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OKC when healthy is the hardest matchup for the spurs. We never could stop Durant. They had a terrible coach and their best players are way more athletic to our counterparts. WHEN HEALTHY it goes 50/50. Anything less and we win 100% of the time.
Not sure it is still OKC, tbh..LMA/West/Diaw just completely nullify the Ibaka effect..Durant explosiveness to the rim might be jeopardized after all his foot surgeries and so is his free-throw attempts.. Spur-killa Reggie Jackson is out of there..Kanter's D, or lack thereof, is a new element to drool at.
Surprisingly, i'm going to say, it could be the Pelicans..They were a nightmare for us last year with Monty Wiliams at the helm and now they have upgraded to the only coach who swept Pop in a series other the than Phil Jackson..Clippers/Houston also provide some tough covers..
Last edited by spursistan; 07-20-2015 at 02:10 AM.
OKC when healthy is the hardest matchup for the spurs. We never could stop Durant. They had a terrible coach and their best players are way more athletic to our counterparts. WHEN HEALTHY it goes 50/50. Anything less and we win 100% of the time.
Number 2 goes to Pop if he's being a boi.
Not worried about any East teams..Even when a full, healthy Cavs hit their stride last year, it took them near 60 points and plenty of fluky shots from Kyrie Irving to edge us in OT. They haven't added any game changer..
Parker
My number 3 tbh.
Leonard at the free throw line
Grizzlies adding Matt Barnes.
The box crew.
Kawhi Leonard has the best regular season record since drafted.
Paper tigers to Championship contenders.
Same crew wanted more TP in the playoffs.
Kool get and Joe have some of the worst takes on ST.
More TP please. I like when TD loses in the first round.
It's funny, you always quoted TheGreatYacht. He made you his clown? So cute.
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=251094
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This dude just owned Kool Bob get and then used his shtick on him B.
Yes, we have to worry about Parker. He can't be as bad as he was last year. He can't be a ballhog
We are a different team so it will be hard to Judge. We can go big with anyone.
I dont fear any starting 5 anymore and our bench has weakened.
Any team with depth is going to be more difficult
Age/ Injuries. If Parker is can stay healthy, he should bounce back and have a good year. Ginobili is getting close to being useless so that concerns me.... Duncan has to stay close to the player he was last year and anchor our defense.
The Western conference compared to the Eastern conference is like another league. East is ing GARBAGE, even the scrub ass Cavs. West is so stacked. Teams 1-8 would most likely win against the #1 coming out the East. is a joke.
These Parker vs Kawhi wars facepalm..........
Wait till Kawhi or Parker take shots away from Aldridge, 's gonna be a bloodbath
Spurs can lose a series to any of the other elite teams in the West(GS, LAC, OKC, Hou), but I don't think any of them are particularly bad matchups like the Thunder and Rockets used to be IMO..
Clippers- went to 7 games and a buzzer beater to beat a Spurs team where everybody save 3 players played below expectations..they could still beat the Spurs, but it's not a bad matchup, and having Aldridge instead of Splitter on 1 calf should help blow up their primary play that they ran repeatedly, all series(to great success)
Thunder- Ibaka is the biggest matchup problem against them, and having Aldridge's jump shot should take Ibaka out of the paint..still a dangerous team, but not really a "matchup problem" anymore IMO..also helps that Reggie Jackson is gone, somehow always killed the Spurs
Rockets- I'd probably have them at #1 here, Harden is the only player in the league that hasn't been solved by the Kawhi/Green duo, but Aldridge absolutely owns and destroys them, which should help
Warriors- as strange as it is to say, considering they're the defending champs(and I'm not one of the fans that downplays their le, they had a historically good year, tbh), they are probably the easiest matchup of all these teams for the Spurs..for whatever reason, Spurs seem to match up well with them..
It's not strange at all. Warriors don't scare me at all. Spurs were always their worst matchup and I truly believe if we got past the Clips, we would have gone back to the Finals. I am much more afraid of the Rockets and Clips tbh
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