]

I found tonight's game to be encouraging. I mentioned this in the game thread, but I saw 5 or 6 of those "magical" possessions that were emblematic of the '11-'12 Spurs. 4, 5, 6 passes and constant ball movement/penetration leading to 2 or 3 wide open "good" shots that were passed up for a "great" shot.

The potential for that beautiful, seamless, fluid passing is clearly still there. It's inconsistent, but it's there.

[spurraider21]

I wanna believe it's gonna be fine but there are so many parallels to 2011 that it's disheartening to get any hopes up. I hope your right Harlem but I'm worried with what I've seen from them lately.

2011 was Tim's worst statistical season of his career and Bonner was playing more than 21 minutes per game, and Blair was the starting Center. HWSNBN was also starting for us.


The fact that we were in it on the road against a good playoff team on a b2b minus Tim and Kawhi is a good sign in itself

[Sean Cagney]

Yes. They aren't good defenders bro.
That team had many flaws, it's easy to ignore after everything went right.

Yeah I guess they were not good on D nor clutch, but they won the games they had to win and had some crazy comebacks that year. I would want everything to go right with the Spurs this year if it meant that result.

The Spurs are not Dallas 2011. They are a soft team that is increasingly looking like second round fodder. All of their role players played out of their mind last year and have regressed to the that they generally are.

Thanks for telling him that, he seems to think this team is better for some reason.

[Brunodf]

The Spurs are not Dallas 2011. They were a soft team that was increasingly looking like second round fodder. All of their role players played out of their mind that year and have regressed to the that they generally are.

Agree

[Brunodf]

Yeah I guess they were not good on D nor clutch, but they won the games they had to win and had some crazy comebacks that year. I would want everything to go right with the Spurs this year if it meant that result.

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And this Spurs team isn't?

[therealtruth]

2011 was Tim's worst statistical season of his career and Bonner was playing more than 21 minutes per game, and Blair was the starting Center. HWSNBN was also starting for us.


The fact that we were in it on the road against a good playoff team on a b2b minus Tim and Kawhi is a good sign in itself

And you don't think the Grizzlies had a little bit of a letdown like we did last night and the Heat did in November? However unlike us they ended up winning the game anyway. Moral victories won't get it done. We've got to be able to win games even if we don't deserve to win.

[DejuanorwhatDude]

Agree

Are you seriously equating this years Spurs team with a team that had Tyson Chandler, Dirk, Mahinimi(serviceable backup center), Brendan Haywood and Corey Brewer as its bigs to our squad who Is expecting Tiago Splitter to dominate down on the block? Or Matt Bonner(who choked away a open 3 tonight down the stretch btw) to finally step up in his mid 30s? This team is Charmin ing soft and in certain positions has the basketball IQ of a paper bag.

[hater]

well Pop is betting the farm on "the new guys that had deer in headlights look last year, to be productive role players this playoffs"

truth is nobody ing knows. Pop is going all in on a huge question mark

[Brunodf]

Are you seriously equating this years Spurs team with a team that had Tyson Chandler, Dirk, Mahinimi(serviceable backup center), Brendan Haywood and Corey Brewer as its bigs to our squad who Is expecting Tiago Splitter to dominate down on the block? Or Matt Bonner(who choked away a open 3 tonight down the stretch btw) to finally step up in his mid 30s? This team is Charmin ing soft and in certain positions has the basketball IQ of a paper bag.

No. Can't u read or are u just trolling me?

[Sean Cagney]

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And this Spurs team isn't?

How the is this team clutch? They go minutes late in games without a bucket! Have you been watching? They get stagnant and just freeze late in games while the other team hits their shots and gets close and eventually ties it or takes the lead! This is so predictable now at the end of games you can see it coming from a mile away. I called it watching it on the chat, Spurs will miss and they will come down and hit the last shot, well damn it happens again. A clutch team doesn't have stretches like this one late without a score (How exactly is this team clutch?). This team is alright on D, not that good and nor do they have the personell to be good or great anymore (Bowen is gone etc.). We have a few good defenders (Tim is the best one), the rest average or bad.

I still love the fact you think this team is clutch now and better than the 011 Mavs, it's laughable and especially after I debunked your post earlier about them not facing Aldridge, Thunder team and the Heat (Bosh etc.), you failed there and you know it. This team is not a le team, get over it.

Are you seriously equating this years Spurs team with a team that had Tyson Chandler, Dirk, Mahinimi(serviceable backup center), Brendan Haywood and Corey Brewer as its bigs to our squad who Is expecting Tiago Splitter to dominate down on the block? Or Matt Bonner(who choked away a open 3 tonight down the stretch btw) to finally step up in his mid 30s? This team is Charmin ing soft and in certain positions has the basketball IQ of a paper bag.

This dude is nuts, I debunked all he said earlier with they played nobody and he just spews out bull . Ignore his posts all in all he has no points. This team is not that great, period.

[Splits]

Or Matt Bonner(who choked away a open 3 tonight down the stretch btw)

No he didn't. Only 4th quarter shot he took:

8:15

Matt Bonner makes three point jumper (DeJuan Blair assists)

74-68

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Very nearly beat the Grizzlies in Memphis with 2 starters out - nothing to worry about here.

Harlem with the goods.

PS I predict that this season's playoffs will truly signify Kawhi's arrival. Prepare for the onslaught.

[Brunodf]

How the is this team clutch? They go minutes late in games without a bucket! Have you been watching? They get stagnant and just freeze late in games while the other team hits their shots and gets close and eventually ties it or takes the lead! This is so predictable now at the end of games you can see it coming from a mile away. I called it watching it on the chat, Spurs will miss and they will come down and hit the last shot, well damn it happens again. A clutch team doesn't have stretches like this one late without a score (How exactly is this team clutch?). This team is alright on D, not that good and nor do they have the personell to be good or great anymore (Bowen is gone etc.). We have a few good defenders (Tim is the best one), the rest average or bad.

