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not unless we sign a top free agent like dwight howard or josh smith or do a crazy trade to get some superstars.
other than that, we will just be penciled in around the 3rd or 4th best team in the west behind OKC, Lakers, and now probably Clipps.
We're so used to being mostly ignored and flying under the radar, but do you think this season will do anything to change that?
not unless we sign a top free agent like dwight howard or josh smith or do a crazy trade to get some superstars.
other than that, we will just be penciled in around the 3rd or 4th best team in the west behind OKC, Lakers, and now probably Clipps.
Depends on what you mean by the favorite. Of course the media will never pick them as the favorite. They'll be behind OKC, the Clippers, and whoever signs Dwight according to the "experts"
In reality they were best in the west last season and 2nd best this season. I fully expect them to be in the Final 4 again next season barring injury.
Nope. DisneySPN will do their usual marketing of the Heat, Lakers, and you can even add Brooklyn to the list.
They will be in the top 3 for sure. Why not with Parker at his peak?
Uh... no.
Media favorites? Probably not.
Best record in the West? I would say so.
I look forward to laughing at how quickly ESPN (as well as the majority of Spur fans) forgets that we were 28 seconds from a championship.
i believe they have a good shot getting back in the finals, but you have to understand how the media perceive the spurs. They always count them out and ignore them, then act totally shock if they make it far. It's like this every year.
You forget that we had an easy road to the Finals while the HGH cyborgs came off a grueling 7 game series, odds are it's gonna be much harder this year.
OKC with a healthy Westbrook back should be the favorites imo. Especially since we didn't bring any FA's in.
Easy? We swept the Grizz, who many people expected to beat us, or at least take us to 7. The fact that it was so easy, while the Heat struggled mightily with the Pacers (the Eastern Conference twin of the Grizz), is a testament to how good this team is.
Also, what makes you think our road next year will be so much more difficult? Who in the WC is showing great signs of improvement, other than perhaps the Rockets?
we were about even with OKC last year, and i think considering how well we played the Heat, we'd have been odds on favorites against a healthy Thunder squad anyway. But at least this offseason we kept our guys. OKC hasn't gotten anybody of note and just lost Kevin Martin. they want to replace him with Dorrell Wright. they've regressed as far as their personnel for 2 straight offseasons
name a year when we were actually a favorite
If they cut all non guaranteed contracts, they will have about $7.5 to sign 3 players (the minimum for any roster is 12)They unless they nab Jack and expect him to be the 3rd option ( a little over his head) there really isn't a ton of ways to improve. The worst part of their predicament is that their starting lineup includes 3 players that rely heavily on Westbrook to get shots. He can ignore teammates for long stretches and allow defenses to hone in on him.I just don't see them improving that much. As of right now a championship contenders 3rd option is Ibaka, that should scare anyone away from picking this team.
Leonard and Splitter are going to take on expanded roles. Leonard should be about 36 mpg. We saw how good he was since March 1 thru the finals. If Green can learn to dribble a basketball then he becomes a drastically improved player. Neal showed improvement as a play maker and was injured for almost all of last season. Manu should have a slightly diminished role that he can thrive in. We've should be much better this season. Our defense was 4th in the league without us have SF's for a large chunk of it. Duncan missed a dozen games as well. Better health should give us a favorable chance of winning the west.
GSW and possibly the Clippers should be improved and threats as much as OKC.
No
spurs will be contending like every year...but no they will not or never will be favourites according to the "experts"
As presently cons uted, I don't see any team in the West beating the Spurs in a series without a key injury or Duncan reverting back to 09-12 form.
Offseason just started and injuries are always a concern but even if the Spurs bring back the same team next year, they're in good position to get back to the Finals.
OKC over Spurs in six games.
We never are, its something I'm used to already.
OKC have regressed quite a bit since our WCF meeting in 2012...i believe the spurs could've taken them down this year as well, even with a healthy westbrook
No. we won't be the favorites. We're going back to the Finals anyway.
Nope. Couple of those games in 2012 went down to the wire. Harden made the difference. He's gone.
Spurs won't be favorites.. They'll hype OKC, Houston, Clippers, GS.
Neither did they.
If yall stay healthy I don't see why not.
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