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I think 1. LMA, Tony, Green, Kawhi, Probably 20 mil in cap space.
Remember Tony also doesn't have much more time than those 2, but Kawhi is going to enter his PEAK in the next years.
I think 1. LMA, Tony, Green, Kawhi, Probably 20 mil in cap space.
None. Tim's playing until he's 50.
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I wish but jokes aside he gonna retire this year or next year 100% from my perspective.
That's everybody's perspective.
Yeah I know.
Zero IMO, and I love Kawhi. Losing two HoF of Tim and Manu caliber is tough.
I can see lots of regular season wins though.
Kawhi will be winning MVPs in the near future. Manu will not be missed. But Duncan. We can always need him during the playoffs.
LMA and Kawhi can eat the production quite easily. Pop also moves the system towards Kawhi and LMA heavy. Easy transition.
SAGirl with the goods once again.
Boban KA Diaw Simmons. OMG.
I have faith in Kawhi. Still just 24 years old. A strong MVP candidate and would be frontrunner for it if not for Curry.
I like to be optimistic here. When D.Rob retired Tim was MVP and transcendental. Kawhi has that potential in this perimeter based league. Spurs will find him teammates. They did with Tim. Who, and from where, who knows, but I believe PATFO will find guys to team up. Already they got Aldridge so its not like the team is bereft of talent outside Tim/Manu and you just have to replace their current contribution, not the legend that they were when they were younger.
It will ultimately come down to Kawhi too, is he embarking on his own HoF career. A lot of that will be cemented when Tim/Manu hang it up TBH, and Tony could make a stronger case than already he has helping other ships without the two.
I said 2, bc I'd like to believe the Spurs will continue to win with Kawhi entering his best years (health permitting) at least 2 chips. Maybe Tony is not there, or is there in some other capacity or what not, the Tony part is the one that is questionable to me, how long he will play, how well, the roles he will have to give up and adjust, etc, and well, how much longer are we talking about with him?
I wanna be wrong on this one, tbh... rooting for your version of events
Kawhi will be winning MVPs in the near future. Manu will not be missed. But Duncan. We can always need him during the playoffs.
LMA and Kawhi can eat the production quite easily. Pop also moves the system towards Kawhi and LMA heavy. Easy transition.
SAGirl with the goods once again.
I got you on this.
our future looks bright to me!
Before or after George Hill comes back?
We gonna get him back. I hope.
... as long as we have Kawhi we wont be a lottery team.
Other guys will have to step up ElNono, but Pop has slowly been easing up the burden on Tim/Manu. Manu is a catalist for the bench, that is what we will miss the most (and his leadership of course). Timmy is still elite defending the rim (and his leadership too). You have to find guys in the future that will give you those two things, elite rim protection and passing/scoring in the bench.
Have you noticed how Pop is pushing Bobo and Patty this season??? Literally pushing these two.
Boban??? OMG Boban is a game changer at times. I am really high on him.
Then there is Slow-mo and Simmons, who admittedly are more questionable, but Pop is devoting a lot (and I do mean a lot) of time to them. I am really high on Slow-Mo. I might be disappointed and will have to eat dog here if he doesn't pan out like I hope, but he had that potential all through his youth (both the leadership and the unselfish passing... the aggressiveness and the 3 pt shot are a project I will admit). It's a huge adjustment at this level, but Pop hasn't given up that he can do this, therefore he's still there. Simmons is a terrific partner for Kawhi in transition, and is the perfect role player TBH, and also a nice passer. I am probably lower on his ceiling bc he is older, and he's come a long way in his ballhandling, but will still get into jams. If he was 22 like Slow-Mo... wow!, but he's not. He could still be a great roleplayer if he develops just a 3 point shot.
We are probably missing a quality guard in the future. That is where I am unsure. I don't think Simmons has a high ceiling to be much more than he currently is and Patty/Tony are undersized and Danny is limited (great at what he does when he's on, but limited nonetheless). We will need a more dynamic guard, maybe Simmons is it, but I am not convinced by him.
I'm not that concerned personnel wise because with the cap going up we're going to have money to bring in talent if they want to play here. It's the loss of that steadiness, leadership, jolt of energy, compe ive spirit that's difficult to find. There's a lot of uber talented guys in this league looking at their own numbers and personal accolades over building a winning culture, tbh... You just saw a couple on the Rockets last night...
Hmm. You must really want Tim to retire averaging 17ppg.
His stats are getting wrecked this year now that his role is to protect the rim. He doesn't care, but the casuals that didn't watch him in his prime will.
You know who is not like that right???? ....
SAGirl schtick.
There is a common denominator for franchises who lost a Magic/Bird/Mj..there will be a drought of some sort that even the big market/storied franchises can't escape such a spell..San Antonio, will be due one of those..
the Spurs have defied the premature obituaries written on them before.But as well as they have been run, things will never stay the same on the wake of losing a Top 5 player of alltime and one other unique HOF talent..Too much intangibles and corporate knowledge subtracted in one single move..it is bound to destabilize some fabric in this team..
With Pop at the helm and Kawhi in peak time, we will certainly avoid abject mediocrity, but unless the West goes through a weak era similar to the 2008-2010, i find it hard to see us coming out of it without adding/grooming another top tier talent..
Who knows maybe boban still keeps improving or we find another gem in the trade, draft, dleague or Europe to keep contending.
Wishful thinking though.
But kawhi will be even better in his peak and aldridge while older will still be able to contribute a bunch.
I think they got one or two in them. Houston's core is about to get traded, and Dwight is out this offseason. Memphis is getting old. Durant is headed to DC, and RW won't stay in Oklahoma. Clippers have Doc running things lol. Mavs will rebuild for a good five years.
Golden State is truly the only future obstacle and they might lose Barnes this offseason and also have aging vets in Bogut, Barbosa, Livingston, Iggy.
If LMA can age like Dirk, and we can get a rim protecting Center like a Noah or Pau... I like our chances.
As for Manu, Will Barton is our guy. Whatever he costs, get him.
One thing I can trust the FO in is finding players that are over themselves.
Parker, Kawhi and LMA are between the best at their positions, the Spurs will win another 'ship if Parkers stays long enough for Pop and RC to complete the roster.
It's amazing how with a bottom first rounders the Spurs picked Hill, a role player, then traded him for a mid first rounder then picked Kawhi, a franchise player. Or how they picked a good center (Splitter) with another bottom first rounder. But the process took time.
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