I still love the fact you think this team is clutch now and better than the 011 Mavs, it's laughable and especially after I debunked your post earlier about them not facing Aldridge, Thunder team and the Heat (Bosh etc.), you failed there and you know it. This team is not a le team, get over it.
This dude is nuts, I debunked all he said earlier with they played nobody and he just spews out bull . Ignore his posts all in all he has no points. This team is not that great, period.

I said they faced Aldridge/Bosh/Ibaka, you are crazy or trolling

[HI-FI]

Very nearly beat the Grizzlies in Memphis with 2 starters out - nothing to worry about here.

Harlem with the goods.

PS I predict that this season's playoffs will truly signify Kawhi's arrival. Prepare for the onslaught.

I hope you're right. I hope they're waiting to unleash him in the playoffs, that would be something else.

[Sean Cagney]

I said they faced Aldridge/Bosh/Ibaka, you are crazy or trolling

So they faced them guys there who give us major problems and beat them but they were soft and a fluke! Your posts make no sense man, stop trying to twist things around before I pull up your posts and show how silly you look tying to prove this team is better than the Mavs 011 team. You are dead wrong and you know it, this team is not better nor a le team that would beat the OKC thunder right now nor the Heat. Mavs beat both, although Miamis first year and Bron CHOKED they still beat those teams and swept LA that year (Something we would not do then TBH). That team was good, give them their credit bro.

Very nearly beat the Grizzlies in Memphis with 2 starters out - nothing to worry about here.

Harlem with the goods.

PS I predict that this season's playoffs will truly signify Kawhi's arrival. Prepare for the onslaught.

YES! WE DID! We lost to Miami though without Wade and Bron so that is equally as concerning as Memphis tonight nearly losing to us without two of our best out there! I guess Memphis and SA is in trouble then? I mean the games mean that much right now correct? I don't put too much stock into tonight true indeed, we should have had it and lost it but had two guys out.

I hope you are right about this seasons playoffs, the thing is things do not just magically fix themselves as far as our ISO problems at the end of games nor lapses on D late because the playoffs are here.

[Brunodf]

So they faced them guys there who give us major problems and beat them but they were soft and a fluke! Your posts make no sense man, stop trying to twist things around before I pull up your posts and show how silly you look tying to prove this team is better than the Mavs 011 team. You are dead wrong and you know it, this team is not better nor a le team that would beat the OKC thunder right now nor the Heat. Mavs beat both, although Miamis first year and Bron CHOKED they still beat those teams and swept LA that year (Something we would not do then TBH). That team was good, give them their credit bro.

Yeah, they give US major problems, but not them. Are u smoking something?
2- Never said they weren't good, i said they had many flaws.

[TE]

Believe.

[Sean Cagney]

Yeah, they give US major problems, but not them. Are u smoking something?
2- Never said they weren't good, i said they had many flaws.

They had flaws as we all do, but they came together and had health at the right time to go win the le! Does this team? I doubt it. LOL at me smoking something, you said the spurs team this year is better than the Mavs team of 011 and they were not clutch nor good on D! Called Dirk a choker! It seems you are the one smoking something if you think this team will do what that team did in 011. The Spurs le teams go back from 99 to 07, you talk them dudes there we are talking about clutch and D! 08 you could throw in there as well until Manu got hurt, after that get the outta here they were not a le team. I face reality.

[BillMc]

OP speaks the truth.

[BillMc]

Very nearly beat the Grizzlies in Memphis with 2 starters out - nothing to worry about here.

Harlem with the goods.

PS I predict that this season's playoffs will truly signify Kawhi's arrival. Prepare for the onslaught.

I agree. Manu's delayed entry into the playoffs will allow Kawhi to become the team's true third option.

[Spurs da champs]

Other then that ignorance about the Nuggets I agree, team should get overwhelmed by the Thunder in WCF.

[Brunodf]

They had flaws as we all do, but they came together and had health at the right time to go win the le! Does this team? I doubt it. LOL at me smoking something, you said the spurs team this year is better than the Mavs team of 011 and they were not clutch nor good on D! Called Dirk a choker! It seems you are the one smoking something if you think this team will do what that team did in 011. The Spurs le teams go back from 99 to 07, you talk them dudes there we are talking about clutch and D! 08 you could throw in there as well until Manu got hurt, after that get the outta here they were not a le team. I face reality.

1)Exactly, even a team like that could win the le, the Spurs can...
2)Never said that, i said that coming into that 2011 playoffs they were known as chokers, people even picked Portland to upset them.

Mavs had 2 above average defenders on their best lineup(Marion and Chandler), Spurs have 4: Tony/Kawhi/TD/Splitter, Green is questionable.

[TE]

The team needs just one game to get into a rhythm. Build off from that.

Manu will be back before the regular season imo. The whole "3-4" weeks is precautionary.. This stretch of games has been the toughest of this season so it's not a surprise we've lost and won some close. Factor in Pop's erratic lineups, players injured and out of the lineup, we're okay.


One thing is for sure: the Spurs should aim to have homecourt advantage to have a greater chance vs OKC. First round matchups vs Houston/LA Lakers/Mavs should go no more than 5 games if the team gets into a rhythm which is totally possible tbh. Second round matchups vs either Memphis/LA Clippers/Denver will go 6 games, maybe 7 if either one of the teams mentioned has a fluke outing. The WCF vs OKC will go 6-7 games imo. If we have Manu playing 90-100% to his max + role players stepping up (Green, Neal, Tiago and Sjax) we will win the series imho.



Believe.