The Next Three

[100%duncan]

He's getting lots of DNP-CD. He balled when Teague was injured in November. Don't know wtf happened after that even SHERVIN MACK has jumped ahead of Schroder in the rotation.

Yah, he was a big reason along with Korver that the hawks were good last season.

[$pursDynasty]

To be honest we might need to think of it as the OG three, the now three and the next three, OG's TimTonyManu of course, the now three KiwiLMABobo, and next KiwiSimmonsBoban? Kiwi, if we are blessed with Timmay-like longevity can be a part of two groups. As for the now three it is quite an incredible combination. They might not be as skilled as say OKC's or Clevland's top three players but neither of those teams have the benefit of a supporting cast as good as ours or more importantly the OG 3 to bail the young bucks out when necessary.

[SAGirl]

The best case scenario is shipping Kyle for Schroder who is currently in Bud's doghouse.

Is he really in Bud's doghouse?
I thought that actually was Tim Hardaway Jr.

Checking his stats he appears to be playing better than Teague except for 3 pt shooting.

They will have to make a commitment to one of the two guys. I doubt we can swindle them with Kyle, very reluctant shooter from 3, which Bud loves.

Don't know that we have anything else to trade we could spare, therefore it will be tough to reload through trades.

It will more likely have to be internal growth from our guys and free agency.

Maybe if a few of our guys get more interesting we could trade them, but at that point, we probably want to keep them.

[SAGirl]

He's getting lots of DNP-CD. He balled when Teague was injured in November. Don't know wtf happened after that even SHERVIN MACK has jumped ahead of Schroder in the rotation.

WTF???
He might really be on his way out then?
Schooder needs to get over himself?

[DMC]

The praise was nice, but relatively substanceless. Leonard and Aldridge are the Next Two, and Green is going to have to get back into 2015 (the previous season)'s shape in order to even threaten to get that third spot. Would be nice to pick up a youngish star within the next two years so that Green could be the D'Artagnan

This is only true if you discount defense as a component to winning. Danny is still one of the top 3 defenders on the team and top 2 on the perimeter. Leonard and Green are still the most deadly perimeter defenders in the game while on the court together, and Danny continues to play great transition defense despite his shooting woes.

[DMC]

Spurs tied best record in franchise history. Teams not good enough for spurfan per par.

Elite pgs are rare, good ones not so much. Aldridge is a great 1/2 of a big three. Having a big is a must. How many bigs in this league are better than him? Is he a top 10 player at his position? He has been a top 5 in his position for years. He took the spurs to the no. 1 spot defensively. He has a great shot, is a monster on the offensive boards and competes like a champion. He always has a good game against the top players at his position like he's trying to prove something.

Besides against Anthony Davis. I'll give him some slack there tho.

Kawhi is a great 1/2 who has the same type of tangibles of playing big against stars and competing on both ends.


If we could have our pick of who to pick up this off season with Duncan and possibly Ginobilli walking, I'd take Drummond as the fill in for that big three at center. would be a pounding the rock kind of team.

I understand your point, but the team isn't good enough right now to win a championship and it's not good enough for their coach either. Why should it be good enough for us? Despite their record, there's a lot of room for improvement.

[Kawhitstorm]

Is he really in Bud's doghouse?
I thought that actually was Tim Hardaway Jr.

Supposedly, he was getting outplayed by the 3rd string PG (Mack) in practice. Teague got injured tonight so Schroder got the minutes otherwise he got DNP-CD the past 2 games.

[Mnky]

I understand your point, but the team isn't good enough right now to win a championship and it's not good enough for their coach either. Why should it be good enough for us? Despite their record, there's a lot of room for improvement.

I was referring to people dismissing Aldridge as a big three. He is the difference in the record defining defense this year and his offense is still top tier, even if people don't want to give him credit for it. Kawhi is the best defensive player in the NBA, I think that makes people not appreciate how great Aldridge is in that respect when compared to his peers.

