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We'll keep doing all those things, but with more talent
This isn't meant to be a bummer thread, when I saw Aldridge signed I partied hard on the 4th.
But as a student of the game of basketball I think the Spurs have been so successful in years past because of their defense, chemistry, and depth. To me it seems we've taken a step back in all those categories this off season. We were able to run circles around other teams like the thunder simply by playing stifling defense and throwing wave after wave of fresh players at them till they were too tired to fight back.
What's the gameplan now?
If we're just planning on playing our stars vs theirs the thunder will surely come out on top.
We'll keep doing all those things, but with more talent
It's going to be a work in progress, it might not be the typical Spurs-type of basketball at first, but it's a no-brainer move to get a top 15-20 player in his prime + West..
When you're an aging team that just lost in the 1st round to a Clippers team that lost in the subsequent round, you can't come back with the same squad, tbh..
Our offense was the problem last year. Tony falling off a cliff and injuries to many players. Pop not giving a . We'll win 60 plus games next year.
We have big names now. The plan is to just show up and cause the other team to cower in fear. Like real fear. Then we'll pillage the visitor locker room, drink their wine, use up all the toilet paper and not put a new roll, etc. Savagery at it's finest. Finally, we take the LOBT, which is rightfully ours, and bring it back home.
Anyways, that's the movie version. We're still working the basketball details of all that.
I agree we got more talented no doubt. But also older and less deep at the same time which is why I'm concerned.
July 7th concerns.
The switch from Tiago to LMA helps us most against a healthy OKC team. We weren't going to beat them this year relying on Tony ing Parker. And we don't need Tiago to guard any of their bigs either.
OP makes a good point, tbh.
Chemistry should become less of an issue as the season goes along. And defense, while it won't be as good as it used to be, won't exactly fall off a cliff. Aldridge has the same size, mobility, and defensive versatility as Splitter. He's not as good, but he's not much worse either.
The only real concern for me is depth. Our lack of it will almost certainly mean the team will win far fewer games in the regular season than what the roster on paper might otherwise suggest. This is especially true given our placement in the Southwest division.
Hopefully a veteran or too looking to chase a championship ring comes aboard, especially during the buyout deadline. We desperately need more depth, especially at the wing.
Don't worry. We have the finest coaches in the league headed by legendary POP.
Players will come and go, but SYSTEM Is PERMANENT.
SPURS Basketball is in greatest hands..
The great thing about these acquisitions is they were made in free agency, months away from training camp. Still with more personnel to fill out the roster, we should have a full roster ready to go together by opening night. With how veteran laden this team already was, I don't see a particularly long delay of chemistry building. The ball movement will be there, I'm guessing to expect it by late January earliest-during the rodeo road trip at its latest.
^Should've began my post with *barring any injuries*...forgot to include that...please basketball gods, bless us this season...just one more time pls.
There has definitely been a drop-off in depth, but that was inevitable especially with the cap space jumping next season and its effect on FA salaries this year. While its not perfect, at least the Spurs were able to convert some of their depth into star power while retaining their most essential players. Think about it, Kawhi and Cojo were both on rookie contracts. Meanwhile DG was playing out the end of a contract signed immediately after he disappeared in the 2012 WCF. Factor in that most of the players on the team entering FA this year had been around since at least 2013 and either received a raise or were due one (Manu and Tim being the exceptions, and Tim arguably deserves one instead of taking a paycut this summer) some loss of depth was unavoidable.
It's actually pretty remarkable that the only truly significant loss to the roster was Splitter, and he was replaced by an arguably more talented player (albeit less talented at certain things like PnR defense which may prove to be more important). Cojo's departure is unfortunate, but assuming both Parker and Mills are healthy he was likely to only see limited playing time anyways like in years past. Marco hit some great shots and generally showed up on offense when he was needed, but his skillset is one that could be replaced, and at a lower amount than he is making now. Baynes was definitely improving, but its not beyond the realm of possibility that the Spurs could find someone to fill his role and production from the past few years.
They will manufacture depth and make guys rich. Again.
The Suns of Nash-Stoudemire. An explosive, dominant offensive PF without talent to play D being the man on the team, they won everything in regular season, they lost all in playoffs.
You don't even know what our full team will be, so you don't know how our depth will be.
Who the needs chemistry when you have biology
I'm tired of hearing the stupid talk about chemistry. We have Pop and TD, both have reached living legend status. Even Lebron turns into Mr. Humble in their presence. LMA and West will play whatever role is asked of them and the beat will go on.
Spurs fans need to top overrating pop so much, people making him more than he is, overlook that he failed and screw things up a lot in his career...
Rubbish.
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I'll try but having Duncan as the only true big man defender on the team doesn't sound like a balanced roster after all.
I'm not sure where this "huge loss of depth" argument comes from. We lost 3 bench players who averaged a total of 56.7 minutes/game this year in Marco, Baynes, and Corey. We lost one starter who averaged 19.8 minutes/game in Splitter. That's a total of 76.5 minutes/game.
We picked up a starter in Aldridge that should average around 32 min/game (he averaged 35.4 last year). I expect to see Patty get around 5 more minutes a game, putting him to about 20/game total. If West gets the same as Diaw, which is 24.5, that takes us down to 15 minutes left to divide among Anderson, Bonner, and whoever else we pick up as a backup small.
We'd still have a solid 9-10 man rotation averaging in double figure minutes. That's more than most teams, and not thin by any stretch. And that's all assuming we don't really add any other veterans of note.
...and straight over their heads.
Slowly, now, so it can all settle in.
It's July 7.
The roster hasn't been filled yet.
You don't know what the depth will look like.
You don't know what the chemistry will be like.
Most of the old players are still here, and there's no reason to think the new ones won't mesh.
The regular season doesn't start until the end of October.
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