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As long as porker doesn't get a mysterious "injury"... and still plays for france.
The fact that, with the way they're playing now, the Spurs are one of if not the best teams in the league.
I'm a huge Kawhi fan, but Tony has been playing like a top 10-15 PG. His defense is even slightly above average, just by the eye test. Pau is trying harder, LMA is playing exactly how he needs to, Green is starting to come around on both ends, and our young guys / bench are playing very well (with the exception of Mills for a 5-6 game stretch and Manu showing his age).
We have off games here and there, like the Bucks game, but other than that we are looking real serious. The player fan trolling was funny the first 10,000 times, but we all have to admit the team is looking damn fine
As long as porker doesn't get a mysterious "injury"... and still plays for france.
Yes - this team is 100x better than I could have imagined post Duncan. They play hard, show grit pretty consistently and while they aren't perfect and have flaws they are damn good.
Drop the schtick. It isnt funny anymore. I thought you were right when Parker was terrible and I disliked him as much as you, but give the man credit when credit is due. It's a new season and he's performingAs long as porker doesn't get a mysterious "injury"... and still plays for france.
Is he gonna show up vs the Warriors or Cavaliers? Clippers or Rockets? In a series of course. We know the answer already.
I'm pretty impressed. Given GSW's vulnerability I have some hope for a good run this year.
Looking forward to that Cleveland game coming up. Spurs have been playing the same opponents and scrubby teams on their schedule so far.
This team is good. They aren't dominating the league like they did in 2014 but they have a good shot of competing for the le if they play their best.
Guys, it's the Lakers come on now.
This team's defense is way too spotty but may as well as enjoy the transition year as it could be a lot worse.
Awesome game from Gasol today, 9 of 9, 100% FG shooting!!!
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May we beat the out of Cleveland!
This. Never thought they would be playing this well without Timmy.
Don't be surprised if Pop sits players or plays wacky lineups.
Yeah I think we can agree that they are a top 20 team. Maybe even top 19.
Spotty? It's the best in the league. Though only by a slight margin; it isn't the league-destroying D we saw from the Spurs last season, especially before Duncan's injury.
The defense sometimes looks bad by the eye test, sure, but that's likely due to a league-wide increase in offense. The average ORtg this year is 108.0, second highest in the last 20 seasons (2008-09, 108.3) and well above last season's 106.4.
They are much better than I expected immediately post-Duncan. But I'm not ready to hand out the LOB, based on a dominant performance against the Lakers. The Lakers have the ability to make a lot of teams look good, and good teams look great. But are the Spurs among the best teams in the league? Damn straight.
It's all about the 1 and the 5. The other starters, and the bench, I'm confident are good enough. And the bench shows the possibility of a lot of improvement, even before the end of this season. PG and C are, IMO, the must-haves of the post season. And they are still our weakest links.
Last edited by GSH; 01-13-2017 at 10:33 AM.
While Duncans' leadership was valuable, the foundation of the Spurs is too strong with PATFO still in charge providing leadership. Having Tony and Manu still on the roster helps too.
I said this often on twitter in the summer, but the Spurs replaced 40 yr old Duncan ( who had no knees), West (who was done), Diaw (who is close to done and a s of his 2014 self), Martin, Miller, and Bonner ( who all were done).
The only player the Spurs lost in the summer who had a pulse was Boban.
I never really understood the concern replacing those 7 players, when 4 of the players hardly or never played when it mattered, and when 6 of the 7 were on the brink of retirement.
Spurs kept their top 5-8 players from last year, filled three relevant roles in the regular rotation with upgrades ( Pau, Dedmon and Lee) and replaced the bottom, end of the roster, with youth and upside -- which were going to be net positives compared to the ho e residents that resided at the end of the Spurs roster last season.
Combine those facts/upgrades with how watered down the league is and I'm not surprised really. I expected this team to win over 60 games.
Last edited by MaNu4Tres; 01-13-2017 at 10:28 AM.
I think we can all agree that the level of play in the NBA is terrible. The Spurs have a good / great team and most of their compe ion is awful. Not just bad - awful. I mentioned this in an earlier post (as if it even needed to be said), there are only 3 teams that have a solid chance at winning the championship this year-
1. Spurs
2. Cavs
3 Warriros
The only games on the Spurs' schedule going forward that should be of any concern to Spurs fans are:
1. Houston
2. Cleveland
3. Clippers
4. Warriors
5. Grizzlies
That's it. If they lose to teams like the Bucks or whoever, it doesn't matter. This long regular season is about fine-tuning and developing chemistry for the playoffs.
Lol what championship teams have ever relied on both a pg and a c.
Reverse-cliff jumping after one win against a horrible team... Warriors beat them by 50.
This year is the first time the offense has looked lethal since 2013.
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