For the Spurs to win the 16-17 Championship...

[james evans]

Trade parker or move him to the bench and bring in another pg that can score, pass, and defend

[Drom John]

Shots go in 4 games each series.

[Budkin]

No superteam has ever won the le in their first season and it's not happening this year either. That leaves the door open for us.

[HarlemHeat37]

No superteam has ever won the le in their first season and it's not happening this year either. That leaves the door open for us.

[AlexJones]

No superteam has ever won the le in their first season and it's not happening this year either. That leaves the door open for us.

Sample size of like 4 teams lmao

[TD 21]

1. A Warriors injury to Dominos, Curry or Draymond, which would make the Spurs' favorites
2. A Warriors injury to Klay Thompson, which would give the Spurs even odds
3. Parker needs to undergo a "special" procedure like Peyton Manning and Kobe did
4. Kyle Anderson needs to become legit
5. Need 1 competent bench big
6. Green needs to be 2014-2015 Danny, not last season's

Not only does Parker need to turn back the clock, but neither Gasol or Ginobili can drop off a cliff.

On top of Anderson, probably one of Simmons, Bertans or yet to be signed veteran power forward, have to emerge.

Despite the Warriors' lack of depth (which will probably be bolstered during the buyout period), I don't even think one of Durant, Curry or Green, being injured, would make the Spurs favorites. All it would do is give them a punchers chance.

[alpha_HaZE]

Good assessment. Harlem had a good one too, but I agree that considering the monolith we are facing, we need Jon to give us something or for Bertans to be reliable (and this is aside of Kyle expected to become a solid and reliable player now)

Thank you, yes I would be happy with Kyle becoming a solid and reliable player this year.

[ElNono]

Not only does Parker need to turn back the clock, but neither Gasol or Ginobili can drop off a cliff.

On top of Anderson, probably one of Simmons, Bertans or yet to be signed veteran power forward, have to emerge.

Despite the Warriors' lack of depth (which will probably be bolstered during the buyout period), I don't even think one of Durant, Curry or Green, being injured, would make the Spurs favorites. All it would do is give them a punchers chance.

I'm on the boat it's gonna take a while. Let's hope Bertrans is all he can be, and same for Anderson. Simmons is more iffy, IMO.

Ultimately, I think things like Danny have a good shooting season will carry more weight than how the bench does.

[CosmicCowboy]

This with the team bus on it.

[ceperez]

Let's assume first that GSW has no injuries.

Given that, Spurs will need:

(1) Leonard to up his game as much as he upped his game last season.
(2) Aldridge will start jacking up 3's at a high clip.
(3) Gasol will start jacking up 3's at a high clip.
(4) Green plays like 2014 Green.
(5) Parker plays like 2013 Parker.
(6) Manu plays like Manu
(7) Dedmon becomes a defensive menace
(8) Mills ups his game Lilliard like shooting.
(9) Anderson becomes Boris Diaw that wants to shoot 3's.
(10) Simmons becomes Tony Allen that can shoot 3's.
(11) Bertans becomes Kyle Korver
(12) LJC becomes Ibaka lite
(13) Bryn Forbes becomes Neal 2.0
(14) Pop becomes Pop 2014.

[Budkin]

Oh I forgot about them. My bad. I still think there will be chemistry issues with the Dubs though.

[UZER]

Oh I forgot about them. My bad. I still think there will be chemistry issues with the Dubs though.

I agree. The Bogut loss is bigger than people think. Also everything stems from Draymonds pnr. He's gonna be the odd man out, and you know he'll let it be know as the season goes on.

The bigs are old....er. They lost Bogut, Speights, Ezeli, Barnes, Barbosa. That's a lot of quality minutes gone. If the 'big 4' play a lot of minutes this year, they will be worn down by the end of the season because they'll be coming off of a finals run two years ago, an all out blitz from start to finish for 73 wins, another's finals run, then playing in the olympics. Can Durant's foot hold up?

Don't think it's gonna be smooth sailing.

[YGWHI]

We need to tank to have a chance in 2017-2018 because we certainly don't now and its only gonna get worse.

We're not going to because we're too good. But for the next few years the reality is that unless our bench comes out of nowhere and is good, then we just have to get through being a decent playoff team and nothing more.

Tank for who? How many rings have Anthony Bennet/Bargnani/Olowokandi won?

The Bulls won the draft in 2008, Rose won the MVP in 2011, and they never played in the Finals after Jordan's retirement.

A team can win the draft, can have the best player in the season, but there are still so many intangibles go into a team winning a le.

The draft isn't guaranteed anything other than a very small chance to get better.

[YGWHI]

Kawhi needs to take another step in his game averaging 24-26 ppg

Impossible. Kawhi and LMA, both, will take less shots than last season because of Pau's addition to the offense.

