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I think the Spurs actually need to spell out the word coasting before ElNono believes it.
Not worried and tonight's loss really pissed me off. I'm only worried about Splitter's status and worried that TP's presence is hurting the Spurs.
There's still a long way to go and fortunately the Spurs have looked overwhelming against the contenders they faced so far.
I think the Spurs actually need to spell out the word coasting before ElNono believes it.
I feel the wins against the Cavs and Mavs were flukes tbh. Mavs were the first game of the year and had little chemistry, and the same can be said about the Cavs. The only two safisying wins this year have been the Warriors and Grizz, and they match up terribly with the Spurs.
I'm not particularly worried at this stage. I do think it's not fair to Tim who shows up to every one of these games though...
Its only December but Tony and Manu have looked really bad at times, Tony especially. We all talk about both but in the end if one or the other falls off a cliff the Spurs' shot at repeating gets infinitely harder. I just have a numbing feeling that this may be it (at least for Parker); Manu can at least impact the game all over, but if Parker can't do his thing on offense he's useless.
The two cheese-eating surrender monkeys have been horrendous this year. Considering Bobo and Enrique make a combined $21 million this year, they're not producing anywhere near what they're paid.
Diaw gets some leeway; he's been playing basketball nonstop for years now and has had some big moments this season. None for Parker tho (whose getting paid twice as much).
Bobo actually showed up in the playoffs last year so, yeah, I guess it's harsh to lump him in with TP. Don't know what happened to Tony though. He's fallen off so hard after 2013 - never seen a player regress THIS much after only one season. Dude isn't even a top 20 point guard atm.
A mix of aging and the system moving away from him; the system really made him look a lot better than he was. I mean, he was clearly the best PG in the NBA that year, but at times he seemed more unstoppable than Lebron.
I still don't have faith Pop knows what it takes to repeat. Hopefully he figures it out cause he hasn't figured it out the last few times.
Feels like a repeat of the early on Mavs series where nobody except Duncan tried ....
The front office deserves part of the blame. They have the entire MLE to use and they instead choose to roll the dice with crappy D-League talent like Daye and Ayres. Spurs never want to go over the top by adding better talent - they're just content to stay the same. That's what cost them in 2008 when they last tried to repeat.
I couldn't get on this board during the game because I knew that as mad as I was at the team and the TV, the forum would be in total melt-down mode.
Last night was infuriating because of the play of everyone except Tim Duncan, and even Tim had a couple of bone-headed turnovers. It was embarrassing to watch that game.
I don't get upset early in seasons, normally, and this is still early, but damn, this team is showing a real lack of drive and crispness. Hopefully, as Tiago gets back into full time playing our offense picks up its execution (I think Tiago is more important to that than most realize), but the DEFENSE last night sucked bath water. The game was won on their three point shooting, and they were not, before last night, a particularly good three point shooting team. That was simply indefensible, and coupled with our inexcusable turnovers in the first quarter, particularly, the team looked outclassed by the damn Lakers of 2014!!!!
We made a couple of runs offensively, but the bottom line was that we could never get a stop! Whenever we got close, they answered. We couldn't stop them, and that has to get fixed.
Overreaction
I think that they are bored. Too many games, too much travel until the real season begins.
Perfect storm last night. The toilet papers just wanted it a little more.
real season starts tomorrow
I actually do think they can flip a switch. They've obviously been in coast mode combined with injuries as evidenced by losses to scrub teams.
I don't think it's likely they finish as a 1 or 2 seed in the West but I look around the supposed contenders in the league and don't think there's much to worry about, esp in December. Home Court really doesn't meant that much either as Games 3 and 4 of the Finals showed us.
The only concern is health, the same as it's been the last 3-4 years. This team has made some very deep playoff runs the last 3 years and I'd rather they coast now than wear themselves out for meaningless seeding purposes tbh.
Dont care if we lose the 76ers.
We have been the most injury plagued we have been in the last 15 years.
And i still think we are faves.
We know we still have it when we took the 2 best teams out in Griz wars.
And whilst i admit we are disinterested. Its because we have been through so many campaigns and play offs that we know all we have to do is get to there because when we click it doesnt matter about home ground, it matters about injuries.
Sneak in to playoffs with healthy team = ring this year.
If anything, im a bit surprised TD has been playing a lot of minutes. And imo hes all-nba so far this year.
Outside of playing the Thunder 4 out of 7 on the road, I think we can win without HCA. Not three rounds without HCA, but a round here and there.
I'll wait till Patty has played a few games before I rush to any conclusions. The positive we are beating good teams early on in the year. Granted losing to bad teams isn't helping standings wise, I think that will balance out at the end of the season when all the top West teams have played each other 3-4 times.
Right now I am just seeing how Kyle Anderson is developing and how he might be used at the end of the season.
I'm as pissed off as anyone (except Pop) about the recent losses but I think its good to look at the total picture. Our line-ups have been sporadic and we've been dealing with injuries at key positions. It's human nature to have a bit of a let down after a three straight WC appearances and back to back Finals appearances.
The Spurs are in the throes of a long regular season and there will be nights when the team will struggle to find the fire required to beat inferior teams. Add the issues of playing with different line-ups and missing key players and you get what the Spurs have shown.
Once this team is healthy AND SPAM is in full gear, the ship will right itself. A bootcamp mentality will take shape and they will be fine. If I'm not mistaken, they are only one game off last year's pace as far as record.
He's been injured the last two finals series, and he's injured again. Let's not gloss over that. Guy can still light it up.
They've finally gotten sick of the regular season, because they no longer have something to prove in it and they know they're going to need every ounce of energy they can summon come the playoffs to repeat. This is typical reigning champion behavior, but the difference is, those teams had superstars that would enable them to pull numerous games they didn't deserve out of their ass and they didn't play in a conference this deep.
At this point, it's inarguable that Parker is past his prime, but I refuse to believe he's as bad as this. Like all superstars and stars when they first begin to decline, I think he needs some time to adjust to this reality. He's also pacing himself more than anyone. He knows he doesn't have the legs to do it every game anymore, so he's trying to keep as much in the tank as possible for the playoffs and summer.
Maybe it's just because I've seen them do it now, but I'm actually not as concerned as last season. A lot of the metrics look good considering all the obvious and though it obviously get's more difficult the more rounds you don't have home court, other than the Thunder, there's no question in my mind that, in peak form, they could win up to 2 road games against any other team.
Isn't it true that it always difficult to win b2b championship.. Spurs is dead old..
What can you expect? Reality sets in..
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