Not this year
1st round exit looming, plus having nothing to show for LA when he walks because cap space will be fools gold as the 18 FA class is terrible outside the top FAs that arent coming to SA.
The decline is coming fast.
Too bad they didnt trade LA for assets when they had the chance too last summer. Too bad they chose to get tied up into Gasol when they should have used the space last year on a younger/ versatile player or they should have absorbed a contract that had a pick attached.
Way too harsh. Could you be right? Sure. Is that likely? No.
What you are describing is what teams like PHI do. Spurs aren't eating bad deals for picks if they want to contend. That is not a fair knock at all IMO.
Never said a bad deal, it could just be expendable salary that's on a fair deal. We are talking about replacing a role player (Gasol) w/ another role player while getting an asset.
I think OKC made huge gains this summer. So did Houston. I'm pegging SA 4th-5th in West next season. If Spurs don't trade LA, I can see LA mail it in the last half of the season -- like he did in Portland.
SA if it brings the band back will be a 2nd seed barring any injuries. Continuity counts in this league and they won 60+ last year.
Who the cares about 60 wins if we have almost no favorable matchups past the first round...
Name a team then
Warriors will likely be their 2nd round opponent. IF they make it there.
Every team in the West got better w/ OKC making the biggest leap and Houston making the 2nd biggest leap. The only teams that havent improved are the Spurs, Jazz and Clips to a lesser degree ( yes they lost Paul, but losing Crawford/Red were blessings in disguise, plus they received a solid haul for CP3 and got Gallo.
OKC has been a perpetually bad matchup, Houston will be tougher with CP3 there eating up our guards as he always does, GSW are obvious. The rest are up in the air but I don't have a good feeling about some of the younger, talented teams. You can argue about it all you want but the Spurs aren't overwhelming favorites against any of the teams that matter.
50 bucks even. Deal.
As of today
Warriors(1)
Spurs(2-3)
Thunder(2-4)
Houston(2-4)
Clippers(5-8)
Wolves(5-8)
Trail Blazers (6-7)
Jazz(7-9)
Nuggets(7-9)
Kings (7-9)
Not worried about the bottom 4 whatsoever. Reason I put the Spurs so high is because they've already done it last year. They are just building on what they already accomplished. Houston has a good chance of being two because in the regular season offense wins lots of games and Paul is very experienced but the frontcourt is weak and LMA feasts on Houston. Then you got Harden. Like he somehow got over his mental inep ude in the playoffs that has plagued him since college... Make it a close series and he folds. As for OKC Kawhi pretty much can neutralize Paul George and it's basically trying to contain Westbrook. We have more dynamic scorers than OKC. All they have is Westbrook that can playmake and to a lesser extent George. Would love him trying to post up Kawhi. Their bench will get torched. We should be able to play Warriors in the WCF albeit a tougher road.
Kawhi is a champion. He's the only other star in the West outside of GS that is one. If he's healthy, we'll be fine. Look what he did this postseason. He's 26 and about to enter the beginning of his prime. We'll have continuity on our side. Last year we had a ton of turnover and still won 60+. What y'all think another year will bring. More people in the right spots.
Thibs Bulls always gave the Spurs fits. I expect Twolves w/ Jimmy Butler/Taj integrated w/ KAT and Wiggins to do the same. They'll be in the playoffs. If they can figure their bench out the rest of this offseason, I hope they don't get the 5th seed tbh..
Most of the lottery teams have improved out West, that will only make the schedule tougher, meaning less wins at the end of the day.
Spurs are ed moving forward. Still no idea who can help Kawhi pick up the slack consistently night in and night out. PATFO had their worst offseason of the decade.
The OKC frontline is going to eat LMAo and Gasoft alive.
Think you are overlooking what OKC has actually done. Same w/ Houston.
I agree. The only reason I didn't list them was before is simply because they're young. Either way, I can see them giving the Spurs all kinds of trouble next year. , the Wolves gave us a run for our money in a few games last year.
maybe Adams but Kanter... Kanter the man who Donovan himself said we cant play him. Pick and roll to death. and i'm not worried about Patterson.
People have amnesia. They've given us trouble since they were bottom feeders. How are they suddenly going to be a good matchup with the Spurs only getting a year older? It's wishful thinking to assume we win that in any less than 6 games.
think you are overrating teams that have never played a game
Kanter killed us in 2015.
They only need to acclimate George and it's not exactly rocket science to do that...
Come on PATFO... get us Rudy Gay and Javele McGee. BTW what's the word on McGee?
name a guard off our bench that cant light Kanter upKanter killed us in 2015.
Think you are over valuing continuity -- especially when your second best player is already thinking about playing somewhere else.
Pop won't exploit Kanter, he proved that in the 2016 playoffs already.
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