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Contenders are also built with tanking as the spurs tanked the year they got Duncan.
They tanked the year when Duncan was available so not out of the question that they won't tank if they get a key injury or two.
Contenders are also built with tanking as the spurs tanked the year they got Duncan.
A le in 2030 would be great because the Spurs current path doesn't look like a le will come before that. And I would say a coupl two or three years in the lottery can push the spurs on top if they get lucky with the lottery balls as they have been lucky in their history to get both Robinson and Duncan.
A few fools gold regular season wins against teams with injured stars or on back to backs on the road and people think this team's core as constructed is heaed for a future le.
Nobody said this team is heading for a future le, we are talking about which is the best approach to get back to winning a le. The majority here says remaining compe ive while developing internally makes more sense while certain posters with low basketball knowledge think tanking is the better one
So you believe the spurs can win a le without ever getting into the lottery. I say they can't win a le without getting into the lottery to get a franchise level player. Lottery luck was the formula for success for past spurs le condenders so the Spurs have never won a le without that top lottery pick. No Duncan No les
Spurs didn't willfully tank, they were hurt badly by injuries and bad coaching, so that GM Pop became Coach Pop after first 18 games.
"Early in the 1997 season, Robinson's dreams of becoming a champion seemed to vanish when he hurt his back in the preseason.
He finally returned in December,
but six games later broke his foot in a home game against the Miami Heat, and
ended up missing the rest of the regular season.
As a result of the injury to Robinson and other key players (most notably Sean Elliott, who missed more than half the season),
the Spurs finished the season with a dismal 20–62 record."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_...n_(basketball)
They tanked. I clearly remember Robinson could have come back for the final month or so but the Spurs were tanking to get a better position to have a chance to get Duncan and it worked. I was hoping Robinson would not come back and was happy with every loss that season. They clearly tanked.
Tf are you bums arguing about? Quit ging up my thread.
8 seed, sup es, le bound
Your thread stinks.
off pussy
so with that theory the Spurs were also never winning a le with Kawhi on the team since he wasn't a lottery draft pick
The Spurs were not going to win with Leonard as their best player.
lay off the crack
We'd be sitting pretty at 4 if we hadn't blown the bulls and rockets games.
I have been surprised by the turn around but very proud the team is fighting. The way the season started I was all in the tanking. The recent wins gave me a little hope we could make a run but will see we have to win on the road to have any chance.
As as far as tanking I was just looking at a one year tank I agree we have good building blocks just need some upgrades. The main reason wanted to tank this year is for us to get a legit SF and maybe a PF and a defensive SG/SF (Matisse Thybule) with the 3 picks
As far as up upgrading I am looking at replacing Forbes with maybe a guy like Tyler Herro and if we get a starting SF with first pick then that’s an upgrade.
Last edited by BackHome; 12-26-2018 at 08:55 AM.
We’re back to 8th seed folks!!
No, we are not
Losses to Magic, Heat, Suns, and Bulls ... that is the only difference between our current seeding and having the same record as the Golden State Warriors and tied for #1 seeding. That is crazyville!! You are kidding metown!! No Dejonte, LW4 no impact at this point. White earning and learning his place on the squad, being solid but not blowing the doors off. Jakob is flexing defensive muscle and playing a nice all around game. And "Daddy" Bertans is playing like a grown up since his baby was born! Plus, Gasol is injured, but he is on the bench with the team, he's celebrating with his team, and he's talking to his teammates during games helping to make who's playing better.
DeMar, White, Jakob, LW4, Bertans, Marco, Metu ... everyone knows they are back
Dejonte, 3 or 2 draft picks ( depending on trades ) , Moore, Eubanks, Mulitinov ... they can all be added
LMA, Mills, Gasol and Forbes use in potential trades, Gay comes back for bench role at right price.
Whatever this team's record at the end of the season is gravy! We aren't ready for a le, don't have all the horses yet. What the Spurs do with their draft picks and the trade market to improve this roster is going to be fun and interesting to watch. Next off season, the Spurs have a great opportunity to continue the shaping of the roster to build it into a consistent le contender.
We’re 8th seed look at the Standings
The way we are playing looking like getting draft pick of 16 to 20 so in that range top 5 SG will be picked also top 5
SF will also have been picked. So with our pick in that range we can land a top PF and top 5 Center
7th seed passing the Lakers, yay!
first round against GSW?
6th seed now. Tiebreakers are going to be super important this year.
How I would've saw it at the start of the season. But the team is coming together and the compe ion is spotty. I think it'd help if someone else beat GSW though.
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