It's not about being good, it's about having a competant FO with a plan. Do you see a plan? Do you see a single redeeming quality of the offseason and a structured plan in place to get better?
To be honest basketball has been getting tier every year. We get these hyped young kids who can’t even dribble a ball and they getting millions of dollars. This is the one sport we’re the players are getting worse and not better the league has to make changes to bring back the game.
Instead, they turn a blind eye to major traveling and carrying to mask it.
Boy..........Billy Donovan really got those boys playing over there! Some swear we got it so bad.......
Manu showing his age with that remark. The '09-'10 team at this point of the season was 32-23.
How about being washed up Manu?
Right now, just for this year 2017-18, what Spurs player would you say has the worst contract on the team?
(It pains me to point this out but we need to be brutally honest about these so-called "bad" contracts if we're going to continually about them . . .)
It's not all about record. That team had a proven championship core that was still in its collective prime, they just needed to infuse them with youth.
This team has the most important core piece injured and supposedly disgruntled and doesn't have a 3rd one. It's clearly the most bleak point since the pre Duncan era. There's never been a time where you went into every game, no matter the cir stances surrounding it and knew it would be an uphill battle and a good chance they'd lose.
Since Leonard was shut down for a 2nd time, they've been on a downward spiral, clearly demoralized and seemingly waiting for something to give.
Right on.
They didn't even add a vertical threat big to replace what Dedmon brought, or a rim protector to replace Dedmon.
Just a disaster for the front office.
Last edited by objective; 02-04-2018 at 06:41 PM.
Yeah, I never found the Spurs with a prime TD boring, ever.
The 2010 team was pretty bad and it didn't look like our core at the time was going to win any more les or compete for them. I think you have forgotten how bad that team was. They lost a lot of games to bad teams and struggled to beat elite teams. Honestly back then I didn't think they would ever win another championship with their current core. The team ended that year getting swept by the Suns and it looked liked it's core's best days were behind it. Trust me I remember being on this board back then and nobody believed the big 3 could ever compete for another championship. They were a lot of of people in here who thought at the time the Spurs should trade Parker for a top pick in the draft to acquire young talent. The situation back then was pretty bleak. I would say this situation is only slightly more bleak due to Kawhi's feud with the front office.
Oh, how far this team has fallen.Not only that, but they're soooo boring to watch, tbh..most unwatchable Spurs team since the early 2000s..
Miss watching penetration/motion/ball movement
The team just doesn't have a lot of talent. When you're playing guys like Forbes and Bertans big minutes, you're in trouble. The fact that they're 3rd in the conference is amazing.
Manu is having his best season in years, he’s one of the greatest 40 year olds ever, far from washed up
2010 team beat a second seeded Mavs team. They were just injured a lot.
Yes, but anytime you are relying on a 40 year old guard to win games in the NBA, you are in trouble.
Manu has been the only player worth watching, tbh..I hope he plays until he's 50..
The Spurs are counting on it bc Paul, etc aren’t stepping up. It’s sad that we can’t upgrade over a 40 year old guard. And I’m not dissing Manu. I’m dissing our front office.
Wasn't that the year Parker came out and said the championship window had closed. Duncan looked like a walkiing corpse and if it wasn't for Ginobilicarrying the team down the home stretch of the regular season, they would have missed the playoffs. As it was, they snuck into the 7th seed and beat Dallas in the first round before getting swept out of the playoffs by Phoenix.
Last edited by Hoops Czar; 02-04-2018 at 08:37 PM.
Spurs wanted revenge in '10 for what the Mavs did in '09 to them. Spurs would have won in '09 against them if Manu wasn't out for the playoffs. Also Pop made the adjustment of playing George hill more in the rematch with the Mavs vs what he did the previous year of hardly playing Hill. The Mavs were an ideal matchup for the Spurs that year but that spurs team was still pretty bad. The spurs big man rotation that year outside of Tim was terrible with Mcdyees-Blair-Bonner. If they had fallen to 8th that year they would have gotten swept by the Lakers. They were clearly not a contender that year.
I wasn't disagreeing with your comment, I agree with your sentiment..I'm just saying, from a fan perspective and my subjective opinion, Manu has been the only thing worth watching for me, so far..
The Spurs should have been planning for Ginobili's retirement at age 35. It's sad that 5 years later and at age 40, he's still the only capable pg the Spurs have coming off the bench sans Parker though the latter doesn't close games and is by no means a suitable replacement for Ginobili.
Last edited by Hoops Czar; 02-04-2018 at 08:46 PM.
It is funny that this forum has been discussing replacing Parker and Ginobili's load since the 2015 exit, tbh..you could argue that they're hoping Murray will replace Parker(although they don't play anything alike and Murray isn't even a real PG, atm), but they haven't addressed the Manu role..
I assumed it would be Simmons, but that ended quickly..
Signing Mills(isn't a real PG or legit SG) to a long-term deal with Parker still on the roster(and wants to play until he's 40) throws a wrench into everything..
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