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With the stacked roster, do you guys think this upcoming years' Spurs will get close to 70 wins during the regular season?
No.
Pop doesn't care enough and chemistry might take some time
Not even close.
70? No....
We will lose 4 games due to missed FTs in crunch time.
We will lose 3 games due to resting everybody on the 2nd night of a b2b.
We will lose 3 games due to not being able to inbound the ball properly.
We will lose 2 games in 3 OT.
That's 12 games right there. Add 10 more games due to just getting outplayed that night...60-22 record IMO.
Nope.
At best, the Spurs could win 60+ games. But that's assuming everyone stays reasonably healthy for the length of the season and the team is immediately able to work out the inevitable chemistry issues. More likely, the team will finish in the high 50's and end up as the 2 or 3 seed in the West.
I see two consecutive years of 60 wins. Chemistry is crucial. Training camp and preseason will be very telling.
Pop has to work in
LaMarcus Aldridge
David West
Ray McCallum
Jonathan Simmons
Boban Marjanovic
Jimmer Fredette
and give Kyle Anderson increased playing time along with watching the Big 3's minutes.
Coach Pop will earn Coach of the year if he does all this.
Last edited by SilverSpur; 07-22-2015 at 11:11 PM.
How high does 60+ go?
I doubt they get close unless it's necessary to chase a seed. Seeding definitely hurt them last year.
Low 60's. 65 is probably the absolute ceiling for this team, but that would require extraordinary amounts of luck.
No...While why Pop will give an extra care about seeding this year after what happened in previous season, it will still not prevent him from punting a few with mad scientist/rest/extra cautious injury timetable schemes..With that being sad, as lackadaisical the Spurs were last year vs. bottomfeeders, we would still get to 60 wins if Kawhi misses 10 games instead instead of 17 in December-Jan..
70? I like OP's optimism, I really do, but we need to temper expectations a bit. Remember when the Lakers got Howard and Nash and Artest predicted they'd break the Bulls' record? As others have said, they'll need some time for chemistry, and we still rely on several very old players. That and Pop isn't really interested in records. It'd be a real shame if this team won 60 games and everyone is somehow disappointed.
Western Conference is so tough you don't get many easy games.
Spurs are winning 73 games then will go 16-2 in the playoffs.
If everyone is on the same page right out of the gates, then yes.
The reality is that this most likely won't be the case. It usually takes time to absorb the Spurs system and defensive schemes. Couple this with players getting nights of rest and running out a second unit that doesn't know each other well enough yet and getting past 65 wins is stretching it. I am guessing around 62 wins for this team. Don't get me wrong though. I would love to see the Spurs win 70+ games.
Negative.
You know that Swaggy P game will happen, but I think 65+ is possible
definitely think 60-65 is more than possible. our core is still there from last year and will help the newcomers along in the beginning most likely, and the pure talent level and versatility/compatibility will pull us through the early hiccups.
If the Spurs were in the east, the question would be especially serious.
When I say come close, I was imagining around 62-63 games. Then again, the fluidity of the team is a big question to work out the kinks. Heck, even Miami Heat didn't work out the kinks since they lost to the Mavs the first year the big 3 formed together.
Not sure if serious.....
Whole lot of resting by Pop and a loaded WC ... I do not see it
If lamarcus and David West integrate quickly and no injuries I can see the franchise record for wins being broken, but not 70
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