Kawhi needs to pull a 2003 Duncan.

We won't see a player like Tim Duncan again.

But also, Tim played 39 mpg in 2013 regular season and 42 mpg in 2003 playoffs

Pop played Kawhi just 33 mpg in last regular season and 34 mpg in last playoffs

There is no way Kawhi can score more points or have that type of Duncan's season playing just 30 minutes a game

[SAGirl]

Let's assume first that GSW has no injuries.

Given that, Spurs will need:

(1) Leonard to up his game as much as he upped his game last season.
(2) Aldridge will start jacking up 3's at a high clip.
(3) Gasol will start jacking up 3's at a high clip.
(4) Green plays like 2014 Green.
(5) Parker plays like 2013 Parker.
(6) Manu plays like Manu
(7) Dedmon becomes a defensive menace
(8) Mills ups his game Lilliard like shooting.
(9) Anderson becomes Boris Diaw that wants to shoot 3's.
(10) Simmons becomes Tony Allen that can shoot 3's.
(11) Bertans becomes Kyle Korver
(12) LJC becomes Ibaka lite
(13) Bryn Forbes becomes Neal 2.0
(14) Pop becomes Pop 2014.

This was a very funny post ceperez and I do get the gist of what you are saying. Everyone has to be jacking up 3s at a good clip and everyone has to be the absolute best version of themselves and even then it's a toss up.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Basically this. San Andreas.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

That unstoppable Broncos offense got curbstomped in the Super Bowl by the Seahawks 43-8.

And then the unstoppable Panthers offense got curbstomped in the Super Bowl by the Broncos and their own defense. What comes around goes around. In a couple years the Panthers will take out some AFC juggernaut in the Super Bowl, look out.

[SpursBig3s]

Spurs will be in good position to compete for a Championship Ring in the next few years.

There are 15 elite players in this league (and by elite, I mean top15, duh). Warriors have 4, Cavs 3, that means there 8 players for 28 teams. We are lucky to have two, and we have the salary cup to go after another one next summer.

In the meantime, we are bringing all of our prospects over to see what we 've got, so to speak.

I wouldn't call Kevin love elite

[cutewizard]

Let's assume first that GSW has no injuries.

Given that, Spurs will need:

(1) Leonard to up his game as much as he upped his game last season.
(2) Aldridge will start jacking up 3's at a high clip.
(3) Gasol will start jacking up 3's at a high clip.
(4) Green plays like 2014 Green.
(5) Parker plays like 2013 Parker.
(6) Manu plays like Manu
(7) Dedmon becomes a defensive menace
(8) Mills ups his game Lilliard like shooting.
(9) Anderson becomes Boris Diaw that wants to shoot 3's.
(10) Simmons becomes Tony Allen that can shoot 3's.
(11) Bertans becomes Kyle Korver
(12) LJC becomes Ibaka lite
(13) Bryn Forbes becomes Neal 2.0
(14) Pop becomes Pop 2014.

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[AFMadison]

Honestly the Spurs were so great in 2014 because of injuries to our own team. Bench players were forced to start and play heavy minutes, and it also cause several different rotation throughout the season. Pop needs to let the team play and gel.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

Honestly the Spurs were so great in 2014 because of injuries to our own team. Bench players were forced to start and play heavy minutes, and it also cause several different rotation throughout the season. Pop needs to let the team play and gel.

Spurs will win if they come out with the focus and intensity of the 2014 team. That was the best team in NBA history. Nobody was stopping us that year.

[Spurtacular]

I'm trying to feel optimistic today:

[Sigz]

I'm trying to feel optimistic today:

Man that Manu dunk and then fadeaway 3..... Guy was feeling it.

[Spurtacular]

Man that Manu dunk and then fadeaway 3..... Guy was feeling it.

He actually had a similar play vs. The Thunder in the previous series. I don't recall if he finished with a dunk or what; but I was surprised at the similarities when I saw it. I think he had it in his mind that he would do that on an outlet at some point in the series.

[SASdynasty!]

Not only does Parker need to turn back the clock, but neither Gasol or Ginobili can drop off a cliff.

On top of Anderson, probably one of Simmons, Bertans or yet to be signed veteran power forward, have to emerge.

Despite the Warriors' lack of depth (which will probably be bolstered during the buyout period), I don't even think one of Durant, Curry or Green, being injured, would make the Spurs favorites. All it would do is give them a punchers chance.

If you want Parker to turn back the clock, just call his number more. He still shoots 50% from the field and 40%+ from 3. We just tried this "Parker needs to shoot less and play less minutes" experiment the last 2 years. Not sure why we changed anything from him being the main guy in 2014.