I am amazed at how many games I watch and how the majority of the time I can't watch for the full 48 minutes, because they are so boring. Who's going to give the Spurs some real compe ion this year? I don't see any team in the NBA that gives us any problems. No one cares about last season. As far as this season goes, we've already gotten wins against everyone we needed to get wins against. The Celtics, Lakers, Nuggets, Mavs, Suns, Rockets, Jazz, Hornets...who else is left?
This has to be the easiest regular season the Spurs have had in a while. If they lose games, it's because they don't care. Most of our losses have been BS and to teams such as the Bucks, Rockets, Raptors, and Knicks. The funny thing is our losses have been due to bench players such as Roko Ukik, Nate Robinson, Jordan Farmar, Trevor Ariza, and Luther Head having career nights, and a bunch of other players no one has heard of. The so-called star players of the league do not play well against us and that is why no one will challenge the Spurs in the West this year. I can't think of any star player that has had a dominating performance against the Spurs.
Most of the wins have been routine and nothing to get excited about. There are only 3 wins this year that have been exciting. The 133-126 double OT win against Dallas was pretty exciting. As was the Christmas Day game with Mason's gamewinner against Phoenix, and the Boston game with Mason's gamewinner. As for the rest of the wins we've had against teams such as the Lakers, Nuggets, Rockets, Jazz, and Hornets? No big deal. We just went out and did what we had to do. No big thing, no trash talking involved. Just taking care of business. I am glad we have Dallas this week, those games are always thrillers. Dallas still gives us more compe ion than any other team in the league, and are our main rivals. I find it amusing how many people are picking the Lakers. It's mostly due to history. The Magic/Kareem Lakers of the 80's and Kobe/Shaq Lakers of the early 2000's were good teams, and won 8 championships total. But in trying to list the great Lakers lineups of all-time, do you really think names such as Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom fit in that mold?
As for the East, it's pretty non-existent outside Boston. The defending champion Celtics may as well be the only Eastern Conference team in the league, because teams 2-15 are trash. And we've already beaten Boston, so the East is irrelevant as far as challenging the Spurs.
So, with all of that in mind, it's apparent that this season may be the easiest road thus far to a championship. In 2003, we still had the Kobe/Shaq Lakers to deal with, the Sacramento Kings still in their prime, the Dallas Mavericks who were back then contenders but haven't been a contender since..in 2005 we had the Phoenix Suns in their prime with Amare at his peak who hasn't been the same since his surgery. We had the pesky Sonics. And the defensive monster Detroit Pistons who took us to 7 games. All of these teams gave us compe ion. 2007...I guess you could say we had weak compe ion that year as well.
2009, who's going to challenge us? Boston? We already beat them. Lakers? Already beat them too. Cleveland? Swept them in 2007. And Mo Williams is not a difference maker.
I'm glad the Spurs are getting 60 wins this season. It would be a shame to do otherwise in such an easy regular season.
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