They should definitely always look to improve, and have plenty of options to start with. As far as the limited free agency possibilities, and the near end of the 1st round draft options, the spurs are doing amazing personnel wise as far as contending and building a future. No team has been on top as long as the spurs.

I completely disagree about the championship statement, they're definitely good enough to win. Will they? Time will tell, but with a few months left to prepare and the spurs steadily Improving in every facet, the spurs are looking great. I really want to see how the warriors respond to the spurs first meeting. This team outplayed them last year, and they're better now. He warriors are better too, but have the warriors imrpvoed as much as the spurs if not more? I don't think so.

The spurs has some miserable performances by their stars and coach in the clippers series. Coach has shown he recognized his flaws though, by pushing everyone on defense this year and mixing in the young and new guys much sooner. We've blown out several teams by 20 pts or more. I believe the Spurs are the best team in the nba, and have been since the begining of the season. Will they live up to their potential? Well, they haven't shown anything but rising to the occasion so far. I like where they're going.

[TheGreatYacht]

1. Aldridge
2. Leonard
3. Noah/Pau

[DMC]

I was referring to people dismissing Aldridge as a big three. He is the difference in the record defining defense this year and his offense is still top tier, even if people don't want to give him credit for it. Kawhi is the best defensive player in the NBA, I think that makes people not appreciate how great Aldridge is in that respect when compared to his peers.

They should definitely always look to improve, and have plenty of options to start with. As far as the limited free agency possibilities, and the near end of the 1st round draft options, the spurs are doing amazing personnel wise as far as contending and building a future. No team has been on top as long as the spurs.

I completely disagree about the championship statement, they're definitely good enough to win. Will they? Time will tell, but with a few months left to prepare and the spurs steadily Improving in every facet, the spurs are looking great. I really want to see how the warriors respond to the spurs first meeting. This team outplayed them last year, and they're better now. He warriors are better too, but have the warriors imrpvoed as much as the spurs if not more? I don't think so.

The spurs has some miserable performances by their stars and coach in the clippers series. Coach has shown he recognized his flaws though, by pushing everyone on defense this year and mixing in the young and new guys much sooner. We've blown out several teams by 20 pts or more. I believe the Spurs are the best team in the nba, and have been since the begining of the season. Will they live up to their potential? Well, they haven't shown anything but rising to the occasion so far. I like where they're going.

You can't say they are good enough to win right now and "time will tell" when asked how. Aldridge is being unfairly compared to Duncan. He's still one of the best bigs in the game and probably has the best shooting touch of any big. He's not going to be Duncan-like but he'll do just fine. He's already close to being the best player on the team.

[Mnky]

You can't say they are good enough to win right now and "time will tell" when asked how. Aldridge is being unfairly compared to Duncan. He's still one of the best bigs in the game and probably has the best shooting touch of any big. He's not going to be Duncan-like but he'll do just fine. He's already close to being the best player on the team.

You can easily say you're good enough and time will tell. The ball can bounce against you all night. You can get an Injury. You can have bad calls. Being good enough us only a part of a championship. Bosh can have a championship rebound fall in Gus hands, get it to Ray Allen and Ray can make that three and not get called for the travel.
Being good enough doesn't mean you will win. Time will tell if they actually do, but they're definitely good enough.

[DMC]

You can easily say you're good enough and time will tell. The ball can bounce against you all night. You can get an Injury. You can have bad calls. Being good enough us only a part of a championship. Bosh can have a championship rebound fall in Gus hands, get it to Ray Allen and Ray can make that three and not get called for the travel.
Being good enough doesn't mean you will win. Time will tell if they actually do, but they're definitely good enough.

If you say you are good enough, there's no reason to need time to tell, you just told. If you said you might be good enough, and time will tell, that makes more sense.

[Mnky]

If you say you are good enough, there's no reason to need time to tell, you just told. If you said you might be good enough, and time will tell, that makes more sense.

Read it again. You're mixing sentences.